Title

Office of the President. Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers, 1848-1898

ID

UA 2.06

Extent

0.8 Cubic Feet

Scope and Contents

Collection includes biographical materials, writings, and correspondence.

This is an artificial collection of correspondence, 1848-1898, of and concerning Benjamin Stoddert Ewell while he was serving on the faculty and as president of the College of William and Mary. Prominent correspondents include: Ambrose Burnside, Ulysses S. Grant, Hugh Blair Grigsby, John Johns, Joseph E. Johnston, Robert McCandlish, Matthew Fontaine Maury, George Gordon Meade, Charles Minnigerode, William Cabell Rives, Francis Henney Smith, John Reuben Thompson, John Tyler, Henry A. Washington, and Henry A. Wise. Subjects include Ewell's hiring as professor of mathematics and as acting president, the fire of 1859, William and Mary during the Civil War, raising funds in the United States and England to restore the college following the war, the possible removal of the college from Williamsburg, the suspension of the college and its re-opening as a normal school to train male teachers.

Creators

Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert

Office of the President (1693-[ongoing])

Subjects

College of William and Mary--History--19th century.

Ewell, Benjamin Stoddert, 1810-1894

Genres

Correspondence

Languages

English

Detailed Description

Full Finding Aid/Box List

• Series 1: Correspondence and Writings, 1848-1893

Administrative Information

Acquired

11/20/1980. Some letters were  purchased from Robert F. Butchelder in 1982. Telegrams were purchased fromm Joseph R. Sakmyster in 1988.

Restrictions

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.

Rights

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.

Acquisition Note

 Source: Robert F. Butchelder, Joseph R. Sakmyster.
Acc. 1980.130 received 11/20/1980. Acquisition information for material received after 7/13/2009 is available by consulting a Special Collections Research Center staff member.

Related Materials

Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers in the SCRC's Manuscripts section (Mss. 39.1 Ew3)
For more information please see http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/controlcard.php?id=6796.

Related Publications

Chapman, Anne W. "Benjamin Stoddert Ewell: A Biography" 1984. PhD Dissertation, College of William and Mary. Call Number: LD6051 .W5m Hist., 1984, C33

Preferred Citation

Office of the President, Benjamin Stoddert Ewell Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Collection Material Type:

Papers