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Custodial History

This item was removed from the Faculty-Alumni File Collection and processed and described as a separate collection in 2016.

Preferred Citation

Richard Posey McGehee Pledge to Teach Form, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries

Biographical / Historical

Richard Posey McGehee graduated from William & Mary in 1903.

Scope and Contents

Pledge Fulfilment Form, completed by Richard Posey McGehee, reporting how he made good on his pledge to the State Male Normal College of Virginia and to William & Mary to teach after graduation.

Pledges such as this were required of Virginia students who attended William & Mary and received financial assistance with the understanding they would teach in Virginia upon graduation.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
• College of William and Mary--History--20th century
• McGehee, Richard Posey
• Teachers