Special Collections Research Center
Thomas G. Pullen, Jr., Papers
Pullen, Louise Rowe
Mss. Acc. 1980.02
/repositories/2/resources/2096
39.00 Linear Feet
1913-1973
1945-1973
Professional and personal papers of Thomas G. Pullen, Jr.
English
Biographical Information:
Thomas G. Pullen, Jr. served as superintendent of education in Maryland and as president of the University of Baltimore. He apparently served in the friaries in World War I. He was a member of the College of William and Mary class of 1917. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Acquisition Information:
Gift. Mss. Acc. 2008.214 was accessioned from the backlog and the presumed donor is Thomas G. Pullen, Jr.
Conditions Governing Use:
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Conditions Governing Access:
The 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. 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.
Preferred Citation:
Thomas G. Pullen Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Related Materials:
Thomas Pullen Collection at the Library of Congress.
Physical Characteristics or Technical Requirements:
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Arrangement of Materials:
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Scope and Contents
Professional and personal papers of Thomas G. Pullen, Jr., William and Mary class of 1917, benefactor of the College of William and Mary, Superintendant of Schools for Maryland, and President of the University of Baltimore. Includes correspondence, photographs, drafts of articles, and speeches.
Mss. Acc. 2008.214: Workbook for "The William Morris Self-Enrichment Vocabulary Program" entitled "Words for Understandint Professions." Copyright 1964. Notation on front page, "Thos. G. Pullen, Jr....I wrote the foreword for this publication."
Correspondence re: people trying to get jobs, into college, including the College of William and Maryid81523/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812321Genealogy and gifts to libraries including Pullen Library at Bowie State and Pullen Room at University of Baltimore.id81524/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812332Photographs and printed materialid81525/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812343Correspondenceid81526/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812351960's4Correspondenceid81527/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812361960's5Correspondenceid81528/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812371970's6Correspondenceid81529/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812387Papers concerning his presidency at University of Baltimore – Reports of the President, includes part of a typed diary including Sound Scriber disks.id81531/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812398Magazines and files.id81533/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812409Books and photographsid81535/repositories/2/archival_objects/18124110Booksid81536/repositories/2/archival_objects/18124211Printed books, articlesid81537/repositories/2/archival_objects/18124312Scope and ContentsPrinted books, articles,part of an autobiography, memoir of H.L. Mencken
Correspondenceid81539/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812441960's13Scope and ContentsCorrespondence as superintendent of education for the state of Maryland.
Notebooks of articles.id81541/repositories/2/archival_objects/18124514Photographs (negatives) and speeches.id81543/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812461940's15Index to photographs, vita, Pullen collection at William and Mary, scrapbooks of cartoons and jokes.id81545/repositories/2/archival_objects/18124716Correspondenceid81550/repositories/2/archival_objects/18124817Correspondence and speechesid81551/repositories/2/archival_objects/18124918Correspondenceid81553/repositories/2/archival_objects/18125019Correspondenceid81555/repositories/2/archival_objects/18125120Correspondenceid81558/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812521940's-1950's21Correspondenceid81565/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812531950's22Correspondence, including University of Baltimoreid81566/repositories/2/archival_objects/18125423Correspondenceid81568/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812551960s-1970s24Correspondenceid81572/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812561950's. 1970's25Scope and ContentsIncludes letters of John Dos Passos.
Correspondenceid81574/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812571950's26Scope and ContentsIncludes illness in 1957 (gall bladder) and letters concerning Civil Rights (1961)
Correspondenceid81578/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812581960's27Oral history transcriptsid81582/repositories/2/archival_objects/18125928Gradebook, 1924 and World War I Notebook (from training). Church record book of J. e. DeShazo, a pastor in Mathews County, Va. Including members, marriages and baptisms.id81585/repositories/2/archival_objects/18126029Latin Exercise book, kept by William Eubank, Liberty, Virginia at the University of Virginia. Includes other names. Pullen's notebook with telephone numbers, addresses and 1969-1972 calendars. Handwritten draft perhaps of his book on integration, photograph album, scrapbooks, bill of sale for a slave and rental receipts 1913 for oyster grounds rented from a Mrs. Rowe [these items probably purchased by Pullen].id81589/repositories/2/archival_objects/18126130Contents to be determined.id81598/repositories/2/archival_objects/18126231Church materials, many in 1935, and yearbook of his fatherid81600/repositories/2/archival_objects/181263193532Material concerning Pullen family.id81602/repositories/2/archival_objects/1812641930's33Filesid81603/repositories/2/archival_objects/18126534Contents yet to be determined.id81606/repositories/2/archival_objects/18126635Yearbooks and correspondence.id81608/repositories/2/archival_objects/18126736Clippingsid81610/repositories/2/archival_objects/18126837Correspondenceid81611/repositories/2/archival_objects/18126938Correspondenceid81623/repositories/2/archival_objects/18127039