A Guide to the Edward Wren Hudgins Papers, 1899-1958
Accession Number 34476, 34711
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia

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Preferred Citation

Edward Wren Hudgins Papers, 1899-1958. Accession 34476, 34711, Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Accession 34476 - Gift of Brenda Duke, The Fine Arts Museum of Southern Virginia, Chase City, Virginia, 22 July 1993; Accession 34711 - Gift of Brenda Duke, The Fine Arts Museum of Southern Virginia, Chase City, Virginia, 25 January 1994.

Descriptive Summary

Repository: Library of Virginia
Accession number: 34476, 34711
Title: Edward Wren Hudgins Papers, 1899-1958
Physical Location: Personal papers collection. Acc. 34476.
Physical Characteristics: 9.9 cubic feet (22 boxes).
Language: English

Scope and Content Information

Papers, 1899-1958 (bulk 1948-1958), of Edward Wren Hudgins, former chief justice of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, including correspondence and subject files. Principal correspondents include Hubert D. Bennett, Archibald C. Buchanan, John W. Eggleston, Willis D. Miller, A. Willis Robertson, Lemuel F. Smith, C. Vernon Spratley, Howard G. Turner, and Kennon C. Whittle. Topics covered include Hudgins' work on the Conference of Chief Justices, Judicial Conference of Virginia, and Judicial Council of Virginia, his court opinions, materials concerning judicial administration, ethics, salaries, habeas corpus, and rules of court, personal and official correspondence, income tax returns, clippings, and speeches.

Biographical/Historical Information

Edward Wren Hudgins was born in Buckingham County, Virginia on 17 January 1882. He received his B. A. (1905) and LL.B (1908) from Richmond College (now the University of Richmond). He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1916-1920), judge, 34th Judicial Circuit, Virginia (1926-1930), justice, Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia (1930-1947), and chief justice (1947-1958). He died at his home in Chase City, Virginia on 29 July 1958.

Arrangement

The folders are arranged alphabetically.

Contents List

• "A" - Miscellaneous, 1951-1958 Box: 1 Folder: 1-2
  
• Admission of Attorneys, October 1958 Box: 1 Folder: 3
  
• Admission of the Bar, 1936-1937 Box: 1 Folder: 4
  
• Almond v. Day, 1955 Box: 1 Folder: 5-6
  
• American Bar Association, 1954-1955 Box: 1 Folder: 7
  
• Attorney's Kin to Judge, 1950 Box: 1 Folder: 8
  
• Attorneys - Statutes, 1949 Box: 1 Folder: 9
  
• Automobile, 1955 Box: 1 Folder: 10
  
• "B" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1958 Box: 1 Folder: 11
  
• Bennett, Gordon - Marsh, n.d. Box: 1 Folder: 12
  
• Bennett, Hubert D. 1954-1958 Box 1, Folder 13 - Box 2, Folder 10
  
• Reports, 1955 Box: 1
  
• Correspondence, 1954-1955 Box: 2 Folder: 1-4
  
• Correspondence, 1956 Box: 2 Folder: 5-6
  
• Correspondence, 1957-1958 Box: 2 Folder: 7-10
  
• Bills Paid, 1956-1957 Box: 2 Folder: 11-12
  
• Boatwright, F. W., 1937 Box: 3 Folder: 1
  
• Mr. Justice Buchanan, 1954-1956 Box: 3 Folder: 2
  
• Judge A. C. Buchanan, 1956 Box: 3 Folder: 3
  
• Justice Buchanan - Correspondence, 1957-1958 Box: 3 Folder: 4
  
• Budget Bill, 1958 Box: 3 Folder: 5
  
• "C" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1958 Box: 3 Folder: 6
  
• Chief Justice's "File Opinions," January 1957 Box: 3 Folder: 7
  
• Chief Justice's Opinions - Copies, March-June 1957 Box 3, Folder 8-10
  
• March 1957 Box: 3 Folder: 8
  
• April 1957 Box: 3 Folder: 9
  
• June 1957 Box: 3 Folder: 10
  
• Chief Justice's "File" Opinions, September-November 1957, March-April, June, September 1958 Box 3, Folder 11-17
  
