A Guide to the Department of Conservation and Development, Division of History, Records, 1927-1950 Conservation and Development, Department of, Division of History 24806a-c , 25913 and 41571

A Guide to the Department of Conservation and Development, Division of History, Records, 1927-1950

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 24806a-c, 25913 and 41571


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Repository
Library of Virginia
Accession number
24806a-c, 25913 and 41571
Title
Records, 1927-1950
Physical Characteristics
49.52 cubic feet
Collector
Department of Conservation and Development, Division of History
Location
State Records Collection, Department of Conservation and Economic Development (Record Group 18)
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, Division of History, Records, 1927-1950. Accession 24806a-c, 25913 and 41571, State Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Accessions 24806a-c transferred from History Division, Virginia State Library on 30 June 1958; Accession 25913 transferred from Historic Publications Division, Virginia State Library on 21 November 1963; Accession 41571 transferred to Archives on 29 November 2004.

Historical Information

The Virginia State Commission of Conservation and Development was created in 1926 to consolidate and coordinate a number of conservation agencies including the Water Power and Development Commission, the State Geological Commission, the State Geological Survey, Office of the State Geologist, Office of the State Forester, and the Division of Parks. Governor Harry F. Byrd appointed his campaign manager William E. Carson (1870-1942) as the Commission's first chairman. Between 1926 and 1950 the Commission changed names several times: Virginia State Commission of Conservation and Development (1926-1938), Virginia Conservation Commission (1938-1948) and Department of Conservation and Development (1948-1985). Chairman of the Commission included: William E. Carson (1926-1935), Wilbur C. Hall (1935-1939), N. Clarence Smith (1939-1942), and William A. Wright (1942-1948). In 1948, the General Assembly, as part of a reorganization of state government abolished the Virginia Conservation Commission and created the Department of Conservation and Development. The new agency took over the function of the Conservation Commission, State Port Authority and the State Planning Board. Governor William Tuck named Wright as director of the new Department of Conservation and Development.

In 1927, Carson created the Division of History and Archaeology within the Commission to preserve and develop the historical resources of the state. The new Division was lead by Dr. H.J. Eckenrode, Director; Colonel Bryan Conrad, Assistant Director; and M.F. Pleasants, Field Assistant. Carson believed that Virginia needed to publicize Virginia's wealth of history and tradition especially to out-of-state travelers. He decided to have markers placed on the states' highways to provide information of historical events that had happened in their vicinity. By the beginning of World War II, the Commission had erected more than 1400 historical markers across Virginia.

In addition to the historical marker program, the Division of History assisted in the development of Virginia history in many other ways. It cooperated with the federal government in studying the battlefield of Yorktown and in the development of the Richmond Battlefield Park. The Division photographed thousands of colonial era houses and other significant structures. The Division sponsored the Federal Writers' Project for Virginia and conducted the WPA's Virginia Historical Inventory.

The Commission suspended the historical marker program during World War II because of rationing of metals. In its place, the Commission inaugurated a War records program including a newspaper reference file and a correspondence program in which a non-salaried correspondent from each locality sent reports about local war time activities and local war activities and reaction to the war. In addition, the Division began a program to locate and mark the graves of distinguished Virginians. Finally in 1949, the Division published The Hornbook of Virginia History that included a brief history of Virginia and other historical information.

Scope and Content

The Department of Conservation and Development, Division of History, Records are housed in 108 boxes, 3 oversize boxes, and 1 oversize map case drawer. The collection is arranged into five (5) series. Series have been designated for: I. Correspondence; II. Virginia War History Project; III. Graves of Distinguished Virginians Project; IV. Records; and V. Historical Material. These records include addresses articles, correspondence, maps, magazines, minutes, newspapers, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, postcards, programs, radio addresses, reports scrapbooks and telegrams. These records document Virginia state government's development and promotion of the Commonwealth's history and historical resources.

The creation and administration of Virginia's Historical Marker program is well documented in the records (Series I). This series provides a wealth of information on the Division's approach to markers, their construction, inscription, installation and maintenance. Of note to the Civil War Historian, this series also contains records on the creation of the Richmond Battlefield Park. Included are correspondence, maps, pamphlets and aerial photographs taken of the battlefield in the 1930s.

For researchers interested in the life on the home front during World War II, there are some records of note. The Division of History collected reports on home front conditions. Topics include local opinion and reaction to war events and news, rosters of local service men and women, activities of local organizations, economic conditions and religious conditions (Series II).

The Division of History and Archaeology also attempted to locate graves of distinguished Virginians (Series III) and created a reference file on Virginia History and eventually published The Hornbook of Virginia History (Series IV). The Historical Material files is essentially a ready reference collection containing newspaper clippings and historical sketches on historic sites and events. (Series V).

Oversize items are filed in 3 boxes and 2 map case drawers. The oversize records consist primarily of maps and newspapers. Oversize items, which were part of the regular sized filing unit, were removed from their perspective folders. A separation notice listing the item(s) separated and their new location was put in its place. For location and content list of oversize folders, see the listing at the end of the container list.

It is recommended that the researcher read the series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

I. Correspondence, 1927-1950 (Accession 24806a) II. Virginia War History Project, 1942-1946 (Accession 24806b) III. Graves of Distinguished Virginians Project, 1944-1950 (Accession 24806c) IV. Records, 1929-1950 (Accession 25913) V. Historical Material, 1927-1950 (Accession 41571)

Contents List

Series I. Correspondence, 1927-1950 (Accession 24806a)

The Correspondence series is housed in 70 boxes with oversized material separated and is arranged into two subseries. Subseries have been designated for Correspondence and Correspondence, Dead File. It is unknown why some correspondence were separated from the general correspondence (Subseries A) and grouped with the correspondence, dead file (Subseries B), because there is some overlap between the subseries. The series consists primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence from Division of History staff members including: Dr. Hamilton J. Eckenrode, Director (1927-1949), J.R.V. Daniel, Director (1949-1950), Bryan Conrad, Assistant Director and M.F. Pleasants, Field Assistant. This series comprises a large and important section of the Division of History records. In this series, researchers have a complete view, from 1927- 1950, of most of the correspondence sent and received by the Division of History. These correspondence provide insight into the workings of the historical marker program including inscriptions, locations, and manufacturing, instillation and maintenance of markers, and the Division's promotion of history and other activities.

  • Subseries A: Correspondence, 1927-1950

    This subseries is housed in 55 boxes, one oversize box and two oversize map folders and is arranged alphabetically with subdivisions for general correspondence, additional correspondence and topics. This is the larger of the two subseries and contains a variety of letters from individuals across the county interested in Virginia history and the historical marker program. Topics include historical inquiries, historical marker inscriptions, investigation of the historical marker program by other states, and the Richmond Battlefield Park. Other topics include work of the Division during World War II, Shenandoah National Park, birthplace of the Wright Brothers mother, and biographical information on Dr. Hamilton J. Eckenrode and Bryan Conrad.

    The History Division responded to general historical questions concerning Virginia history from historians, history buffs and students from every part of the country. Virginia's historical marker program was a model for other states and there are inquiries about the program from individuals from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, and West Virginia. Many of these letters provide detailed information about the marker system (Eckenrode to Douglas Arant, 31 August 1938) and a summary of how to install markers (Pleasants to Arthur Adams, 24 April 1931).

    This subseries is a great source of information on the creation of the Richmond Battlefield Park . Included is a booklet by Eckenrode titled "History of the Richmond Battlefield Parks" dated 23 February 1932, aerial photographs of the park taken in the early 1930s by the United States Army Air Corps as well as correspondence, memorandums and reports on the creation of the park. Several maps of the battlefield from the early 1930s are filed under oversized. Additional information on the Richmond Battlefield Park is located with the correspondence of William E. Carson, Douglas Southall Freeman and Branch Spalding (Subseries B, Correspondence, Dead File).

    Correspondence with William A. Wright , chairman of the Virginia Conservation Commission (1942-1948) include a report on the work of the History Division during World War II (5 August 1947) and two memorandums from Eckenrode describing the Division's plans and work during the war (12 August 1944 and March 1946). Information on the Shenandoah National Park includes newspaper clippings, the dedication program of the park (3 July 1936), and three pamphlets: "Shenandoah National Park Project" (n.d.), "A Brief History of the Beginning of the Movement for a National Park in Northern Virginia - Now Known as the Shenandoah National Park" (ca. 1934), and "The Shenandoah National Park Travelogue" (1937). Correspondence between Orville Wright and Wilbur Hall (1932-1933 filed under Wright Brothers ) concern the birthplace of Wright's mother in Virginia. Biographical information on Eckenrode ( Rowland Egger ) and Conrad ( P. Tulane Atkinson , 14 July1945) is also included. Other notable topics include the Bell Tower ( John Garland Pollard , 26 February 1931, 11 October 1932), the State Seal (Pollard, 25 August 1931) and the Growth of the Conservation and Development Commission (Box 13, Folder 9) that includes a brief history and newspaper clippings.

    Correspondents include William Sumner Appleton, John Stewart Bryan, Harry F. Byrd, Arthur Kyle Davis, Sr., E. Griffith Dodson, Dr. J.D. Eggleston, E.O. Flippen, Douglas Southall Freeman, Richard A. Gilliam, Wilmer L. Hall, Douglas McArthur, John Garland Pollard, Branch Spalding, and William A. Wright.

