Papers : of Henry Watkins Anderson, 1908-1973.

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Papers : of Henry Watkins Anderson, 1908-1973.

The collection includes correspondence, 1908-1953, of Anderson while in Richmond, Va., Bucharest, and Jassy, Romania concerning the 1908 Republican presidential campaign of William Howard Taft, American National Red Cross Commissions to Romania and the Balkan States, and the Seaboard Air Line Railway Company. Also includes the correspondence, 1917-1919, of Laura Elizabeth Marks Anderson (of Farmville, Va.) concerning Henry Watkins Anderson.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7270322

Virginia Historical Society Library

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Seaboard Airline Railroad

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Seaboard Air Line Railway was established in 1900. The company had lines in the Georgia Piedmont and Coastal Plain, and in 1904 a line from Atlanta to Birmingham, Alabama was added. The company's successor was CSX. From the description of Seaboard Air Line freight received, 1893-1896. (University of Georgia). WorldCat record id: 319072236 ...

Republican Party (Va.)

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Anderson, Laura Elizabeth Marks, 1836-1922,

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Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930

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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was an American politician who served as U.S. President (1908-1912) and Chief Justitce of the Supreme Court (1921-1930). 1857 Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 15th 1878 Graduated from Yale University 1880 Graduated from Cincinnati Law School ...

Anderson, Henry W. (Henry Watkins), 1870-

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Richmond, Va., lawyer, Republican Party official, American Red Cross commissioner for Romania and Balkan states, and Virginia campaign chairman for William Howard Taft in 1908. From the description of Papers : of Henry Watkins Anderson, 1908-1973. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 29391689 ...

American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...