Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Access to the Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Papers is controlled by the Honorable Harry F. Byrd, Jr. An applicant for access who is not associated with the University of Virginia must furnish to the Director of Special Collections a brief description of his academic or other qualifications, a summary of his research project, and a description of any projected publication that might make use of material from, or material derived from, the Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Papers. The Director of Special Collections will contact Senator Byrd and will notify the applicant of the Senator's decision.

Use Restrictions

No part of the Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Papers, nor any material from them, or derived from them, may be published without the express permission of the Honorable Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Please see Access Restrictions above for the procedure to be followed to obtain Senator Byrd's permission.

Preferred Citation

Papers of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Accession #10320-d, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was given to the University of Virginia Library on February 12, 1996, by Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Winchester, Virginia.

Scope and Content

This addition to the papers of Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., of Winchester, Virginia, contains ca. 3,100 items, (10 Hollinger boxes, one oversize folder, and 83 bound volumes, ca. 19 linear shelf feet) ca. 1925-1989, consisting chiefly of bound scrapbooks, bound copies of speeches and press releases, and Congressional Record speeches and inserts, documenting his life and career during his service in the U.S. Senate, 1965-1982; news clippings; a folder of material concerning the Winchester Junior Board of Trade; a report on the "Study of the Organization of the State Government of Virginia" (1947 Dec 29); and personal and professional correspondence during his eighteen years in the Virginia Senate.

There is also one folder of correspondence between Harry F. Byrd, Jr., managing editor of the Winchester Star from 1933-1946, with Ralph Fansler, about the running of the paper while Byrd was in active service in the Navy during World War II. "Special letters" have also been kept separate by Harry F. Byrd, Jr. in an individual folder (for list of notable correspondents, see folder listing).

Also present is material pertaining to Harry F. Byrd, Sr, including a scrapbook; business papers, chiefly concerned with the apple orchards; correspondence (for list of notable correspondents, see folder listing); correspondence concerning his re-election to the Senate in 1952; photographs; genealogy; news clippings; a copy of Time magazine featuring Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. on the cover; political papers, including a vote tally for the Shenandoah Valleyin Senator Byrd's own handwriting in the race for governor in 1925 and the expenses and receipts for his last campaign (for both of these items, see Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s letter in the front of the folder); and speeches.