    • General Correspondence
      • Box 1 Folder 1
        AAA-Adams
      • Box 1 Folder 2
        Adamson-Allen
      • Box 1 Folder 3
        Allison-Amos
      • Box 1 Folder 4
        Ancarrow-Anderton
      • Box 1 Folder 5
        Andrews-Archer
      • Box 1 Folder 6
        Architectural Book Publishing Company - Associated Transport Inc.
      • Box 2 Folder 1
        Atkins-Ayres
    • Additional Correspondence and Topics
      • Box 2 Folder 2
        A.C.L. Railroad (Historic Places on Line)
      • Box 2 Folder 3
        Act for Establishing Ports and Towns
      • Acts of General Assembly (See General Assembly file)
      • Box 2 Folder 4
        Adams, Dr. Arthur, Edgewater Park, NJ
      • Box 2 Folder 5
        Adjutant General, Washington, DC
      • Box 2 Folder 6
        Agriculture and Immigration of Virginia, Department of (publications)
      • Box 2 Folder 7
        Albright, Horace M. (Colonial National Monument, etc.)
      • Box 2 Folder 8
        Alsberg, Henry G., Director, WPA Writers Guide Project, Washington, DC
      • Box 2 Folder 9
        American Association for State and Local History
      • Box 2 Folder 10
        American Historical Association
      • Box 2 Folder 11
        Andrews, Dr. Matthew Page, Baltimore, MD
      • Box 2 Folder 12
        Ashbury, Dr. Samuel E.
      • Box 2 Folder 13
        Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA)
      • Box 2 Folder 14
        Automobile Accident Insurance (Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Company)
      • Box 2 Folder 15
        Automobile - Forms and Receipts
    • General Correspondence
      • Box 3 Folder 1
        Bachelder, W.K. - Baker, H.P.
      • Box 3 Folder 2
        Baker, Henry E. - Ballagh, James Curtis
      • Box 3 Folder 3
        [Wm] Balantyne & Sons - Barnett, S.P.
      • Box 3 Folder 4
        Barney, Alice P. - Batchelor, Ellen M.
      • Box 3 Folder 5
        Bates, W.B. - Beale, Robert C.
      • Box 3 Folder 6
        Bealle, Morris A. - The Bedford Democrat
      • Box 4 Folder 1
        Bedsaul, F. Clyde, Mrs. - Bennett, J. Gordon
      • Box 4 Folder 2
        Bentley, E.B., Mrs. - Beverley, William
      • Box 4 Folder 3
        Bickel, Karl A. - Blair, Ruth
      • Box 4 Folder 4
        Blake, George McD. - Blyth, James
      • Box 4 Folder 5
        Board, L.I., Mrs. - Booker, George E., III
      • Box 4 Folder 6
        Booker, Marshall B. - Bowcock, Mildred E.
      • Box 5 Folder 1
        Bowen, E.W. - Bozarth, Lester E.
      • Box 5 Folder 2
        Bradbury, Eugene - Brewer, Jr., R.L.
      • Box 5 Folder 3
        Brewick, G. Millard - Brookfield, John, Mrs.
      • Box 5 Folder 4
        Brooks, Evelyn V. - Bruce, Fannie Maupin
      • Box 5 Folder 5
        Bruce, Fisher, Mrs. - Buck, Walter H.
      • Box 5 Folder 6
        Buckey, M.C. - Burkholder, C.S., Mrs.
      • Box 6 Folder 1
        Burnley, W. Sam - Bywaters, H.F.
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 6 Folder 2
        Baird, Alvin V., Delaplane, VA
      • Box 6 Folder 3
        Batchelder, F.R. (Massachusetts Tercentennial & Marker Program)
      • Box 6 Folder 4
        Bevan, Dr. Arthur, Charlottesville, VA
      • Box 6 Folder 5
        Bigger, Mrs. T.H.
      • Box 6 Folder 6
        Blanchard, Mrs. F.T., Bristol, TN
      • Box 6 Folder 7
        Bland, S. Otis
      • Box 6 Folder 8
        Booker, Marshall D., Halifax, VA (Commissioner)
      • Box 6 Folder 9
        Bowen, Homer K., Executive Secretary, Southwest Virginia, Inc., Wytheville, VA
      • Box 6 Folder 10
        Bradford, J.H. (Director of Budget Division)
      • Box 6 Folder 11
        Bridges, Major-General Charles H., War Department, Washington, DC
      • Box 6 Folder 12
        Bridges, J. Malcolm (Editor, Richmond Magazine)
      • Box 6 Folder 13
        Brooks, J. Callan
      • Box 7 Folder 1
        Browning, J.W., Clerk, Orange County Circuit Court
      • Box 7 Folder 2
        Bruce, Dr. P.A., University of Virginia
      • Box 7 Folder 3
        Brush, Edward H., Paeonian Springs, VA
      • Box 7 Folder 4
        Brydon, Dr. G. MacLaren, Richmond, VA
      • Box 7 Folder 5
        Budget Recommendations, 1929-1930, 1936-1950
      • Box 7 Folder 6
        Buford, R.P.
      • Box 7 Folder 7
        Bulkley, Mrs. Caroline Kemper
      • Box 7 Folder 8
        Bushnell, David I., Jr.
      • Box 7 Folder 9
        Byrd, Harry F.
    • Topics
      • Box 7 Folder 10
        Birds in Virginia
      • Box 7 Folder 11
        Book Reviews (by Hamilton J. Eckenrode)
      • Box 7 Folder 12
        Books (Secondhand)
      • Box 7 Folder 13
        Books (Reference) in State Library (County and City)
      • Box 7 Folder 14
        Bulletin (Weekly Activities of Commission on Conservation and Development) - See News Letter
      • Box 7 Folder 15
        Burial Places of Famous Virginians
      • Box 7 Folder 16
        Byrd's "VA-NC" Line
    • General Correspondence
      • Box 8 Folder 1
        Cabaniss, Robert - Campbell, William S.
      • Box 8 Folder 2
        Canada, W.H., Mrs. - Carrington, T.C.
      • Box 8 Folder 3
        Carroll, E.M. - Cary, V. Ferguson, Mrs.
      • Box 8 Folder 4
        Casey, A.M. - Cawood, Myrta Ethel
      • Box 8 Folder 5
        Chaffee, C.B., Mrs. - Cheatwood, Joyce
      • Box 8 Folder 6
        Cheek, H.R. - Choate, McLin S., Mrs.
      • Box 9 Folder 1
        Chrisman, Thomas L. - Clark, Thomas W.
      • Box 9 Folder 2
        Clarke, E.C. - Clore, R.W., Mrs.
      • Box 9 Folder 3
        Closson, W.P. - Coghill, Elizabeth A.
      • Box 9 Folder 4
        Cohen, John S. - Colonna, W.B.
      • Box 9 Folder 5
        Colton, Dan B. - Conway, Ray
      • Box 9 Folder 6
        Cooch, Edward W. - Copps, Michael, Mrs.
      • Box 10 Folder 1
        Corbell, John D. - Coverston, P.A.
      • Box 10 Folder 2
        Covington, H.H., Mrs. - Craighill, G. Peyton
      • Box 10 Folder 3
        Cramer, J.L. - Crow, C.L.
      • Box 10 Folder 4
        Crowder, Charles W. - Cuthriell, Harry
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 10 Folder 5
        Calrow, Major Charles J., Consultant-Director, State Planning Board
      • Box 10 Folder 6
        Cammerer, Arno B., Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC
      • Box 10 Folder 7
        Campbell, T. Beverly, Richmond, VA
      • Box 10 Folder 8
        Carrington, T.M., Richmond, VA
      • Box 10 Folder 9
        Carson, Mrs. William E. (Carson Papers of Conservation Commission)
      • Box 11 Folder 1
        Chatelain, Verne E., National Park Service, Washington, DC
      • Box 11 Folder 2
        Chorley, Kenneth
      • Box 11 Folder 3
        Chowning, C.C.
      • Box 11 Folder 4
        Coleman, L.V., Washington, DC (American Association of Museums)
      • Box 11 Folder 5
        Coleman, R.V. (Editor, Dictionary of American History)
      • Box 11 Folder 6
        Conrad, Bryan
      • Box 11 Folder 7
        Cook, Roy Bird
      • Box 11 Folder 8
        Cragon, Gladys W. (Huguenot Society)
      • Box 11 Folder 9
        Cramton, Louis C. (Colonial National Monument)
      • Box 11 Folder 10
        Crittenden, Dr. C.C. (North Carolina Historical Commission)
      • Box 11 Folder 11
        Cronyn, George W., Assistant Director, WPA Writers Guide Project
      • Box 11 Folder 12
        Crouch, Kenneth E.
    • Topics
      • Box 11 Folder 13
        Campaign of 1781 (LaFayette-Cornwallis-Phillips-Arnold-Wayne)
      • Box 11 Folder 14
        Campaign of 1781 (Von Steuben)
      • Box 11 Folder 15
        Campaigns of 1st and 2nd Manassas (Suggested Inscriptions)
      • Box 12 Folder 1
        Campaign of 1862 (Seven Days Battle)
      • Box 12 Folder 2
        Campaign of 1862, Diary of (Movements of Jackson's Army)
      • Box 12 Folder 3
        Campaign of 1862 and 1864 (Seven Days Battles), Suggested Inscriptions
      • Box 12 Folder 4
        Campaign of 1864 (Cold Harbor)
      • Box 12 Folder 5
        Chambers of Commerce, List of
      • Box 12 Folder 6
        China's Children Fund, Inc.
      • Commonwealth of Virginia - See Nickname of Virginia
      • Box 12 Folder 7
        Confederate Ordnance
      • Box 12 Folder 8
        Congress (Newspaper article)
      • Box 12 Folder 9
        Conservation and Development Commission, Growth of
      • Box 12 Folder 10
        [Virginia] Conservation Commission (Laws of Virginia)
      • Box 12 Folder 11
        Constitution of the United States and Tree Planting Instructions
      • Box 12 Folder 12
        Counties, List and Organization
      • Box 12 Folder 13
        Court House Markers
    • General Correspondence
      • Box 12 Folder 14
        Dabney, Charles William - Davenport, P.J.
      • Box 12 Folder 15
        Davidson, H.L. - Davis, John W.
      • Box 13 Folder 1
        Davis, Levin Nook - DeLancy, J. Lawrence
      • Box 13 Folder 2
        Delaney, T.C., Mrs. - Dickinson, Sally B.
      • Box 13 Folder 3
        Dickson, C.G. - Dodds Granite Company
      • Box 13 Folder 4
        Dodge, Harrison H. - Duermyer, Louis
      • Box 13 Folder 5
        Duffy, Elizabeth F. - Dyer, J.P.
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 13 Folder 6
        Darden, Colgate W., Governor of Virginia
      • Box 13 Folder 7
        Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.)
      • Box 14 Folder 1
        Davidson, D.N., Orange, VA
      • Box 14 Folder 2
        Davis, Private Creed T. (Diary from 4 May 1861 to 20 February 1865) [typed transcript - original at the Virginia Historical Society]
      • Box 14 Folder 3
        Demaray, A.E. (Colonial National Monument, etc.)
      • Box 14 Folder 4
        Denny, Bishop Collins
      • Box 14 Folder 5
        Dillon, Jesse W. (State Treasurer, 1948)
      • Box 14 Folder 6
        Dodson, E. Griffith
      • Box 14 Folder 7
        Dyson, Mrs. Mabel L. (Natural Wonders Questionnaires)
    • General Correspondence
      • Box 14 Folder 8
        Eakins, Mrs. Mary - Edwards, R.A.
      • Box 14 Folder 9
        Edwards, Mrs. R.B. - Ellis, Wade H.
      • Box 14 Folder 10
        Ellison, Charles J. - Essig, Lester C.
      • Box 15 Folder 1
        Etheridge, R. Bruce - Eyler, Helen L.
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 15 Folder 2
        Early, Jr., N.B.
      • Box 15 Folder 3
        Eckenrode, Hamilton J.
      • Box 15 Folder 4
        Eggleston, Dr. J.D.
      • Box 15 Folder 5
        Ellison, R.P. (Executive Secretary, Dept. of Highways)
    • Topics
      • Box 15 Folder 6
        Education in the South: A Documentary History of
      • Box 15 Folder 7
        Employees Merit Rating
    • General Correspondence
      • Box 15 Folder 8
        Faber, Forris E. - Fellers, P.A.
      • Box 16 Folder 1
        Felt, George G. - Finney, Mrs. Ruth B.
      • Box 16 Folder 2
        Fippin, Betty C. - Fitzhugh, William Bullitt
      • Box 16 Folder 3
        Fitzpatrick, F.B. - Fletcher, William Meade
      • Box 16 Folder 4
        Flippin, Mrs. O.G. - Foshee, R.H.
      • Box 16 Folder 5
        Foss, Carl A. - Francis, Mrs. Paul Hart
      • Box 16 Folder 6
        Frank, Thomas E. - Freeman, Margaret
      • Box 17 Folder 1
        French, H.S.W. - Furnell, W.W.
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 17 Folder 2
        Farrar, Thomas L., Charlottesville, VA
      • Box 17 Folder 3
        Fippen, E.O.
      • Box 17 Folder 4
        Fishburn, Junius P., Roanoke, VA
      • Box 17 Folder 5
        Flickinger, B. Floyd (Superintendent Colonial National Monument)
      • Box 17 Folder 6
        Fothergill, Mrs. A.B.
      • Box 17 Folder 7
        Freeman, Douglas Southall (part one)
      • Box 17 Folder 8
        Freeman, Douglas Southall (part two)
    • Topics
      • Box 17 Folder 9
        Flags of the Confederacy and the United States
      • Box 17 Folder 10
        Folklore and Folksongs
      • Box 17 Folder 11
        Fredericksburg Battlefield Park Association
    • General Correspondence
      • Box 17 Folder 12
        Gahn, Bessie Wilmarth - Gardner, William R.
      • Box 18 Folder 1
        Garges, Samuel - Gee, Virginia
      • Box 18 Folder 2
        Geiger, Frances H. - Gillespie, W.G.
      • Box 18 Folder 3
        Gillett, Charles A. - Goode, Virgie C.
      • Box 18 Folder 4
        Goodhart, Henrietta McCormick - Goyne, William J.
      • Box 18 Folder 5
        Grabeel, Charles E. - Green, E.L.
      • Box 18 Folder 6
        Green, Floyd F. - Griffin, Mrs. R.L.
      • Box 19 Folder 1
        Griffith, Albert H. - Gulick, J.S.
      • Box 19 Folder 2
        Gurney, Hubert A. - Gwyn, Mrs. T. Lenoir
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 19 Folder 3
        Gaines, Francis P.
      • Box 19 Folder 4
        Garrett and Massie, Inc. (Mark A. Rollins)
      • Box 19 Folder 5
        Gathright, A.B. (Director of Purchasing Division)
      • Box 19 Folder 6
        Gilliam, Charles Edgar
      • Box 19 Folder 7
        Gilliam, Richard A.
      • Box 19 Folder 8
        Glass, Senator Carter
      • Box 19 Folder 9
        Glass, Jr., Carter
      • Box 19 Folder 10
        Gooch, Winslow L.
      • Box 19 Folder 11
        Goolrick, John T.
      • Box 19 Folder 12
        Gordon, Armistead C.
      • Box 19 Folder 13
        Grayson, Mrs. J. Cooke
      • Box 19 Folder 14
        Groome, H.C., Warrenton, VA
    • Topics
      • Box 20 Folder 1
        Game and Inland Fisheries, Commission of (pamphlet)
      • Box 20 Folder 2
        Genealogy and History (publications)
      • Box 20 Folder 3
        General Assembly (Bills, etc.0
      • Box 20 Folder 4
        Gettysburg Campaign
      • Box 20 Folder 5
        Governor's Mansion - Notes on
      • Box 20 Folder 6
        Governors of Virginia (Colony and State)
      • Box 20 Folder 7
        Guide to HIstorical Points and other Places in Virginia
      • Box 20 Folder 8
        Guns (French) Landed at South Quay
    • Correspondence
      • Box 20 Folder 9
        Hackley, W.E. - Hall, Wilmer L.
      • Box 20 Folder 10
        Haller, Ellis M. - Hanson, Jospeh Mills
      • Box 20 Folder 11
        Harbough, Sally - Harris, H.B.
      • Box 20 Folder 12
        Harris, J.N. - Hart, V. Stanley
      • Box 21 Folder 1
        Hartman, Elizabeth - Haw, Nannie B.
      • Box 21 Folder 2
        Hawes, E.M. - Headman, Mrs. Mary Hoss
      • Box 21 Folder 3
        Heath, Mrs. Benjamin Dawson - Henry, Mrs. W. Wirt
      • Box 21 Folder 4
        Henshaw, Mrs. Conrad - Higgenbotham, Mrs. E.G.
      • Box 21 Folder 5
        Higgins, Mrs. Clayton - Hite, Maude C.
      • Box 21 Folder 6
        Hoadley, E. - Holladay, Waller
      • Box 22 Folder 1
        Holland, Dr. C.G. - Hope, Jr., William F.
      • Box 22 Folder 2
        Hopkins, Arthur E. - Horton, H.M.
      • Box 22 Folder 3
        Hosier, J. Walter - Hudgins, Alexander
      • Box 22 Folder 4
        Hudnall, Mrs. Edna - Hunter, W.P.
      • Box 22 Folder 5
        Hunton, Jr., Eppa - Hylton, Howard
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 22 Folder 6
        Hall, Wilbur C.
      • Box 22 Folder 7
        Hall, Wilmer L. (State Librarian)
      • Box 23 Folder 1
        Handy, Mrs. Fred A.G., Alexandria, VA
      • Box 23 Folder 2
        Happel, Ralph (National Park Service)
      • Box 23 Folder 3
        Harrington, Dr. J.C.
      • Box 23 Folder 4
        Harrison, Travis C. (Files on Olive Branch Christian Church, Brunswick County, Marker Requests)
      • Box 23 Folder 5
        Hart, Capt. R.W.B. (Lynchburg City Manager)
      • Box 23 Folder 6
        Hayes, Rutherford B. (Personal - Dr. Eckenrode)
      • Box 23 Folder 7
        Headland, Frank
      • Box 23 Folder 8
        Henderson, Dr. Archibald
      • Box 23 Folder 9
        Hiden, Mrs. P.W., Newport News, VA
      • Box 23 Folder 10
        Hill, D.H. (clippings)
      • Box 23 Folder 11
        Hobart, Inc., W.F.
      • Box 23 Folder 12
        Hodgkin, Dr. William H.
      • Box 23 Folder 13
        Hood, Samuel Stevens
      • Box 23 Folder 14
        Hosterman, A.D., Chairman, Ohio Revolutionary Memorial Commission, Springfield, Ohio
      • Box 23 Folder 15
        Hudson, Captain Christopher
      • Box 23 Folder 16
        Hughes, Robert M., Norfolk, VA
      • Box 23 Folder 17
        Hummel, Edward A., Supt., Fredericksburg, VA
      • Box 23 Folder 18
        Hutton, H.I., Warrenton, VA
    • Topics
      • Box 23 Folder 19
        Highways - Virginia
      • Box 24 Folder 1
        Historical Highway Markers - Letters
      • Box 24 Folder 2
        Historical Highway Markers - Letters
      • Box 24 Folder 3
        Historical Highway Markers - Letters
      • Box 24 Folder 4
        Historical Survey Project (WPA) - Miscellaneous Material
      • Box 24 Folder 5
        Hotels - Rates, etc.
      • Box 24 Folder 6
        House of Delegates (Speakers)
    • Correspondence
      • Box 24 Folder 7
        I.V.N.A. - Ivy, Elizabeth
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 24 Folder 8
        Ickes, Harold L. (Dept. of Interior)
    • Topics
      • Box 24 Folder 9
        Inquiriers Regarding Markers (List)
      • Box 24 Folder 10
        Institutions, Educational
      • Box 24 Folder 11
        Insurance Forms
      • Investigation of Marker System (Copies of Letters) - See folder under Marker System Investigation (Out of State Letters)
      • Box 24 Folder 12
        Invitations and Programs
      • Box 24 Folder 13
        Invoices and Shipping Notices
    • Correspondence
      • Box 24 Folder 14
        Jabour, Mrs. Sam - Janney, Nancy Lee
      • Box 24 Folder 15
        Jaquith, Mrs. Sommer B. - Jervey, Mrs. William Palmer
      • Box 25 Folder 1
        Jesse, Mrs. James D. - Johnson, Louise
      • Box 25 Folder 2
        Johnson, M.R. - Johnstone, Mrs. H.I.
      • Box 25 Folder 3
        Joines, James E.A. - Jones, Polly
      • Box 25 Folder 4
        Jones, R.L. - Juergens, William J.
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 25 Folder 5
        James, Mrs. E. Stewart
      • Box 25 Folder 6
        Johns, Jay W.
      • Box 25 Folder 7
        Johnson, A.S. (V.P. & G.M., James River Bridge Corp., Smithfield, VA)
      • Box 25 Folder 8
        Johnson, R.P.
      • Box 25 Folder 9
        Johnston, J. Ambler (Secretary, Richmond Battlefield Corp.)
      • Box 25 Folder 10
        Jones, Chapin (State Forester)
    • Topics
      • Box 26 Folder 1
        Jackson, "Stonewall" - The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson
      • Box 26 Folder 2
        Jackson Monument at Manassas
      • Box 26 Folder 3
        The Jackson Trail
      • Box 26 Folder 4
        James River and Kanawha Canal
      • Box 26 Folder 5
        Jamestown Pageant
      • Box 26 Folder 6
        Jamestown, Settlement of
      • Box 26 Folder 7
        Jefferson Memorial at Washington
      • Box 26 Folder 8
        Jewish Army and People (Magazine "Answer")
    • Correspondence
      • Box 26 Folder 9
        Kahn, Herman - Keely, Maud McLure
      • Box 26 Folder 10
        Keen, Mrs. Barton L. - Kemper, W.M.
      • Box 26 Folder 11
        Kendall, A.W. - Kerr, W.R.
      • Box 26 Folder 12
        Kessler, C.L. - Kimbel, Ken
      • Box 27 Folder 1
        Kimmell, J.W. - Kiracofe, J.W.
      • Box 27 Folder 2
        Kirk, Annie B. - Kocher, A. Lawrence
      • Box 27 Folder 3
        Koen, E.B. - Kyle, Mrs. Julia S.
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 27 Folder 4
        Keiley, W.S., New York ("The Batter's Last Shot" - Story)
      • Box 27 Folder 5
        Keim, George deB., Edgewater, NJ
      • Box 27 Folder 6
        Keister, E.E. (Manager, Shenandoah Publishing House)
      • Box 27 Folder 7
        Kemper, Charles E., State Hospital, Staunton, VA
      • Box 27 Folder 8
        Kemper, Colonel W.M.
      • Box 27 Folder 9
        Kern, Mrs. G.T.W. ("History of Virginia")
      • Box 27 Folder 10
        Ketron, P.E. (Director of Purchasing Division)
      • Box 28 Folder 1
        King, George H.S.
      • Box 28 Folder 2
        Krock, Arthur
      • Box 28 Folder 3
