<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 https://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viw">Lavender-Graduation-Ceremony-collection</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Lavender Graduation Ceremony collection</titleproper><titleproper>Guide to the Lavender Graduation Ceremony collection <num>UA 143</num></titleproper><author>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center staff</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections Research Center</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/logos/wm.jpg" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2023 November</date></p><address><addressline>William &amp; Mary Special Collections Research Center</addressline><addressline>Earl Gregg Swem Library</addressline><addressline>400 Landrum Dr</addressline><addressline>Williamsburg, Virginia</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 757-221-3090</addressline><addressline>spcoll@wm.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt><notestmt><note><p>Future accruals are expected.</p></note></notestmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-05-15 12:59:13 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>English</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Lavender Graduation Ceremony collection</unittitle>
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      <persname source="lcnaf">Greenia, George D.</persname>
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      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.25 Linear Feet</extent>
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      <language langcode="eng">English</language>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>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.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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    <head>Immediate Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>Collection donated by various donors including the Office of Student Leadership Development, Pasha Roberts, and George Greenia.</p>  </acqinfo>
  <arrangement id="aspace_cb4da63f063e4f32f0925483a125edd5">
    <head>Arrangement</head>
<p>Collection is arranged by accession.</p>  </arrangement>
  <prefercite id="aspace_fb9b393724505c1189e9b03efa69ce7d">
    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Lavender Graduation Ceremony collection, Special Collections Research Center, William &amp; Mary Libraries</p>  </prefercite>
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    <head>Scope and Contents</head>
<p>This collection includes Lavender Graduation Ceremony programs and printed remarks or speeches from  speakers. May 2018 marked the first inaugural Lavender Ceremony at William &amp; Mary.  The collection also includes graduation stoles presented to graduates.  </p><p>Future accruals are expected.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Conditions Governing Use</head>
<p>Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <subject source="local">College of William and Mary--History--21st century</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">College of William and Mary--Students</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Gay college students</subject>
    <subject source="Library of Congress Subject Headings">Lesbian college students</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Transgender college students</subject>
    <subject source="Library of Congress Subject Headings">Sexual minority college students</subject>
    <subject source="lcsh">Bisexual college students</subject>
    <persname role="fmo" source="ingest">Office of Student Leadership Development</persname>
    <persname role="fmo" source="lcnaf">Greenia, George D.</persname>
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  <dsc><c id="aspace_ebe57b2a6bc54f75e4fbd7f2c5a220ae" level="series"><did><unittitle>Accession 2018.173: Graduation stoles, programs and remarks</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/607087</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="2018/2018">2018</unitdate></did><c id="aspace_f0245fd989d84f5ad0b55a80ea02aa04" level="file"><did><unittitle>Program</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/271878</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation">2018 May 11</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Half Hollinger Box" id="aspace_6509018881e09ff78bfeea665c5c8e3e" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_c83c2e6e4bdce71934c8a87c27f90e49" parent="aspace_6509018881e09ff78bfeea665c5c8e3e" type="folder">1</container></did></c><c id="aspace_e9fd30c195394ccad68564eb09c39d05" level="file"><did><unittitle>Roxie J. Patton's Remarks</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/271879</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation">2018 May 11</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Half Hollinger Box" id="aspace_e25a241bb612b7b46efb012704594711" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_deaf6e4c9d9cf388fb3fc11a41d4c13e" parent="aspace_e25a241bb612b7b46efb012704594711" type="folder">2</container></did></c><c id="aspace_0a16b235badda8991e6a049d115db364" level="file"><did><unittitle>John Hollander's Remarks</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/271880</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation">2018 May 11</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Half Hollinger Box" id="aspace_4eb6a8e2972752ef05272d833ac873b1" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container 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11</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Half Hollinger Box" id="aspace_78e014cde34243ca13408ef6532c7478" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_da1b446d052faa22847d8f71658c9493" parent="aspace_78e014cde34243ca13408ef6532c7478" type="folder">5</container></did></c><c id="aspace_bc5bb133e89c024f6f50c2bb8348fc35" level="file"><did><unittitle>Doug Bunch's Remarks</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/271883</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation">2018 May 11</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Half Hollinger Box" id="aspace_c076baaaea4e0427a06c8fe8c5805cc9" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_020499855b8e492c46b15ec60f551de9" parent="aspace_c076baaaea4e0427a06c8fe8c5805cc9" type="folder">6</container></did></c><c id="aspace_0c32c00042962f0b3a505955a558629e" level="file"><did><unittitle>Donning