University of Mary Washington Special Collections and University Archives
Simpson Library1801 College Ave.
Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Business Number: 540-654-2045
archives@umw.edu
URL: https://libraries.umw.edu/specialcollections/
Scope and Contents
This collection features records generated from assorted convocations and student assemblies conducted from 1939 to the present. Events contained here include Honor Convocation, Senior Convocation, Chancellor's Convocation, Spring Convocation, Honorary Tapping Convocation, Installation Convocation, and chapel events. Materials associated with these events include programs, speeches, schedules, and invitations.
Arrangement
In each event series, the contents are arranged chronologically.
Container List
The event was called the President's Convocation in 1972, the first year of MWC's independence from UVA.
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 1
Addresses1956-1972
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 2
Programs1958-1972
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 3
Addresses1970-2008
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 4
Programs1968-2019
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 5
Programs1959-1972
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 10
Schedules of convocations1939-1946
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 11
Programs[1940]-1987
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 12
Chapel programs schedules1943-1953
- Mixed Materials box: 1 folder: 13
Invitations1977-2010
Material on VHS. Library may not have appropriate playback devices to view on demand. Contact the archives to determine access and availability.
- Moving Images box: 2
Convocation 1999, Arnoldo Resendez, Peace Corps, HondurasMay 14, 1999
- Moving Images box: 2
Convocation 2000
- Moving Images box: 2
Convocation 2001, Lynn Monroe BraggMay 12, 2001