        Krug, J.A. (Secretary, Board of Geographic Names)
    • Correspondence
      • Box 28 Folder 4
        Labaree, Leonard W. - Lambert, Darwin S.
      • Box 28 Folder 5
        Lambert, Mrs. Fauntleroy - Langston, Myrtle
      • Box 28 Folder 6
        Lankford, Jr., Charles M. - Layman, Kate
      • Box 28 Folder 7
        Lea, James A. - Lee, Mrs. Tom
      • Box 28 Folder 8
        Lee, W.C. - Lewis, Ben
      • Box 29 Folder 1
        Lewis, Mrs. C.E. - Lilly, Kate
      • Box 29 Folder 2
        Limerick Co., J. Arthur - Littlejohn, Margaret
      • Box 29 Folder 3
        Littleton, Frank C. - Love, S.B.
      • Box 29 Folder 4
        Loveman, Amy - Lyon, Robert Dorsey
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 29 Folder 5
        Landers, Colonel H.L., Washington, DC
      • Box 29 Folder 6
        Leland, Dr. Waldo G.
      • Box 29 Folder 7
        Letcher, Captain Greenlee D.
      • Box 29 Folder 8
        Lichford, L.E.
      • Box 29 Folder 9
        Long, Lee, Dante, VA
      • Box 29 Folder 10
        Lyne, Cassie Moncure
    • Topics
      • Box 30 Folder 1
        Lafayette and Cornwallis in Virginia, 1781
      • Box 30 Folder 2
        Lee, Robert E. (History by Douglas Southall Freeman)
      • Box 30 Folder 3
        Libraria (Virginia Public Libraries)
      • List of Battlefield Markers in Richmond Vicinity - See Richmond Battlefield Markers (Richmond Defense) for list of inscriptions
      • Box 30 Folder 4
        Lisst of Civil War Houses Standing to Date
      • Box 30 Folder 5
        List of States of Union and their Capitals
      • Box 30 Folder 6
        Longstreet, Life of General
    • Correspondence
      • Box 30 Folder 7
        Mabry, Mrs. J. Hughes - Mahoney, Mrs. M.P.
      • Box 30 Folder 8
        Maier, R.W.R. - Mann, Vear
      • Box 30 Folder 9
        Manning, Mrs. Mary C. - Marr, Janey Barron Hope
      • Box 30 Folder 10
        Marsh, S.H. - Mason, Minnie L.
      • Box 30 Folder 11
        Mason, Jr., Mrs. S. Blount - Maxey, Rad
      • Box 31 Folder 1
        May, George E. - McCann, Bernard
      • Box 31 Folder 2
        McCarter, William H. - McDermott, F.J.
      • Box 31 Folder 3
        McDevitt, Mrs. Harry S. - McIntyre, R.A.
      • Box 31 Folder 4
        McKee, Frank - Meek, J.T.
      • Box 31 Folder 5
        Megee, Dorothy - Middough, Lorne
      • Box 31 Folder 6
        Milbourne, Mrs. V.S. - Miller, Hunter
      • Box 32 Folder 1
        Miller, J.G. - Miner, R.C.
      • Box 32 Folder 2
        Minge, John H. - Monnette, Orra E.
      • Box 32 Folder 3
        Monroe, F. - Moore, Esther
      • Box 32 Folder 4
        Moore, F.W. - Morgan, Geoffrey
      • Box 32 Folder 5
        Morgan, Georgia - Morton, R.L.
      • Box 32 Folder 6
        Morton, Mrs. Susan R. - Moxey, Cosby
      • Box 33 Folder 1
        Mugler, Mrs. Charles W.J. - Musgrave, Philip Cebern
      • Box 33 Folder 2
        Mussaeus, Allen - Myers, William Stair
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 33 Folder 3
        MacClenney, W.E., Suffolk, VA
      • Box 33 Folder 4
        McCandish, W.T.
      • Box 33 Folder 5
        McClevy, W.W. (Director of Purchasing Division)
      • Box 33 Folder 6
        McConnell, Dr. J.P., East Radford, VA
      • Box 33 Folder 7
        McCorkle, Dr. Emmett
      • Box 33 Folder 8
        McGill, William M., Charlottesville, VA
      • Box 33 Folder 9
        Tracy W. McGregor Library, Charlottesville, VA
      • Box 33 Folder 10
        McMillen, Wheeler (Editor of Farm Journal)
      • Box 33 Folder 11
        McWane, Fred E. (Director, Virginia Capital Bicentennial Commission)
      • Box 33 Folder 12
        Moon, William A. (Historical Inventory)
      • Box 33 Folder 13
        Moomaw, B.F. (Roanoke Chamber of Commerce)
      • Box 33 Folder 14
        Moore, R. Walton
      • Box 33 Folder 15
        Morton, Paul
      • Box 34 Folder 1
        Moulsdale, Miss Sidney K., University, VA
    • Topics
      • Box 34 Folder 2
        Mailing List
      • Box 34 Folder 3
        Manassas Battlefield Park
      • Box 34 Folder 4
        Maps - See Also Oversize Map Case 24, Drawer 10
      • Box 34 Folder 5
        Mariners' Museum (Huntington), Newport News, VA
      • Box 34 Folder 6
        McClellan Biography
      • Box 34 Folder 7
        Military Information
      • Box 34 Folder 8
        Monroe Doctrine (pamphlet)
      • Box 34 Folder 9
        Monthly Reports, January 1948-March 1950
      • Box 34 Folder 10
        "Mother of States" Monument
      • Box 34 Folder 11
        Motor Vehicles, Division of
      • Box 34 Folder 12
        Mottoes (all kinds)
    • Correspondence
      • Box 34 Folder 13
        Nash, Mrs. F.M. - Newbill, Willard D.
      • Box 34 Folder 14
        Newell, A.C. - New York World Telegram
      • Box 35 Folder 1
        Nicholas, Mrs. George - Norris, Jr., R.O.
      • Box 35 Folder 2
        Norris, W.W. - Nye, Gerald P.
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 35 Folder 3
        Naylor, Hugh E.
      • Box 35 Folder 4
        Nelson, R.F. (Director of Publicity, Richmond Chamber of Commerce)
    • Topics
      • Box 35 Folder 5
        National Anthem (Star Spangled Banner)
      • Box 35 Folder 6
        National Park Service, Mosque, Richmond, VA
      • Box 35 Folder 7
        National Parks Association
      • Box 35 Folder 8
        Natural Wonders, Amusement Centers, Parks and Forests
      • Box 35 Folder 9
        New York Worlds's Fair (Exhibits)
      • Box 35 Folder 10
        Nickname of Virginia (Commonwealth of Virginia)
      • Box 35 Folder 11
        Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (Menu Cards) - (Fred Stone) - See Also Oversize Map Case 24, Drawer 10
    • Correspondence
      • Box 35 Folder 12
        Oast, Edward L. - Oldfield, James A.
      • Box 35 Folder 13
        Oldham, M.C. - Overbey, Jean S.
      • Box 35 Folder 14
        Overhulse, Jesse William - Ozlin, Thomas W.
    • Topics
      • Box 36 Folder 1
        Old Homes and Churches by County
      • Box 36 Folder 2
        Old Letters (copies)
      • Box 36 Folder 3
        Ordnance (2 cannon and 12 balls), Meade Post No. 1, G.A.R. of Pennsylvania (for new battlefield marker)
      • Box 36 Folder 4
        Office Equipment
    • Correspondence
      • Box 36 Folder 5
        Pace, H.M. - Palmer, John McAuley
      • Box 36 Folder 6
        Palmer, Vera - Parmenter, Joseph G.
      • Box 36 Folder 7
        Parr, Clyde - Patton, R.S.
      • Box 36 Folder 8
        Paul, John - Pearson, James Larkin
      • Box 36 Folder 9
        Pearson, Milo L. - Perry, William G.
      • Box 37 Folder 1
        Peters, David W. - Pierrepont, Mrs. Alice V.D.
      • Box 37 Folder 2
        Pierson, Lucy Lelia - Pollock, Mrs. John G.
      • Box 37 Folder 3
        Poole, Mrs. G.D. - Powell, S.P.
      • Box 37 Folder 4
        Powell, William S. - Price, H.L.
      • Box 37 Folder 5
        Price, Mrs. James H. - G.P. Putnam's Sons
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 37 Folder 6
        Page, Elizabeth
      • Box 37 Folder 7
        Pederson, Fred C. (State Forester)
      • Box 37 Folder 8
        Peebles, Anne Bradbury, Washington, DC
      • Box 37 Folder 9
        Peed, Garland Powell, New York City
      • Box 38 Folder 1
        Peery, Governor George C.
      • Box 38 Folder 2
        Peirce, Mrs. C.T., Nuttsville, VA
      • Box 38 Folder 3
        Peterson, Charles E., Washington, DC
      • Box 38 Folder 4
        Phelps, Mrs. C.W., Burkeville, VA
      • Box 38 Folder 5
        Pike, Albert, Washington, DC
      • Box 38 Folder 6
        Pleasants, M.F. (1945-1949)
      • Box 38 Folder 7
        Pollard, Governor John Garland
      • Box 38 Folder 8
        Pretlow, Mary D.
      • Box 38 Folder 9
        Price, Governor James H.
    • Topics
      • Box 39 Folder 1
        Pageant at Virginia Beach, 1938 ("The Turbulent Deep" by T. Beverly Campbell)
      • Box 39 Folder 2
        Pamphlets on Virginia (Miscellaneous)
      • Box 39 Folder 3
        Pay Roll Deduction Plan (Bonds and Old Age Retirement)
      • Box 39 Folder 4
        Petersburg Battlefields
      • Box 39 Folder 5
        Police Lectures (Capt. C.W. Woodson, Jr.)
      • Box 39 Folder 6
        Poll Tax
      • Box 39 Folder 7
        Programs (Miscellaneous)
      • Box 39 Folder 8
        Public Records of Virginia (Virginia State Library)
      • Box 39 Folder 9
        Purchasing Division, Director of
    • Correspondence
      • Box 39 Folder 10
        Quarles, H.S. - Quinn, I.T.
    • Topics
      • Box 39 Folder 11
        Questionnaire - Position Description
    • Correspondence
      • Box 39 Folder 12
        Raab, Henry S. - Randolph, Robert I.
      • Box 39 Folder 13
        Rankin, Daniel S. - Reed, Muriel
      • Box 40 Folder 1
        Reed, P.L. - Reynolds, Hewitt
      • Box 40 Folder 2
        Rhinelander, Philip - Richman, Luther A.
      • Box 40 Folder 3
        Richmond Army Services Forces Depot - Rives, Mrs. John D.
      • Box 40 Folder 4
        Roan, James Tate - Robertson, Katherine
      • Box 40 Folder 5
        Robertson, R.A. - Rooke, J. Roland
      • Box 40 Folder 6
        Rorer, Henry S. - Rowe, Virginia Rives
      • Box 41 Folder 1
        Rowell, Mrs. Charles E. - Rush, John A.
      • Box 41 Folder 2
        Russell, A.N. - Ryland, Elizabeth H.
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 41 Folder 3
        Rawley, Heath J.
      • Box 41 Folder 4
        Richardson, Mrs. Eudora Ramsey (WPA - Writers Guide Project)
      • Box 41 Folder 5
        Roberts, Rufus, Culpeper, VA
      • Box 41 Folder 6
        Roineete, Lloyd M.
      • Box 41 Folder 7
        Robinson, Jr., W.M., Yorktown, VA
      • Box 41 Folder 8
        Rust, Senator John W., Fairfax, VA
      • Box 41 Folder 9
        Ryland, Dr. Garnett
    • Topics
      • Box 41 Folder 10
        Railroads
      • Box 41 Folder 11
        Reorganization of the Dept. of Conservation and Development, 12-29-1948 (Duke's Final Report)
      • Box 42 Folder 1
        Requisitions (pipe, etc.)
      • Box 42 Folder 2
        Richmond Battlefield Markers
      • Box 42 Folder 3
        Richmond Battlefield Park (1941 Inspection Reports)
      • Box 42 Folder 4
        Richmond Battlefield Park (Aerial Views of Fields)
      • Box 42 Folder 5
        Richmond Battlefield Park (Booklets)
      • Box 42 Folder 6
        Richmond Battlefield Park (Cold Harbor Area)
      • Box 42 Folder 7
        Richmond Battlefield Park (Fort Harrison Area) - See Also Oversize Box 1, Folder 1
      • Box 42 Folder 8
        Richmond Battlefield Park (General File) (part one) - See Also Oversize Box 1, Folder 2
      • Box 42 Folder 9
        Richmond Battlefield Park (General File) (part two) - See Also Oversize Box 1, Folder 2
      • Box 42 Folder 10
        Richmond Bicentennial
      • Box 42 Folder 11
        Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad (Stations)
      • Box 42 Folder 12
        Roanoke Island (Lost Colony)
    • Correspondence
      • Box 43 Folder 1
        Sachs, Mrs. Emanie N. - Satterfield, Jr., Dave E. - See Also Oversize Box 1, Folder 3
      • Box 43 Folder 2
        Satterle, L.D. - Sayre, Margaret F.
      • Box 43 Folder 3
        Scanlan, P.L. - Schwalm, J.A.
      • Box 43 Folder 4
        Schwarz, Dorothy - Scrivenor, Arthur
      • Box 43 Folder 5
        Sears, Julian D. - Seward, Mrs. Margaret
      • Box 43 Folder 6
        Shackelford, V.R. - Shepherd, Fred R.
      • Box 44 Folder 1
        Shepherd, Mrs. William A. - Shyke, I.
      • Box 44 Folder 2
        Sickel, H.S.J. - Skaggs, Nadine
      • Box 44 Folder 3
        Skinker, Bertha Rives - Smith, Mrs. Charles S.
      • Box 44 Folder 4
        Smith, Downing L. - Smith, Jane E.
      • Box 44 Folder 5
        Smith, Jess G. - Snider, Mrs. S.A.
      • Box 44 Folder 6
        Snidow, W.B. - Spender, Charles E.
      • Box 45 Folder 1
        Spencer, Mrs. James A. - Stauffer, W.T.
      • Box 45 Folder 2
        Stear, Sue - Stevens, Mrs. Bessie
      • Box 45 Folder 3
        Stevens, James L. - Story, W.J.
      • Box 45 Folder 4
        Stowell, Mrs. E.C. - Stultz, R.L.
      • Box 45 Folder 5
        Styron, Arthur - Swanson, Claude
      • Box 45 Folder 6
        Swanstrom, Mrs. Frederick E. - Sydnor, A.K.
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 45 Folder 7
        Schwarzschild, William H.
      • Box 46 Folder 1
        Shield, Mrs. Conway H., Yorktown, VA
      • Box 46 Folder 2
        Shurtleff, Dr. Harold R.
      • Box 46 Folder 3
        Slemp, C. Bascom, Big Stone Gap, VA
      • Box 46 Folder 4
        Sloan, Professor Harold S., NJ State Teachers College, Montclair, NJ
      • Box 46 Folder 5
        Smith, William (WPA Director)
      • Box 46 Folder 6
        Somerville, Thomas P., Gordonsville, VA
      • Box 46 Folder 7
        Spalding, Branch (Jackson's Movements of June 1862)
      • Box 46 Folder 8
        Spalding, Branch (Coordinating Superintendent, National Park Service, Fredericksburg) (part one)
      • Box 46 Folder 9
        Spalding, Branch (Coordinating Superintendent, National Park Service, Fredericksburg) (part two)
      • Box 46 Folder 10
        Squires, Dr. W.H.T.
      • Box 46 Folder 11
        Stern, Philip N. (CWA) (Architectural Survey)
      • Box 47 Folder 1
        Stevens, Dr. S.K.
      • Box 47 Folder 2
        Stewart, Dr. T.D.
      • Box 47 Folder 3
        Stewart, Victor W., Petersburg, VA
      • Box 47 Folder 4
        Stone, Edward L., President, Stone Printing Company
    • Topics
      • Box 47 Folder 5
        Sailor's Creek Battlefield Park
      • Box 47 Folder 6
        Second Virginia Cavalry (Honor Roll)
      • Box 47 Folder 7
        Seven Days Campaign, 1862
      • Box 47 Folder 8
        Shenandoah National Park (Newspaper Clippings, etc.) - See Also Oversize Box 1, Folder 4
      • Box 47 Folder 9
        Shrines, Historic (Restorations)
      • Box 47 Folder 10
        Simcoe's Military Journal
      • Box 47 Folder 11
        Society of Colonial Wars, Washington, DC
      • Box 47 Folder 12
        Society of War of 1812 (Essay)
      • Box 47 Folder 13
        Sons of Confederate Veterans (Dr. H.J. Eckenrode - Personal)
      • Box 47 Folder 14
        Southern Historical Society
      • Box 47 Folder 15
        Southwest Virginia Data
      • Box 48 Folder 1
        State Battlefield Parks
      • Box 48 Folder 2
        State Employees Credit Union
      • Box 48 Folder 3
        State Library (Richmond)
      • Box 48 Folder 4
        State Ownership of Property in Custody of a Society
      • Box 48 Folder 5
        State Parks (Virginia)
      • State Planning Board (Major Chars. J. Calrow, Consulting Director) - folder was empty
      • Box 48 Folder 6
        State Rights
      • Box 48 Folder 7
        State Safety Council
      • Box 48 Folder 8
        State Senate
      • Box 48 Folder 9
        Superintendents (Miscellaneous Superintendents)
    • Correspondence
      • Box 48 Folder 10
        Tabb, T. Garnett - Taylor, Jaquelin P.
      • Box 48 Folder 11
        Taylor, John D. - Tewalt, John H.
      • Box 48 Folder 12
        Thalhimer, William B. - Thornton, Mrs. Ray
      • Box 48 Folder 13
        Tickner, Edith A. - Towle, H. Ledyard
      • Box 49 Folder 1
        Towles, Eleanor W. - Truxtun, I. Walke
      • Box 49 Folder 2
        Tubbs, Eleanor - Turner, Mrs. W.R.
      • Box 49 Folder 3
        Turpin, Mrs. D.L. - Tyson, W.A.
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 49 Folder 4
        Tapscott, K.A. (Assistant Landscape Architect) - See Also Oversize Box 1, Folder 5
      • Box 49 Folder 5
        Terrell, Mrs. A.J., New Canton, VA
      • Box 49 Folder 6
        Truxtun, I. Walke
      • Box 49 Folder 7
        Tuck, William M.
      • Box 49 Folder 8
        Tunnell, Mrs. Edith
      • Box 49 Folder 9
        Turner, Joseph A.
      • Box 49 Folder 10
        Turner, W.R. (re: Hillsman House and Sailor's Creek Battlefield Park)
      • Box 49 Folder 11
        Tyler, Dr. Lyon G., Holdcroft, VA
    • Topics
      • Box 49 Folder 12
        Taxation
      • Box 49 Folder 13
        Telegraph Road (Telegraph Line)
      • Box 49 Folder 14
        Thanksgiving
      • Box 50 Folder 1
        Town Marker Newspaper Clippings
      • Box 50 Folder 2
        Travel Expenses (Revolving Fund), Bank Statements and Deposits, 1948-1950
      • Box 50 Folder 3
        Trees
    • Correspndence
      • Box 50 Folder 4
        Uhl, Raymond - Utterback, William I.
    • Topics
      • Box 50 Folder 5
        Uniforms and Dress of the Army
      • Box 50 Folder 6
        United Daughters of the Confederacy
      • Box 50 Folder 7
        University of North Carolina Press
      • Box 50 Folder 8
        United States Army Officers who joined the Confederacy
      • Box 50 Folder 9
        Unknown Folder (unsigned letters)
    • Correspondence
      • Box 50 Folder 10
        Vail, Mrs. Agnes D. - Varney, Frank B.
      • Box 50 Folder 11
        Vasika, Joanne - Voorhis, Manning C.
    • Additional Correspondence and Topics
      • Box 50 Folder 12
        Vavpetich, Rudolph
      • Box 50 Folder 13
        Vacation and Sick Leave Reports
      • Box 51 Folder 1
        Valley of Virginia (Date)
      • Box 51 Folder 2
        Virginia Convention
      • Box 51 Folder 3
        Virginia Electoral Table (1946)
      • Box 51 Folder 4
        Virginia Personnel Act (1942)
      • Box 51 Folder 5
        Virginia Retirement System
    • Correspondence
      • Box 51 Folder 6
        Everett Waddey Company - Wall, Mrs. E.E.
      • Box 51 Folder 7
        Wall, J.B. - Walton, Jr., R.B.
      • Box 51 Folder 8
        War Price and Rationing Board - Waters, Vincent S.
      • Box 51 Folder 9
        Watkins, Mrs. Fannie Burton - Wayt, H.H.
      • Box 52 Folder 1
        Wealch, Mrs. Georgia W. - Wells, Vernoy R.
      • Box 52 Folder 2
        Welsch, John B. - Whitaker, Mrs. A.E.
      • Box 52 Folder 3
        Whitaker, Mrs. William - Whiting, Mrs. Pearl
      • Box 52 Folder 4
        Whitley, Orlando - Wilbourn, Arthur E.
      • Box 52 Folder 5
        Wilcher, T.S. - Williams, Eugene W.
      • Box 52 Folder 6
        Williams, Frances M. - Williams, Philip
      • Box 53 Folder 1
        Williams, Priscilla - Wiltshire, Byrd
      • Box 53 Folder 2
        Wiltshire, Jr., D.B. - Woldert, Albert
      • Box 53 Folder 3
        Wolf, Joseph C. - Wootten, Mrs. A. Guy
      • Box 53 Folder 4
        Word, A.C. - Wytheville Studios
    • Additional Correspondence
      • Box 53 Folder 5
        Waller, General S. Gardner
      • Box 53 Folder 6
        Warner, T.H.
      • Box 53 Folder 7
        Wayland, Dr. John W., Harrisonburg, VA
      • Box 53 Folder 8
        Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson
      • Box 53 Folder 9
        White, Judge B.D.
      • Box 53 Folder 10
        Wolfe, J.B., Grottoes, VA
      • Box 54 Folder 1
        Wright, Mrs. W.W.
      • Box 54 Folder 2
        Wright, William A. (part one)
      • Box 54 Folder 3
        Wright, William A. (part two)
    • Topics
      • Box 54 Folder 4
        Wakefield Restoration (George Washington clippings) - See Also Oversize Box 1, Folder 6
      • Box 54 Folder 5
        Water Planning (Natural Resources Committee)
      • Box 54 Folder 6
        William and Mary College
      • Box 54 Folder 7
        Williamsburg Restoration
      • Box 54 Folder 8
        Wright Brothers (Mr. W.C. Hall's file) - See Also Oversize Box 1, Folder 7
      • Box 54 Folder 9
        Hall, Wilbur (Orville Wright Correspondence re: Weadon Home in Loudoun County)
    • Correspondence
      • Box 54 Folder 10
        Yale University Press - Yost, Paul M.
      • Box 54 Folder 11
        Yourell, R.M. - Yust, Walter
    • Topics
      • Box 55 Folder 1
        York Electro-Cast Company (Highway Markers)
      • Box 55 Folder 2
        Yorktown Sesquicentennial Handbook
    • Correspondence
      • Box 55 Folder 3
        Zehmer, George B. - Zorn, Jay
  • Subseries B: Correspndence, Dead File, 1927-1950

