A Guide to the Frank Loucks Hereford, Jr. Papers
A Collection in
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The University of Virginia Library
Accession number 12764-a
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Frank 
Loucks Hereford , Jr. Papers , #12764-a, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquistion Information
The collection was transferred from the Office of the Vice-President and Provost to Special Collections Library on August 12, 1981.
Biographical/Historical Information
Frank Loucks Hereford Jr. was born in Lake Charles, Louisiana on July 18, 1923. He
received a B. A. at the University of Virginia in 1943 and a Ph.D. in Physics at the
University in 1947. While an undergraduate, he wrote a sports column for the
University newspaper, College Topics. He was a
research scientist in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1945. During the war years
he worked on research for the Manhattan Project under Dr. Jesse Beams, who called
him "one of the best all around physicists with whom I have ever been associated."
He worked for the Bartol Research Foundation at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania
from 1947 to 1949. He married Ann Lane in 1948 and became an Associate Professor of
Physics at the University of Virginia in 1949, rising to full professor in 1952, and
Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1962. He was named the Robert C.
Taylor Professor of Physics in 1966 and was promoted to Provost of the University,
the chief academic officer after the President. Also in 1966 he received the Thomas
Jefferson Award in recognition of his extensive services in teaching, research and
administration. In 1970 he was Provost and Vice-President, being the first occupant
of this position. Throughout his career, Mr. Hereford was noted as an able teacher
and an articulate advocate of improving the quality of education at the University.
He guided and planned for the growth of the University and formulated plans for the
admission of women to the College of Arts and Sciences. He was visiting professor at
the University of St. Andrews, Scotland from 1971 to 1972. He was inaugurated as the
fifth president of the University of Virginia in 1974. He was the recipient of the
Raven Award in 1983, the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award in 1985, as well as the IMP
Society Distinguished Faculty Award in the same year. He was a member of many honor
societies including Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, Alpha Tau Omega, Raven
Society, Sigma XI, and Fellow of American Physical Society. He was on the Board of
Directors of the Virginia National Bank, Belfield School; St. Anne's School;
Woodberry Forest School; The Mariners Museum and Gould, Inc. He was the
author of numerous publications and was an avid sportsman, enjoying hunting and
tennis as well as spectator sports.
Scope and Content
The collection consists of the personal papers (1973-1985) of the University
of Virginia's fifth president, Frank Loucks Hereford , Jr. The collection is 708
items, 3 Hollinger Boxes and 1.25 linear feet. Included in the collection is
personal correspondence of President Hereford , which is mostly thank you letters,
including one to the Seven Society and a resolution from the Board of Visitors in
his honor.
There is some correspondence about conflicts of interest policies as President of the
University. There is also information about Carrs Hill. Of particular interest in
the correspondence, is a letter from John A. Gill to the president that is filled
with racism against African Americans and Jews at the University of Virginia and
Farmington Hunt Club. The letter was written to President Hereford after the
president had made a statement in favor of more diversity at the University and
Farmington.
There is also information about President Hereford's inauguration in 1974 and his
resignation after eleven years in 1984, as well as Board of Visitors meeting
minutes. There are also original speeches of the President from 1973 to 1985,
including materials that he used to prepare his speeches. Included with the
University of Virginia related speech materials are articles about the history of
the University and correspondence between President Hereford and former alumni who
reminisced about the early days at the University. There are also "Remarks by Walter
Dexter Whitehead and a typescript of a "Papraphrased Conversation between Hereford
and Richard M. Brandt." In the University of Virginia miscellaneous there is a poem
by Raymond C. Bice written for President Hereford's birthday. Correspondents of the
President include Governor Mills E. Godwin, Jr.; Thomas J. Michie, Jr.; Francis L .
Berkeley, Jr.; Walter Muir Whitehill; J. C. Smiddy; Frank S. Walker; Edgar and
Eleanor Shannon, Jr.; Thomas A. Graves; Dumas Malone; Joseph H. McConnell; Charles
L . Brown; and Gilbert "Gilly" J. Sullivan.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged alphabetically by topic and chronologically within each folder.
Contents List
There are thank you letters for gifts to Carr's Hill, information about items on loan, and budget information on entertaining
Included are policies on conflict of interest and correspondence from
President Hereford clarifying that he was not profiting from his son's
businesses while they provided service to the University. There are also
letters to Myron E. Tremain and Bernard J. Haggerty about resigning from
the board of Virginia National Bank due to conflicts of interest.
There is a letter from John A. Gill with very strong and discriminating
language against Negroes and Jews attending the University of Virginia
and Farmington Hunt Club. Gill was upset that President Hereford had
made a statement about changing the policies at Farmington to include
all people and Gill was begging Hereford to stand against this "liberal"
position.
Included is Hereford's letter of resignation as professor of physics,
notes for his Board of Visitors infoview, and letters of congratulations
from Hereford to Mills E. Godwin, Jr. and Thomas J. Michie, Jr. on their
successful elections. Hereford also corresponded with Walter Muir
Whitehill, and Francis L . Berkeley, Jr. about plans for the Rotunda.
There are also newspaper clippings about President Hereford's
inauguration. Other correspondents include J. C. Smiddy, Frank S.
Walker, Edgar F. Shannon, Jr., and Thomas A. Graves.
Included is a letter to Associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court,
Lewis J. Powell, Jr. about a hunting trip. There are mostly thank you
letters from the President and his wife. There is also a letter to
Hereford from the Board of Visitors about receiving a salary increase.
There are also letters about the death of his daughter, Molly, in a
tragic car accident, including a letter from Paul Gaston.
