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This series consists of the correspondence of the Board of Visitors. Included in the series are copies of minutes of Board of Visitors meetings, correspondence about the meetings, and copies of reports presented at the meetings. Some of the topics the correspondence explores include the financial situation of the College, construction and renovation of buildings on campus, and recommendations for the successor of Julian A. C. Chandler. The series also includes two letters written by former U. S. President John Tyler while he was Rector of the Board of Visitors, as well as a profile of the members of the 1987 Board of Visitors. Two student discipline cases are included, but are closed until 2018 due to their confidentiality. The series is arranged alphabetically by subject. Boxes 6-7 contain correspondence regarding the Wren Cross in 2007 and the appointment of W. Taylor Reveley as the next William and Mary President in September 2008. These boxes are closed until 2018 October.

Series 3 is a smaller series and holds various background information on 18th-century occupational and social life at Mount Vernon. The contents of this section include documentation on holidays at Mount Vernon, contemporary slave culture, and leisure activities such as horse racing and hunting.

This series includes artwork, envelopes, maps, photographs and postcards all related to George Washington

This series includes artwork, envelopes, maps, photographs and postcards all related to George Washington

This series includes artwork, correspondence, indentures photographs, postcards, and stamps all related to the Fairfax family.

This series includes artwork, correspondence, indentures photographs, postcards, and stamps all related to the Fairfax family.

Most of the maps are not original, but were probably removed from books and other publications.