Films, Cinema, & Television: Resources in the Special Collections Research Center

-- The collection includes material from Alvin Duke Chandler's terms as president of William & Mary and later chancellor of the Colleges of William & Mary. Includes material on the University Film Producers Association, 1960.

-- This interview of Drew Emery was conducted October 24th, 2009 as part of the William & Mary GALA Stephens Oral History Project by Amy Schindler and Troy Davis. Emery graduated from the College of William & Mary in 1986 with a BA in Theatre and received his Master’s degree from the University of Virginia. The interview focuses mostly on Emery’s time at William & Mary and his film “Inlaws & Outlaws,” released in 2005. In a separate session, Andrew Emery discusses his film and answers questions after a screening of the movie at the College of William & Mary on October 23rd, 2009. The event was sponsored by the William & Mary GALA. The Q&A session focuses on the film in general but also includes discussion of contemporary politics.

-- The collection includes the personal and professional papers of Rene A. Henry, who graduated from Granby High School in Norfolk in 1951 and received an A.B. in economics from the College of William & Mary in 1954. Includes photograph of RAH during filming of a series of syndicated television series on tennis tips with tennis pro Vic Braden, circa 1976. Also includes photograph of RAH during filming of basketball film with Jerry Wes.

-- This collection contains photocopies of plays that won the Howard Scammon Drama Prize. It includes autographed copies of Rebecca Edwards', Bryan Tunnell's, Andrew Emery's plays (see also Andrew Emery Oral History Interview).

-- The collection includes various image formats documenting campus locales, people, and events including school activities, plays and musicals, organizations, athletics, homecoming, and other typical campus scenes. Includes photos of Movie made on campus--"Amreica", 1923 (D.W. Griffith, John DeShazo, Nat Watkin; students in Indian costume; cock fight). Also includes photos of faculty and staff dressed as 18th century college masters for scene from movie "America" filmed on campus in fall 1928 (William A Hamilton, John Garland Pollard, WAR Godwin, John Lesslie Hall). Also includes photos of movie made on campus--"Howards of Virginia", 1940 (John S Bryan and director Frank Lloyd). Also includes photos of movie made on campus--"Henderson Monster", 1979.

-- This collection is the scrapbook created by William and Mary student Mildred Barksdale from 1922-1924. It includes photographs, invitations, tickets, and a Clifton Forge High School commencement program (1929). The photographs document students, College and Williamsburg buildings and sites, President Warren G. Harding's visit to William and Mary, and the filming of D.W. Griffith's film "America."

-- The collection includes two scrapbooks of photographs, postcards, and programs collected by Arthur and H. Leah James while students at the College of William and Mary. Material concerns student life, athletics, social life, the D.W. Griffith movie "America" which was made on campus in 1923, the Order of the White Jacket, and other issues of common interest to students. The scrapbook of Arthur James also includes material related to his service in the U.S. armed forces.

-- This collection includes three postcards, forty-four photos, and four assorted pictures, mainly of Anne Townsend Dudley's William & Mary years (1922-1926). Most of the photos were used in the 1924 Colonial Echo. Includes 3 photos of scenes from D.W. Griffith's movie "America"

-- Scrapbook containing news clippings, a graduation program, and photographs. The photographs depict campus, Williamsburg, the movie set for The Howards of Virginia, Seymour, her friends and roommates, and other students. This accession also includes a collar from a 1943 graduation gown.

-- A 12" x 17" black and white photograph of a scene on Duke of Gloucester Street near the Capitol Building, probably taken during the filming of "Williamsburg: The Story of a Patriot" in 1957.