A Guide to the Papers of Edwin A. Alderman Alderman, Edwin A., Papers 1001

A Guide to the Papers of Edwin A. Alderman

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1001

Title

Papers of Edwin A. Alderman

Physical Characteristics

ca. 25,000 items

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Language

English

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Preferred Citation

Papers of Edwin A. Alderman, Accession #1001, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

The papers in MSS 1001 were given to the University of Virginia Special Collections Department by Mrs. Edwin A. Alderman, on November 7, 1940. Over the years, various other accessions have been interfiled into these papers; these MSS numbers include: MSS 801; MSS 827 (Gift from Joseph L. Vaughan, May 3, 1940); MSS 1206 (Gift from Joseph L. Vaughan, August 12, 1940); MSS 1315; MSS 1383; MSS 1551 (Gift from the University of Virginia President's Office, November 6, 1942); MSS 1736; MSS 2056 (Transfer from the Preparations Division, December 14, 1944); MSS 2636 (Transfer from the University of Virginia President's Office, March 4, 8, 1947); MSS 2649-a; MSS 2739; MSS 3087 (Loaned by Mrs. Wayne M. Rule, January 10, 1949, until a photostatic copy was made, and then the original was returned on January 13, 1949); MSS 3558 (Gift from Allie Gregory, September 20, 1950); MSS 3571 (Gift from Allie Gregory, October 10, 1950); MSS 5438; MSS 6752 (Transfer from the University of Virginia President's Office, March 20, 1962); and MSS 7606 (Gift of Thomas Fullbright, June 23, 1964).

Biographical Information

Edwin Anderson Alderman (1861-1931) served as the President of three universities. The University of Virginia's Alderman Library is named after him, as is Edwin A. Alderman Elementary School in Wilmington.

Alderman graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1882. He became a schoolteacher in Goldsboro, North Carolina, and then superintendent of the school district there.

In 1891, Alderman and Charles Duncan McIver successfully pressed the North Carolina Legislature to establish the Normal and Industrial School for Women, now known as the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Alderman taught there until 1893, when he became a professor at the University of North Carolina; he was named president of that institution in 1896. He moved on to take the same position at Tulane University in 1900, before moving again to the University of Virginia in 1904. There he stayed for 27 years, until his death in 1931 from a stroke in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, while en route to deliver a speech in Illinois. He is buried at the University of Virginia Cemetery.

Alderman was a noted public speaker, and won fame for his memorial address for Woodrow Wilson, delivered to a joint session of Congress on December 15, 1924.

In 1904, the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia invited Alderman, then president of Tulane University, to become the first president of the University of Virginia. Since its founding in 1819, Mr. Jefferson's University had been governed by its Board of Visitors, but increasing discord between Visitors and the faculty, as well as the rising administrative burden of dealing with expanding academic departments and burgeoning student enrollments, led to the decision to move forward with the creation of the office of the president.

Alderman was not the first choice for the new office. After considering other candidates, including Virginia Law graduate Woodrow Wilson, the Board of Visitors had first invited its former member George W. Miles, a colonel who had served on the staff of Virginia Governor James Hoge Tyler. The faculty opposed Miles' nomination and he was forced to withdraw. Other candidates were proposed, including Francis Preston Venable (who had succeeded Alderman as president of the University of North Carolina), but Alderman was unanimously chosen as the consensus candidate on June 14, 1904. He began to serve in the fall of 1904 but was not formally inaugurated until April 13, 1905 (Thomas Jefferson's birthday, which was then as now celebrated as Founder's Day).

The University changed in several significant ways under Alderman's guidance. First, he focused new attention on matters of public concern, creating departments of geology and forestry, adding significantly to the University Hospital to support new sickbeds and public health research, created the Curry School of Education, established the extension and summer school programs, and created the first school of finance and commerce at the school. He then restructured existing programs, separating the former "academic department" into the College of Arts and Sciences and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, in accordance with a growing move to standardize college educations by the Association of American Universities. The enrollment of the school greatly increased under his administration, as well, going from 500 regular session students in 1904 to 2,200 in 1929.

Alderman also laid the financial groundwork for the University's future, during the first years of his presidency establishing its first endowment fund and leading the fundraising of almost $700,000 to meet a $500,000 challenge grant from Andrew Carnegie. By the end of his presidency the endowment would increase to $10 million.

He spent two-thirds of his long term at the University of Virginia physically disabled after a bad bout with tuberculosis.

Information taken from Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Alderman

Scope and Content

The papers consist of personal and official correspondence, drafts of speeches, scrapbooks, photographs, clippings, memorabilia, and other papers, ca. 1863-1959, ca. 25,000 items (29 Hollinger boxes, 2 card file boxes and 5 Oversize boxes, ca. 21.5 linear feet). The correspondence and other papers chiefly relate to Alderman's work at the University of Virginia, but also includes his education and early associations; his work in the public schools and at the Woman's College at Greensboro, North Carolina; his presidency of the University of North Carolina, and Tulane University; his activities with the Southern Education Board, the Association of American Universities, and other organizations. Includes drafts of most of his noted orations; several bibliographies of his writings, correspondence, and scrapbooks kept by his wife, Bessie Green Hearn Alderman.

Correspondents and persons mentioned include Charles Francis Adams, Henry Adams, Felix Adler, James Rowland Angell, Nancy Astor, Charles B. Aycock, Karl Bitter, Nicholas Murray Butler, Richard E. Byrd, Grover Cleveland, Calvin Coolidge, J.L.M. Curry, Frank B. Dancy, Josephus Daniels, Westmoreland Davis, Charles W. Eliot, Alfred William Erickson, John H. Finley, Thomas Staples Fuller, Williamson Whitehead Fuller, and Carter Glass. Also, Warren G. Harding, Herbert Hoover, William Dean Howells, and Jean Jusserand, Franklin K. Lane, [Philip Henry Kerr] the Marquis of Lothian, Hamilton W. Mabie, Charles D. McIver, A. T. Mahan, John S. Mosby, Edward P. Moses, M.C.S. Noble, Thomas Nelson Page, Walter Hines Page, George F. Peabody, John J. Raskob, Franklin D. Roosevelt, George Bernard Shaw, William Howard Taft, Amélie Rives Troubetzkoy, Oswald Garrison Villard, Booker T. Washington, Joseph R. Wilson, and Woodrow Wilson.

Speeches and addresses by Alderman form a large part of the collection and are in various stages of construction from notes, manuscripts, and typescripts, to a printed version, often printed in whole or in part in The Alumni Bulletin or as a separate publication. Whenever possible, all versions of the same speech can be found together in a single folder under the date of the original speech even though the published version came later.

Arrangement

Series I: Correspondence (Boxes 1-11), Subseries A arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and Subseries B: Topical Correspondence. Series II: Topical Files (Boxes 12-17); Series III: Speeches, Articles, and Addresses (Boxes 18-29) by Edwin A. Alderman arranged chronologically by the date originally delivered or published if known. Many of his speeches delivered after he became President of the University of Virginia can be found in printed form in the University of Virginia Alumni Bulletin (LH1.V6 A4) either in the issue current with the speech or the next issue following his speech and in several volumes of the Rare Book bound pamphlet series (F221, volumes: 23-26 and 41-47). Many items appear to have been previously removed from a scrapbook and have vestiges of glue and paper remaining on them. Series IV: Scrapbooks and Note cards (Boxes 29-31, and Alderman Oversize Boxes 1- 5).

Contents List

Series I: Correspondence

Box-folder 1:1
1903-1927 Correspondence: A, including Lyman Abbott (1835-1922), editor of The Outlook ; Felix Adler (1851-1933); E[dward] P[orter] Alexander (1835-1910), writes concerning the Panama versus the Nicaragua canal route controversy (January 9, 1904) and his war memoirs (August 29, 1907); Alfred G. Alderman; Dorothy Alderman; James Harris Alderman; Superintendent J.T. Alderman; A.T. Allen, Superintendent of Public Instruction; American Association of University Professors; Archibald Anderson; Harry A. Anderson; Robert C. Angell; James Rowland Angell (1869-1949), President of the Carnegie Foundation, Alderman writes explaining why he requested a donation towards the University of Virginia Centennial endowment drive (April 21 and 28, 1921); Charles Brantley Aycock (1859-1912), Governor of North Carolina, concerning his gubernatorial address (February 12, 1901); and Alderman to Frank Aydelotte, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, concerning Alderman's attempt to bring about closer academic relations between the United States and England (December 12, 1918)
Box-folder 1:2
1903-1913, 1925-1928 Correspondence: Bessie Green Hearn Alderman from Edwin A. Alderman, writes about his trip out West to San Francisco (March 24, April 1906), the gift from Patrick Calhoun of $50,000 for the University of Virginia while on his trip (March 30, 1906), and the bad snowstorm at Denver, Colorado (April 5, 1906); postcards and letters from England and Scotland tell details of his visit, especially to Oxford (June 16-28, 1908); reports on his health and Christmas while at Saranac Lake, New York (Christmas Day, 1912 and December 28, 1912); other letters from Saranac also describe his progress and activities (1912-1913); his impression of Governor Al Smith at Albany, New York (September 14, 1928); and the only item from 1903 is an empty envelope
Box-folder 1:3
1932-1935 Correspondence: Bessie Green Hearn Alderman from Edward Mandell House, chiefly about finding someone to write Alderman's biography, settling upon Dumas Malone as their choice
Box-folder 1:4
1931-1942 Correspondence: Bessie Green Hearn Alderman from Miscellaneous correspondents, chiefly expressing their sympathy upon the death of Edwin A. Alderman or thanking Mrs. Alderman for sending a copy of Finley's tribute to Alderman or one of Alderman's personal books. Correspondents include: George Gordon Battle (May 5, 1932); Hugh Black (March 2, 1932); Elizabeth Marion Bryce, chiefly social notes but also includes a mention of the tragedy of the Titanic (April 20, 1912); Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (March 17, 1933 and July 23, 1935); Marie A. Byrd possibly writing about her husband, Richard Evelyn Byrd, while he was in Antarctica (August 23, [1934?]); Richard Evelyn Byrd (July 26, 1939); Edmund S. Campbell concerning four Heppelwhite chairs from the Tiffany Collection (December 19, 1932); William Perrin Carmichael [1931?]; Harry Clemons acknowledging gifts from Bessie Alderman to the Library (July 29, 30, 1935; plus one letter from her about some photographs, March 18, 1941); Luella B. Cook, seeking permission to quote from one of Alderman's speeches (June & July 1932); Governor Colgate W. Darden, Jr. (January 22, 1942); James Hardy Dillard (April 30, 1931; April 28, 1932); [Mrs. Richard L. Dobie] (June 22); William E. Dodd (June 13, 1933); and E. Griffith Dodson (May 13, 1941).

Other correspondents include: John Huston Finley (May 8, 1932); Martha Finley (December 2, 1932); Douglas Southall Freeman (October 15, 1934); F.L. Fuller, Jr. (May 4, 1932); Dr. William V.P. Garretson (April 25, 1932); Carter Glass (June 11, 1937); Marian Diane Graham (September 5, 1932); Hollins College Corporation concerning Alderman's connection with Hollins (August 8, 1932); Lou Henry Hoover, the White House (May 5, 1931, January 13, 1933); Cordell Hull (May 17, 1940); James T. White & Company concerning Alderman's entry in the National Cyclopedia of American Biography (July 13, 1932); and [Philip Henry Kerr], 11 th marquis of Lothian (September 5, 1939). Other correspondents include: Jim McConnell on service with the Lafayette Escadrille in France which mentions his articles on his work as an ambulance driver and aviator, his smash up which hurt his back, his convalescence in Paris, sleeping on the ground and preparing for the Somme, and his shame that the United States is neutral in the war (October 30, 1916); J.C. Metcalf [1932?]; Robert Watton Moore (September 28, 1933; May 24, 1937); Dr. Rosalie Slaughter Morton concerning an awarded diploma and a decoration that was never sent to Alderman from Yugoslavia (January 30 and April 6, 1932); Grace Newcomb (April 29, 1932); John Lloyd Newcomb thanking her for gifts to the University (August 25 and October 31, 1932; October 10, 1933; July 31 and August 16, 1935); Marcus Cicero Stephens Noble sending a copy of his eulogy for Alderman at Chapel Hill (October 25, 1932); J.M. Page concerning his own health (May 6, 1932); George Foster Peabody (May 31, 1931); John Garland Pollard (May 7, 1932); Franklin D. Roosevelt, originals transferred to the Vault (September 8, 1933; October 26, 1936); Francis B. Sayre (January 23, 1933); Frederic William Scott (April 19, 1932); Charles Alphonso Smith (May 5, 1931); Amelie Rives Troubetzkoy (May 25, 1931); Virgilia Whitehead (May 1, 1932); and the University of North Carolina concerning a tablet to honor Alderman and to be placed in their Memorial Hall (April 15, 25, 27, and May 9, 1932)
Box-folder 1:5
1910-1914 Correspondence: Edwin A. Alderman, Jr. (1905- ), chiefly letters from his father, Edwin A. Alderman, Sr., when he was a child and his father was away recuperating at Saranac Lake, New York. There is one letter from Edwin, Jr. about John Burns to Mr. [Woods?] Price (September 24, 1914), who returned it to Mrs. Alderman on September 13, 1922, with his own letter on the back of Edwin's letter, mentioning the death of John Burns of Australia and his service in World War I in Gallipoli and France
Box-folder 1:6
1920-1922 Correspondence: Edwin A. Alderman, Jr. (1905- ), chiefly letters from his family and teachers concerning his education while away at Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Virginia
Box-folder 1:7
1922-1924 Correspondence: Edwin A. Alderman, Jr. (1905- ), chiefly letters from his family and teachers concerning his education while away at Haverford School, Haverford, Pennsylvania, and a two items from attending the University of Virginia
Box-folder 1:8
1929 Correspondence: Edwin A. Alderman, Jr. (1905- ), letters from February and March chiefly those of Alderman, Sr. on his son's behalf while he was looking for a job in the New York publishing industry, where he eventually became employed by Harcourt, Brace and Company in early March; discusses prohibition and drinking among college students (April 14, 1929; October 27, 1929); disagreement over the marriage plans of Edwin Alderman, Jr. and Anne Polk Cucullu (July); and many discussion about finances and employment (August - December)
Box-folder 1:9
1930-1932 Correspondence: Edwin A. Alderman, Jr. (1905- ), explains his change in jobs (April 30, 1930); the illness of Anne and her absence from New York to recover (September 30, 1930); several of Edwin's book reviews have been published in the [ New York ] Times [October 4 & 18, 1930]; November 4, 1930; and several letters following); and his regret at the passing of The Evening World (March 2, 1931)
Box-folder 1:10
1930-1931 Correspondence: American Academy of Arts and Letters
Box-folder 1:11
[1912-1913?]-1922 Correspondence: Nancy Witcher (Langhorne) Astor (1879-1964), mentions Woodrow Wilson's campaign for President ([1912-1913?]); and Alderman seeking a donation towards the University of Virginia Centennial endowment drive (April 13, 1921)
Box-folder 1:12
1891-1931 Correspondence: B, including Irving Bacheller (1859-1950); Senator J[oseph] W. Bailey, Texas; William Henry Baldwin, Jr. (1863-1905), one letter responds to news from Alderman of his upcoming marriage to Bessie Hearn (October 30, 1903); Stringfellow Barr concerning his plans for his doctorate (1922-1923); P.B. Barringer to Alderman, mentions that one of the Board of Visitors, Colonel Miles, is interested in the presidency of the University of Virginia, but the faculty are not supporting him (March 11, 1903); Alderman to Dr. P.B. Barringer, expresses his surprise at being chosen president of the University of Virginia and asks Barringer to "talk straight" to him when he comes to visit (photostatic copy, June 21, 1904); and Alderman to Dr. P.B. Barringer, writes a six page letter about the work of the Committee on the courses of instruction in Engineering offered at the University of Virginia, the Virginia Military Institute, and the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, which committee was formed at the request of the Educational Commission of Virginia (June 2, 1911); Alderman to George Gordon Battle about Woodrow Wilson's nomination (July 8, 1912) and Battle to Alderman about missing him at the dinner with Governor Wilson (December 23, 1912); Alderman to Dr. Henry W. Battle, apparently addressing Battle's concern over the religious instruction of University of Virginia students and providing him with the number of students who are church members (November 10, 1921); Kemp Plummer Battle, Sr. (1831-1919), President of the University of North Carolina (1831-1919), writes concerning the need for the states to do more to support their own educational institutions (February 18, 1891); and R.H. Battle (June 15, 1900).

