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Pinckney, Thomas Records Guide to the Thomas Pinckney Records UA 49

Guide to the Thomas Pinckney Records UA 49


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SCRC Staff, Mariaelena DiBenigno

Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
UA 49
Title
Thomas Pinckney Records 1932-1942
Quantity
1.25 Linear Feet
Creator
College of William and Mary. University Relations.
Creator
Pinckney, Thomas, 1903-1993
Language
English .

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.

Preferred Citation:

College of William and Mary, Thomas Pinckney Records, Special Collections Research Center, William and Mary Libraries.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Transfer

Biographical / Historical

Thomas Pinckney (1903-1993) was the Director of Public Relations at William & Mary from 1938-1942. He and his wife, Charlotte Kent Pinckney (mentioned in the records), moved to Williamsburg from Richmond, Virginia. Pinckney resigned from his position in 1942 and joined the United States Navy during World War II. After the war, Pinckney continued to work in public relations for the Veterans Administration and the Defense General Supply Center.

Scope and Contents

As Director of Public Relations, Pinckney worked in a two-person office with office assistant Emily Sneed and includes much about campus experience from 1938-1942. The office did not cover sports publicity, which was handled by the Athletics Department. Pinckney and Sneed also oversaw the Wren Building Guides, a group of male students who interpreted and gave tours of the Wren Building. Pinckney's records include correspondence with Deans Grace Landrum, J. Wilfred Lambert, and James W. Miller; the Colonial Williamsburg Restoration; and professors Althea Hunt and Martha Barksdale. Topics include admissions, alumni, guidebooks, honorary degrees, public inquiries, final exercises, reinternment of Thomas Roderick Dew, and World War II's impact on William & Mary's campus.

Press releases are compiled in Box 5, but researchers are encouraged to also look for them in individual subject folders.

Records are arranged alphabetically.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • College of William and Mary.
  • Correspondence
  • Landrum, Grace Warren, 1876-1951
  • Press releases
  • Visitors to Campus
  • World War II

