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Land, Robert Hunt Guide to the Robert Hunt Land Papers UA 6.012

Guide to the Robert Hunt Land Papers UA 6.012


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Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
UA 6.012
Title
Robert Hunt Land Papers 1938-1942
Quantity
2.20 Linear Feet
Language
English

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:

Robert Hunt Land Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 1981.002 acquired on 02/01/1981 and 03/27/1989.

Biographical Information:

Robert Land Hunt was a student (1932-1934), faculty member (1939-1942), and librarian (1942-1951) at the College of William and Mary. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials relating to Robert Hunt Land's work on the history of the College of William and Mary. It includes a published description of Land's proposed history of the college, notes and correspondence about the proposed history, and biographical information about alumni (1814-1881). It also contains correspondence between Herbert Ganter, Earl Gregg Swem, and Robert Hunt Land about Ganter's research on William and Mary at the Library of Congress.

Related Material

See also Series 29 of the Robb-Bernard Papers, Mss. 65 R54, for correspondence written by Robert Hunt Land during his service on the USS Brooklyn during World War II.

Information about related materials is available at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=7142

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
  • College of William and Mary--History--17th century
  • College of William and Mary--History--18th century
  • College of William and Mary--History--19th century
  • College of William and Mary--History--20th century
  • College of William and Mary.
  • Correspondence
  • Manuscripts (document genre)
  • Tyler, John, 1790-1862

Container List

id10742
Series 1: Papers
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 id10743
    Box 1
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id10746
      Published description of the, Proposed History of William and Mary College
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id10749
      Letters to Descendants and Friends of Alumni of the College of William and Mary concerning the Proposed History
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id10751
      Notes and correspondence concerning the Proposed History
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id10753
      Correspondence concerning the Proposed History (A-F)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id10755
      Correspondence concerning the Proposed History (G-L)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id10756
      Correspondence concerning the Proposed History (M-S)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id10758
      Correspondence concerning the Proposed History (T-W)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id10770
      Correspondence with Herbert L. Ganter about his research
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id10760
      Miscellaneous Correspondence
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id10761
      Ayres, Richard J., Jr.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id10764
      Breckenridge, John
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id10772
      Brooks, Archie, Jr.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id10773
      Brown, John
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14 id10775
      Coleman, George P.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15 id10777
      Dew, Thomas Roderick
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 id10778
    Box 2
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id10781
      Dew, Thomas Roderick (Folder 2)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id10782
      Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id10784
      Founterleroy, Thomas Waring
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id10785
      Gardner, Malachi
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id10786
      Hankins, Leigh Richmond and William Albert
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id10787
      Hughes, Robert Morton
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id10788
      Jones, John
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id10789
      Jones, William Gustavus
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id10790
      Lee, Richard Bland
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id10791
      Little, John Peyton, Jr.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 11 id10792
      Marshall, John
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12 id10793
      Neblett, Colin
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13 id10794
      Roane, Spencer
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14 id10795
      Salle, J. A.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15 id10796
      Short, William
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16 id10797
      Somerville, William Clarke
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17 id10798
      Stith, William
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 18 id10800
      Taliaferro, William Throckmorton Langborne
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 19 id10802
      Tyler, Lyon Gardiner
      Scope and Contents

      (Sketch Published in the Dictionary of American Biography and notes used in writing the sketch)

    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 20 id10803
      Washington, Bushrod Wilmer, George Thornton
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 21 id10804
      Wilmer, George Thornton, Jr.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 22 id10806
      Notes concerning the Proposed History Brafferton Estate
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 23 id10808
      Notes concerning the Proposed History F. H. C. Society
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 24 id10810
      Notes concerning the Proposed History Hall of Fame and Principal
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 25 id10812
      Notes concerning the Proposed History Phi Beta Kappa
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 26 id10813
      Notes concerning the Proposed History William and Mary and Harvard
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 27 id10814
      Notes concerning the Proposed History--William and Mary Alumni who were
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 28 id10815
      Notes concerning the Jones and Dawson Papers
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 29 id10817
      Land's activities for the Proposed History Project
      1938 January 3-1939 November 5
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 30 id10818
      Land's activities for the Proposed History Project
      1938 January 1-1939 May 15
    • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 31 id10819
      Land's Activities for the Propsed History Project
      1939 July 1- 1942 February 28
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 id10820
    Box 3
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id10821
      Students- Preliminary List
      1814-1861
      Scope and Contents

      Name, Years of attendance, place of residence, and name of parent or guardian.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id10822
      Notes Concerning Students and Faculty
    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id10823
      Students-Preliminary List-First Copy
      1865-1881
      Scope and Contents

      Names taken from the College's Matriculation Book (Name, Years of attendance, place of residence, and name of parent or guardian)

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id10824
      Students- Carbon Copies
      1850-1861
      Scope and Contents

      Names taken from the College's Matriculation Book (Name, Years of attendance, place of residence, and name of parent or guardian)

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id10825
      Students-Carbon Copies
      1865-1881
      Scope and Contents

      Names taken from the College's Matriculation Book (Name, Years of attendance, place of residence, and name of parent or guardian)

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id10826
      Students- First Carbon Copies
      1865-1881
      Scope and Contents

      First Carbon Copies, Second Edition corrected, Names taken from the College's Matriculation Book (Name, Years of attendance, place of residence, and name of parent or guardian)

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id10827
      Students- Second Carbon Copies
      1865-1881
      Scope and Contents

      Second Edition corrected, Names taken from the College's Matriculation Book (Name, Years of attendance, place of residence, and name of parent or guardian)

    • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id10828
      Faculty members and courses they taught
      Scope and Contents

      Names taken from the College's Matriculation Book (Name, Years of attendance, place of residence, and name of parent or guardian)

  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id10829
    Box 4
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id10830
      Notes on Matriculates
      1888
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id10831
      Matriculation Record
      1889-1890
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id10832
      Students-Handwritten Lists from which typed lists were made
      1850-1861
      Scope and Contents

      (Name, Years of attendance, place of residence, and name of parent or guardian)

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id10833
      Students-Handwritten Lists from which Typed lists were made
      1865-1881
      Scope and Contents

      (Name, Years of attendance, place of residence, and name of parent or guardian)

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id10834
      Faculty-Handwritten Lists from which typed lists were made
      1865-1881
      Scope and Contents

      As shown in the College Matriculation Book.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id10835
      Students-Typed Lists
      1693-1888
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id10836
      Grammar School Students, Members of the Faculty, Members of the Board of Visitors, Bursars
      1693-1888
      Scope and Contents

      Typed Lists

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id10837
      Alumni
      1693-1888
      Scope and Contents

      Provisional List

    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id10838
      Land's Personal Notes taken from the American Beacon
      1817
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10 id10839
      Land's Personal Correspondence and Notes
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11 id10840
      Land's Personal Correspondence concening a fellowship for Land's work on his PhD at the University of Virginia
    • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 12 id10841
      Land's Personal Notes, and Notes Concerning the Proposed History
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