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Special Collections, University of Virginia Library 2011 Special Collections Staff Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library William W. Abbot Papers 12805 ca. 8150 items English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

William W. Abbot Papers, Accession #12805, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

 Acquisitions

The collection was a gift to the University of Virginia Library from William W. Abbot on April 17, 1992

 Biographical/Historical Information

William W. Abbot (1922-2009) a native of Louisville, Georgia and a long time resident of Virginia was an admired and world famous historian, professor, scholar, administrator, and editor. His career spanned nearly fifty years and he was described as a "man of letters," and an editor of great skill, knowledge, and tact. Colleagues also described him as possessing "gentlemanly good humor and decent human concern, much valued during his stints as chairman." He was also known for his "acts of personal and professional generosity." He changed many lives by offering his support to graduate students, working in their best interests to improve their writing and find respectable history positions for them throughout the country.

He was the chief editor of the Papers of George Washington and an expert in early American History. He attended Davidson College and graduated from the University of Georgia in 1943, whereupon he entered the United States Navy. Using the G. I. Bill, he earned his master's and doctoral degrees in history from Duke University in 1953. He taught at William and Mary from 1953 to 1962; Northwestern University 1958-1959; Rice University 1962 and returned to William and Mary from 1963 to 1966. He edited the William and Mary Quarterly from 1961 to 1966 and the Journal of Southern History from 1960 to 1961. He was among the founders of the Association for Documentary Editing. In 1966 he was recruited by the University of Virginia to be the James Madison Professor of History. In addition to teaching and editing, he served twice as the chairman of the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia.

He retired from the University of Virginia in 1992, although he continued to edit individual volumes of the Washington Papers until 1998, when nearly fifty volumes were in print. He was the author of two books, "The Royal Governors of Georgia, 1754-1775," and "The Colonial Origins of the United States, 1607-1763," and a number of articles.

He was president of the Alpha chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, served on the councils of the Institute of Early American History and Culture and the Southern Historical Association. For twenty years, he was on the board of editors of The Virginia Quarterly Review, was a member of the Gridiron Club at the University of Georgia and the University of Virginia's honorary Raven Society.

The College of William and Mary awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters in 1998, and the Virginia Historical Society made him a life member. He was best known for his work as chief editor of The Papers of George Washington (1977-1992). According to his son, Abbot believed that "his chief contribution as a teacher and historian came from the attentive reading and detailed responses that he gave over the years to the writing of his students and fellow historians." The personal and professional correspondence in this collection does indeed confirm that he spent much of his time reading and offering helpful advice to thousands of writers.

 Scope and Content

The collection contains the professional, academic and personal papers of William W. Abbot, James Madison Professor of History and Editor of the Papers of George Washington at the University of Virginia. The collection is from 1953 to 1996 and is about 8,150 items, 26 hollinger boxes, and 10 linear feet. It consists of department and personal correspondence with historians, university colleagues, students, friends and academic organizations throughout the United States and around the world. There are also financial papers, lecture notes, reviews, speeches, organization records associated with Abbot's activities while at William and Mary and the University of Virginia, a typescript of his writing, "The Colonial Beginnings of the United States 1607-1763," and communications with publishers relating to books and articles he authored.

Correspondents include University of Virginia Presidents Edgar F. Shannon, Frank L. Hereford, Robert O'Neil, and John Casteen. Other University of Virginia correspondents include Melvin Leffler, David A.Shannon, Merrill D. Peterson, Francis L. Berkeley, Jr., Robert D. Cross, Fredson Bowers, and William Kelso.

There are also papers and correspondence of numerous organizations including the American Council of Learned Societies, Institute of Early American History and Culture, American Historical Association, American Studies Program at the University of Virginia, Atlas of Early American History, Association for Documentary Editing, Society of the Cincinnati, Conference on the Northwest Ordinance, fraternities, Georgia Historical Society, Journal of Southern History, Library of Virginia, Mississippi Valley Historical Association, Annual Stratford Hall Seminar, National Endowment for the Humanities, City University of New York, New-York Historical Society, Organization of American Historians, Potomac River Basin Consortium, Social Studies yearbook, the Southern Historical Association, the University of Virginia including the Faculty Senate, the Corcoran Department of History, the graduate committee, Arts and Sciences, the Public Occasions Committee, the University Press of Virginia, the Papers of George Washington, the Papers James Monroe, and the Papers of George Mason; the United States Navy, Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, and information about other universities.

There are numerous materials that are confidential including recommendation letters, selection committee papers, information about promotions and salaries, the sesquicentennial committee, student papers, grades, and roll books.

 Arrangement

The collection is arranged alphabetically by topic. Correspondence is in alphabetical order and can be found by surname and by the institute that the individual was associated. Confidential material is placed alphabetically by topic at the end of the collection.