• September 1957 Box: 3 Folder: 11
  
• October 1957 Box: 3 Folder: 12
  
• November 1957 Box: 3 Folder: 13
  
• March 1958 Box: 3 Folder: 14
  
• April 1958 Box: 3 Folder: 15
  
• June 1958 Box: 3 Folder: 16
  
• September 1958 Box: 3 Folder: 17
  
• Class of 1905 History, 1956 Box: 3 Folder: 18
  
• Clippings, 1930-1956 Box: 3 Folder: 19
  
• Clippings, 1958 (Accession 34711) Box: 3 Folder: 20
  
• Colonial Williamsburg, 1957-1958 Box: 3 Folder: 21
  
• Commission to Select Memorial to Chief Justice John Marshall, 1957-1958 Box: 4 Folder: 1-2
  
• Commonwealth of Virginia v. Ballou, 1922 Box: 4 Folder: 3
  
• Conference of Chief Justices, 1950, 1954-1958 Box 4, Folder 4 - Box 5, Folder 2
  
• 1950 Box: 4 Folder: 4
  
• 1954 Box: 4 Folder: 5-6
  
• 1955 Box: 4 Folder: 7-8
  
• 1956 Box: 4 Folder: 9-11
  
• 1957 Box: 5 Folder: 1
  
• 1958 Box: 5 Folder: 2
  
• Corporation Commission Procedure for Reinstatement of Driving License, 1955 Box: 5 Folder: 3
  
