A Guide to the Martha Woodrum Zillhardt Papers, 1802-2010
51582
A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Collection Number 51582
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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Collection Number
51582
Title
Martha Woodrum Zillhardt Papers,
1802-2010
Extent
37 boxes (17.65 cu. ft)
Creator
Martha Woodrum Zillhardt
Language
English
Access Restrictions
There are no restrictions.
Use Restrictions
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Preferred Citation
Martha Woodrum Zillhardt Papers, 1802-2010. Accession 51582. Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia , Richmond,
VA 23219.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Robert H. Woodrum, June 2015.
Martha Anne Woodrum Zillhardt (1916-2002) was born in Roanoke Virginia to United States Senator Clifton A. Woodrum, Sr. and
Martha Hancock Woodrum. In 1936, Martha Woodrum Zillhardt graduated from Gunston Hall School in Washington, D.C. and began
managing her father's reelection campaign. Martha Woodrum Zillhardt began worked for the WDBJ Radio Station, during which
time she began taking flying lessons, which she initially kept secret from her father, who was an avid supporter of the new
aviation industry. In 1940, Martha Woodrum Zillhardt flew her first solo flight and began working as a flight instructor.
Soon after, Martha Anne established Woodrum Flying Service, which offered flight instruction, rentals, and charter flights
at Roanoke's Woodrum Field, renamed to honor Clifton A. Woodrum Sr.'s contributions to aviation. In 1953, Martha Anne married
Jack Zillhardt, and moved to Binghampton, N.Y. In 1963, the couple retired to Fincastle, Virginia. Martha Woodrum Zillhardt
was a member of the Roanoke Airport Advisory Committee and was inducted into the Virginia Aviation Hall of Fame in 1985. She
was buried in Evergreen Burial Park in Roanoke, Virginia.
Papers, 1802-2010, of Martha Anne Woodrum Zillhardt (1916-2002) of Roanoke, Virginia, consist of cards, correspondence, ephemera,
ledgers, newspaper clippings, newsletters, photographs , programs, scrapbooks, speeches, and other papers detailing Zillhardt's early life, education, and career as a flying instructor.
Collection also includes Zillhardt's activities as campaign manager for her father's reelection campaign and her many travels,
both nationally and internationally. Also includes papers relating to her father Clifton A. Woodrum (1895-1954), her husband
Dr. Jacob Charles Zillhardt (1905-1989), and her cousin Harry P. Hancock (1926-2011).
Box 1
Folder 1
Account Ledger,
undated .
Box 1
Folder 3
Acorn Yearbook,
1933 .
Box 1
Folder 4
Airport Appreciation Days Programs,
1975-1976 .
Box 1
Folder 5
Amateur Built Aircraft Log Book,
1989 .
Box 30
Folder 1
American Universal Geography, Volume 1,
1812 .
Box 1
Folder 6
Aviation Materials,
undated .
Box 1
Folder 7
Aviation Papers,
1952-1958 and undated .
Box 1
Folder 8
Baby Book of Harry Price Hancock,
1954 .
Box 1
Folder 9
Beechcraft Certified Service Stations,
1951 .
Box 1
Folder 10
Beechwood,
undated .
Box 1
Folder 11
CAA Statistical Handbook of Civil Aviation,
1957 .
Box 1
Folder 12
Calendar,
April 1945 .
Box 1
Folder 13
Calendar,
December 1945 .
Box 1
Folder 14
Calendar,
July 1946 .
Box 2
Folder 1
California Race,
1948-1950 .
Box 2
Folder 2
California Race,
1950 .
Box 2
Folder 3
California Trip,
February and March 1950 .
Box 2
Folder 4
Checkbook,
1953-1956 .
Box 2
Folder 6
"Clifton A. Woodrum of Virginia: A Southern Progressive in Congress" by James E. Sargent,
July 1981 .
Box 2
Folder 7
Congressional Record,
1927-1933 .
Box 37
Folder 1
Contact Newspaper,
1949 .
Box 2
Folder 8
Correspondence,
1908-1917 .
Box 3
Folder 1
Correspondence,
1917 .
Box 3
Folder 2
Correspondence,
1917-1920 .
Box 3
Folder 3
Correspondence,
1943-1949 .
Box 3
Folder 4
Correspondence,
1949-1956 .
