http://sca.gmu.edu/finding_aids/mcfarlane.html Guide to the William Hugh McFarlane George Mason University history collection, 1949-1977 William Hugh McFarlane George Mason University history C0045 Eron Ackerman George Mason University Libraries 2006 By George Mason University Libraries. All rights reserved. Machine-readable finding aid derived from being created directly into EAD, created by Eron Ackerman, February 2009 Description is in English 2019-02-13 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the William Hugh McFarlane George Mason University History collection, 1949-1977 A Collection in Special Collections and Archives C0045 Eron Ackerman George Mason University Libraries 2006 Special Collections and Archives Staff Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Descriptive Summary George Mason University. Special Collections and Archives. McFarlane, William Hugh William Hugh McFarlane George Mason University history collection 1949-1977 C0045 6.75 linear feet (6 boxes) English The collection consists of documents and original research done by Dr. McFarlane on the early history of George Mason University. The collection comprises correspondence, newsclippings, reports, meeting minutes, speeches, and audiotape interviews. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions on personal use. Permission to publish material from the William Hugh McFarlane George Mason University history collection must be obtained from Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.

Preferred Citation

William Hugh McFarlane George Mason University history collection, C0045, Special Collections and Archives, George Mason University Libraries.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Robert Hawkes in 1998.

Processing Information

Processed by Special Collections and Archives staff. EAD markup completed in February 2009 by Eron Ackerman and Jordan Patty.

Biographical Information

William Hugh McFarlane, educator and administrator, had worked in higher education for nearly three decades when he retired from George Mason University in 1986. Born in Chicago, McFarlane was a pilot in the Army Air Corps during World War II, and then, after the war, entered the University of Virginia on the G.I. Bill. Later, while completing his Ph.D. at the University of Virginia, he worked as student aid director, assistant professor of humanities, and briefly, as the director in charge of fundraising for the Virginia Foundation of Independent Colleges. After receiving his Ph.D. in 1957, McFarlane accepted the position of Director of the State Council of Higher Education, in Richmond, which he held for six years. From 1964-1967 he directed the Virginia Associated Research Center where he organized and managed a university consortium administering NASA's Space Radiation Effects Laboratory at Langley Field, Virginia. Then, in 1968, McFarlane began his eighteen-year career at George Mason University where he was chairman of the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies from 1968-1979.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of documents and original research done by Dr. McFarlane on the early history of George Mason University. The collection comprises correspondence, newsclippings, reports, meeting minutes, speeches, and audiotape interviews.

Arrangement

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Index Terms Corporate Names: George Mason University. Subjects: Education, Higher--Virginia. Document Types: Sound recordings. Contents List William Hugh McFarlane George Mason University history collection Research 1 1

Thematic Summary 2 1

Partial Manuscript 3 1

Overviews 4 1

Miscellaneous 5 1

Significant material 6 1

1949 7 1

1950 8 1

Important material from the 1954-46 VALC study 1954 9 1

Advisory Council minutes 1954 10 1

Advisory Council 1955 11 1

1956 (January - June) 1956 12 1

1956 (July - December) 1956 13 1

1957 (January - October) 1957 14 1

1957 (November - December) 1957 15 1

C. Harrison Mann's political views in mid-1957) 1957 16 1

1958 (January - February) 1958 17 1

1958 (March - October) 1958 18 1

Farr Property 1958 19 1

C. Harrison Mann, Jr. biographical sketch 20 1

C. Harrison Mann history of GMU 1949 21 1

1959 1959 22 1

Miscellaneous 23 1

Some early 1960s 24 1

Talks - Mr. Finley 25 1

1960 1960 26 1

1961 1961 27 1

1962 1962 28 1

1963 1963 29 1

1964 (may - June) 1964 30 1

1964 (July - December) 1964 31 1

1965(January-May) 1965 33 1

1965(June-November) 1965 33 1

Important news stories 1965 34 1

Minutes/active reading 1965 35 1

Newsclippings 38 1

1966 1965 39 1

Summary of 1964-66 material 40 1

Petition to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia on behalf of Dr. Lee Potter, Dr. Joseph Harrison, Dr.Fanny-Fern Davis, Dr.Linda Grant DePauw, Mrs. Yveline Bretschneider, Mrs. Kosara Gavrilovic, 3/9/66 3/9/66 1 2

President Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. correspondence 5/1960-5/31/1965 2 2

President Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. correspondence 6/1965-8/31/1966 3 2

Joseph L. Vaughan correspondence 1960 5 2

Joseph L. Vaughan correspondence 1962 6 2

J.N.G. Finley-Joseph L.Vaughan correspondence 1960 7 2

Joseph L. Vaughan correspondence 1963 8 2

Joseph L. Vaughan correspondence 1963 9 2

Robert H.Reid-Joseph L. Vaughan correspondence 1963 8 2

Joseph L. Vaughan correspondence 1965 11 2

Board of Control 1961 12 2

Minutes/active reading 1968 13-14 2

The Shea affair 1967 15 2

Advisory Committee meeting minutes 11/1968-8/31/1969 16 2

William H.McFarlane speeches 1960s 17 2

Criticism of Lorin A. Thompson 1970 18 2

Civil Right case 1/1971-4/30/1971 19 2

Civil Right case 5/1971-7/31/1971 20 2

Civil Right case 8/1971-3/31/1972 21 2

Civil Right Commission charges on racial discrimination 1971 22-23 2

Board of Visitors meeting minutes 5/1972-11/30/1972 24 2

Board of Visitors meeting minutes 1973 25 2

Board of Visitors meeting minutes 1974 26 2

Board of Visitors meeting minutes 1975 27 2

Board of Visitors meeting minutes 1976 28 2

Board of Visitors meeting minutes 1977 29 2

Board of Visitors meeting minutes 1978 30 2

Board of Visitors meeting minutes 1979 31 2

Board of Visitors meeting minutes 1980 1 3

Board of Visitors meeting minutes 1981 2 3

Board of Visitors meeting minutes 1983 3 3

Board of Visitors meeting minutes 1984 4 3

Board of Visitors meeting minutes 1985 5 3

Board of Visitors meeting minutes 1988 6 3

Address of William M. Tuck, Governor (incomplete) 1950 3 3

Inaugural address of John S. Battle, Governor (incomplete) 1950 8 3

Higher education in Virginia - Report of the Virginia Advisory Legislative Council 1951 9 3

Student aid programs in state-supported colleges 1951 10 3

Address of John S. Battle, Governor 1/9/1952 11 3

Address of John S. Battle, Governor 1/13/1954 12 3

Inaugural address of Thomas B.Stanley 1/20/1954 13 3

The cost of education in the state-supported colleges 1955 14 3

The crisis in higher education in Virginia and a solution 1955 15 3

Education of scientists, engineers and other specialists 1957 16 3

Address of Thomas B. Stanley, Governor 1/8/1958 17 3

Inaugural address of J.Lindsay Almond, Jr., Governor 1/11/1958 18 3

Address of J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Governor 1/28/1959 19 3

Virginia Education Facilities Committee-report of the Committee 1959 20 3

Higher education in Virginia and its cost to the taxpayer and student 1959 21 3

Address of J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Governor 1/13/1960 22 3

Virginia schools in the space age - a continued evaluation of the curriculum, teacher training, and related matters 1961 23 3

A report from the State Council of Higher Education to the Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia made pursuant to the House Joint Resolution 74 of the 1960 General Assembly 1962 24 3

Address of J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Governor 1/10/1962 25 3

