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Office of the President recordsWLU.RG.2


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Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives

Repository
Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives
Identification
WLU.RG.2
Title
Office of the President records Date Not Yet Determined
Quantity
20 Linear Feet
Creator
Washington and Lee University. Office of the President
Language
The materials in this collection are in English.

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use

The materials from Washington and Lee University Special Collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright law. The user assumes full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used should be fully credited with the source. Permission for publication of this material, in part or in full, must be secured with the Head of Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is generally open for research use. Some materials may be restricted.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Office of the President Records (RG 2), Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

Scope and Contents

This record group contains materials created by the University's Presidents while carrying out their job duties. The individual presidents will eventually receive their own collection guide and unique identifier. This collection is unprocessed.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • College presidents

General

This collection's previous unique identifier was RG 0003.

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Dudley, William C.
  • Ruscio, Kenneth Patrick
  • Washington and Lee University. Campaigns
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Container List

President John Delane Wilson
English.
  • Text [0000003380] box: 1
    Memos to Board of Trustees
    1947-1994English.
  • Text [0000003332] box: 2
    Board of Trustees Meeting Material
    1983-1989English.
  • Text [0000003334] box: 3
    Board of Trustees Meeting Material
    1990-1993English.
  • Text [0000003330] box: 4
    Board of Trustees Material
    1994-1995English.
    Scope and Contents

    Also contains Self Study Report and Long Range Plan

  • Text [0000003335] box: 6
    Alumni Correspondence U - Z
    1983-1991English.
  • Text [0000003333] box: 5
    Alumni Correspondence
    1983-1991English.
  • Text [0000003337] box: 7
    Alumni Correspondence on Coeducation
    1983-1984English.
  • Text [0000003338] box: 8
    Alumni Correspondence A - T
    1992-1994English.
  • Text [0000003339] box: 9
    Alumni Correspondence S - Z
    1992-1995English.
  • Text [0000003351] box: 10
    Coeducation
    1972-1984English.
  • Text [0000003352] box: 11 (Pt.2)
    Coeducation
    1972-1984English.
  • Text [0000003342] box: 12
    Coeducation Miscellaneous
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes the Admissions Coeducation Study and alumni survey data.

    • Survey of Alumni Attitudes Towards Coeduction Research Report
      3 Item
      1984-05-18English.
      Scope and Contents

      This survey of the alumni was conducted by the Southeastern Association of Research.

  • Text [0000003344] box: 13
    President's Office Correspondence
    1960-1998English.
  • Text [0000003345] box: 14
    Miscellaneous
    1985-1991English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes departments and programs on campus. Also athletics and capital projects.

  • Text [0000003346] box: 15
    Miscellaneous
    1990-1995English.
  • Text [0000003348] box: 16
    Correspondence
    1985-1997English.
  • Text [0000003349] box: 17
    Correspondence
    1997English.
  • Text [0000003350] box: 18
    Miscellaneous Correspondence and Faculty Tenure
    English.
  • Text [0000003353] box: 19
    Law School Correspondence
    1984-1992English.
  • Text [0000003354] box: 20
    Correspondence
    1984-1995English.
  • Text [0000003367] box: 21 (Pt.1)
    Dean Search - Law School
    1994English.
  • Text [0000003366] box: 22 (Pt.2)
    Dean Search - Law School
    1994English.
  • Text [0000003357] box: 23
    Dean Searches
    1986-1995English.
  • Text [0000003379] box: 24 (Pt.1)
    Honorary Degrees
    1975-1993English.
  • Text [0000003364] box: 25 (Pt.2)
    Honorary Degrees
    1965-1975English.
  • Text [0000003368] box: 26 (Pt.1)
    Legal Files - Confidential
    English.
  • Text [0000003369] box: 27 (Pt.2)
    Legal Files - Confidential
    English.
  • Text [0000003370] box: 28
    Miscellaneous (Assistant to the President)
    1977-1987English.
  • Text [0000003371] box: 29
    Law School Evaluations
    1981-1994English.
  • Text [0000003473] box: 30 (Pt.1A)
    Miscellaneous Files
    1961-1983English.
  • Text [0000003373] box: 31 (Pt.1B)
    Miscellaneous Files
    1983-1991English.
  • Text [0000003374] box: 32 (Pt.2A)
    Miscellaneous Files
    1960-1988English.
  • Text [0000003378] box: 33 (Pt.2B)
    Miscellaneous Files
    1979-1987English.
    Scope and Contents
  • Text [0000003376] box: 34
    Miscellaneous
    1991-1992English.
  • Text [0000004135] box: 35
    Miscellaneous
    1987-1993English.
  • Text [0000004136] box: 36
    Miscellaneous
    English.
  • Text [0000004137] box: 37
    Law Dean Search
    1994English.
  • Text [0000004138] box: 38
    Speeches
    1983-1994English.
  • Presidential Search Committee Files, Restricted
    1994English.
    Conditions Governing Access