Alderman to E.L. Bemiss about what the University of Virginia has said in regard to service in the military as opposed to remaining in school (May 22, 1917); Christie Benet; John K. Berry; H.E. Bierly, Southern Educational Association; Hugh S. Bird; Karl Bitter writes about doing a replica of his statue of Thomas Jefferson for the University (November 11, 1913); John J. Blair concerning Alderman's marriage to Bessie Hearn [1903]; Alderman to W.A. Blair, regretfully refusing the presidency of the George Peabody College for Teachers (June 11, 1910); N.C. Blanchard; Edward W. Bok; Representative Sydney J. Bowie about Alderman's marriage to Bessie Hearn (January 25, 1904); Leroy Stafford Boyd urging Alderman to run for the President of the United States (November 1, 1924); Alderman to Gamaliel Bradford, acknowledging his gift of The Quick and the Dead (March 16, 1931); R.P. Bridgers; Abraham Brittin writes about Woodrow Wilson's legacy (March 1, 1924); Adele Brittin; John Graham Brooks (1846-1938); Marelle Davis Brooks; John Stewart Bryan referring to the Loving Cup presented to Alderman by the Faculty (June 22, 1910), Alderman's illness and stay at Saranac Lake, New York (March 29, 1913); William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925) asking if he could speak at the University of Virginia about Thomas Jefferson (March 25, 1907) and if Alderman would send a list of dates when he could speak for Bryan who was running for President (telegram, October 8, 1908); Lady Winifred Burghclere (1864-1933) sends a gift, Thirty Nine Steps , to Alderman (March 31 and April 27, 1925); Sir George Geoffrey Gilbert Butler; Marie Madeira Butler; a pass to the House of Lords, signed by T.D. Butler; and [Wallace] Buttrick
Box-folder 2:1
1901-1902 Correspondence: Page M. Baker, editor of the Times-Democrat , New Orleans, requests a statement of Alderman's views on education in the South following his speech at the meeting of southern educators at the Waldorf [Astoria] (November 10, 1901); and Alderman asks Baker to publicize the upcoming speech by Booker T. Washington [in New Orleans?] to be delivered to the leaders of Negro education on Friday night, and which Alderman is to introduce (October 30, 1902)
Box-folder 2:2
1915-1929 Correspondence: Poultney Bigelow (1855-1954), two personal letters discussing Bigelow's public speaking engagements (June 22, 1915 and January 16, 1917); and a third one which asks if the Aldermans would take the Kaiser's grandson, Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia, as a guest if he could come in April (March 20, 1929)
Box-folder 2:3
1908 Correspondence: Robert Somers Brookings (1850-1932) concerning an offer of the Chancellorship of Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, to Alderman
Box-folder 2:4
1920-1923 Correspondence: Philip Alexander Bruce writes concerning his work on the History of the University of Virginia (June 8 and December 22, 1920; June 16, 21 and 23, December 9, 1922)
Box-folder 2:5
1898-1913 Correspondence: British Ambassador James Bryce, chiefly notes about visits and Alderman's illness
Box-folder 2:6
1901-1925 Correspondence: Nicholas Murray Butler (1862-1947), President of Colombia University, chiefly personal notes but also writes about Professor S.A. Mitchell (February 10, 1913); and Alderman's speech before Congress about Woodrow Wilson (December 16, 1924; January 2, 1925)
Box-folder 2:7
1903-1923 Correspondence: Dr. Wallace Buttrick (1853-1926), Secretary of the General Education Board, includes three carbons of letters from Alderman concerning the current condition and needs of the University of Virginia and an application for funds from the General Education Board to help supply some of them (November 15, December 7, 1905 and January 11 and 13, 1906) and two carbons from Alderman concerning the centennial of the University and its opportunity to raise an endowment of three million dollars (February 1921)
Box-folder 2:8
1924-1925 Correspondence: Harry Flood Byrd, Sr. (1887-1965), complimenting Alderman on his eulogy of Woodrow Wilson (December 19, 1924) and Alderman requesting his support for educational needs in Virginia (December 27, 1924 and December 18, 1925)
Box-folder 2:9
1903-1927 Correspondence: C, including: C & O Railroad concerning the Fourteenth Street Bridge, [Charlottesville] (March 9, 1927); Henry S. Canby; W.A. Candler; Alderman to W.E. Carson, requesting that the headquarters of the Forestry Department remain permanently at the University of Virginia (April 18, 1927); H.H[albrand?] Carter; Alderman to John Armstrong Chaloner concerning his gifts of photographs and a bust of Napoleon to the Library (April 30. 1917); D.H. Chamberlain; Mary L. Cheney (January 26, [1903]); Joseph H. Choate concerning the General Arbitration Treaties of 1911-1912 (October 23, 1911); W.A. Clark; Frank Clover; John B. Cobb; Mary C. Love Collins, Chi Omega; Alice T. Connally concerning his upcoming marriage to Bessie Hearn and the deposition of J.M.L. Curry's collection of pamphlets and volumes (November 18, 1903); Charles R. Crane; and Alderman to Elizabeth Cutting, offering an article to the North American Review (March 19, 1923)
Box-folder 2:10
1905-1910, n.d. Correspondence: Andrew Carnegie promises to pay for an organ for the University of Virginia and to match the sum of a half million dollars if that amount is raised by the Alumni Association (February 10, 1905); report to Carnegie about the University of Virginia by [Robert Curtis Ogden?] (February 13, 1905); thanks Alderman for the copy of the Jefferson Bible and says about religion, "When we put Jesus with Confucius & the few other Teachers & eliminate an angry father, miracles & all the rest of it the true religious idea purified & exalted will take root & become a vital power for good." (March 15, 1905); and acceptance of an invitation to attend Founder's Day which he was later unable to attend (February 12, 1910).
Box-folder 2:11
1905 November 22 Correspondence: Grover Cleveland (1837-1908), writes that he is unable to accept the invitation from the Faculty to attend Founder's Day events; original transferred to the Vault
Box-folder 2:12
1926-1929 Correspondence: Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), includes the appointment of Alderman to the Sesquicentennial of American Independence and the Thomas Jefferson Centennial Commission (May 5, 1926); originals transferred to the Vault
Box-folder 2:13
1924-1929 Correspondence: Cosmos Newspaper Syndicate concerning their request to Alderman to join the Cosmos Editorial Board and write an editorial once a month to be published in the most important newspapers in the United States
Box-folder 2:14
1912-1914 Correspondence: Locke Craig (1960-1925), Governor of North Carolina, refers to the almost certainty of his election as governor (April 25 and June 11, 1912); and refers to a meeting held in Asheville to form the Appalachian Park Association, acquiring land under the Weeks Law, and cooperating with the National Forest Reserve Commission, at which Craig was made President (November 4, 1913)
Box-folder 2:15
1912-1932, n.d. Correspondence: Charles Richard Crane (1858-1939), offers to help the Aldermans to get advice about Edwin A. Alderman's sickness or to help any way he can (ca. November 1912 and November 26, [1912]); a visit from Dr. Eliot after presiding over the meeting of the Civil Service Association (ca. 1912-1913); mentions that Mr. Brandeis and he are trying to secure an organ for Norman Hapgood and a visit from Sir Horace Plunkett (ca. 1912-1913); describes his visit with the new President [Wilson] who was dictating his first bulletin concerning office-seekers (March 10, 1913); a letter from Alderman outlining the reasons for the success of Woodrow Wilson and the Democratic party (October 30, 1916); and congratulations on Crane's appointment to China (April 3, 1920)
Box-folder 2:16
1911, 1919 Correspondence: Lewis Dabney Crenshaw (1884-1947), invites Alderman to an alumni event in New York (June 1, 1911) who is unable to come but sends a letter outlining the current condition of the University, its progress, and future expectations (June 5, 1911); Alderman discusses some sort of testimonial for students who left the University to fight in the Civil War and [didn't complete their studies?] such as a veteran reunion at Finals, the impossibility of ever awarding any honorary degree from the University, and his desire to have "some notable reward for high and pure scholarship given to our students who achieve unusual distinction" (December 18, 1911); and several letters from Alderman to Crenshaw when he was the Director of the University of Virginia European Bureau, printed in the Alumni Bulletin (April 1, 9, 1919)
Box-folder 2:17
1893, 1895 Correspondence: Senator Shelby Moore Cullom (1829-1914), apologizes for not acknowledging the report Alderman sent to him before the special session of Congress (July 24, 1893); and discusses his re-election bid for the Senate and his concerns about the economic condition of the country (January 28, 1895)
Box-folder 2:18
1896-1903 Correspondence: Jabez Lamar Monroe Curry (1825-1903) sends a letter to Alderman full of high praise for his article on education in the South published in the [?] Review , concurring in every statement and argument (January 3, 1896); in one of two letters to the Reverend William C. Bitting, Pastor Mt. Morris Baptist Church, New York City, Curry praises his article "Why I am a Baptist" and believes it should be published in every Baptist newspaper, stating "Sometimes I am so disgusted with the bigotry, narrow mindedness, intolerance of some Baptist editors, preachers, & private members that I have inquired what refuge is there, where truer catholicity, [Christian]ty, can be found. Like Noah's dove I have returned to the ark, and now your article, so sound, so thoughtful, so edifying & consolatory, assures me, we are right and must wait and pray & labor & hope" (May 19, 1899). In a second letter, he asks that Bitting send him more of the pamphlets like an earlier one on Bible Study sent to Curry (October 6, 1899). Other items include a telegram and two letters from Alice T. Connally to Bitting about Dr. Curry dying and the plans for his funeral service (February 8, 13, [1903]); and a copy of the address by the Reverend William C. Bitting at Curry's funeral (February 15, 1903)
Box-folder 2:19
1904-1931 Correspondence: D-F, including: A.C. Davis; John Staige Davis; Henry Pomeroy Davison, Chairman of the American Red Cross War Council, inviting Alderman to be a member of the commission to check on conditions in Italy (ca. July 1917); Alderman to the Reverend Edward M. Deems, concerning possibly establishing a School of Religion as a memorial to Dr. Charles F. Deems at the University of Virginia (November 18, 1916); A.G. Delmarsh; Democratic National Committee; Ethel (Roosevelt) Derby; Alderman letters of condolence to Ernest Dewey; John Dewey; William E. Dold; Edwin T. Douglass, concerning fishing (August 24, 1921); Alderman to Dr. Fred J. Douglas, thanking him for his services when he broke his arm on vacation (September 20, 1921); William F. Drewry; Sir John Kinninment Dunlop; Philip Francis DuPont; Pierre D. DuPont; Lafayette Browne Eaton urging Alderman to visit old Bethel Academy, which they attended 48 years ago (May 11, 28, 1924) and mentioning the death of Major MacIntyre's wife (June 18, 1925); William Holding Echols (1859-1934) writes two letters of encouragement to Alderman (March 17, 1907 and January 3, 1911); the Reverend Robert Emmet Elmore (1878-?) concerning whether Alderman supported prohibition in a recent speech (August 7, 1930); Alderman to Mrs. A.W. Erickson concerning his upcoming Wilson speech and the recent deaths of three faculty, one each week (December 5, 1924); Nancy [Erickson?]; Moses Ezekiel (1844-1917) asking Alderman's help in financial matters and describing his work on a Confederate Monument for Arlington, Virginia (April 26 and May 31, 1911); Alderman to J.L. Farmer; Judge Charles E. Fenner concerning the offer of the University of Virginia presidency to Alderman (June 23, 1904) and Alderman's request for the support of the Peabody Fund for the University of Virginia chair of education (January 21, 1905); Alderman to Junius P. Fishburn concerning his willingness to speak at Finals (May 5, 1927); Alderman carbon letters to Dr. Abraham Flexner, General Education Board, concerning funds for the equipment for the Medical School of the University of Virginia from the Board (January 10, 1923; January 18, 1924, June 14, 1924; April 6, 14, 1927); James Carrol Flippin concerning plans for the Department of Surgery and Gynecology (April 5, 1927); Professor Alcee Fortier (1856-1914) Alderman voices his concern over the controversy surrounding the education bond issue which appears to be in peril of not passing the Louisiana Legislature (October 26, 1904); Mrs. W.W. Fuller; and H.R. Fulton
Box-folder 2:20
1901 Correspondence: Charles William Dabney (1855-1945), President of the University of Tennessee and member of the Southern Education Board, Alderman writes to Dabney concerning how he thinks they should organize the work with regional directors, with himself dealing with Louisiana and the southwestern territory (September 30, October 2, 1901)
Box-folder 2:21
1886-1923 Correspondence: Frank B. Dancy (d. 1922), fellow classmate at the University of North Carolina, lifelong friend, and later fishing companion, these are chiefly personal letters, including: Alderman's description of the wedding arrangements for his marriage to Emma Graves (December 8, 1886 [sic?]); "List of Fumtimical Words" (1880's); his pleasure at Alderman's election as President of the University of North Carolina (August 11, 1896) and his regret at being unable to attend the inauguration (January 8, 1897); discusses preparations for Alderman's marriage to Bessie Green Hearn (November 5, 1903 and January 22, 1904); Alderman mentions the death of his niece, Alice Green Wilson, from cancer, and the retirement of Charles W. Dabney (June 22, 1921); Alderman's relief on winning the battle over the medical school and Dancy's description of his own battle with a tarpon fish (March 1, 4, 8, 1922); and the death of Frank Dancy in the summer of 1922, on the afternoon of July 1 st (October 6, 1922; March 9, 1923). The letters dated 1923 are between Alderman and Mrs. Dancy ("Bessie")
Box-folder 2:22
1913-1929 Correspondence: Josephus Daniels (1862-1948), writes concerning his appointment by Woodrow Wilson to be Secretary of the Navy [March 2, 1913?]; and a copy of Alderman's message of greeting to the Home-Coming Celebration in North Carolina that he is unable to attend personally (October 3, 1929), also see printed speech in speech series
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1918-1919, n.d. Correspondence: Westmoreland Davis, appointing Alderman to represent Virginia at the Win the War for Permanent Peace Convention at Philadelphia (April 15, 1918) and as an Honorary Delegate to the Atlantic Congress for a League of Nations, letter and oversize certificate (January 22, 1919)
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1901-1925 Correspondence: Charles William Eliot (1834-1926), draft of a letter of Alderman about the invitation to deliver the lectures at Cambridge under the Noble Foundation (September 9, 1902); urging Alderman to use the death of Archer Christian in a football game at Georgetown as an occasion to speak out against the inordinate risks of the game due to its current rules, with Alderman's reply (November 14 and 18, 1909); program honoring the 90 th birthday of Eliot (March 20, 1924); and his favorable response to Alderman's speech on Woodrow Wilson (January 9, 1925)
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1920-1931 Correspondence: Alfred William Erickson (1876-1936), largely social letters about the exchange of book recommendations, book gifts and fishing, but also including Alderman's critique and defense of Woodrow Wilson (November 8, 1920); Alderman's criticism of the speech by Warren G. Harding (December 9, 1920); Erickson' agreement with the assessment of Wilson found in Lansing's book, which he has given to Alderman (March 25, 1921); mention of Alderman's "victory celebration" concerning the medical education fight in Virginia (March 3, 1922); invitation to the Megantic Fishing Preserve in Maine (May 26, 1922); mentions the death of Frank Dancy Saturday afternoon on [July 1, 1922?] (July 8, 1922); reference to the Teapot Dome scandal (February 9, 18, 1924); membership in the Megantic Fish and Game Corporation (March 10, 1924; May 21, 1924); and some difficulties in the life of a college president (June 17, 1925)
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1908-1912, 1920-1931 Correspondence: Family, includes letters to and from his sisters, Alice West (d. 1915) and Ida Green (d. 1926); brother-in-law, Hector M. Green (1849-?); cousins Annie Saunders, Aline G. Saunders, Jennie Alderman McCall, Henrietta (Alderman) Murphy, Robert J. Murphy, Belle H. Hawley and Annie Royal Saunders; niece Mary Graves Rees; other relatives, L.R. Alderman, Hugh Wilson; topics include: Alderman genealogy (October 1, 1912; April 10, 1911); references to Woodrow Wilson or the Wilson Memorial speech by Alderman (October 1, 1912; December 6, 11, 18, 1924); divorce of Mary Graves Rees and request for character reference (January 10, 18, 1924); death of Alice Green Wilson (June 27, 1921); death of Frank Dancy (July 5, 1922); Billy Sunday lecture (April 13, 1923); Alderman's opinion about H.L. Mencken (February 4, 1925); the death of Hector Green while Alderman was away on his European trip (October 22, 1925); death of his sister, Ida Green, on April 9 th (April 19, 20, and May 17, 1925); death of Dr. George H. West (February 1, 1928); marriage of Edwin A. Alderman, Jr. (October 15, 18, 1929); and boxing activities of Hugh Wilson (January 10, 1930)
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1904-1932 Correspondence: John H. Finley, chiefly social letters of greeting or references to Alderman speeches but include a letter about the death of Warren G. Harding that occurred while Finely was traveling in Turkey (August 10, 1923)
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1924, 1929 Correspondence: Thomas Staples Fuller, Alderman solicits funding to begin the Virginia Quarterly Review (July 17, 1924)
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1908-1915 Correspondence: Williamson Whitehead Fuller (1858-1934), member of the Board of Trustees for the UVA Alumni Endowment Fund, writes winsome reports about his life on his farm, "Briarcliff Manor" New York, and encouraging letters during Alderman's illness while at Saranac and during the course of Alderman's career; other topics include details from Alderman about the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Endowment Fund (November 11, 1908); gift of the artist proof of the engraving of George Washington by W.E. Marshall (June 20, 1909); the gift of O.H. Payne to Alderman when he was sick at Saranac (December 11, 1912); mentions the sermon "Still Small Voice" and visit of Dr. [John Henry] Jowett to Briarcliff Church (May 19, 1913); the scandal concerning the offering of an appointment of Henry Means Pindell, of Peoria, Illinois, as ambassador to Russia (November 11, 1913); disappointment with Woodrow Wilson (June 26, 1914); John Blackwell Cobb (1857- ?) has agreed to give $50,000 towards a chemistry laboratory for the University (March 20, 26 and April 3, 1915)
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1916-1922 Correspondence: Williamson Whitehead Fuller (1858-1934), inquires about Alderman's work with the Legislature for funding which is hampered by Virginia's new system of taxation (February 21, 23, 1916); the outbreak of war (April 6, 1917); marriage of Fuller's daughter (April 9, 1917); Alderman's desire for a botanical garden at the University (ca. April 1917); impact of the war upon the University's finances (April 17, 1917); death of [O.H. Payne] apparently imminent, Payne died on June 27 th (May 26, 1917); death of Dr. Lewis A. Stimson (September 20, 22, 1917); meeting with Gutzon Borglum to arrange work on a McConnell monument at the University and payment for the work (January 9, 11, 1918; April 7, July 7, 10, 17, 1919); Fuller's benefits to the University (March 24, 1919); the election of 1920 (November 8, 1920); Alderman broke his arm six weeks ago (August 26, 1926); and the portrait of Alderman (April 15, December 26, 1922)
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1923-1930 Correspondence: Williamson Whitehead Fuller (1858-1934), mentions the death of [John Blackwell] Cobb (April 12, 23, 26, 1923); reactions to the speech of Homer Cummings (June 16, 19, 1923); predictions and analysis of the upcoming presidential race (July 21, 1923); unveiling of the Aycock Statue in Raleigh North Carolina (February 24, 1924); Cummings handling of the Harold Israel murder case (January 10, 12, 1925); anguish over Professor Lefevre and his drinking party (June 30, 1925); Fuller's speech concerning Malbourne A. Angier, mayor of Durham, North Carolina (1820-1900); stroke of servant Sarah Goins (October 28, 1926); the story of the will of James McAllister to appear in the Virginia Quarterly Review (October 30, 1926 through March 17, 1927); copy of Fuller's letter to Alfred E. Smith (April 22, 1927); the gift from the alumni to Alderman (June 29, 1929); and Robert B. Tunstall and the limitations on the use of the alumni fund, especially as concerns a pension fund for presidents (September 17, 18, 1929, and attached)
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1900-1931 Correspondence: G, including: Charles B. Galloway; Alderman to F.T. Gates, General Education Board concerning the University of Virginia Medical School (March 24, 1925); Wendell P. Garrison, concerning Alderman's speech in New Orleans on December 29, 1903, and his viewpoint on racial integrity (March 7, 1904); George H. Denny, President of the University of Alabama, to the General Education Board, concerning the need for financial support to improve faculty salaries (March 18, 1920); Alderman to P.H. Gentry, [Albemarle County Supervisor?] expressing the need for a strong local public health department (March 12, 1924); Georgia, University of, offering Alderman the Chancellorship of the University of Georgia by telegram (June 12, 1925); R.W. Gilder concerning a list of prominent Southern men (March 31, 1901); Basil L. Gildersleeve, refers to his past association with the University and the medal presented to him during the Centennial (December 1, 1911 and June 17, 1921); D.G. Gilman, asking Alderman to succeed Dr. Curry on the Board of the Peabody Fund which he refuses (December 15, 31,1903); Arthur Glasgow; Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow tries to answer Alderman's question about her views on the contribution of the South to the character of the nation (February 5, 1903); Alderman to Harriet W. Glenn; Sydney Godfrey; Alexander Graham; Edward K. Graham; John Graham; John W. Graham: Charles Alfred Graves, UVA Law Department; Frances Griffith Graves sends a post card photograph of "Albenia" Lake George, New York (October 19, 1926); Fannie Graves; Julia C. Graves; Louis Graves; Ralph H. Graves; Dr. Cary T. Grayson, Guy M.Green; and Alderman to Samuel Abbott Green concerning the distribution of the Peabody Fund (March 16, 1905)
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1906-1922 Correspondence: Frederick Taylor Gates (1853-1929), informs Alderman that John D. Rockefeller will contribute $100,000 toward the completion of the million dollar fund as a memorial to his friend, J.L.M. Curry by founding a school of education in his name (April 13, 1905); describes his objective with the University of Virginia and pleads with the General Education Board to contribute $50,000 to education in each of the eleven Southern states (January 22, 1909); Alderman's idea of the General Education Board helping the Southern universities develop an extension service to go out into the communities (October 14, 1911); urges the General Education Board to donate $100,000 toward the Centennial Fund (May 11, 17, 19, 20, 1921) and discusses Gates desire to retire from the Board (November 13, 1922)
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1918-1931 Correspondence: Carter Glass, mutual notes of congratulations, especially concerning Alderman's speech on Wilson (1924)
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1909-1930 Correspondence: Armistead Churchill Gordon (1855-1931), Rector of the University of Virginia, includes both social and University related letters, including: Alderman's report of the educational and financial operations of the University of Virginia for the past year (October 29, 1909); two incomplete letters from Gordon expressing concern over Alderman's health (ca. 1912-1913); Alderman's opinion on the medical college (January 27, 1914); and a full statement about his position on the co-ordinate women's college in Virginia (December 2,1915)
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1897-1931 Correspondence: H, including Arthur Twining Hadley, President of Yale; Dr. Louis V. Hammam, Johns Hopkins Hospital; John F. Harmon; William Rainey Harper (1856-1906), President of the University of Chicago; Daisy Harriman, Woman's National Democratic Club, asking permission to use his Memorial Address on Woodrow Wilson in a book about democracy (August 30, 1930); Harris & Ewing Photographers of National Notables; Charles Custis Harrison (1844-1929), Provost of the University of Pennsylvania; Duncan B. Harrison concerning his national march hymnal, "Our Flag of Liberty" (February 7, 1931 and attached); Henry Sydnor Harrison; Alderman to Harris Hart, Superintendent of [Virginia] Public Instruction; Franklin A. Harwood concerning the death of his four year old son (November 20, 1927); Henry S. Haskell, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace sending a bronze medal, not present (March 6, 1925); Dr. Archibald Henderson; Alderman to David Hepburn concerning prohibition (May 28, 1924); John Grier Hibben (1861-1931); John D. Hilton; Alderman to Mrs. Hitchcock; Richmond Fearson Hobson (1870-1937); letter to W.T. Hodges from Alderman, furnishing information about housing needs for both female graduate students and male students (October 15, 1925); Dr. M.D. Hoge, Jr. congratulating Alderman on the honor bestowed upon him at Harvard (October 13, 1909); Peyton H. Hoge concerning the death of Alderman's sister, Ida Green (April 16, 1926); Winifred McCall Holhan; I.S. Hopkins, sharing his appreciation for the Library of Southern Literature (November 20, 1930); Edward Mandell House (1858-1938) memories of Walter Hines Page, Woodrow Wilson's plans for Alderman and the Wilson Administration (November 26, 1922); Herbert Sherman Houston (1865-1955), enclosing a copy of his tribute to Walter Hines Page (August 29, 1930); William D. Howells (1837-1919) (September 24, 1912), original transferred to the Vault-Autographs; Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948), Secretary of State, concerning Alderman's comments about his retirement (January 23, 1925); Alderman to Robert M. Hughes; Thomas Lomax Hunter, Alderman comments favorably about his column in the Times Dispatch of January 14 (January 15, 1931); and Eppa Hunton, Jr.(1855-1932)
