There is a document titled, "Reasons for Supporting a Minimum Shelter Program of Protection from Fallout" marked "secret" in pencil with notes by William Webster. There are also memos from the General Advisory Committee about the role of the AEC.

There is a letter (and negative) from President Richard M. Nixon to William Webster congratulating him on winning the John Fritz Medal Board of Award. (Original is in vault) There are press releases, a banquet program, and numerous congratulations as well as thank you letters from Webster. He was also named outstanding engineer in 1964 from the Engineering Societies of New England, Inc. There is a resolution of the Yankee Atomic Electric Company recorded with profound sorrow the death of William Webster; an Atomic Energy Commission Citation; and excerpts and poems about William Webster.

Bailey Island is located in Weld, Maine and was bought by William Webster as an investment and a shared a vacation spot with the Fletcher family. Included is a deed for parcel of land on Bailey Island to Abbott and Eileen Fletcher for one dollar; deed to Avery M. Fides; and letters from Abbott and Eileen Fletcher and the Webster's. There is also an article about Yankee Power Company by Abbott Fletcher, and Weld maps and newsletters.

With the help of his brother, Steve Webster, William Webster purchased Cool Branch Farm with Steve Close;(who paid a much smaller percentage) Included are descriptions of the costs of farm contents; map and photographs of the farm; and letters between William Webster and Steve and Beverly Close.

Description of cows and heifers with detailed alphabetical names, and costs; lists of receipts and income.

Income tax returns for the farm

Article about William Webster being elected Chairman of the Board in 1967; correspondence from Rodney T. Clarke outlining travel arrangements for William Webster

Booklet of names of [government] employees or potential employees and notes [by William Webster] about their individual strengths related to employment in various government positions.

National security report marked secret security document written by CIA representatives and chemical and electric company executives appointed by the President of the United States, to study National Security. Included are the minutes from meetings and a draft of a report by William Webster; a list of names for the Army Scientific Advisory Panel (September 10, 1956;) a presentation by the Security Resources Panel to the National Security Council Program marked "secret" (November 7, 1957) a thank you letter to William Webster from Robert Cutler on behalf of the President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower; and a press release telegram. Other correspondents include William L. White, Stanford Research Institute; Horace Rowan Gaither, Jr.; Gordon Gray, Office of Defense Mobilization; Robert Sprague; and William C. Foster, Office of Defense Mobilization; and [James Phinney Baxter,] President of Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. There is a list of Gaither Associates; and an Army Scientific Advisory Panel printed booklet.

There is a report titled, "The Market for the Domestic Use of Electricity" which is a survey of the market situation with recommendations for the executives and company managers.

There is an article from the Rand Corporation newsletter, The Random News, about William Webster being elected to replace Horace Rowan Gaither as Chairman of Rand; a list of Rand trustees with biographies; and a list of attendants for 1967 and 1968 meetings.

There are notes by William Webster and correspondence (some marked secret) and reports related to his work with the Military Liaison Committee and as Director of the Research and Development Board of the Defense Department. Included are Webster's personal goals for his role in the group; a certificate of participation; reports written by Webster; and many thank you letters to Webster. Correspondents include David E. Lilienthal, Chairman U. S. Atomic Energy Commission; James Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; J. E. Hull, Lieutenant General, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Art Davis, Rear Admiral United States Navy, Director, Joint Chiefs of Staff; George F. Kennan, The Counselor, Department of State; George T. Felbeck, Vice President, Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation; [Joe,] The Chief of Staff, U. S. Army; and William T. Golden. There is a letter from Louis Johnson offering Webster the chairmanship on behalf of President Truman telling him that they would not take no for an answer.

Paper by William Webster on "Planning and Financing a Nuclear Plant"

There are letters and information about donations from William Webster, including a scholarship for the boys at Saint James School, and contributions to the memory of Horace Rowan Gaither, Jr. at Harvard Medical School.

Programs from the ceremony to start building a chapel in memory of Eleanore Blodgett Webster and letters about Webster donating up to ninety thousand dollars for the chapel.

There are letters from Stevenson Williams Webster about William Webster donating funds for two stained glass windows in the Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Bel Air, Maryland. There is also a letter from Lewis F. Cole, Jr. about William Webster's funeral service.

Mostly there are family letters of Eleanore and William Webster, his brother Stevenson Williams Webster ("Steve") and their parents and grandparents. Eleanore and William wrote to Eleanor's parents, Edward ["Peter'] and Alice Blodgett describing the birth of their son, Richard Henry ("Harry") Webster. Steve Webster wrote about the financial struggles of their mother and sister in 1933. There are also letters from William Webster's son, Harry Webster to the Blodgetts (his maternal grandparents) about his service in World War II in Texas, Oklahoma, Hawaii, and Japan from 1943 to 1946. There is a letter from William Webster's father about having to sell his store and the difficulties of finding a job. (1932) [Poem by Eleanor Blodgett Webster in 1908?]

There are letters from Eleanore describing her trip to the west coast. There are letters from Elanore's parents, Peter and Alice Blodgett to Harry, his wife Ann Gordon Webster and their new son, William "Barney" Webster. According to an enclosed itinerary, William Webster was scheduled to meet Colonel Fred Clarke, Colonel E. B. Kelly, Lieutenant Colonel S. L. Stewart, and Colonel Arthur H. Frye, Jr. in California, and Washington State about work on national security and atomic energy. In his notes, he mentioned that J. Robert Oppenheimer was away from Berkeley until May. (1947)

There is correspondence between William Webster and his secretary (and second wife,) Vollie Sanderson about his itineraries, business meetings, stock prices, and settlements of business and family affairs. There is a letter from Paul B. Metcalf who wrote about being stationed in London with the blackouts, and mentioned his sympathy for the British, and the high wages received by the American Army as compared to the British (1944). There is a letter about William T. Golden in which Golden suggested that Webster look into Delhi-Taylor Oil controlled by the Murchison's who wanted to liquidate it in 1963. Some correspondents include John A. Lynney; Lewis L. Strauss; Donald F. Chamberlain; Alva B. Morgan; and Steven W. Close.

