A Guide to the William W. Abbot Papers
A Collection in
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The University of Virginia Library
Accession number 12805
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Preferred Citation
William W. Abbot Papers, Accession #12805, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisitions
The collection was a gift to the University of Virginia Library from William W. Abbot on April 17, 1992
Biographical/Historical Information
William W. Abbot (1922-2009) a native of Louisville, Georgia and a long time resident of Virginia was an admired and world famous historian, professor, scholar, administrator, and editor. His career spanned nearly fifty years and he was described as a "man of letters," and an editor of great skill, knowledge, and tact. Colleagues also described him as possessing "gentlemanly good humor and decent human concern, much valued during his stints as chairman." He was also known for his "acts of personal and professional generosity." He changed many lives by offering his support to graduate students, working in their best interests to improve their writing and find respectable history positions for them throughout the country.
He was the chief editor of the Papers of George Washington and an expert in early American History. He attended Davidson College and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1943, whereupon he entered the United States Navy. Using the G. I. Bill, he earned his master's and doctoral degrees in history from Duke University in 1953. He taught at William and Mary from 1953 to 1962; Northwestern University 1958-1959; Rice University 1962 and returned to William and Mary from 1963 to 1966. He edited the William and Mary Quarterly from 1961 to 1966 and the Journal of Southern History from 1960 to 1961. He was among the founders of the Association for Documentary Editing. In 1966 he was recruited by the University of Virginia to be the James Madison Professor of History. In addition to teaching and editing, he served twice as the chairman of the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia.
He retired from the University of Virginia in 1992, although he continued to edit individual volumes of the Washington Papers until 1998, when nearly fifty volumes were in print. He was the author of two books, "The Royal Governors of Georgia, 1754-1775," and "The Colonial Origins of the United States, 1607-1763," and a number of articles.
He was president of the Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, served on the councils of the Institute of Early American History and Culture and the Southern Historical Association. For twenty years, he was on the board of editors of The Virginia Quarterly Review, was a member of the Gridiron Club at the University of Georgia and the University of Virginia's honorary Raven Society.
The College of William and Mary awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters in 1998, and the Virginia Historical Society made him a life member. He was best known for his work as chief editor of The Papers of George Washington (1977-1992). According to his son, Abbot believed that "his chief contribution as a teacher and historian came from the attentive reading and detailed responses that he gave over the years to the writing of his students and fellow historians." The personal and professional correspondence in this collection does indeed confirm that he spent much of his time reading and offering helpful advice to thousands of writers.
Scope and Content
The collection contains the professional, academic and personal papers of William W. Abbot, James Madison Professor of History and Editor of the Papers of George Washington at the University of Virginia. The collection is from 1953 to 1996 and is about 8,150 items, 26 hollinger boxes, and 10 linear feet. It consists of department and personal correspondence with historians, university colleagues, students, friends and academic organizations throughout the United States and around the world. There are also financial papers, lecture notes, reviews, speeches, organization records associated with Abbot's activities while at William and Mary and the University of Virginia, a typescript of his writing, "The Colonial Beginnings of the United States 1607-1763," and communications with publishers relating to books and articles he authored.
Correspondents include University of Virginia Presidents Edgar F. Shannon, Frank L. Hereford, Robert O'Neil, and John Casteen. Other University of Virginia correspondents include Melvin Leffler, David A.Shannon, Merrill D. Peterson, Francis L. Berkeley, Jr., Robert D. Cross, Fredson Bowers, and William Kelso.
There are also papers and correspondence of numerous organizations including the American Council of Learned Societies, Institute of Early American History and Culture, American Historical Association, American Studies Program at the University of Virginia, Atlas of Early American History, Association for Documentary Editing, Society of the Cincinnati, Conference on the Northwest Ordinance, fraternities, Georgia Historical Society, Journal of Southern History, Library of Virginia, Mississippi Valley Historical Association, Annual Stratford Hall Seminar, National Endowment for the Humanities, City University of New York, New-York Historical Society, Organization of American Historians, Potomac River Basin Consortium, Social Studies yearbook, the Southern Historical Association, the University of Virginia including the Faculty Senate, the Corcoran Department of History, the graduate committee, Arts and Sciences, the Public Occasions Committee, the University Press of Virginia, the Papers of George Washington, the Papers James Monroe, and the Papers of George Mason; the United States Navy, Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, and information about other universities.
