Special Collections Research Center
Thomas Pinckney Records
College of William and Mary. University Relations.
Pinckney, Thomas, 1903-1993
UA 49
/repositories/2/resources/4561
1.25 Linear Feet
1932-1942
English
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Pinckney (1903-1993) was the Director of Public Relations at William & Mary from 1938-1942. He and his wife, Charlotte Kent Pinckney (mentioned in the records), moved to Williamsburg from Richmond, Virginia. Pinckney resigned from his position in 1942 and joined the United States Navy during World War II. After the war, Pinckney continued to work in public relations for the Veterans Administration and the Defense General Supply Center.
Scope and Contents
As Director of Public Relations, Pinckney worked in a two-person office with office assistant Emily Sneed and includes much about campus experience from 1938-1942. The office did not cover sports publicity, which was handled by the Athletics Department. Pinckney and Sneed also oversaw the Wren Building Guides, a group of male students who interpreted and gave tours of the Wren Building. Pinckney's records include correspondence with Deans Grace Landrum, J. Wilfred Lambert, and James W. Miller; the Colonial Williamsburg Restoration; and professors Althea Hunt and Martha Barksdale. Topics include admissions, alumni, guidebooks, honorary degrees, public inquiries, final exercises, reinternment of Thomas Roderick Dew, and World War II's impact on William & Mary's campus.
Press releases are compiled in Box 5, but researchers are encouraged to also look for them in individual subject folders.
Records are arranged alphabetically.
Preferred Citation:
College of William and Mary, Thomas Pinckney Records, Special Collections Research Center, William and Mary Libraries.
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
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.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer
Correspondence
Press releases
World War II
Visitors to Campus
College of William and Mary.
Landrum, Grace Warren, 1876-1951
Box 1/repositories/2/archival_objects/2478401A.A.A.S (American Association for Advancement of Science)/repositories/2/archival_objects/289365English11Activities (Debating, Band, May Day)/repositories/2/archival_objects/289366English12Admissions/repositories/2/archival_objects/289367English13Admissions -- Dean of Men/repositories/2/archival_objects/289368English14Alumni/repositories/2/archival_objects/289369English15American College Publicity Association, April 1940/repositories/2/archival_objects/289370English16American College Publicity Association, 1941/repositories/2/archival_objects/289371English17American College Publicity Association Conference -- Arrangements/repositories/2/archival_objects/289372English18American College Publicity Association Conference -- Delegates/repositories/2/archival_objects/289373English19American College Publicity Association Conference -- Program/repositories/2/archival_objects/289374English110Army/repositories/2/archival_objects/289375English111Associated Press/repositories/2/archival_objects/289376English112Association of American Universities/repositories/2/archival_objects/289377English113Athletics/repositories/2/archival_objects/289378English114Bursar -- Charles J. Duke/repositories/2/archival_objects/289379English115Carter Glass Presentation/repositories/2/archival_objects/289380English116Ceremonies and Conferences at W&M/repositories/2/archival_objects/289381English117Chambers of Commerce/repositories/2/archival_objects/289382English118Cheek, Leslie Jr. /repositories/2/archival_objects/289383English119Civilian Defense/repositories/2/archival_objects/289384English120College and War, Dec. 7, 1941/repositories/2/archival_objects/289385English121Conference on Public Issues/repositories/2/archival_objects/289386English122Box 2/repositories/2/archival_objects/2478412Correspondence, A-Z/repositories/2/archival_objects/28938721Correspondence, 1938-1939/repositories/2/archival_objects/28938822Correspondence, 1940-1944/repositories/2/archival_objects/28938923Cuts, Engravings/repositories/2/archival_objects/28939024Daffodil Festival/repositories/2/archival_objects/28939125Daily Press and Times-Herald/repositories/2/archival_objects/28939226Danville Bee/repositories/2/archival_objects/28939327Dean of Faculty -- James W. Miller/repositories/2/archival_objects/28939428Dean of Men -- J. Wilfred Lambert/repositories/2/archival_objects/28939529Dean of Women -- Grace W. Landrum/repositories/2/archival_objects/289396210Defense Committee/repositories/2/archival_objects/289397211Departmental Clubs/repositories/2/archival_objects/289398212Dew, Thomas Roderick -- Reinterred/repositories/2/archival_objects/289399213Education Department/repositories/2/archival_objects/289400214Esso Reporter/repositories/2/archival_objects/289401215Expenses/repositories/2/archival_objects/289402216Festival Theatre/repositories/2/archival_objects/289403217Final Exercises, 1939/repositories/2/archival_objects/289404218Final Exercises, 1940/repositories/2/archival_objects/289405219Final Exercises, 1941/repositories/2/archival_objects/289406220Box 3/repositories/2/archival_objects/2478423Finals, 1942/repositories/2/archival_objects/28952531Financial Campaigns/repositories/2/archival_objects/28952632Fine Arts/repositories/2/archival_objects/28952733Fine Arts -- Press Releases/repositories/2/archival_objects/28952834Fort Eustis/repositories/2/archival_objects/28952935Fort Eustis Lectures/repositories/2/archival_objects/28953036France -- Propaganda/repositories/2/archival_objects/28953137Gift/repositories/2/archival_objects/28953238Guide Books/repositories/2/archival_objects/28953339Hampton Institute/repositories/2/archival_objects/289534310Harvard Overseas/repositories/2/archival_objects/289535311Home-Town Students/repositories/2/archival_objects/289536312Honorary