Box 3
Folder 5
Correspondence,
1956-1995 .
Box 3
Folder 6
Correspondence,
undated .
Box 4
Folder 1
Correspondence,
undated .
Box 4
Folder 2
Correspondence,
undated .
Box 4
Folder 3
Correspondence and Bills,
1941-1950 .
Box 4
Folder 4
Coupons,
undated .
Box 4
Folder 5
Course and Mile-Gauge Instrument,
undated .
Box 4
Folder 6
Diary of Martha Woodrum,
1934-1935 .
Box 31
Folder 2
Encased
Photograph ,
1908 .
Box 32
Folder 3
Encased
Photograph ,
1964 .
Box 32
Folder 1
Encased
Photograph ,
undated .
Box 32
Folder 2
Encased
Photograph ,
undated .
Box 33
Folder 1
Encased
Photograph ,
undated .
Box 33
Folder 2
Encased
Photograph ,
undated .
Box 4
Folder 7
Engine and Reduction Drive Log Book,
1989 .
Box 4
Folder 8
Ephemera,
undated .
Box 4
Folder 9
"February Correspondence",
1950 .
Box 4
Folder 10
Financial Papers,
1954-1964 and undated .
Box 5
Folder 1
Forbes Magazine,
April 15, 1951 .
Box 5
Folder 2
Genealogical Papers,
1983 .
Box 31
Folder 4
Glass Artwork,
undated .
Box 31
Folder 5
Glass
Photograph ,
undated .
Box 31
Folder 6
Glass
Photograph ,
undated .
Box 31
Folder 7
Glass
Photograph ,
undated .
Box 31
Folder 8
Glass
Photograph ,
undated .
Box 31
Folder 3
Glass Plate Negative,
undated .
Box 37
Folder 2
Gunston Hall Diploma of Martha Woodrum Zillhardt,
1936 .
Box 5
Folder 3
"The Hammond Genealogy" by Fiske Edward Hammond,
1919 .
Box 5
Folder 4
Hancock Family History,
2010 .
Box 37
Folder 3
Hancocks of Virginia,
undated .
Box 30
Folder 2
Holy Bible ,
1802 .
Box 30
Folder 3
The Hymnal ,
1892 .
Box 5
Folder 5
Illustrations,
undated .
Box 37
Folder 4
Inside Passage Newspaper,
1976 .
Box 37
Folder 5
Jenny Lind Newspaper,
undated .
Box 5
Folder 6
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society,
Winter 1968 .
Box 5
Folder 7
Kodachrome Slides,
undated .
Box 5
Folder 8
Master Plan for the Roanoke Municipal Airport,
1969 .
Box 5
Folder 9
Master Plan for the Roanoke Municipal Airport,
1969 .
Box 5
Folder 10
Medical Papers,
1959 and 1981 .
Box 5
Folder 11
Merriam-Webster Pocket Dictionary,
1947 .
Box 6
Folder 1
Miscellaneous Papers of Martha W. Zillhardt,
1932-1957 .
Box 6
Folder 2
Miscellaneous
Photographs ,
1942 and undated .
Box 6
Folder 3
Miscellaneous
Photographs ,
1967, 1986, and undated .
Box 6
Folder 4
M/V Sun Princess Menus,
1976 .
Box 6
Folder 5
Name Cards,
undated .
Box 6
Folder 6
Name Cards,
undated .
Box 6
Folder 7
National Aeronautic Association of U.S.A Certificate,
1950 .
Box 7
Folder 1
National Air Races Programs,
1946-1949 .
Box 7
Folder 2
Negatives,
undated .
Box 7
Folder 3
Negatives,
undated .
Box 7
Folder 4
Negatives,
undated .
Box 7
Folder 5
Negatives,
undated .
Box 8
Negatives,
undated .
Box 9
Negatives,
undated .
Box 10
Folder 1
Negatives,
undated .
Box 10
Folder 2
Negatives,
undated .
Box 10
Folder 3
Newspaper Clippings,
1922-1949 .
Box 10
Folder 4
Newspaper Clippings,
1950-1992 .
Box 10
Folder 5
Newspaper Clippings,
undated .
Box 28
Folder 1
New Testament ,
1884 .
