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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
400 Landrum Dr
Williamsburg, Virginia
Business Number: 757-221-3090
spcoll@wm.edu
URL: https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections
William & Mary Special Collections Research Center 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:
The 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.
Custodial History:
Portions of this collection were previously in the Publications Collection.
Preferred Citation:
Commencement Exercises Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Acc. 1933.25 received 5/3/1933. For further information please contact Special Collections Research Center staff.
Scope and Contents
This collection includes programs, scripts, remarks, addresses, speeches, invitations, and other related material from commencement exercises at the College of William and Mary. Events and ceremonies related to graduation would also include the baccalaureate service and other events.
Arrangement of Materials:
Chronological.
Related Material
University Archives Subject File Collection (UA 9); University Archives Photograph Collection (UA 8); Records of the Office of the President (various collection numbers); University Archives Audiovisual Collection (UA 58); Vice President for Student Affairs (UA 128).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- College of William and Mary--Commencement
- College of William and Mary--History--19th century
- College of William and Mary--History--20th century
- College of William and Mary--History--21st century
- College of William and Mary--Students
- Invitations
- Programs
- Speeches, addresses, etc.
- Student Activities
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1
Commencement1831
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 2
Commencement (typescript)1857
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3
Commencement1858
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 4
Commencement (Hugh Grigsby's oration only)1859
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 5
Commencement1860
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 6
Commencement (Benjamin Ewell's address only)1873
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 7
Commencement (Rev. A. M. Randolph's address only)1875
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 8
Commencement (Rev. O. Sievers Barten's address only)1876
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 9
Commencement (Beverley B. Munford's address only)1889
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10
Commencement1890
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 11
Commencement1891
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 12
Commencement1892Scope and Contents
(includes Robert M. Hughes address
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 13
Commencement1893
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 14
Commencement1894
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15
Commencement1895
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 16
Commencement1896
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 17
Commencement1897
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 18
Commencement1898
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 19
Commencement1899
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 20
Commencement1900
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21
Commencement1901
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22
Commencement1902
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 23
Commencement1903
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 24
Commencement1904
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 25
Commencement1905
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 26
Commencement1906
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 27
Commencement1907
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 28
Commencement1908
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 29
Commencement1909
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 30
Commencement1910
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 31
Commencement1911
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 32
Commencement1912
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 33
Commencement1913Scope and Contents
includes Samuel Black McCormick address
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 34
Commencement1914
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 35
Commencement1915Scope and Contents
includes Clarence Winthrop Bowen address
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 36
Commencement1916
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 37
Commencement1918Scope and Contents
includes Clarence Hudson's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 1
Commencement1919Scope and Contents
includes Lyon G. Tyler's farewell address
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 2
Commencement1920
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 3
Commencement1921
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4
Commencement1922
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 5
Commencement1923
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 6
Commencement1924
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 7
Commencement1925
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 8
Commencement1926
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9
Commencement1927
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 10
Commencement1928
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 11
Commencement1929
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 12
Commencement1930Scope and Contents
includes Gilbert H. Grosvenor's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 13
Commencement1931Scope and Contents
(includes James Southall Wilson's speech
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 14
Commencement1932
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 15
Commencement1933
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 16
Commencement1934
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 17
Commencement1935
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 18
Commencement1936
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 19
Commencement1937
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 20
Commencement1938
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 21
Commencement1939
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 22
Commencement1940
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 1
Commencement1941
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 2
Commencement1942
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 3
Commencement1943Scope and Contents
(includes William O. Douglas address
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 4
Commencement1944
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 5
Commencement1945
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 6
Commencement1946
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 7
Commencement1949Scope and Contents
includes John Lesslie Hall, Jr. address
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 8
Commencement1950
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 9