Inaugural address of Albertis S. Harrison, Jr., Governor 1/13/1962 26 3

Address of Albertis S. Harrison, Jr., Governor 1/15/1962 27 3

Address of Albertis S. Harrison, Jr., Governor 11/30/1964 28 3

Address of Albertis S. Harrison, Jr., Governor 1/12/1966 29 3

Inaugural address of Mills E. Godwin, Jr., Governor 1/15/1966 30 3

Address of Mills E. Godwin, Jr., Governor 1/17/1966 31 3

Status of women-Report of the Commission on the Status of Women 1966 32 3

Mason Gazette 1995 33 3

Legal releases-deed of gift 1/15/1966 34 3

Biographical information-interviewees 35 3

Arthur Arundel interview source material 36 3

Ralph Baxter interview [1991?] 37 3

Leon E. Boothe interview 6/17/1991 38 3

Weldon Cooper interview 10/23/1987 39 3

Dr. J. Wade Gilley interview 1/28/1991 40 3

Joseph Harrison interview 12/1987 41 3

Senator Omer L. Hirst interview 4/7/1987 42 3

Patrick Larkin interview n.d. 43 3

Edgar A. Prichard interview n.d. 44 3

Edgar A. Prichard interview 4/8/1987 45 3

Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. interview 12/10/1987 46 3

Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. interview 4/21/1988 47 3

Vincent Shea interview 5/28/1987 48 3

Lorin A. Thompson interview 5/28/1987 49-50 3

Lorin A. Thompson interview 10/22/1987 51-52 3

Lorin A. Thompson and John C. Wood interview 11/12/1980 53 3

John C. Wood interview 3/10/1987 54 3

John C. Wood, Edgar A.Prichard, and Stacy Sherwood interview 9/16/1989 55 3

Anniversary material 9/15/1989 56 3

George Mason statue project 10/20/1992 57 3

Cecile Bolton Finley-Painting of John Norville Gibson Finley 58 3

Center for Professional Development-A brief history 59 3

Growing pains: capital outlay needs of the Virginia state colleges and universities 60 3

Higher education in Virginia, 1955-65, by Lorin A. Thompson 61 3

Virginia's crisis in education 5/13/1965 62 3

Financing Virginia's future 1966 63 3

A regional university of Northern Virginia 1968-75 11/29/1967 64 3

Education plan of George Mason College of the University of Virginia 1/1968 65 3

Financial needs of George Mason College of the University of Virginia 5/6/1969 66 3

Guidebook of organization,policies, and procedures 1971 67 3

George Mason University annual report 1972 68 3

Financial needs of George Mason College of the University of Virginia 5/24/1971 69 3

1974-76 Budget Advisory Board tour-Governor's Advisory Board 5/21/1973 70 3

The strategic plan summary-George Mason University 1977 71 3

The Virginia plan for higher education: a progress report 1977 72 3

Metropolitan universities, Vol.1 Nos.2-4 73-75 3

Diskettes of interviews with Joseph Harrison, Senator Omer Hirst, edgar F. Shannon, Elizabeth Campbel, Vincent Shea, Weldon Cooper, Lorin A. Thompson, Edgar A. Prichard, John C. Wood, Stacy Sherwood, 1964-64 GMC faculty-51/4" diskettes, Wordstar 76 3

Interview with John C. Wood 3/10/1987 4

Interview with Edmond & Elizabeth Campbell 4/7/1987 4

Interview with Omer L.Hirst 4/7/1987 4

Interview with Edgar A. Prichard 4/8/1987 4

Interview with Lorin A. Thompson 5/28/1987 4

Interview with Vincent Shea & Lorin A. Thompson 5/28/1987 4

Interview with Lorin A. Thompson 10/22/1987 4

Interview with Lorin A. Thompson 10/23/1987 4

Interview with Weldon Cooper 10/23/1987 5

Interview with Joseph Harrison 10/29/1987 5

Interview with Hugo Blankenship 11/19/1987 5

Interview with Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. 12/10/1987 5

Interview with Edgar F. Shannon, Jr. 4/21/1988 5

Interview with Joseph Harrison 4/25/1988 5

Interview with Cecile Bolton Finley 4/28/1988 5

Interview with Arthur Arundel 11/1988 5

Introduction by William H. with Joseph Harrison 9/1989 5

Interview with 1964-65 faculty: Lee H. Potter, McFarlane Interview Richard H. Pierce, Harry C. Stutts, John G. Hartley, James R. Health 9/16/1989 6

Interview with Edgar A. Prichard, John C. Wood, and Stacy Sherwood 9/16/1989 6

Interview with Lee H. Potter, Joseph Harrison 9/17/1989 6

Interview with Patricia R. Plante, President, University of Southern Maine 7/13/1990 6

Interview with John "Til" Hazel 10/30/1990 6

Interview with Edgar A. Prichard and [J. Wade Gilley?] 1/28/1991 6

Interview with Edgar A. Prichard [1991] 6

Interview with J. Wade Gilley 1/31/1991 6

Interview with Leon Boothe 6/17/1991 6

Interview with Ralph Baxter 6/19/1991 6