Duvall, William Henry

William Henry Duvall, Jr. was born on December 26, 1895 in Prince George's County, Maryland. He entered the Maryland Agricultural College as a student in 1916, but was inducted into the U. S. Army in 1918 and did not graduate with the rest of his class in 1919. After the War, he became a tobacco farmer at Waverly and developed several hardier strains of tobacco. He began collecting antique tools in the 1930's and had a collection of over 1000 pieces when he died in 1978. Some of his tool collection was donated to the Smithsonian but the bulk of his collection was bought by The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and is on display in the Duvall Tool Museum at Patuxent River Park. He died on August 19, 1978.

From the guide to the William Henry Duvall, Jr., Textbook and Engineering Laboratory Notebook, 1898-1917, 1898, 1917, (University of Maryland)

William Henry Duvall, Jr. was born on December 26, 1895 in Prince George's County, Maryland. He entered the Maryland Agricultural College as a student in 1916, but was inducted into the U. S. Army in 1918 and did not graduate with the rest of his class in 1919. After the War, he became a tobacco farmer at Waverly and developed several hardier strains of tobacco. He began collecting antique tools in the 1930's and had a collection of over 1000 pieces when he died in 1978. Some of his tool collection was donated to the Smithsonian but the bulk of his collection was bought by The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission and is on display in the Duvall Tool Museum at Patuxent River Park. He died on August 19, 1978.

From the description of William Henry Duvall, Jr., textbook and engineering laboratory notebook, 1898-1917. (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 173183454