A Guide to the Drewry Family Papers, 1868-1998 (bulk 1910-1960) Drewry Family, Papers, 1868-1998 (bulk 1910-1960) 51766

A Guide to the Drewry Family Papers, 1868-1998 (bulk 1910-1960)

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the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 51766

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Repository

The Library of Virginia

Accession Number

51766

Title

Drewry Family Papers, 1868-1998 (bulk 1910-1960)

Physical Description

.9 cubic feet (2 boxes) and 11 volumes

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are access restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Drewry Family Papers, 1868-1998. Accession 51766. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Purchased.

Biographical Information

Patrick Henry Drewry was born in Petersburg, Virginia on 24 May 1875. He graduated from Randolph-Macon College in 1896, and then studied law at the University of Virginia. Drewry was admitted to the bar in 1901 and commenced practice in Petersburg, and was in partnership with Charles T. Lassiter (1870-1930). He was also a director of the Petersburg Savings and American Trust Company. He served in the Virginia State Senate from 1912 to 1920, and was a delegate to the Democratic State Conventions in 1912, 1916, 1920, and 1924, and the Democratic National Convention in 1916. He married Mary Elizabeth Metcalf (1871-1959). Drewry was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Walter A. Watson (1867-1919), and served from 27 April 1920 until his death on 21 December 1947.

His son, John Metcalf "Jack" Drewry was born on 23 December 1911 in Petersburg. He attended Randolph-Macon College and the University of Virginia, and practiced law in New York City. In 1939, he moved to Washington DC, where he served as chief counsel of the U.S. Maritime Commission until 1947. He then served as counsel and chief counsel to the House Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee until 1969. John M. Drewry married 1) Nancy Tucker Wilson (1912-1995), the daughter of James Southall Wilson and Julia Gardiner Tyler, on 22 December 1938. They divorced in 1950. He married 2) Judith_____ (b. 1927). John Metcalf Drewry died in Alexandria on 18 January 1978.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1868-1998, of Patrick Henry Drewry (1875-1947) of Petersburg, Virginia, and his son John Metcalf Drewry (1911-1978) of Alexandria, Virginia. The bulk of the collection covers the years 1910 to 1960.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the following series:

I. Correspondence. II. Subject Files.

Contents List

Series I. Correspondence.

Boxes 1

Extent: 1 box.

Topics of the correspondence include invitations and speaking engagements, Petersburg history, and the marriage of John M. Drewry to Nancy Tucker Wilson in 1938.

Box 1 Folder 1
1891.
Box 1 Folder 2
1909.
Box 1 Folder 3
1910.
Box 1 Folder 4
1911.
Box 1 Folder 5
1912.
Box 1 Folder 6
1913.
Box 1 Folder 7
1914.
Box 1 Folder 8
1915.
Box 1 Folder 9
1916.
Box 1 Folder 10
1917.
Box 1 Folder 11
1918.
Box 1 Folder 12
1921.
Box 1 Folder 13
1923.
Box 1 Folder 14
1924.
Box 1 Folder 15
1925.
Box 1 Folder 16
1927.
Box 1 Folder 17
1928.
Box 1 Folder 18
1929.
Box 1 Folder 19
1938.
Box 1 Folder 20
1939.
Box 1 Folder 21
1940.
Box 1 Folder 22
1942.
Box 1 Folder 23
1947.
Box 1 Folder 24
1960.
Box 1 Folder 25
1961.
Box 1 Folder 26
1962.
Box 1 Folder 27
1982.
Box 1 Folder 28
Undated.

Series II. Subject Files.

Box 1-2

Extent: 2 boxes and 11 volumes.

The subject files include clippings, greeting cards, information on President Franklin D. Roosevelt's judicial reorganization proposal, invitations to keel layings and launchings of numerous ships, materials relating to the reorganization of Petersburg city government in 1917, memorial addresses delivered in Congress upon the death of the Rep. Drewry, photographs, programs, and research notes on Petersburg history, especially Fort Henry, and notable citizens in the area. There are also 11 scrapbooks on Petersburg's history, as well as essays, poetry, literature, and cases in which Rep. Drewry was involved when he was practicing law.

Box 1 Folder 29
Bowers, Claude G. - Speech at Tyler Bust Unveiling, 16 June 1931 .
Box 1 Folder 30
Clippings.
Box 1 Folder 31-33
Fort Henry.
Box 1 Folder 34
Genealogical Notes - Various Families.
Box 1 Folder 35
Greeting Cards.
Box 1 Folder 36
Inaugural Ceremonies, 21 January 1957 .
Box 1 Folder 37
Invitations.
Box 1 Folder 38-39
Judicial Reorganization, 1937 .
Box 2 Folder 1
Memorial Addresses Delivered in Congress, 1948 .
Box 2 Folder 2
Miscellaneous.
Box 2 Folder 3-7
Notes on Petersburg.
Box 2 Folder 8
N.S. Savannah.
Box 2 Folder 9
Petersburg Common Council Minutes (Extracts).
Box 2 Folder 10
Petersburg Government Reorganization, 1917 .
Box 2 Folder 11-12
Petersburg Research Notes.
Box 2 Folder 13
Photographs.
Box 2 Folder 14
Postcards (Unused).
Box 2 Folder 15
Programs.
Box 2 Folder 16
S.S. Keystone Mariner.
Box 2 Folder 17
S.S. Keystoner.
Box 2 Folder 18
S.S. Matsonia.
Box 2 Folder 19
S.S. Philippia.
Box 2 Folder 20
S.S. President Wilson.
Box 2 Folder 21
S.S. Santa Rosa.
Box 2 Folder 22
S.S. Solon Thurman.
Volume 1-5
Srapbooks - Petersburg History.
Volume 6-8
Srapbooks - Essays, Literature, Poetry.
Volume 9
Srapbooks - Political Subjects.
Volume 10
Srapbooks - Speeches and Addresses by Others.
Volume 11
Srapbooks - Record of Law Cases.
Box 2 Folder 23
Washington DC Guidebook.