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Preferred Citation:

Office of the Chancellor, John Stewart Bryan Records, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 1980.038 was received 03/07/1980.

Biographical Information:

John Stewart Bryan was the nineteenth President of the College of William and Mary from 1934 through 1942. He was a graduate of the University of Virginia and Harvard; lawyer; member of the William and Mary Board of Visitors; publisher of Richmond Times-Dispatch and Richmond News Leader; president of the American Newspaper Publishers Association.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the correspondence of John Stewart Bryan from 1926 to 1944, including when he served as Chancellor of the College of William and Mary from 1942-1944. Included is correspondence about fraternities on campus; the construction of William Barton Rogers Hall; and the financing and construction of James Monroe Memorial Hall (now Monroe Hall), a men's dormitory.

Related Material

Office of the President, John Stewart Bryan (UA 2.10); University Archives Artifact Collection (UA 13); University Archives Photograph Collection (UA 8); University Archives Faculty/Alumni File Collection (UA 10).

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Buildings and Grounds--Monroe Hall
• Buildings and Grounds--Rogers Hall
• College of William and Mary--History--20th century
• Correspondence
• Fraternities--Social
• Student Organizations--Omicron Delta Kappa