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1922 April 13 Correspondence: Warren G. Harding (1865-1923), President of the United States, declines an invitation to come to the University of Virginia graduation and mentions Senator Oscar Wilder Underwood, original transferred to the Vault-Autographs
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1909-1931 Correspondence: Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hearn, the father and mother-in-law of Edwin A. Alderman, chiefly family and social news
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1926-1930 Correspondence: Herbert Hoover (1874-1964), President of the United States, concerning a request for Alderman to serve on a commission in Haiti and other requests for speeches both to Alderman and Hoover; originals transferred to the Vault-Autographs; also includes some copies of Alderman's letters from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library
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1903, 1917-1931 Correspondence: David Franklin Houston (1866-1940), Secretary of Agriculture and Secretary of the Treasury, answers Alderman's question about the contribution of the South to the nation (February 23, 1903); Alderman's concern over the world's situation, his opinion of Wilson, and his belief that war with Germany is virtually inevitable (March 22, 1917); Houston's impressions of Walter Hines Page (April 4, 1919); his response to the article about himself written by Alderman -see the article "One Man's Secret of Success" from The Independent in the article and speech series (December 24, 29, 1920); Houston's impression of Woodrow Wilson after the election (January 3, 1921); list of some of Woodrow Wilson's qualities and services for Alderman's memorial speech (April 22, December 13, 18, 1924); and the scandal of Sir Frederick Whyte who eloped with a Baroness he met in Shanghai while on duty in China for Great Britain in the summer of 1930 (February 9, 1931)
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1910-1930 Correspondence: J-K, including Herbert W. Jackson; Dr. Walter B. James; William James (1842-1910) states that health concerns prevents him from lecturing at the University of Virginia (January 22, 1910); Dr. J.L. Jarman, President, State Teachers College, Farmville, Virginia, Alderman letter praising his work for a quarter century (May 5, 1927); letter from Alderman to Delegate Charles Thomas Jesse (1878-1960) about the importance of the State making an appropriation of $250,000 for the construction of medical school buildings at the University of Virginia in order to receive the gift of $700,000 promised by the General Education Board towards the same end (February 26, 1926); Walter A. Jessup, [President?] of the State University of Iowa (January 7, 1930); Alderman to C.T. Jordan concerning prohibition (July 1, 1909); J.Y. Joyner, North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction on the reception of his telegram being read at the unveiling of the Charles Duncan McIver statue (May 16, 1912); Frances Parkinson Keyes sends her article from Good Housekeeping concerning the University of Virginia's Centennial, not present (August 20, 1921); Alderman to Dr. E.A. Kincaid; Louis Kraus, Jr.; and Alderman to Mrs. James R. Kyle concerning the higher education of women (January 13, 1910)
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1910-1931 Correspondence: Dr. Clara Ernull Jones (1847 -1934) (Mrs. William Joseph Jones), Goldsboro, North Carolina, friend of Alderman since 1882, periodic letters of friendship and concern and a letter of condolence in 1931 to Bessie Alderman
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1903-1928 Correspondence: Jean Jules Jusserand (1855-1932), French Ambassador to the United States, concerning his speech at the University of Tulane (December 8, 1903) and the University of Virginia (November 11, 21, 1904); and the Lafayette Room (the French Room), Romance Pavilion, East Lawn, at the University of Virginia (June 10, 1928)
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1900-1930 Correspondence: L, including: Justice J.R. Lamar (1857-1916); cards describing "Lambeth's Christmas Present, 1922"; Franklin Knight Lane, Secretary of the Interior; Dr. Burnley Lankford; William Laurence; Walter Lawrence; Sir Walter Lawrence, Royal Air Force; Bishop William Lawrence concerning the distribution of the remainder of the Peabody Fund (June 1, 1909); D.H. Leake, Chief of Staff, Governor's Office; Frank H. Leavell, editor of The Baptist Student , requesting an article from Alderman for the magazine (October 20, December 3, 1927); Fitzhugh Lee, President of the Jamestown Exposition Company; T. Bailey Lee, Idaho Supreme Court Justice, including some of his verses (April 17, 1930); Albert Lefevre; Benjamin Franklin Leggett; Alderman congratulates James Hamilton Lewis (1863-1939) on his election to the Senate and asks details about a story concerning his entrance into the University in 1883-1884 (November 5, 1930); Judge Benjamin Franklin Long; Alderman to Breckinridge Long; Samuel B. Love; Seth Low concerning Alderman's speech at the New England Society dinner (December 26, 1906); and A. Lawrence Lowell
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1922-1925 Correspondence: Edmund Jones Lilly (1850-?), a friend of Alderman's from North Carolina days
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1905-1931 Correspondence: Mc, including: W.G. McAdoo, telegram from William Gibbs McAdoo (1820-1894) about asking Alderman to speak at a Wilson-Marshall rally in Wilmington, North Carolina (n.d.) and a letter refusing an invitation to speak at the University of Virginia while expressing admiration for Alderman's tribute to Woodrow Wilson (August 9, 1912); A.W. McAlister tries to get Alderman to attend their 40 th Reunion [at Chapel Hill?] (June 2, 1922); W. Gordon McCabe thanks Alderman and remarks upon three of his speeches, recently received, including Virginia and mentions the military service of his son (March 20, 19198); Henry G. McCall concerning confusion over an invitation for Alderman to speak to University of Virginia alumni in New Orleans (February 11, 1931); Charles McClure; Alderman to W.F. McCombs, about Woodrow Wilson's candidacy for the presidency in Virginia (November 15, 1911); Lutie A. McCorkle, Alderman writes concerning his early religious life (January 30, 1930); Leander McCormick-Goodhart; Robert S. McCormick concerning Russia (October 27, 1905); Alderman to John A. McIlhenny; Alderman to Paul G. McIntire concerning the establishment of a School of Fine Arts at the University, beginning with a School of Art (March 4, 1919); Alderman to A.W. McLean discussing Nicholas Worth and its author, Walter Hines Page (October 19, 1919); and Charles S. McVeigh
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1901-1906, n.d. Correspondence: Charles Duncan McIver (1860-1906), concerning the Southern Education Convention at Columbia and a SEC board meeting; and the Georgia Campaign fund (1906)
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1901-1930 Correspondence: Ma through Mi, including Alderman letter to Dr. Hamilton W. Mabie, thanking him for his praise of Alderman's article in Outlook , referring to the new President Roosevelt and the death of President William McKinley, and the need for the education of both races in the South (September 24, 1901); [Alfred Thayer] Mahan (1840-1914); Dean John L. Manahan concerning the growth of elementary education in Virginia since 1890 (November 14, 1924); Charles G. Maphis; Theodore Marburg; Alderman suggests to Elisabeth Marbury an outline for a course on the South with suggested lecturers (March 24, 1910); Elizabeth G. Martin; Senator Thomas S. Martin responds to a petition from the faculty about the arbitration treaties currently before the Senate (December 5, 1911); and thanks Alderman for his sympathy at the death of his wife, Lucy Martin (January 27, 1915); [Thomas G. Masaryk]; Vincent Massey (1887-?), Canadian Legation, sends Alderman a novel by J.B. Priestley The Old Dark House and remarks on sharing a fondness for mysteries (May 23, 1928); Frank Mebane; Adelaide Meares; Messrs. Meister & Smethie Bookbinders; Alderman responds to criticisms from Wyndham R. Meredith about the University in the copy of his letter to Governor Davis discussing the New Co-ordinate College Bill (November 19, 1917); Alderman's statement concerning the second Liberty Loan for G.R.B. Michie (October 20, 1917); C.R. Miller, The New York Times , asks for a list of prominent Democratic men about whom sketches could be written (November 25, 1912); Dr. Edwin Mims asks Alderman for information to help him write his article in World's Work concerning the educational development of Virginia in the past five or six years (November 22, 1911) and writing a book on the life of Walter Hines Page (January 13, 1919); Raleigh Colston Minor (1869-1923) about his illness (April 25, 1923) and his wife, Natalie Venable Minor, about his death (November 1 & 7); and S. Weir Mitchell
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1905-1930 Correspondence: Mo through Mu, including: Governor Andrew Jackson Montague (1862- 1937) about Alderman's speech on Southern leadership (February 13, 1905); Robert Walton Moore (1859-1941), at Alderman's request, he provides information and thoughts about the recovery of the South from the Civil War for Alderman to use in his speech "The Growing South," Carnegie Hall, New York City (February 25, 1908); Senator John T. Morgan agrees to answer any question about Dr. Curry (July 26, 1905); E.P. Moses concerning the estate of James W. Hearn (March 24, 1919); Mary C.B. Munford concerning the issue of the women's college for Virginia (November 17, 1913; January 13, 1916; and January 15, 1920; and Hopson Owen Murfee, Sr.
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1925 December 5 Correspondence: Edwin Markham (1852-1940) one letter describing his excitement and preparations for writing his poem about Edgar Allan Poe, Our Israfel; in memory of Edgar Allan Poe [New York, E.R. Trott, 1925], written for The English Poetry Review contest offering a prize of $500.00 for the best poem on Poe and his pleasure that Alderman had presented it to the Library for preservation
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1905, 1915, n.d. Correspondence: John Singleton Mosby, suggests they invite the President, Vice-President, and Cabinet to Alderman's inauguration (March 20, 1905); and thanks Alderman for the medal and address of the Faculty awarded to him (February 21, 1915); and autograph on a card (n.d.) originals transferred to the Vault
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1903 Correspondence: Edgar Gardner Murphy (1869-1913), founder of the Southern Education Board, writes thanking Alderman for telling Murphy he would consider the presidency of the University of Virginia which he feels "is the key to the public school situation in the South" (June 25, 1903); and a letter from Murphy to the Board of Visitors recommending Alderman for the presidency of the University of Virginia (July 3, 1903)
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1907-1950 Correspondence: N, O, P, Q, including: National Committee of the United States For the Restoration of the University of Louvain (December 9, 1918); National Unemployment League with "Facts and Figures re Business Depressions" (ca. August 9, 1930); Rogelio Navarro, Panama, sends his respects to Alderman and the University of Virginia through the first airmail ever carried from Panama to the United States by Charles A. Lindbergh (February 9, 1929); Robert B. Nelson; New Hanover Historical Commission concerning the erection of a highway memorial plaque honoring Alderman in Wilmington, North Carolina (January 17, 1950); Rose Standish Nichols; and Charles D. Norton, Vice Chairman of the Red Cross War Council (July 18, 1917); Robert C. Ogden (ca. 1909, December 7, 1912); John S. Patton (1857-1932), Librarian of the University, supplies information concerning the "Statute for Religious Freedom" for a proposed article by Alderman (February 1, 1924); Bruce R. Payne tells some amusing stories about his efforts at speaking in support of public education (January 20, 1930); Alderman to Judge John Barton Payne concerning the influence of H.L. Mencken (February 4, 1925) and asking for a donation to help construct some new alcoves in the renovated Art and Architecture Building, the old gymnasium, Fayerweather Hall (December 8, 1924); Colonel Oliver Hazard Payne; George L. Petrie concerning Alderman's transference of church membership from New Orleans to the Presbyterian Church in Charlottesville (September 25 1907); Alexander Lacy Phillips (1859- ) sends a letter of encouragement to Alderman reflecting upon all he has accomplished so far (February 27, 1913); Clarence Poe, President and Editor, The Progressive Farmer, including the issue of "pay as you go" versus the use of bond issues to pay for education (November 3, 1923); Frank Lyon Polk (1871-1943); T.C. Powell sends a photograph of Tulane University showing the oaks in Audubon Park (present, May 12, 1919); Robert Marshall Price (1881-1941), Miami Bank and Trust Company; Alderman to Nicholls Pugh reporting on the participation of the University of Virginia in the War (October 29, 1918); and Alderman to Fred H. Quarles, Jr. critiquing the report of the Omicron Delta Kappa Fraternity on why so many first year students fail their classes (May 11, 1927)
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1929-1931 Correspondence: New York University Hall of Fame, Alderman was on the Committee of Nominations
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1896-1931 Correspondence: Marcus Cicero Stephens Noble (1855-1941), professor and Dean of Education at the University of North Carolina; Alderman writes a very detailed letter to his old friend describing his stay at Saranac Lake, New York, for a tuberculosis cure and his determination to beat the dread disease (January 2, 1913); the need for more state funding if the University of North Carolina is to continue to grow (January 11, 1915); Noble's long career in education and his need for a pension (January 3, [1929]); the condition of George Winston (November 23, 1929); writes about his book on education and asks Alderman which photograph of himself he would like used in the book (August 7 and October 31, 1930; January 8, 1931)
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1903-1922 Correspondence: Thomas Nelson Page (1853-1922), answers Alderman's question about what the South had contributed to the life of the nation (May 28, 1903); urges Alderman to accept the presidency at the University of Virginia by telegram (June 15, 1904); Alderman addresses the false rumors that the serpentine walls at the University were to be removed and the standards for entrance into the University have been lowered (January 9, 1907); proposal from Secretary of the Interior Fisher that Alderman be made U.S. Commissioner of Education (June 3, 1911); thanks Alderman for recommending him to President Wilson for a diplomatic post and remarks upon current Virginia politics (March 24, 1913); plans to attend the University's Centennial events and refers to the Page-Barbour lectures endowed by his wife [Florence Lathrop Field] (1858-1921) and the Paul Goodloe McIntire gifts (May 10, 11, 1921); the sudden death of Page's wife [Florence Lathrop Field] (June 20, 1921); thanks Alderman for being one of the 150 recipients of the Centennial medals from the University (August 8, 1921); the invitation to deliver the upcoming Page-Barbour lectures (October 3, 6, 1921); accepts the appointment as a member of the Board of Trustees of the University Endowment Fund and decides on the lecture topic "Dante and His Time" for the Page-Barbour lectures (November 7, 16, 1921); and is unable to attend the next meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University Endowment Fund (July 10, 1922)
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[1899?], 1904-1919 Correspondence: Walter Hines Page (1855-1918), on The Atlantic Monthly stationery (Page was editor, 1898-1899) answers Alderman's question about the problem of liberalization of thought in North Carolina and methods of changing attitudes to the outside world, particularly through the teaching of history and economics, and Page's belief that the influence of "Dead Men's Hands" or dead opinions lies too heavily upon the people, "the weight of these mighty and invisible powers of the past - the dead part of the past, not the part that ought to live & be revered." ([1899?], this letter has the date August 21, 1896, on the top of page 1 but it is struck through); congratulates Alderman upon his marriage and promises to send copies of the first editions of three books by "the foremost woman now writing fiction in our language" unnamed by Page (February 9, 1904); also congratulates Alderman on becoming the President of the University of Virginia and urges him not to hesitate but "Where Jefferson laid the foundations, go, you, & build, if you have a building chance. Neither hesitate to be bold - very bold." He also emphasizes the influence of Jefferson upon freedom in his time (June 22, 1904); urges him to accept an offer from an university in St. Louis (May 31, 1907); wants to publish Alderman's Civic Forum speech in the World's Work (March 9, 11, 1908); in a letter to Bessie Alderman, Page asks how he can serve Alderman in his enforced isolation at Saranac Lake, New York, while recovering from tuberculosis (December 9, 1912); mentions his impression of Woodrow Wilson as President and [Frederick Taylor?] Gates, advisor to John D. Rockefeller, who was developing 17,000 acres of land in North Carolina and who said "he had left old Jno. D. for good" (December 9, 1912); shares his hopes and fears for the Woodrow Wilson presidency, and writes "but when this awful office descends on a man, it oppresses him, changes him, you are not quite as sure of him, you doubt whether he knows himself or you in the old way" (December 31, 1912); sends affectionate greetings on behalf of the Southern Education Board members, particularly mentions Robert C. Ogden in his final stages of illness, as Page reflects upon Ogden's involvement on the Board; he also praises the work of Wicliffe Rose and his work on the eradication of hookworm disease (January 26, 1913); mentions work on his farm in North Carolina and shares his reassurance in government with the election of Wilson, "I have a stronger confidence in government now as an instrument of human progress than I have ever had before." (March 10, 1913); reveals that President Wilson has appointed him as Ambassador to England (March 27, 1913); apologizes that he was unable to go and see Alderman before sailing for his post in England (May 19, 1913); Page's perspective on the relationship between England and the United States (Christmas 1913); Page arranges for the Aldermans to visit the home of Shakespeare's daughter, Susannah Hall, in Stratford (September 22, 1914); Alderman writes concerning the Lusitania matter (May 12, 1915); writes a very personal and revealing letter about his service as Ambassador to England during World War I, "what the continent has already become - a bankrupt slaughter-house inhabited by unmated women. We have talked of 'problems' in our day. We never had a problem; for the worst task we ever saw was a mere blithe pastime compared with what these women and the few men that will remain here must face. The hills about Verdun are not blown to pieces worse than the whole social structure and intellectual and spiritual life of Europe. I wonder that anybody is sane." Page believes the only answer is for the English-speaking men to work together to keep the predatory peoples at bay, to exchange students between the universities of the United States and Great Britain, casting aside the medieval traditions of the English colleges, and to lead the rest of the world into democracy and peace (June 22, 1916); has met Alderman's "Professor of Law in khaki" (December 31, 1917); a thank you note from the wife of Walter Hines Page, Alice, for Alderman's memorial speech about her husband upon his death (April 28, 1919); and a postcard of a memorial tablet honoring Page in Westminster Abbey for being Ambassador to Britain "in her sorest need" (n.d.)
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1902-1932 Correspondence: George Foster Peabody (1852-1938), approves the action of the Mississippi Legislature and looks forward to hearing Alderman at Carnegie Hall (February 4, 1902); working to find a Rector at Holy Trinity and trying to get the assistant Head Master of the Groton School, Massachusetts, the Reverend Sherrard Billings (October 28, 1903); enjoyment of Alderman's speeches (May 4, 1905; February 25, 1908; and reading the Memorial speech for Mr. Shepard, May 14, 1912); refers to the poet, Mrs. Trask (May 14, 1912; February 23, 1913; January 30, 1914); Alderman thanks Peabody for sending him a copy of "President Wilson's War Mind" by Professor L.B. Jacks and comments upon the war leadership by Woodrow Wilson (October 7, 1918); announces his upcoming marriage to Katrina Trask (January 1921); and a note to Mrs. Alderman, in response to her New Year's greeting (August 1, 1932)
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1903-1922 Correspondence: Henry Smith Pritchett (1857-1939), President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, expresses his pleasure at Alderman's acceptance of the presidency of the University of Virginia (August 1, 1904); Alderman to Pritchett sending documents and pamphlets to present the relations of the University to the Carnegie Foundation (October 28, 1905; April 28, 1910) and concerning the retiring allowance of Professor Harrison, Pritchett's letter to President George H. Denny about Washington and Lee University, and the re-making of the Medical School at the University of Virginia (June 12, 1909); and a letter from Alderman concerning the need for building construction and equipment for the Medical School of the University of Virginia (May 17, 1922)
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1904-1930 Correspondence: R, including: Whitelaw Reid (1837-1912); Ira Remsen; William Gorham Rice; Carrie W. Richardson, [secretary?] to Alderman; Mrs. Lida B. Robertson (June 30, 1930); Alderman letter to Charles Rosen (1872-?) concerning his difficult decision to resign the presidency of the University of Tulane for that of the University of Virginia (July 7, 1904); E.C. Routh requesting a copy of Alderman's Woodrow Wilson memorial address (June 2, 1930); and J.M. Rowland, Editor of the Richmond Christian Advocate , requesting a statement from Alderman concerning the benefits of Prohibition at the University of Virginia (October 8, 1930)
Box-folder 5:2
1905-1929 Correspondence: Rockefeller Family, including John D. Rockefeller, Sr. (1839-1937), John D. Rockefeller, Jr. (1874-1960) and Abby Rockefeller (1874-1948), Alderman writes asking for financial assistance for a listed group of needs at the University of Virginia (March 23, 1905); Alderman's draft of the acknowledgement of the General Education Board to John D. Rockefeller, Sr.'s gift of 32 million dollars of securities (February 7, 1907); Rockefeller's plan to eradicate hookworm disease (October 26, 1909); their work to help the Belgian sufferers (November 24, 1914); their purpose that the various board members, "those responsible for the use of funds which my father has established may have the fullest freedom in the discharge of their duties from decade to decade, is Father's earnest desire and purpose, in which position I cordially concur" (August 25, 1926); his appreciation of Alderman's service on the General Education Board (January 1, 1929); the visit of the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. family to the University of Virginia (June 13, 19, 20, 1929; July 24, 26, 1929); and a photograph of [John D. Rockefeller, Sr.?]
Box-folder 5:3
1930-1936 Correspondence: President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), concerning his visit to the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia (March 25, May 6, 1931); and social notes to Mrs. Alderman (1932-1936), originals transferred to Vault
Box-folder 5:4
1901-1911 Correspondence: President Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), including chiefly social notes about meetings and visits, particularly one about "certain things connected to the South" (December 19, 1904); a letter stating that Roosevelt has "accepted in their substance, though with some change of form, your suggestions, excepting that about Lincoln's warring to free the slave" which he goes on to explain why, presumably for Roosevelt's speech at the Lincoln dinner of the Republican Club, New York City on February 13 th (January 17, 1905); a request for recommendations for members of a Referee Board to help enforce the Pure Food and Drug Act (January 16, 1908); asks Alderman about Judge Mears and Judge Timberlake in regards to an appointment that must be filled (December 29, 1908 and January 2, 1909) originals transferred to Vault
Box-folder 5:5
1905-1926 Correspondence: Senator Elihu Root (1845-1937), writes that he is unable to make his speech on Founder's Day due to illness (April 7, 1910); and sends a copy of his speech (not present) delivered at the unveiling of the Lincoln Statue in London (January 29, 1921)
Box-folder 5:6
1905-1927, n.d. Correspondence: Thomas Fortune Ryan (1851-1928), including thanks to Ryan for providing the Ryan scholarships and asking if he can help support the Medical School (April 3, 1916); telegrams seeking information about Ryan and marriage to his second wife, Mrs. Cornelius C. Cuyler, a prominent society woman of New York, a few weeks after the death of his first wife, which occurred at Holy Comforter Church, Charlottesville, Virginia, on October 29 th with only Alderman and his wife as witnesses (October 29, 1917); Alderman thanks Ryan for his generosity to the University of Virginia during her Centennial endowment campaign and asks if he can persuade some of his friends to support it as well (April 13, 1921)congratulates Alderman on his Wilson speech (December 18, 20,1924); and giving Alderman a car for Christmas and comments on the declining health of Dr. John Staige Davis (December 10, 15, 1927)
Box-folder 5:7