    This subseries is housed in 16 boxes and one oversize box and is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and subject. This subseries consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence from Division of History staff members. Topics include the historical marker program, historical marker inscriptions, installation, and maintenance, published guide to historical markers, Richmond Battlefield Park, and reports of History Division activities.

    The most significant correspondence are between William E. Carson , chairman of the Virginia Conservation Commission from 1926 to 1934, and Dr. Hamilton J. Eckenrode. These letters provide insight into the development, administration and problems of the historical marker program. Other topics include the Richmond Battlefield Park. Topics of a personal nature include Carson's fall in 1933 and death in 1942 and Eckenrode's bachelorhood.

    Notable correspondence concerning the historical marker program include letter to Carson from Eckenrode asking him to sooth Conrad's hurt feelings over mistakes Carson made in marker inscriptions (29 November 1927); letter to Carson from Eckenrode describing delays in the installation of Lynchburg markers (11 March 1930); correspondence regarding marker orders and delivery problems (23 October 1933, 25 October 1933, 16 February 1934, 24 March 1934, 18 August 1934, and 20 August 1934); correspondence describing problems with marker maintenance (17 February 1933, 10 March 1933, 11 April 1933, 27 September 1933 and 7 October 1933).

    Of note within the collection are correspondence describing the development of the Richmond Battlefield Park, especially between 1931 and 1934. Significant correspondence for 1931 include (5 January, 8 July, 9 July, 10 July, 17 July, 21 July, 30 July, 14 August, 18 August, 19 August, 20 August, 4 September, 8 September, 8 December, 11 December, 17 December and 18 December); for 1932 (29 March, 15 April, 21 April, 26 April, 28 April, 2 May, 18 May, 10 August, 12 October, 13 October, 19 November, 21 November, and 14 December); for 1933 (22 May, 7 June, 14 July, 20 July, 24 July, 27 July, 4 August, 23 August, 8 September, 11 September, 15 September, 20 September, 11 October, 23 November, and 25 November); and for 1934 (10-13 January, 17 January, 7 February, 14 February, 15 February, 19 February, 12 March, 15-17 March, 10 April, 14 May, 16 May and 14 July).

    Topics of a personal nature in the correspondence include Carson's fall, injury to his arm, and recovery in 1933 (12 August, 13 August, 16 August, 15 September, 18 October, 20 October, 23 October, 24 October, and 27 October) and Carson's poor health shortly before he died in 1942. Throughout their correspondence, Carson teased Eckenrode about being a bachelor and encouraged him to find a wife (10 September 1929, 6 November 1929, 7 November 1929, 27 September 1930, 22 December 1930, and 10 June 1941).

    The correspondence of Bryan Conrad , contain both business and personal letters, though most relate to his employment with the Division of History. Almost all of the office correspondence are between Conrad and Eckenrode. Topics include Conrad's employment status (27 June 1927, 28 March 1929) and field work installing markers including weekly reports (1927-1928). Personal letters between Conrad and his sister, Carter Bryan Conrad of Washington, D.C., are also included within Conrad's office correspondence. Topics include Conrad's divorce (19 October 1932), family and politics (8 May 1933, 19 September 1933, 9 January 1934, 6 December 1934). Also included are Conrad's personal correspondence, including a letter to Carter Bryan Conrad regarding the Edith Maxwell case and Franklin D. Roosevelt (17 November 1937), and correspondence with his daughter, Georgia Conrad (15 March 1935, 20 September 1935 and 18 May 1936 newspaper clipping).

    Correspondence between Douglas Southall Freeman and Eckenrode include Freeman's comments on marker inscriptions. Additional correspondence discuss the Richmond Battlefield Park (20 June 1933, 21 June 1933, 7 July 1933, 10 July 1933, 21 August 1933, 18 September 1933, 22 September 1933, 23 September 1933, 25 September 1933, 23 November 1933, 15 January 1934, 25 January 1934 and 5 February 1934).

