Papers of Alfred Dickinson Barksdale [manuscript], 1893-1940.

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Papers of Alfred Dickinson Barksdale [manuscript], 1893-1940.

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The collection consists chiefly of Barksdale's personal and professional correspondence. Letters from family members particularly his father William Randolph Barksdale discuss local news and politics in Halifax County, Va., during World War I. Letters from several young women with whom Barksdale corresponded including a resident of Mauritius, an aspiring actress, a medical student, and a music teacher discuss their lives, ambitions, travels and war work. Barksdale's papers as an attorney in Lynchburg, Va., chiefly concern civil suits, including two involving Piedmont Business College. A file of military papers contains copies of messages, orders and rosters involving Co. M, 116th infantry, 29th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces during the Meuse Argonne offensive as well as post war correspondence regarding compensation for an injury and notes concerning the shooting of a soldier by Major Hierome Opie of Staunton, Va. There are a few papers regarding the gubernatorial candidacy of Henry St. George Tucker in 1921; some minutes and reports from Hollins College, 1939; scattered financial papers; postcards and souvenirs from France; and photographs. Correspondents include Harry F. Byrd, M.J. Menefee, Mary Koutouzov Tolstoy and Harry St. George Tucker.

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Hollins College. Board of Trustees.

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Vassar College.

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Barksdale, Alfred D. (Alfred Dickinson), 1892-1972

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Judge of the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Virginia, 1938-1940, and the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Virginia, 1940-1957. From the description of Papers of Alfred Dickinson Barksdale, 1905-1973 (bulk 1940-1972). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31448310 Virginia State Senator and Judge, U.S District Court, Western District of Virginia. Member of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of Alfre...

Piedmont Business College (Lynchburg, Va.)

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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...

Tolstoy, Mary Koutouzov

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American Expeditiorary Forces.

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Menefee, M. J. (Marvin James), 1894-1983

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United States. Treasury Department. Bureau of War Risk Insurance.

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Opie, Hierome Lindsay, 1880-1943.

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France. ArmeĢe. Escadrille Lafayette.

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Tucker, Henry St. George, 1853-1932

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Epithet: Colonel British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001512.0x000359 Lawyer, law professor, and U.S. Congressman. Henry St. George Tucker was born in Winchester, Virginia in 1853. He was educated in Virginia, attending a private school in Richmond, preparatory school at Middleburg, and graduating from the law department of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, in 1876. In that same year...

United States. Army. Infantry Division, 29th

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