Box 10
Folder 6
The Ninety-Nines Membership Directory,
1965-1966 .
Box 10
Folder 7
Notebook,
undated .
Box 10
Folder 8
Notebook,
undated .
Box 10
Folder 9
Notebook,
undated .
Box 10
Folder 10
Notebook,
undated .
Box 10
Folder 11
Notebook,
undated .
Box 10
Folder 12
Notebook,
undated .
Box 11
Folder 1
Notebook of Martha W. Zillhardt,
1949 .
Box 11
Folder 2
Notebook of Martha W. Zillhardt,
1950-1951 .
Box 11
Folder 3
Notes,
undated .
Box 11
Folder 4
Pamphlets,
1974 and undated .
Box 11
Folder 5
Pamphlets,
undated .
Box 11
Folder 6
Pamphlets- St. Margaret's School for Girls,
undated .
Box 1
Folder 2
Papers from Account Ledger,
undated .
Box 2
Folder 5
Papers from Checkbook,
1953-1956 .
Box 26
Folder 3
Papers from Scrapbook (blank),
undated .
Box 26
Folder 5
Papers from Scrapbook Pages,
1926-1929 .
Box 26
Folder 6
Papers from Scrapbook Pages,
1926-1929 .
Box 26
Folder 7
Papers from Scrapbook Pages,
1926-1929 .
Box 11
Folder 7
Papers of Harry Price Hancock,
1971 and 1972 .
Box 31
Folder 1
Paperweight with
Photograph ,
1967 .
Box 11
Folder 8
Passport of Martha Price Hancock,
1985 .
Box 11
Folder 9
Photograph Album,
1926-1969 .
Box 12
Folder 1
Photograph Album,
1926-1969 .
Box 12
Folder 2
Photograph Album,
1926-1969 .
Box 12
Folder 3
Photograph Album,
1930 .
Box 12
Folder 4
Photograph Album,
1951-2008 and undated .
Box 12
Folder 5
Photograph Album,
1951-2008 and undated .
Box 12
Folder 6
Photograph Album,
1951-2008 and undated .
Box 12
Folder 7
Photograph Album,
1951-2008 and undated .
Box 13
Folder 1
Photograph Album,
1955-1976 .
Box 13
Folder 2
Photograph Album,
1955-1976 .
Box 13
Folder 3
Photograph Album,
1988-1990 .
Box 13
Folder 4
Photograph Album,
1988-1990 .
Box 13
Folder 5
Photograph Album,
1991-1994 .
Box 13
Folder 6
Photograph Album,
undated .
Box 13
Folder 7
Photograph Album,
undated .
Box 14
Folder 1
Photograph Album,
undated .
Box 14
Folder 2
Photograph Album of the Bombing of Cassino,
1944 .
Box 14
Folder 3
Photographs of Aircrafts,
1925-1950 and undated .
Box 14
Folder 4
Photographs of Aircrafts,
1944-1957 and undated .
Box 14
Folder 5
Photographs of Aircrafts,
1989-1990 and undated .
Box 14
Folder 6
Photographs of Aircrafts,
undated .
Box 15
Folder 1
Photographs of Aircrafts,
undated .
Box 15
Folder 2
Photographs of Aircrafts,
undated .
Box 15
Folder 3
Photographs of Aircrafts,
undated .
Box 15
Folder 4
Photographs of Aircrafts,
undated .
Box 35
Folder 1
Photographs of Airplanes,
undated .
Box 15
Folder 5
Photographs of Animals,
1937-1944 .
Box 15
Folder 6
Photorgaphs of Animals,
undated .
Box 37
Folder 13
Photograph of Beechcraft,
1935 .
Box 35
Folder 2
Photograph of Boy Scouts,
undated .
Box 15
Folder 7
Photographs of Buildings,
1937-1993 and undated .
Box 16
Folder 1
Photographs of Buildings,
1967-1972 and undated .
Box 16
Folder 2
Photographs of Buildings,
undated .
Box 37
Folder 10
Photograph of Clifton A. Woodrum,
undated .
Box 35
Folder 3
Photograph of Dick Owens and Charles Hofer,
undated .
Box 35
Folder 4
Photograph of Dr. Richard and Kitty Owens,
undated .
Box 16
Folder 3
Photographs of Groups,
1942-1994 and undated .
