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William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterFinding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.
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Robert E. Gatten, Jr. Photograph Collection, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.
Acc. 1995.28 received June 1995 from Robert E. Gatten, Jr.; Acc. 2009.045 was received on 2/23/2009 Robert E. Gatten, Jr.
William and Mary Class of 1966.
This collection includes 35 mm negatives, 2.25 x 2.25 negatives, 4 x 5 negatives, contact sheets, and prints taken by College of William and Mary Student Robert E. Gatten, Jr. between 1962-1970. Subjects include faculty and staff, students, campus buildings, student activities, Homecoming, Commencement, and athletics.
Arrangement and identification was supplied by Robert Gatten, Jr. A guide to identifying and locating specific negatives is located within each box.
This box contains negatives (35 mm film) and contact sheets.
Subjects: Pep rally, the Campus Center, freshmen wearing duc caps, freshmen using the tunnel underneath Jamestown Road (required during "Duc Week"), the construction of new campus, freshman riot at the Sunken Garden (freshmen were prohibited from entering the Sunken Garden during "Duc Week"), freshmen men from dorm on the second floor of the infirmary and in the tunnel, Bob Wiley, the William and Mary Choir, Dr. Melville Jones, and Dean Wilford Lambert at Convocation, "Duc Week" activities in the Campus Center, a cheerleader, Ron Martin, Jimmy Johnson and the track team, Tyler dorm, ROTC, football, rehearsal for and play at Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Hall, Coach Harry Groves, Queen's Guard, dormitories, volleyball, Glen Brodie, Bob Wiley, swim team and Coach Jensen, Yule Log ceremony, rifle team, Women's Athletic Association, Coach Joe Agee, Charlie Cox, women's basketball, men's basketball, women's fencing team, musical event, pool game, lacrosse, tennis team, ping pong, golf tam, handball, chemistry lecture, Sunken Garden, C. P. Snow.
Subjects: Chemistry placement test, registration, signing of the Honor Code Pledge inside Wren Chapel, riot ("Duc Week?"), Flat Hat office, freshman cheerleaders, William and Mary Police, biology lab specimen (cat skull), biology chart, Wesley Foundation building, Bill Maltby, ROTC, Pi Kappa Alpha game, Homecoming, Al Jacobus, Pete Crow, Bucky Reigleman, Marshall Trio, Assistant Dean of Women Snidow and Assistant Dean of Men Squatriglia, football game against George Washington University, President Davis Paschall and faculty at football game, Sandy Heagy, candid photographs, Pi Kappa Alpha football game, campus reaction to the Kennedy assassination, swim team, basketball game, wrestling, Morris House, biology lab, Hootenanny, Wilford Kale, Terry Sanford, cafeteria food, Alpha Lambda Delta, basketball game against George Washington University, chemistry lab, Circle K, Al Mollahan, rifle team, Orchesis, John Adams, law library, Mattox, Bennett, Interfraternity Council alumni meeting, Jim Watts, 1964 commencement, Bill Corley carrying the College Mace at the morning Baccalaureate, Dr. William Guy leading choir, Rector J. B. Woodward, Craig Carlson, Dr. William Guy, passing of the College Mace.
Subjects: Freshmen at the Wren Building, Interest Night, freshman dance, registration, football game in the Sunken Garden, old bookstore, freshman woman at the pool, candid photographs, freshmen signing the Honor Code Pledge inside Wren Chapel, seniors getting gowns, majorette tryouts, fall Convocation, bonfire at pep rally (Fire of Bells), Marv Levy reception, Dave Rector, Jim Watts, Circle K, Morris House, Furman game, main cafeteria, Wren Building, Campus Center, women's tennis, intramural football, Leroy Bradshaw, Gary Reece, Bob Gatten, Homecoming, Tyler Hall, Citadel game, senior party, voting booth, cross country track, DuPont dormitory, Ernie Johnson, Flat Hall office, law school mock trial, Virginia Tech football game, Ken Hutchinson, pep rally, University of Virginia football game, Miss William and Mary contestant, Washington Hall, biology lab, Barrett dormitory, Dr. Mitchell Boyd, Hootenanny in tunnel underneath Jamestown Road, Panhel workshop, Comparative Anatomy lab, small cafeteria, post office, Colonial Echo office, Richard Furr, Margie Hodges, Dr. C. Richard Terman, Babs Lewis, Denise Ford, Barbara Riley, Dean of Students Carson Barnes, Dean of Faculty W. Melville Jones, Jeff Piland.