Lydia and Ivor Rees (pen pals from South Wales, Britain) corresponded with Mrs. Webster about rations, the high prices and scarcity of goods in Britain, updates on her husband and daughters, and appreciation to Mr. and Mrs. Webster for the parcels of food that Eleanore continually sent them.

There are more letters from Lydia and Ivor Rees thanking them for food and clothes and comparing news about their grandchildren.

Congratulation letters on Vollie's engagement and marriage to William Webster.

First cousin of Harry Webster (niece of William Webster and daughter of his sister, Ariel Webster Harlan) wrote to Harry and Ann and Aunt Eleanore and Uncle Bill Webster about her activities in school and later about her own family.

Webster family member

Anna Stump Webster Wolff ("Nan") was one the two sisters of William Webster and Stevenson W. Webster. Included are two letters from Nan to Vollie Sanderson Webster; an article about Nan, and her family attending an event at the White House with President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird Johnson to honor her husband, Miles for becoming President of the American Society of Newspaper Editors and his colleagues. There is an obituary marking the death of Nan, dated March 4, 1974.

There is a handwritten note from President Eisenhower to William Webster sending love to Harry's son, "Barney, and a letter from President Richard M. Nixon to William Webster (See Awards Box: 11 Folder: 2). Originals are in vault.

Some correspondents include Bob Brandt; Patricia McGrath Nash; Ogden E. Sawyer; Don Allen; Harold and Mary Morris; Sydney Baltzer Dodds; Edward Morehouse; Herbert Scoville; Manson Benedict; Julius Adams Stratton; Carroll L. Wilson; Richard Helms, Director of Central Intelligence who wrote "Bill gave this Agency a great deal of his talent and time over many years;" John O. Pastore; Raymond A. Gibson; Harry W. Wilcott; Sybil Shugg; Robert and Florence Spraque; James R. Schlesinger, Atomic Energy Commission; James T. Ramey; L. Ralston Thomas; Dudley W. Orr; George and Margaret Stoddard; Vince A. Fulmer, Vice President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Omond M. Solandt; Jerry Tape; Norman F. Ramsey; Robert L. Wells; Paul M. Fye; Edwin L. Goldwasser; James A. Perkins; Howard Vesper; J. R. Goldstein, Rand Corporation; Clyde Williams; Roger E. Batzel; Mrs. J. R. Killian; S. J. Buchsbaum; Duane C. Sewell; Avis K. Bellows; Stephen P. Jeffries; Andrew Onderdonk; Caroline Covent; Mrs. Sherman R. Knapp; Claiborne Pell, United States Senate; Jack E. Corette; Edward A. Mason; John H. Kane; Albert A. Cree; Thomas C. Desmond; Herman Kahn; Robert E. Quinn, United States Court of Military Appeals; Hallie Begg; Elsie Hoffman; Florence Mancuso; Cieb and Irwin L. Moore; Mrs. Leeds Armstrong Wheller; Kay Moore; Robert F. Bacher; Mrs. D. E. Mosely; Tina Anderson; Louisa Fletcher; Esther Von; Greta Brandt; Laura Lejeune; Mildred Sugden; Don Vandenburgh; Albert and Nancy Wheelon; Mrs. Alton Wilson Barstow; Charles Allen Thomas; W. H. Prentice, General Electric; Bill Bell; Helen and Ed Russo; Rosemary Tomei; Lillian Pulling; Martin A. O'Malley; Mrs. henry Gerald Carroll; Walter and Edna LoShots; Kay Foley; Ruth Robbins Green; Mrs. C. Joseph Gooch; Anne and Mac Hall; W. M. Hall; Jane Hall; Jacqueline O'Reilly; David A. Shepard; Herbert M. Johnson; Richard Wilson; Pat and Jim Sterner; Doris and Howard Cole; William T. Brightman, Jr.; Marge McGuiness; and Roger J. Coe, Vice President of Yankee Atomic Electric Company

Included are obituaries and resolutions commending the life of William Webster.

William Webster's wife, Eleanore was killed instantly while driving their automobile in North Carolina. There are news clippings about the fatal accident and letters from attorneys about lawsuits against the Webster estate by the families, Doyle and Bellflower who also lost family members in the accident. There are also medical reports; notes made by William Webster and his diagrams of the accident.

There is a will; requests for funeral arrangements; a biography of Stevenson Williams Webster by Harry Webster; and an application to the Massachusetts Society of Colonial Wars. There is also information to his beneficiaries about many stocks that he owned, such as Duke Power Company, New England Electric Systems, Rockwell International Corporation, Bell Atlantic; and various contributions and pledges.

There is an income tax return for 1942 and itemized list of the costs of William Webster's possessions after his death in 1972. There are also notes by William Webster and insurance and travel forms. According to the tax return, William Webster was making almost eighteen thousand dollars per year in 1942.

There is a letter from Stevenson Archer Williams, (1851-1932) a famous Maryland judge and attorney and William Webster's grandfather. He wrote to William Webster about his relations with the Squibb family. There are biographical notes on the judge's life; an invitation for a testimonial dinner in honor of his eightieth birthday; correspondence about his portrait for the court house; and a typed autograph file of letters by his Princeton classmates. (1870) There are also photocopies of news clippings about the testimonial dinner; death notices, and other news clippings including an obituary of Edwin H. Webster and articles about Bel Air, Maryland.

Stevenson Archer Williams was a descendant of the well known Judge Stevenson Archer Williams mentioned above (1851-1932). He was the son of Lewis J. Williams and was killed when flying over the Gulf of Mexico during World War II. There is a telegram, a letter from William Webster's mother, and news clippings about the crash.