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Landrum, Grace Warren, 1876-1951
  • Pinckney, Thomas, 1903-1993
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Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1
Box 1
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 1
    A.A.A.S (American Association for Advancement of Science)
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 2
    Activities (Debating, Band, May Day)
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 3
    Admissions
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 4
    Admissions -- Dean of Men
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 5
    Alumni
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6
    American College Publicity Association, April 1940
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7
    American College Publicity Association, 1941
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 8
    American College Publicity Association Conference -- Arrangements
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 9
    American College Publicity Association Conference -- Delegates
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 10
    American College Publicity Association Conference -- Program
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 11
    Army
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 12
    Associated Press
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 13
    Association of American Universities
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
    Athletics
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 15
    Bursar -- Charles J. Duke
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 16
    Carter Glass Presentation
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 17
    Ceremonies and Conferences at W&M
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 18
    Chambers of Commerce
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
    Cheek, Leslie Jr.
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 20
    Civilian Defense
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 21
    College and War, Dec. 7, 1941
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 folder: 22
    Conference on Public Issues
    English.
Mixed Materials Box: 2
Box 2
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 1
    Correspondence, A-Z
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 2
    Correspondence, 1938-1939
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 3
    Correspondence, 1940-1944
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 4
    Cuts, Engravings
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 5
    Daffodil Festival
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 6
    Daily Press and Times-Herald
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 7
    Danville Bee
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 8
    Dean of Faculty -- James W. Miller
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 9
    Dean of Men -- J. Wilfred Lambert
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 10
    Dean of Women -- Grace W. Landrum
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 11
    Defense Committee
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 12
    Departmental Clubs
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 13
    Dew, Thomas Roderick -- Reinterred
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 14
    Education Department
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 15
    Esso Reporter
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 16
    Expenses
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 17
    Festival Theatre
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 18
    Final Exercises, 1939
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 19
    Final Exercises, 1940
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 folder: 20
    Final Exercises, 1941
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Box 3
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 1
    Finals, 1942
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 2
    Financial Campaigns
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 folder: 3
    Fine Arts
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4
    Fine Arts -- Press Releases
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5
    Fort Eustis
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6
    Fort Eustis Lectures
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7
    France -- Propaganda
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8
    Gift
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 9
    Guide Books
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 10
    Hampton Institute
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 11
    Harvard Overseas
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 12
    Home-Town Students
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 13
    Honorary Degrees
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 14
    Hughes, Robert Morton
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 15
    Inquiries -- Academy
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 16
    Inquiries -- Commercial
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 17
    Inquiries -- Historical
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 18
    Inquiries -- Magazines and Publications
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 19
    Inquiries -- Miscellaneous
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 20
    Institute for National Policy Competition
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 21
    International Relations Club
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Box 4
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1
    Lancaster, Dabney S.
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2
    Latin Department
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 3
    Law School
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 4
    Lectures -- Press Releases
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5
    Lectures and Concerts
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 6
    Library
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 7
    Life Magazine
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8
    Lynchburg Advance/Lynchburg News
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 9
    Marshall-Wythe School
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 10
    Meetings, Learned Societies
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11
    Miscellaneous
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 12
    News Leader Richmond
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 13
    Newspapers, Miscellaneous
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 14
    News Service
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 15
    Pinckney, Thomas -- re: article "Virginia Colleges and the War Effort" (1 of 2)
    English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 folder: 16
    Pinckney, Thomas -- re: article "Virginia Colleges and the War Effort" (2 of 2)
    English.
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Box 5
English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 1
    Photographs -- Correspondence
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 2
    Placement Bureau
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 3
    Plays
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 folder: 4
    Politicos
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5
    President
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6
    President's Christmas Party
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7
    Press Releases, 1939-1940
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8
    Press Releases, 1941
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9
    Prospects
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10
    Public Relations
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 11
    Quarter Millenium
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 12
    Radio
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Box 6
English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 folder: 1
    Radio, 1941
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 2
    Radio Broadcasts -- Specials
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 3
    Red Cross
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 4
    Registrar (Kathleen Alsop)
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 5
    Registration
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 6
    Research
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 7
    Scholarships -- Prize Competitions
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 8
    Societies and Clubs
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 9
    Special Events
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 10
    Special Features
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 11
    Stettinius, Edward R.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 12
    Students
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 Folder: 13
    Summer Sessions
Mixed Materials Box: 7
Box 7
English.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 1
    Theatre Press Releases
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 2
    Theater -- Rollins Studio
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 3
    Thomas, Earl
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 4
    Velz, Lt. Dick
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 5
    Virginia Association of Colleges
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 6
    Virginia Fisheries Laboratory
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 7
    Virginia Fisheries Laboratory -- Press Releases
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 8
    Virginia Press Association
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 9
    Virginia State Chamber of Commerce
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 10
    Virginia Writer's Project
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 11
    Visitors
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 12
    War Work
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 13
    Washington Post
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 14
    Williams, L.M.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 15
    Winchester Evening Star
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 16
    Withers, Colonel Robert E.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 17
    The World in Crisis
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 18
    Wren Building Guides -- Administration
    Scope and Contents

    Wren Building Guides were a group of William & Mary students who answered visitor questions about the Wren Building and other local/campus history. Their work was supervised by the Public Relations office and funded by the National Youth Administration.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 19
    Wren Building Guides -- Examination
    Scope and Contents

    Wren Building Guides were a group of William & Mary students who answered visitor questions about the Wren Building and other local/campus history. Their work was supervised by the Public Relations office and funded by the National Youth Administration.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 20
    Wren Building Guides -- Interpretation
    Scope and Contents
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 21
    Wren Building Guides -- National Youth Administration
    Scope and Contents

    Wren Building Guides were a group of William & Mary students who answered visitor questions about the Wren Building and other local/campus history. Their work was supervised by the Public Relations office and funded by the National Youth Administration.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 22
    WRNL Radio Station
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 23
    WRVA Radio Station
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 Folder: 24
    Year-End Review Reports, 1940
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 folder: 25
    Year-End Review Clippings, 1940