 Contents Listings 1964-1991 General Correspondence Abbot-Ayers 1:1 64 items 1966-1992 General Correspondence Backus-Bearrs 1:2 108 items 1965-1992 General Correspondence Bedford-Belk 1:3 53 items 1965-1992 General Correspondence Bell-Berwick 1:4 38 items 1953-1997 General Correspondence Bickford-Bowers 1:5 69 items 1967- 1990 General Correspondence Braden-Breslin 1:6 52 items 1963-1994 General Correspondence Brice-Byrd 1:7 42 items 1964-1997 General Correspondence Calabro-Chisholm 2:1 45 items 1964-1992 General Correspondence Cinncinnati-Cress 2:2 57 items 1962-1994 General Correspondence Criswold-Cutler 2:3 82 items 1963-1997 General Correspondence Dabney-Dickinson 2:4 44 items 1963-1992 General Correspondence Doebele-Dyer 2:5 64 items 1962-1997 General Correspondence East-Evett 2:6 91 items 1963-1991 General Correspondence Fairbanks-Furth 2:7 86 items 1963-1995 General Correspondence Galambos-Giunta 3:1 54 items 1962-1995 General Correspondence Godkin-Gwin 3:2 82 items 1962-1991 General Correspondence Hagen-Harris 3:3 50 items 1962-1990 General Correspondence Harrison-Hawley 3:4 65 items 1962-1991 General Correspondence Healy-Higginbottom 3:5 55items 1978-1996 General Correspondence Higgins-Hofstra 3:6 67 items 1966-1989 General Correspondence Holman-Hutson 3:7 53 items 1962-1991 General Correspondence Indiana-Justin 4:1 76 items 1966-1995 General Correspondence Kahtilhau-Kittle 4:2 57 items 1965-1995 General Correspondence Klein-Krasner 4:3 43 items 1967-1995 General Correspondence Krugler-Kurtz 4:4 37 items 1966-1989 General Correspondence Lackey-Lawson 4:5 53 items 1983-1996 General Correspondence Leach-Leffler 4:6 27 items 1962-1995 General Correspondence Leiberger-Lewis 4:7 31 items 1962-1996 General Correspondence Lightner-Lucas 5:1 48 items 1972-1995 General Correspondence McBride-McElroy 5:2 35 items 1980-1994 General Correspondence McGifferd-McPherson 5:3 48 items 1962-1996 General Correspondence Macy-Mississippi 5:4 48 items 1962-1996 General Correspondence Mitchell-Myers 5:5 54 items 1963-1997 General Correspondence Nagel-Parker 5:6 80 items 1962-1991 General Correspondence Pearre-Plaxco 6:1 40 items 1962-1992 General Correspondence Poirier-Pyron 6:2 31 items 1963-1997 General Correspondence Raags-Rist 6:3 54 items 1962-1997 General Correspondence Ritchie-Ryerson 6:4 85 items 1964-1992 General Correspondence Sabato-Settle 6:5 57 items 1965-1996 General Correspondence Shackelfort-Shy 6:6 47 items 1962-1993 General Correspondence Sikorsky-Spivak 6:7 109 items 1969-1993 General Correspondence Stagg-Symms 7:1 56 items 1965-1993 General Correspondence Taishoff-Thorp 7:2 58 items 1961-1992 General Correspondence Tinkler-Twobig 7:3 34 items 1958-1959 General Correspondence Towner and about Towner 7:4 31 items 1963-1995 General Correspondence Underdown-Votte 7:5 53 items 1962-1992 General Correspondence Wagoneer-Wheeler 7:6 46 items 1962-1995 General Correspondence White-Wyllie 7:7 69 items 1964-1996 General Correspondence Yancey-Zweig 7:8 37 items 1962-1996 Miscellaneous Correspondence 7:9 94 items 1970-1992(UVA) Presidents Correspondence 7:10 16 items 1971-1972 Publishing Correspondence-Cummin 7:11 10 items 1966-1981 Organizations Correspondence American Council of Learned Societies 8:1 58 items 1979-1986 American Council of Learned Societies: Committees on Scholarly Communication (ARL) 8:2 36 items 1980-1981 American Historical Association Program Committee 8:3 19 items 1962 American Historical Association Session "The Function of the Colonial Executive in the 18th Century" 8:4 17 items 1970 American Historical Association Session 8:5 6 items 1967 American Historical Association and Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture Joint Sessions 8:6 12 items 1968 American Studies Program Gilbert Fite 8:7 5 items 1978-1984; 1990 Association for Documentary Editing 8:8 27 items 1970-1971 Atlas of Early American History 8:9 4 items 1973-1974 City University of New York Graduate History Program 8:10 14 items 1986 Nov 7-8 Conference Northern Virginia Studies 8:11 8 items 1986-1987 Conference- The Northwest Ordinance Sheehan 8:12 21 items 1986 Oct 16-19 Conference- Washington As Founder: Mount Vernon 8:13 9 items 1962-1986 Fraternity- Phi Alpha Theta 9:1 8 items 1984-1986 Fraternity- Phi Beta Kappa 9:2 7 items 1980 Commission on Fraternities and Sororities 9:3 11 items 1968-1969; 1980-1983 Georgia Historical Society 9:4 41 items 1962-1977 Institute of Early American History and Culture: American Revolution 9:5 88 items