• Court Matters, 1927-1936 Box: 5 Folder: 4-5
  
• Court Matters, 1956 Box: 5 Folder: 6
  
• "D" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1958 Box: 5 Folder: 7
  
• Deeds, 1913-1940 Box: 5 Folder: 8-9
  
• Dickinson, Charles W., Jr., 1938 Box: 5 Folder: 10
  
• "E' - Miscellaneous, 1954-1958 Box: 5 Folder: 11
  
• Edward & Billy - Oil, 1957 Box: 5 Folder: 12
  
• Eggleston, Justice John W., 1954-1956 Box: 5 Folder: 13
  
• Justice Eggleston - Correspondence, 1957-1958 Box: 5 Folder: 14
  
• Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, 1955 Box: 5 Folder: 15
  
• Ellis, Pierce S., 1956 Box: 5 Folder: 16
  
• Estes Express Lines, 1958 Box: 5 Folder: 17
  
• Executive Secretary, 1952 Box: 5 Folder: 18-19
  
• "F" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1958 Box: 6 Folder: 1
  
• February Session, 1956 Box: 6 Folder: 2
  
• First National Bank v. Claiborne, 1914 Box: 6 Folder: 3
  
• Football Team (1901-1905), 1948 Box: 6 Folder: 4
  
• Fork Union Military Academy, 1956-1958 Box: 6 Folder: 5
  
• "G" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1958 Box: 6 Folder: 6
  
• Garden, 1957 Box: 6 Folder: 7
  
• Goodman, Mrs. Mabel H., 1953-1958 Box: 6 Folder: 8
  
• "H" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1958 Box: 6 Folder: 9
  
• Habeas Corpus, 1953-1956 Box: 6 Folder: 10-13
  
• Huckle, V. V., 1955 Box: 6 Folder: 14
  
• Hudgins, Edward M. 1936-1958 Box 6, Folder 15 - Box 7, Folder 5
  
• 1954-1958 Box: 6 Folder: 15
  
• Timber, 1941 Box: 6 Folder: 16
  
• 20 acres of land in Lunenburg, 1953 Box: 6 Folder: 17
  
• Personal, 1954-1957 Box: 7 Folder: 1
  
• Personal, 1956-1957 Box: 7 Folder: 2-3
  
• Personal, 1958 Box: 7 Folder: 4
  
• Wills, 1936-1957 Box: 7 Folder: 5
  
• Hudgins, Lucy M., 1956 Box: 7 Folder: 6
  
• Hudgins, Lucy M. - Deeds, 1928-1946 Box: 7 Folder: 7
  
• Hudgins, R. B. 1950-1956 Box: 7 Folder: 8
  
• Hudgins, William H. - General File, 1958 Box: 7 Folder: 9
  
• "I" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1957 Box: 7 Folder: 10
  
• Income Tax, 1947-1955, 1958 Box 7, Folder 11 - Box 8, Folder 4
  
• 1947-1948 Box: 7 Folder: 11
  
• 1949 Box: 7 Folder: 12
  
• 1950 Box: 7 Folder: 13
  
• 1951 Box: 7 Folder: 14
  
• 1952 Box: 7 Folder: 15
  
• 1953 Box: 7 Folder: 16
  
• 1954 Box: 8 Folder: 1-2
  
• 1955 Box: 8 Folder: 3
  
• 1958 Box: 8 Folder: 4
  
• Instructions to Juries, n.d. Box: 8 Folder: 5
  
• Insurance Receipts, 1922-1955 Box: 8 Folder: 6-7
  
• "J" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1957 Box: 8 Folder: 8
  
• January Session, 1956 Box: 8 Folder: 9
  
• James, E. Ralph, 1956-1957 Box: 8 Folder: 10
  
• Judges' Retirement Bill, 1942, 1954 Box: 8 Folder: 11
  
• Judges - Vacancies, 1950-1957 Box: 8 Folder: 12
  
• Judicature Society, 1954-1957 Box: 8 Folder: 13
  
• Judicial Administrator, 1949-1950 Box 8, Folder 14 - Box 9, Folder 7
  
• Judicial Conference of Virginia, 1950-1958, n.d. Box 9, Folder 8 - Box 11, Folder 6
  
• 1950 Box 9, Folder 8 - Box 10, Folder 3
  
• 1951 Box: 10 Folder: 4
  
• 1952 Box: 10 Folder: 5
  
• 1953 Box: 10 Folder: 6
  
• 1954 Box: 10 Folder: 7-8
  
• 1955 Box: 10 Folder: 9
  
• 1956 Box: 10 Folder: 10-11
  
• 1957 Box: 11 Folder: 1-3
  
• 1958 Box: 11 Folder: 4-5
  
• Constitution, n.d. Box: 11 Folder: 6
  
• Judicial Council, 1929, 1948-1958, n.d. Box 11, Folder 7 - Box 14, Folder 3 Folder: 6
  
• 1929 Box: 11 Folder: 7
  
• 1948 Box: 11 Folder: 8-10
  
• Correspondence, 1948 Box: 12 Folder: 1-2
  
• Meeting, 3 December 1948 Box: 12 Folder: 3-5
  
• Resolutions, etc., 1949 Box: 12 Folder: 6-7
  
• 1952 Box: 12 Folder: 8-11
  
• 1953 Box: 13 Folder: 1
  
• 1954 Box: 13 Folder: 2-5
  
• 1955 Box: 13 Folder: 6
  
• 1956-1957 Box: 13 Folder: 7-8
  
• May 1958 Box: 13 Folder: 9
  
• Minutes, 1949-1953 Box: 14 Folder: 1-2
  
• Undated Box: 14 Folder: 3
  
• Judicial Ethics, 1955-1958 Box: 14 Folder: 4
  
• Judicial Ethics, Committee on, 1950-1955 Box: 14 Folder: 5-6
  
• Judicial Salaries, 1940-1955 Box: 14 Folder: 7-8
  
• Judicial Salaries, 1957-1958 Box: 14 Folder: 7-8
  
• Judicial Salaries, 1958 Box: 14 Folder: 10
  
• "K" - Miscellaneous, 1951-1956 Box: 14 Folder: 11
  
• King v. Beale - Arbitration, 1956-1957 Box: 14 Folder: 12-13
  
• "L" - Miscellaneous, 1951-1958 Box: 15 Folder: 1
  
• Law Library, 1935-1947 Box: 15 Folder: 2-4
  
• Law Library - Staunton, 1953-1954 Box: 15 Folder: 5
  
• Law Library Building, 1938-1940 Box: 15 Folder: 6-9
  
• Letters - Complimentary, 1949-1957 Box: 15 Folder: 10
  
• Letters of Congratulations, Condolence, Sickness, etc., 1954-1957 Box: 15 Folder: 11
  
