Papers, 1895-1935.

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Papers, 1895-1935.

Papers, 1895-1935, of George Walter Mapp. Chiefly his personal and professional correspondence. Topics in the correspondence include women suffrage, Prohibition, 1918 First District of Virginia Congressional Democratic primary, 1928 presidential election, and the 1929 Virginia gubernatorial Democratic primary. In addition to papers pertaining to Mapp's political career, much of the collection pertains to Mapp's legal practice on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and includes supporting notes and documents referring to specific cases. There are pamphlets, speeches and newspaper clippings covering his political career from 1911 to 1929. Prominent correspondents include S.O. Bland, Harry Flood Byrd, James Cannon, J.A.C. Chandler, Adele Clark, George Preston Coleman, Mary Haldane Coleman, Thomas S. Martin, Lucy Randolph Mason, R. Walton Moore, John Garland Pollard, Claude A. Swanson, E. Lee Trinkle, Lyon G. Tyler and Lila Meade Valentine. The collection includes correspondence of Mapp's law partner, Herbert Barnes.

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Bland, Schuyler Otis, 1872-1950

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Schuyler Otis Bland was born 4 May 1872 in Gloucester County, Va. He attended the College of William and Mary and the University of Virginia Law School. Taught school and practiced law in Newport News, Va. Elected to Congress as a Democrat and served from 1918 until his death 16 February 1950. From the description of Papers, ca. 1875-1950. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 25545517 Schuyler Otis Bland was born 4 May 1872 in Gloucester Co., Va. He attended Co...

Coleman, Mary Haldane.

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Mason, Lucy Randolph, 1882-1959

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Public relations representative in the South for the Congress of Industrial Organizations and resident of Richmond, Va., and Atlanta, Ga. From the description of Papers, 1917-1954. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20019172 George Walter Mapp was born on 25 May 1873 to parents, Dr. John E. Mapp and Margaret Benson (LeCato) Mapp. In 1891, he received a degree of licentiate from the College of William and Mary. This qualified him to teach at the colle...

Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966

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Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Maritn Dalton. he received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary as well as his law degree. Dalton was Commonwealth's Attorney for Radford, Virginia and state senator from 1944-1960. He was the Republican Party candidate for governor in 1953 and 1957. Dalton was appointed federal judge for the Western District of Virginia. His adopted son was John N. Dalton who served as governor of...

Swanson, Claude Augustus, 1862-1939

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Governor, U.S. Senator from Virginia, and Secretary of the Navy. From the description of Papers, 1867-1935. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20188558 U.S. Representative 1893-1906; Virginia governor 1906-1910; U.S. Senator 1910-1933. From the description of Papers of Claude Augustus Swanson [manuscript], 1917-1922. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647844476 U.S. Senator from Virginia, U.S. Secretary of the Navy. Fro...

Pollard, John Garland, 1871-1937

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Governor of Virginia. From the description of Typed letter signed : Richmond, Va., to Mrs. Robert M. Littlejohn, 1933 May 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270858090 John Garland Pollard was a Richmond, Va. lawyer who served in the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901-2, was Virginia's attorney-general, a member of the Federal Trade Commission, dean of the Marshall-Wythe School of Government and Citizenship at the College of William and Mary, mayor of Williamsburg, Va...

Martin, Thomas S. (Thomas Staples), 1847-1919

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U. S. Senator from Virginia. From the description of Thomas Staples Martin letters to William Wood Fenwick [manuscript], 1888. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 433616030 Thomas Staples Martin was born in Scottsville, Va. July 29, 1847. He served in the Virginia Military Institute Corps of Cadets in the Civil War. He practiced law and was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served until his death November 12, 1919. From the descripti...

Tyler, Lyon Gardiner, 1853-1935

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Lyon Gardiner Tyler was the son of John Tyler (1790-1862) and his second wife, Julia Gardiner Tyler. Educated at the University of Virginia, he was a lawyer, served in the Virginia House of Delegates and served as president of the College of William and Mary from 1888 to 1919. From the description of Scrapbook, ca. 1885-1889. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 42447061 Lyon Gardiner Tyler was the son of John Tyler (1790-1862) and his second wife Julia Gardi...

Cannon, James, 1864-1944

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Methodist clergyman from Virginia, journalist, and leader in the prohibition movement. Also known as James Cannon, Jr. From the guide to the James Cannon Papers, 1869-1989, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University) Methodist clergyman, journalist, and leader in the prohibition movement, from Virginia. Also known as James Cannon, Jr. From the description of Papers, 1869-1989. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 122581338 ...

Clark, Adèle, 1882-1983

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Associated with the women's suffrage movement in Virginia. From the description of Oral history interview of Adele Clark by Charlotte Shelton, August 15, 1973. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647919997 Artist and women's suffragist. From the description of Adèle Clark's remembrances of the Equal Suffrage Movement in Virginia, 1964. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 63211388 Art administrator, Federal Art Project director; Rich...

Chandler, J. A. C. (Julian Alvin Carroll), 1872-1934

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Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler was born in Caroline County, Va. 29 October 1872. He graduated from the College of William and Mary and held a doctorate from Johns Hopkins University. He headed the Richmond Academy and taught at the Women's College of Richmond, at Richmond College, and worked for the Silver Burdett school textbook company in New York City. Chandler served as superintendent of schools in Richmond, Va. and served as the president of William and Mary from 1919 until his death 31 May ...

Moore, R. Walton (Robert Walton), 1859-1941

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Congressman from Virginia, 1919-1931, and member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Moore was Assistant Secretary of State, 1933-1937, and Counselor of the Dept. of State, 1937-1941. From the description of Papers, 1922-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155524243 ...

Valentine, Lila Meade, 1865-1921

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Civic leader and reformer, of Richmond, Va.; b. Lila Hardaway Meade; married Benjamin B. Valentine. From the description of Papers, 1913-1922. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 32584021 George Walter Mapp was born on 25 May 1873 to parents, Dr. John E. Mapp and Margaret Benson (LeCato) Mapp. In 1891, he received a degree of licentiate from the College of William and Mary. This qualified him to teach at the college while studying for a ba...

Mapp, G. Walter (George Walter), 1873-1941

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Virginia politician. From the description of Political papers of George Walter Mapp, 1925-1928. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32135315 George Walter Mapp was born 25 May 1873. He taught school after graduating from the College of William and Mary. He graduated from Centre College in Kentucky with a law degree. He practiced law on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and served in the Virginia State Senate. Mapp was an unsuccessful candidate for Congress and for gove...

Coleman, George Preston.

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Trinkle, E. Lee (Elbert Lee), 1876-1939

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George Walter Mapp was born on 25 May 1873 to parents, Dr. John E. Mapp and Margaret Benson (LeCato) Mapp. In 1891, he received a degree of licentiate from the College of William and Mary. This qualified him to teach at the college while studying for a bachelor of arts degree. Upon graduation, he taught at Hagsett Military Academy in Danville, Kentucky. While at Hagsett, he attended classes at Centre College, Kentucky, graduating with a law degree in 1897. Following grad...