Correspondents include Lester J. Cappon, Elizabeth Suttell, James Morton Smith, Gordon S.Wood, Susan Lee Foard, Thad W. Tate, Stephen G. Kurtz, Richard "Dick" Maxwell Brown, James H. Hutson, Norman S. Fiering, and Michael McGiffert. There are also minutes from the annual meeting.

 1978 Institute of Early American History and Culture 9:6 40 items

Correspondents include Norman S. Fiering, Alfred F.Young, Mary Maples Dunn, Thad W. Tate, and Sydney V. James. There are letters from the Newberry Library. Included are book reviews from William and Mary and minutes from the Executive Meeting of the Council.

 1979-1980 Institute of Early American History and Culture 9:7 40 items

Thad W. Tate, Philip Greven, Sydney V. James, Alfred F.Young. There is information about the procedures for a Nominating Committee and a proposed budget report.

 1962-1970 Journal of Southern History 9:8 32 items

Correspondents include Lester J. Cappon, Elizabeth Suttell, Andrew Forest Muir, William H. Masterson, William H. "Bill" Nelson, and S. W. Higginbotham. There are also annual reports for the journal.

 1969-1991 Miscellaneous conferences 9:9 21 items 1962; 1965 Mississippi Valley Historical Association 9:10 25 items

Correspondents include Samuel P. Hays and William H. Masterson

 1985 (Monticello) Stratford Hall Seminars 9:11 6 items

Included are handwritten notes by Bill Abbot

 1970-1972 National Council for the Social Studies 10:1 10 items

Correspondents include Richard L. Watson, Jr., and William H. Cartwright who were editing a book that Mr. Abbot was writing about American History. Included are typescripts from the book

 1980-1986 National Endowment for the Humanities 10:2 18 items

Included are applications for grant proposals

 1982 New-York State Historical Society 10:3 9 items

There is correspondence from Milo V. Stewart about the Society and conferences it sponsored

 1970-1971 Organization of American Historians 10:4 10 items

Correspondents include Thomas D. Clark, R. Nicholas Olsberg, Jack P. Greene, about papers being submitted for conferences. Included is a paper by Richard Ryerson : The Institutional Response to Crisis Politics"

 1976-1981 Organization of American Historians Prize Contest 10:5 27 items

There is correspondence from Bennett H. Wall, John J. Rumbarger, Michael McGiffert, Richard S. Kirkendall, Richard G. Hewlett, Edward Pessen, Carl Parrini, and Thomas C. Holt about the Charles Thomson Prize Contest

 1979-1984 Potomac River Basin Consortium 10:6 67 items

Correspondents include David A. Shannon, Frank L. Hereford, Gilbert Gude, U.S. Senator Charles Mathias, Jr., Harvey H. Jackson, Edwin E. Floyd, Robert H. Hartman, and Paul C. Nagel

 1978; 1987-1992 Society of the Cincinnati 10:7 26 items

Correspondents include Martin Havran, Clifford Lewis, John Sanderson du Mont, H. Bartholomew Cox, Thad W. Tate, and Richard H. Beeman

 1967-1968 Southern Historical Association-Bacote 10:8 5 items

Correspondence from Clarence A. Bacote, Alonzo T. Stephens, Charles H. Wesley about which papers would be presented at the SHA Conference

 1967-1968 Southern Historical Association-Critoph 10:9 8 items

There is correspondence from Gerald E. Critoph who was organizing the sessions at the SHA Conference

 1968 Southern Historical Association-Delzell 10:10 8 items

Correspondence of Charles F. Delzell who was the organizer of the sessions at the SHA Conference

 1967-1968 Southern Historical Association-Dew 10:11 9 items

Included is the correspondence of SHA Conference organizer Charles Dew and Richard B. Sherman

 1967-1968 Southern Historical Association-Donald 10:12 10 items

Correspondence of David H. Donald who organized an SHA Conference

 1967-1968 Southern Historical Association-Frantz 10:13 7 items

Correspondence of Joe B. Frantz, chairman of joint conference with the American Association for State and Local History and the Southern Historical Association in 1968

 1968 Southern Historical Association-Kurtz 10:14 24 items

Included is the correspondence of Stephen G. Kurtz, one of the organizers of the SHA Conference in New Orleans in 1968

 1967-1968 Southern Historical Association-Link 10:15 2 items

Correspondence of Arthur S. Link, president of the SHA and one of the organizers of the SHA Conference in New Orleans in 1968