Degrees/repositories/2/archival_objects/289537313Hughes, Robert Morton/repositories/2/archival_objects/289538314Inquiries -- Academy/repositories/2/archival_objects/289539315Inquiries -- Commercial/repositories/2/archival_objects/289540316Inquiries -- Historical/repositories/2/archival_objects/289541317Inquiries -- Magazines and Publications/repositories/2/archival_objects/289542318Inquiries -- Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/289543319Institute for National Policy Competition/repositories/2/archival_objects/289544320International Relations Club/repositories/2/archival_objects/289545321Box 4/repositories/2/archival_objects/2478434Lancaster, Dabney S. /repositories/2/archival_objects/289546English41Latin Department/repositories/2/archival_objects/289547English42Law School/repositories/2/archival_objects/289548English43Lectures -- Press Releases/repositories/2/archival_objects/289549English44Lectures and Concerts/repositories/2/archival_objects/289550English45Library/repositories/2/archival_objects/289551English46Life Magazine/repositories/2/archival_objects/289552English47Lynchburg Advance/Lynchburg News/repositories/2/archival_objects/289553English48Marshall-Wythe School/repositories/2/archival_objects/289554English49Meetings, Learned Societies/repositories/2/archival_objects/289555English410Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/289556English411News Leader Richmond/repositories/2/archival_objects/289557English412Newspapers, Miscellaneous/repositories/2/archival_objects/289558English413News Service/repositories/2/archival_objects/289559English414Pinckney, Thomas -- re: article "Virginia Colleges and the War Effort" (1 of 2)/repositories/2/archival_objects/289560English415Pinckney, Thomas -- re: article "Virginia Colleges and the War Effort" (2 of 2)/repositories/2/archival_objects/289561English416Box 5/repositories/2/archival_objects/289562English5Photographs -- Correspondence /repositories/2/archival_objects/28956351Placement Bureau/repositories/2/archival_objects/28956452Plays/repositories/2/archival_objects/28956553Politicos/repositories/2/archival_objects/28956654President/repositories/2/archival_objects/28956755President's Christmas Party/repositories/2/archival_objects/28956856Press Releases, 1939-1940/repositories/2/archival_objects/28956957Press Releases, 1941/repositories/2/archival_objects/28957058Prospects/repositories/2/archival_objects/28957159Public Relations/repositories/2/archival_objects/289572510Quarter Millenium/repositories/2/archival_objects/289573511Radio/repositories/2/archival_objects/289574512Box 6/repositories/2/archival_objects/289575English6Radio, 1941/repositories/2/archival_objects/28957661Radio Broadcasts -- Specials/repositories/2/archival_objects/28957762Red Cross/repositories/2/archival_objects/28957863Registrar (Kathleen Alsop)/repositories/2/archival_objects/28957964Registration/repositories/2/archival_objects/28958065Research/repositories/2/archival_objects/28958166Scholarships -- Prize Competitions/repositories/2/archival_objects/28958267Societies and Clubs/repositories/2/archival_objects/28958368Special Events/repositories/2/archival_objects/28958469Special Features/repositories/2/archival_objects/289585610Stettinius, Edward R. /repositories/2/archival_objects/289586611Students/repositories/2/archival_objects/289587612Summer Sessions/repositories/2/archival_objects/289588613Box 7/repositories/2/archival_objects/289589English7Theatre Press Releases/repositories/2/archival_objects/28959071Theater -- Rollins Studio/repositories/2/archival_objects/28959172Thomas, Earl/repositories/2/archival_objects/28959273Velz, Lt. Dick/repositories/2/archival_objects/28959374Virginia Association of Colleges/repositories/2/archival_objects/28959475Virginia Fisheries Laboratory/repositories/2/archival_objects/28959576Virginia Fisheries Laboratory -- Press Releases/repositories/2/archival_objects/28959677Virginia Press Association/repositories/2/archival_objects/28959778Virginia State Chamber of Commerce/repositories/2/archival_objects/28959879Virginia Writer's Project/repositories/2/archival_objects/289599710Visitors/repositories/2/archival_objects/289600711War Work/repositories/2/archival_objects/289601712Washington Post/repositories/2/archival_objects/289602713Williams, L.M. /repositories/2/archival_objects/289603714Winchester Evening Star/repositories/2/archival_objects/289604715Withers, Colonel Robert E. /repositories/2/archival_objects/289605716The World in Crisis/repositories/2/archival_objects/289606717Wren Building Guides -- Administration/repositories/2/archival_objects/289607718Scope and ContentsWren Building Guides were a group of William & Mary students who answered visitor questions about the Wren Building and other local/campus history. Their work was supervised by the Public Relations office and funded by the National Youth Administration.
Wren Building Guides -- Examination/repositories/2/archival_objects/289608719Scope and ContentsWren Building Guides were a group of William & Mary students who answered visitor questions about the Wren Building and other local/campus history. Their work was supervised by the Public Relations office and funded by the National Youth Administration.
Wren Building Guides -- Interpretation/repositories/2/archival_objects/289609720Scope and ContentsWren Building Guides -- National Youth Administration/repositories/2/archival_objects/289610721Scope and ContentsWren Building Guides were a group of William & Mary students who answered visitor questions about the Wren Building and other local/campus history. Their work was supervised by the Public Relations office and funded by the National Youth Administration.
WRNL Radio Station/repositories/2/archival_objects/289611722WRVA Radio Station/repositories/2/archival_objects/289612723Year-End Review Reports, 1940/repositories/2/archival_objects/289613724Year-End Review Clippings, 1940/repositories/2/archival_objects/289614725