1893-1930 Correspondence: Sa through Sl, including visiting English student, Christopher V. Salmon; Edward Terry Sanford, Supreme Court Justice (1865-1930) thanking Alderman for his letter of congratulations (June 30, 1923); John R. Saunders (1869-1934), Attorney General of Virginia, inquiring about Alderman's health (April 3, 1923); William Jay Schieffelin; Major General John McAllister Schofield (1831-1906) responding to Alderman's request for a copy of his remarks to the graduating class of West Point cadets by saying that he could not recall them with sufficient accuracy to justify their publication (June 28, 1893); Alderman to Carl Schurz (1829-1906) seeking a meeting with Andrew Carnegie to secure financial assistance in achieving his educational goals at the University of Virginia and in the South in general (January 27, 1905); Frederick W. Scott concerning the death of his wife (December 20, 1930); Alderman to Mrs. Frederick W. Scott concerning the election of her husband as Rector of the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia (April 7, 1930); Alderman to Charles H. Senff requesting a meeting which apparently resulted in a gift to the University of Virginia of $25,000 (January 31, 1909); Davis Sessums (1858-1929) concerning Alderman's decision to leave Tulane University (August 22, 1904); Charles Seymour (1885- ?) asking permission to publish Alderman's note to Colonel House in his edition of House's papers (May 31, 1928); Albert Shaw (1857-1947) sending a printed copy of his speech about Walter Hines Page (March 7, 1924); George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) explains why he cannot give permission for the University of Virginia to perform one of his plays without charging the usual fees, even to benefit the hospital (March 8, 1912); Mary Shaw concerning genealogy (1924-1925); Edward Fleming Sheffey, Jr.; Edward Morse Shepard (1850-1911); Alderman to Adelaide D. Simpson concerning her resignation as Dean of Women (April 20, 1927); and Thomas Sloo.
Box-folder 5:8
1895-1930 Correspondence: Sm through Su, including New York Governor Alfred E. Smith (1873-1944) chiefly telegrams and an invitation to speak at the University (1927-1930); Bolton Smith; Chester M. Smith; Duncan Smith concerning his portrait of Woodrow Wilson (April 16 and 18, 1921); Edgar F. Smith (1854-1928); Francis Henry Smith (1829-1928) writing from Honolulu (May 22, 1911), representing the University at the inauguration of the Institute of Technology at Harvard (June 24, 1916) and thanks the Board of Visitors for their greetings on his 90 th birthday (October 17, 1919); Dr. Henry Louis Smith (1859-1951), President of Washington and Lee University, regrets Alderman leaving the University of North Carolina (June 8, 1900); J.H. Smith; Jessica Smith; Joseph D. Smith; Society for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Monticello Branch, concerning the historic grounds of the University, particularly the serpentine walls (October 24, 1907); Fred S. Sorrenson asking permission to use selections from two of his speeches for a volume to be used in high school literary meets (July 3 and 8, 1930); Alderman to Professor C.M. Sparrow (June 19, 1922); Eugene Speicher (1883-?) concerning arrangements to have Alderman's portrait done (1921-1922); Cornelia Phillips Spencer (1825-1908) thanking him for the copy of his Memorial of Signer Hooper (May 13, 1895); Spencer Trask & Company; Eliza Dillon Spilman; James Sprunt; J.C. Squire; Dorothy Stanley; Alderman to Charles M. Steele requesting a donation for the hospital fund (April 4, 1907); Eugene Stevenson (1849-1928) asking if he was interested in the Chancellorship of New York University (September 30, 1910 and January 28, 1911); Matthew W. Stirling about Alderman's election as a charter member of the Geographic and Historical Society of the Americas (February 9 and 11, 1931); Albert A. Stone; Alderman to Ormond Stone concerning Mr. Ryan and philanthropy (October 14, 1908); Robert Strayer; Alderman to Aubrey E. Strode concerning his speech about the need for a women's college (December 7, 1909) and his request for information about Alderman's plans for the University (February 23, 1916); Governor of Virginia, Henry Carter Stuart (1855-1933) concerning Alderman's health and social remarks (May 7, 1914; November 10, 1915; December 26, 1917); Ruth McEnery Stuart (1849-1917) introducing Hugh Chisholm (1866-1924), editor of The Encyclopedia Britannica (January 2, 1902); R.Y Stuart (1883-1933) concerning the development of forestry (April 7, 1927); Harry T. Summersgill (April 24, 1930); W.B. Swaney asking Alderman to encourage Raleigh C. Minor, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Virginia, to use his book in his law classes (January 28, 1921); and Virginia Governor Claude A. Swanson appointing Alderman to a commission to preserve natural resources (March 18, 1908); congratulates Swanson and the State Board of Education for their very constructive recent educational work (June 28, 1909)
Box-folder 5:9
1903-1925 Correspondence: Dr. Charles Alphonso Smith (1864-1924) and Mrs. Smith, discusses the impact of the continued influence of Romanticism in the South on its history, including the Civil War, and up to the present (January 30, 1903); congratulates Alderman upon his election as President of the University of Virginia and urges him to accept for the sake of his career and the future of education in the South (June 17, 1904); Alderman lists his work that has been printed and reflects upon his career thus far (June 24, 1909); printed copies of correspondence concerning Smith's resignation as Edgar Allan Poe Professor of English in Alumni Bulletin (April 3, 13, 1917); writes he is unable to help Alderman with an estimate of Woodrow Wilson due to his illness (April 18, May 9, 1924); [Lucie?] M.H. Smith writes Alderman that her husband has an incurable liver disease and is expected to live for only a few weeks or months but is without pain and busy still giving lectures (April 29, May 20, 1924); and Alderman writes concerning the death of Smith (June 14, 1924)
Box-folder 5:10
1901-1902 Correspondence: Southern Education Board, chiefly Charles D. McIver, but also including one letter from H.S.G. Tucker, concerning the business of the organization, and notes for a talk at the [Philadelphia ?] Conference, November 1, 1902
Box-folder 5:11
1919-1922 Correspondence: Southern Railway Company executives, Alderman was a member of the Board of Directors of the Southern Railway, which office Alderman resigned on January 9, 1922
Box-folder 5:12
1926 Correspondence: Mark Sullivan (1874-1952), including a copy of a long and detailed letter from Alderman to Sullivan describing his early career and how he got into education and the history of educational change in the South after the devastation of the Civil War (July 3, 1926); Sullivan was writing a history of "Our Times" and asked for Alderman's input on the importance of the revival of education in the South
Box-folder 5:13
1900-1930 Correspondence: T, including James M. Taylor congratulates Alderman upon his marriage (February 2, 1904); Alderman to Dr. W.S. Thayer protesting the German deportation of Belgians for labor (December 19, 1916); Alderman to A.F. Thomas concerning the charges leveled against Senator Martin by Mr. Jones during the current election (August 23, 1911); Ashley H. Thorndike asking to include one of Alderman's after dinner speeches in one volume of Modern Eloquence (December 13, 1922); Alderman to Walter Tittle concerning his photographic "fish tale" (1928); C.W. Toms; Walker D. Toy; Dr. E.L. Trudeau; the Reverend Beverley D. Tucker, Jr.; Henry St. George Tucker (1853-1932) urging Alderman to make the requested speech in Albany, New York (January 5, 1912); Robert B. Tunstall enclosing three typescript copies of letters from Woodrow Wilson to Tunstall (November 30, 1910) and two letters from Alderman to Tunstall about the University raising endowment funds (November 28, 1919 and April 22, 1921); and Alderman to Lyon G. Tyler, President of William and Mary, describing his meeting with Andrew Carnegie (April 21, 1905)
Box-folder 5:14
1905-1915 Correspondence: William Howard Taft (1857-1930), Alderman congratulates Taft on his election and asks for a future appointment to discuss ways Taft could "get hold constructively of Southern life" (November 30, 1908); Taft will consider Dr. Joseph A. Holmes for the Directorship of the Mines (May 17, 1910); and Taft lectures at the University of Virginia (January 10, February 1, July 24, 1915) originals transferred to Vault
Box-folder 5:15
ca. 1912-1913 Correspondence: Katrina Trask (1853-1922), writer and co-founder with husband Spencer Trask of Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, New York, writes letter of sympathy and encouragement during Alderman's enforced stay at Saranac Lake, New York, due to tuberculosis
Box-folder 5:16
1924-1925 Correspondence: Elbert Lee Trinkle (1876-1939), Governor of Virginia, states to Alderman that he "immortalized yourself" with his oration on Woodrow Wilson in the House of Representatives (December 16, 1924); a typed copy of a letter from Alderman to Trinkle while he was vacationing in the Karlsbad [Czechoslovakia] area of Europe mentions talking with President Masaryk about the problems of small states in Central Europe, the support Trinkle has given to the University of Virginia while in office, and includes a memorandum and a list of suggestions for the Governor concerning taxation and education needs (summer 1925); and a copy of a letter from Alderman stating the advances made by the University during the administration of Trinkle (November 16, 1925)
Box-folder 5:17
1904-1930 Correspondence: U through V, including Senator Oscar W. Underwood (November 1, 1911; October 15, 1923); Underwood and Underwood [Photographers]; unidentified editor of the The World , New York (March 30, 1928); Alderman to Samuel Untermyer (1858-1940) asking for a Centennial donation and explaining why the University would be a worthy recipient (April 12, 1921); Henry van Dyke declining to speak at the University (September 12, 1905); Augustus Van Wyck concerning educational development in Brooklyn, New York (February 12, 1904); two letters from Alderman to Joseph Lee Vaughan concerning his lecture before the first year English students in Cabell Hall on books he had read (October 18 and November 15, 1930); Alderman to Marion J. Verdery sending a suggestion for the Deems Memorial Fund (February 9, 1916); Alderman to E.K. Vietor disagreeing over their interpretation of recent European history since 1815 (February 18, 1915); and Oswald Garrison Villard (1872-1949) referring to his recent speech with bitterest disappointment (March 8, 1904) and to Woodrow Wilson with excitement (March 14, 1913)
Box-folder 5:18
1895-1930 Correspondence: W, including Alfred Moore Waddell praises Alderman's address on William Kooper (May 12, 1895); copy of letter from Alderman to Rector Cyrus Harding Walker about the need for matching appropriations in the General Assembly (January 20, 1926); Knox Polk Walker, Infantry, AEF (May 24, 1918); Belle Ward, the Hartridge School, Plainfield, New Jersey; H.C. Warmoth; T.Herbert Warren; Alderman to Mrs. George W. Watts concerning the death of her husband (April 11, 1921); Alexander Wilbourne Weddell; Alderman to James B. Wells concerning the place of Latin at the University of Virginia (May 25, 1908); Alderman to Lt. Governor Junius Edgar West (1866-1947) about the progress of North Carolina and the need for Virginia to keep pace (December 6, 1922); Benjamin Ide Wheeler (1854 -1927) inviting Alderman to deliver the Charter Day address for 1903 (December 5, 1902); Andrew D. White; Edward Douglas White; William H. White, University Board of Visitors assuring Alderman of their concern during his recovery (November 29, 1912); George H. Whitten concerning Alderman's greeting to Murray and Miriam Boocock (October 15, 24, 25, 1930); Sir Frederick Whyte Christmas card (n.d.); Jane E. Whyte; John Langborne Williams (1831-1915) expressing his appreciation of Alderman's speech before the alumni on democracy (November 21, 1911); John Sharp Williams (1854-1932) unable to accept a speaking engagement (January 21, 1904) and gives his opinion of sectionalism versus nationalism in the life of the nation (January 14, 1905); Alderman to Lewis C. Williams urging him to put Stewart Bryan forth as the Chairman of the Finance Committee for the Association for Higher Education (March 14, 1927); Alderman to R. Gray Williams concerning his appreciation for the work of Governor Harry F. Byrd for education (March 23, 1926); Alderman to Mrs. Wilson concerning his trip to Europe (June 27, 1914); Colonel John M. Wilson, declining an invitation to the graduation exercises of the University of North Carolina (June 1, 1894); Alderman to R. Gray Williams giving his opinion of Governor Harry F. Byrd and the recent education bill (March 23, 1926); S.B. Woodfin; Alderman to Dr. C.G. Woodson concerning the "race problem" in America (February 3, 1921); and social letters from Dr. John A. Wyeth
Box-folder 5:19
1901, 1904 Correspondence: Booker T. Washington (1859-1915) writes about how encouraged he is by the work of men like Alderman, Dr. McIver, and Dr. Dabney in the field of Southern education, especially Alderman's suggestion in The Outlook concerning "the importance of having a sociological department endowed in several of the large white colleges in the South for the purpose of giving Southern white men the opportunity of making first hand investigations into the condition of the Negro." (December 4, 1901) and sends some statements prepared by Roscoe Conkling Bruce to answer some of the charges leveled in Governor [James K.] Vardaman's inaugural address and Alderman's questions concerning his statements about the Negro (January 27, 1904); Alderman's envelope with these materials is marked "The Negro and Crime Vardaman vs Washington" [1904]; originals transferred to Vault
Box-folder 6:1
1924-1930 Correspondence: Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (1872-1961), chiefly social notes to both Dr. and Mrs. Alderman, following the death of her husband, Woodrow Wilson, including her appreciation for their sympathy and Alderman's memorial speech before Congress, includes invitations, thank you notes, mentions of travel plans, such as a visit to Singapore and Japan (August 13, October 22, 1929); her interest in the preservation of Monticello (April 6, 1925); her trip to Venice, Italy (July 18, 1925); her pleasure at the success of the League of Nations over the Greek-Bulgarian war (November 2, 1925)
Box-folder 6:2
1931-1955, n.d. Correspondence: Edith Bolling Galt Wilson (1872-1961), continues the exchange of friendship almost to the end of the lives of Bessie Alderman and Edith Wilson, but number of items between them sharply reduce after the death of Edwin Alderman; mentions her trip to Poland as the guest of its President and where a monument to Woodrow Wilson will be dedicated (June 4, 1931)
Box-folder 6:3
1903-1924 Correspondence: Woodrow Wilson, includes Wilson's response to Alderman's question about the contribution of the South (January 29, 1903); Alderman tries to enlist the support of Wilson to the retirement application to the Carnegie Foundation of George T. Winston, President of North Carolina, A & M, and reviews Winston's contributions to education (April 21, 1908); Alderman's analysis of Virginia politics (November 25, 28, 1911); asks Alderman to have a talk with J.W. Fishburn of Charlottesville, a delegate from the Seventh Virginia District, to give him "a little tonic" (June 6, 1912); letters responding to suggestions of candidates for positions (March 17, 26, April 14, August 26, 1913; January 13, 1916; January 12, 25, 1917); legislation concerning the purchase of Monticello (March 1, 1915); appointment of Alderman to the International Commission for peace between Russia and the United States (William Jennings Bryan, May 8, 1915; June 1, 1915; and Robert Lansing, June 14, 1915); congratulations on Wilson's election (November 11, December 2, 1916); appointment of Alderman to the Board of Visitors, United States Naval Academy (January 30, 1917); Alderman praises Wilson's message to Congress defining United States war aims (January 11, 14, 1918) and his message to Congress at the conclusion of the War (December 14, 1918); opposes the resignation of Dr. Thomas Walker Page as Chairman of the United States Tariff Commission (March 6, 8, April 23, 28, 1920); the Honorary National Committee appointed in connection with the Centennial celebration of the University of Virginia (October 22, 1920); article by G. Lowes Dickinson in the Atlantic Monthly discussing Wilson (February 2, 1921); the Centennial celebration and one letter also mentioning the Woodrow Wilson portrait gift (April 19, 20, 30, December 29, 1921); Wilson recommends Stockton Axson for English literature professor (February 18, March 6, 1922); and notice of Woodrow Wilson's death to faculty and students (February 5, 1924); originals transferred to the Vault
Box-folder 6:4
1891-1914 Correspondence: George T. Winston (1852-1932), includes sympathy upon the death of Alderman's son (July 3, 1891); his opinion of the contributions of the South to American life (January 31, 1903); describes his own health (forced to retire on a Carnegie Pension due to ill health in 1908) and how much more he has learned and enjoyed life since his retirement from the world of education and the necessity of employing the theory of evolution in education (January 20, 1914)
Subseries B: Topical Correspondence
- Box-folder 6:5
  1903 January-March Correspondence responding to Alderman's question "What influence Southern men and Southern principles have had on the development of the national character?" possibly for a speech. Correspondents, in alphabetical order, include: Charles F. Adams; Henry Adams; Felix Adler; Edward Porter Alexander; Charles J. Bonaparte; William Garrott Brown; George Washington Cable; Winston Churchill (1871-1947), American novelist; Senator John W. Daniel; Charles B. Galloway (1849-1909); Walter B. Hill; Senator George F. Hoar; Grace King; Alexander K. McClure; Ashton Phelps; Thomas R. Price; Carl Schurz (1829-1906); Bishop Davis Sessums; N.S. Shaler; Albert Shaw; Hoke Smith; William M. Smith; Bishop John Lancaster Spalding; Hannis Taylor; William Peterfield Trent; Frederick J. Turner; Alfred M. Waddell; Thomas E. Watson; C.B. Wilmer; John S. Wise; and Owen Wister
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  1900-1901 Correspondence concerning Alderman's Tenure as President of Tulane University, chiefly with the alumni, faculty and deans of Tulane, including: Brown Ayres, Robert Bingham, R.K. Bruff, John Williamson Caldwell, Thomas Carter, Stanford Emerson Chaille, William Henry P. Creighton, John Hanno Deiler, J.H. Dillard, Brandt Van Blarcom Dixon, Charles E. Fenner, John R. Ficklen, Alcee Fortier, Grace King, Monte Lemann, J.W. Pearce, J.H. Rapp, Edward Richtor, William D. Rogers, Robert Sharp, W.B. Smith, George H. Terriberry, L.W. Wilkinson, William Woodward
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  1896 July-August 7 Correspondence congratulating Alderman upon his selection and inauguration as President of the University of North Carolina
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  1896 August 8-Dec Correspondence congratulating Alderman upon his selection and inauguration as President of the University of North Carolina
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  1897, n.d. Correspondence congratulating Alderman upon his selection and inauguration as President of the University of North Carolina
Box-folder 7:1
1904 Correspondence congratulating Alderman upon his selection as President of the University of Virginia, and including telegrams from Rector Charles P. Jones, J.M. Page, Chairman of the Faculty, and John S. Patton, on behalf of the General Alumni Association o f the University, with Alderman's replies, informing him of his election, arranged alphabetically by correspondent
Box-folder 7:2
1929-1930 Correspondence concerning the Bronze Bust of Alderman created by Sergei Konenkov, also includes speeches of acceptance by Robert B. Tunstall and William M. Thornton (June 9, 1930) and news clippings
Box-folder 7:3
1928 Correspondence concerning the charges made against the University of Virginia by the Reverend David Hepburn, Superintendent of the Virginia Anti-Saloon League, and the response of Alderman in a printed Open Letter to Governor Harry Flood Byrd and prohibition; for related news clippings see folder in Box 13(1 of 2 folders)
Box-folder 7:4
1928 Correspondence concerning the charges made against the University of Virginia by the Reverend David Hepburn, Superintendent of the Virginia Anti-Saloon League, and the response of Alderman in a printed Open Letter to Governor Harry Flood Byrd and prohibition; for related news clippings see folder in Box 13 (2 of 2 folders)
Box-folder 7:5
1903-1930 January Correspondence - Invitations and Requests
Box-folder 7:6
1930 February-May Correspondence - Invitations and Requests
Box-folder 7:7
1930 June-September Correspondence - Invitations and Requests
Box-folder 8:1
1930 October-December Correspondence - Invitations and Requests
Box-folder 8:2
1931-1932 Correspondence - Invitations and Requests
Box-folder 8:3
1931 April 30-May1 Correspondence - Letters of Condolence upon the Death of Edwin A. Alderman to Mrs. Alderman, for each day, alphabetically arranged by correspondent
Box-folder 8:4
1931 May 2-7 Correspondence - Letters of Condolence upon the Death of Edwin A. Alderman to Mrs. Alderman, for each day, alphabetically arranged by correspondent
Box-folder 8:5
1931 May 8-30 Correspondence - Letters of Condolence upon the Death of Edwin A. Alderman to Mrs. Alderman, for each day, alphabetically arranged by correspondent
Box-folder 8:6
1931 June-1932 Correspondence - Letters of Condolence upon the Death of Edwin A. Alderman to Mrs. Alderman, on each day, alphabetically arranged by correspondent, including a letter from Clarence N. Goodwin about talking with Alderman on the train during his last hours, January 19, 1932; this folder also contains typed lists of out-of-town callers, flower lists, letters to Mrs. Alderman, and telegrams sent to Mrs. Alderman
Box-folder 8:7
1930-1931 Correspondence concerning the Order of Crown of Italy given to President Edwin A. Alderman and Professor William A. Lambeth
Box-folder 9:1
1900-1931 Correspondence concerning Speeches and Articles by Alderman
Box-folder 9:2
1928 Correspondence concerning Speeches and Articles by Alderman - American Bankers Association and Related Materials
Box-folder 9:3
1929-1930 Correspondence concerning Speeches and Articles by Alderman - "Relations Between the Church and State Institutions of Higher Training" delivered to the Presbyterian Church
Box-folder 9:4
1930-1931 Correspondence concerning Speeches and Articles by Alderman - the Tribute to Thomas Jefferson on the Radio
Box-folder 9:5
1904-1931 Correspondence concerning the University of Virginia, including: a meeting to be held to form a College Entrance Examination Board for the state of Virginia (December 9, 1904); changes to the Summer School (January 1, 1907); a site for a memorial to Robert E. Lee (February 12, 1907); the University as a state institution and its funding (February 26, 1907); fund-raising (November 13, 1908; February 6, 1909; March 11, 1909; February 26, 1917); report of the Educational Commission created under Virginia state House bill #177 (January 10, 1910); the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (January 13, 1910); report on the current condition of the Department of Medicine (November 21, 1910); the Women's College issue (February 29, 1912; March 6, 1920; February 27, 1922); Elmer Irving Carruthers (1874-1952), letter from Alderman appointing Carruthers as Bursar (June 14, 1912); religion, church membership and number of teetotalers at the University (January 12, 1922; March 1, 1923); Virginia Quarterly Review (July 21, 1924); Alderman's refusal to accept the chancellorship of the University of Georgia (November 14, 1925); proposal for a School of Social Sciences (February 3, March 10, 1927); a proposed new library (June 3, 12, 1929); report of Department of Building and Grounds (January 10, 1931); and distribution of the Peabody Fund (n.d.)
Box-folder 9:6
1924-1925 Correspondence concerning Woodrow Wilson resulting from Alderman's requests of various persons to give their judgment of Wilson which he initiated before his speech about Wilson, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent - A through D, including: Lawrence Fraser Abbott, Stockton Axson, Newton Diehl Baker, Ray Stannard Baker, Bernard Mannes Baruch, Dr. Hugh Black, Union Theological Seminary, Tasker Howard Bliss, John Gutzon de las Mothe Borglum, Gamaliel Bradford, Louis Dembitz Brandeis, Robert Bridges, Eugene Clyde Brooks, Bainbridge Colby, Archibald Cary Coolidge, George Creel, Homer Stille Cummings, John William Davis, William Edward Dodd, and Cleveland Hoadley Dodge
Box-folder 9:7
1924-1925 Correspondence concerning Woodrow Wilson resulting from Alderman's requests of various persons to give their judgment of Wilson which he initiated before his speech about Wilson, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent - E through M, including: Charles William Eliot, Henry Burchard Fine, John Huston Finley, Harry Emerson Fosdick, Harry Augustus Garfield, Cary Travers Grayson, Thomas Watt Gregory, Arthur Twining Hadley, Norman Hapgood, William Hard, Florence Harriman, Archibald Henderson, Gilbert Monell Hitchcock, Edward Mandell House, Herbert Sherman Houston, John Holladay Latane, William Gibbs McAdoo, Vance Criswell McCormick, William Fraser McDowell, Thomas Riley Marshall, Edward Sanford Martin, Alexander Meiklejohn, Edwin Mims, Samuel Chiles Mitchell, and Robert Walton Moore
Box-folder 10:1
1924-1925 Correspondence concerning Woodrow Wilson resulting from Alderman's requests of various persons to give their judgment of Wilson which he initiated before his speech about Wilson, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent - N through W, including: Joseph Fort Newton, John Barton Payne, George Foster Peabody, Frank Lyon Polk, Roscoe Pound, Lindsay Rogers, Albert Shaw, Swagar Sherley, Kenneth Charles Morton Sills, Claude Augustus Swanson, Ida Minerva Tarbell, James Henry Taylor, Joseph Patrick Tumulty, Henry Van Dyke, William Allen White, and John Sharp Williams
Box-folder 10:2
1924-1925 Correspondence concerning Woodrow Wilson Speech given by Alderman delivered before Congress and printed in the Congressional Record , arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent - A through B
Box-folder 10:3
1924-1925 Correspondence concerning Woodrow Wilson Speech given by Alderman delivered before Congress and printed in the Congressional Record , arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent - C through F
Box-folder 10:4
1924-1925 Correspondence concerning Woodrow Wilson Speech given by Alderman delivered before Congress and printed in the Congressional Record , arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent - G through J
Box-folder 10:5
1924-1925 Correspondence concerning Woodrow Wilson Speech given by Alderman delivered before Congress and printed in the Congressional Record , arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent - K through Ma
Box-folder 10:6
1924-1925 Correspondence concerning Woodrow Wilson Speech given by Alderman delivered before Congress and printed in the Congressional Record , arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent - Me through R
Box-folder 10:7
1924-1925 Correspondence concerning Woodrow Wilson Speech given by Alderman delivered before Congress and printed in the Congressional Record , arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent - S through V
Box-folder 11:1
1924-1925 Correspondence concerning Woodrow Wilson Speech given by Alderman delivered before Congress and printed in the Congressional Record , arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent - W through Z
Box-folder 11:2
1924-1925 Correspondence concerning the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Address Publication, including the Memorandum of Agreement

