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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
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Williamsburg, Virginia
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Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.
Administrative Information
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:
Grace Warren Landrum Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gifts received from Richard L. Morton on 08/10/1956 and Mrs. Robert (Elizabeth) Matthews on 07/27/1964. This material was assigned Acc. 1980.125 when it was transferred to the University Archives. Additional material was donated by Mrs. Duncan E. Weatherill on 3/11/1959.
Processing Information:
This collection was processed by Patricia Sanabria, SCRC Staff, in October 2009. Other unknown SCRC staff previously arranged and described the collection as well.
Biographical Information:
Grace Warren Landrum, a prominent figure in the history of William and Mary, was born in Providence, Rhode Island on July 18, 1876. After receiving a B.A. from Radcliffe in 1898 and a Masters degree from the University of Chicago in 1915, she began teaching English at Westhampton College. In 1927, after nine years at Westhampton, she came to the College of William and Mary. She held two positions, Dean of Women and professor of English. When she retired in 1947, she received an honorary Doctorate in Literature from the University of Richmond. After leaving William and Mary, she taught for a year at Redlands College in California.
Landrum was a member of many organizations including the American Association of University Women and Phi Beta Kappa. She studied several literary figures, but concentrated on Chaucer and Spenser. She was known for her love of nature and English literature as well as the care and attention she gave to each student she taught.
In 1951, after being hospitalized in Columbus, Ohio for several months due to an illness she had for almost a year, she passed away. A memorial service was held for her at The College of William and Mary in the Wren Building on April 27 of that year.
Landrum Hall, a women's dormitory at the College of William and Mary, was named in honor of Grace Warren Landrum on February 9, 1959. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Scope and Contents
This collection contains biographical materials, correspondence, notebooks, scrapbooks, and other material related to former College of William and Mary Dean of Women Grace Warren Landrum from 1890-1995. Also included in the collection are dance and banquet programs; information about the dedication of Landrum Hall; and programs, news clippings, and photographs relating to the Matthew Whaley School from 1931-1932.
Arrangement of Materials:
The collection is arranged into four series: Series 1: Personal Papers, 1890-1995 and undated; Series 2: Course Notebooks, 1927-1946; Series 3: Writings, 1921-1950 and undated; and Series 4: Young Women's Club of Williamsburg, Virginia Scrapbook, 1952-1954.
Related Material
Hugh Jones Papers (UA 6.010); University Archives Artifact Collection (UA 13); Althea Hunt Papers (UA 6.028); Gladys Monroe Papers (UA 5.084); University Archives Photograph Collection (UA 8).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Buildings and Grounds--Landrum Hall
- College of William and Mary--Faculty and Staff
- College of William and Mary. Dean of Women
- College of William and Mary. Dept. of English
- Correspondence
- Landrum, Grace Warren, 1876-1951
- Lecture notes
- Matthew Whaley School (Williamsburg, Va.)