There are numerous materials that are confidential including recommendation letters, selection committee papers, information about promotions and salaries, the sesquicentennial committee, student papers, grades, and roll books.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by topic. Correspondence is in alphabetical order and can be found by surname and by the institute that the individual was associated. Confidential material is placed alphabetically by topic at the end of the collection.
Contents Listings
Correspondents include Lester J. Cappon, Elizabeth Suttell, James Morton Smith, Gordon S.Wood, Susan Lee Foard, Thad W. Tate, Stephen G. Kurtz, Richard "Dick" Maxwell Brown, James H. Hutson, Norman S. Fiering, and Michael McGiffert. There are also minutes from the annual meeting.
Correspondents include Norman S. Fiering, Alfred F.Young, Mary Maples Dunn, Thad W. Tate, and Sydney V. James. There are letters from the Newberry Library. Included are book reviews from William and Mary and minutes from the Executive Meeting of the Council.
Thad W. Tate, Philip Greven, Sydney V. James, Alfred F.Young. There is information about the procedures for a Nominating Committee and a proposed budget report.
Correspondents include Lester J. Cappon, Elizabeth Suttell, Andrew Forest Muir, William H. Masterson, William H. "Bill" Nelson, and S. W. Higginbotham. There are also annual reports for the journal.
Correspondents include Samuel P. Hays and William H. Masterson
Included are handwritten notes by Bill Abbot
Correspondents include Richard L. Watson, Jr., and William H. Cartwright who were editing a book that Mr. Abbot was writing about American History. Included are typescripts from the book
Included are applications for grant proposals
There is correspondence from Milo V. Stewart about the Society and conferences it sponsored
Correspondents include Thomas D. Clark, R. Nicholas Olsberg, Jack P. Greene, about papers being submitted for conferences. Included is a paper by Richard Ryerson : The Institutional Response to Crisis Politics"
There is correspondence from Bennett H. Wall, John J. Rumbarger, Michael McGiffert, Richard S. Kirkendall, Richard G. Hewlett, Edward Pessen, Carl Parrini, and Thomas C. Holt about the Charles Thomson Prize Contest
Correspondents include David A. Shannon, Frank L. Hereford, Gilbert Gude, U.S. Senator Charles Mathias, Jr., Harvey H. Jackson, Edwin E. Floyd, Robert H. Hartman, and Paul C. Nagel
Correspondents include Martin Havran, Clifford Lewis, John Sanderson du Mont, H. Bartholomew Cox, Thad W. Tate, and Richard H. Beeman
Correspondence from Clarence A. Bacote, Alonzo T. Stephens, Charles H. Wesley about which papers would be presented at the SHA Conference
There is correspondence from Gerald E. Critoph who was organizing the sessions at the SHA Conference
Correspondence of Charles F. Delzell who was the organizer of the sessions at the SHA Conference
Included is the correspondence of SHA Conference organizer Charles Dew and Richard B. Sherman
Correspondence of David H. Donald who organized an SHA Conference
Correspondence of Joe B. Frantz, chairman of joint conference with the American Association for State and Local History and the Southern Historical Association in 1968
Included is the correspondence of Stephen G. Kurtz, one of the organizers of the SHA Conference in New Orleans in 1968
Correspondence of Arthur S. Link, president of the SHA and one of the organizers of the SHA Conference in New Orleans in 1968
Correspondence of James McPherson, one of the organizers of the SHA Conference in New Orleans in 1968
Correspondence of David Shannon, one of the organizers of the SHA Conference in New Orleans in 1968
Correspondence of Jack TePaske, one of the organizers of the SHA Conference in New Orleans in 1968
Correspondence of Bennett H. Wall, Secretary-Treasurer of the Southern Historical Association
Correspondence of C. Vann Woodward, one of the organizers of the SHA Conference in New Orleans in 1968
Included is general correspondence about the 1968 SHA Conference in New Orleans and the 1971 SHA Conference in Houston. There is an SHA Annual Report (1970-1971) and the SHA's Fiftieth Anniversary Program in 1984. There are also scholarly papers by Martin H. Quitt ("From Elite to Aristocracy" and Warren M. Billings, "The Development of Political Institutions in Virginia, 1634-1676)
Included are Professor Abbot's request to serve on the Executive Council for the SHA, reports for the November 1978 Executive Council meetings, and minutes for the December 3, 1980, January 20, 1981, and December 7, 1981 Executive Council meetings.
