Conditions Governing Use:

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:

Acc. 2009.272 and Acc. 2010.381 are closed until 2027 or one year after Meyers' death. The remainder of the collection is open to researchers without restrictions. 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.

Preferred Citation:

Terry L. Meyers papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 2002.041 given by Terry L. Meyers on 05/17/2002; Acc. 2002.056 given by Terry L. Meyers on 06/10/2002; Mss. Acc. 2004.01 gift of Susan Riggs on 1/7/2004; Acc. 2009.256 donated by Terry L. Meyers on 6/15/2009; Acc. 2009.272 received from Terry Meyers on 6/24/2009.

Processing Information:

Acc. 2009.256 accessioned by Amy C. Schindler.

Accruals:

Future accruals are expected.

Biographical Information:

Terry L. Meyers is a William and Mary professor in the Department of English (1970- ). He has served as Department Chair of English and currently (2007) of the Department of Philosophy. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

The papers of College of William and Mary Department of English faculty member Terry Meyers document his career and research interests.

Acc. 2004.01 is the printed four page illustrated prospectus for "Uncollected Letters of Algernon Charles Swinburne", 3 vols., to be published May 2004 by Pickering and Chatto, London.

Acc. 2009.256 includes file of material relating to Prof. Terry Meyers' ACLU lawsuit about the Virginia law which required him to obtain permission to access erotic Victorian poetry. The materials include correspondence with lawyers and others, copies of the legal papers, clippings about the case, and other related material. Also included is a copy of a literary manuscript that will itself eventually come to the Special Collections Research Center, William Sharp's Ariadne in Naxos and Beatrice, which Meyers published in 1996 as The Sexual Tensions of William Sharp. The file includes materials from several scholars dealing with Sharp.

Acc. 2009.272 and Acc. 2010.381 are closed until 2027 or one year after Meyers' death.

Acc. 2014.078: Contains correspondence written to Terry Meyers while Chair of the Department of English. Some of the topic discussed include the Victorian's Institute, student papers, athletics, and administrative concerns of the Department of English.

Related Material

University Archives Faculty-Alumni File Collection (UA 10)

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--Faculty and Staff
• College of William and Mary--History--20th century
• Poets, English--19th century--Correspondence.
• Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909
• Universities and Colleges--Virginia--Faculty