Commencement1951
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 10
Commencement1952
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 11
Commencement1953
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 12
Commencement1954
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 13
Commencement1955Scope and Contents
(includes General Carlos P. Romulo's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 14
Commencement1956
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 15
Commencement1957
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 16
Commencement1958
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 17
Commencement1959Scope and Contents
(includes J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.'s address
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 18
Commencement1960
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 19
Commencement1961Scope and Contents
(includes Baccalaureate Sermon of Rev. Vernon B. Richardson
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 20
Commencement1962
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 21
Commencement1963Scope and Contents
includes Rt. Rev. Frederick J. Warneke's sermon and Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.'s address
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 22
Commencement1964Scope and Contents
includes Rev. Frederick Brown Harris sermon and C. Vann Woodward's address)
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 23
Commencement1965Scope and Contents
includes Rev. Ernest Gordon's sermon and A. Willis Robertson's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 24
Commencement1966Scope and Contents
(includes Rev. Peyton Randolph William's sermon and Henry Hamill Fowler's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 25
Commencement1967Scope and Contents
includes Rev. Dr. Robert E. Cushman's sermon and Robert D. Calkins' address
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 1
Commencement1968Scope and Contents
includes letter from Lyndon B. Johnson to graduates (stamped signature)
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 2
Commencement1969
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 3
Commencement1970
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 4
Commencement1971
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 5
Commencement1972
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 6
Commencement1973Scope and Contents
Includes remarks by Warren E. Burger.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 7
Commencement1974Scope and Contents
includes Walter Muir Whitehill's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 8
Commencement1975Scope and Contents
includes Kingman Brewster, Jr.'s address
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 9
Commencement1976
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 10
Commencement1977
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 11
Commencement1978Scope and Contents
includes Barbara Jordan's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 12
Commencement1979
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 13
Commencement1980Scope and Contents
includes Art Buchwald's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 14
Commencement1981Scope and Contents
includes William F. Buckley, Jr.'s address
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 15
Commencement1982Scope and Contents
includes Gary Trudeau's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 1
Commencement1983
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 2
Commencement1984
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 3
Commencement1985Scope and Contents
includes Commodore Grace Murray Hopper's address and remarks of George Healy
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 4
Commencement1986Scope and Contents
includes Baccalaureate address from William Sloane Coffin and Jeane Duane Jordan Kirkpatrick's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 5
Commencement1987Scope and Contents
includes addresses by Arthur J. Goldberg and Roger Mudd
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 6
Commencement1988Scope and Contents
includes Lt. Gen. Colin L. Powell's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 7
Commencement1989Scope and Contents
includes Glenn Close's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 8
Commencement1990
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 9
Commencement1991Scope and Contents
includes Hanna Holborn Gray's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 1
Commencement1992Scope and Contents
includes remarks by M. Schiavelli
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 2
Commencement1993
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 3
Commencement1994Scope and Contents
includes George F. Will's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 4
Commencement1995Scope and Contents
Includes remarks by President George H. W. Bush.
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 5
Commencement1996
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 6
Commencement1997
- Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 7
Commencement1998
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 1
Commencement1999
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 2
Commencement2000Scope and Contents
2000 includes James D. Finn address and General Brent Scowcroft speech
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 3
Commencement2001Scope and Contents
includes Madeleine K. Albright address
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 4
Commencement2002
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 5
Commencement2003Scope and Contents
includes John Lewis remarks and Queen Noor of Jordan's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 6
Commencement2004Scope and Contents
includes Jon Stewart's address
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 1
Commencement2005
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 2
Commencement2006
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 3
Commencement2007Scope and Contents
includes address by Robert M. Gates
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 4
Commencement2008
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 5
Commencement2009
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 6
Commencement2010
- Mixed Materials Box: 8 folder: 7
Commencement2011
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 1
Commencement2012
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 2
Commencement2013
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 3
Commencement2014
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 4
Commencement2015
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 5
Commencement2016
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 6
Commencement2017
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 folder: 7
Commencement2018
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 8
Commencement2019
- Mixed Materials Box: 9 Folder: 9
Commencement2020
- Mixed Materials box: 10 Folder: 10
Commencement2021
- Mixed Materials box: 10 Folder: 11
Commencement badge2023
- Mixed Materials box: 10 Folder: 12
Commencement program2023
- Mixed materials box: 10 Folder: 13
Commencement program2024