Phi Beta Kappa Records of John Lesslie Hall and Charles Washington Coleman

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:

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.

Terms of access:

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:

Phi Beta Kappa Records of John Lesslie Hall and Charles Washington Coleman, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
1.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Phi Beta Kappa, Coleman, Charles Washington, 1862-1932, and Hall, J. Lesslie (John Lesslie), 1856-
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Phi Beta Kappa Records of John Lesslie Hall and Charles Washington Coleman, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Primarily Phi Beta Kappa correspondence of Charles Washington Coleman and John Lesslie Hall, both of whom served as Secretary of the Alpha of Virginia chapter. Also includes some meetings of minutes, poems, addresses, and bylaws; a notebook listing "Distinctions awarded in English and in History;" obituaries of Hall; English examinations (questions only)' documents from George Willis Guy about his high school and college course work.

Biographical / historical:

Phi Beta Kappa was founded by five students at the College of William and Mary in 1776.

Acquisition information:
Gift
Accruals:

Acc. 1988.008