There are notes on the constellations; a list of favorite expressions; and travel brochures.

There is printed information on "The Cruiser;" merit roll for a class of 1920; Directory of the Members of the Association of the Class of 1921; Petty Officer's Appointment; tax form for 1925; reporting orders; list of members of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; requests for leave of absences; and his resignation letter.

Included with news clippings about William Webster and atomic power is an article about Robert Oppenheimer.

There are intelligence and personality tests taken by William Webster.

There are photographs of William Webster and his colleagues; an Archie Alexander photograph signed for William Webster. There are unidentified photographs of men in business, government and the Navy.

There are resumes and biographical information about William Webster including a report about him by his great granddaughter, Sarah Nemiah Ladd

There are handwritten notes by William Webster outlining his retirement plans.

There is a Commencement address by William Webster to Bryant College.

Steve Websters' Thesis from the University of Virginia, "The American Scene in the Novels of Edith Wharton"

There is correspondence between NARA and Mr. and Mrs. Webster about the placement of his papers.

Ann and her parents corresponded while she was away for the summers at Camp Allegheny in Greenbrier County, West Virginia (1938-1939) and Camp Cherrilomac, in Cowart Northumberland County, Virginia (1940). Included are letters from Aunt Mary, (Mary Daniels Gordon, sister of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.) her grandmother Mrs. J. N. Waddell, her best friend, Margaret ("Peggy," "Piglet") R. MacLeod, and a tent counselor report for Ann.

Ann and her parents corresponded while Ann was boarding at St. Anne's Belfield School and her parents were in Washington D. C. during the war. Armistead was a Lieutenant Commander in Army Intelligence and his wife Cornelia worked as an air drill warden and housemother for Waves.

Also included are letters from her Aunt Mary (Mary Daniels Gordon, sister of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.).

Ann Gordon and her parents corresponded while Ann was at St. Anne's Belfield School and her parents were in Washington D. C. during the war.

Included are letters from Aunt Mary (Mary Daniels Gordon) who had moved to Ridgeway Farm in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Ann's last year at St. Anne's and her parents were preparing to move back to Charlottesville.

Ann and her parents corresponded while she was at Wellesley College. Armistead mentioned Rufus Jones and praised his sermons.

Armistead mentioned that the University Faculty petitioned the Board of Visitors for salary increases to meet the cost of living. He also commented that President Colgate Darden was likely to curtail the fraternity parties.

Included are news clippings from Cornelia Gordon (Ann's mother).

Also included is correspondence between Cornelia and Armistead while he was in Washington, D.C.

Ann Gordon married Richard Henry Webster ("Harry," "R. H.," "Tig") on September 9 th , while she was in her last year of college at Wellesley. Letters are from Ann, Harry, and both sets of parents, William and Eleanore Webster and Armistead and Cornelia Gordon.

There are no letters from Ann's father in this time period,although there are comments from him in her mother's letters. Her father did write his own letters to Ann and they are currently in the possession of Ann Gordon's daughter. There is a news clippings about the death of football player Gene Edmunds.

Cornelia's letters to Ann from 1950 to 1969 describe UVA faculty members and her daily life along with advice for Ann on every subject. She often enclosed news clippings of local events and advertisements of women's and men's fashions and household needs of the day. Cornelia mentioned the Korean War and wanted Harry to apply for officers training so that he would not get drafted. She also mentioned that Al Balz and Buzzie Chamberlain had been called up and she hoped that Armistead would not be called for Navy reserve. Cornelia also wrote that they were very upset that Frank Geldard had a heart attack.

Cornelia wrote that Ed Chamberlain had a bad heart and was not well. There are news clippings about Dr. Philip Hench, brother of Atcheson Hench, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine and Atcheson Hench receiving an honorary degree at Lafayette College.

Armistead was writing the preface to a memorial volume for James Southall Wilson's retirement and he made a note to Ann that it was "the hardest thing I've ever tried to write." He also mentioned a dinner at Keswick for James Southall Wilson and that Clifton Waller Barrett spoke at the McGregor room. Ann and Harry had their first child, a son, William Webster III ("Barney").

Cornelia wrote that James Kindred had a heart attack. She also wrote about her concerns regarding the Korean War; and mentioned that Armistead had aged. Ann and Harry were preparing to go to Madrid, Spain.

Cornelia wrote about a variety of current topics such as Joseph McCarthy; the Supreme Court decision to end segregation; eleven students were expelled by President Darden; Walt Harding was not being kept on at UVA; James Southall Wilson was to teach at Hollins; and new evidence for how harmful it was to smoke. Cornelia took a job at Monticello as a tour guide; and Ann was pregnant with Liza. Armistead died in 1953 (but the circumstances were not mentioned, probably heart attack) she wrote about not having any purpose in life without him and that Atcheson and Virginia Hench were her best friends.

Cornelia wrote about Nell Lewis and that her brother, Dr. Ivey Lewis was considered by the faculty to be a "nit wit." There is also an editorial by Nancy Hale Bowers(March 9, 1955) about desegregation and Nell Lewis. Cornelia wrote about a new broadcast (and LP) by Reuben Ship that was a satire on Joseph McCarthy and was very popular in the United States and Britain. Cornelia mentioned Phil Williams' suicide, and that Archie Hill was leaving to teach in Texas.

Cornelia mentioned the deaths of Jerry Ann Kean, and Lillian Dabney (Mrs. Archie Dabney).

Cornelia took in students and wrote a colorful description of her student boarder. She also wrote that the Geldards were going to England for work with the Navy. There is a letter from Harry Clemons praising the Gordon family (starting with General William Fitzhugh Gordon to George Loyall Gordon, to Rector Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. to Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.) for their contributions to the University of Virginia. The UVA Library purchased a collection of rare books in honor of the memory of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr. and Cornelia sent the letter to Ann. Harry and Ann had their third child, Armistead Webster "Oppit."