 1967-1968 Southern Historical Association-McPherson 10:16 15 items

Correspondence of James McPherson, one of the organizers of the SHA Conference in New Orleans in 1968

 1967-1968 Southern Historical Association-Shannon 10:17 10 items

Correspondence of David Shannon, one of the organizers of the SHA Conference in New Orleans in 1968

 1967-1968 Southern Historical Association-TePaske 10:18 8 items

Correspondence of Jack TePaske, one of the organizers of the SHA Conference in New Orleans in 1968

 1967-1968 Southern Historical Association-Wall 11:1 21 items

Correspondence of Bennett H. Wall, Secretary-Treasurer of the Southern Historical Association

 1967-1968 Southern Historical Association-Woodward 11:2 5 items

Correspondence of C. Vann Woodward, one of the organizers of the SHA Conference in New Orleans in 1968

 1962-1984 Southern Historical Association 11:3 24 items

Included is general correspondence about the 1968 SHA Conference in New Orleans and the 1971 SHA Conference in Houston. There is an SHA Annual Report (1970-1971) and the SHA's Fiftieth Anniversary Program in 1984. There are also scholarly papers by Martin H. Quitt ("From Elite to Aristocracy" and Warren M. Billings, "The Development of Political Institutions in Virginia, 1634-1676)

 1977-1981 Southern Historical Association Executive Council 11:4 19 items

Included are Professor Abbot's request to serve on the Executive Council for the SHA, reports for the November 1978 Executive Council meetings, and minutes for the December 3, 1980, January 20, 1981, and December 7, 1981 Executive Council meetings.

 1976 Southern Historical Association Membership Committee 11:5 14 items

Included is a progress report for new members in 1976 and correspondence concerning increasing SHA's membership.

 1968 Southern Historical Association Program Abstracts 11:6 42 items

Abstracts of papers to be discussed in sessions at the 1968 SHA Conference in New Orleans

 1975-1977 Southern Historical Association Program Committee 11:7 116 items

Correspondence and planning for the SHA Conference in New Orleans in November 1977 are included. Also contains the proposal selection process for the Conference sessions to be held

 1968 Southern Historical Association Program Corrections 11:8 49 items

Included are requests for corrections to the memorandum for the 1968 SHA Conference in New Orleans.

 1968 Southern Historical Association Program Summary for Journal 11:9 5 items

Contains a paper and edits summarizing what happened at the 1968 SHA Conference in New Orleans.

 1967-1968 Southern Historical Association Programs 11:10 33 items

There is a program of the sessions held, report of the Program Committee, memorandum, expenses, and general correspondence concerning the 1968 SHA Conference in New Orleans. Also included is correspondence from Sanford Higginbotham, Bennett Wall, Dumas Malone, and Neva Armstrong.

 1982 Southern Historical Association Session 12:1 2 items

Notes relating to Abbot's session for which he presided at the 1982 SHA Conference in Memphis

 1968 Southern Historical Association Session Reports 12:2 34 items

Brief reports of the sessions at the 1968 SHA Conference held in New Orleans

 1980-1981 Southern Historical Association Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession 12:3 15 items

There is correspondence on the new Committee on the Status of Women Historians in the Southern Historical Association. Also included is correspondence from Charles P. Roland, Carol Bleser, Jimmie Franklin, Paul Nagel, and Joseph Tregle.

 1943-1961 US Navy 12:4 32 items

Included is an an Honorable Discharge Certificate, Annual Qualifications Questionnaires, Officer's Qualification Reports, and an Appointment Acknowledgement to the permanent rank of Lieutenant.

 1960-1961 Rice University-William and Mary Career Change 12:5 19 items

Included is Abbot's appointment to associate professor at Rice University and correspondence relating to editing various reports and volumes for The Journal of Southern History.

 1961-1963 Rice University-William and Mary Career Change 12:6 46 items

Included is correspondence regarding the move back to Williamsburg, research project in South Carolina, and career switch to editor of the William and Mary Quarterly.

 26 Sept 1977 University of Georgia Press 12:7 1 item

Included is a letter thanking Professor Abbot for editing a paper by Harvey H. Jackson.

 1968 University of New Hampshire 12:8 24 items

Included is correspondence of the evaluation committee for the University of New Hampshire's proposed Ph.D. program in History and the written proposal.

 1983 UVA Summer on the Lawn 12:9 5 items

Includes an article about Abbot's "Summer on the Lawn" speech

 1966-1986 UVA Arts and Sciences 12:10 8 items

Includes a report on admissions for the 1965-1966 academic year, a list of new faculty members in 1966, correspondence relating to the various committees in which Abbot was involved including the Committee on Educational Policy and the Budget and the Thomas Jefferson Fellows Committee.