• Libraries - Mecklenburg County, 1958 Box: 15 Folder: 12
  
• Lowell Bank of St. Louis v. Iona Drainage District, 1930 Box: 15 Folder: 13
  
• Lunenburg County Property, 1943 Box: 15 Folder: 14
  
• "M" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1958 Box: 16 Folder: 1
  
• Mary Washington College, 1956 Box: 16 Folder: 2
  
• "McC" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1956 Box: 16 Folder: 3
  
• McCall, Leland Victor, 1957-1958 Box: 16 Folder: 4
  
• Memoranda, 1958 Box: 16 Folder: 5
  
• Memoranda and Opinions - February-March Session, 1955 Box: 16 Folder: 6
  
• Memoranda - September Session, 1955 Box: 16 Folder: 7-8
  
• Memoranda on Cases, 1954-1956 Box: 16 Folder: 9-10
  
• Memos to Secretaries, 1947-1958 Box: 16 Folder: 11
  
• Milk Commission, 1957 Box: 16 Folder: 12
  
• Miller, Justice Willis D., 1954-1956 Box: 16 Folder: 13
  
• Justice Miller - Correspondence, 1957-1958 Box: 16 Folder: 14
  
• Miscellaneous, 1918-1958 Box: 16 Folder: 15
  
• Miscellaneous Letters, 1899-1958 Box: 16 Folder: 16
  
• Morton, Dr. Heber J. & Mary, 1954-1955 Box: 16 Folder: 17
  
• Morton Land - 50 acres, 1953 Box: 16 Folder: 18
  
• Mount Zion Baptist Church - History of, 1947-1957 Box: 16 Folder: 19
  
• "N" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1958 Box: 17 Folder: 1
  
• Naim v. Naim, 1955-1956 Box: 17 Folder: 2
  
• Naim v. Naim - Record No. 4368, 1956 Box: 17 Folder: 3
  
• New Supreme Court Dedication Speech Information, 1940-1941 Box: 17 Folder: 4-6
  
• Norfolk County Investigation - Judge A. B. Carney, 1944 Box: 17 Folder: 7
  
• Notes on Cases for, 1956 Box: 17 Folder: 8
  
• Notes on Law Cases, 1951-1952 Box: 17 Folder: 9
  
• "O" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1956 Box: 17 Folder: 10
  
