Conditions Governing Use:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, 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:

This collection was previously part of the University Archives Publications Collection.

Preferred Citation:

Southern University Conference Records, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

The portion of this collection that was previously part of the University Archives Publications Collection was received prior to 2007. Acc. 2009.094 was received in March 2009 as a gift from Guy Hubbs on behalf of Birmingham-Southern College.

Processing Information:

Acc. 2009.094 accessioned by Amy C. Schindler on 3/26/2009.

Historical Note:

The Southern University Conference was formed in 1935 to provide a forum for college and university presidents in the southeast to discuss the major academic and intellectual issues of the day. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

This collection contains programs from the 39th annual meeting of the Southern University Conference held in Williamsburg April 22-24, 1976. The theme of the conference was "Towards the Third American Century."

Acc. 2009.094 includes correspondence, financial records, programs, and related material from the Southern University Conference records previously held by Birmingham-Southern College.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Correspondence
• Education, Higher
• Financial records
• Programs
• Southern University Conference