Series II: Topical Files

Box-folder 11:3
1888, n.d. Address Books belonging to Edwin A. Alderman, one chiefly concerning London and Paris addresses and accounts
Box-folder 11:4
1936-1937 Alderman Alumni Fund Literature
Box-folder 11:5
1863, 1865, n.d. Alderman Family Papers, includes: a receipt for the purchase by George and James Alderman of a Negro slave named Paro, from Isabella C. McCall, for eleven hundred and five dollars, Wilmington, North Carolina; General Orders No. 4, April 11, 1865, issued by Camp Headquarters, 7 th Regiment North Carolina Home Guard, to Lt. James Alderman and Captain A.E. Hall, Company A, relieving the regiment of further duty by the Governor of the state; a mostly blank form appointing N.M Osborne as an attorney to subscribe in the Capital Stock of the Atlantic, Mississippi & Ohio Rail Road Company by surrender of stock in the Virginia & Tennessee Rail Road Company, 1872; autograph of General Ulysses S. Grant, n.d. (original transferred to the Vault - Autograph Collection); typescript of a letter from Thomas B. Macaulay to Randall, [May 23, 1857], as to why Macaulay did not have a high opinion of Thomas Jefferson nor reckoned him among the benefactors of mankind (n.d.)
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1904, 1908 Banquet Menus (Oversize Box 1)
Box-folder 11:6
[1878-1933] Bibliographies of Speeches and Articles by Edwin A. Alderman
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n.d. Biographical Sketch of Edwin A. Alderman by Peyton H. Hoge, a Presbyterian minister
Box-folder 11:8
1924 Biographical Sketch of Edwin A. Alderman in The National Cyclopedia of American Biography , with correspondence
Box-folder 11:9
[1916 December] Biographical Sketch of Edwin A. Alderman by Lindsay Rogers
Box-folder 11:10
1909 July Biographical Sketch of Edwin A. Alderman by C. Alphonso Smith
Box-folder 11:11
1904-1932 Biographical Sketches of Edwin A. Alderman - Miscellaneous authors
Box-folder 11:12
n.d. Bookplates for the Library of Edwin A. Alderman
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1910-1923 National Civic Federation; National Conference of Charities and Correction; World Court Congress; Win the War for Permanent Peace Convention; and the Centennial Celebration of the Monroe Doctrine; Blank Subscriber to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Endowment Fund certificate; (Oversize Box 1">Certificates appointing Alderman as a delegate to: National Civic Federation; National Conference of Charities and Correction; World Court Congress; Win the War for Permanent Peace Convention; and the Centennial Celebration of the Monroe Doctrine; Blank Subscriber to the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Endowment Fund certificate; (Oversize Box 1)
Box-folder 11:13
1931 May-August Death of Edwin A. Alderman - Alumni News
Box-folder 11:14
1931 June 13 Death of Edwin A. Alderman - Board of Visitors
Box-folder 11:15
1931 May 1 Death of Edwin A. Alderman - College Topics
Box-folder 11:16
1932 Death of Edwin A. Alderman - Commemorative Tribute by John Huston Finley for the American Academy of Arts and Letters; includes invitation to the Memorial Exercises where he delivered the tribute, a proof, and news clippings
Box-folder 12:1
[1931] Death of Edwin A. Alderman - Memorial adopted by the Alumni Board of Trustees, University of Virginia
Box-folder 12:2
1931-1932 Death of Edwin A. Alderman - Resolutions, Tributes, and Condolences from Groups and Organizations; a typed list of the various groups with the dates of their action can be found in the front of the folder
Box-folder 12:3
1931 Death of Edwin A. Alderman - Seven Society Message
Box-folder 12:4
1898 Feb 5-Apr 20 Diary of Edwin A. Alderman's "Journey to the Orient," a cruise including stops in Europe, along the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Constantinople, and Greece
Box-folder 12:5
1900-1916 Financial and Legal Papers
Box-folder 12:6
1917-1922 Financial and Legal Papers
Box-folder 12:7
1923-1933 Financial and Legal Papers
Box-folder 13:1
1919-1920 Financial and Legal Papers - "East Canaan [Account?] Book" recording orders for each Saturday
Box-folder 13:2
1924 Financial and Legal Papers -Megantic Fish and Game Corporation, [Maine], includes a topographical map of property owned or leased by the corporation, showing trails, ponds, streams and camps
Box-folder 13:3
1912 Financial and Legal Papers - Last Will and Testament of Edwin A. Alderman
Box-folder 13:4
1907-1931, n.d. Genealogy of the Alderman Family
1899-1912 Honorary degrees awarded to Edwin A. Alderman from Tulane University of Louisiana, Johns Hopkins University, Yale University, Harvard University, and the University of Pennsylvania (Oversize)
Box-folder 13:5
1905 Apr 13 Invitations to the Inauguration of Edwin A. Alderman as President of the University of Virginia
Box-folder 13:6
1904-1929 Invitations - Printed
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1921, 1929-1931 French Chevalier cross of the Legion of Honor (1929">Medals awarded to Edwin A. Alderman, including: French Chevalier cross of the Legion of Honor (1929); the distinguished cross of Serbia (1921); and Order of Crown of Italy medal (1930); Certificates for medal from Italy and Serbia (re-issued by Yugoslavia in 1931 since it was never received (see letters from Dr. Rosalie Slaughter Morton, January 30, April 6, 1932); certificates in Oversize Box 1
Box-folder 13:7
1905-1959, n.d. News clippings, including: dedication of Alderman Library (1938), the publication of Alderman's biography by Dumas Malone (1940), and the death of Bessie Alderman (1959)
Box-folder 13:8
1928-1929 News clippings concerning the charges made against the University of Virginia by the Reverend David Hepburn, Superintendent of the Virginia Anti-Saloon League, and the response of Alderman in a printed Open Letter to Governor Harry Flood Byrd and prohibition
Box-folder 13:9
1931-1933 News clippings - concerning the Search to Replace Edwin A. Alderman
Box-folder 13:10
1897-1926 News clippings concerning Speeches
Box-folder 13:11
1924 December News clippings concerning the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Address
Box-folder 13:12
1931 News clippings - Obituaries of Edwin A. Alderman - Charlottesville
Box-folder 13:13
1931 News clippings - Obituaries of Edwin A. Alderman - Out of State Newspapers
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1931 News clippings - Obituaries of Edwin A. Alderman - Out of State News clippings - Obituaries of Edwin A. Alderman - Richmond, Virginia Newspapers
Box-folder 14:2
1931 News clippings - Obituaries of Edwin A. Alderman - Virginia Newspapers
Box-folder 14:3
1931 News clippings - Obituaries of Edwin A. Alderman - Scrapbook
Box-folder 14:4
1908 March News clippings - Scrapbook concerning Alderman's Speech "The Growing South," Carnegie Hall, New York City
Box-folder 14:5
1926 Noell Bill and related papers concerning education, Noell was a member of the Virginia State Senate Committee on Public Institutions and Education
Box-folder 14:6
1889-1890 North Carolina Board of Education Record Books kept by Alderman as an Institute Conductor and Agent of the Board
Box-folder 14:7
ca. 1917-1918 Notebook kept by Edwin A. Alderman [while on board RMS Adriatic ] concerning Woodrow Wilson
Box-folder 14:8
1897-1926 Passports of Edwin A. Alderman (also two in Oversize Box 1)
Box-folder 14:9
1904, n.d. Photographs - Bessie Green Hearn Alderman
Box-folder 14:10
1904, n.d. Photographs - Edwin A. Alderman
Box-folder 14:11
1881-1904, n.d. Photographs - Edwin A. Alderman as a younger man
Box-folder 14:12
1930-1931 Photographs - Edwin A. Alderman - bronze bust created by Sergei Konenkov (1874-1971)
Box-folder 14:13
1916, n.d. Photographs - Edwin A. Alderman - prints and engravings
Box-folder 15:1
n.d. Photographs - Susan Jane Corbett and James Alderman, parents of Edwin A. Alderman
Box-folder 15:2
ca. 1908-1938 Photographs - Events, including Founders Day with Vincent Massey; Alumni gift of a silver service honoring Alderman's 25 th Anniversary with the University; the three Presidents of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Alderman, Harry W. Chase, and Francis P. Venable; dedication of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Tablet; visit of Ambassador James Bryce, Great Britain, to New York; Alderman standing by the seated statue of Thomas Jefferson; the clock in Alderman Library with dedication "This Building Erected in Memory of Edwin Anderson Alderman First President of the University of Virginia 1904-1931"
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1921 Photographs - Events - President Alderman and Faculty during the Centennial Celebration of the University of Virginia (Oversize Box 1)
Box-folder 15:3
1931 Photographs - Funeral of Edwin A. Alderman
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1909, n.d. Photographs - Miscellaneous, including: Daniel B. Fayerweather (n.d.); William Howard Taft and Alderman with a Group (1909); a "younger" Alderman at a podium with an unidentified group (n.d.); and a print of the "Last Supper" (n.d.) (Oversize Box 1)
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1904-1925 Photographs - Miscellaneous, including: Alderman, Rector and Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, who elected Alderman as President (1904); Alderman, Rector and Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, who elected Alderman as President (1904">Photographs - Miscellaneous, including: Alderman, Rector and Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia, who elected Alderman as President (1904); Alderman delivering his Woodrow Wilson Memorial Address before Congress (1924); the Assembly of the League of Nations, Geneva, Switzerland (1925); and a young Alderman with a group of male faculty or teachers in North Carolina (n.d.); (Oversize Box 1)
Box-folder 15:4
1903-1921, n.d. Photographs - New Orleans and Unidentified Vacations
Box-folder 15:5
n.d. Photographs - Marcus Cicero Stephens Noble
Box-folder 15:6
1907-1924 Photographs - University of Virginia
Box-folder 15:7
1914 Photographs - Vacations - Europe
Box-folder 15:8
1910-1926 Photographs - Vacations - Maine
Box-folder 15:9
1907-1928 Photographs - Vacations - New York and Miscellaneous
Box-folder 15:10
1896-1930, n.d. Printed, including some memorabilia items formerly removed from scrapbooks, such as entrance passes to the Republican and National Progressive Conventions of 1912; entrance passes to the League of Nations meetings; the British Museum Reading Room; and currency; and a speech by Dr. Charles W. Dabney "Summer School Address" (n.d.)
Box-folder 15:11
1924 Jan 5 Report - "Statistical Survey of Expenditures for Higher Education in Virginia" by Lloyd Morey
Box-folder 15:12
1893 U.S. Military Academy Board of Visitors Appointment for Edwin A. Alderman
Box-folder 15:13
1897 January 27 University of North Carolina - Inauguration of Edwin A. Alderman as President
Box-folder 16:1
1878-1879 University of North Carolina Lectures on Chemistry by Professor Fletcher Redd belonging to Edwin A. Alderman
Box-folder 16:2
1900 April 7, 17 University of North Carolina Resolutions by Board of Trustees and Faculty requesting Alderman to stay at Chapel Hill
Box-folder 16:3
1896-1897 University of North Carolina Scrapbook of Clippings "Facts about the University"
Box-folder 16:4
1921-1923 University of Virginia - Budget Statements
Box-folder 16:5
1927, 1929, n.d. University of Virginia Calendars
Box-folder 16:6
1897-1903 University of Virginia - Decision to Select a President to Head the University
Box-folder 16:7
1914 January University of Virginia - Hearing on Coordination Plan printed in Alumni Bulletin
Box-folder 16:8
1905 University of Virginia - Installation of Edwin A. Alderman as President
Box-folder 16:9
1912-1925 University of Virginia - Resolutions by the Rector and Board of Visitors and Others
Box-folder 16:10
1905-1920 University of Virginia - Statement of Conditions and Needs to the Virginia General Assembly
Box-folder 16:11
1906-1907 University of Virginia - Statement of Growth
Box-folder 16:12
1924 Yorktown Country Club, Yorktown, Virginia, Life Membership for Edwin A. Alderman