• Opinions, 1954-1957, n.d. Box 17, Folder 11 - Box 18
  
• 1954 January Session Box: 17 Folder: 11
  
• 1954 March Term Box: 17 Folder: 12
  
• 1954 April-May Term Box: 17 Folder: 13
  
• 1954 June Term Box: 17 Folder: 14
  
• 1955 January Session Box: 18 Folder: 1
  
• 1955 April Session Box: 18 Folder: 2-3
  
• 1955 June Term Box: 18 Folder: 4
  
• 1955 September Term Box: 18 Folder: 5
  
• 1955 October Session Box: 18 Folder: 6
  
• 1955 November Session Box: 18 Folder: 7
  
• 1955 Owens v. Owens Box: 18 Folder: 8
  
• 1956 February Session - Extra Copies Box: 18 Folder: 9
  
• 1956 April Session Box: 18 Folder: 10
  
• 1956 April Session - Extra Copies Box: 18 Folder: 11
  
• 1956 June Session - Extra Copies Box: 18 Folder: 12
  
• 1956 September Session Box: 18 Folder: 13
  
• 1956 November Session Box: 18 Folder: 14
  
• 1956 November Session - Extra Copies Box: 18 Folder: 15
  
• 1957 January Session Box: 18 Folder: 16
  
• Undated Box: 18 Folder: 17
  
• "P" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1958 Box: 19 Folder: 1
  
• Judge Parker Memorial, 1958 Box: 19 Folder: 2
  
• Pastore, Dr. Peter N., 1958 Box: 19 Folder: 3
  
• Portraits of Justices, 1957 Box: 19 Folder: 4
  
• Pre-Trial Conference, 1954-1955 Box: 19 Folder: 5
  
• Printing of Virginia Reports, 1948-1953 Box: 19 Folder: 6
  
• "R" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1958 Box: 19 Folder: 7
  
• Receipts, 1917-1927 Box: 19 Folder: 8
  
• Redick v. Redick, 1913 Box: 19 Folder: 9
  
• Richmond, 1956 Box: 19 Folder: 10
  
• Senator A. Willis Robertson, 1956-1958 Box: 19 Folder: 11
  
• Root-Tilden Scholarships, 1952-1957 Box: 19 Folder: 12
  
• Rules of Court, 1945-1957 Box: 19 Folder: 13-16
  
• "S" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1958 Box: 20 Folder: 1
  
• Segregation, 1955-1958 Box: 20 Folder: 2-5
  
• Shackleton Portrait Presentation, 1955 Box: 20 Folder: 6
  
• Smith, Justice Lemuel F., 1954-1957 Box: 20 Folder: 7
  
• Judge Smith - Tax Case, 1957-1958 Box: 20 Folder: 8
  
• Speeches, 1940-1958 Box: 20 Folder: 9-12
  
• Spratley, Justice C. Vernon, 1954-1958, n.d. Box 21, Folder 1-5
  
• 1954-1956 Box: 21 Folder: 1
  
• Correspondence, 1957-1958 Box: 21 Folder: 2
  
• Speech, 14 June 1958 Box: 21 Folder: 3-4
  
• Undated Box: 21 Folder: 5
  
• Statistics - by H. G. Turner, 1954-1958 Box: 21 Folder: 6
  
• Statistics - Law Library, 1950-1957 Box: 21 Folder: 7
  
• Staunton, 1956 Box: 21 Folder: 8
  
• "T" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1958 Box: 21 Folder: 9
  
• Taxes, 1935 Box: 21 Folder: 10
  
• Tenth Judicial Circuit, 1957 Box: 21 Folder: 11
  
• Thirty-Sixth Judicial Circuit, 1957 Box: 21 Folder: 12
  
• Townsend v. Shackleton, 1914-1915 Box: 21 Folder: 13
  
• Trust Created 9/15/56 - Correspondence - U. S. & State Gift Tax Returns Box: 21 Folder: 14
  
• Tucker v. Willis, 1901 Box: 21 Folder: 15
  
• H. G. Turner, 1954-1956 Box 21, Folder 16-18
  
• Correspondence, 1954-1955 Box: 21 Folder: 16-17
  
• Clerk, 1956 Box: 21 Folder: 18
  
• Howard G. Turner - Correspondence, 1957-1958 Box: 21 Folder: 19-20
  
• Twenty-Ninth Judicial Circuit, 1954-1955 Box: 22 Folder: 1-2
  
• "U" - Miscellaneous, 1957 Box: 22 Folder: 3
  
• U. S. Supreme Court, 1957 Box: 22 Folder: 4
  
• Unemployment Compensation, 1955 Box: 22 Folder: 5
  
• University of Richmond, 1958 Box: 22 Folder: 6
  
• University of Richmond Speech on Dr. Boatwright, 1955-1958 Box: 22 Folder: 7-8
  
• "V" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1955 Box: 22 Folder: 9
  
• Vaughn, Miss Louise, 1958 Box: 22 Folder: 10
  
• Virginia Baptist Foundation, 1956-1958 Box: 22 Folder: 11
  
• Virginia Intermont College, 1943 Box: 22 Folder: 12
  
• Virginia State Bar Association, 1954-1958 Box: 22 Folder: 13
  
• "W" - Miscellaneous, 1954-1958 Box: 22 Folder: 14
  
• Walton v. Walton, 1911 Box: 22 Folder: 15
  
• Watts Land in Lunenburg County, 1942 Box: 22 Folder: 16
  
• Mrs. Alla White, 1948-1952 Box: 22 Folder: 17
  
• Whittle, Kennon C., 1954-1956 Box: 22 Folder: 18
  
• Justice Whittle - Correspondence, 1957 Box: 22 Folder: 19
  
• Kennon C. Whittle, 1958 Box: 22 Folder: 20
  
• "XYZ" - Miscellaneous, 1954 Box: 22 Folder: 21