Series 1, Box 1, Folder 2, 1930-1994
Item
Identifier: 1
Contents
From the Collection:
The Walter Taylor Reveley II collection is comprised of documents and materials from Reveley’s personal life and tenure as president of Hampden-Sydney College. The collection includes institutional and organizational awards earned by Reveley, newspaper and magazine articles written by or written about Reveley, correspondence regarding Reveley’s retirement as president, general correspondence, and miscellaneous photographs and drawings.
Dates
- 1930-1994
Access
Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files will be provided for use upon request.
Extent
From the File: 8 Folders
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Contents
Summary sheet of WTR II accomplishments during his undergraduate education; 5 newspaper clippings of WTR II during his undergraduate education (2 of the clippings have printed copies); 2 photographs of WTR II, 1 in his football uniform and the other in his basketball uniform; commencement program from Hampden-Sydney graduation, dated June 4-6, 1939; copy of WTR II transcripts from his time as a student at Hampden-Sydney; letter of congratulations to Mrs. Reveley from Joe Bush, Director of Athletics, regarding WTR II special citation at Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony, dated July 1, 1994; announcement of WTR II induction into the Hampden-Sydney athletic Hall of Fame (document has tape on it); Hampden-Sydney Hall of Fame induction program from Oct. 29, 1994 including special citation for WTR II; letter of congratulations to WTR II from Jack Sanders, Secretary-Treasurer of Phi Beta Kappa’s Eta of Virginia Chapter, regarding WTR II election of membership into the Eta of Virginia Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, dated March 24, 1977; letter of congratulations to WTR II from Patrick W. Halloran III, regarding WTR II selection as a recipient of the Pi Kappa Alpha Bicentennial Award, dated July 2, 1976; letter of congratulations to WTR II from William W. Ray regarding WTR II selection as Chairman of the 1969 committee to nominate two Rhodes scholarships in Virginia, dated December 10, 1969; newspaper clipping titled “Reveley Heads Rhodes Group”; two letters to WTR II from Eric Hall Morrison, Vice-President of The Newcomen Society, extending an invitation to WTR II to become a member of The Newcomen Society, dated October 25, 1963; two letters to WTR II from J. D. Alexander informing WTR II of his receipt of an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws at the College of Southwestern At Memphis (now Rhodes College), dated March 22, 1966 and June 6, 1966.
Repository Details
Part of the Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Hampden-Sydney College
Walter M. Bortz III Library
P.O. Box 7
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943 United States
(434) 223-7225
dion@hsc.edu
Hampden-Sydney College
Walter M. Bortz III Library
P.O. Box 7
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943 United States
(434) 223-7225
dion@hsc.edu