Diary of Lewis Catlett Williams, 1929.

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Diary of Lewis Catlett Williams, 1929.

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Diary of Lewis Catlett Williams, member of the University of Virginia Board of Visitors from 1922-1946. Most of the entries refer to events at the University and meetings of the Board or matters that concerned it. Williams frequently notes discussing these issues with Governor Harry Byrd. Topics of interest include the selection of a new president for the University of Virginia to replace E.A. Alderman; the controversy caused by David Hepburn's charges of excessive drinking at the University; selection of an architect and site for dormitories; professor's salaries. Also of interest are an entry noting dining with President Alderman's with President Coolidge who "said nothing"; one relating an anecdote about Winston Churchill and Lady Astor; one commenting on Virginia going Republican in the election of 1928; and one deriding John Lloyd Newdomb as a presidential candidate, stating he "does not seem to measure up in scholarship, background and culture--Has no ambassadorial qualities." There are also references to his law practice, Richmond civic activities, his church, his membership on the executive committee of the Georgia and Florida Rail Road and his family.

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