Special Collections Research Center
Phi Beta Kappa Records of John Lesslie Hall and Charles Washington Coleman
Phi Beta Kappa
Coleman, Charles Washington, 1862-1932
Hall, J. Lesslie (John Lesslie), 1856-
UA 6.022
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1.00 Linear Feet
1888-1928
1888-1928
English
Historical Note:
Phi Beta Kappa was founded by five students at the College of William and Mary in 1776.
Acquisition Information:
Gift
Accruals:
Acc. 1988.008
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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.
Related Materials:
UA 6.021 John Lesslie Hall Papers and UA 7.002 Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter Records
Scope and Contents
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.
Correspondence
Minutes
College of William and Mary--History--19th century
College of William and Mary--History--20th century
English language--Study and teaching--United States--History
English literature--Study and teaching--United States--History
College of William and Mary. Dept. of English
College of William and Mary. Dept. of History
Phi Beta Kappa. Virginia Alpha (College of William and Mary)
Box 1id15137/repositories/2/archival_objects/1026301English Examinationsid15138/repositories/2/archival_objects/1026311918 and undated11Guy, George W.--high school and college recordsid15139/repositories/2/archival_objects/102632190712Notebooks--Distinctions Awarded in English and Historyid15140/repositories/2/archival_objects/1026331888-191713Obituaries of John Lesslie Hallid15141/repositories/2/archival_objects/102634192814Phi Beta Kappa-Address and Poem delivered before the Phi Beta Kappa society of the Colege of William and Maryid15142/repositories/2/archival_objects/102635December 5, 190615Scope and ContentsAddress by Daniel C. Gilman and poem by Armistead C. Gordon.
Phi Beta Kappa--Correspondenceid15143/repositories/2/archival_objects/1026361890-1891 and 1894-189516Scope and ContentsAlso includes minutes for 6/28/1894 and 6/26/1895.
Phi Beta Kappa--Correspondenceid15144/repositories/2/archival_objects/102637189617Phi Beta Kappa--Correspondenceid15145/repositories/2/archival_objects/102638189718Scope and ContentsIincludes poem by Thomas Wentworth Higginson read on 2/19/1897 and minutes for 12/6/1897.
Phi Beta Kappa--Correspondenceid15146/repositories/2/archival_objects/1026391898-190519Phi Beta Kappa--Correspondenceid15147/repositories/2/archival_objects/1026401909-1910, 1917, 1925110Phi Beta Kappa--Correspondenceid15148/repositories/2/archival_objects/102641n.d.111Phi Beta Kappa--Key Order Formid15149/repositories/2/archival_objects/102642112Phi Beta Kappa--Alpha of Virginia--By-Lawsid15150/repositories/2/archival_objects/1026431896-1987113Phi Beta Kappa--"A Ritual of Phi Beta Kappa"id15151/repositories/2/archival_objects/1026441915114Phi Beta Kappa--Poem--"To the Phi Beta Kappa Society of William and Mary College"id15152/repositories/2/archival_objects/102645n.d.115Phi Beta Kappa--Publications of the United Chaptersid15153/repositories/2/archival_objects/102646116