Subjects: Interfraternity Council dance, Circle K, alumni basketball game, Campus Center, Wigwam, P.E. Majors club, Women's Athletic Association officers, Women's Athletic Association, campus computer (first campus computer?), Leroy Bradshaw, volleyball, freshman cheerleaders, Bob Gatten, D. W. Goodman, Pi Delta Epsilon, Yule Log Ceremony, Christmas dances, Dr. Gus Hall, Lambda Chi, Pi Kappa Alpha, genetics class, physics class, law school, intramural volleyball, new campus, sculpture class, math class, General Cooperative Committee, Marv Levy, Baptist Student Union, Student Association faculty tea, William and Mary Choir, basketball, gymnastics, fraternity and sorority presidents, campus in the snow, sorority rush, Mr. Blessing, Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Hall, fraternity row, Williamsburg Theater, fraternity rush, handball, Miss William and Mary contestants.
Subjects: Miss William and Mary contestants, Omicron Delta Kappa, ping pong, intramural basketball, lacrosse, cricket, tennis, men's swimming, Circle K, baseball team, rifle team, law symposium, Hootenanny, women's swimming, Homecoming, candid photographs, Pat Nicoli, Sue Stevenson, fraternity sweethearts, campus, sophomore tea, President's Aids, President Davis Paschall and Mrs. Paschall, Ed Derringe, Student Association meeting, Alpha Phi Omega, ROTC queen, golf team, women's tennis, Leroy Bradshaw.
Subjects: Circle K, Wesley Foundation, Ann Beebe, women's hockey, Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Hall, women's basketball, ROTC queen, concert: Peter, Paul, and Mary, 1965 baccalaureate and commencement, summer session registration, biology lab, campus, football, Bruton Heights High School football practice.
Subjects: Registration, freshman dance, VMI football game, Honor Code Pledge signing inside Wren Chapel, old bookstore, Colonial Echo office, Circle K, Campus Center, pep rally, biology lab, cheerleaders, Homecoming parade and floats, Miss William and Mary contestants, Homecoming game, chess tournament, Wren Building, chemistry lab, Navy plane on campus, Student Association Executive Council, Wesley Foundation, Women's Honor Council, geology lab, Bruton Parish, students in the Palace Gardens, Mortar Board, St. Bedes, candid photographs, Wren Chapel, physics building, Lutheran church, Abelian Society, freshman class officers, Interfraternity Council seminar, dances, basketball, faculty.
Subjects: Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Hall, DuPont dormitory, fraternity row, Wren Building, sorority court, Monroe dormitory, mail room, Colonial Echo office and staff, Flat Hat office, Wigwam fire, faculty and staff, campus, basketball, Review Office, snow, Circle K, law school, new bookstore, book fair, VMI basketball, Jim Armentrout and the College Mace, Miss William and Mary contestant, Campus Center.
Negatives for Colonial Echo, Autumn Week and Magnolia Photograph for 1968 edition. Other negatives from 1968-1969. Accession 2017.071.
Subjects: Academic Forum Group, freshman baseball, faculty and staff, lacrosse, Campus Chest, construction excavation, students, Orchesis, majorettes, softball, Journeymen, Flat Hall office, Green Machine (bus for transporting freshmen women to Ludwell), Wren Building, Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board, Miss Williamsburg, golf team, cheerleaders, Colonial Echo editors, Post Road singers, basketball, "The Visit" and "Under Milk Wood" plays at Phi Beta Kappa (PBK) Hall, track.
Subjects: Orientation Week, "Duc Week," President's Aids, Sunken Garden, faculty and staff, students, Post Road Singers, Homecoming, pep rally, play rehearsal "Vision of Delight," Hampden-Sidney basketball, volleyball, Flat Hat office, snow, Wren Building, Hootenanny, wrestling, Circle K.
Subjects: Colonial Williamsburg, new campus construction, faculty and staff, students, volleyball, basketball, campus, snow, Circle K, freshman women, ROTC, Miss Williamsburg contest, Flat Hat office, Honor Council, Greek Weekend, Wren Building, swim team, baccalaureate.
Subjects: Track, faculty and staff, students, Methodist church, Wren classroom, physics building, law school, Charter Day, mail room, Student Association meeting, ROTC, library, Campus Center.
Dances in the Sunken Garden and Campus Center
Subjects: Homecoming, Homecoming Court, commencement, Queen's Guard, Campus Center, dormitories, campus buildings.