Ann and Harry had a fourth child, Maggie (1959). There is a news clipping about an eclipse; their next tour in Rhodesia, South Africa; and news clippings about Africa.

Cornelia travelled to New Orleans and Mexico. Armistead's brother, James Gordon was very ill with a brain tumor and had an operation. Nannie Saunders died,and Frank Geldard had surgery for prostrate trouble. Cornelia included news clippings about Africa in many of her letters during this period.

The Webster family returned to Washington D. C. William (Barney) Webster attended Groton. Cornelia retired from working at Monticello. Cornelia wrote that the portrait of James Southall Wilson was "dreadful." She also mentioned the retirements of James Kindred and Carl Speidel; and the divorce of Laura Speed Elliot and Bill Brown, a school friend of Ann's. There is a news clipping about the death of UVA librarian, Louise Savage.

Cornelia travelled to Florida. She wrote about her long friendship with James Southall Wilson which went back to when Armistead was a student at William and Mary and Wilson was a teacher there. She also included more news clippings about Africa.

Cornelia wrote that Mrs. Bessie Walker died (in the Seven Society). There are news clippings about a grant to the University of Virginia from the National Science Foundation. Also included is biographical information about Francis Pickens Miller.

Cornelia wrote that Frank Geldard was to be best man in Raymond Bice's wedding, and that Dr. Henry B. Mulholland died. There is a news clipping that Edward Younger was named Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.

There is news clipping about a bomb threat at Cabell Hall. The Webster's were in their next assignment in The Hague, The Netherlands.

There is a news clipping from the Daily Progress about a Charlottesville woman, named Anna Anderson who claimed to be Anastasia Romanov. There is also a letter from Ann Webster to Caroline Conant who was visiting the Websters at the same time as Cornelia.

There are more news clippings about Anna Anderson and her marriage to University of Virginia History Professor, John E. Manahan. Cornelia mentioned that Atcheson Hench attended the student rallies for more pay for UVA employees and racial equality. There is also a news clipping about Dr. Oron J. Hale, professor of history being awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the German Federal Republic. Cornelia also wrote that the train carrying Eisenhower to his funeral stopped in Charlottesville and about a "revolutionary movement" in colleges. It is also mentioned that James Lindsay Gordon, Armistead's brother, died; and that Armistead's sister, Mary Gordon was being cared for by friends.

[There are no more letters because Cornelia Gordon died from sleeping pills in September 1969].

Letters between Ann Gordon and her friends including Peggy Macleod and Margaret Hench

Correspondents of Ann's (while she was attending St. Anne's during the year and living with her parents in Washington D. C. in the summer) include Jeannette Atkins; Martha "Martee" Chanutin; Constance "Connie" Adams Stoney; Dillon; Mary Louise Frey; Gordon "Mac" Morrison; Peggy Macleod and Margaret "Margie" Hench.

There is correspondence from friends while Ann was at home in the summer and at Wellesley College in the fall. Correspondents include Peggy Macleod; Margaret Hench; Connie Stoney; Veneesh Fawcus;]Gigi MacKnight; Lois Ann Lehman; Pat Bancroft; Cadet George Mason; Ellen Underwood; Gordon Morrison; Hugh Weedon; [Dillon;] and William "Regis" Chauvenet.

Correspondents include Margaret Hench; Derwood Chase, Jr.; Gigi MacKnight, William "Regis" Chaubenet; Hugh Weedon; Zachary Morfogen; Gordon Morrison; Martha "Martee" Chanutin; Randy Neal; Art; Jean; Brady; Johnathon; Sallie Merritt; Johnnie Welch; and Cadet George Mason.

Correspondents of Ann's while at Wellesley include [Moo; ][Appie;] [Coleman; ][Yankee; ]William "Regis" Chauvenet; Ellen Underwood; [Brady;] Jeanette and Marie Louise Frey; [Jean;] Peggy Macleod; Gigi Macknight; Peter S. Mansfield; [Van;] Donald J. Sterling, Jr.; Gordon Morrison; Charles Makepeace; J. H. Call; and [Newt;].

Correspondents of Ann's while at Wellesley include Pat Bancroft; Peggy Macleod; Martha "Martee" Chanutin; [Barber;] [Claire;] Donald J. Sterling, Jr.; William "Regis" Chauvenet; Margaret Hench; [Rick; ]William and Eleanore Webster; Gigi MacKnight; Cadet George Mason; [Jean;]Grace A. Fletcher; and Abbot Fletcher

Correspondents of Ann's while at Wellesley include Donald J. Sterling, Jr.; Pat Bancroft; Abbot Fletcher; and Hugh Weedon. There is also a letter from Ann to William Spencer.

Correspondents of Ann while she was at Wellesley include Donald J. Sterling, Jr.; Mary Louise Frey; Sallie Merritt; Lieutenant John Ordway; [Dillon; ]Jeannette Atkins; Gordon Morrison; Cadet George Mason; and Abbot Fletcher.

Collection of stories, poems, and art work by Ann Gordon

one bound diary

Ann was boarding at St. Anne's School and wrote about her friends and school. There are also a couple of stories by Ann, including a girl being raped by a German soldier.

There are small pages of poems; an autograph book; 2 bound diaries; and three date books.

There are loose pages from a notebook about her first dates with Harry, and Charles Makepeace.

There is a notebook on expenses.

There are loose pages from a notebook about travels by Ann or Harry Webster.

Ann's notebooks about feedings for children and family tasks.

Ann's report cards from Camp Alleghany; The Stonefield School (1935-1938;) Saint Anne's School (1940-19450 and Wellesley College (1946-1947)

There are mostly essays and stories by Ann Gordon from Saint Anne's and Wellesley including several drafts of "Literature as a Social Criticism".