- Notebooks
- Photographs
- Programs
- Scrapbooks
- Speeches
- Women college students
- Women--Education--Virginia
- Women--Education--Virginia--History
Container List
This series includes correspondence, clippings, biographical information, notebooks and other material about Grace Warren Landrum. Included in the series are programs and publications from the Mathew Whaley School in Williamsburg, Virginia.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 id61553
Box 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id61554
Correspondence1890 July-1995 December 21, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id61555
Sigma Phi Epsilon Dance Program, Easter German Dance1916 April 28
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id61556
Matthew Whaley School: Baseball Results and Newspaper Clippings1929-1931
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id61557
Correspondence1930 July 1-1949 March 5
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id61558
News Clippings about Dr. Maude H. Woodfin1931 January 21-1948 February 17, undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id61559
Matthew Whaley School-- Junior, Senior Banquet1931 May 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id61560
Matthew Whaley School-- Plays-- Photographs and Programs1931 December 12-1932 May 12
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id61561
Matthew Whaley School-- The Whaley Handbook1931-1932
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id61562
Matthew Whaley School-- Pageant Programs1931-1932 January 22
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id61564
Matthew Whaley School-- Graduation Program and Photograph-- Commencement Program1931-1932 June 10
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id61565
Biographical Material1935-1958
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id61566
Williamsburg Lions Club-- Amateur Program and Minstrels1936 March 19
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id61567
Passport and Certificate of Vaccination Against Small Pox1948-1949 April 16
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id61568
Letter to Mrs. Woodbridge During Hospitalization1950 June 27
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id61569
Young Woman's Club of Williamsburg-- Yearbooks-- Annual Installation Banquet1952-1954
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16 id61570
Dedication of Landrum Hall1959 February 6-10
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17 id61571
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Photograph and Yearbook1959 February 5-1964
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 18 id61572
Exhibit Case Cards From Landrum Hall Dedication1964 August 7
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19 id61573
"Souvenir Letter William and Mary College"Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20 id61574
Matthew Whaley School-- Newspaper Clipping of Students Visiting the News LeaderUndated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 21 id61575
Matthew Whaley School-- Dramatic ClippingsUndated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 22 id61576
Matthew Whaley School-- PhotographUndated
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id61554
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 id61577
Box 2
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id61578
Death of Mother and Father Journal1926-1942Scope and Contents
This journal documents the death of Grace Warren Landrum's parents. It contains news clippings, memorial service programs, and correspondence.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id61579
"Third in the Series of of the Family Chronicle" Journal1934 DecemberScope and Contents
The journal is separated into seven sections. Each section is dedicated to a family member, except for the last, which is titled, "Miscellaneous." This journal contains news clippings that document the achievements of Grace Warren Landrum's relatives and acquaintances, news pertaining to the College of William and Mary, obituaries, wedding announcements, and news pertaining to Grace Warren Landrum. There is also correspondence from Margaret Watkins and other relatives as well as invitations to various academic events, memorial services, and funerals and telegrams that announce deaths, births, and weddings.
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id61580
Letter from Miriam Gordon Landrum Concerning Family History1944 February 17
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id61581
Photograph of Grace Warren Landrum as a ChildUndated
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id61578
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 id61582
Box 3
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id61583
Bird Watching Notebooks 1 and 2 of 41908-1923Scope and Contents
Bird Watching Notebook 1 Date: 1908-1915 This notebook contains Grace Warren Landrum's bird watching records. Specific locations are given next to the dates of the entries. Bird Watching Notebook 2 Date: 1916-1923 This is the second bird watching notebook kept by Grace Warren Landrum. It was bought in Dublin on December 30, 1915.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id61584
"Record of Books," Book Journal1918Scope and Contents
This journal contains documentation, kept by Grace Warren Landrum, of books, plays, essays, and poems. The date of the completion of the reading, a reflection, and a summary of the work are included. It was purchased in November of 1918.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 Mixed Materials Folder: 3 id61585
Bird Watching Notebooks 3 and 4 of 41924-1948Scope and Contents
Bird Watching Notebook 3 Date: 1924-1934 This is the third bird watching notebook kept by Grace Warren Landrum. The records are from observations made in Richmond. Bird Watching Notebook 4 Date: 1948 This is the fourth bird watching notebook kept by Grace Warren Landrum. The records are from observations made in the Redlands of California.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 Mixed Materials Folder: 4 id61586
Book Journal1925-1941Scope and Contents
This journal contains a record of literature bought and read by Grace Warren Landrum. There are notes about the authors as well as Grace Warren Landrum's personal summaries and reviews of the works.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id61587
Campus Events Journal1941-1947Scope and Contents
This journal contains summaries and reviews of events on campus including plays, concerts, and other performances.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id61588
Book Journal1942-1948Scope and Contents
This journal contains a record of literature read and owned by Grace Warren Landrum. She includes her personal summaries and reviews of the works.
