Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to all researchers.

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.

Preferred Citation

Laura Parrish Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center from Gift of Laura Parrish. on 03/29/1988.

Accruals

No future accruals are expected.

Biographical Note

Laura Parrish was a College of William and Mary graduate student (1981-1982; 1988) and staff member (1983-1991) in the University Archives of Earl Gregg Swem Library. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: <a href="http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Laura Frances Parrish">http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/wiki/index.php/Laura Frances Parrish</a>.

Scope and Contents

This collection contains completed questionnaires sent to women who attended William and Mary between 1918 and 1945, keypunch cards recording the data, computer printouts, and a code book. This data was gathered by Laura Parrish for her thesis "When Mary Entered with her Brother William: Women Students at the College of William and Mary, 1918-1945" (M. A. Thesis, College of William and Mary, 1988).

Index Terms

Genre/Form of Material:

• Surveys (documents)
• Theses

Topical Term:

• Coeducation--United States--History--20th century.
• Coeducation--Virginia
• College of William and Mary--Alumni and Alumnae.
• College of William and Mary--History--20th century.
• College of William and Mary--Students.
• Education, Higher--Virginia--History.
• Student Government--Women Students' Cooperative Government Association
• Student Rules--Women
• Students--Women--Admission in 1918
• Women college students
• Women--Education--Virginia--History.
• Women--Education--Virginia.

Additional Information