Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

University of Virginia Commencement Addresses, Accession #RG-30/9/1.061, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

These speeches were transferred to the University of Virginia Library, ca. 1957-2006, by University officials and have been combined under this new number on October 10, 2006. Persons involved in these transfers include: William H. Wranek, Alexander G. Gilliam, John Charles Thomas, Harland Harris, and Information Services.

Scope and Content

These files contain copies of speeches given at University of Virginia Commencement Exercises, approximately 40 items (1 Hollinger box), 1911-2006 (incomplete). Of special interest are the speeches by President Roosevelt ("the hand that held the dagger has struck it into the back of its neighbor"), 1940, and Edgar Shannon, 1970, on May Days and the student strike at the University of Virginia.

With the collection is a list of known commencement speakers, 1908-1989, compiled by then Assistant University Archivist Jeanne C. Pardee.

Arrangement

The speaker's name and title make up the file heading and all speeches are arranged in chronological order.