Included is a progress report for new members in 1976 and correspondence concerning increasing SHA's membership.
Abstracts of papers to be discussed in sessions at the 1968 SHA Conference in New Orleans
Correspondence and planning for the SHA Conference in New Orleans in November 1977 are included. Also contains the proposal selection process for the Conference sessions to be held
Included are requests for corrections to the memorandum for the 1968 SHA Conference in New Orleans.
Contains a paper and edits summarizing what happened at the 1968 SHA Conference in New Orleans.
There is a program of the sessions held, report of the Program Committee, memorandum, expenses, and general correspondence concerning the 1968 SHA Conference in New Orleans. Also included is correspondence from Sanford Higginbotham, Bennett Wall, Dumas Malone, and Neva Armstrong.
Notes relating to Abbot's session for which he presided at the 1982 SHA Conference in Memphis
Brief reports of the sessions at the 1968 SHA Conference held in New Orleans
There is correspondence on the new Committee on the Status of Women Historians in the Southern Historical Association. Also included is correspondence from Charles P. Roland, Carol Bleser, Jimmie Franklin, Paul Nagel, and Joseph Tregle.
Included is an an Honorable Discharge Certificate, Annual Qualifications Questionnaires, Officer's Qualification Reports, and an Appointment Acknowledgement to the permanent rank of Lieutenant.
Included is Abbot's appointment to associate professor at Rice University and correspondence relating to editing various reports and volumes for The Journal of Southern History.
Included is correspondence regarding the move back to Williamsburg, research project in South Carolina, and career switch to editor of the William and Mary Quarterly.
Included is a letter thanking Professor Abbot for editing a paper by Harvey H. Jackson.
Included is correspondence of the evaluation committee for the University of New Hampshire's proposed Ph.D. program in History and the written proposal.
Includes an article about Abbot's "Summer on the Lawn" speech
Includes a report on admissions for the 1965-1966 academic year, a list of new faculty members in 1966, correspondence relating to the various committees in which Abbot was involved including the Committee on Educational Policy and the Budget and the Thomas Jefferson Fellows Committee.
Included are correspondence, notes, and a proposal for the founding of the Center. Also contains correspondence about searching for a director
Included are notes about meetings and a report of the Committee on Educational Policy and the Budget. There are letters of gratitude from Weldon Cooper and Joseph H. McConnell for the committee's help on the nomination of Frank L. Hereford as the next President of the University.
Includes the Report of Committee on student representatives at Faculty Meetings and notes relating to chairing and the meetings of this committee
Includes meeting minutes, nominations to Senate committees, the revised and proposed grievance procedures; new Senate Committee on Faculty Relations, the Report of a Special Committee on the University Senate, and proposals for programs in General Linguistics, Religious Studies, Accounting, and Biomedical Engineering.
Includes notes from the committee investigating the process for awarding degrees in the Graduate School of the Arts and Sciences, notes on a Center of Editorial and Textual Study, and meeting minutes of the Executive Council of the Faculty Senate. Also of note are papers concerning the Nomination Committee of the next University President, including a letter informing Abbot of his election to this committee.
There are notes for Faculty Senate meetings. Of note are correspondence about Nominations for the Board of Visitors and a list of Administrative Committees, and notes about a proposed interdisciplinary University major.
Includes notes on courses relating to the Center for Textual and Editorial Studies, a revised report of the Graduate Program: Requirements, Regulations, and Procedures, a report of the Graduate Curriculum Revision Committee, notes regarding fellowships, a list of applicants for teaching positions in the history department, and a list of courses offered for history graduate students for the Fall 1973 semester.
Contains a Report on Student Representation, graduate courses offered in 1972-1973, requirements for history majors, notes on course registration, applicants and notes on teaching positions, papers on curriculum revision, and notes for Committee on M.A. Requirements and Related Matters.