Box 35
Folder 5
Photographs of Groups,
undated .
Box 16
Folder 4
Photographs of Hancock-Price Family,
1891-1951 .
Box 16
Folder 5
Photographs of Hancock-Price Family,
1951-1977 .
Box 16
Folder 6
Photographs of Hancock-Price Family,
1952-1993 .
Box 16
Folder 7
Photographs of Hancock-Price Family,
undated .
Box 37
Folder 8
Photograph of Harry Price Hancock,
undated .
Box 35
Folder 6
Photograph of Irving Sharp and Martha Anne,
undated .
Box 16
Folder 8
Photographs of John Robert Hill,
undated .
Box 16
Folder 9
Photographs of Landscapes,
1936-1941 and undated .
Box 17
Folder 1
Photographs of Landscapes,
undated .
Box 17
Folder 2
Photographs of Landscapes,
1936-1967 and undated .
Box 35
Folder 7
Photographs of Landscapes,
undated .
Box 17
Folder 3
Photographs of the launching of the S.S. Sanconnet,
1944 .
Box 17
Folder 4
Photographs of Marinas,
1925-1942 .
Box 35
Folder 9
Photograph of Martha Woodrum with Flight Students,
undated .
Box 17
Folder 5
Photographs of Martha W. Zillhardt,
1937-1941 .
Box 17
Folder 6
Photographs of Martha W. Zillhardt,
1942-1951 .
Box 18
Folder 1
Photographs of Martha W. Zillhardt,
1948-1950 .
Box 18
Folder 2
Photographs of Martha W. Zillhardt,
1953 and undated .
Box 18
Folder 3
Photographs of Martha W. Zillhardt,
undated .
Box 18
Folder 4
Photographs of Martha W. Zillhardt,
undated .
Box 18
Folder 5
Photographs of Martha W. Zillhardt,
undated .
Box 18
Folder 6
Photographs of Martha W. Zillhardt,
undated .
Box 19
Folder 1
Photographs of Martha W. Zillhardt,
undated .
Box 19
Folder 2
Photographs of Martha W. Zillhardt,
undated .
Box 19
Folder 3
Photographs of Martha W. Zillhardt,
undated .
Box 19
Folder 4
Photographs of Martha W. Zillhardt,
undated .
Box 19
Folder 5
Photographs of Martha W. Zillhardt,
undated .
Box 35
Folder 8
Photographs of Martha Woodrum Zillhardt,
undated .
Box 36
Folder 1
Photograph of Martha Zillhardt,
undated .
Box 37
Folder 11
Photograph of Martha Zillhardt,
undated .
Box 35
Folder 10
Photograph of Mr. Minton, Dick Edwards, N.W. Kelley, Irving Saks, W.P. Hunter, C.E. Hunter, Benton Dillard, and Mr. James,
undated .
Box 36
Folder 2
Photograph of the National Capitol,
undated .
Box 19
Folder 6
Photograph of Paul Getty, Jr.,
1943 .
Box 35
Folder 11
Photograph of Roanoke Airport,
circa 1940 .
Box 20
Folder 1
Photographs of Roselle Grubin,
2010 and undated .
Box 35
Folder 13
Photograph of Students of Woodrum Flying School,
undated .
Box 35
Folder 1
Photograph of Train Accident,
undated .
Box 20
Folder 2
Photographs of Unidentified Children,
1937-1989 .
Box 20
Folder 3
Photographs of Unidentified Children,
undated .
Box 20
Folder 4
Photographs of Unidentified Groups,
1944-1987 .
Box 20
Folder 5
Photographs of Unidentified Groups,
undated .
Box 20
Folder 6
Photographs of Unidentified Groups,
undated .
Box 20
Folder 7
Photographs of Unidentified Groups,
undated .
Box 20
Folder 8
Photographs of Unidentified Groups,
undated .
Box 21
Folder 1
Photographs of Unidentified Groups,
undated .
Box 21
Folder 2
Photographs of Unidentified Groups,
undated .
Box 21
Folder 3
Photographs of Unidentified Groups,
undated .
Box 21
Folder 4
Photographs of Unidentified Groups,
undated .
Box 21
Folder 5
Photographs of Unidentified Groups,
undated .
Box 21
Folder 6
Photographs of Unidentified Groups,
undated .
