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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

Crenshaw, May Virginia, 1880-. Papers of May Virginia Crenshaw, 1913-1920.

Title: Papers of May Virginia Crenshaw, 1913-1920.

Collection contains Crenshaw's correspondence with various libraries re employment opportunities; letters concerning her work with the Y.M.C.A. National War Work Council, the American Library Association, American Red Cross, McIntire Library and other public libraries; lecture notes from her library courses and a request that her thesis, "Public libraries of the South," be published in the "Library Journal." Correspondents include Mary W. Plummer, Kate Pleasants Minor, H.R. McIlwaine, Arthur Low Bailey, Leon Whipple, Myra Waldo, Lewis D. Crenshaw, Alexander James Inglis, John S. Patton, and Catherine S. Tracey.

ArchivalResource: 300 (ca.) items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32959027 View

Stearnes, R. C. (Reaumur Coleman), 1866-1945. Papers of Reamur Coleman Stearnes [manuscript] 1830, 1890-1940, 1942.

Title: Papers of Reamur Coleman Stearnes [manuscript] 1830, 1890-1940, 1942.

The papers center on Stearnes' career in public education, especially his service as secretary of the Virginia State Board of Education, 1906-1913, as Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1913-1918, and with the War Camp Community Service, 1918-1922, in Georgia. Educational topics include textbook selection, teacher certification, courses, and his controversial bid for re-election as Superintendent, 1917. Of interest are the applications of physicians for state certification, Stearnes' review of their high school education credentials, and the religious and racial implications of his decisions. Other topics include civilian war projects during World War I, local political campaigns, and family and personal matters, particularly Stearnes' teaching and further education at New York University. There are also financial and legal papers from Stearnes' business ventures and legal career. Correspondents include Edwin Anderson Alderman, Paul Brandon Barringer, R.F. Boatwright, William Cabell Bruce, Harry Flood Byrd, T.A. Cairns, Charles Corbin, Arthur Kyle Davis, George S. Denny, Murray T. Edwards, James Taylor Ellyson, Henry Delaware Flood, Minetre Folks, Edward Christian Glass, William S. Gooch, Garrard Harris, Thomas Walker Harrison, William Eldridge Hatcher, Herbert Hoover, J.L. Jarman, W.H. Keister, John Preston McConnell, Henry Read McIlwaine, Thomas Riley Marshall, Thomas Staples Martin, Mary Cooke Branch Munford, Theodore Roosevelt, Mary MAnn Page Newton Standard, Claude Augustus Swanson, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 20,000 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647966688 View

Wayland, John Walter, 1872-1962. Papers of John Walter Wayland [manuscript] 1787-1950.

Title: Papers of John Walter Wayland [manuscript] 1787-1950.

Correspondence, notes, and clippings (1885-1950), relating to the history and genealogy of Rockingham Co., Va., and the Shenandoah Valley, particularly the origins of German families in the Valley; together with indentures, deeds, and other papers (1787-1826) pertaining to the Rutherford family, of Rockingham Co. Correspondents include Richard Heath Dabney, James Hay, Absalom Koiner, Henry Read McIlwaine, and Aron A. Yoder.

ArchivalResource: 3 ft.

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Stanard, William Glover, 1859-1933. Papers, 1888-1928.

Title: Papers, 1888-1928.

Letters, 1888-1928, written to William G. Stanard, secretary of the Virginia Historical Society and editor of the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography concerning historical and genealogical matters. Includes letters from Benjamin Stoddert Ewell, J. Franklin Jameson, Lyon G. Tyler and W.A.R. Goodwin. Some of the letters concern the College of William and Mary and the history of Williamsburg, Va.

ArchivalResource: 48 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25196901 View

Lossing, Benson John, 1813-1891. Papers of Benson John Lossing [manuscript] 1891-1914.

Title: Papers of Benson John Lossing [manuscript] 1891-1914.

ArchivalResource: 21 items.

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Dinwiddie, Mary Louise, 1880-1958. Mary Louise Dinwiddie correspondence with Morgan P. Robinson [manuscript], 1900-1928.

Title: Mary Louise Dinwiddie correspondence with Morgan P. Robinson [manuscript], 1900-1928.

Correspondence of Dinwiddie concerns the bell on the Rotunda at the University of Virginia. A letter, 1928 Oct. 17, asks Robinson for information regarding the various clappers and strikers saved from the 1895 Rotunda fire at the University of Virginia. Morgan replies, 1928 Nov.7, describing the history of the University bell and clappers and stating he is glad to help resolve the questions "because with the several clappers you now have in hand, one might conclude that Jefferson placed on the Rotunda a carillon." Robinson's reply was forwarded to Dinwiddie by H.R. McIlwaine, 1928 Nov.8, who also forwarded under separate cover negative photostats of a letter from Paul Barringer to Robinson, 1900, Oct. 9, regarding the bell and a letter of Robinson to the Director of the Brooks Museum, 1921 Mar. 12..

