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Preferred Citation:

William George and Gladys Bennett Guy Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Acc. 1986.21 was a gift of Alfred Armstrong on 5/29/1986; Acc. 1987.35 gift of Gladys Bennett Guy, 8/26/1985.

Accruals:

Acc. 1987.37 received 3/19/1982 from the Office of the President.

Biographical Information:

William and Mary student (1923-24). Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

The collection includes (Acc. 1987.35) an address by Prof. William George Guy at the Fourth Annual Honors Convocations, 1939; biographical materials and newspapers clippings; correspondence, 1930-1981; correspondence--Western Electric Company's Gift to the Physics Department in Memory of Loren Eastman Bennett, 1967; Pomfret, John Edwin--Portrait and Reminiscences, 1959-1966; publications; Robb, Robert Gilchrist--Portrait, 1958.

In addition (Acc. 1986.021), there are six notebooks of chemistry notes (c. 1918-1921); a minute book of Theta Chi Delta, Alpha Theta chapter, an honorary chemistry fraternity; three photographs; an unbound copy of Guy's Ph.D. dissertation (University of Chicago, 1925); an article about Guy; brochures from Guy Lecture Hall dedication; one round leather box.

Related Material

11 pins and medals, as well as a small jewelery box, are now housed and described in the University Archives Artifact Collection.

Separated Material

11 pins and medals, as well as a small jewelery box, were separated from the collection and are now housed and described in the University Archives Artifact Collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary. Dept. of Chemistry
• Correspondence
• Gifts and Bequests
• Pomfret, John Edwin, 1898-