There are letters to Ann Gordon from Miss Roy Land, John Cook Wyllie, and Harry Clemons.

There are correspondence, permissions, and invitations related to Wellesley College.

Class reading materials and questions that Ann Gordon wrote for the classes she was teaching.

The Webster family had Winnie-the-Pooh nicknames: William was "K" for Kanga, Eleanore was "Roo," and Harry was "Tig" or "Tigger." Harry wrote to his parents from Camp O-AT-KA about his activities (tennis, baseball, initiation, scotch bridge and rifle try outs). He wrote that they left the ball field to hear President Roosevelt's talk over the" tel-a-tak." He mentioned his friends, Bob Allyn and Abbot Fletcher (For letters about Harry's days in the service in WWII, see Series II William Webster Box 12, in Harry's correspondence with his grandparents)

Included is the letter from Harry Webster inviting Ann to the Harvard-Yale football game and her response.

Included is a letter from Armistead Gordon, and letters from Harry's parents.

Harry mentioned that his father's job became official and William Webster would begin working full time the next week as [James Vincent] Forrestal's deputy for atomic affairs in the Pentagon. Harry graduated from Princeton and travelled to Mexico and Cuba.

Included is correspondence from other family members including Alice Blodgett, (Harry's maternal grandmother) and his parents.

Included are news clippings of Harry and Ann's engagement.

Harry discussed with his father the advantages and disadvantages of his father accepting the position of Chairman of the Research and Development in the Department of Defense (being offered by the President of the United States, Harry S. Truman.) Also enclosed are copies of news clippings about Webster's appointment.

Bob Ellsworth was visiting William Webster. Harry wrote about their college friends and his son, William Webster "Barney and the "Grub."

Harry, Ann, and son Barney (William Webster III) were living in Madrid, Spain. Ann travelled to Frankfurt, Germany for her friend, Sallie Merritt's wedding. Included is correspondence with Alice Blodgett and Vollie Sanderson.

Madrid, Spain; There is a letter from Ann to her doctor describing the medical situation in which she had a miscarriage of her second child, Susan Webster. There is also information about her burial.

Madrid, Spain

Madrid, Spain. Letter from William Webster on August 12 in which he mentioned the Oak Ridge, Tennessee Strike.

Alexandria, Va. William Webster mentioned his various trips including San Juan, Puerto Rico; sparring with Denny Roberts; and testifying before joint committee. Irwin Conham was in negotiation with the convicts; Snowden Skinner died of lung cancer. Birth of daughter Liza.

William and Eleanore Webster were in Jamaica. Eleanore Webster mentioned Bill's comment that the Compton dinner talk was "high fair but could have been better" but Bill had a cold. Included are letters to and from Stevenson Williams Webster. Harry was staying in London.

London, England; Birth of Armistead (Oppit) 1957; birth of Maggie (1959) William Webster wrote about a business trip to Canada with William T. Golden and others. He also mentioned that the opening of Yankee was to be delayed.

Harry Webster was in Salisbury, Rhodesia and Ann was taking care of William Webster and the kids after Eleanore was killed in a car accident.

Salisbury, Rhodesia. Ann sailed with children to Rhodesia. There are also letters from Steve Webster and Hope Dallam.

Harry was in Washington D. C. with his father and Ann was in Rhodesia with the children. She took a job teaching geography at the local school. Vollie Sanderson and Bill Webster were married.

William Webster wrote about the Wolff's and an event at the White House with President Lyndon B. Johnson. (April 17, 1964) He also mentioned that he was presented with the outstanding engineer in New England award. He wrote that he attended Yankee and Rand meetings, and raved about a conference at Sterling Forest. He mentioned that he was ready to retire. He wrote that he appointed Fitz Leigh to succeed Harry Hanson. William (Barney) was accepted into Groton.

Ann wrote to Harry while he was in [Santo Domingo] about being careful there. She mentioned that she was looking for a glimpse of him on the news every day. She did not want the children to know his location since they could see how dangerous it was there.

William Webster continued writing about his many meetings with New England Electric System, Hyuck, MItre, Atomic Energy Commission and efforts by many people to create one atomic power plant. Harry mentioned talking with Robert Ellsworth. William and Vollie Webster travelled to Europe and the Caribbean.

Ann and Harry and children were living in Holland. William and Vollie Webster travelled to the west coast and Hawaii. William Webster wrote notes about various colleagues as candidates for high positions in power companies. He was preparing to transfer his leadership role in NEES and EEI so he could retire. There are letters about his Atomic energy citation.

William wrote about his busy schedule and various trips and meetings. There are also letters from William (Barney) at Groton, and Liza.

William wrote about his trip out west and that Steve Webster was not well. He also mentioned career plans of some of his colleagues. William referred to their "Brazil Deal." Topics mentioned but not detailed, were that labor negations were slow and that Cool Branch Farm had lost a lot of money; the power company lost their gas case with the Supreme Court; gold crisis; atomic desalting plant with the Israeli's; and the death of Martin Luther King. He also made a comment about civil rights saying that "the country has a pretty tough road to walk…" William advised Harry to keep in touch with Robert Ellsworth because he was an important contact in government.

William Webster wrote about his visit to Ann and Harry in Holland; and news about AETNA, Hyuck , New England Electric System, and other meetings and stocks.

William wrote about United States Security and Exchange Commission hearings, Atomic Energy Commission's General Advisory Committee and other meetings including an invitation by Lewis Strauss to join scientists working for President Nixon. William wrote that the scientists were referred to as the "dinosaur wing" of the scientific community. Harry wrote about conflicts with his boss, X and studied alternative courses of career options with William. His boss was trying to force him into an assignment in Saigon. Harry and William were meeting with Robert Ellsworth to obtain a position for Harry as a liaison to Ellsworth.

Harry was travelling to Madrid, Spain. Harry was still writing to William about his career. Ellsworth had just been appointed secretary to President Richard M. Nixon. Harry was considering leaving his current position in July.