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/182576025 View

Watson, Walter Allen, 1867-1919. Papers : of Walter Allen Watson, 1820-1925.

Title: Papers : of Walter Allen Watson, 1820-1925.

The collection contains the correspondence of Walter Allen Watson from "Woodlawn," Nottoway County, Va., with William Evelyn Cameron, John Warwick Daniel, Berryman Green, Bradley Tyler Johnson, Joseph Luther Kelly, Fitzhugh Lee, Henry Read McIlwaine, Richard McIlwaine, Richard McIlwaine, Jr., Philip W. McKinney, Thomas Staples Martin, John S. Mosby, Roger Atkinson Pryor, Sara Agnes Rice Pryor, Thomas Lafayette Rosser, Scott Shipp, Thomas Wheelwright, and John Langbourne Williams. Also contains Watson's diaries, 1894-1916; and the correspondence, 1889-1925, of his wife, Constance Tinsley Watson, including letters written by Moses Drury Hoge. Also includes miscellaneous materials: Democratic electoral tickets for Governor, 1889, and President, 1892; invitation notes from Mrs. Stephen Decatur and J.C. Calhoun to James Jones in 1820; and autographs of Sitting Bull, T.R. Ferrar, Hunter Holmes McGuire, Lewis Morrison, and Thomas Nelson Page. Also, includes a speech by Moses Drury Hoge, 13 October 1889, at memorial services at Pryor Memorial Chapel, Crewe, Va.; obituary notice of Robert G. Blanton, 1924; and an engraved invitation issued by the Jefferson Society of the University of Virginia in 1848.

ArchivalResource: 71 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30064945 View

Inventory of the Samuel Erson Asbury Papers Texas MSS 00044., 1872-1960

Title: Inventory of the Samuel Erson Asbury Papers 1872-1960

Educated and professionally employed as an agricultural chemist and researcher in fertilizer and feeds, Samuel Erson Asbury's fame rests primarily with his extensive research into Texas history, particularly his discovery of little known primary resources regarding the Texas Revolution, including those concerning Jonas Harrison, John A. Williams, and the journal of Juan Nepomuceno Almonte. Samuel Erson Asbury was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on September 26, 1872, the son of Felicia Swan (Woodward) and Sidney Monroe Asbury. In 1889, Asbury enrolled in North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical College in Raleigh, receiving his B.S. in chemistry in 1893. Employed as an instructor at the college, Asbury earned his M.S. by 1896. Between 1895 and 1904, Asbury worked alternately with the North Carolina Experiment Station, the State Chemist's office in Richmond, Virginia, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, and the State Chemist of Tennessee. On November 1, 1904 he accepted a position in College Station, Tex., as Assistant State Chemist with the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station on the campus of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. From 1905 to 1915 his work required him to travel throughout East Texas as a fertilizer inspector for Dr. G. S. Frap, the State Chemist. During his business trips, Asbury spent his spare time getting acquainted with the local old-timers, many of them former participants in the Texas Revolution, Civil War, and/or the Reconstruction. Asbury's chief historical interest lay in the Texas Revolution, and he spent much of his time writing an opera, or musical-drama review to illustrate it. Asbury spent the remainder of his career with the experiment station employed in the analysis of fertilizer and feed until his retirement in 1945. Samuel Erson Asbury died in Bryan, Tex. on January 10, 1960 at the age of 89. The Samuel Erson Asbury Papers consist of research materials, correspondence, mainly original contemporary letters and copies of the older correspondence, Asbury's writings and copies of state and national documents, held in eight boxes and one map case drawer occupying approximately twelve linear feet of shelf space. Asbury's broad range of interests is reflected in the variety of topics contained in these papers. Foremost among them are the files of correspondence, the older materials chiefly copies, copies of historical documents, articles and research notes concerning various aspects of Texas history. Also included in the Asbury papers are: articles, short stories, essays, plays, poetry, and a Texas Revolution opera written by Asbury; research notes and correspondence on the cultivation of roses and the growing of plants without soil; articles written about Asbury; correspondence with family members; general correspondence; and photographs of Asbury, his family and friends, and North Carolina A&M College.

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Bagby, George William, 1828-1883. Bagby-Turner papers [manuscript] 1855-1952.

Title: Bagby-Turner papers [manuscript] 1855-1952.

Copies of correspondence (1855-71) of George William Bagby, Virginia author and editor, with Ellen Atwill Turner containing comments on social life in Lynchburg and Richmond, and on Bagby's short story "Badly kicked-- not by a horse," published in 1858. A clipping of 1898 gives a partial list of Virginia surgeons in Confederate service. Other letters (1861-66) relate to the Civil War career of George Kempton Turner, a Confederate Army surgeon. Includes correspondence (1929-52) of Helen S. Henderson (Mrs. A.T. Henderson) with Virginia librarians concerning the original letters.

ArchivalResource: 46 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647951916 View