 1968-1969 UVA Center for Textual and Editorial Studies 12:11 17 items

Included are correspondence, notes, and a proposal for the founding of the Center. Also contains correspondence about searching for a director

 1968-1973 UVA Committee on Educational Policy 12:12 18 items

Included are notes about meetings and a report of the Committee on Educational Policy and the Budget. There are letters of gratitude from Weldon Cooper and Joseph H. McConnell for the committee's help on the nomination of Frank L. Hereford as the next President of the University.

 1969 UVA Faculty Senate-Student Representation 12:13 19 items

Includes the Report of Committee on student representatives at Faculty Meetings and notes relating to chairing and the meetings of this committee

 1970-1971 UVA Faculty Senate-Procedures and Proposals 12:14 39 items

Includes meeting minutes, nominations to Senate committees, the revised and proposed grievance procedures; new Senate Committee on Faculty Relations, the Report of a Special Committee on the University Senate, and proposals for programs in General Linguistics, Religious Studies, Accounting, and Biomedical Engineering.

 1966-1991 UVA Faculty Senate 13:1 24 items

Includes notes from the committee investigating the process for awarding degrees in the Graduate School of the Arts and Sciences, notes on a Center of Editorial and Textual Study, and meeting minutes of the Executive Council of the Faculty Senate. Also of note are papers concerning the Nomination Committee of the next University President, including a letter informing Abbot of his election to this committee.

 1969-1971 UVA Faculty Senate- Meetings 13:2 26 items

There are notes for Faculty Senate meetings. Of note are correspondence about Nominations for the Board of Visitors and a list of Administrative Committees, and notes about a proposed interdisciplinary University major.

 1967-1977 UVA Graduate Committee 13:3 54 items

Includes notes on courses relating to the Center for Textual and Editorial Studies, a revised report of the Graduate Program: Requirements, Regulations, and Procedures, a report of the Graduate Curriculum Revision Committee, notes regarding fellowships, a list of applicants for teaching positions in the history department, and a list of courses offered for history graduate students for the Fall 1973 semester.

 1966-1973 UVA Department of History Curriculum 13:4 40 items

Contains a Report on Student Representation, graduate courses offered in 1972-1973, requirements for history majors, notes on course registration, applicants and notes on teaching positions, papers on curriculum revision, and notes for Committee on M.A. Requirements and Related Matters.

 1955-1972 UVA Department of History- Abbot 13:5 41 items

Includes papers about Professor Abbot becoming Chairman of the department, history courses offered 1968-1969, report of The College Honors Program at the University of Virginia in 1968, report of The Graduate Program: Requirements, Regulations, and Procedures, and an Evaluation of the Corcoran History Department

 1976-1991 UVA Department of History 13:6 26 items

Includes Professor Abbot's report on his observations of the University of South Carolina's history department, the history department 1977 newsletter, correspondence about the search for a new associate professor, a proposal of a course evaluation system, and a request for Professor Abbot to continue to be on the Thomas Jefferson Fellows Committee.

 1967-1971 UVA Library 13:7 36 items

Includes correspondence relating to book orders and research needs of the history department, departmental library funds allocations, and a report of the Library Committee on recommendations for improvement and the library's current state.

 1970-1973; 1985 UVA Library 13:8 48 items

Includes reports about the library to the Board of Visitors, reports of the University Library Committee, 1970-1971 Annual Report for the University Library, a Library Space Proposal for expanding the library facilities, and a report of the Need for a Science-Technology Library and Information Center.

 1967 UVA- NDEA Institute 14:1 5 items

Includes information and a proposal for the 1967 Summer NDEA Institute in US History.

 1966-1969 Papers of George Mason 14:2 9 items

Includes minutes of the meeting of the Administrative Board for the Papers of George Mason and the 1966 Annual Report.

 1966-1977 Papers of George Washington 14:3 45 items

Contains the 1977 Annual Report, proposal for a comprehensive edition of the Papers of George Washington and the report from the University committee about it, recommendations from various editors of similar papers (including Julian P. Boyd of the Thomas Jefferson Papers and L.H. Butterfield of the Adams Papers), the progress reports of these respective papers, and an article from the Washington Post about editing the George Washington Papers.

 1968; 1989 Papers of George Washington 14:4 18 items

Includes a proposed budget for the Washington Papers, recommendations from editors of similar papers, correspondence with the Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union concerning their grant for the editing of the Washington Papers, and notes on the conference "George Washington and the Virginia Backcountry" in 1989.

 1963; 1967-1968 Papers of James Monroe 14:5 11 items

Includes notes on the James Monroe Papers Conference, a paper on the James Monroe Materials by the National Historical Publications Commission, and a suvery of the James Monroe Papers by William Ray.

 1966-1968 University of Virginia Press 14:6 49 items

Includes reports for 1966, 1967, and 1968, meeting minutes of the Board of Directors, and reviews of books and manuscripts.

