Scope and Content From the Collection: This collection contains the papers of John Edward Williams, a professor of mathematics (1903-1924) and Dean of the College (1924-1943) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The collection contains notes kept by Williams while a graduate student in courses taught by James Morris Page, William H. Echols, and others at the University of Virginia. There are several notebooks devoted to various mathematical problems and solutions, together with texts of a number of Williams' speeches, as well as a...