Inventory of the George W. Williams Papers, 1950-2005.
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Repository
University Archives, Duke
University
Creator
Williams, George Walton, 1922-.
Title
George W. Williams Papers, 1950-2005.
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
4.1 Linear Feet
5,000 Items
Abstract
5,000 Items
George Williams taught in the English Department at Duke University.
His collection includes lecture materials, correspondence, department and University correspondence, memoranda, and conference memorabilia.
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Administrative Information
Access RestrictionsPatrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
For a period of twenty-five years from the origin of the material, permission in writing from the office of origin and the University Archivist is required for use. After twenty-five years, records that have been processed may be consulted with the permission of the University Archivist.
In off-site storage; 24 hours advance notice is required for use.
Copyright Notice
Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], George W. Williams Papers, 1950-2005, University Archives, Duke University.
Provenance
The George W. Williams Papers, 1950-2005 were received by the University Archives as a
transfer in 1982, 1990-2002, and 2007.
Processing Information
Processed by Jessica Wood, October 2006
Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, October 2006
Updated by Sherrie Bowser, Accession UA2007-0052 added to inventory, September 2007.
Accessions were merged into one collection, described in this finding aid.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Biographical Note
George Walton Williams was born in 1922 in Charleston, SC. He fought in France and Germany during World War II. He received his A.B. from Yale in 1947 and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Virginia in 1949 and 1957, respectively. In the meantime, he also studied the history of his parish church and published a volume on the subject in 1951, entitled St. Michael's, Charleston, 1751-1951. Williams began teaching in the English Department at Duke in 1957, with specialties in Shakespeare and Richard Crashaw. In 1966, he was voted "Outstanding Professor" by the Duke student body. He is currently (2006) Professor Emeritus in Duke's English Department.
[top]Collection Overview
Contains personal correspondence, Graduate School and English Department memoranda, campus committee minutes and correspondence, conference programs and organizational materials, materials relating to Duke's program in Continuing Education for College Faculty.
Removed rubber bands for preservation, discarded 7 folders of student grades and employment records.
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Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Duke University. Dept. of English--Faculty.
- Duke University--Faculty.
- Williams, George Walton, 1922-.
Related Material
Department of English Records, 1926-ongoing.
University Archives. Duke University.
Frank C. Brown Papers, 1899-1943.
University Archives. Duke University.
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Detailed Description of Collection
Container List
7 Boxes
Box 1
Marshall Scholarship Committee
Drama Committee
Friends of the Library
Correspondence with Terry Sanford Re: Shakespeare Controversy, 1982
East Campus
English 123/143, 1957-1993
English 124/144, 1957-1993
Provost's Committee on Art Department Review
East Art Museum, Long Range Planning
Faculty Episcopalians
Printing Exhibition
Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1971-1989
University Business Correspondence and Memoranda
MLA Shakespeare Division Papers
Shakespeare Association of America Papers
Nixon Library Correspondence, 1981
Box 2
Addition: Papers, 1962-1972, 1978-1981
Summer Institute Application Form and Miscellaneous Information, 1965
College Entrance Examination Board: Committee on English Summer Institutes, 1962-1965
Correspondence, 1965-1966
Summer Institute, 1966
Summer Institute Correspondence, 1965
Summer Institute, 1972
Final Report, 1966-1967
National Defense Education Act Institute (NDEA) Budget
NDEA - Measurement Research Center, 1966-1967
NDEA - Miscellaneous Advertising
National Summer Institute, 1967, 1968
NDEA - Washington, 1965, 1966
NDEA - Workshops
Box 3
South Atlantic Modern Language Association
Nominations, 1970-1973
Executive Committee Memoranda and Correspondence, 1970-1973
General Correspondence, 1968
General Correspondence, 1979
Louisville Conference, 1981
1981 Course
General Correspondence, 1982
Nominations, 1983
Box 4
Duke Folger Institute, 1982
Folger Shakespeare Library, 1970-1973
East Campus Committee, 1980-1981
East Campus Committee, 1979-1980
East for Frosh: Student Essays
Minutes, Memoranda, Etc. Concerning Hiring, 1985 - RESTRICTED
Commencement Committee - RESTRICTED
Box 5
Intergovernmental Council Curriculum Committee, 1966
Academic Council Correspondence, 1978-1981
University Faculty Council, Executive Committee - Personnel, 1981-1982
Building and Grounds Committee, Board of Trustees, 1980-1982
University Faculty Council of Arts and Sciences, Executive Committee, 1981-1982
University Faculty Council, Executive Committee Business, 1981-1982
Minutes of University Faculty Council Committees, 1980-1982
Box 6
Miscellaneous Papers, undated
Humanities Faculty Seminar, 1976
Lilly Seminar, 1976
Lilly Reformers, 1976-1977
[Salem Academy Visit, 1962-1963]
[Academic Council, 1967-1975]
[Southeastern Renaissance Conference, 1961]
[Southeastern Renaissance Conference - Contributors' Correspondence, 1958-1960]
[Correspondence Re: Press Variants, 1970-1972]
S.A.M.L.A. Convention, 1980
S.A.M.L.A. /S.A.R. Editorial Board, 1982-1985
Box 7
Committee on Sophomore English, 1965-1973
Freshman English Committee, 1969-70
Miscellaneous Duke Correspondence, 1994-
Duke Correspondence re: Politics and University stuff, 1960-2001
Duke Correspondence re: Grounds, 1960-2005
