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  1. F. H. C Society (Flat Hat Club)

    The F.H.C. Society was founded at William & Mary on November 11, 1750, and faded away in the 1770s (after 1772). There are letters to and from St. George Tucker concerning the FHC and the secret…
  2. Faculty Assembly

    The Faculty Assembly of William & Mary is an elected, representative body of the College faculty that regularly advises the President and the Provost on matters affecting the welfare of the…
  3. Faison Property

    The Faison Property at William & Mary is located at 404 Jamestown Road. In 1989 the university began using the house as the Office for Auxiliary Services. In 2007 it became the home of the…
  4. Fencing

    The Fencing Team at William & Mary is a competitive club fencing team which fields male and female competitors in all three weapons. Fencing has a long history at the college of William and Mary…
  5. Ferguson Seminar in Publishing

    The Ferguson Seminar in Publishing at William & Mary is a program of the Career Center. The first Ferguson Seminar was in October 1970 and it was an annual seminar up through 1972. Beginning in…
  6. Fight Song

    Current William & Mary Fight Song To be sung every time the Tribe scores! "Oh, we will fight, fight, fight for the Tribe, Each time the Big Green team appears. And we will yell, yell, yell for…
  7. Filipino American Student Association

    The Filipino American Student Association is a student organization at William & Mary.  History Contents
  8. Film Studies Program

    "The William & Mary's Film Studies Program provides interested students a coherent, interdisciplinary education in this major art form, an art form that is--along with television--the predominant…
  9. Fires

    There have been a number of fires on the grounds of William & Mary throughout its history. This list provides a brief chronological list of those fires.
  10. Flight Club

    The Flight Club (1931-1935) at William & Mary is believed to be the first such club at a college. The Flight Club won the Loening Trophy in inter-collegiate flying competition in 1933 and a…
  11. Flora Adams Darling

    Flora Adams Darling was born in New Hampshire in 1840, a descendant of Henry Adams who settled in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1636. She married Col. Edward Irving Darling, 22 years her senior, in…
  12. Floyd E. (Sam) Whitaker

    Floyd E. (Sam) Whitaker was a member of the William & Mary staff from 1959 to 1987. Obituary Announcement From a Faculty and Staff email from Provost Michael Halleran on April 25, 2011: "Dear…
  13. Flu Pandemic of 1918

    Material in the SCRC Thomas Nelson Page Papers Austin-Twyman Papers under Series I, Subseries II, folders 101 and 115. Overton Family Papers in Box XIII, folder 43. The Virginia Gazette, available in…
  14. Football

    Football is played in Zable Stadium at William & Mary. Many scrapbooks in the SCRC include photographs, tickets, and references to football and other athletics, but football may not necessarily…
  15. Francis Fontaine

    Francis Fontaine held the second divinity chair at William & Mary, which was frequently referred to at the time as the professorship in Oriental Languages, and served concurrently as rector of…
  16. Francis Jerdone

    Francis Jerdone (1721-1771) was born in Jedbury, Scotland in 1721, the son of John Jerdone, a magistrate and treasurer of the town. At the age of nineteen, in 1752, he immigrated to Virginia and…
  17. Franklin D. Roosevelt Visit, 1934

    U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt visited William & Mary on October 20, 1934, for ceremonies to mark the inauguration of William & Mary president John Stewart Bryan. Among other…
  18. Fraser Neiman

    Fraser Neiman was a William & Mary professor from 1938-1976. He was married to Stella Neiman. Prior to working at William & Mary, he received his A.B. degree from Amherst. From 1936 to 1938…
  19. Fraternities

    This page is a stub with more work needed. The earliest photograph of a fraternity at William & Mary in the University Archives is an image of members of Kappa Sigma from 1891. Research about…
  20. Fraternity Complex

    The 2013 Fraternity Complex is a 187 bed complex consisting of ten 17 bed fraternity houses and a community building. Built in 2012-2013 and opened for residents in Fall 2013, this complex is located…
  21. Freedmen's Bureau

    On March 3, 1865, Congress established the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, also known as the Freedmen's Bureau. It was to function for only one year, but on July 16, 1866, Congress…
  22. Frenchman's Map

    The Frenchman's Map is a map of Williamsburg dated May 11, 1782. It was drafted by an unknown Frenchman probably stationed with Rochambeau's army. Its marvelous detail suggests perhaps a billeting…
  23. Funding William & Mary

    In 1697, William & Mary President Rev. James Blair signed an agreement with the executors of the estate of the famous English scientist Robert Boyle, who bequeathed 5,400 pounds of his estate for…

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