Virginia Forwood Pate papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Virginia Forwood Pate papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
0.417 Linear Feet
Creator:
Pate, Virginia Forwood and Glacel, Barbara Pate
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Virginia Forwood Pate papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection is comprised of the personal papers of William & Mary alumnus of 1940, Virginia Forwood Pate. The materials in the collection relate to Pate's active involvement with class of 1940 alumni activities, mainly the Society of the Alumni, the class of 1940 fiftieth reunion, the class of 1940 merit scholarship. Also included in the collection is general correspondence, issues of the Parcel Print, newsclippings related to William & Mary, and a vinyl record recording of a 1959 performance by the William & Mary Choir.

Biographical / historical:

Virginia Forwood Pate was born August 10, 1919 and graduated from William and Mary in 1940 with a degree in English. Virginia founded the Chesapeake Broadcast Company in 1948 with her first husband, Jason Thomas Pate. She gave a presentation for William and Mary's Career Speaker Series in 1982 about her time and experiences in broadcasting. In 1969 she was awarded the Alumni Medallion. She was a member of the William and Mary Society of the Alumni and participated in planning the fiftieth reunion of the class of 1940. In 1972, she married Edward Wetter and changed her name to Virignia Wetter. Virginia died September 18, 2018 in Havre de Grace, Maryland.

Arrangement:

The Collection is arranged alphabetically by topic.

Physical description:
Good
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard