Whitehead family papers [manuscript], 1960-2006.

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Whitehead family papers [manuscript], 1960-2006.

The collection contains an M.A. thesis "The political career of Robert Whitehead" by William Baldwin Obrochta, 1985; correspondence concerning the thesis; an interview with Ann Whitehead Thomas, 2006, by James H. Hershman, Jr., chiefly concerning her father; remarks by George E. Allen at the unveiling of a portrait of Whitehead; a letter from Francis Pickens Miller on Whitehead, 1960; and assorted clippings.

circa 20 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7158554

University of Virginia. Library

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Thomas, Ann W. (Ann Whitehead)

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A native Virginian, Ann Whitehead Thomas became a resident of Round Hill, Va., in 1968, soon after her 1961 marriage to H. Rogers Thomas (1911-2001). She had close connections to Upper Loudoun preceding her move to Round Hill; Snickersville and Snickersville Gap were named after her relative Edward Snickers. Mrs. Thomas graduated from Mary Baldwin College, Staunton. She served on the first Thomas Balch Library Advisory Board and on a committee for Winchester Handley Library. In 1998 she received...

Obrochta, William Baldwin.

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Allen, George E., 1885-1972.

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Born in Virginia in 1885. Educated at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and the University of Virginia where he took a law degree in 1910. After his oldest son passed the bar, the two established the firm of Allen and Allen, later expanded to Allen, Allen, Allen and Allen when two other sons joined them. From the description of Law practice papers, 1939-1969. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 22253169 ...

Whitehead, Robert, 1897-1960.

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Member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing Amherst and Nelson Counties, 1942-1960. From the description of Papers of Robert Whitehead [manuscript], 1932-1960. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647983675 Member of the Virginia House of Delegates for Amherst and Nelson Counties. From the description of Papers of Robert Whitehead, 1958-1960. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 61395412 From the description of Robert Whitehe...

Hershman, James Howard

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