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Block, Karl Morgan, 1886-1958. Papers of the Staples and related Persinger family, 1783-1937, (bulk 1853-1914).

Title: Papers of the Staples and related Persinger family, 1783-1937, (bulk 1853-1914).

Collection consists of correspondence, legal, and financial papers of the Persinger and Staples families. In a series of letters, 1879-1897, Daniel DeJarnette Staples writes to Mary Waugh Staples regarding their 1880 wedding, the purchase of their home, and travels he has taken with his invalid uncle, Waller R. Staples. In a series of letters, 1893-1896, David W. Persinger writes to his mother Mrs. M.E. Martin, Roanoke, Va., of his studies at Randolph-Macon Academy, Front Royal, Va., and the University of Virginia. He mentions Charles S. Venable's retirement and a silver cup given to the professor by his math class. The collection also contains family photographs, contracts, deeds, and insurance policies of Daniel and Mary Staples; the 1897 will of Waller R. Staples; an autobiography of Samuel G. Staples, 1879; a scrap-book of theatrical broadsides and memorabilia; a list, n.d., of the slaves of Samuel G. Staples; and several daybooks including one kept by Samuel G. and Waller R. Staples as executors of the estate of Abram Penn Staples.

ArchivalResource: 300 (ca.) items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647821175 View

Staples, Abram Penn. Papers, 1787-1931; (bulk 1833-1913).

Title: Papers, 1787-1931; (bulk 1833-1913).

Correspondence, tax account book (1787), and other papers (chiefly 1833-1913) of Staples; of his grandson, Abram Penn Staples (1858-1913), a professor of law at Washington and Lee University; of his great-granddaughter, Harris DeJarnette Staples; and of other members of the family. The collection relates to the elder Staples' activities at the University of North Carolina, his legal career, U.S. and Virginia politics, family affairs, and social events in Virginia. Includes letters from Sallie Cushing Hart to her future husband, Abram Penn Staples (1958-1913), and letters to Harris DeJarnette Staples from four suitors. Other correspondents and names mentioned include Washington C. DePauw, Ludo von Meysenburg, George W. Pepper, David W. Persinger, Samuel G. Staples, Waller Staples, and Beverley Tucker.

ArchivalResource: 639 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20188573 View

Berglund, Abraham, 1875-1942. Abraham Berglund papers 1917-1931.

Title: Abraham Berglund papers 1917-1931.

The collection consists chiefly Berglund's professional correspondence. Topics include minor administrative issues at the University of Virginia and the Economics Department; references and letters of introduction including one for George T. Starnes; requests for information on railroads, ship building, steel and U.S. commerce; routine academic correspondence; routine professional correspondence with colleagues; and correspondence in support of legislation, particulary the National Child Labor Amendment. Of interest are a letter from Tipton Snavely on heavy drinking Washington and Lee students, 1924, and a letter from Hugh E. Agnew on the mistaken belief the the University of Virginia is teaching socialism, 1917. Correspondents include Edwin A. Alderman, Vanderveer Custis, E.H. Gary, Charles G. Maphis, John C. Metcalf, Albion W. Small, Waller R. Staples, G.T. Starnes, Claude A. Swanson, Frank Taussig, James Southall Wilson, and George B. Zehmer. The collection also contains his membership certificate in Alpha Kappa Psi.

ArchivalResource: 106 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/135152447 View