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Preferred Citation:

Giles B. Cooke Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 2009.177 gift of Anna Dorsey Cooke Allison, class of 1959. Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.

Processing Information:

Acc. 2009.177 accessioned by Amy C. Schindler on 5/4/09. Pennant accessioned by Steven Bookman. Acc. 2011.464 accessioned and minimally processed by Steven Bookman, University Archives Specialist, in July 2011. The collection was fully processed by Kim Sims, August 2018.

Biographical Information:

Dr. Giles B. Cooke graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1923 and received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in organic chemistry. He was married to Anna Dorsey Cooke and had one daughter, Anna Dorsey Cooke Allison, College of William and Mary class of 1959. His brother Francis West Cooke was College of William and Mary class of 1915. Cooke was a native of Gloucester, Virginia and died at age 77 on October 13, 1974. .

Scope and Contents

The collection includes Cooke's student scrapbook from the College of William and Mary (black and orange felt cover). a college notebook related to biology, diplomas, yearbooks, correspondence, photographs of various Arbor Day events across southern states, a 1923 William & Mary class photograph, publications written by Cooke, and ephemera (membership cards, voter card).

It also includes Cooke's Chi Beta Phi pin, a felt green pillow cover with gold lettering and the Temple Seal in leather, a black and orange pennant, and certificates.

Cooke's William & Mary scrapbook includes photographs of campus buildings: Wren, Science Hall, Library, Grandstand, Citizenship Building, Dining Hall, "Country Club," Jefferson Hall, Taliaferro Dormitory, Brafferton, President's House, Deanery, original Tyler Hall, the Tyler Annex, and Ewell Dormitory. Also includes are photographs of Lake Matoaka, Lord Botetourt, Founder's Day of 1923, Cooke inside the Sigma Delta Tau House, Yorktown, Jamestown, Bruton Parish Church, and one image of a William & Mary football game.

Separated Material

Colonial Echo yearbooks, 1916 and 1917, were transferred to the yearbook collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
• College of William and Mary--History--20th century
• College of William and Mary--Students--Social life and customs