Harry was working in Madrid, Spain and [Granada] There is a newspaper clipping about Robert Ellsworth being appointed to the position of Ambassador of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and suggests that Ellsworth was becoming out of favor with the administration. William wrote that [Richard] Helms agreed that Robert Ellison could use a liaison man (Harry). According to William, Ellsworth felt President Nixon would support his efforts to hire Harry. William was attending and testifying in SEC hearings. There is also information about stocks including the Rock of Ages.

William wrote about the Security and Exchange Commission hearings, Atomic Energy Commission's General Advisory Committee and Hyuck meetings. Circumstances made it difficult for Ellsworth to follow through on the liaison position. Harry and Ann prepared for their move back to the United States.

Harry asked for a six month leave without pay and resigned. Cornelia Gordon died of a pill overdose during the night of September 21 st . William and Vollie travelled to Athens, Rome and Paris for a Hyuck meetings and Florida for [Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives] and [Edison Electric Institute] conferences. Soon after Harry retired, his boss was [fired] and the door was opened for Harry to return. William and Harry often mentioned a man high up in the government that they referred to as "Pooh." He seemed to work closely with William and was two levels above Harry's boss. There is a letter from Harry to William that indicated that "Pooh" was "livid" at the way "X" treated Harry. Harry also wrote that Princeton turned coed and he was not in favor of it.

Harry travelled through the southern United States and met with ministers and news paper editors including Rev. John Spong (brother of the Senator), Staige Blackford, Jr., Oliver Jones, and Overton Jones about possible jobs and contacts. Harry wrote that he met with [Donald] Rumsfeld and [Frank C.] Carlucci (who became Deputy Director of the CIA in 1978) and ran the Office of Economic Opportunity, William Tyler, (Ambassador of the Hague) Peter Flannigan, Dick Loeb, and Roemer McPhee. William wrote accepting a short term job as senior technical advisor to the AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) and IAEC (International Atomic Energy Agency) for the United Nations International Conference in Geneva on peaceful uses of atomic energy while maintaining his positions with NEPOL, MIT, Hyuck, EEI, NEES, Rand and others. William also mentioned a meeting with the United Nations Scientific Advisory Committee. He also described labor strikes and negotiations with [Spraque. ]Enclosed is a copy of a speech William gave at MIT.

Harry wrote William about contacts and leads, including Henry Loomis, Bob Krause, Roger Jones, Arthur Arundel , (newspaper owner and head of Piedmont Environmental Council), Lewis Strauss, George McGhee, and Julian Stein. He was working part time with [the Essex Institute] in Alexandria regarding issues in Puerto Rico. He decided to return to his previous job but in new area called "U. S. Army Personnel Research and Assessment Group," to be referred to a Department of Defense by family and friends. There is a note from William T. Golden. William Webster wrote that he was asked to host Neil Armstrong. Included is a letter from Liza Webster describing protests against the Vietnam War. William Webster started undergoing dialysis.

Harry wrote about an easy return to work and fifty percent of his time to be spent in New York working for [Rod Rodgriquez].

William wrote that he was reappointed to the Board of NEES and chairman of Yankee but had given up everything else. William Webster III graduated from Princeton; Harry was working in West Germany.

Harry was working in Indonesia; and Lusaka, Zambia. Death of William Webster; and Life insurance information from William Webster's estate.

Letters of sympathy from friends of Harry and William Webster include Robert Ellsworth, Peter Mansfield, Irwin L. Moore, Andrew Onderdonk, Roger Coe, Don Allen, Caroline Conant, and many others.

Harry was planning his retirement. Ann wrote to Harry about Watergate and commented on how the Nixon administration worked.

There is mostly family correspondence with Ann, Harry, their children, Steve Webster and Vollie Webster.

Harry wrote to Vollie that there had been a lot of information about his old outfit in the news and he was glad that he got out when he did.

Harry travelled to San Jose, Costa Rico; Guatamala; and Columbia. He had been planning to work with Hubert Humphrey, Joe Crangle and Paul Simon's campaign but it fell through. He was also involved in fund raising for Daniel Patrick Moynihan for the Senate Committee and wanted a permanent job working for him. He also mentioned sitting next to Barry Goldwater and described him as a "warm guy."

Harry went to San Jose ("his favorite small country") and Columbia for presidential primaries.

Harry travelled to Mexico, San Jose, Ecuador, and other places in Central America. Harry wrote that he attended a small political gathering at Sargent Shriver's place and was not impressed with Shriver.

Ann and Harry travelled to Canada. Harry wrote to Vollie that he had been talking to several "Bush men" and might start working for them part time.

Ann and Harry travelled to Mexico. Harry visited San Jose, and sent Vollie news clippings about the Reagan/Bush victory. Harry wrote to Vollie that they were invited to the inauguration and parties.

Harry visited San Jose and Honduras. Ann and Harry travelled to England, France, Greece, Turkey, and Israel. Ann and Harry also went out west to visit their children. Ann finished undergraduate and graduate courses in Anthropology and became an Anthropology teacher at George Washington University.

Harry went to San Jose and Ann travelled to England and France.

There is a letter to Harry from Rod Rodgriquez (who was his boss and friend in the CIA). Rodriquez mentioned that the thought of Kissinger coming back made him "… sick at my stomach" There is a letter from [Clyde] who was a close colleague of Harry's and the George H. W. Bush family.

Letters reveal that Harry was visiting their daughters out west, and in Mexico. There are also letters from Steve Webster and to the family, including Vollie Webster.

There are photographs of Ann and Harry's first grandchild, Sarah Nemiah Ladd (daughter of Liza and John Ladd).

Harry, Ann, and their daughter Maggie travelled to Mexico, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and Bogota.

Harry was in Ireland; Weld, Maine; and Canada.