    Wilbur C. Hall was chairman of the Conservation Commission from 1935 to 1939. Topics included in correspondence between Hall and Eckenrode are the Richmond Battlefield Park (23 February 1935, 6 April 1935 and 11 June 1935) and the WPA Historical Inventory Project (28 May 1936, 20 August 1937 and 4 December 1937).

    The correspondence of M.F. Pleasants , Field Assistant for the Division of History, describe the installation and maintenance of the historical markers. Additional information can be found under the headings Highway Department and Markers .

    Also of note is a typed 17 page transcript of the diary of Dr. John Waller Reins describing his ocean voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, to California, between 2 April 1849 and May 1849, filed with the correspondence of Mrs. Harris E. Willlingham and reports of the Division's work during World War II ( Virginia World War II History ).

    Additional correspondents include E. Griffith Dodson, Elmer O. Flippin, Dr. H.R. McIlwaine, N. Clarence Smith, Branch Spalding, and Dr. E.G. Swem.

    • Box 55 Folder 4
      Allyn, Rex M.
    • Box 55 Folder 5
      American Automobile Association, Washington, DC (J.A. Brown, Business Manager) - See Also Oversize Box 1, Folder 8
    • Box 55 Folder 6
      Burson, R.E.
    • Box 55 Folder 7
      C.W.A. Project (1934) - Architectural Work
    • Box 55 Folder 8
      Carson, W.E. (1927)
    • Box 55 Folder 9
      Carson, W.E. (1928)
    • Box 55 Folder 10
      Carson, W.E. (1929)
    • Box 56 Folder 1
      Carson, W.E. (1930)
    • Box 56 Folder 2
      Carson, W.E. (1931)
    • Box 56 Folder 3
      Carson, W.E. (1932)
    • Box 56 Folder 4
      Carson, W.E. (1933)
    • Box 56 Folder 5
      Carson, W.E. (1934)
    • Box 57 Folder 1
      Carson, W.E. (1935-1942, 1946 & 1948)
    • Box 57 Folder 2
      Conrad, Col. Bryan (Office Correspondence, 1927)
    • Box 57 Folder 3
      Conrad, Col. Bryan (Office Correspondence, 1928)
    • Box 57 Folder 4
      Conrad, Col. Bryan (Office Correspondence, 1929)
    • Box 57 Folder 5
      Conrad, Col. Bryan (Office Correspondence, 1930-1937)
    • Box 57 Folder 6
      Conrad, Col. Bryan (Personal File, 1929-1932)
    • Box 58 Folder 1
      Conrad, Col. Bryan (Personal File, 1933-1934)
    • Box 58 Folder 2
      Conrad, Col. Bryan (Personal File, 1935-1938)
    • Box 58 Folder 3
      Conrad, Col. Bryan (Personal File, 1939-1942, 1946)
    • Box 58 Folder 4
      Colonial National Monument, Cramton Bill (General Correspondence)
    • Box 58 Folder 5
      Couch, W.T., Director, University of North Carolina Press, 1933-1943
    • Box 58 Folder 6
      Culler, Mrs. Julia Abbott
    • Box 58 Folder 7
      Dietz, Mrs. Winifred
    • Box 58 Folder 8
      Directory of Federal and State Departments and Agencies in Virginia, 1940
    • Box 59 Folder 1
      Dodson, E. Griffith (Correspondence File, 1927-1931)
    • Box 59 Folder 2
      Dodson, E. Griffith (Correspondence File, 1932-1933)
    • Box 59 Folder 3
      Eckenrode, Dr. Hamilton J. (Correspondence Sent to Col. Bryan Conrad, 1927-1930)
    • Box 59 Folder 4
      Eckenrode, Dr. Hamilton J. (Memorandums, 1928-1937)
    • Box 59 Folder 5
      Eckenrode, Dr. Hamilton J. (Personal Correspondence, 1928-1938)
    • Box 59 Folder 6
      Flippin, Elmer O. (1927-1930) - See Also Correspondence filed under Markers
    • Box 60 Folder 1
      Freeman, Dr. Douglas S. (1927-1932)
    • Box 60 Folder 2
      Freeman, Dr. Douglas S. (1933-1935)
    • Box 60 Folder 3
      Garden Week in Virginia Pamphlets, 1929, 1933-1941, 1947-1949 - See Also Oversize Box 1, Folder 9
    • Gilliam, R.A. - See Correspondence filed under Markers
    • Box 60 Folder 4
      Goodwin, Dr. W.A.R. (Yorktown Sesquicentennial)
    • Box 60 Folder 5
      Gray, Rev. Arthur, West Point, VA
    • Box 60 Folder 6
      Hall, Wilbur C. (1928-1934)
    • Box 60 Folder 7
      Hall, Wilbur C. (1935) - part one
    • Box 60 Folder 8
      Hall, Wilbur C. (1935) - part two
    • Box 61 Folder 1
      Hall, Wilbur C. (1936) - part one
    • Box 61 Folder 2
      Hall, Wilbur C. (1936) - part two
    • Box 61 Folder 3
      Hall, Wilbur C. (1937) - part one
    • Box 61 Folder 4
      Hall, Wilbur C. (1937) - part two
    • Box 61 Folder 5
      Hall, Wilbur C. (1938)
    • Box 61 Folder 6
      Hall, Wilbur C. (1939-1944)
    • Box 62 Folder 1
      Harrison, Fairfax
    • Highway Department
      • Box 62 Folder 2
        District Engineer, Bristol, Virginia
      • Box 62 Folder 3
        District Engineer, Culpeper, Virginia
      • Box 62 Folder 4
        District Engineer, Fredericksburg, Virginia
      • Box 62 Folder 5
        District Engineer, Lynchburg, Virginia
      • Box 62 Folder 6
        District Engineer, Richmond, Virginia
      • Box 62 Folder 7
        District Engineer, Salem, Virginia
      • Box 62 Folder 8
        District Engineer, Staunton, Virginia
      • Box 62 Folder 9
        District Engineer, Suffolk, Virginia
      • Box 62 Folder 10
        Forrer, J.J., Assistant Engineer, Maintenance, Richmond, Virginia
      • Box 62 Folder 11
        Lambert, C.W., Assistant Engineer, Equipment, Richmond, Virginia
      • Box 62 Folder 12
        Mullen, C.S., Chief Engineer, Richmond, Virginia
      • Box 62 Folder 13
        Leech, Jr., Charles B., Equipment Engineer, Richmond, Virginia
      • Box 62 Folder 14
        Sawtelle, C.C., Equipment Engineer, Richmond, Virginia
      • Box 63 Folder 1
        Jr. Landscape Superintendent, Bristol District
      • Box 63 Folder 2
        Jr. Landscape Superintendent, Culpeper District
      • Box 63 Folder 3
        Jr. Landscape Superintendent, Fredericksburg District
      • Box 63 Folder 4
        Jr. Landscape Superintendent, Lynchburg District
      • Box 63 Folder 5
        Jr. Landscape Superintendent, Richmond District
      • Box 63 Folder 6
        Jr. Landscape Superintendent, Salem District
      • Box 63 Folder 7
        Jr. Landscape Superintendent, Staunton District
      • Box 63 Folder 8
        Jr. Landscape Superintendent, Suffolk District
      • Box 63 Folder 9
        Miscellaneous
      • Box 63 Folder 10
        Resident Engineers, Bristol District
      • Box 63 Folder 11
        Resident Engineers, Culpeper District
      • Box 63 Folder 12
        Resident Engineers, Fredericksburg District
      • Box 63 Folder 13
        Resident Engineers, Lynchburg District
      • Box 64 Folder 1
        Resident Engineers, Richmond District
      • Box 64 Folder 2
        Resident Engineers, Salem District
      • Box 64 Folder 3
        Resident Engineers, Staunton District
      • Box 64 Folder 4
        Resident Engineers, Suffolk District
    • Box 64 Folder 5
      Horseley, J.R., 1927-1942
    • Box 64 Folder 6
      Horseley, Jr., 1928 (alphabetical)
    • Box 64 Folder 7
      Institutional Letters - Agreements Received
    • Box 64 Folder 8
      Institutional Letters - Agreements Not Received
    • Box 64 Folder 9
      Institutional Letters - Order Placed with Factory
    • Box 64 Folder 10
      Kegley, F.B., 1927-1934
    • Box 65 Folder 1
      Kegley, F.B., 1935-1947
    • Markers
      • Box 65 Folder 2
        Correspondence of E.O. Flippin Relating to Markers, 1928-1929 (9-4-2)
      • Box 65 Folder 3
        Correspondence of E.O. Flippin Relating to Historical Markers, 1930 (9-4-1)
      • Box 65 Folder 4
        Marker Booklet, Shenandoah Publishing House, 1929-1930 (9-6-2)
      • Box 65 Folder 5
        Correspondence of E.O. Flippin and R.A. Gilliam, 1930 (9-1)
      • Box 65 Folder 6
        Important Papers (R.A. Gilliam File), 1931 (2-9)
      • Box 65 Folder 7
        Dr. Eckenrode, Miscellaneous (R.A. Gilliam File), 1931 (9-1 to 9-5)
      • Box 65 Folder 8
        Richmond Battlefield Park (R.A. Gilliam File), 1931-1932 (7-7)
      • Box 65 Folder 9
        Correspondence of R.A. Gilliam, 1932 (9-1 to 9-5)
    • Box 65 Folder 10
      Marker Maintenance (Assistant Painters)
    • Box 66 Folder 1
      Martin, Col. Lawrence, Washington, DC
    • Box 66 Folder 2
      McIlwaine, Dr. H.R.
    • Box 66 Folder 3
      Millard, C.I.
    • Box 66 Folder 4
      Mullen, C.S. (Dept. of Highways)
    • Box 66 Folder 5
      Neale, H.J. (Landscape Engineer), 1937-1940
    • Box 66 Folder 6
      Neale, H.J. (Landscape Engineer), 1941-1945
    • Box 66 Folder 7
      Neale, H.J. (Landscape Engineer), 1946-1948
    • Box 66 Folder 8
      Newspaper Clippings and Miscellaneous Printed Matter
    • Box 66 Folder 9
      Pleasants, M.F., 1927-1930
    • Box 67 Folder 1
      Pleasants, M.F., 1931
    • Box 67 Folder 2
      Pleasants, M.F., 1932-1933
    • Box 67 Folder 3
      Pleasants, M.F., 1934-1937
    • Box 67 Folder 4
      Pleasants, M.F., 1938-1944
    • Box 67 Folder 5
      Pleasants, M.F., Marker Field Work, 1946-1948
    • Box 67 Folder 6
      Salem Foundry and Machine Works, Inc., 1945-1946
    • Box 67 Folder 7
      Salem Foundry and Machine Works, Inc., 1947-1948
    • Box 68 Folder 1
      Sams, C. Whittle, Norfolk, VA
    • Box 68 Folder 2
      Schaadt, Mrs. C.W.
    • Box 68 Folder 3
      Shirley, Henry G. (Chairman Highway Commission), 1927-1941
    • Box 68 Folder 4
      Shrines in Virginia, 1932-1933
    • Box 68 Folder 5
      Skinnell, J.F. (Manager, WMBG Studio)
    • Box 68 Folder 6
      Smith, N. Clarence (Chairman), 1939-1940
    • Box 68 Folder 7
      Smith, N. Clarence (Chairman), 1941-1942
    • Box 68 Folder 8
      Spalding, Branch (National Park Service), 1933-1936 - See Also Oversize Box 1, Folder 10
    • Box 69 Folder 1
      Sully, Julia
    • Box 69 Folder 2
      Swem, Dr. E.G., 1927-1930
    • Box 69 Folder 3
      Swem, Dr. E.G., 1931-1936
    • Box 69 Folder 4
      Traveling Expenses (Revolving Fund), Correspondence, A-L (Hotel Letters)
    • Box 69 Folder 5
      Traveling Expenses (Revolving Fund), Correspondence, M-Z (Hotel Letters)
    • Box 69 Folder 6
      Traveling Expenses, Bank Statements of Account, 1 July 1946 to 1 June 1948
    • Box 69 Folder 7
      Virginia World War II History - See Also Oversize Box 1, Folder 11
    • Box 70 Folder 1
      Virginia Writers' Project (Prefaces of Books and Pamphlets)
    • Box 70 Folder 2
      White, J. Stuart
    • Box 70 Folder 3
      Whitelock, Frances, Editor "East Texas", Longview, Texas
    • Box 70 Folder 4
      Wiles, Edmond R., Little Rock, Arkansas
    • Box 70 Folder 5
      Willingham, Mrs. Harris E. (Diary of Dr. John Waller Reins, and notes on old homes)
    • Box 70 Folder 6
      WMBG Broadcasting Studio, Richmond, VA
    • Box 70 Folder 7
      WPA Artists Project
    • Box 70 Folder 8
      (WPA) Federal Writers' Project, Dr. H.J. Eckenrode, Director for Virginia
    • Box 70 Folder 9
      (WPA Project) Historic Buildings, Sites, Etc.
    • Box 70 Folder 10
      Wright, Jr., Marcellus E., Project Engineer, Local Virginia Emergency Relief Administration
    • Box 70 Folder 11
      Yorktown Pageant, 1932
    • Box 70 Folder 12
      Yorktown Investigation
    • Box 70 Folder 13
      Yorktown Sesquicentennial History (Campaign and Siege of Yorktown)
Series II. Virginia War History Project, 1942-1946 (Accession 24806b)

The Virginia War History Project series is housed in 10 boxes with oversized material separated and is arranged into two subseries. Subseries have been designated for Counties and Cities. The series consists of booklets, correspondence, lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, pamphlets, photographs, programs, reports, and rosters.

In September 1942 the Virginia Conservation Commission's Division of History and Archaeology, under the direction of Dr. Hamilton J. Eckenrode, began a war records collection program. Unable to continue the Division of History's historical marker program because of wartime rationing, Eckenrode sought to "record the history of the Old Dominion's war effort while the history is still fresh in the making, rather than wait until after the war when the events and details would be more obscured." The Conservation Commission began a correspondence program in which a non-salaried correspondent from each locality sent reports about local war activities and local effects and reaction to the war. The local correspondents also assisted the Virginia World War II History Commission with its' questionnaire, "Personal War Service Record of Virginia's Ward Dead" completed by the next of kin of Virginia's deceased servicemen.

Most of the information in this series contains correspondence reports on local wartime conditions in Virginia from local correspondents mainly during 1943 with a few from 1944 and 1945. Topics include local opinion and reaction to war events and news, rosters of local service men and women, activities of local organizations, economic conditions and religious conditions. Unfortunately, the quantity and quality of these reports varied widely. Many only submitted a few reports. However, other localities submitted a substantial number of records. In addition, there are correspondence between the History Division and local correspondents related to the administration of the "Personal War Service Record of Virginia's War Dead" questionnaire on behalf of the Virginia World War II History Commission. These records were transferred to the Virginia World War II History Commission and are part of Record Group 68, accession 24805. A few localities submitted casualty lists.