 1969-1988 University of Virginia Press 14:7 50 items

Includes a report for 1969, meeting minutes of the Board of Directors, a report ( the University Press Since 1962,) and notes on books and manuscripts.

 1966-1968; n.d. University of Virginia Press- Manuscripts 14:8 22 items

Includes reviews of manuscripts, the text of Pat H. Butler's manuscript This World and the Next in Old Deerfield, and a proposal for the Writing of a History of Virginia Since 1865.

 1972-1983 UVA Public Occasions Committee (Founder's Day and Finals) 15:1 80 items

Includes meeting minutes and notes on Founder's Day and Finals for 1973-1984.

 1966-1974 UVA Virginia Quarterly Review 15:2 39 items

Includes the 1970 and 1972-1974 Annual Reports, notes on the Emily Clark Balch Contest, and correspondence about searching for a new editor in 1973-1974.

 1975-1989 UVA Virginia Quarterly Review 15:3 41 items

Includes notes on the Emily Clark Balch Contest, the 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, and 1982 Annual Reports, and the Board of the VQR meeting notes.

 1967-1974 UVA Sesquicentennial of the University 15:4 18 items

Includes notes from the Visiting Scholars Subcommittee on their program and notes from the Sesquicentennial Associate Selection Committee for the Associateship Program.

 1973-1974 Sesquicentennial Associateships of the Center for Advanced Studies 15:5 13 items

Includes notes from the Sesquicentennial Associateships Program for 1974-1975 and 1975-1976.

 1967-1968 UVA Scholars Committee- Visiting Scholars for Sesquicentennial Program 15:6 83 items

Includes nominations for visiting scholars, notes about proposed minor changes to the program, and comments on possible scholars.

 1966; 1970-1975 Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission- Virginia Center for Archaeology 15:7 51 items

Includes meeting minutes of the Advisory Committee on the Virginia Research Center for Historical Archaeology, a report of the Archaeology Program at the College of William and Mary, a resolution to protect the site of the remains of a Revolutionary War shipwreck and a related Survey Report, and a bill proposal about underwater historic preservation.

 1979-1983 Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission- Virginia Center for Archaeology 16:1 54 items

Includes a report on the Organization and Methods Study of the Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, meeting minutes of the Advisory Committee, VCRA 1980 and 1982 Newsletters, a report on the Virginia Research Center for Archaeology in the 1980's, and a report of Evaluation: Historic Landmarks Commission Proposal to Reorganize its Survey and Planning Function.

 1976 Virginia Research Center for Archaeology 16:2 Part 1 of 2 43 items

Includes meeting minutes of the Advisory Committee, a bill proposal about underwater historic preservation, a report from the Council of Virginia Archaeologists, newspaper articles about excavation sites around Virginia (including a shipwreck in the York River,) a progress report for a Gloucester County site, and forms to register sites as National Historic Places.

 1977-1978 Virginia Research Center for Archaeology 16:3 Part 2 of 2 37 items

Includes a report on the State of the Virginia Research Center for Archaeology 1976-1977 and meeting minutes from the Advisory Committee.

 1978-1984 Virginia Society of History Teachers 16:4 28 items

Includes plans and notes on the 1978-1984 Virginia Society of History Teachers conferences.

 1962-1975 John Wiley & Sons Publisher 16:5 83 items

Correspondence and notes about Professor Abbot's volume on Colonial America for the American Republic series.

 1969 Winterthur Program in Early American Culture Conference 16:6 7 items

Correspondence about the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture Conference in October 1969.

 1965-1966 William and Mary 16:7 9 items

Includes a proposal and report for a PhD History program at the College of William and Mary and notes about the history course The Literature of Recent American History.

 1983-1984 Articles- "Low Country Back Country" 17:1 3 items

Correspondence and notes about Professor Abbot's article "Low Country Back Country." Also includes the text of this article.

 1962; 1971-1994 Financial Records 17:2 70 items

Financial records for conference and research related expenses.

 1958-1966 Financial Records 17:3 28 items

Financial records relating to travel for work, salary, and personal expenses.

 1971-1973 Grant Proposals 17:4 20 items

Professor Abbot's reviews of papers and evaluations of grant proposals. Several grant proposals are also included.

 1985-1992 Invitations 17:5 6 items

Invitations to various historical and personal celebrations.

 1960 Lecture Notes 17:6 18 items

Notes for Constitutional History lecture course in 1960.

 1960 Lecture Notes 17:7 32 items

Notes for Virginia History lecture course in 1960.

 1959 Lecture Notes 17:8 19 items

Notes for American Revolution lecture course in 1959.

 n.d. Lecture Notes 17:9 41 items

Notes for History 202 lecture course.