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id61583
This series contains notebooks from Grace Warren Landrum's days as an English professor at the College of William and Mary. The bulk of the notebooks are from her English classes. Most notebooks contain lecture outlines and topics covered in the specific course.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 id61589
Box 4
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id61590
Course Journal, "Chaucer II"1928Scope and Contents
This journal contains the outline for an English course, about Chaucer, taught by Grace Warren Landrum. Written inside are summaries of the stories in The Canterbury Tales, lecture outlines, and lists of assignments. There is also an article about Chaucer tucked in the journal on page 78 from the May 31, 1930 issue of a newspaper titled, The Saturday Review of Literature.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id61593
Course Journal, "Chaucer P.L.G.W. cont. Troilus"1929-1932Scope and Contents
This journal contains Grace Warren Landrum's notes for teaching an English 408 course. The journal was kept from1929 to 1932. There are notes on the readings, lecture outlines, and lists of assignments.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id61591
Course Journal, "English 403"1931-1934Scope and Contents
This journal contains Grace Warren Landrum's notes for teaching an English 403 course. The class was available during the first semester from 1931 to 1934. There are lists of assignments, papers, and outside readings as well as notes on the readings, and lecture outlines and schedules.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id61592
Course Journal, "Spenser"1932 SummerScope and Contents
This journal contains Grace Warren Landrum's notes on teaching an English course in the summer of 1932. As described in the index, there are notes on assignments, texts, reports, and tests.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id61590
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 id61594
Box 5
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id61595
Course Journal, "English 408, Troilus and Criseyde, Canterbury Tales"1927-1936Scope and Contents
This journal contains Grace Warren Landrum's notes on teaching an English 408 course. There are lists of assignments, lecture outlines, personal notes on the readings, and a syllabus. Pasted onto the last two pages of the book and the back cover are a paragraph written in Latin titled "To Sleep," and two publications that discuss The Canterbury Tales.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id61596
Course Journal, "Spenser"1932-1935Scope and Contents
This journal contains Grace Warren Landrum's notes on teaching an English course in the summer of 1932 and another in the second semester of the 1934-1945 school year. Inside there are "charts" that map out readings, notes for her lectures, and lists of assignments.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id61597
Course Journal, "English 319-320, English 341"1934-1935Scope and Contents
This journal contains lecture schedules and notes and paper topics for English courses taught by Grace Warren Landrum.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id61598
Course Journal, "English 400-I"1937-1945Scope and Contents
This journal contains syllabi, paper topics, tests, and lecture notes for English courses taught by Grace Warren Landrum.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id61599
Course Journal, "English 400-I, English 200-10"1945-1946Scope and Contents
This journal contains syllabi, lecture outlines, and lecture notes for the English 400 and the English 200-210 courses taught by Grace Warren Landrum.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id61595
This series contains correspondence, speeches, and other documentation of articles written and collected by Grace Warren Landrum.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 id61600
Box 6
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id61601
Miscellaneous Material Concerning Publications1921-1945, Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2 id61602
Publication, "More Concerning Chapman's Homer and Keats"1927
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3 id61603
"Notes on the Reading of the Old South"1931 March
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4 id61604
"Spenser's Clouded Heaven" (reprint)1936 July
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5 id61605
"The Personal Satisfaction of College Life"1936 May
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6 id61606
Correspondence Concerning "Which Hugh Jones?" by Grace Warren Landrum1937 October 2-1942 August 12
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7 id61607
Commencement Speech Given at Collegiate School for Girls, Richmond1938 June 3
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 8 id61608
Chapel Talk on "Forgiveness"1938 November 30
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 9 id61616
"Imagery of Water in the Faerie Queene" Reprint1941 September
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 10 id61619
"Images in the Faerie Queene Drawn from Flora and Fauna"1941 April, 1941 July
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 11 id61622
"A Freshman's Reading: The Lost Decades" in College English Publication1942 February
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 12 id61625
Memorial Tribute to Emily Helen Dutton1947 October 24
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 13 id61627
"St. George Redivivus" Reprint1950 October
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 14 id61628
"The First Colonial Grammar in English America"Undated
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 1 id61601
This series contains a scrapbook kept by Grace Warren Landrum that includes photos, clippings, and newsletters about the Young Women's Club of Williamsburg, Virginia from 1952-1954. See also material in Series 1.
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 id61384
Box 7
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id66671
Young Women's Club of Williamsburg, Virginia Scrapbook1952-1954
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 1 id66671