College Farm
The College Farm of the College of William and Mary was active in the 1920s-1940s. According to a 1935 Alumni Gazette article, the farm was first organized in 1923. The farm was at the site of the present-day Phi Beta Kappa Hall, Andrews Hall, and Swem Library. During World War II, William & Mary operated a poultry plant to supplement the College Farm as a war measure on the site of the former CCC camp on campus, (site of present day William and Mary Hall .)
Material in the Special Collections Research Center
- Alumni Gazette, 30 March 1935, p. 1, 3.
- Flat Hat: 9 April 1935, p. 1, 6; 10 January 1945, p. 6; 2 May 1945, p. 3.
- University Archives Oral History Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, The College of William and Mary:
- Jay Wilfred Lambert, p. 34-36
- Yelverton O. & Elizabeth Kent, p. 15-16
- University Archives Subject File Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, The College of William and Mary.
- University Archives Photograph Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, The College of William and Mary.
- Colonial Echo yearbook has most volumes available online through the W&M Digital Archive.
- Guide for doing research related to the College of William & Mary
References
- Alumni Gazette, 30 March 1935, p. 1, 3.
- University Archives Oral History Collection, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, The College of William and Mary:
- Jay Wilfred Lambert, p. 34-36
- Flat Hat: 9 April 1935, p. 1, 6; 10 January 1945, p. 6; 2 May 1945, p. 3.
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