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Muse, Benjamin. Papers : of Benjamin Muse, 1934-1966.

Title: Papers : of Benjamin Muse, 1934-1966.

The collection consists chiefly of Muse's correspondence and speeches on Virginia political issues, particularly the adoption of social security in the 1930s and massive resistance in the 1950s. Much of the latter correspondence came in response to his column "Virginia Affairs" for the Washington Post, his Manasses Messenger editorials, and articles in national magazines. Other topics include his break with the Democratic Party in 1936, his gubernatorial candidacy in 1941, and his research in Virginia for Presidential Nominating Politics in 1952. Several chapters of an autobiography are included. Scrapbooks of news clippings and a copy of Tarheel Tommy Atkins complete the collection. Correspondents include John Stewart Battle, Frank Bane, Sarah Patton Boyle, Harry Flood Byrd, Harry Flood Byrd, Jr., Lenoir Chambers, Virginius Dabney, Theodore Roosevelt Dalton, Colgate Whitehead Darden, and Leslie W. Dunbar. Other correspondents are Patrick Henry Drewry, Edwin B. Henderson, Oliver Hill, Francis Pickens Miller, George Campbell Peery, James Price, Howard Worth Smith, Thomas Bahnson Stanley, Henry Alexander Wise, and many Virginia legislators.

ArchivalResource: 975 items.

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Flannagan, Roy C. (Roy Catesby), 1897-1952. Papers : of Roy C. Flannagan, 1919-1947.

Title: Papers : of Roy C. Flannagan, 1919-1947.

Flannagan's papers reflect his varied career as a journalist, author, political advisor, and army officer. Correspondents include Harry Flood Byrd, Harry Flood Byrd, Jr.; authors Sherwood Anderson, Virginius Dabney, Clifford Dowdey, Patrick Henry Drewry, Douglas Southall Freeman, and Margaret Mitchell; newspapermen John Stewart Bryan and John Dana Wise; literary agents A. Mervyn Davies and Ruth F. Boyd; and editor and publisher Robert Lane Anderson. The papers also include the letters of Flannagan's father, Dr. Roy Knight Flannagan, his daughter, Patricia Douglass Flannagan Hooker, and his wife, Gladys Victoria Iler Flannagan. In 1923 Flannagan wrote to his wife about the Cumberland County, Va., murder trial of Robert O. Garrett and his brother, Larkin C. Garrett. Also included is correspondence concerning the American Newspaper Guild and the Ember Club, and with publishers concerning Flannagan's writings; rough drafts of his articles, novels, and short stories; and newspaper clippings from the Atlanta Journal, 1921-1922. There are accounts, financial and land records; and correspondence, memoranda, orders, certificates, and charts concerning his active and reserve duty in the army. Gladys Flannagan's papers include correspondence, copies of poems and articles written for the Atlanta Journal and Butler University publications, and unidentified family correspondence.

ArchivalResource: 550 items.

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Hutchinson, Martin Ashton, 1892-1962. Papers of Martin Ashton Hutchinson [manuscript] 1923-62.

Title: Papers of Martin Ashton Hutchinson [manuscript] 1923-62.

The papers of Hutchinson are divided between his political activities and legal career. The former consists chiefly of correspondence and speeches, and documents Hutchinson's career as protegé, then critic and opponent of the "Byrd machine." The bulk of the papers are concerned with the battles of Virginia liberal Democrats against machine politics. The chief topics are Hutchinson's senatorial campaign in 1945, the gubernatorial and senatorial races of Francis Pickens Miller in 1949 & 1952, the Committee for Democracy in Virginia, 1947, the Truman Barkley Straight Ticket committee, 1948, and Hutchinson's nomination to the Federal Communications Commission in 1949. Presidential elections from 1932 to 1960 are represented as are Virginia political topics of the 30s and 40s such as election reform, poll taxes, sales taxes, public schools, and the strengthening of local government against the machine. Correspondents include Watkins Moorman Abbitt, Harry Flood Byrd, Virginius Dabney, Colgate Whitehead Darden, Edward Griffith Dodson, Patrick Henry Drewry, John William Flannagan, Joseph F. Guffey, James P. Hart, J. Murray Hooker, Curry Hutchinson, William L. Kemper, David Lawrence, Francis Pickens Miller, J. Howard McGrath, George Walter Mapp, Graham Morison, James Hubert Price, Moss A. Plunkett, Lloyd Mileham Robinette, Elbert Lee Trinkle and Robert Whitehead. There are also brief notes from Claude Denson Pepper.

ArchivalResource: 25,000 items.

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Petersburg (Va.). Papers, 1867-1922.

Title: Papers, 1867-1922.

Papers, 1867-1922, relating to Petersburg, Va. Includes printed list, 1867, of members of Tabb Street Presbyterian Church; letter, 1922, written by P. H. Drewry concerning a proposed history of Petersburg; and advertisments of businesses.

ArchivalResource: 5 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26297149 View

Drewry, Patrick Henry, 1875-1947. Speeches of Patrick Henry Drewry [manuscript], 1905-1937.

