Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, 1947-1989.

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Mills E. Godwin Jr. Papers, 1947-1989.

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Papers, 1947-1989, of Mills E. Godwin, Jr., member of the Virginia House of Delegates, the Virginia Senate, lieutenant-governor and governor. Includes his correspondence; correspondence of his wife Katherine Thomas Beale Godwin and their daughter, Becky Godwin; schedules; speeches; citations; audiovisual materials; scrapbooks; and political memorabilia.

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Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary

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