Includes papers about Professor Abbot becoming Chairman of the department, history courses offered 1968-1969, report of The College Honors Program at the University of Virginia in 1968, report of The Graduate Program: Requirements, Regulations, and Procedures, and an Evaluation of the Corcoran History Department
Includes Professor Abbot's report on his observations of the University of South Carolina's history department, the history department 1977 newsletter, correspondence about the search for a new associate professor, a proposal of a course evaluation system, and a request for Professor Abbot to continue to be on the Thomas Jefferson Fellows Committee.
Includes correspondence relating to book orders and research needs of the history department, departmental library funds allocations, and a report of the Library Committee on recommendations for improvement and the library's current state.
Includes reports about the library to the Board of Visitors, reports of the University Library Committee, 1970-1971 Annual Report for the University Library, a Library Space Proposal for expanding the library facilities, and a report of the Need for a Science-Technology Library and Information Center.
Includes information and a proposal for the 1967 Summer NDEA Institute in US History.
Includes minutes of the meeting of the Administrative Board for the Papers of George Mason and the 1966 Annual Report.
Contains the 1977 Annual Report, proposal for a comprehensive edition of the Papers of George Washington and the report from the University committee about it, recommendations from various editors of similar papers (including Julian P. Boyd of the Thomas Jefferson Papers and L.H. Butterfield of the Adams Papers), the progress reports of these respective papers, and an article from the Washington Post about editing the George Washington Papers.
Includes a proposed budget for the Washington Papers, recommendations from editors of similar papers, correspondence with the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union concerning their grant for the editing of the Washington Papers, and notes on the conference "George Washington and the Virginia Backcountry" in 1989.
Includes notes on the James Monroe Papers Conference, a paper on the James Monroe Materials by the National Historical Publications Commission, and a suvery of the James Monroe Papers by William Ray.
Includes reports for 1966, 1967, and 1968, meeting minutes of the Board of Directors, and reviews of books and manuscripts.
Includes a report for 1969, meeting minutes of the Board of Directors, a report ( the University Press Since 1962,) and notes on books and manuscripts.
Includes reviews of manuscripts, the text of Pat H. Butler's manuscript This World and the Next in Old Deerfield, and a proposal for the Writing of a History of Virginia Since 1865.
Includes meeting minutes and notes on Founder's Day and Finals for 1973-1984.
Includes the 1970 and 1972-1974 Annual Reports, notes on the Emily Clark Balch Contest, and correspondence about searching for a new editor in 1973-1974.
Includes notes on the Emily Clark Balch Contest, the 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, and 1982 Annual Reports, and the Board of the VQR meeting notes.
Includes notes from the Visiting Scholars Subcommittee on their program and notes from the Sesquicentennial Associate Selection Committee for the Associateship Program.
Includes notes from the Sesquicentennial Associateships Program for 1974-1975 and 1975-1976.
Includes nominations for visiting scholars, notes about proposed minor changes to the program, and comments on possible scholars.
Includes meeting minutes of the Advisory Committee on the Virginia Research Center for Historical Archaeology, a report of the Archaeology Program at the College of William and Mary, a resolution to protect the site of the remains of a Revolutionary War shipwreck and a related Survey Report, and a bill proposal about underwater historic preservation.
Includes a report on the Organization and Methods Study of the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, meeting minutes of the Advisory Committee, VCRA 1980 and 1982 Newsletters, a report on the Virginia Research Center for Archaeology in the 1980's, and a report of Evaluation: Historic Landmarks Commission Proposal to Reorganize its Survey and Planning Function.
Includes meeting minutes of the Advisory Committee, a bill proposal about underwater historic preservation, a report from the Council of Virginia Archaeologists, newspaper articles about excavation sites around Virginia (including a shipwreck in the York River,) a progress report for a Gloucester County site, and forms to register sites as National Historic Places.
Includes a report on the State of the Virginia Research Center for Archaeology 1976-1977 and meeting minutes from the Advisory Committee.
Includes plans and notes on the 1978-1984 Virginia Society of History Teachers conferences.
Correspondence and notes about Professor Abbot's volume on Colonial America for the American Republic series.
Correspondence about the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture Conference in October 1969.