of the Graduates Remarks by Joseph Wheeless</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/271884</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation">2018 May 11</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Half Hollinger Box" id="aspace_976e34b827e63cc4c4eb35dc1e3292d8" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_7bcc7566b87f2d86d440d43ca73cc40f" parent="aspace_976e34b827e63cc4c4eb35dc1e3292d8" type="folder">7</container></did></c><c id="aspace_01f8a950e3451450762a5c9dc2560212" level="file"><did><unittitle>Kimberly Weatherly's Remarks</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/271885</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation">2018 May 11</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container altrender="Half Hollinger Box" id="aspace_1d7eeb33f3c3989a6ae8e8e4b909fbef" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_796001655f8693b46ec56d540a4b08d1" parent="aspace_1d7eeb33f3c3989a6ae8e8e4b909fbef" type="folder">8</container></did></c><c id="aspace_ad198d5bbcfcfcc79d4b0b83a6442f10" level="file"><did><unittitle>Lavender Graduation Ceremony Stole</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/271886</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation">2018</unitdate><langmaterial><language langcode="eng">English</language></langmaterial><container id="aspace_82d6f71113154c7503d69cc06bda756c" label="Mixed Materials" type="Artifact">1</container></did></c></c><c id="aspace_40501cae5fa5e0c45b55ca2d173aac87" level="series"><did><unittitle>Accession 2022.222: Graduation stoles, programs, tickets and remarks</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/607088</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="2019/2019">2019</unitdate></did><c id="aspace_19f51425fa509d62d9fab1d18450d0b9" level="series"><did><unittitle>Graduation celebration tickets</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/593294</unitid></did><c id="aspace_fa6f4fb48bb906acc74804d7970a4734" level="file"><did><unittitle>2019 tickets</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/593296</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="2019/2019">2019-05-19</unitdate><container altrender="Half Hollinger Box" id="aspace_4e7a67d8d2f39d9ba9f66dd2d6d2778d" label="Mixed Materials" type="Box">1</container><container id="aspace_6b379797bfca74cfa79f92490f475dbf" parent="aspace_4e7a67d8d2f39d9ba9f66dd2d6d2778d" type="Folder">10</container></did></c><c id="aspace_6dac4ba0757747a3b71d1b027012e902" level="file"><did><unittitle>2019 Tickets</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/593433</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="2019-05-10/2019-05-10">2019 May 10</unitdate><container id="aspace_81821519cdb57729dfa007e166b790c6" label="Mixed Materials" type="box">2</container><container id="aspace_0d907753546158a19e516b4dc7fa0a6c" parent="aspace_81821519cdb57729dfa007e166b790c6" type="Folder">3</container></did><scopecontent id="aspace_f9c1d79475dab3c7700d43739f6d13b0"><head>Scope and Contents</head><p>Three tickets.</p></scopecontent></c></c><c id="aspace_dda1ee4dbf7c0db098489d5a44fd4246" level="file"><did><unittitle>Lavender Graduation Ceremony Stoles</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/593434</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="2019/2019">2019</unitdate><container id="aspace_1a04f377074268b4bdc48c76aed4a569" label="Mixed Materials" type="box">2</container><container id="aspace_80692cbf382c7386919927f84aefc438" parent="aspace_1a04f377074268b4bdc48c76aed4a569" type="Folder">4</container></did></c><c id="aspace_67e64c51fb90a443635471305f1ced45" level="series"><did><unittitle>Programs</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/593291</unitid></did><c 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Includes speeches from President Katherine A. Rowe, Eric Garrison, Kyle J. Parker (Class of 2019 Student Speaker), Annie Brinkley, and Debroah Fabian (Class of 1971 Keynote Speaker).</p></scopecontent></c></c></c><c id="aspace_21432f318a7b2ce6bd5277ede0e42b92" level="series"><did><unittitle>Accession 2023.244: Banner, correspondence, speeches, pin and flier</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/607089</unitid></did><c id="aspace_a88388144d8df689740edfe268930b56" level="file"><did><unittitle>Correspondence between George Greenia and Pasha Roberts</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/607097</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="2023-04-12/2023-04-13" type="inclusive">May 12-13, 2023</unitdate><container id="aspace_91ecf35464bac51b04f17bd5bedec968" label="Mixed Materials" type="box">2</container><container id="aspace_befdda9244da9de32c8e79dc7c089f4a" parent="aspace_91ecf35464bac51b04f17bd5bedec968" type="Folder">11</container></did></c><c id="aspace_48325573aaffb5c9c93e8fe46775b21b" level="item"><did><unittitle>Lavender graduation program</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/607098</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="2023-04-19/2023-04-19">May 19, 2023</unitdate><container id="aspace_cfece236e84aab050010263a95233724" label="Mixed Materials" type="box">2</container><container id="aspace_63afa084c140f7fd1c22c9f7070f0ae4" parent="aspace_cfece236e84aab050010263a95233724" type="Folder">12</container></did></c><c id="aspace_56b578775e1b7f6bb11a0fe06b6dd7f9" level="item"><did><unittitle>Speech by Aubrey Lay</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/607093</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="2023-04-19/2023-04-19">May 19, 2023</unitdate><container id="aspace_7f284b9b2f2a745e1fa6ededa0a338f4" label="Mixed Materials" type="box">2</container><container id="aspace_ab90d5ff09b4b65ee38947c96f8e23a8" parent="aspace_7f284b9b2f2a745e1fa6ededa0a338f4" type="Folder">13</container></did></c><c id="aspace_449b76be624a98e882e0ec5caef4d22d" level="item"><did><unittitle>Speech by Peel Hawthorne</unittitle><unitid type="aspace_uri">/repositories/2/archival_objects/607092</unitid><unitdate datechar="creation" normal="2023-04-19/2023-04-19">May 19, 2023</unitdate><container id="aspace_59d4263a083b881225e674ace03ed33e" label="Mixed Materials" type="box">2</container><container id="aspace_7320120f35719c45baccd5ba33c48d0a" parent="aspace_59d4263a083b881225e674ace03ed33e" type="Folder">13</container></did></c><c id="aspace_86988eb1767885a2167274472abd4ca8" level="item"><did><unittitle>Speech by S. 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