Harry visited San Francisco and Europe with his son Armistead Churchill Gordon ("Oppit"). There is a description of Harry's grandfather, Judge Edward "Peter" Willard Blodgett (-1949) written by Harry.

Harry was on his annual trip to Weld. Ann was in Europe and Nairobi. Harry wrote two accounts of his trips abroad and Holland. Ann was recovering from an illness from her trip abroad. Harry mentioned Paul Simon's presidential campaign.

Harry travelled to Costa Rica, Holland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Rumania, and Istanbul with his daughter, Liza.

Ann and Harry continued to travel to their favorite places around the world.

Death of Steve Webster

Ann Gordon Webster died in November.

Letters to Ann and or Harry include correspondents, Percy Redmund, Abbot Fletcher, Donald J. Sterling, Peter S. Mansfield, Mary Nold, Anne Hale, Don Manders, Thirsa Proctor, and James Page Elder.

Correspondents include Abbot Fletcher, Mrs. Thomas J. Rigney, Jr., Mrs. Richard C. Gillett, Mrs. Mathew Pratt, Corporal F. J.L. Brokaw, Mary Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Kindred, Martha "Martee" Chanutin, Peter S. Mansfield, Margaret Macleod, and Robert M. Dinsmore.

Correspondents include Sallie Starker, Gertrude Fitzhugh, GiGi McKnight, Margaret Macleod, Donald J. Sterling, Frances Malther, and Mrs. (Julia) James Southall Wilson.

Correspondents include Eileen Fletcher, Charlotte W. Gibbons, Frances Walther, Maria M. Morgan, Brigadier General Harry A. Barber, Jr., Frank and Jeannette Geldard, Edward Peck Curtis, Jr., Charles M. Bounds, Jr., and Robert Owen.

Correspondents include Frances Walther, Thirsa Proctor, Sallie Starker, and Frances Walther.

Correspondents include Margaret Hench Underwood, Robert and Vivian Owen, Frances Walther, Abbot Fletcher, Mrs. Catherine Perkins, Don Larrimore, Norman and Jean Reddaway, and David Archie.

Correspondents include Charlotte Gibbons, Helen Kelly, Sally and John Baker, Maurice Wilson, Mrs. Mathew Pratt, Bill Gorman, Mrs. Peregrine Spencer Churchill, and Steve Close.

Mrs. Peregrine Spencer Churchill, James Page Elder, Allen E. Henkin, John Caswell, D. C. Stevens, Jeanne Robinson, Mary Bucknall, Joseph and Mary Crowley, Joan and Andrew Phelan, Mrs. A. E. Davidson, Jane C. Johnson, and Peter S. Mansfield.

Correspondents include Peter S. Mansfield, Eileen Fletcher, Nancy Laub, Mary Bucknall, James Page Elder, Jane C. Johnson, Gladys Briggs, Vivian Owen, Mary and John Lincoln, Sylvia Holden, Clive Robinson, Jans Johnson who mentioned his low opinion of Dr. Hasting Kamuzu Banda, Donald J. Sterling, Gordon M. Morrison (Mac), Sallie Close, Abbot Fletcher, Mike Holmes, Marion Wheeler, Mary Stackpole, Alida Davison, Clara and Art Rall, and Anna Williams.

Correspondents include Donald J. Sterling, Martin Ochs, Alice Morrison, Martin and Paddy McLaughlin, Cynthia and Philip Laundry, Peggy Macleod, John Caswell, Mary and Steve Stackpole, Bayne and Harry Carey, Grace Fletcher, Atkins Family, John and Sandy Bastek, Jean and Ron Pewter. Bob and Vivian Owen, Reid B. Morrison ("Zipper"), Anne and Pat Hale, John and Gloria Gibson, Eileen Fletcher, Jennifer Davidson, Dorothy Balz, Ted and Claire Curtis, Ruth Chinamano, Bud and Patty Foulke, Damaris Hayman, Norman and Jean Reddaway, Hans and Adelaide Welser, and a generic card with photograph from Mr. and Mrs G. Mennen Williams.

Correspondents include Helen Robbins, Marty Swan, Jeannette Atkins, Clint Green and a news clipping on Soviet Spy Training, Mrs. John Emmerson, John P. Nugent, Mary Novotny, Ann Driver, Brenda Morris, Jane Willems, and Ashton B. Collins.

Lewis J. Williams, Brenda Morris, Edward M. Korry ,(about his appointment as Ambassador to Ethiopa) Senator Vance Hartke, Barny Howard, (and his article on Free Speech) B. P. Whipple, Rufus Smith, Anna Williams, John P. Nugent, Charlie Rushing, Clive Robinson, Paul and Dorothy Barringer, Richard A. Fuller, Hilde Schnitzer, John Harper, and Reid B. Morrison. Included is a letter from Ann Webster to Edward and Pat Korr, and a letter from Ann Webster to William M. Spackman at the University of Colorado about an article on poetry. There is also a telegram notifying the Webster's that James Southall Wilson had died.

Correspondents include Mary Coon, Betty Mustard, Reid B. Morrison, ("Zipper") Lou DeAngelis, Robert Allyn, John Snelling, Abbot and Eileen Fletcher, and Mrs. Alan Davidson.

Correspondents include Pat Rice, Caroline Conant, Gordon D. Davis, Lou DeAngelis, Eileen Fletcher, Donald J. Sterling, Dr. L. Herbert Loeb, and June Whelan.

Letters between Maggie and her school friends

Correspondents include Frederick Brokaw, Alan Davidson, Evelyn [Wyllie] C. Taber, Caroline Conant, Mrs. Bruce Meeker, Dorothy Stevens, Kay Moore, Maxwell Fletcher, Herbert W. Warden, Joan Veitch, and J. M. Smith. There are also letters from Ann and Harry Webster to June Whelan.