  • Subseries A: Counties

    This subseries is housed in 9 boxes and one oversize box and is arranged alphabetically by county. This subseries consists of incoming correspondence and reports from local correspondents and replies from Division of History staff members. A few also include newspaper clippings about local soldiers and events. The bulk of the reports cover portions of 1943 and some 1944. The quality and frequency of the reports varied widely. Notable county reports include Arlington County (clippings from Washington, D.C. newspapers), Bedford County (reports on D-Day, 6-8 June 1944), Buchanan County, Buckingham County (1942-1943 issues of Seabees Buzz), Dinwiddie County (reaction to the war by Camp Lee service men, ca. 1944), Essex County (critical attitude), Fluvanna County, Halifax County, Henry County, Isle of Wight County, Loudoun County, Nelson County, Patrick County, Prince William County, Stafford County (including "Story of Stafford Evacuation" by Elizabeth Russell Powers, describing removal of 650 families for enlargement of Marine Base at Quantico in 1942), and Surry County.

    A few localities (Alleghany County, Franklin County, Giles County, Prince George County, Sussex County and Wise County) also gathered biographical information about soldiers often listing the soldiers name, age, physical description, name of parents, residence, education, marital status, and a brief military record. A few records include newspaper clippings and photographs.

    • Box 71 Folder 1
      Accomack County, 1943-1946
    • Box 71 Folder 2
      Albemarle County, 1943-1946
    • Box 71 Folder 3
      Alleghany County, 1943-1945
    • Box 71 Folder 4
      Amelia County, 1942-1945
    • Box 71 Folder 5
      Amherst County, 1943, 1945
    • Box 71 Folder 6
      Appomattox County, 1942-1946
    • Box 71 Folder 7
      Arlington County, 1943-1946 and newspaper clippings
    • Box 71 Folder 8
      Augusta County, 1942-1946
    • Box 71 Folder 9
      Bath County, 1943-1946
    • Box 71 Folder 10
      Bedford County, 1943-1946
    • Box 71 Folder 11
      Bland County, 1943-1945
    • Box 71 Folder 12
      Botetourt County, 1943, 1945
    • Box 71 Folder 13
      Brunswick County, 1943-1946
    • Box 71 Folder 14
      Buchanan County, 1942-1943, 1945-1946
    • Box 72 Folder 1
      Buckingham County, 1942
    • Box 72 Folder 2
      Buckingham County, 1943
    • Box 72 Folder 3
      Buckingham County, 1944
    • Box 72 Folder 4
      Bucking County, 1945-1946
    • Box 72 Folder 5
      Campbell County, 1943-1946
    • Box 72 Folder 6
      Caroline County, 1942-1943, 1945-1946
    • Box 72 Folder 7
      Carroll County, 1943, 1945
    • Box 72 Folder 8
      Charles City County, 1942-1945
    • Box 72 Folder 9
      Charlotte County, 1942-1943, 1945
    • Box 72 Folder 10
      Chesterfield County, 1943
    • Box 72 Folder 11
      Clarke County, 1942-1943, 1945-1946
    • Box 72 Folder 12
      Craig County, 1943-1946
    • Box 72 Folder 13
      Culpeper County, 1942-1943, 1945-1946
    • Box 72 Folder 14
      Cumberland County, 1942-1945
    • Box 73 Folder 1
      Dickenson County, 1942-1943, 1945
    • Box 73 Folder 2
      Dinwiddie County, 1943-1945
    • Elizabeth City County - empty folder
    • Box 73 Folder 3
      Essex County, 1943-1946
    • Box 73 Folder 4
      Fairfax County, 1943-1946
    • Box 73 Folder 5
      Fauquier County, 1942-1943, 1945 (Also includes City of Warrenton)
    • Box 73 Folder 6
      Floyd County, 1943-1946
    • Box 73 Folder 7
      Fluvanna County, 1943-1946
    • Box 73 Folder 8
      Franklin County, 1942-1946
    • Box 73 Folder 9
      Franklin County, Register Record of Soldiers of World War II
    • Box 73 Folder 10
      Frederick County, 1942-1943
    • Box 74 Folder 1
      Giles County, 1942-1943
    • Box 74 Folder 2
      Giles County, 1943
    • Box 74 Folder 3
      Giles County, 1943-1946
    • Box 74 Folder 4
      Gloucester County, 1942-1946
    • Box 74 Folder 5
      Goochland County, 1942-1943, 1945
    • Box 74 Folder 6
      Grayson County, 1943, 1945
    • Box 74 Folder 7
      Greene County, 1943, 1945
    • Box 74 Folder 8
      Greensville County, 1943-1945
    • Box 74 Folder 9
      Halifax County, 1942-1945
    • Box 74 Folder 10
      Hanover County, 1943-1945
    • Box 75 Folder 1
      Henrico County, 1943
    • Box 75 Folder 2
      Henry County, 1942-1943
    • Box 75 Folder 3
      Henry County, 1943
    • Box 75 Folder 4
      Henry County, 1943-1944
    • Box 75 Folder 5
      Henry County, 1944-1945 (See Also Oversize Box 2, Folder 1)
    • Box 75 Folder 6
      Highland County, 1943, 1945
    • Box 75 Folder 7
      Isle of Wight County, 1943-1946
    • Box 75 Folder 8
      James City County, 1942-1943, 1945
    • Box 75 Folder 9
      King and Queen County, 1942-1946
    • Box 76 Folder 1
      King George County, 1942-1943, 1945
    • Box 76 Folder 2
      King William County, 1942-1946
    • Box 76 Folder 3
      Lancaster County, 1942-1945
    • Box 76 Folder 4
      Lee County, 1943-1945
    • Box 76 Folder 5
      Loudoun County, 1942-1945 (Also includes Leesburg)
    • Box 76 Folder 6
      Louisa County, 1942-1946
    • Box 76 Folder 7
      Lunenburg County, 1942-1946
    • Box 76 Folder 8
      Madison County, 1942-1946
    • Box 76 Folder 9
      Mathews County, 1942-1946
    • Box 76 Folder 10
      Mecklenburg County, 1943-1945
    • Box 76 Folder 11
      Middlesex County, 1942-1945
    • Box 76 Folder 12
      Montgomery County, 1942-1946 (See Also Oversize Box 2, Folder 2)
    • Box 76 Folder 13
      Nansemond County, 1945-1946
    • Box 76 Folder 14
      Nelson County, 1942-1945
    • Box 77 Folder 1
      New Kent County, 1942-1943, 1945
    • Box 77 Folder 2
      Norfolk County, 1943, 1945-1946
    • Box 77 Folder 3
      Northampton County, 1943, 1945
    • Box 77 Folder 4
      Northumberland County, 1942-1943, 1945
    • Box 77 Folder 5
      Nottoway County, 1943, 1945
    • Box 77 Folder 6
      Orange County, 1942-1943, 1945-1946 (See Also Oversize Box 2, Folder 3)
    • Box 77 Folder 7
      Page County, 1943-1946
    • Box 77 Folder 8
      Patrick County, 1942-1946
    • Box 77 Folder 9
      Pittsylvania County, 1943-1945
    • Box 77 Folder 10
      Powhatan County, 1943, 1945
    • Box 77 Folder 11
      Prince Edward County, 1942-1943, 1945
    • Box 77 Folder 12
      Prince Edward County (Hampden Sydney College), 1942-1944
    • Box 77 Folder 13
      Prince George County, 1943-1946
    • Box 77 Folder 14
      Prince William County, 1942-1946
    • Box 77 Folder 15
      Princess Anne County, 1942-1943
    • Box 77 Folder 16
      Pulaski County, 1943-1946
    • Box 77 Folder 17
      Rappahannock County, 1943, 1945
    • Box 78 Folder 1
      Richmond County, 1943, 1945-1946
    • Box 78 Folder 2
      Roanoke County, 1945-1946
    • Box 78 Folder 3
      Rockbridge County, 1942-1946
    • Box 78 Folder 4
      Rockingham County, 1946
    • Box 78 Folder 5
      Russell County, 1942-1946
    • Box 78 Folder 6
      Scott County, 1943-1946
    • Box 78 Folder 7
      Shenandoah County, 1943, 1945-1946
    • Box 78 Folder 8
      Smyth County, 1943-1946
    • Box 78 Folder 9
      Southampton County, 1945-1946
    • Box 78 Folder 10
      Spotsylvania County, 1942-1943, 1945
    • Box 78 Folder 11
      Stafford County, 1942-1945
    • Box 78 Folder 12
      Surry County, 1943-1946
    • Box 78 Folder 13
      Sussex County, 1942-1943
    • Box 78 Folder 14
      Sussex County, 1943
    • Box 79 Folder 1
      Sussex County, 1943-1944
    • Box 79 Folder 2
      Tazewell County, 1942-1945
    • Box 79 Folder 3
      Warren County, 1943, 1945
    • Box 79 Folder 4
      Warwick County, 1943-1945
    • Box 79 Folder 5
      Washington County, 1943-1945 (Also includes Abingdon)
    • Box 79 Folder 6
      Westmoreland County, 1942-1943, 1945-1946
    • Box 79 Folder 7
      Wise County, 1943-1945
    • Box 79 Folder 8
      Wythe County, 1942-1943, 1945 (Also includes Wytheville)
    • Box 79 Folder 9
      York County, 1943-1946
  • Subseries B: Cities

    This subseries is housed in 1 box and one oversize box and is arranged alphabetically by city. This subseries consists of incoming correspondence and reports from local correspondents and replies from Division of History staff members. Very few localities submitted any reports. Most of the correspondence concerns the collection of "Personal War Service Record of Virginia's Ward Dead".

    • Box 79 Folder 10
      Alexandria, 1942-1943, 1945
    • Box 79 Folder 11
      Bristol, 1943, 1945
    • Box 79 Folder 12
      Buena Vista, 1942-1945
    • Box 79 Folder 13
      Charlottesville, 1945
    • Box 79 Folder 14
      Clifton Forge, 1945
    • Box 79 Folder 15
      Danville, 1945-1946
    • Box 79 Folder 16
      Fredericksburg, 1942-1944
    • Box 79 Folder 17
      Hampton, 1945
    • Box 79 Folder 18
      Harrisonburg, 1943, 1945
    • Box 79 Folder 19
      Lynchburg, 1942-1946
    • Box 79 Folder 20
      Martinsville, 1945
    • Box 80 Folder 1
      Newport News, 1942, 1945
    • Box 80 Folder 2
      Norfolk, 1942-1945
    • Box 80 Folder 3
      Petersburg, 1942-1943, 1945
    • Box 80 Folder 4
      Portsmouth, 1942-1946
    • Box 80 Folder 5
      Richmond, 1942, 1944-1945
    • Box 80 Folder 6
      Roanoke, 1942, 1945-1946
    • Box 80 Folder 7
      South Norfolk, 1945
    • Box 80 Folder 8
      Staunton, 1945-1946
    • Box 80 Folder 9
      Suffolk, 1943, 1945-1946
    • Box 80 Folder 10
      Williamsburg, 1943-1945
    • Box 80 Folder 11
      Winchester, 1945-1946
Series III. Graves of Distinguished Virginians Project, 1944-1950 (accession 24806c)

The Graves of Distinguished Virginians Project series is housed in 5 boxes with oversized material separated and is arranged into two subseries. Subseries have been designated for Correspondence and County Files. The series consists of correspondence, lists, maps, newspaper clippings, and reports.

In October 1944 the Virginia Conservation Commission's Division of History began a "Graves of Distinguished Virginians" Project. Funded by a $2000 appropriation of the General Assembly, the project's goals was to identify and, if necessary, mark such graves. The bulk of the work on this project was between 1946 and 1948.

  • Subseries A: Correspondence, 1944-1950

    This subseries is housed in 3 boxes and one oversize box and is arranged alphabetically by correspondent with some correspondence and topics separated out. The series consists primarily of correspondence between Division of History staff members, Dr. Hamilton J. Eckenrode, Bryan Conrad and J.R.V. Daniel and interested citizens concerning the graves of distinguished Virginians. Topics include: tombstone inscriptions and information on the location of graves.

    • Box 81 Folder 1
      Graves of Distinguished Virginians - Official List for Corrections, Eliminations and (Suggested) Additional Names
    • Box 81 Folder 2
      Graves of Distinguished Virginians - Work List (See Also Oversize Box 2, Folder 4)
    • Box 81 Folder 3
      Alphabetical List of Graves of Distinguished Virginians with County locations (2 copies)
    • Box 81 Folder 4
      Grave Inscriptions
    • Box 81 Folder 5
      Proposed Grave Markers
    • Box 81 Folder 6
      Graves - Current Investigation - "Priorities"
    • Box 81 Folder 7
      Alexandria Gazette - Byrd
    • Box 81 Folder 8
      Capron - Cunningham
    • Box 81 Folder 9
      List of Congressmen (2 copies)
    • Box 81 Folder 10
      DAR - Guthrie
    • Box 81 Folder 11
      Graves, L.N., Installation of Markers
    • Box 81 Folder 12
      Grave Markers - Bounds, Paul W. (Granite Markers)
    • Box 82 Folder 1
      Haley - Hutton
    • Box 82 Folder 2
      Harrison (Benjamin's) Material
    • Box 82 Folder 3
      Henwood and Wilson (Granite Markers)
    • Box 82 Folder 4
      Howard, E.H. (Eastern Shore Marker Contract)
    • Box 82 Folder 5
      Ingham - Mullett
    • Box 82 Folder 6
      Mc
    • Box 82 Folder 7
      Marker Order Folder
    • Box 82 Folder 8
      Marker Bids and Orders
    • Box 82 Folder 9
      Miscellaneous Folder
    • Box 82 Folder 10
      Nelson - Nicar
    • Box 82 Folder 11
      National Park Service (Eight Superintendents)
    • Box 82 Folder 12
      Newspaper Clippings
    • Box 82 Folder 13
      Owens - Ryland
    • Box 83 Folder 1
      Saunders - Swem (See Also Oversize Box 2, Folder 6)
    • Box 83 Folder 2
      Suspense Letters
    • Box 83 Folder 3
      Tabb - Tynes
    • Box 83 Folder 4
      Tombstone Inscriptions
    • Box 83 Folder 5
      Upshur - Wright
    • Box 83 Folder 6
      Whitelaw, Ralph T.
    • Box 83 Folder 7
      Wold, Ansel, Washington, DC
    • Box 83 Folder 8
      X-Y-Z
  • Subseries B: County Files

    This subseries is housed in 3 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by locality. The series consists of lists of distinguished Virginians buried in each locality and an approximate location of their grave. A few localities include tombstone inscriptions and newspaper clippings about the project.