Series III: Speeches, Addresses, Articles by Alderman

Box-folder 17:1
1881 April 27 Speech "Ireland and Her Woes" delivered June 1 as a representative of the Dialectic Society at the University of North Carolina as a junior
Box-folder 17:2
1882 April 2 Speech -Senior Class Prophecy given at the Senior Class Tree Planting, University of North Carolina
Box-folder 17:3
1882 May 2 Speech "The Influence of Corporate Power" given at Commencement, the winning speech in the W.P. Magnum Oratory Medal Contest, University of North Carolina
Box-folder 17:4
1884 June 7 Response to a Toast at the First Reunion and Banquet of Lambda Chapter of the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity, Raleigh, North Carolina in Proceedings (print)
Box-folder 17:5
[ca. 1885?] Speech "[Men and Manners in] North Carolina One Hundred years Ago," delivered at the closing exercises of Bethel Academy [1878?], then later at Goldsboro, North Carolina; apparently this speech was given in various forms before dozens of local audiences
Box-folder 17:6
1886 Lecture "On Teaching History" Black Mountain, [North Carolina Teacher's Convention?]
Box-folder 17:7
1887 May 30 Memorial Address to the Ladies of the Memorial Association concerning the Confederate Soldier
Box-folder 17:8
1891 August 6 Article - "A Great Carolinian Archibald D. Murphey, the Father of Our Public Schools," with three letters, 1924-1925, from Alderman and his secretary seeking a printed copy of the article
Box-folder 17:9
1892 March 7 Article - "The Historic Awakening in N.C.," a news clipping of a speech given by Alderman in Greensboro and bound as small booklet between boards
Box-folder 17:10
1892 October 15 "An Address Delivered October 15, 1892 by Professor E.A. Alderman at the Guilford Battle Ground on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Monument to the Maryland Soldiers" (print)
Box-folder 17:11
1894 July 4 Address on the "Life of William Hooper: The Prophet of American Independence," Guilford Battle Ground (print)
Box-folder 17:12
1894 October Articles "The University Library" and "The University Summer Schools" in the University of North Carolina The Alumni Quarterly Volume I, No. 1
Box-folder 17:13
1896 Article "A Brief History of North Carolina" by Edwin A. Alderman (print)
Box-folder 17:14
[ca. 1896-1900] Speech "The State and Education," Durham, North Carolina, manuscripts
Box-folder 17:15
[1897 Apr] Speech on Childhood and the Christian State delivered at the First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, North Carolina, manuscript (incomplete and fragmentary)
Box-folder 17:16
[1897] September 14 Welcome Address of Alderman to the University of North Carolina Students, notes and news clipping
Box-folder 17:17
[1897?] Speech on Education while at North Carolina
Box-folder 17:18
1898 January Speech - David Gaston Worth Memorial Service at the University of North Carolina Chapel, printed in The University Record , Chapel Hill
Box-folder 17:19
1898 February 22 Speech - "Washington and Ideals" delivered on Washington's birthday on board the S.S. Aller , off the island of Malta
Box-folder 17:20
Ca. 1898 Speech Fragments while at North Carolina
Box-folder 17:21
[1898?] Notes on Egypt
Box-folder 17:22
[1890s] Speech dedicating a new High School at High Point, North Carolina - Notes
Box-folder 17:23
1900 [May 8-11] Speech delivered at the Southern Industrial Convention, Chattanooga, Tennessee, representing Tulane University, includes typescript and notes
Box-folder 17:24
1900 June [7] Farewell Address at Chapel Hill "The University of Today, Its Work and Needs" published in the North Carolina University Magazine
Box-folder 17:25
1900 June Article - "Four Things to Do" on Southern Education printed in North Carolina Journal of Education
Box-folder 17:26
1900 June Commencement Talk to the University of North Carolina Graduating Class
Box-folder 17:27
1900 [June?] Greetings to the Class of 1900, Tulane University of Louisiana
Box-folder 17:28
1900 October 15 Opening Address at Tulane University
Box-folder 17:29
1900 December 6 Speech on Public Education, called "Old Reliable" by Alderman; this version given at Norfolk, chiefly notes
Box-folder 18:1
1900 Speech "Obligations and Opportunities of Scholarship in the Southern States," also printed in the Proceedings of the National Educational Association
Box-folder 18:2
[1900] Opening Address at Tulane University - Notes for the speech written in pencil on a small pad
Box-folder 18:3
[1900?] Address in New Orleans to a group of businessmen, notes, manuscripts
Box-folder 18:4
1901 March 12 Inaugural Address by Edwin Anderson Alderman on Installation as President of Tulane University, Louisiana (print)
Box-folder 18:5
[1901 April 25] Speech on childhood [possibly a draft of "The Child and the State"?] delivered at a Conference in Athens, Georgia, and published in the Proceedings 5 th Conference for Education in South, pages 55-62
Box-folder 18:6
1901 [May?] Speech concerning the organization of Tulane University
Box-folder 18:7
[ca. 1901 June ?] Talk delivered at Tulane Night at the Theater "at the raising of the curtain"
Box-folder 18:8
1901 August 3 Article - "Education in the South" in Outlook , Volume 68, No. 14, pages 775-780 (print)
Box-folder 18:9
[1901 Fall] Address to the Tulane University Students, typescript
Box-folder 18:10
1901 November 7 Notes for [Waldorf Speech?], manuscript
Box-folder 18:11
1901 Speech on College Reading delivered to students at Tulane University
Box-folder 18:12
[1901?] Manuscript - "Some Principles in Curry's Educational Theory, as frequently expressed in his speeches and writings"
Box-folder 18:13
1902 February 14 Notes for "The Modern City"
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1902 February 22 Speech - Johns Hopkins Economic Association - Notes
Box-folder 18:15
1902 [March 12] Founder's Day Address "The University and the Community" delivered at Tulane University, incomplete copy (complete copy see F 221, Volumes 41 and 44)
Box-folder 18:16
[1902 October 31] Introduction of Principal Booker T. Washington, Tuskegee Institute
Box-folder 18:17
1903 April 26 Memorial Address - "J.L.M. Curry" delivered at Richmond, Virginia, under the auspices of the Conference for Education in the South, but also given at Boston later in the year, also in print
Box-folder 18:18
[1903 April 26] Address before the 7 th Conference for Education in the South, Richmond, Virginia, with a letter from W.[J.] Harris, Commissioner of Education, July 21, 1903, about the speech
Box-folder 18:19
1903 June 11 Report on Progress of the Educational Campaign in Southern Education (print)
Box-folder 18:20
1903 October 2 Address of E.A. Alderman made at the opening exercises of Tulane University as reported in The Daily Picayune
Box-folder 18:21
1903 November [11] Talk at Noon Assembly at Tulane University on "Some Tests of an Educated Man" in The Olive and Blue , includes printed material and manuscript drafts
Box-folder 18:22
1903 December 29 Address - "The Value of Southern Idealism" before the American Historical and American Economic Associations, typescript and print
Box-folder 18:23
1903 December 31 Annual Report of Edwin A. Alderman District Director Southern Education Board for Louisiana
Box-folder 18:24
1903 Speech - Founder's Day Address Tulane University
Box-folder 18:25
ca. 1903-1904 Speech drafts and notes concerning "Negro education"
Box-folder 18:26
1904 Speech concerning the Urban University - Drafts, Notes, and Clippings
Box-folder 18:27
[1904 January?] Notes and clippings for a speech on the race question
Box-folder 18:28
[1904 October ?] Speech for Columbia University Sesquicentennial celebration
Box-folder 18:29
1905 May Article - "School Men of the Hour" in American Education , including notes and clippings used for the article
Box-folder 18:30
1905June 28 Address - "Yale and the University of Virginia" delivered at the Yale Alumni Banquet, typescript and print
Box-folder 18:31
1905 July Response to a Toast "The Future of Our Alma Mater" in the University of Virginia Alumni Bulletin , print
Box-folder 18:32
1905 Summer Brief Speech to the Summer School of the University of Virginia, manuscript
Box-folder 19:1
1905 October 19 Acceptance Speech by Alderman at the Dedication of Madison Hall, typescript
Box-folder 19:2
1905 November 21 Speech - "The Making of a National Spirit" delivered at the 137 th Annual Banquet of the New York Chamber of Commerce, typescript and print
Box-folder 19:3
1905-1906 Report by Alderman to the Southern Education Board as a member of the Campaign Committee representing Virginia and Louisiana
Box-folder 19:4
1906 March 23 Charter Day Address "The Spirit of the South" delivered at the University of California, Berkeley, typescript and offprint, with a letter, September 17, 1923, from Alderman's secretary asking if the University of California has a copy of his speech
Box-folder 19:5
1906 May 4 Address "The Achievement of a Generation" delivered at the Conference for Education in the South, Lexington, Kentucky; printed in the South Atlantic Quarterly , typescript and print
Box-folder 19:6
1906 November 20 "In Memoriam Charles Duncan McIver," delivered at the Memorial Exercises, Greensboro, North Carolina, typescript and later reprint
Box-folder 19:7
1906 November 27 Speech - Summary of Alderman's speech delivered before the Virginia Society of St. Louis on the industrial progress of the South
Box-folder 19:8
1906 December 22 Speech "Sectionalism and Nationality" delivered before the New England Society, New York City at Waldorf-Astoria 101 st Anniversary Celebration, print
Box-folder 19:9
1906 Term Talks to University of Virginia Students, manuscript notes
Box-folder 19:10
1907 April 13 Speech and Statistics for Founder's Day, University of Virginia, typescript
Box-folder 19:11
1907 June 10 Acceptance Speech by Alderman at the Unveiling of the bronze Homeric group by Sir Moses Ezekiel, printed in the Alumni Bulletin July 1907
Box-folder 19:12
1907 June [11-12] Address of President Alderman at Finals
Box-folder 19:13
1907 June [11-12] Memoranda concerning meetings at Finals
Box-folder 19:14
1907 [June 19?] Opening Talk at the University of Virginia Summer School, manuscript and clippings used for the talk
Box-folder 19:15
1907 October Convocation Address "Freedom of the Mind" typescript
Box-folder 19:16
1907 October 26 Speech "The Growth of Public Education in America" delivered at the Jamestown Exposition and published in the Alumni Bulletin January 1908
Box-folder 19:17
1907 Speech concerning the South - Notes and clippings
Box-folder 19:18
1908 January 16 Speech "Reasons for a College Hour" delivered at the inauguration of College Hour, typescript and printed in Alumni Bulletin
Box-folder 19:19
1908 Mar 22 Address "The Growing South" delivered before the Civic Forum in Carnegie Hall, New York City, printed pamphlet
Box-folder 19:20
1908 Apr 13 Founder's Day Address introducing James Bryce in the University of Virginia Alumni Bulletin , printed
Box-folder 19:21
1908 September 28 Convocation Address, printed in Alumni Bulletin
Box-folder 19:22
1908 December 3 Statement by Letter to Egbert G. Leigh concerning the Memorial Meeting for Joseph Bryan, Richmond, printed in Alumni Bulletin
Box-folder 19:23
1908-1919, n.d. Finals - Miscellaneous Materials Used for preparation
Box-folder 19:24
[1908?] Speech "An Argument for the Creation of a State Geological Survey and its Proper Location"
Box-folder 19:25
[1908?] Prospectus for the Library of Southern Literature with Alderman as Editor in Chief with Joel Chandler Harris
Box-folder 19:26
1909 Jan 19 Address "Poe and the University" delivered in Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, published in the Alumni Bulletin , April 1909, printed
Box-folder 19:27
1909 February 4 Open Letter of President E.A. Alderman to Mrs. Norman V. Randolph, President of the Richmond Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Richmond, Virginia, concerning the Lee Essay Contest
Box-folder 19:28
[1909 February?] Speech concerning the success of the endowment fund drive
Box-folder 19:29
1909 Apr 13 Founder's Day Statement, published in the Alumni Bulletin , July 1909, printed
Box-folder 20:1
1909 May 19 Address "Virginia" delivered in response to the toast "Virginia," at the banquet given by the citizens of Petersburg, Virginia, to the President of the United States [William Howard Taft] and Pennsylvania Governor [Edwin Sydney Stuart], typescript and printed pamphlet, including a later printed edition, 1916, by Charles Scribner's Sons, and a news clipping about the book
Box-folder 20:2
1909 [Oct 6] Address "A Message from Virginia to Massachusetts" delivered at a dinner given at Harvard during the installation of President A.L. Lowell in printed in the Alumni Bulletin
Box-folder 20:3
1910 January Article "The University of Virginia as an Asset of the State" printed in Alumni Bulletin
Box-folder 20:4
[1910 January?] Statement "The Football Problem" published in the Richmond Times Dispatch and Alumni Bulletin
Box-folder 20:5
1910 [April 13] Speech - Proposed Founder's Day Welcome and Introductions, not held due to the illness of the speakers, typescript
Box-folder 20:6
1910 Jun 14 Speech for Alumni Dinner, manuscript
Box-folder 20:7
1910 Jun 15 Speech accepting the statue of Thomas Jefferson by Moses Ezekiel, printed in the Alumni Bulletin , August 1910
Box-folder 20:8
[1910 Jul 7] Speech "The Higher Education of Virginia Women" by Ormond Stone
Box-folder 20:9
[1910 August] Speeches delivered at the Presentation of a Loving Cup to Alderman by the Faculty, printed in Alumni Bulletin
Box-folder 20:10
1910 Oct Speech "Religious Ideals of the University," typescript, also printed in the Alumni Bulletin
Box-folder 20:11
[1910?] Essay on George Washington for the Library of Southern Literature , Volume 13, pages 5633-5638, printed
Box-folder 20:12
1911 Feb 22 Speech "The National Spirit" before the Washington Association of New Jersey, printed
Box-folder 20:13
1911 Apr 29 Speech "A Virginia Democrat" delivered at a reception given by the "Pewter Platter Club of Norfolk, Virginia, in honor of Woodrow Wilson, typescript, printed, and a news clipping
Box-folder 20:14
1911 May 15 Speech concerning a Co-ordinate College for Women given during University Hour, typescript and news clipping
Box-folder 20:15
1911 May Speech concerning the establishment of a college for the education of women, by the state of Virginia, preferably a Co-ordinate College located near the University and controlled by it; very similar speech to the one given during University Hour, perhaps for more general occasions
Box-folder 20:16
1911 Jun 14 Address at the Alumni Luncheon, manuscript
Box-folder 20:17
1911 Jun Address to the Class of 1911, printed in Alumni Bulletin , October 1911
Box-folder 20:18
1911 Oct 29 Memorial Address at Public Service for Edward Morse Shepard at the College of the City of New York, typescript and printed program
Box-folder 20:19
1911 Nov 3 Speech at the Inauguration of President Thomas Edward Hodges at the University of West Virginia, typescript
Box-folder 20:20
1911 Address before the Medical Association of Virginia and North Carolina at Newport News, Virginia, typescript, printed in the Alumni Bulletin , January 1918
Box-folder 20:21
1912 Feb 22 Speech "The Problem of Democracy" delivered at The University of Pennsylvania, typescript, printed, and news clipping
Box-folder 20:22
1912 [March 9] Address before the Alumni of Lynchburg, Virginia, explaining the University of Virginia entrance requirements and standards for graduation, according to the suggestion of R.C. Blackford in his letter to Alderman, dated February 19, 1912, and mentioning another future speech of Alderman to the [Lynchburg] Retail Merchants Association, includes notes for speech
Box-folder 20:23
1912 Apr 13 Founder's Day Speech, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
Box-folder 20:24
1912 May 16 Speech at the Jacob Tome Institute, Boarding School for Boys, Port Deposit, Maryland, typescript with some manuscript pages
Box-folder 20:25
1912 May 25 Speech accepting the Archer Christian Memorial Tablet, Christian died of a football injury on November 13 1909, typescript; also printed in the Alumni Bulletin , July 1912
Box-folder 20:26
1912 May 29 Speech at Davidson College, typescript
Box-folder 20:27
1912 Jun 4 Commencement Address at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, typescript and printed program
Box-folder 20:28
1912 June, 1915-16 Notes and Drafts for Finals Speeches, typescript and clipping; also printed in Alumni Bulletin (dates taken from printed item and notation on old folder)
Box-folder 21:1
1912 Jul 2 Statement "Tribute from Alma Mater to Her Son; Woodrow Wilson" published in Richmond Times Dispatch , typescript and news clipping
Box-folder 21:2
1912 Sep 28 Speech - Opening Convocation of the 88 th Session of the University of Virginia, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin , October 1912
Box-folder 21:3
1912 Oct 16 Speech to University of Virginia students delivered at College Hour
Box-folder 21:4
1912 Report of the Virginia Education Commission , Edwin A. Alderman, Chairman, (his copy)
Box-folder 21:5
1912, n.d. Notes and Drafts of Speeches on the Proposed Women's College, manuscripts and printed
Box-folder 21:6
1914 [Feb 14] Memorial Speech concerning Alcee Fortier (1856-1914)
Box-folder 21:7
1914 April 13 Founder's Day Speech sent by Alderman while away at Saranac, New York, and printed in Alumni Bulletin
Box-folder 21:8
1914 October 2 "A War Letter by President Alderman" addressed to Mrs. Schieffelin and published in the Alumni Bulletin , January 1915
Box-folder 21:9
1914 November 23 Address "The Causes of the European War," typescript and printed; later published in the Alumni Bulletin January 1917
Box-folder 21:10
1914 November 30 Speech given at the Faculty Dinner (Summary), typescript
Box-folder 21:11
1915 January 15 Speech before the North Carolina Legislature, Raleigh, North Carolina, typescript
Box-folder 21:12
1915 February 12 Printed Letter from Alderman concerning the purchase of Monticello
Box-folder 21:13
1915 March 31 Article "The Need of Co-operation between the University and the State, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
Box-folder 21:14
1915 April 13 Founder's Day Address and Acceptance Speech at the Unveiling of the bronze statue of a seated Thomas Jefferson by Karl Bitter and given by Charles R. Crane, New York, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin , April 1915
Box-folder 21:15
1915 April 21 Address "Education and Public Service" delivered at the inauguration of Dr. Edward K. Graham (1876-1918) as President of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1915 June 16 Speech at Finals, including Alderman's Greeting to the Alumni, typescript, printed in the Alumni Bulletin , and a news clipping about the visit of Governor Henry Carter Stuart
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1915 Summer Summer School Speech, including a summary of the Montessori System, manuscript and typescript
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1915 September 30 Convocation Speech printed in Alumni Bulletin
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1915 October 12 Printed Letter concerning Alderman's Strong Plea for Military Preparedness printed in Alumni Bulletin and in The Richmond News Leader
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1915 November 9 Speech "Can Democracy Be Organized?" delivered before the State Literary and Historical Association of North Carolina, typescript and printed pamphlet
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1915 November 26 Memorial Address "Robert Curtis Ogden (1836-1913), Volunteer Statesman," delivered at the Ogden Memorial Meeting, Richmond, Virginia, typescript and printed in Alumni Bulletin
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[1915] Speech concerning "What a President Does" delivered to the University of Virginia Students, typescripts
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1916 January 1 Speech "President Alderman's New Year Wish to the Student Body for 1916, typescript
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1916 February 29 Speech at Lynchburg, Virginia, concerning democracy in America and the impact of the Great War, typescript
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1916 April 13 Founder's Day Address, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1916 May 5 Speech - Greetings to the University of Virginia Alumni in New York City, typescript
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1916 May 11 Speech delivered at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia, typescript
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1916 June 14 Finals Speech, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1916 June 16 Speech delivered to the Alumni, typescript
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1916 October 3 Convocation Address, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1916 December 4 Speech "What Students Owe to the University" concerning gambling, delivered during College Hour, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1916 December 21 "A Brief Report from Dr. Alderman, printed in [ Alumni Bulletin ?]
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1916 December 25 Christmas Greetings to Alumni, typescript and printed
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1916 Speech concerning a Co-ordinate College for Women and Related Material, typescript, printed, correspondence, and news clippings; letters are from the Chairman of the Central Committee [of the Virginia Legislature?], December 24, 1915 and Silas C. Mitchell, January 7 and 13, 1916, all to Alderman about the establishment of a woman's college in Virginia
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[1916?] Thoughts on the subject of the Graduate Department of the University to the Faculty
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[1916?] Alumni Address, typescript
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1917 February 8 Speech delivered before the Virginia Press Association, at the University of Virginia, typescript
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1917 Mar 30 Speech delivered at a University Mass Meeting concerning the entry of the United States into World War I and mentioning the death of James McConnell and plans to establish a unit of the Officers' Reserve Training Corps at the University, typescript
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1917 April 5 Speech "Democracy and Patriotism" delivered on the occasion of the centenary of the First Presbyterian Church, Wilmington, North Carolina, including typescript, manuscript, correspondence (November 1916) inviting Alderman and President Woodrow Wilson to speak, tentative program, clippings concerning religious education, and a news clipping concerning Alderman's speech
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1917 April 13 Founder's Day Address, typescript
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1917 May 15 Speech delivered at the College of Charleston, South Carolina, typescript
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1917 May Speech from "French Schools in War Time" in French, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1917 June 1 Finals Speeches, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1917 June Article "A Message to Students - Alumni - Parents" concerning the impact of the war upon the colleges and universities of the United States; typescript, printed pamphlet, and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1917 Sep 24 Speech "Farewell to Monticello Guard" typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1917 Sep 25 Speech Opening Address delivered at the Y.M.C.A., typescript
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1917 Oct 4 Convocation Address "The War and Education" typescript, printed in the Alumni Bulletin , and a news clipping concerning the speech
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1917 Oct [5?] Tribute to Dr. Charles William Kent (1860-1917), printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1917 Nov 8 Speech delivered at the Albemarle Survey Exhibit, in the Armory of Charlottesville, typescript
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1917 Dec 25 Christmas Greetings to Alumni, typescript, printed in the Alumni Bulletin , and broadside
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1917 Article "A Note on Civilian Headships" in Report of the Board of Visitors to the United States Naval Academy
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1917 Article "The Function and Needs of Schools of Education in Universities and Colleges" printed in Publications of the General Education Board Occasional Papers No. 4 and Alumni Bulletin April 1918
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[1917] Speech beginning "There is but one theme for a public address in these days and that theme is one's country" concerning patriotism
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1918 Feb 3 Address delivered at John Marshall High School, a later version of "Can Democracy Be Organized?" typescript and news clipping
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1918 April 13 Founder's Day Address, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1918 Jun 11 Finals Speech, typescript, printed in the Alumni Bulletin , and a news clipping
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1918 [October 26] Tribute to Edward Kidder Graham, manuscript
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1918 [October] Address "The University of Virginia as a Military Camp" to the Officers and Men of the Students Army Training Corps [at Convocation?], typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1918 Dec 25 Christmas Greetings to the Alumni, typescript, including a print version from the University of Virginia European Bureau
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1918 Dedication in The Corks and Curls , typescript
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1919 Apr 12 Founder's Day Address "The University and Reconstruction," typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1919 April 25 Speech at the Memorial Service for Ambassador Walter Hines Page (1855-1918), typescript
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19[19] June 30 Answer to Symposium question "If you were a young man today what business would you go into and why?" in The World
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1919 June Finals Speech, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1919 October 2 Convocation Address "A Call to Service" and Introduction of Dr. William Lyon Phelps, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1919 November 21 Presentation Address at the Unveiling of the Lewis and Clark Statue, Midway Park, Charlottesville, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin , with a printed program of the Unveiling Exercises
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1919 Dedication in The Corks and Curls , typescript
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1919 Introduction to Education and Citizenship and Other Papers by Edward Kidder Graham, offprints
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[1919] Report of Organizing Committee of the National Committee of the United States for the Restoration of the [Library] of the University of Louvain, typescript
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1920 April 13 Founder's Day Address, typescript, printed in the Alumni Bulletin and in the Supplement to the University of Virginia Alumni News
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1920 April 16 Address to High School Principals, typescript
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1920 April 22 Speech before the School of Citizenship, Virginia Women Voters, typescript
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1920 June 15 Finals Speech, typescript and program for graduating exercises
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1920 June Finals Speech "A Farewell Message from President Alderman to the Graduating Classes" typescript, print, and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1920 September 30 Convocation Address, typescript and printed in the Alumni Bulletin
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1920 November 11 Remarks during College Hour, remembering the conclusion of the Great War and the sixty-eight University of Virginia alumni and students who lost their lives in World War I, typescript
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1920 November Message printed on the program for the Virginia-North Carolina Football Game at Thanksgiving, typescript
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1920 December 18 Article "One Man's Secret of Success" from The Independent about David Franklin Houston (print), with letter from a secretary, June 16, 1924, asking for the copy; includes requested materials about Houston's career sent by Alderman's request, listed in a letter, February 19, 1920
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1920 December 25 Christmas Greetings to the Alumni, typescript and printed
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1920 December "The President's Page" in Alumni News , typescript and printed
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[1920?] Memorandum for Alumni Address, typescript
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[ca. 1920] Letter to the Editor of the Richmond News Leader , Douglas S. Freeman, concerning the recommendation of Governor Westmoreland Davis for the Legislature pass legislation to appoint a Commission on Medical Education in Virginia, typescript
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[1921 Jan 6?] Speech on Co-education at the University of Virginia, typescript
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1921 Jan 14 "The President's Page" in Alumni News , typescript
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1921 Feb "The President's Page" in Alumni News , typescript
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1921 May 31-June 3 Program and Invitation for the Centennial Celebration at the University of Virginia, printed
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1921 May Statement concerning the Medical School printed in the Supplement to University of Virginia Alumni News