 1960; n.d. Lecture Notes 17:10 30 items

Included are assorted notes on early Virginia history for the Revolutionary War History lecture courses

 n.d. Lecture Notes 17:11 18 items

Notes for History 201 lecture course.

 n.d. Lecture Notes 18:1 18 items

Notes for History 201 lecture course.

 n.d. Lecture Notes 18:2 48 items

Notes on various lecture topics, including events leading up to the American Revolution.

 n.d. Lecture Notes 18:3 39 items

Notes on various lecture topics, including events leading up to the American Revolution and how historians view the Revolution now.

 n.d. Lecture Notes 18:4 15 items

Notes on events leading up to the American Revolution.

 1966-1989 Legal 18:5 27 items

Legal documents including a publishing agreement for Professor Abbot to be Editor-in-Chief of the George Washington Encyclopedia, a letter from the White House about the newly established American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, and a letter offering Professor Abbot the position of James Madison Professor of American History at UVA.

 18 July 1986 Manuscript- Dumas Malone 18:6 1 item

Typescript of the manuscript" My Long Journey with Mr. Jefferson" by Dumas Malone.

 n.d. Manuscript- Abbot 18:7 1 item

Typescript of William Abbot's manuscript "The Colonial Beginnings of the United States, 1607-1763."

 1966-1974 Manuscripts- Abbot 19:1 31 items

Correspondence about publishing Professor Abbot's manuscripts.

 1963; 1965-1966 Manuscripts- Abbot (American History Text) 19:2 12 items

Correspondence about revisions and publishing Professor Abbot's manuscript.

 1966-1971 Manuscripts- Paul Taylor Correspondence 19:3 47 items

Correspondence about Paul Taylor's manuscript "Georgia Plan: 1732-1752"

 1966; 1974-1977 Newspaper Clippings 19:4 10 items

Included are newspaper clippings about Professor Abbot and his colleagues.

 10 March 1971; n.d. Papers 19:5 3 items

Papers titled, "Religion and the Republic: The Search for Religious Liberty in a Christian Commonwealth, 1776-1854" by W. G. McLoughlin and "The Legitimizing of Violence in the Revolutionary Era: The American Revolution and American Violence" by Richard Maxwell Brown (including comments from Professor Abbot).

 1 March 1962; 1 February 1971; n d. Papers 19:6 9 items

Includes papers by Jack P. Greene, Richard Maxwell Brown, and William Abbot.

 1966-1969; n.d. Student Papers 19:7 8 items

Includes papers by Charlyn Ryll, Patricia Molen, Gary Lord, Robert A. Murdock, James L. Anderson, James E. Chrismer, and E.D. Robertson.

 1967-1968 Student Papers 20:1 13 items

Includes papers by William B. Bedford, Donald S. Spencer, Steven H. Hochman, Richard E. Ellis, Charlyn Ryll, Judy Wellman, Carl S. Matthews, and John B. Boles.

 1989-1992 Retirement 20:2 5 items

Documents relating to Professor Abbot's retirement. Includes a letter from the Board of Visitors electing Professor Abbot to Professor Emeritus.

 1970-1971 Readers Reports 20:3 15 items

Appraisal requests for manuscripts and Professor Abbot's recommendations.

 1962-1976 Reviews 20:4 89 items

Professor Abbot's reviews of articles, papers, books, and project proposals

 1963-1966; n.d. Reviews 20:5 27 items

Professor Abbot's reviews of articles, papers, books, and project proposals

 1967-1969 Reviews 20:6 52 items

Professor's Abbot's reviews of articles, papers, books, and project proposals

 1977-1982 Reviews 21:1 74 items

Professor Abbot's reviews of articles, papers, books, and project proposals.

 1966-1968; 1982; n.d. Speeches 21:2 29 items

Includes correspondence about up-coming speeches and typed and handwritten scripts for speeches about the George Washington Papers, the article "Lowcountry, Backcountry: Georgia in the American Revolution," and Professor Abbot's views on the study of history.

 1962 Vitas 21:3 5 items

Professor Abbot's vitas and project proposal for researching post-American Revolutionary South Carolina, dating from his time at Rice University.

 Confidential 1976 Dean of Afro-American Affairs and Assistant Provost 22:1 4 items

Correspondence and report relating to the search for a new Dean of Afro-American Affairs and Assistant Provost.

 January-June 1973 Nomination of the New President- Faculty Senate Committee 22:2 Part 1 of 2 24 items

Report on Nomination of a President, meeting minutes of the Faculty Senate, correspondence between members of the Nominating Committee, and notes and views about the duties and requirements of the next President.

 May-October 1973 Nomination of the President- Faculty Senate Committee 22:3 Part 2 of 2 9 items

Reports from the Faculty Senate Committee and the Student Committee on Nomination of a President, report on the nominees for President from the Special Committee of the Faculty Senate, and the formal nomination of Frank Hereford, Jr. for President.

 1981-1984 Faculty Senate Committee on Faculty Relations 22:4 54 items

Correspondence and reports relating to issues of conflict within the Faculty and Annual Reports of the Senate Committee on Faculty Relations for 1981-1983.

