Courses of Study

Containers:
Box 4, Folder 2 (formerly 67)
Scope and content:

Robert M. Hughes, "William and Mary's pioneer American law school," American Bar Association Journal (June 192(1). 2 copies. Transferred to Hughes Papers Robert M. Hughes, "William and Mary, the first American law school," William and Mary Quarterly (Jan. 192(2): 40-48. Includes correspondence about the article.Transferred to Hughes Papers Correspondence of R. M. Hughes, 1920-1931, 95 pieces, with clippings. Transferred to Hughes Papers Book containing notes on national law, rhetoric, and mathematics, taken by student Warner T. Jones, 1836-1838, 88 pages, 11" x 8". In Bound Volumes Examination given by Henry A. Washington to Nathaniel Beverley Tucker's law class, June 1850. 2 different copies. George D. Wise, student, examination papers, 1853, 1 piece. Library science school papers, 1929-1935, 10 pieces. Catalog of a book selection demonstration exhibition for the elementary school teachers of the Peninsula, conducted by Edwin E Willoughby, acting head of the Library Science Department, 4 May 1935 Graduate studies; list of MA and MS degree thesis submitted between 1923 and 1937. William and Mary: America's First Law School by Fred B Devitt, Jr., reprint from W&M Law Review Vol 2 Number 2, 1960

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
Parent 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.
Parent 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.