Left: MWC students in Calvary troop attire promoting war bonds to the Fredericksburg community. Smith, Judson. War Effort. October 5, 1942. Photograph. The Centennial Image Collection. University of Mary Washington Special Collections and University Archives. Simpson Library Special Collections, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA. https://umw.access.preservica.com/IO_ba2ab24a-1777-44a2-b0f7-7dda4727e8d3. Right: Students during the Spanish Fiesta demonstrating […]
Fredericksburg State Teachers College in the Early 20th Century Our website is a collaborative history project made in Spring 2024 that documents the life of two students at Fredericksburg State Teachers College from 1927-1928 and 1929-1931. This is used to show how student life at University of Mary Washington has evolved through the last […]
Introduction The digital project University of Mary Washington Campus Histories is a site dedicated to preserving Mary Washington’s campus history. The purpose of this project is to create a website centered around stories tied to places on UMW’s campus that reveal how students lived and learned with the landscape around them. Using a variety of […]
The Alumni Project was created in 2008 to celebrate the University of Mary Washington’s Centennial Anniversary and creates a digital record of the history of UMW from the perspective of the alumni. This site contains seventeen interviews with past alumni in video and transcript form. This site was one that we were unable to restore […]
This 2022 project is the companion to the mural unveiled in Jepson Science Center on the University of Mary Washington’s campus in the spring of 2022. This site is linked to the QR code on the mural that gives the viewer more information on the life and legacy of Dr. Venus Jones.
This 2022 project documents the name change from Mary Washington College to the University of Mary Washington in 2004. This project also illustrates Mary Washington’s time as a part of the University of Virginia. This site includes the history of UVA and UMWs connection as well as archives of images concerning the name change. This […]
The James Farmer at Mary Washington College (Oral Histories) site was a 2020 project that conducted oral histories with some of his former students. This project also transcribed/captioned recordings of Dr. Farmer’s lectures and collected some of his classroom materials. This site features three main topics: James Farmer’s legacy, a timeline of his time at […]
A Spring 2022 project by students in the Adventures in Digital History Class, entitled “The Renaming of James Farmer Hall”. This project concept was chosen because of Dr. James Farmer’s legacy as a part of the University of Mary Washington. This project was put onto a new website to inform people about the history of […]
Historic Buildings of UMW provides a focus on the campus buildings that each carry a rich history. From residence halls to other buildings of significance like Brompton, this site provides a walk through the past of UMW’s campus and the stories each building has to tell. This site was restored by the 2022 ADH class. Click […]
Mary Washington Images Throughout the Years is a site dedicated to archiving the past and present of campus life at Mary Washington. You can browse the collections in a variety of ways from specific time periods, to exhibits on important campus events like Devil Goat Day, or even just as one big gallery. Image Citation: Ned […]