    Restricted files - requires permission of the W&L president.

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President John William Elrod
English.
  • Installment 1
    English.
    • Text [0000003517] box: 1
      Correspondence
      1992-1998English.
    • Text [0000003516] box: 2
      Correspondence
      1997-1998English.
    • Text [0000003518] box: 3
      Advisory Committee
      1994-1999English.
    • Text [0000004122] box: 4
      Law Dean Search
      1999English.
      Conditions Governing Access

      Restricted, requires permission of W&L president.

    • Text [0000003627] box: 5
      Miscellaneous Files & Trustee Files
      1971-1997English.
    • Text [0000004123] box: 6
      Miscellaneous Subject Files
      1961-1993English.
      Conditions Governing Access

      Restricted, requires permission of W&L president.

    • Text [0000003565] box: 7
      Miscellaneous
      English.
    • Text [0000003564] box: 8
      Miscellaneous
      English.
      Scope and Contents

      Includes information on the Reeves Center/Watson Addition,Science Center.

    • Text [0000003563] box: 9
      Miscellaneous
      English.
      Scope and Contents

      Includes Lee Chapel Renovation Project and Watson Gallery planning.

    • Text [0000003562] box: 10
      Miscellaneous
      English.
      Scope and Contents

      Includes materials about Lee Chapel

    • Text [0000003549] box: 11
      Budget
      English.
    • Text [0000003550] box: 12
      Trustee Files, Alumni Correspondence G-Z,Miscellaneous
      English.
    • Text [0000003552] box: 13
      Trip Files for John W. Elrod, James Farrar, SAE House Corp. Files
      1997-2000English.
    • Text [0000003772] box: 14
      Trustee Files, Alumni Correspondence A - F
      English.
    • Text [0000003554] box: 15
      Budget & Miscellaneous
      1999-2001English.
    • Text [0000003555] box: 16
      Trip Files for John W. Elrod, James Farrar, SAE House Corp. Files
      1994-2000English.
    • Text [0000004125] box: 17 (Pt.1)
      Farris Hotchkiss Miscellaneous
      English.
    • Text [0000004124] box: 18 (Pt.2)
      Farris Hotchkiss Miscellaneous
      English.
    • Text [0000004126] box: 19
      Farris Hotchkiss Board of Trustees Meeting
      1994-1997English.
    • Text [0000004133] box: 20 (Pt.1)
      Farris Hotchkiss Strategic Planning Files, Interview Files
      1997-1999English.
    • Text [0000003625] box: 21 (Pt.2)
      Farris Hotchkiss Strategic Planning Files, Interview Files
      1997-1999English.
    • Text [0000003630] box: 22
      Farris Hotchkiss Contact Reports A-Z
      English.
    • Text [0000003631] box: 23
      Farris Hotchkiss Chronological Files
      1993-1994English.
    • Text [0000003632] box: 24
      Farris Hotchkiss Chronological Files
      1994English.
    • Text [0000003633] box: 25
      Farris Hotchkiss Chronological Files
      1994-1995English.
    • Text [0000003639] box: 26
      Farris Hotchkiss Chronological Files
      1995-1996English.
    • Text [0000003640] box: 27
      Farris Hotchkiss Chronological Files
      1996-1997English.
    • Text [0000003636] box: 28
      Farris Hotchkiss Chronological Files
      1997-1998English.
    • Text [0000004132] box: 29
      Dean of the Law School, Miscellaneous Correspondence A
      English.
    • Text [0000004131] box: 30
      Dean of Students Miscellaneous Correspondence F
      English.
    • Text [0000004130] box: 31
      Miscellaneous Correspondence L-R
      English.
    • Text [0000004129] box: 32
      Miscellaneous Correspondence
      English.
    • Moving Images [0000003743] box: 33
      Videocassette - Elrod Named President, Lee Chapel Ceremony,Inauguration
      1995English.
    • Text [0000003779] box: 34
      Presidential Search Committee Files
      1995English.
      Conditions Governing Access