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1921 June 1 Welcome Address to the Centennial Celebration at the University of Virginia, typescript
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1921 June 2 Introductions of Professor John Bassett Moore and British Ambassador Sir Auckland Geddes at the Centennial Celebration at the University of Virginia, typescript
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1921 June 3 Speech accepting the Centennial Gift of the Alumni Fund
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1921 June 3 Centennial Address to the Graduates of the University of Virginia Class of 1921, delivered in the Amphitheater, typescript and printed in The Alumni Bulletin
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1921 June 18 & 29 Article "The Centenary of the University of Virginia" in The Outlook , typescript and printed
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[1921 June 23?] Article "The University of Virginia and Medical Education, printed pamphlet"
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1921 Sep 29 Convocation Address delivered in the Amphitheater, typescript
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1921 October 14 Welcome Address to the Shriners of Virginia at the University of Virginia, typescript
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1921 October 19 Speech at the Unveiling of the Statue of Stonewall Jackson by Charles Keck, given by Paul Goodloe McIntire to the City of Charlottesville, typescript
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1921 October Speech concerning the Alumni Goal for the Centennial Gift, typescripts
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1921 Nov 3 Acceptance Speech at the Unveiling of the George Rogers Clark Statue by Robert Aitken, given by Paul Goodloe McIntire to the University of Virginia, typescript and printed in The Alumni Bulletin
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1921 Nov 11 Remarks on Armistice Day, typescript
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1921 Nov 16 Article "The Meaning of Universities" published in World's Work Council Table , Volume 43, pages 248-251, letter and typescript
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1921 November 22-23 Speech before the [Teacher's Association] Education Meeting, Richmond, Virginia, typescript and printed
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1921 November Christmas Message to Alumni, printed in Alumni Bulletin
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1921 Centennial Dedication in The Corks and Curls , typescript
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1922 Jan 26 "The Address of the President of the University before the Joint Committee on Schools and Colleges of the General Assembly of Virginia" printed pamphlet and printed in Alumni Bulletin and a pamphlet
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1922 April 13 Founder's Day Address spoken in Cabell Hall, typescript and printed in Alumni Bulletin
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1922 May 29 Address at the Semi-Centennial Exercises of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, typescript
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1922 June 13 Finals Address to the Graduating Class of 1922, typescript, with a letter from the secretary of Arthur Morris requesting a copy of the speech, December 31, 1925
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1922 October 16 Convocation Address, typescript
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1922 November 8 Book Review "A Great Ambassador A Personal Impression" by Alderman for "The Book Table" in The Outlook for The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page by Burton Hendrick
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1922 December Christmas Message to Alumni, typescript and printed in Alumni News
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1922 December Address delivered before the Virginia Horticultural Society Convention at Charlottesville, typescript, with two letters, December 26, 1922 and January 4, 1923, about the speech
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1923 January Article "A Personal Remembrance" concerning Thomas Nelson Page, typescript, but also printed in Alumni Bulletin , January 1923
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1923 February 9 Speech at the United States Naval Academy, typescripts
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1923 June 12 Commencement Address, printed in Alumni Bulletin
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1923 June Article "A Madison Letter and Some Digressions" typescript and printed, a reprint from the Alumni Bulletin; it was originally published in The North American Review
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1923 Sep 27 Convocation Address, typescript
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1923 Dec 3 Address "James Monroe" delivered at Monroe Doctrine Centenary, Richmond, Virginia, typescript and printed in Alumni Bulletin July-August 1924
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1923 Dec 5 Paper "Virginia and Higher Education" read before the Institutions of Higher Education, typescript and printed in Alumni Bulletin April 1924
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1923 Dec 25 Christmas Message to the Alumni, typescript and printed in Alumni Bulletin December 1923
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1924 Jan-Feb Tribute to Charles William Eliot for Review of Reviews , typescript, including correspondence with Albert Shaw, editor, asking Alderman for a contribution to his magazine about Eliot for his 90 th birthday
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1924 Feb 2 Tribute to Woodrow Wilson in the Richmond News Leader , typescript and correspondence with Douglas Southall Freeman about his tribute
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1924 Feb 4 Tribute to Woodrow Wilson for The Outlook , typescript and correspondence with the editor, Ernest H. Abbott
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1924 Feb [11] Article "The University of Virginia: A Record of Growth" written for The Progress-Index of Petersburg, Virginia, typescript and a letter from Walter Edward Harris
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1924 Feb 14 Speech in Support of Higher Education in Virginia delivered before the Joint Meeting of the Committees of the General Assembly of Virginia concerning a bond issue, etc., typescripts
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1924 Mar 13 Speech at the Unveiling of the Monument to Governor Brantley Aycock, typescript, paste-up and print version for The Journal of Social Forces , printed in the Raleigh, North Carolina The News and Observer , including correspondence about the speech
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1924 Apr 7 Speech delivered at the Dinner to the Board of Governors of the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Hotel Commodore, New York City, typescripts, printed program, and correspondence about his address
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1924 April 12 Founder's Day Address, Cabell Hall, typescript and printed in Alumni Bulletin , July 1924; including the Founder's Day Address by John Holladay Latane "Jefferson's Influence on American Foreign Policy"
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1924 May 13 Speech delivered at Unveiling of Jefferson Bust, Hall of Fame, New York University, typescript, printed in Alumni Bulletin , July 1924, printed program, photograph of the Jefferson bust signed by the sculptor, and correspondence about the address
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1924 May 20 Speech delivered at the Warrenton, Virginia, Library, typescript and correspondence about the speech
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1924 May 21 Speech delivered at the Unveiling of the Statue of Robert E. Lee conceived by Henry Shrady and executed by Leo Lentelli in Lee Park, Charlottesville, Virginia, typescript, printed in Alumni Bulletin , October 1924, and a letter from Jessica Smith about the flag used during the unveiling of the statue given by Paul Goodloe McIntire
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1924 June 10 Finals Day Speech delivered in Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, on Democracy, typescript and printed in Alumni Bulletin
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1924 October 2 Convocation Speech, delivered in Cabell Hall, University of Virginia, typescript and printed in Alumni Bulletin
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1924 November 27 Speech for Football Mass Meeting at the Virginia Carolina Game, manuscript
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1924 Dec 1 House Concurrent Resolution 30 concerning the Memorial Exercises for Woodrow Wilson, printed with letter, December 4, 1924, from Leroy S. Boyd with advice to Alderman about his address
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1924 Dec 15 Woodrow Wilson Memorial Address delivered before Congress, typescript copy
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1924 Dec 15 Woodrow Wilson Memorial Address delivered before Congress, copy used in speaking, typescripts, one with a note that brackets indicate he will leave out in speaking to save time but will include in the printed version
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1924 Dec 15 Woodrow Wilson Memorial Address delivered before Congress, Advance Galley Proofs, Corrected Copy
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1924 Dec 15 Woodrow Wilson Memorial Address delivered before Congress, card admitting the Bearer [Alderman] to the Floor of the House of Representatives and printed versions of the speech, including Senate Document No. 174; a copy printed in University of Virginia Alumni News , January 1925; Congressional Record Volume 66, No. 13; and a later printed version published by the Modern Eloquence Corporation, 1926
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1924-1925 Woodrow Wilson Memorial Address - Materials collected by Alderman about Wilson and Lists of Persons requesting tickets to the event and copies of the speech
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1924 December 25 Christmas Message to Alumni, typescript and printed in Alumni Bulletin
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1924-1925 Editorials for the Cosmos Newspaper Syndicate, typescripts, including "The Growth of the South"; "The Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom"; "Our Debt to George Washington"; "What is Democracy"; "Our Debt to Thomas Jefferson"
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1925 Jan 24 Speech to the Service Citizens Association of Delaware delivered at DuPont dinner, Wilmington, Delaware, typescript
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1925 April 8 Article sent to [George Willis] Guy to be used in the May Campaign for Higher Education, typescript
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1925 April 12 Article "The Nation Exalts Jefferson" published in The New York Times , typescripts and copy of the article
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1925 April 13 Founder's Day Speech and Introduction of Robert B. Tunstall, typescripts and printed in The Alumni News Bulletin Supplement , April 1925
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1925 April 27 Speech concerning Whiskey and Law Enforcement, manuscript
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[1925 April] Paper on "Edgar Allan Poe and the University of Virginia" for the 1 st number of the Virginia Quarterly Review , incomplete typescript
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1925 June 1 Speech at Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland, typescript (incomplete)
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1925 Jun 16 Finals Day Speech to Graduates, typescript, clipping, and printed in The Alumni News Bulletin Supplement , July 1925
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1925 October 8 Convocation Address, typescripts
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1925 October 12 Address delivered at the Semi-Centennial Celebration of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, typescripts
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1925 November 25 Address "The Present State of Higher Education in Virginia" delivered before the Virginia Educational Conference at Norfolk, Virginia, typescripts, printed in The Alumni News , December 1925, The Virginia Teacher , January 1926, as a pamphlet by the Central Committee Institutions of Higher Education in Virginia, with some correspondence about its publication
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1925 December 7 Statement by Alderman for a news release concerning the Medical School Addition, manuscript
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1925 December 25 Christmas Greeting to Alumni, typescript and printed in The Alumni News , December 1925
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[1926 March 19-20?] Address delivered to the Association of Social Science and Social Research Workers in the South, typescript
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1926 April 13 Founder's Day Address, typescript and printed in The Alumni News Bulletin Supplement , April 1926
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1926 April 13 Remarks delivered at the laying of the cornerstone of St. Paul's Memorial Church, typescript
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1926 May 26 Commencement Address delivered at the Waldorf-Astoria to the Graduates of Miss Spence's School for Girls, New York City, various drafts, correspondence, and a clipping of Alderman's letter to the Richmond Times Dispatch responding to some controversy about his remarks
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1926 June 15 Finals Address "Magnanimitas" typescript and printed pamphlet
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1926 June 28 [Commencement] Speech delivered at the Hill School, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, typescripts
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1926 July 4 Speech delivered upon the awarding of the Jefferson Medal to Claude G. Bowers (1879-1958) and Speech introducing the Reverend Dr. Joseph Fort Newton who spoke at the Memorial Meeting at the University of Virginia Amphitheatre, typescripts
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1926 October 15 Convocation Address, typescripts and printed in The Alumni News , December 1926
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1926 November 12 Speech "What Constitutes an Educated Man or Woman" delivered [?] in Bronxville, New York, manuscript and typescripts; also a typed statement replying to criticisms of his speech [also given at Spence School, New York?] by D. Sam Cox and Hugh White in the newspapers
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1926 [November 24] Notes for a Speech for a Mass Meeting Day before the University of North Carolina-Virginia Football Game, manuscript
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1926 November 27 Speech "Virginia" delivered at the dedication of the Phi Beta Kappa Memorial at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, and the observance of the Sesquicentennial Anniversary of Phi Beta Kappa, typescripts, printed in The Phi Beta Kappa Key , January 1927, pages 369-374
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1926 December 7 Address to the Fruit Growers, manuscript
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1926 December 7 Christmas Greeting to the Alumni, typescript
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1927 January 12 Speech "The New Europe and the New Germany" delivered at University Hour, typescripts
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1927 March 2 Tribute to Sarah Goins, "A Loyal Servant," news clipping from The Daily Progress
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1927 April 13 Founder's Day Address, typescript and printed from The Alumni News Bulletin Supplement
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1927 April "A Human Episode with a Foreword" published in The Virginia Quarterly Review , typescript
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1927 June 14 Finals Speech "Freedom of the Mind," typescript and printed from The Alumni News Bulletin , program and news clipping, and published as a separate pamphlet
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1927 December 9 Article "An Expression of Dr. Alderman's Views on Italian Culture" sent to Dr. Richard Henry Wilson (1870-1948)
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1927 December 15 "The President's Page" typescript; printed in The Alumni News
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1927 December 19 "Introduction" for Jefferson and Monticello by Paul Wilstach, manuscript and typescript
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1927 December 25 Christmas Message to the Alumni, typescript
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[1927] Notes and Drafts of Speeches concerning the League of Nations and Europe, manuscript and printed pamphlet "The Front Door to the League of Nations An Address" by Manley O. Hudson
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1928 January "The President's Page" typescript; printed in The Alumni News
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1928 March 4 Speech for 50 th Anniversary Celebration of the Pastorate of Dr. George Laurens Petrie (1840-1931) in the Charlottesville Presbyterian Church, typescript and printed in Presbyterian of the South
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1928 March 7 Report Submitted by the Chairman [Alderman], Subcommittee on Education Second Meeting of the Advisory Council of the National Broadcasting Company, typescript and printed
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1928 April 19 Speech "Alpha Omega Alpha," typescript
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1928 June 11-12 Finals Speeches to Graduates and Alumni, typescripts
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1928 June 19 Greetings to Summer School, typescript
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1928 October 2 Speech "The Strength of Democracy" delivered before the American Bankers Association Convention, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, typescripts and printed in The Tarheel Banker , November 1928, Volume VII, No. 5
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1928 October Convocation Speech, typescript
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[1928] Nov 13 Speech for the [International] Goodwill Congress and 13th annual meeting, American Council, New York, New York, November 11-13, undelivered by Alderman, typescripts
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1928 November Article "Defining an Alumnus and His Duties to His Alma Mater" sent to Cornell Alumni Association, typescript
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1928 December 5 "A Letter from President Edwin Anderson Alderman to Governor Harry Flood Byrd," concerning prohibition and the charges of drinking at the University of Virginia, printed in The Alumni News and as a separate pamphlet
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1928 December 25 Christmas Message to the Alumni, typescript
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1928 December 28 Letter to Richmond Times Dispatch concerning what Alderman wanted the year 1929 to bring to the Commonwealth of Virginia
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1928 Notes for a campaign speech on Alfred E. Smith, manuscript
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1929 January Speech to the Richmond Alumni - Notes and typescript
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1929 March 4 Statement sent to RCA concerning the radio, typescript
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1929 April 13 Founder's Day Address and Introduction of the Honorable Vincent Massey, Canadian Minister to the United States, typescript and printed in The Alumni News
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[1929 April 13?] Introduction of Guest Speaker Dr. George Edgar Vincent (date is written on manuscript but Vincent was not the Founder's Day speaker for 1929)
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1929 April 17 Speech to New York Alumni, New York City, manuscript and typescript
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1929 May 24 Memorandum on the Needs of the University of Virginia in response to a request from Douglas Southall Freeman to use in his article "Appraisal of Virginia," typescript
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1929 May 28 Commencement Speech at the Medical College of Virginia, typescript
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1929 June 10 Speech at the Alumni Luncheon accepting the Alumni gift, typescript and printed in The Alumni News
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1929 June 10-11 Finals Speeches to Graduates and Alumni and Introduction of Governor Harry F. Byrd, typescripts and clipping about the celebration of Alderman's 25 th Anniversary at the University of Virginia
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1929 June 21 Speech "Science and Research in the Service of Business" delivered at the Virginia Bankers Association Meeting, Old Point Comfort, Virginia, typescripts and printed in the University of Virginia Record Extension Series
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1929 August Article "What Mean You by Excellence" in Alumni Bulletin of the University of North Carolina, possibly by Alderman, whose picture is on the first page with the article, printed
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1929 October 7 Welcome Speech to the Women's Christian Temperance Union, typescripts
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1929 October 13 Greetings from Alderman regretting his absence at homecoming time in North Carolina, printed in The News and Observer , Raleigh, North Carolina
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1929 October 22 Speech for the Dedication of the Medical Building, typescript, news clipping, and printed in The Alumni News
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1929 October Convocation Speech, typescripts
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1929 November 20 Speech at the Dedication of Salle Lafayette [French Room in the Romance Pavilion] and its acceptance by the University of Virginia, typescripts, news clippings, and printed in The Alumni News and College Topics
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1930 January Report Submitted by the Chairman [Alderman], Subcommittee on Education Meeting of the Advisory Council of the National Broadcasting Company, typescript
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1930 February 4 Notes for the Speech concerning a Liberal Arts College for Women delivered before the [General Assembly?], Richmond, Virginia, manuscript
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1930 February 28 Statement concerning Adult Education, typescript
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1930 April 13 Founder's Day Address, typescript
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1930 April 14 Radio Speech - Tribute to Thomas Jefferson, typescripts, press release, and news clippings
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1930 May 26 Speech "Relations Between the Church and State Institutions of Higher Training" delivered before the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States in Session at Charlottesville, Virginia, typescripts, printed pamphlet and printed in The Christian Observer , news clippings
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1930 May 26 Speech "Relations Between the Church and State Institutions of Higher Training" - Material Used in Preparation of the Speech
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1930 June 9-10 Finals Speeches to Graduates and Alumni and Introduction of Murray Mason McGuire, typescripts
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1930 August 3 Address of Welcome to the Fourth Institute of Public Affairs, typescripts
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1930 August 11 Acceptance Speech for the Portrait of Charles Gilmore Maphis (1865-1925), painted by Seymour Millais Stone (1877- ), and given by Chester DeWitt Pugsley (1887- ), typescript
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1930 October 5 Convocation Address, typescript
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1930 October [25] Greetings to Washington and Lee University upon the Inauguration of Francis Pendleton Gaines, typescript
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1930 October 30 Speech before the Optical Society of America, typescript
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1930 December 7 Acceptance Speech for the Commemorative Tablet honoring William Barton Rogers, typescript
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1930 December 29 Welcome Speech to the American Philosophical Association Eastern Division, typescript
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[1930] Greetings to Francis Pendleton Gaines as President of Washington and Lee University, typescript
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[ca. 1930] Greetings to Randolph-Macon College upon its Centennial Celebration, typescript
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[ca. 1930] Speech to a Farmer's Congress, manuscript
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[1930?] Greeting to three Governors - Trinkle, Byrd, and Pollard, meeting [about education?], typescript
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1931 January 3 Speech introducing Lord and Lady Astor, manuscript and typescript
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1931 January 8 Speech "Ideals and Objectives of the University of Virginia" delivered during College Hour, typescripts and news clippings
Box-folder 28:17
1931 January Report of the Chairman [Alderman], Committee on Education, [Meeting of the Advisory Council of the National Broadcasting Company?], typescript
Box-folder 28:18
1931 March 5 Statement for College Topics concerning changes since the World War
Box-folder 28:19
1931 March Statement on the Benefits of Prohibition printed in The Southern Collegian and a news clipping
Box-folder 28:20
[1931 April 11-14] Welcoming Address to the first statewide Music Festival held in the Commonwealth, typescript
Box-folder 28:21
1931 April 13 Founder's Day Address, manuscript and typescript
Box-folder 28:22
1931 April 13 Speech introducing the Honorable Michael MacWhite
Box-folder 28:23
1931 April Speech to have been delivered on May 1, 1931 at the Installation of Harry Woodburn Chase as President of the University of Illinois; Alderman died on the train en route to Illinois; typescripts and printed in The University of Virginia Club Bulletin , of New York City
Box-folder 28:24
n.y. December University Hour Lecture, typescript
Box-folder 28:25
n.d. Welcoming Address to the Presbyterian Synod of Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, concerning the practice of religion at the University of Virginia and Thomas Jefferson, typescript
Box-folder 28:26
n.d. Speech delivered to the Bankers of New York, typescript
Box-folder 28:27
n.d. Message of Congratulations to a group of thirty year old veterans of teaching at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, typescript
Box-folder 28:28
n.d. Speech concerning the South probably for a northern audience, typescript
Box-folder 28:29
n.d. Speech "Christ the Leader" [possibly for the mass meeting of the Federation of Men's Bible Classes in Richmond, Virginia, on November 12, 1911?], typescript
Box-folder 28:30
n.d. Speech concerning Philanthropy delivered at Goldsboro, North Carolina, manuscript
Box-folder 29:1
n.d. Address to Yale Matriculates, typescript
Box-folder 29:2
n.d. Speech concerning a Co-ordinate College for Women, typescript
Box-folder 29:3
n.d. Thank you from Alderman to Judge Sinclair, the Committee, and citizens of Charlottesville for the [unnamed] gift, typescript
Box-folder 29:4
n.d. Speech draft concerning the State, manuscript
Box-folder 29:5
n.d. Draft and Notes for Speech "The Southern Boy and His Opportunity"
Box-folder 29:6
n.d. Speech concerning the Southern Education Board and the Conference for Education in the South, typescript
Box-folder 29:7
n.d. Notes for a Speech on building character and education, while at [North Carolina?], manuscript
Box-folder 29:8
n.d. Speech concerning the expectation for students at the University of Virginia, manuscript
Box-folder 29:9
n.d. Article concerning the need for dormitories "Housing Problem is Endangering University Spirit" written by Charles S. Trimmer for Alderman's approval and signature and to appear in The Outlook , typescript
Box-folder 29:10
n.d. Notes for a speech on the progress and needs of the University of Virginia
Box-folder 29:11
n.d. Drafts of Speeches concerning democracy and education
Box-folder 29:12
n.d. Notes and Drafts for talks on "What is College Life?" or "What is College For?"
Box-folder 29:13
n.d. Notes for welcoming addresses to students
Box-folder 29:14
n.d. Greetings to the Alumni
Box-folder 29:15
n.d. Notes on Shakespeare by Alderman
Box-folder 29:16
n.d. Speech fragments concerning education
Box-folder 29:17
ca. 1912-1926, n.d. Speeches - Memoranda, Statements, Miscellaneous Notes, and Quotations concerning: oratorical contest held by the Richmond Times Dispatch ; the quality of a University dependent upon quality of its alumni; Thomas Jefferson; Dissertations; Democracy and the Y.M.C.A.; the Educated Man; Scribner's article on "The Felicities of a College President"; the Ems telegram; Act concerning servants and slaves
Box-folder 29:18
n.d. Notes and Materials for Miscellaneous University of Virginia Speeches, manuscript and printed
Box-folder 29:19
n.d. Speeches - Incomplete and fragmentary

