The bulk of this collection contains subject files, correspondence, reports, and committee files collected by William and Mary Physics Professor Hans Von Baeyer while he was Director of the Virginia Associated Research Campus (VARC) from 1979-1984. Included in this material are: correspondence and reports of Board of Visitors Meetings; reports of the William and Mary Self-Study committee in 1983; and correspondence with various William and Mary offices and departments. The papers also include personal papers of Von Baeyer such as material related to a book he wrote for McGraw-Hill, and his involvement with the Elderhostel course work from physics classes he taught.