    • Box 83 Folder 9
      Accomack County
    • Box 83 Folder 10
      Albemarle County
    • Box 83 Folder 11
      Amelia County
    • Box 83 Folder 12
      Amherst County
    • Box 83 Folder 13
      Appomattox County
    • Box 83 Folder 14
      Arlington County
    • Box 83 Folder 15
      Augusta County
    • Box 83 Folder 16
      Bath County
    • Box 83 Folder 17
      Bland County
    • Box 83 Folder 18
      Botetourt County
    • Box 83 Folder 19
      Brunswick County
    • Box 83 Folder 20
      Buckingham County
    • Box 84 Folder 1
      Campbell County
    • Box 84 Folder 2
      Caroline County
    • Box 84 Folder 3
      Charles City County
    • Box 84 Folder 4
      Charlotte County
    • Box 84 Folder 5
      Chesterfield County
    • Box 84 Folder 6
      Clarke County
    • Box 84 Folder 7
      Culpeper County
    • Box 84 Folder 8
      Cumberland County
    • Box 84 Folder 9
      Dinwiddie County
    • Box 84 Folder 10
      Elizabeth City County
    • Box 84 Folder 11
      Essex County
    • Box 84 Folder 12
      Fairfax County
    • Box 84 Folder 13
      Fauquier County
    • Box 84 Folder 14
      Fluvanna County
    • Box 84 Folder 15
      Franklin County
    • Box 84 Folder 16
      Frederick County
    • Box 84 Folder 17
      Giles County
    • Box 84 Folder 18
      Gloucester County
    • Box 84 Folder 19
      Goochland County
    • Box 84 Folder 20
      Grayson County
    • Box 84 Folder 21
      Halifax County
    • Box 84 Folder 22
      Hanover County
    • Box 84 Folder 23
      Henrico County
    • Box 84 Folder 24
      Henry County
    • Box 84 Folder 25
      Isle of Wight County
    • Box 84 Folder 26
      King and Queen County
    • Box 84 Folder 27
      King George County
    • Box 84 Folder 28
      King William County
    • Box 84 Folder 29
      Lancaster County
    • Box 84 Folder 30
      Lee County
    • Box 84 Folder 31
      Loudoun County
    • Box 84 Folder 32
      Louisa County
    • Box 84 Folder 33
      Lunenburg County
    • Box 84 Folder 34
      Madison County
    • Box 84 Folder 35
      Mathews County
    • Box 84 Folder 36
      Mecklenburg County
    • Box 84 Folder 37
      Middlesex County
    • Box 84 Folder 38
      Miscellaneous
    • Box 84 Folder 39
      Montgomery County
    • Box 84 Folder 40
      Nansemond County
    • Box 84 Folder 41
      Nelson County
    • Box 84 Folder 42
      New Kent County
    • Box 84 Folder 43
      Norfolk County
    • Box 84 Folder 44
      Northampton County
    • Box 84 Folder 45
      Northumberland County
    • Box 84 Folder 46
      Nottoway County
    • Box 84 Folder 47
      Page County
    • Box 84 Folder 48
      Patrick County
    • Box 84 Folder 49
      Pittsylvania County
    • Box 84 Folder 50
      Powhatan County
    • Box 84 Folder 51
      Prince Edward County
    • Box 84 Folder 52
      Prince George County
    • Box 84 Folder 53
      Prince William County
    • Box 84 Folder 54
      Princess Anne County
    • Box 84 Folder 55
      Pulaski County
    • Box 84 Folder 56
      Rappahannock County
    • Box 84 Folder 57
      Richmond County
    • Box 84 Folder 58
      Roanoke County
    • Box 84 Folder 59
      Rockbridge County
    • Box 84 Folder 60
      Rockingham County
    • Box 84 Folder 61
      Russell County
    • Box 85 Folder 1
      Scott County
    • Box 85 Folder 2
      Shenandoah County
    • Box 85 Folder 3
      Smyth County
    • Box 85 Folder 4
      Southampton County
    • Box 85 Folder 5
      Spotsylvania County
    • Box 85 Folder 6
      Stafford County
    • Box 85 Folder 7
      Surry County
    • Box 85 Folder 8
      Sussex County
    • Box 85 Folder 9
      Tazewell County
    • Box 85 Folder 10
      Warren County
    • Box 85 Folder 11
      Warwick County
    • Box 85 Folder 12
      Washington County
    • Box 85 Folder 13
      Westmoreland County
    • Box 85 Folder 14
      West Virginia
    • Box 85 Folder 15
      Wythe County
    • Box 85 Folder 16
      York County
Series IV. Records, 1929-1950 (accession 25913)

The Records series is housed in 7 boxes with oversized material separated and is arranged into two subseries. Subseries have been designated for Reference Files and The Hornbook of Virginia History. The series consists of correspondence, minutes, newspapers, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, postcards and scrapbooks.

  • Subseries A: Reference Files

    This subseries is housed in 4 boxes and two oversize folders and is arranged alphabetically by subject or correspondent. The series consists primarily of topical reference files. Notable subjects include: Bell Tower, Covered Bridges in Virginia (including some photographs and WPA Historical Inventory Forms), Division of History and Archaeology (organization and reports), and George Washington. The material on Washington includes several issues of Clip Sheet, published by the United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission. In addition to the subject files, the subseries also consists of correspondence between Division of History staff members, Dr. Hamilton J. Eckenrode, Bryan Conrad and J.R.V. Daniel and individuals concerning the Division's work. It is unknown why these correspondence were separated from the main Correspondence File (Series I.). Notable correspondents include: W. Edwin Hemphill and Alexander Weddell.

    • Box 86 Folder 1
      Anderson, General James A., Commissioner of Highways
    • Box 86 Folder 2
      A.P.V.A. (The Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities)
    • Box 86 Folder 3
      Archaeology - See also folder for E.B. Sacrey, Secretary, Archaeology Society of Virginia
    • Box 86 Folder 4
      Architecture (drawings)
    • Box 86 Folder 5
      Arnold, George P.
    • Box 86 Folder 6
      Battle, Governor John Stuart
    • Box 86 Folder 7
      Battlefield Markers Association - Battlefield Markers in Richmond Vicinity, List of
    • Box 86 Folder 8
      Battles and Battlefields in Virginia (Lists, etc.)
    • Box 86 Folder 9
      Bell Tower (Capitol Square)
    • Box 86 Folder 10
      Berkeley, Jr., Francis L.
    • Box 86 Folder 11
      Calendar - Old and New Style Explained
    • Box 86 Folder 12
      Capitol Square - Data
    • Box 86 Folder 13
      Cappon, Dr. Lester J. (Highway Historical Marker Advisory Committee)
    • Box 86 Folder 14
      Catechism
    • Box 86 Folder 15
      Church, Randolph W. (State Librarian - 1947)
    • Box 86 Folder 16
      Churches in Virginia
    • Box 86 Folder 17
      Coale, Commander Griffin Baily
    • Box 86 Folder 18
      Covered Bridges in Virginia
    • Box 87 Folder 1
      Daniel, James R.V.
    • Box 87 Folder 2
      Forts (Early Virginia Frontier Forts)
    • Box 87 Folder 3
      Genealogists Working in State Library
    • Box 87 Folder 4
      Governor of Virginia, List of
    • Box 87 Folder 5
      Governor of Virginia - Kibler/Daniel Correspondence
    • Box 87 Folder 6
      Hemphill, Dr. W. Edwin
    • Box 87 Folder 7
      Historic Places (Days and Hours Open to Public)
    • Box 87 Folder 8
      Historical Sketches, 1930-1933
    • Box 87 Folder 9
      Historical Sketches (Miscellaneous Articles), 1934-1935
    • Box 87 Folder 10
      Historical Sketches (Miscellaneous Articles), 1936-1937
    • Box 87 Folder 11
      Historical Sketches of States (for Sesquicentennial)
    • Box 88 Folder 1
      History and Archeaology, Division of
    • Box 88 Folder 2
      Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin
    • Box 88 Folder 3
      McCormick, Cyrus H. (Centennial of the Reaper - Material)
    • Box 88 Folder 4
      McDougall, Mrs. John Franklin (Huguenont Society, etc.)
    • Box 88 Folder 5
      Meade, Everard K.
    • Box 88 Folder 6
      Miscellaneous
    • Box 88 Folder 7
      Mountain Peaks in Virginia Above 4000 Feet Elevation
    • Box 88 Folder 8
      Old Families of Virginia, List of
    • Box 88 Folder 9
      Photographs of Monuments, Markers and Gravestones, List of
    • Box 88 Folder 10
      Presidents of the United States and their Wives
    • Box 88 Folder 11
      Rivers in Virginia
    • Box 88 Folder 12
      Roads in Virginia (Colonial)
    • Box 88 Folder 13
      Sacrey, E.B., Secretary, Archeaology Society of Virginia (See Also Archaeology folder)
    • Box 88 Folder 14
      State Bird
    • Box 88 Folder 15
      State Capitol
    • Box 88 Folder 16
      State Flag
    • Box 89 Folder 1
      State Flower
    • Box 89 Folder 2
      State Motto
    • Box 89 Folder 3
      State Poem(s)
    • Box 89 Folder 4
      State Seal
    • Box 89 Folder 5
      State Song
    • Box 89 Folder 6
      State Towns and Cities
    • Box 89 Folder 7
      Surplus Property
    • Box 89 Folder 8
      Torrence, William Clayton (Virginia Historical Society)
    • Box 89 Folder 9
      Tracer File - Highway Department (M.F. Pleasants)
    • Box 89 Folder 10
      George Washington's Barn, Mill and Distillery
    • Box 89 Folder 11
      George Washington Bicentennial (See Also Oversize Box 2, Folders 7 and 8)
    • Box 89 Folder 12
      George Washington's Journeys to Williamsburg (Burgess Road)
    • Box 89 Folder 13
      George Washington Memorial Highway
    • Box 89 Folder 14
      George Washington's Southern Tour, 1791
    • Box 89 Folder 15
      Weddell, Alexander W., "Virginia House," Richmond, Virginia
    • Box 89 Folder 16
      Werowocomoco - Arthur Gray
    • Box 89 Folder 17
      Whitelaw, Ralph T.
    • Box 89 Folder 18
      Wold, Ansel, Clerk, Washington, DC
    • Box 89 Folder 19
      Yorktown Monument
  • Subseries B: The Hornbook of Virginia History

    This series is housed in 3 boxes and includes information on the publication of The Hornbook of Virginia History by the Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, Division of History in 1949. Notable records include: minutes of the 21 March 1947 meeting of the History Advisory Committee, correspondence, comments and revisions to brief Virginia histories written by Everard Kidder Meade and H.J. Eckenrode, reviews, scrapbook, and requests for copies.

    • Box 90 Folder 1
      Hornbook History Outline, 1947-1949 (part one) (Letters from members of Advisory Committee, annotations, suggestions, re-writes, original and revised copies, etc. - including all such pertaining to Meade's version)
    • Box 90 Folder 2
      Hornbook History Outline, 1947-1949 (part two) (Letters from members of Advisory Committee, annotations, suggestions, re-writes, original and revised copies, etc. - including all such pertaining to Meade's version)
    • Box 90 Folder 3
      Hornbook History Outline, 1947-1948 (part one) (Copies of Eckenrode's "Brief Outline of Virginia History" returned by and showing annotations of various members of the History Advisory Committee)
    • Box 90 Folder 4
      Hornbook History Outline, 1947-1948 (part two) (Copies of Eckenrode's "Brief Outline of Virginia History" returned by and showing annotations of various members of the History Advisory Committee)
    • Box 90 Folder 5
      W. Edwin Hemphill, Drafts and Correspondence, 1947-1949
    • Box 90 Folder 6
      History Hornbook of Virginia - Samples of Proposed Material
    • Box 91 Folder 1
      Material re Revision of A Brief Outline of Virginia History
    • Box 91 Folder 2
      Hornbook of Virginia History (Complete Office Set)
    • Box 91 Folder 3
      Hornbook - Lewis's Samples
    • Box 91 Folder 4
      Baughman Company (Printing of Hornbook)
    • Box 91 Folder 5
      Hornbook of Virginia History - Errata Sheets
    • Box 91 Folder 6
      Hornbook Clippings, Letters and Reviews
    • Box 91 Folder 7
      The Hornbook Scrapbook
    • Box 91 Folder 8
      Hornbook Labels
    • Box 91 Folder 9
      Special Requests for Hornbook
    • Box 91 Folder 10
      Survey of Virginia Public Schools as to need for A Hornbook of Virginia History (Counties)
    • Box 91 Folder 11
      Survey of Virginia Public Schools as to need for A Hornbook of Virginia History (Cities)
    • Box 92 Folder 1
      Suspense Requests (Hornbook)
    • Box 92 Folder 2
      Unusual and Special Requests (Hornbook)
    • Box 92 Folder 3
      Hornbook - Special Copies to
    • Box 92 Folder 4
      Some "Prize" Letters
    • Box 92 Folder 5
      Hornbook - Inventory and Distribution
    • Box 92 Folder 6
      Extra Copies of Excepts re Hornbook
    • Box 92 Folder 7
      Correspondence re Hornbook Comments and Requests, A-Z
Series V. Historical Material, 1927-1950 (Accession 41571)

The Historical Material is housed in 17 boxes with oversized material separated and is arranged alphabetically by county followed by a separate section of newspapers and magazines arranged by sections. City historical material is interfiled with the nearest county. For example City of Richmond material is filed with Henrico County. A 3x5 card files provides a rough topical index to the collection. The series consists of historical sketches, maps, newspaper clippings, pamphlets and photographs.

Contents include historical data on counties and information on historic sites and places of each interest within each locality. Notable records include two photographs from the Great Dismal Swamp. The first photograph shows gnarled cypress roots in Lake Drummond, near Norfolk (no date); the second, dated 1899, shows the locomobile of John Wallace, Norfolk, the "first motor vehicle other than by electric power" (Norfolk County, Box 103, Folder 1). Other items of interest include: The Spirit of Orange: A Pageant Portraying a Few High Points of Orange County History in Relation to Local, National and International Affairs , 3 May 1930, official program for forty-third annual reunion of Confederate Veterans, in Orange, 16-18 September 1930 (Box 103, Folder 4); Glen Mary: Past and Present by A.V.S. Milbourne, 1935, photograph of commissioners and historians at Skyland, including W.E. Carson and Harry F. Byrd, (Page County, Box 103, Folder 5); newspaper clippings concerning the case of Odell Waller, a Pittsylvania County sharecropper executed for murder on 2 July 1942 (Box 103, Folder 6); photographs of Wanda Hawley, a silent motion picture actress, Helen Wainwright, Olympic swimming and diving champion, and Helen Hentschel, an outboard motor boat racer, at Virginia Beach, Princess Anne County, n.d. (Box 104, Folder 3);and Directory of Surry County, Virginia , 1932-1933 compiled by Gordon C. Berryman (Box 105, Folder 9).