There are mostly friendly inquiries and thank you letters. Included are letters about receiving the 1983 Raven Award. Correspondents include Robert M. Gooch, Gilbert J. Sullivan, and William H. Fishback.
There is information about names for the Rotunda Blocks. There is also information about the Pep Band performing at the Rotunda for the Lawn Society Banquet.
Speeches include Richmond Rotary Club; Arthur J. Morris Law Library; Faculty Wives; Chamber of Commerce; Diabetes-Endocrinology Center; Forum club; Inaugural address; Graduate Business School Sponsors; New Faculty Members; Entering Students; Resident Staff; Jaycees; Commencement Address for Florida Institute of Technology; Woodberry Forest; Hampden-Sydney College; Associates of the University Library; and Clinch Valley.
Speeches include Virginia Club of Washington; Entering Students; Southern Surgical Association; Center for Oceans Law & Policy; New Faculty Members; Governor and Budget Advisory Committee; Dedication of the Darden School; Resident Staff; Charlottesville Rotary Club; Virginia Bankers Association; Final Exercises; Service Award Ceremony; Law Day Luncheon; Dr. Wade Hampton Frost Professorship; Founders Day; Thomas Jefferson Society Alumni; Board of Managers of Alumni Association; Associates of the Library; Notes for the Crystallographers; Federal Executive Institute Seminar; Association of Virginia Colleges Annual Meeting; and Chairs Dinner.
Speeches include School of Education; State of the University; Fall Convocation; New Faculty Members; Entering Students; Resident Staff; Conferring Law Degrees; Final Exercises; Rotunda Dedication; Founders Day; 1926 Graduates; Omicron Delta Kappa; and Alumni
Speeches include Medical Alumni Board; Fall Convocation; Lawn Society; Introduction of Governor Godwin; New Faculty Members; Resident Staff; 1952 Class Reunion; Final Exercises; Chairs Dinner; Thomas Jefferson Society; Founders Day; Alumni; Omicron Delta Kappa; Medical Advisory Committee; and Entering Students
Speeches include Congressional Delegation; Federal Executive Institute; Winchester Rotary Club; New Faculty Members; Entering Students; Local Government Officers; Final Exercises; Alumni Awards Dinner; Founders Day; Omicron Delta Kappa; Faculty Bicentennial Speaker Series about Women; Thomas Jefferson Society; Norfolk Rotary Club; Panama Canal Treaties Symposium; Appropriations Committee of the House of Delegates; Fall Convocation and Lawn Society
Speeches include New York Alumni; Lynchburg Alumni; Philadelphia Alumni;
Alumni Awards Dinner; Dedication of Sponsors Hall; Fall Convocation; New
Faculty Members; Entering Students; New Student Convocation; Resident
Staff; Local Government Officials Conference; Final Exercises; Sidney S.
Negus Memorial Symposium; Dumas Malone Ceremony; Dedication of Walter L .
Brown; Law Class Reunion Dinner (Senator Edward Kennedy) Thomas
Jefferson Society; Founders Day; Chairs Dinner; Easters; Faculty
Bicentennial Speaker Series; Dedication of Shannon Garden; Parents Day;
Alumni State of the University; Medical Alumni Association; and General
Professional Advisory Committee.
Speeches include Parent's Committee; Alumni Homecoming; Fall Convocation; Darden Convocation; New Student Convocation; Founders Day; New Faculty Members; Student Aid Foundation; Resident Staff; Science Engineering and Applied Sciences Conferring Degrees; State of the University Address; Thomas Jefferson Society; University Union; Prospects For Higher Education; Medical Alumni Advisory Committee; W. Ralph Singleton; Local Government Officials Conference; Final Exercises; Columbia Alumni; Charleston Alumni; Memphis Alumni; Charlottesville Rotary Club; and the Clemons Library Dedication.
Speeches include Parents Day; Fall Convocation; New Faculty Members; Entering Students; Darden School Sponsors; New Student Convocation; Final Exercises; Thomas Jefferson Society; Omicron Delta Kappa; Founders Day; Baltimore Area Campaign Kick-Off; Roanoke Area Campaign Kick-Off; Wilmington Area Kick-Off; New York Area Campaign Kick-Off; Lynchburg Campaign Kick-Off; Chattanooga Alumni; Atlanta Alumni; Houston Alumni; New Orleans Alumni; Maryland Alumni; Budget Requests; SCHE Conference; Groundbreaking of Replacement Hospital; Introduction of John Casteen; and Lawn Advisory Board.
Speeches were addressed to the UVA Women Faculty; Founders Day attendees; Clifton Waller Barrett Dinner guests, and Final Exercises
There are articles, and reference materials for speeches. The material is divided into different subject areas such as earlier alumni speeches; enrollment; financial information; historical facts; honor system; medical school; miscellaneous; and public vs. private Institutions.
There is information pertaining to the history of the University of
Virginia that Hereford used in his speeches. Included are photocopies
from Philip Bruce's, "History of the University of Virginia," an article
by John Hammond Moore, "Morgan Robinson Preservation of the Traditions
of the University of Virginia," an article, "Another Peppercorn for Mr.
Jefferson," and an article from the Magazine of Albemarle County
History, "Lafayette in Albemarle." There are copies of Board of Visitors
minutes from 1909; a report from the UVA Faculty Committee denying the
admission of Women (1893;) "Remarks by Walter Dexter Whitehead, Dean of
the Faculty of Arts and Science" (1971 December 14); "Remarks by Mills
Godwin" at President Hereford's inauguration; and a typescript
manuscript of a "Paraphrased Conversation between Richard M. Brandt and
President Hereford (April 19,1973)