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:

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.

Preferred Citation

Vivian Jones Schmidt papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated to the Special Collections Research Center by Vivian Jones-Schmidt.

Content Description

This collection consists of materials created and collected by Vivian Jones Schmidt (Class of 1972) during her time at William & Mary. Materials include: color photographic slides; textiles, including a Freshman duc cap, a cloth "zodiac bag," a white t-shirt with black lettering reading "Mary & William," and a white buttoned shirt painted to advertise the Backdrop Club musical "Sellout;" newspaper clippings; choir diagrams and ephemera; and student activism ephemera including a black fabric armband worn by Jones-Schmidt during the student moratorium honoring the Kent State shootings. Collection also includes a William & Mary woman's gym skirt, two boxes of slides, 4 tickets (2 Sinfonicron, 2 unspecified William & Mary Theatre shows), 2 reel-to reel-tapes of William & Mary choir concerts and digital files of William & Mary choir concerts.

Separated Material

Vivian Jones Schmidt also donated a copy of the two-volume 1971 Colonial Echo, which was separated and shelved in the Brown Boardroom.