  • Box 93 Folder 1
    Accomack County
  • Box 93 Folder 2
    Albemarle County, A-H
  • Box 93 Folder 3
    Albemarle County, J-W
  • Box 93 Folder 4
    Alleghany County
  • Box 93 Folder 5
    Amelia County
  • Box 93 Folder 6
    Amherst County
  • Box 93 Folder 7
    Appomattox County
  • Box 93 Folder 8
    Arlington County
  • Box 93 Folder 9
    Augusta County
  • Box 94 Folder 1
    Bath County
  • Box 94 Folder 2
    Bedford County
  • Box 94 Folder 3
    Bland County
  • Box 94 Folder 4
    Botetourt County
  • Box 94 Folder 5
    Brunswick County
  • Box 94 Folder 6
    Buchanan County
  • Box 94 Folder 7
    Buckingham County
  • Box 94 Folder 8
    Campbell County
  • Box 94 Folder 9
    Caroline County
  • Box 94 Folder 10
    Charles City County
  • Box 94 Folder 11
    Charles City County (Information on Old Homes photographed by History Division), Berkley-Indian Fields
  • Box 95 Folder 1
    Charles City County (Information on Old Homes photographed by History Division), Kittiwan-Wilcox Wharf
  • Box 95 Folder 2
    Charlotte County
  • Box 95 Folder 3
    Clarke County
  • Box 95 Folder 4
    Culpeper County
  • Box 95 Folder 5
    Cumberland County
  • Box 95 Folder 6
    Dickenson County
  • Box 95 Folder 7
    Dinwiddie County
  • Box 95 Folder 8
    Dinwiddie County (Petersburg)
  • Box 95 Folder 9
    Elizabeth City County
  • Box 96 Folder 1
    Essex County
  • Box 96 Folder 2
    Fairfax County
  • Box 96 Folder 3
    Fairfax County (Alexandria)
  • Box 96 Folder 4
    Fauquier County
  • Box 96 Folder 5
    Fluvanna County
  • Box 96 Folder 6
    Franklin County
  • Box 96 Folder 7
    Frederick County
  • Box 96 Folder 8
    Giles County
  • Box 96 Folder 9
    Gloucester County
  • Box 96 Folder 10
    Goochland County
  • Box 97 Folder 1
    Grayson County
  • Box 97 Folder 2
    Greene County
  • Box 97 Folder 3
    Greensville County
  • Box 97 Folder 4
    Hanover County (Information on Old Homes photographed by History Division), A-O
  • Box 97 Folder 5
    Hanover County (Information on Old Homes photographed by History Division), P-W
  • Box 97 Folder 6
    Hanover County
  • Box 97 Folder 7
    Hanover County (newspaper and Randolph-Macon Papers)
  • Box 97 Folder 8
    Henrico County
  • Box 97 Folder 9
    Henrico County (Richmond City - General Folder) (part one)
  • Box 97 Folder 10
    Henrico County (Richmond City - General Folder) (part two)
  • Box 98 Folder 1
    Henrico County (Richmond City, A-G)
  • Box 98 Folder 2
    Henrico County (Richmond City, G-R)
  • Box 98 Folder 3
    Henrico County (Richmond City, S-Z)
  • Box 98 Folder 4
    Henrico County (A Portfolio of Old Richmond in Prints)
  • Box 98 Folder 5
    Henry County
  • Box 98 Folder 6
    Highland County
  • Box 98 Folder 7
    Isle of Wight County
  • Box 99 Folder 1
    James City County
  • Box 99 Folder 2
    James City County (Information on Old Homes photographed by History Division)
  • Box 99 Folder 3
    James City County (Williamsburg)
  • Box 99 Folder 4
    James City County (Jamestown)
  • Box 99 Folder 5
    King and Queen County
  • Box 99 Folder 6
    King and Queen County (Information on Old Houses photographed by History Division), A-L
  • Box 99 Folder 7
    King and Queen County (Information on Old Houses photographed by History Division), M-W
  • Box 100 Folder 1
    King George County
  • Box 100 Folder 2
    King William County
  • Box 100 Folder 3
    King William County, (Information on Old Houses photographed by History Division), A-D
  • Box 100 Folder 4
    King William County, (Information on Old Houses photographed by History Division), E-N
  • Box 100 Folder 5
    King William County, (Information on Old Houses photographed by History Division), O-W
  • Box 100 Folder 6
    Lancaster County
  • Box 100 Folder 7
    Lee County
  • Box 101 Folder 1
    Loudoun County
  • Box 101 Folder 2
    Loudoun County - Sergeant John Champe's File (Photostats of story taken from British United Service Journal)
  • Box 101 Folder 3
    Louisa County
  • Box 101 Folder 4
    Lunenburg County
  • Box 101 Folder 5
    Madison County
  • Box 101 Folder 6
    Mathews County
  • Box 101 Folder 7
    Mecklenburg County
  • Box 101 Folder 8
    Middlesex County
  • Box 101 Folder 9
    Miscellaneous County Material, A thru J
  • Box 101 Folder 10
    Miscellaneous County Material, K thru P/Q
  • Box 101 Folder 10a
    Miscellaneous County Material, R thru Z - See Also Oversize Box 2, Folder 9
  • Box 101 Folder 11
    Miscellaneous State Material, A to L
  • Box 102 Folder 1
    Miscellaneous State Material, M to R
  • Box 102 Folder 2
    Miscellaneous State Material, S to Z
  • Box 102 Folder 3
    Montgomery County
  • Box 102 Folder 4
    Nansemond County
  • Box 102 Folder 5
    Nelson County
  • Box 102 Folder 6
    New Kent County
  • Box 102 Folder 7
    New Kent County (Information on Old House photographed by History Division), A-O
  • Box 102 Folder 8
    New Kent County (Information on Old House photographed by History Division), P-W
  • Box 103 Folder 1
    Norfolk County (also includes Norfolk City) - See Also Oversize Box 2, Folder 9
  • Box 103 Folder 2
    Northumberland County
  • Box 103 Folder 3
    Nottoway County
  • Box 103 Folder 4
    Orange County
  • Box 103 Folder 5
    Page County
  • Box 103 Folder 5a
    Patrick County
  • Box 103 Folder 6
    Pittsylvania County
  • Box 103 Folder 7
    Powhatan County
  • Box 103 Folder 8
    Prince Edward County - See Also Oversize Box 2, Folder 9
  • Box 103 Folder 9
    Prince George County
  • Box 104 Folder 1
    Prince William County
  • Box 104 Folder 2
    Prince William County (First and Second Battles of Manassas)
  • Box 104 Folder 3
    Princess Anne County
  • Box 104 Folder 4
    Pulaski County
  • Box 104 Folder 5
    Rappahannock County
  • Box 104 Folder 6
  • Box 104 Folder 7
    Roanoke County - See Also Oversize Box 2, Folder 9
  • Box 104 Folder 8
    Rockbridge County (also includes Lexington) (part one)
  • Box 104 Folder 9
    Rockbridge County (also includes Lexington) (part two)
  • Box 104 Folder 10
    Rockingham County
  • Box 105 Folder 1
    Russell County
  • Box 105 Folder 2
    Scott County
  • Box 105 Folder 3
    Shenandoah County
  • Box 105 Folder 4
    Smyth County
  • Box 105 Folder 5
    Southampton County
  • Box 105 Folder 6
    Spotsylvania County
  • Box 105 Folder 7
    Spotsylvania County (City of Fredericksburg) - See Also Oversize Box 2, Folder 9
  • Box 105 Folder 8
    Stafford County - See Also Oversize Box 2, Folder 9
  • Box 105 Folder 9
    Surry County
  • Box 105 Folder 10
    Sussex County
  • Box 105 Folder 11
    Tazewell County
  • Box 105 Folder 12
    Warren County - See Also Oversize Box 2, Folder 9
  • Box 105 Folder 13
    Warwick County
  • Box 105 Folder 14
    Washington County
  • Box 106 Folder 1
    Westmoreland County
  • Box 106 Folder 2
    Wise County
  • Box 106 Folder 3
    Wythe County
  • Box 106 Folder 4
    York County
  • Box 106 Folder 5
    York County (Information on Old Houses photographed by History Division)
  • Box 106 Folder 6
    Northern Neck of Virginia
  • Southside Virginia - See Oversize Box 3, Folder 1
  • Southwest Virginia - See Oversize Box 3, Folder 2
  • Box 106 Folder 7
    Foreign Countries
  • Garden Week in Virginia - See Oversize Box 3, Folder 3
  • Newspapers - See Oversize Box 3, Folder 4
  • Box 107 Folder 1
    Other States
  • Box 107 Folder 2
    Other States
  • Box 107 Folder 3
    Other States
  • Box 108
    Daniel's File Index
Oversize - Series I. Correspondence, 1927-1950 (accession 24806a)
  • Subseries A: Correspondence, 1927-1950
    • Map-case 24 Drawer 10
      Maps - various Virginia road maps
    • Map-case 24 Drawer 10
      Map of Norfolk and Western Railway and Connections, December 31, 1938
    • Box 1 Folder 1
      Richmond Battlefield Park (Fort Harrison Area) - map of Fort Harrison area, 10 August 1933; map of Richmond Battlefields, November 1930; map of 102.3 acres in Varina District, Henrico County, 27 February 1924;
    • Box 1 Folder 1
      Richmond Battlefield Park (Fort Harrison Area) - sketch map of land conveyed to Geo. R. Harwood and wife by E.E. Booker, 27 September 1927; Monthly Progress report, Emergency Conservation Work, U.S. Dept. of Interior, November 1933
    • Box 1 Folder 2
      Richmond Battlefield Park (General File) (part one) - map of Richmond Battlefields, November 1930; proposed PWA project; (part two) - map of proposed Battlefield Parkway, April 1932; map of Gaines' Mill, 27 June 1862; map of Richmond showing various battlefields to be linked into a park system
    • Box 1 Folder 3
      Sampson, Mrs. Henry - Copy of Virginia Gazette and General Advertiser , 10 October 1792; Sanger, W.T. - Copy of Chicago Tribune , 12 February 1939
    • Box 1 Folder 4
      Shenandoah National Park (Newspaper Clippings, etc.) - copy of Northern Virginia Daily , section four, 27 November 1940
    • Box 1 Folder 5
      Tapscott, K.A. (Assistant Landscape Architect) - Map of Trench Lines to Fort Brady, Richmond Battlefield Park, 23 May 1934
    • Box 1 Folder 6
      Wakefield Restoration (George Washington clippings) - issue of The Colonial Interest , Colonial Beach, Virginia, 22 February 1932
    • Box 1 Folder 7
      Wright Brothers (Mr. W.C. Hall's file) - issue of Washington Post Magazine , 17 November 1929
  • Subseries B: Correspondence, Dead File, 1927-1950
    • Box 1 Folder 8
      American Automobile Association, Washington, DC (J.A. Brown, Business Manager) - two copies of Missouri Motor News (May 1936) and Official AAA Road Map for Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and Delaware with handwritten annotations, nd
    • Box 1 Folder 9
      Garden Week in Virginia Pamphlets - copy of Richmond Times Dispatch , 26 April 1942, section on Garden Week
    • Box 1 Folder 10
      Spalding, Branch (National Park Service), 1933-1936 - hand drawn map by Branch Spalding of portion of Saylor's Creek Battlefield
    • Box 1 Folder 11
      Virginia World War II History - two copies of The History of World War II compiled by the Associated Press (21 October 1945); 15 March 1945 issue of University of Virginia News Letter
Oversize - Series II. Virginia War History Project, 1942-1946 (accession 24806b)
  • Subseries A: Counties
    • Box 2 Folder 1
      Henry County, 1944-1945 - casualty list(7 May 1945) and "Book of Letters to Service Men and Women" (25 November 1945) both from Martinsville Daily Bulletin
    • Box 2 Folder 2
      Montgomery County, 1942-1946 - Roll of Honor from unidentified newspaper, November 1943
    • Box 2 Folder 3
      Orange County, 1942-1943, 1945-1946 - Orange County Honor Roll published in 14 March 1946 issue of The Orange Review
Oversize - Series III. Graves of Distinguished Virginians Project, 1944-1948 (accession 24806c)
  • Subseries A: Correspondence, 1944-1948
    • Box 2 Folder 4
      Graves of Distinguished Virginians - Work List - Marker Inscription for Thos. Savage (1595-1633) and Map of Hollywood Cemetery
    • Box 2 Folder 5
      Howard, E.H. (Eastern Shore Marker Contract) - Marker Inscriptions for Chas. Scarborough (1643-1702), Obedience Robins (1600-1662), Col. Edmund Scarborough (1618-1671), Col. Wm. Kendall (died 1686), and Argol Yeardley (1621-1655)
    • Box 2 Folder 6
      Saunders - Swem (Sinclair, Jr., J.B.) - Elizabeth City County Zone Map, 28 May 1941
Oversize - Series IV. Records, 1929-1950 (accession 25913)
  • Subseries A: Reference Files
    • Box 2 Folder 7
      George Washington Bicentennial - United States George Washington Commission Clip Sheet , Numbers 15-21
    • Box 2 Folder 8
      George Washington Bicentennial - Potomac Interest, Westmoreland County Souvenir Edition , 22 February 1932; George Washington Bicentennial News published by Alexandria Gazette , June 1931 (2 copies) and August 1931
Oversize - Series V. Historical Material, 1927-1950 (Accession 41571)
  • Box 2 Folder 9
    Norfolk County (also includes Norfolk City) - sections B and K of Norfolk Virginian-Pilot , 75th Anniversary Edition, 1940
  • Box 2 Folder 9
    Prince Edward County - section IV, March 1935 issue of The Farmville Herald
  • Box 2 Folder 9
    Miscellaneous County Material, R thru Z - section on Virginia from 8 September 1935 issue of Brooklyn (NY) Daily Eagle
  • Box 2 Folder 9
    Roanoke County - section two, 28 May 1938 of The Times-Register (Roanoke County centennial)
  • Box 2 Folder 9
    Spotsylvania County (City of Fredericksburg) - Washington Bicentennial section of 22 February 1932 issue of The Free Lance-Star
  • Box 2 Folder 9
    Stafford County - 23 July 1936 issue of The Stafford Register (reenactment of First Manassas)
  • Box 2 Folder 9
    Warren County - section eight, 27 November 1940 and section one, 15 November 1941 issues of Northern Virginia Daily
  • Box 3 Folder 1
    Southside Virginia - 26 April 1934 issue of The Southside Virginia News ; and supplement from 30 August 1940 Richmond News Leader on the National Tobacco Festival in South Boston
  • Box 3 Folder 2
    Southwest Virginia - 30 August 1940 Sesqui-Centennial Edition of Southwest Virginia Enterprise
  • Box 3 Folder 3
    Garden Week in Virginia - special supplement of The Richmond News Leader , 27 April 1936, 26 April 1937, 25 April 1938, 24 April 1939, 22 April 1940, 27 April 1941 and 24 April 1949
  • Box 3 Folder 4
    Newspapers - 30 November 1939 issue of The Richmond Times-Dispatch