Includes a proposal and report for a PhD History program at the College of William and Mary and notes about the history course The Literature of Recent American History.
Correspondence and notes about Professor Abbot's article "Low Country Back Country." Also includes the text of this article.
Financial records for conference and research related expenses.
Financial records relating to travel for work, salary, and personal expenses.
Professor Abbot's reviews of papers and evaluations of grant proposals. Several grant proposals are also included.
Invitations to various historical and personal celebrations.
Notes for Constitutional History lecture course in 1960.
Notes for Virginia History lecture course in 1960.
Notes for American Revolution lecture course in 1959.
Notes for History 202 lecture course.
Included are assorted notes on early Virginia history for the Revolutionary War History lecture courses
Notes for History 201 lecture course.
Notes for History 201 lecture course.
Notes on various lecture topics, including events leading up to the American Revolution.
Notes on various lecture topics, including events leading up to the American Revolution and how historians view the Revolution now.
Notes on events leading up to the American Revolution.
Legal documents including a publishing agreement for Professor Abbot to be Editor-in-Chief of the George Washington Encyclopedia, a letter from the White House about the newly established American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, and a letter offering Professor Abbot the position of James Madison Professor of American History at UVA.
Typescript of the manuscript" My Long Journey with Mr. Jefferson" by Dumas Malone.
Typescript of William Abbot's manuscript "The Colonial Beginnings of the United States, 1607-1763."
Correspondence about publishing Professor Abbot's manuscripts.
Correspondence about revisions and publishing Professor Abbot's manuscript.
Correspondence about Paul Taylor's manuscript "Georgia Plan: 1732-1752"
Included are newspaper clippings about Professor Abbot and his colleagues.
Papers titled, "Religion and the Republic: The Search for Religious Liberty in a Christian Commonwealth, 1776-1854" by W. G. McLoughlin and "The Legitimizing of Violence in the Revolutionary Era: The American Revolution and American Violence" by Richard Maxwell Brown (including comments from Professor Abbot).
Includes papers by Jack P. Greene, Richard Maxwell Brown, and William Abbot.
Includes papers by Charlyn Ryll, Patricia Molen, Gary Lord, Robert A. Murdock, James L. Anderson, James E. Chrismer, and E.D. Robertson.
Includes papers by William B. Bedford, Donald S. Spencer, Steven H. Hochman, Richard E. Ellis, Charlyn Ryll, Judy Wellman, Carl S. Matthews, and John B. Boles.
Documents relating to Professor Abbot's retirement. Includes a letter from the Board of Visitors electing Professor Abbot to Professor Emeritus.
Appraisal requests for manuscripts and Professor Abbot's recommendations.
Professor Abbot's reviews of articles, papers, books, and project proposals
Professor Abbot's reviews of articles, papers, books, and project proposals
Professor's Abbot's reviews of articles, papers, books, and project proposals
Professor Abbot's reviews of articles, papers, books, and project proposals.
Includes correspondence about up-coming speeches and typed and handwritten scripts for speeches about the George Washington Papers, the article "Lowcountry, Backcountry: Georgia in the American Revolution," and Professor Abbot's views on the study of history.
Professor Abbot's vitas and project proposal for researching post-American Revolutionary South Carolina, dating from his time at Rice University.
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1976 Dean of Afro-American Affairs and Assistant Provost4 items
Correspondence and report relating to the search for a new Dean of Afro-American Affairs and Assistant Provost.
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January-June 1973 Nomination of the New President- Faculty Senate CommitteePart 1 of 2 24 items
Report on Nomination of a President, meeting minutes of the Faculty Senate, correspondence between members of the Nominating Committee, and notes and views about the duties and requirements of the next President.
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May-October 1973 Nomination of the President- Faculty Senate CommitteePart 2 of 2 9 items
Reports from the Faculty Senate Committee and the Student Committee on Nomination of a President, report on the nominees for President from the Special Committee of the Faculty Senate, and the formal nomination of Frank Hereford, Jr. for President.
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1981-1984 Faculty Senate Committee on Faculty Relations54 items
Correspondence and reports relating to issues of conflict within the Faculty and Annual Reports of the Senate Committee on Faculty Relations for 1981-1983.
