Inventory of the C. James Gleason Photographs 1983-2006
A Collection in the
Special Collections Research Center
Collection Number UA 8.002
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Special CollectionsEarl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
Williamsburg, Virginia 23187-8794
USA
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Email: spcoll@wm.edu
URL: http://swem.wm.edu/scrc/
© 2009 By the College of William and Mary. All rights reserved.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to all researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Preferred Citation
C. James Gleason Photographs, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information
The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center from Mary Gleason on 09/26/2008.
Biographical Note
Gleason served as College of William and Mary photographer for two decades photographing events, people, locations, etc. related to the University. The native of Cleveland, Ohio, died July 5, 2006, two months after he received the Prentis Award for service to the College and the community. An Air Force veteran, he taught photojournalism at Kent State and Rochester Institute of Technology.
Scope and Contents
Acc. 2009.343 contains contact sheets created by Jim Gleason pertaining to events and activities at the College of William and Mary from 1985-2006.
The collection of James Gleason represents all aspects of events and activities at the College of William and Mary for the years 1983-2006. Events documented include: Charter Day, commencement, buildings, personnel, students, and athletics. Physically the collection is organized by the "rolls of film taken" and into years they were taken. They are stored and protected in plastic sheets in notebooks and numbered for identification.
Related Material
University Archives Photograph Collection (UA 8)
Index Terms
- Negatives
- Photographs
- Athletics
- Charter Day
- College of William and Mary--Commencement
- College of William and Mary--History--20th century.
- Homecoming
- Visitors to Campus