Box 21
Folder 7
Photographs of Unidentified Groups,
undated .
Box 22
Folder 1
Photographs of Unidentified Men,
1934-1943 .
Box 22
Folder 2
Photographs of Unidentified Men,
undated .
Box 22
Folder 3
Photographs of Unidentified Men,
undated .
Box 22
Folder 4
Photographs of Unidentified Men,
undated .
Box 22
Folder 5
Photographs of Unidentified Men,
undated .
Box 22
Folder 6
Photographs of Unidentified Men,
undated .
Box 22
Folder 7
Photographs of Unidentified Men,
undated .
Box 22
Folder 8
Photographs of Unidentified Men,
undated .
Box 23
Folder 1
Photographs of Unidentified Men,
undated .
Box 23
Folder 2
Photographs of Unidentified Men,
undated .
Box 23
Folder 3
Photographs of Unidentified Men,
undated .
Box 23
Folder 4
Photographs of Unidentified Men,
undated .
Box 35
Folder 12
Photographs of Unidentified Men,
undated .
Box 23
Folder 5
Photographs of Unidentified Women,
1935 and undated .
Box 23
Folder 6
Photographs of Unidentified Women,
1935-1950 and undated .
Box 23
Folder 7
Photographs of Unidentified Women,
1957-1985 and undated .
Box 24
Folder 1
Photographs of Unidentified Women,
undated .
Box 24
Folder 2
Photographs of Unidentified Women,
undated .
Box 24
Folder 3
Photographs of Unidentified Women,
undated .
Box 24
Folder 4
Photographs of Unidentified Women,
undated .
Box 24
Folder 5
Photographs of Unidentified Women,
undated .
Box 24
Folder 6
Photographs of Vehicles,
1937-1971 and undated .
Box 24
Folder 7
Photographs of Vehicles,
1974-1992 and undated .
Box 25
Folder 1
Pilot Flight Log,
1942-1949 .
Box 25
Folder 2
Pilot Flight Log Book,
1942-1945 .
Box 25
Folder 3
Pilot Log,
1944-1945 .
Box 25
Folder 4
Pilot Log,
undated .
Box 34
Folder 2
Pocket Watch,
undated .
Box 34
Folder 1
Poker Chips,
undated .
Box 25
Folder 5
Price Family History , by J. Montgomery Seaver,
1929 .
Box 25
Folder 6
Princess Patter Newsletter,
1976 .
Box 25
Folder 7
Programs,
1928-1931 .
Box 25
Folder 8
Programs,
1932-1959 and undated .
Box 25
Folder 9
Programs,
1974-1993 .
Box 25
Folder 10
Proposed Sailings of U.S. Army Transports,
1938 .
Box 25
Folder 11
Quartermaster Corps Transport Republic Menus,
1938 .
Box 37
Folder 6
Quiet Birdman Newspaper,
1976 .
Box 25
Folder 12
Real Estate Appraisal Report,
1953 .
Box 25
Folder 13
Roanoke Assembly List of Members,
undated .
Box 26
Folder 1
Scrapbook,
1938 .
Box 26
Folder 2
Scrapbook (blank),
undated .
Box 37
Folder 9
Scrapbook Page,
undated .
Box 26
Folder 4
Scrapbook Pages,
1926-1929 .
Box 27
Folder 1
Scrapbook,
undated .
Box 27
Folder 2
A Sitka Welcome Newsletter,
1976-1977 .
Box 27
Folder 3
S.S. Constitution List of Passengers,
1957 .
Box 27
Folder 4
The Story of the Declaration of Independence,
1926 .
Box 27
Folder 5
Tickets,
1930, 1932, 1974, and undated .
Box 27
Folder 6
The Virginia Realtor,
September 1926 .
Box 27
Folder 7
Wedding Album of Martha Price and Harry Hancock,
1951 .
Box 27
Folder 8
Wedding Book of Martha Price Hancock,
1951 .
Box 37
Folder 12
"Welcome to Woodrum Field",
undated .
Box 27
Folder 9
Westport Women's Club Membership List,
1991-1992 .
Box 27
Folder 10
Woodrum, Roosevelt, and the New Deal , by David J. Laing,
1981 .
Box 27
Folder 11
Writings,
undated .