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September-October 1969 Faculty Senate3 items
Reports relating to the proposal to allow student representation at Faculty meetings
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1966-1967; 1969 Grades15 items
Grades of students in Professor Abbot's history courses
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1973-1974 Students' Grades and Grievances4 items
Correspondence between students and Professor Abbot about grades and requests to continue to the doctorate level of study in history
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October-November 1969 Afeworki Paulos2 items
Correspondence regarding an accusation of racial prejudice in the George Washington Papers
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1980-1981 UVA Promotions History Department57 items
Reports and correspondence relating to the promotion to tenured associate professor of history department faculty members
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n.d. Graduate Committee2 items
Scores of new and resident students
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1972; 1974 Hires3 items
Recommendations for candidates to hire
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October 1987 UVA History Department Promotions- Dorothy Ross14 items
Correspondence and reports relating to the promotion of Dorothy Ross to professor of history
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1987-1988 UVA Committee to Nominate the History Department Chair31 items
Correspondence regarding the nomination of the History Department chair and recommendations for promotions to full professorship of History Department faculty members.
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November-December 1996 Library of Virginia1 item
Correspondence between Professor Abbot and the administration at the Library of Virginia recommending that the Library keep its archives with the Library instead of separating them
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1962; 1968-1975 UVA Promotion Committee30 items
Correspondence regarding promotions in the History Department and in the College of Arts and Sciences as a whole
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1967-1993 Recommendations Abraham-Ayres17 items
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1960-1991 Recommendations Babin-Boylan68 items
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1961-1993 Recommendations Bradford-Bynum51 items
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1958-1993 Recommendations Calabrese-Cunningham58 items
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1964-1989 Recommendations Dauer-Evans60 items
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1957-1991 Recommendations Fairbanks-Friend21 items
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1964-1997 Recommendations Garrett-Guzinski60 items
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1956-1989 Recommendations Hackett-Hemphill58 items
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1962-1990 Recommendations Henderson-Howell33 items
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1972-1978 Recommendations Ingram-Isaac13 items
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1962-1980 Recommendations Jackson-Jordan32 items
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1959-1987 Recommendations Kasta-Kukla60 items
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1969-1990 Recommendations Lacy-Lorish29 items
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1964-1991 Recommendations Malone-Musson76 items
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1964-1992 Recommendations Nardini-Onuf13 items
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1956-1992 Recommendations Pagnani-Putnam50 items
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1955-1986 Recommendations Ragsdale-Rutman37 items
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1961-1990 Recommendations Salerno-Smith, Canfield26 items
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1957-1992 Recommendations Smith, Daniel-Swanson80 items
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1958-1993 Recommendations Taishoff-Votto48 items
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1958-1989 Recommendations Wade-Wehtje48 items
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1964-1989 Recommendations Wellman-Wood30 items
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1968-1993 Recommendations Young-Yuhnke40 items
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1965-1973 Requests for Recommendations4 items
Requests from institutions for recommendations to fill positions.
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1962-1971 Recommendations Unknown4 items
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1954-1965 Roll Books8 items
List of enrolled students and their grades.
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1955-1962 Roll Books8 items
List of enrolled students and their grades.
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April 1967 NDEA Salary2 items
Professor Abbot's salary for NDEA History Institute
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1963-1966 Salary5 items
Professor Abbot's salary at the College of William and Mary
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1978 Salary Institute of Early American History and Culture2 items
Report of salaries at the Institute of Early American History and Culture
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1970-1971 Sesquicentennial Associate Selection Committee6 items
Correspondence amongst the Selection Committee for the faculty awards for 1971-1973.
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1971-1972 Sesquicentennial Selection Committee2 items
Correspondence relating to the Sesquicentennial faculty awards for 1972-1973.
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1980-1981 UVA Search Committee for the Dean of the Faculty38 items
Correspondence of the committee charged with finding the successor to Edwin E. Floyd, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Committee members include William W. Abbot, Jeanne C. Biggar, Hugh M. Davidson, Robert H. Kretsinger, and Richard T. Selden, Willard W. Harrison, and Audrey D. Jordan. President Frank L. Hereford is also a correspondent
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1968-1969; n.d. Graded student papers5 items