      Restricted. Requires permission of W&L president.

    • Text [0000004134] box: 35
      Miscellaneous
      1997-1998English.
      Scope and Contents

      Includes strategic planning information.

    • Text [0000004128] box: 36
      Miscellaneous
      1976-1996English.
    • Text [0000003738] box: 37
      Miscellaneous
      1988-1995English.
    • Text [0000004127] box: 38
      Farris Hotchkiss Chronological Files
      1995English.
    • Text [0000003740] box: 39
      Farris Hotchkiss Chronological Files
      1998English.
  • Installment 2
    English.
    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    Given by the President's Office July 2005

    • Text [0000003881] box: 1
      President's Office Archived Files A
      1992-1998English.
    • Text [0000003880] box: 2
      President's Office Archived Files A-C
      1959-1998English.
    • Text [0000003879] box: 3
      President's Office Archived Files C
      1950-1998English.
    • Text [0000003878] box: 4
      President's Office Archived Files
      1981-2005English.
    • Text [0000003842] box: 5
      President's Office Archived Files D-F
      1981-1998English.
    • Text [0000003843] box: 6
      President's Office Archived Files F-H
      1957-1998English.
    • Text [0000003844] box: 7
      President's Office Archived Files H
      1981-1996English.
    • Text [0000003847] box: 8
      President's Office Archived Files I-L
      1964-1998English.
    • Text [0000003846] box: 9
      President's Office Archived Files L
      1950-1997English.
    • Text [0000003849] box: 10
      President's Office Archived Files L-N
      1969-1998English.
    • Text [0000003850] box: 11
      President's Office Archived Files N-P
      1962-1996English.
    • Text [0000003877] box: 12
      President's Office Archived Boxes P-R
      1945-1996English.
    • Text [0000003876] box: 13
      President's Office Archived Files R-S
      1979-1999English.
    • Text [0000003862] box: 14
      President's Office Archived Files S
      1968-1999English.
    • Text [0000003875] box: 15
      President's Office Archived Files S-T
      1949-1999English.
    • Text [0000003874] box: 16
      President's Office Archived Files U-V
      1970-1999English.
    • Text [0000003871] box: 17
      President's Office Archived Files
      English.
      Scope and Contents

      U.S.News and World Report, President's Inauguration and Citation Letters.

    • Text [0000003872] box: 17A
      President's Office Archived Files
      English.
      Scope and Contents

      Minority Issues, Miscellaneous Academy Rreprints

    • Text [0000003873] box: 17B
      President's Office Archived Files
      English.
      Scope and Contents

      Financial Trends, Tuition Articles, Teaching Articles

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President Thomas Gerard Burish
2002-2005English.
  • Installment 1
    English.
    Immediate Source of Acquisition

    This material was transferred from the President's Office on June 18, 2008.