 September-October 1969 Faculty Senate 22:5 3 items

Reports relating to the proposal to allow student representation at Faculty meetings

 1966-1967; 1969 Grades 22:6 15 items

Grades of students in Professor Abbot's history courses

 1973-1974 Students' Grades and Grievances 22:7 4 items

Correspondence between students and Professor Abbot about grades and requests to continue to the doctorate level of study in history

 October-November 1969 Afeworki Paulos 22:8 2 items

Correspondence regarding an accusation of racial prejudice in the George Washington Papers

 1980-1981 UVA Promotions History Department 22:9 57 items

Reports and correspondence relating to the promotion to tenured associate professor of history department faculty members

 n.d. Graduate Committee 22:10 2 items

Scores of new and resident students

 1972; 1974 Hires 22:11 3 items

Recommendations for candidates to hire

 October 1987 UVA History Department Promotions- Dorothy Ross 22:12 14 items

Correspondence and reports relating to the promotion of Dorothy Ross to professor of history

 1987-1988 UVA Committee to Nominate the History Department Chair 22:13 31 items

Correspondence regarding the nomination of the History Department chair and recommendations for promotions to full professorship of History Department faculty members.

 November-December 1996 Library of Virginia 22:14 1 item

Correspondence between Professor Abbot and the administration at the Library of Virginia recommending that the Library keep its archives with the Library instead of separating them

 1962; 1968-1975 UVA Promotion Committee 22:15 30 items

Correspondence regarding promotions in the History Department and in the College of Arts and Sciences as a whole

 Confidential 1967-1993 Recommendations Abraham-Ayres 23:1 17 items 1960-1991 Recommendations Babin-Boylan 23:2 68 items 1961-1993 Recommendations Bradford-Bynum 23:3 51 items 1958-1993 Recommendations Calabrese-Cunningham 23:4 58 items 1964-1989 Recommendations Dauer-Evans 23:5 60 items 1957-1991 Recommendations Fairbanks-Friend 23:6 21 items 1964-1997 Recommendations Garrett-Guzinski 23:7 60 items Confidential 1956-1989 Recommendations Hackett-Hemphill 24:1 58 items 1962-1990 Recommendations Henderson-Howell 24:2 33 items 1972-1978 Recommendations Ingram-Isaac 24:3 13 items 1962-1980 Recommendations Jackson-Jordan 24:4 32 items 1959-1987 Recommendations Kasta-Kukla 24:5 60 items 1969-1990 Recommendations Lacy-Lorish 24:6 29 items 1964-1991 Recommendations Malone-Musson 24:7 76 items 1964-1992 Recommendations Nardini-Onuf 24:8 13 items 1956-1992 Recommendations Pagnani-Putnam 24:9 50 items Confidential 1955-1986 Recommendations Ragsdale-Rutman 25:1 37 items 1961-1990 Recommendations Salerno-Smith, Canfield 25:2 26 items 1957-1992 Recommendations Smith, Daniel-Swanson 25:3 80 items 1958-1993 Recommendations Taishoff-Votto 25:4 48 items 1958-1989 Recommendations Wade-Wehtje 25:5 48 items 1964-1989 Recommendations Wellman-Wood 25:6 30 items 1968-1993 Recommendations Young-Yuhnke 25:7 40 items 1965-1973 Requests for Recommendations 25:8 4 items

Requests from institutions for recommendations to fill positions.

 1962-1971 Recommendations Unknown 25:9 4 items Confidential 1954-1965 Roll Books 26:1 8 items

List of enrolled students and their grades.

 1955-1962 Roll Books 26:2 8 items

List of enrolled students and their grades.

 April 1967 NDEA Salary 26:3 2 items

Professor Abbot's salary for NDEA History Institute

 1963-1966 Salary 26:4 5 items

Professor Abbot's salary at the College of William and Mary

 1978 Salary Institute of Early American History and Culture 26:5 2 items

Report of salaries at the Institute of Early American History and Culture

 1970-1971 Sesquicentennial Associate Selection Committee 26:6 6 items

Correspondence amongst the Selection Committee for the faculty awards for 1971-1973.

 1971-1972 Sesquicentennial Selection Committee 26:7 2 items

Correspondence relating to the Sesquicentennial faculty awards for 1972-1973.

 1980-1981 UVA Search Committee for the Dean of the Faculty 26:8 38 items

Correspondence of the committee charged with finding the successor to Edwin E. Floyd, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. Committee members include William W. Abbot, Jeanne C. Biggar, Hugh M. Davidson, Robert H. Kretsinger, and Richard T. Selden, Willard W. Harrison, and Audrey D. Jordan. President Frank L. Hereford is also a correspondent

 1968-1969; n.d. Graded student papers 26:9 5 items