Correspondents include Winfield Bennett, Robert S. Allyn, Cleveland C. Cram (who wrote about the death of CIA employee Paul Birdsall), and Caroline Conant. There are also letters from Ann Webster to Pam Ramsay, Caroline Conant, and others.

Correspondents include Robert S. Allyn, Caroline Conant, Billie Mansfield, Andrew Onderdonk, Reid B. Morrison ("Zipper") and Thomas J. Barrett. There is also a letter from Ann Webster to Caroline Conant.

Correspondents include Aristides George Lazarus, Peter Hesse, Helen Elder, and Caroline Conant.

Correspondents include Ruth Green, Aristides George Lazarus, Jeanne Delaney, Caleb L. Batten, Robert S. Allyn, and Caroline Conant.

Correspondents include Caroline Conant, Abbot Fletcher, Jonathan Kebbe, Margaret Hench Underwood, Bernard Zilberg, Jane Bradley, and Charlie and Alida Davison. There are letters from Harry to Andrew Onderdonk.

Correspondents include Caroline Conant, Phil Cherry. There are also letters from Harry to Andrew Onderdonk.

Correspondents include Caroline Conant, Pam Ramsay, Vivian and Robert Allyn, Malcolm Aste, Mary Louise Merritt ("Weezie") and Audrey Highberger. There are also letters from the Webster family to Caroline Conant and Andrew Onderdonk.

Correspondence includes Margaret Hench Underwood, Donald J. Sterling, Mary and Bill Wright, and Vivian Allyn. There are also letters from Harry to Andrew Onderdonk.

Correspondents include Judy Fletcher, Andrew Onderdonk, Margaret Hench Underwood, and Vivian Allyn. There are also letters from Harry to Andrew Onderdonk.

Correspondents include Vivian Allyn, Caroline Conant, Andrew Onderdonk, and Harry Webster.

There are letters from Vesta Lee Gordon (The Book Broker) asking Ann Webster to contribute to the Stonefield Memorial. Other correspondents include Ann Wolff, Hoffman Wolff, Joseph Y. Rowe, Jonathan [Krebb], Dottie Conant, Ronald Ratcliff, Suzanne Simms, Gordon Cameron, and Paris Manfredonia. There are also letters from Harry Webster to Andrew Onderdonk, and Ann Webster to Pat Rice. Also included is a letter from Maggie Webster to Nancy Webster Barnes.

Correspondents include Vicky and Peter Cram, Caroline Davidson, Barbara Cherry, Pat Rice, Ann K. Warren, Mike and Audrey Highberger, Edith and Hans Wyss, Jane Hawxhurst, Sallie Starker, and Donald J. Sterling, Harry wrote about the Ann Gordon Webster Fellowship at George Washington University. Ann Gordon Webster died in 1994.

There are many letters from Harry Webster to Pat Rice who was a good friend of Ann's and an intimate friend of Harry's after Ann's death. There are also letters from Webster family members to Pat Rice. Included are photographs from Douglas and Judy Woodbury.

Correspondence includes Andrew Onderdonk, Caroline Conant, Wyn Graham, Vivian Allyn, Wolfgang Arnicke, Donald Hopson, Alphonso Rodriquez, and Jean Holden.

Correspondents include Caroline Conant, Abbot Fletcher and others.

There is also correspondence concerning job opportunities for Harry from Roger W. Jones, Executive Office of the President; William P. Gormbley, Vice President of the Ford Foundation; William T. Golden; B. C. Christensen, IBM; Robert Ellsworth; William W. Scranton; Minos A. Zombanakis; Geoffrey Bell; Robert S. Allyn; and Grenville R. Holden, President of the Hyuck Corporation.

Included is an honorable discharge certificate from the United States Army.

There are documents and correspondence relating to salary, insurance, automobiles, rent and other financial issues.

Included are various tickets for passages, travel vouchers, travel authorizations and reimbursement forms.

There are lists of names and addresses for Government personnel in Madrid, Spain. There are also papers related to travel and work in Santo Domingo as well as a map of Santo Domingo with markings on it.

There is a signed document by Ann Webster describing the chain of events during the miscarriage of her second child. There are also doctor reports for her general health and for a gall bladder procedure in 1991.

There is correspondence about day care with various applicants and agencies.

There is correspondence related to bills, dues and maintaining the house. There is a letter from Harry A. George of Keller and George, Jewelers and letters requesting information on preparatory schools for the children.

There are passports for Ann and Harry Webster. There is also a birth certificate for Liza (Elizabeth Archer Webster) and "Oppit" (William Webster III).

These are mostly social invitations related to Harry's work.

Included is an invitation to the wedding of Ann Gordon and Harry Webster. There is also an invitation to the Queen of England's birthday party.

Included are wedding invitations for the weddings of William Webster III and also for Elizabeth Archer Webster (Liza).

There are news clippings about the death of the last Civil War Union Veteran; the sinking of the ship, The Andrea Doria; death of a "Salon Hostess" from prohibition; death of Humphrey Bogart, and other items of interest.

There are news clippings about the CIA.

Report card for Elizabeth A. Webster (Liza)

News letter for reunions photographs

Letter about the Alumni Association

Included is information about reunions and some classwork by Harry Webster.

School work and activities of Maggie Webster including a grade report from Tulane.

Includes photographs of Hoffman and Claire Wolff, Jim and Harriet Manning, and the children of James Elder.

Slides of Lindsay reunion and slides of Mexico (1985)

Group photograph with William Webster

Included is a passenger list of the S. S. Independence, programs for plays, Chelsea greeting cards, and miscellaneous brochures from the Gordon and Webster family.

newsletters and pamphlets about Princeton University, Bryant College, St. James School and John Marshall College Law School.

Magazines and articles about William Webster and atomic power including a brochure on the John Fritz Medal award.

Magazines and articles about William Webster including Contact Magazine, New England Electric Company Handbook, and Utility Spotlight.