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Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Conditions Governing Access:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Custodial History:

This collection was previously part of the University Archives Faculty-Alumni File Collection. It was rehoused here 1/27/10.

Preferred Citation:

George M. Bass, Jr. Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Processing Information:

Accessioned and minimally processed by Mindy Gipson, SCRC staff, in January 2010.

Biographical / Historical

George M. Bass, Jr. was on the faculty of the School of Education at the College of William & Mary from 1976-2002. He was President of the Faculty Assembly from 1998-1999.

Scope and Contents

This collections consists of documents related to the development of School of Education courses designed to train teachers in the use of microcomputers [computers] in the mid-to-late 1980s.

The collection includes press releases, a description and rationale for such courses, 1 syllabus for "Education 563-Problems in Education: Microcomputers in Education" and 1 syllabus for "Education 666-Application of Computer to Educational Problems: The Microcomputer." Also in this collection are articles and papers written by Dr. Bass and photocopies of news articles.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Class materials
• College of William and Mary--Faculty and Staff
• College of William and Mary. School of Education
• Computers and college students
• Education--Study and teaching
• Press releases