Series IV: Scrapbooks and Notecards

Box-folder 29:20
Ca. 1908, 1921-1929 Scrapbook of News clippings concerning Alderman and the University of Virginia; also obituary of Dr. Wallace Buttrick (pages are loose)
Box-folder 30:1
n.d. Box of 4 x 6 inch note cards of Edwin A. Alderman's speeches, addresses, and articles in chronological order, chiefly typewritten
Box-folder 31:1
n.d. Box of 4 x 6 inch note cards of Edwin A. Alderman's speeches, addresses, and articles in chronological order, chiefly hand-written
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Scrapbook: 1864, 1877-1905 Early career of Edwin A. Alderman, including Bethel Academy, North Carolina teaching career, President of North Carolina and Tulane University, election as President of the University of Virginia, pages are very fragile and loose (Oversize)
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Scrapbook: 1877, 1897-1925 News clippings and Printed Material concerning: Bethel Academy School Records, announcement for wedding to Bessie Hearn, speeches and public appearances, chiefly not at the University of Virginia, material about Woodrow Wilson probably used in Alderman's Memorial Speech about him
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Scrapbook: 1907, 1916-1929 Correspondence and News clippings concerning the war work of Bessie Alderman with the American Fund For French Wounded, the death of James McConnell, the trip to Europe in 1926; Correspondents include: Richard E. Byrd (1926); Alfred E. Smith (January 18, 1929); Harry F. Byrd (December 12, [1928] and June 18, 1929); Alice Vincent Massey (April 5, 1929);
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Scrapbook: 1928-1931, 1933 Correspondence, Programs, and News clippings, including the wedding of Ann Polk Cuculla and Edwin A. Alderman, Jr., Alderman's 25 th Anniversary at the University of Virginia, American Academy of Arts and Letters; Correspondents include: Abby Rockefeller (July 5, 1929); Marguerite Wilbur (October 29); Ormond V. Gould (n.d.); W.W. Fuller (March 22, 31, 1930); Anne O'Hare McCormick (June 27, 1930); George E. Vincent (April 14, 1930); Edward A. Filene (April 26, 1931); John Randolph Bolling (April 25, 1930); Eleanor Roosevelt (June 3, 1933); George Foster Peabody (July 16, 1931);
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Scrapbook: 1890-1932 News clippings, Programs, Postcards, and Correspondence; Correspondents include: W.W. Fuller (July 17, 1931); Edith K. Roosevelt (August 11, 1931); Eleanor Roosevelt (July 16, 1931; November 12, 1932); Burton J. Hendrick (December 3, 1931); Frank Porter Graham, President of the University of North Carolina (December 2, 1931); Eleanor S. Buchanan (March 22, 1932); and A. Lawrence Lowell (November 28, 1932)
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Scrapbook: 1924, 1931 Chiefly News clippings concerning Woodrow Wilson Memorial Speech by Edwin A. Alderman and Correspondence about the death of Edwin A. Alderman, Correspondents including: Gamaliel Bradford (September 9, 1931); Mrs. E.M. House (October 15); George Gordon Battle (November 15, 1931); Alice W. Page (July 3, 1931); Billy Noble (September 1, 1931); William E. Dodd (August 23, 1931); and W.W. Fuller (November 13, 1931)
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Scrapbook: 1931 News clippings and Printed concerning the death of Edwin A. Alderman
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Scrapbook: 1931 Chiefly Telegrams concerning the death of Edwin A. Alderman and Photographs of the Gravesite