Title: Speeches of Patrick Henry Drewry [manuscript], 1905-1937.

The collection consists of a series of speeches and remarks by Drewry later annotated by him with information on the date, place, circumstances and audience. It includes his first political speech; introductions for Lee Trinkle, Robert W. Daniel, George Peery and John Garland Pollard; addresses on behalf of J.T. Deal and Colgate Darden; speeches at various political events, and an address on citizenship and duties of a Congressman delivered to a group of women after the passage of the 19th amendment.

ArchivalResource: 120 pages.

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Drewry, Patrick Henry, 1875-1947. Papers of Patrick Henry Drewry [manuscript] ca. 1825, 1897-1947.

Title: Papers of Patrick Henry Drewry [manuscript] ca. 1825, 1897-1947.

The collection consists of papers from Drewry's legal and political career. Files from many of his cases as a partner of Lassiter and Drewry, Petersburg, Va. and Drewry and Old, Petersburg, Va. contain correspondence on claims settlement, veterans benefits, divorce cases, and real estate dealing. Of interest are letters regarding the 1906 murder trial of an indigent Negro. As Virginia state senator, 1912-20 Drewry served on the Virginia Governor Advisory Board on the Budget, the Virginia Association for Local Self Government, the Virginia State Auditing Committee, the Virginia Commission on Economy and Efficiency, the Virginia State Highway Commission, the Virginia Council of Defense, and the U.S. Committee on Public Information, Division of Four Minute Men. His papers reflect the interests of his constituents on prohibition and local option, Battlefield Park in Petersburg, better roads, women's suffrage, game laws, and post-office and scholarship appointments. His congressional papers deal almost entirely with patronage, appointments, and private claims. The collection also contains papers of the Harris family, 1843-1943, consisting chiefly of the settlement of an estate and financial records; organizational papers, 1906-11, of the Southside Realty Co., Petersburg, Va.; papers of the Ryland family, 1830-1905, including a 1901 inventory of a general store in Petersburg, Va.; and some personal and financial papers. Correspondents include W.L. Bragg, Richard Evelyn Byrd, Westmoreland David, LeRoy Hodges, George Walter Mapp, Thomas Staples Martin, Claude Augustus Swanson, R. Turnbull, and Walter Allen Watson.

ArchivalResource: 16500 items.

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Muse, Benjamin. Papers of Benjamin Muse [manuscript], 1934-1966.

Title: Papers of Benjamin Muse [manuscript], 1934-1966.

The collection consists chiefly of Muse's correspondence and speeches on Virginia political issues, particularly the adoption of social security in the 1930s and massive resistance in the 1950s. Much of the latter correspondence came in response to his column "Virginia Affairs" for the Washington Post, his Manassas Messenger editorials, and articles in national magazines. Other topics include his break with the Democratic Party in 1936, his gubernatorial candidacy in 1941, and his research in Virginia for Presidential Nominating Politics in 1952. Several chapters of an autobiography are included. Scrapbooks of news clippings and a copy of Tarheel Tommy Atkins complete the collection. Correspondents include John Stewart Battle, Frank Bane, Sarah-Patton Boyle, Harry Flood Byrd, Sr., Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Lenoir Chambers, Virginius Dabney, Theodore Roosevelt Dalton, Colgate Whitehead Darden, and Leslie W. Dunbar. Other correspondents are Patrick Henry Drewry, Edwin B. Henderson, Oliver Hill, Francis Pickens Miller, George Campbell Peery, James Price, Howard Worth Smith, Thomas Bahnson Stanley, Henry Alexander Wise, and many Virginia legislators.

ArchivalResource: 975 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647834947 View

Garrett, William Allen, 1854-1951. Papers of William Allen Garrett [manuscript] 1905 (1913-40) 1950.

Title: Papers of William Allen Garrett [manuscript] 1905 (1913-40) 1950.

Collection pertains to the political career of thisThere are letters from his constituents, requests for patronage, and letters from state politicians and officials. Subjects discussed include prohibition, workman's compensation, bill boards, financial support for state institutions, Byrd's pay-as-you-go plan, and state and local politics. Correspondents include Maitland Bustard, Harry Floyd Byrd, Thomas Granville Burch, Colgate Whitehead Darden, Westmorland David, Patrick Henry Drewry, Nathaniel B. Early, James Taylor Ellyson, S.L. Ferguson, Leroy Hodges, Rorer Anderson James, Rorer Anderson James, Claggett Bennett Jones, John Adam Lesner, John Preston McConnell, Lewis H. Machen, Henry Read McIlwaine, Thomas Staples Martin, James Hubert Price, and John Paul. Also John Garland Pollard, George Campbell Peery, George Townes Rison, Absolm Willis Robertson, Thomas Bahnson Stanley, Edward Watts Saunders, Claude Augustus Swanson, Elbert Lee Wrinkle, William Munford Tuck, Henry St. George Tucker, Stafford Corman Whittle, Kennon Caithness Whittle and "The Bishop" Carter Wormley.

ArchivalResource: 2 ft.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647970073 View