    • Text [0000004150] box: 1
      President's Office Archived Files A-F
      English.
      Scope and Contents

      This box contains materials on the following Corporafoundations,funds and trusts: Bonner,Carmaxx,Carpenter,Chicago Community,Christian A.Johnson Endeavor,Clarke Winchole,Commonwealth,DuPont,Dyson,EDFUND,Evans,Freuauff,Getty,Goodrich,Kenan,Kendal,Kerr,Knight,Liebman,Luce,Marshall,Mellon,Milhauser,Morris,Rawls,Pew,Reynolds,Stonewall Jackson,Telford,Watson,and Williams. Also pre-2005 Greek system, pre-2005 HR,pre-2005 Law School,five year plan, law class of 2007.

    • Text [0000004152] box: 2
      President's Office Archived Files F-J
      English.
      Scope and Contents

      This box contains materials on the following corporafoundations,funds and trusts: Bonner,Carmaxx,Carpenter,Chicago Cummunity,Christian A.Johnson Endeavor,Clark Winchole,Commonwealth,DuPont,Dyson,EDFUND,Evans,Freuauff,Getty,Goodrich,Kenan,Kendal,Kerr,Knight,Liebman,Luce,Marshall,Mellon,Milhauser,Morris,Rawls,Pew,Reynolds,Stonewall Jackson,Telford,Watson,Williams. Also pre-2005 Greek system, pre-2005 HR, pre-2005 Law School, five year plan, class of 2007.

    • Text [0000004153] box: 3
      President's Office Archived Files J-V
      English.
      Scope and Contents

      This box contains materials on the following coraporafoundations, funds and trusts: Bonner,Carmaxx,Carpenter,Chicago Community,Christian A. Johnson Endeavor,Clarke Winchole,Commonwealth,DuPont,Dyson,EDFUND,Evans,Freuauff,Getty,Goodrich,Kenan,Kendal,Kerr,Knight,Liebman,Luce,Marshall,Mellon,Milhauser,Morris,Rawls,Pew,Reynolds,Stonewall Jackson,Telford,Watson,Williams. Also pre-2005 Greek System, pre-2005 HR, pre-2005 Law School,five year plan, cClass of 2007.

  • Installment 2
    English.
    • Text [0000004157] box: 1
      President's Office Archived Files A-C
      English.
      Scope and Contents
    • Text [0000004158] box: 2
      President's Office Archived Files C
      English.
      Scope and Contents

      This box contains materials pertaining to Chavis through Commonwealth of Virginia-U.S. Senator George Allen.

    • Text [0000004159] box: 3
      President's Office Archived Files C-F
      English.
      Scope and Contents

      This box contains materials pertaining to Communications and External Realtions though Facilities Management.

    • Text [0000004160] box: 4
      President's Office Archived Files F-L
      English.
      Scope and Contents

      This box contains materials pertaining to Faculty Annual Fund through Line Printer related.

    • Text [0000004308] box: 5
      President's Office Archived Files M-S
      English.
      Scope and Contents

      This box contains materials pertaining to Marks and Lundy through Sororities.

    • Text [0000004309] box: 6
      President's Office Archived Files S-U
      English.
      Scope and Contents

      This box contains materials pertaining to Southern Association of Colleges and Schools through Unniversity Leadership Forum.

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William W. Pusey III
English.
  • Memo on Faculty Appointments, Tenure, and Academic Freedom
    1967-09-20English.
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Miscellaneous
English.
  • RG 4 Self-Study Reports
    1964-1999English.
    Scope and Contents

    Includes Self-Study Handbook/Manual 1997-99 notebook.

  • African Americans at Washington and Lee website
    Ruscio, Kenneth Patrick2013English.
    Scope and Contents

    A timeline is being developed on the university website by a special working group established in August 2013 by Washington and Lee President Kenneth P. Ruscio to explore the role of African Americans in the history of the University. The University Library is capturing this timeline using Archive-It.

    Online Access

    View captures online at Washington and Lee University's Archive-It webpage

  • Washington and Lee University Strategic Plan
    2018
  • Higher Education's Contribution to Democracy by Kenneth P. Ruscio. Opening Convocation.
    2014-09-10
  • Thank You! A Campaign for the Rising Generation at Washington and Lee University.
    1998-2003
  • The Inauguration of William C. Dudley, 27th President of Washington and Lee
    2017-09-16
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