There are mostly letters from Clement "Par" Fishburne to his daughter, Lydia Harper Fishburne (who was the mother of Staige Davis Blackford, Jr. and wife of Dr. Staige Davis Blackford, Sr.

There are letters from Clement "Par" Fishburne to his daughter Lydia Fishburne

There are letters from Clement "Par" Fishburne to his daughter Lydia Fishburne

There are letters from Dr. Staige Davis Blackford to his future wife Lydia Harper Fishburne. They were written while he was practicing medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Mayo Clinic. There is also a poem about [Lydia]

There are letters from Dr. Blackford to his son (Staige) Included is an autobiography by Staige Davis Blackford, Sr. (in the form of a letter)

There are letters from Staige Blackford to his parents and his sister, Linda. Also included are letters to Staige from his grandfather, Clement "Par" Fishburne. The letters reveal that Staige was homesick and unhappy at Episcopal High School. Staige wrote about the surrender of Germany and his alienation from the celebrations that were taking place. He complained that when Germany surrendered, he was taking a Latin test. Also included is a letter from A. X. Huxton assuring Dr. Blackford that Staige was doing fine work.

There are letters from both of Staige's parents as well as his grandfather

There are letters from Staige's parents, grandmother (Florence Fishburne) and sister while he was studying abroad at Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship

There are family letters to Staige while he was at Oxford. Included is a letter to Lydia from friends Faustina and Antonio Berenguer in Madrid

There are family letters including letters from Dr. Launcelot. Minor Blackford, ("Uncle Whang") who was a brother of Dr. Staige Davis Blackford. There is also a review of his book, "Mine Eyes Have Seen The Glory" There is also a newspaper clipping about the engagement of Staige's sister, Linda Blackford to Lieutenant Frank Wells

There are family letters including letters from his uncle Dr. Launcelot Minor Blackford ("Uncle Whang") and Frank Wells. L. Minor Blackford expressed his concerns about an inevitable and integrated society with Negroes.

There are letters from Staige to his mother and Uncle L. Minor Blackford. He wrote a description about the South and about his interview for the Southern Regional Council in Atlanta

There are mostly letters to Staige from his mother, father and sister, including a postcard to Lydia

Staige wrote to his daughter, Sheila about her being at camp, and to Mr. and Mrs. Balding

There are letters from Staige to his daughter, Sheila. Also included are papers and reports by Sheila Blackford.

There are letters from Staige to his daughter Linda while she was studying at the Sorbonne in Paris

There is correspondence between Staige and his daughter Linda while she was working in Paris

There is correspondence of Staige Blackford with his daughters, Linda and Sheila. Staige referred to the students at the University of Virginia as "little darlings"

Also included is information about the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Commencement Exercises in which daughter, Linda was a graduate.

There is correspondence of Staige Blackford with his daughters, Linda and Sheila. Staige mentioned Clinton's scandal: "Monicagate." He also wrote about Governor George Allen who he often referred to as "Boy George." As for news in Charlottesville he wrote about the local debate concerning Charlottesville reverting to a town. He also revealed that there were rumors about John and Lotta Casteen's marriage breaking up. In other University of Virginia news, he mentioned that Terry Holland had been named the new Athletic Director.

There is correspondence of Staige Blackford with his daughters, Linda and Sheila. Mentioned is the divorce of Jeff and Lisa Jones, an affair of Jeff Jones with the women's assistant basketball coach, the divorce of George and Sandy Welsh, an alleged affair of George Welsh with a woman [in the Carribean,] crimes committed by the UVA athletes, and the disappearance of Alicia Showalter Reynolds on Route 29.

There is correspondence of Staige Blackford with his daughters, Linda and Sheila. Mentioned is the death of former University of Virginia President Edgar Finley Shannon

There is correspondence of Staige Blackford with his daughters, Linda and Sheila. Staige wrote about John Casey's new novel "The Half Life of Love" (sic Happiness) which supposedly took place in Charlottesville and the college president might have been based on John Casteen. In other UVA news, Staige wrote that the fraternities and the rushing process might be changed to the second semester; and about a fiasco in which two babies were accidently switched at the hospital. In the political arena he wondered if Doug Wilder was too "thin skinned" to be president of a college. On the national front, he wrote that Vernon E. Jordan was being remembered only as "Clinton's lackey" after all the great work he did for civil rights. He also mentioned Mary Lee Settle's autobiography and that Mary Lee and Ann Beattie had a falling out followed by a rapprochement.

There is correspondence of Staige Blackford with his daughters, Linda and Sheila. Staige referred to the Board of Visitors as a "group of Neanderthals." According to Staige, the issues that were being hotly discussed at the University were a liberal studies degree in Qatar and the naming of the College at Wise. Staige also made reference to Governor Jim Gilmore as "Big Jim."

There is correspondence of Staige Blackford with his daughters, Linda and Sheila. He mentioned the presidential election several times in his letters. President John Casteen gave a dinner at Carr's Hill to honor Blackford for his twenty-five years at the Virginia Quarterly Review and the seventy-fifth anniversary of the VQR. Included are photographs from the event. In other news, Staige called Tom Bliley, "Mr. Tobacco" and wrote that it had been revealed that the late John Battle had an affair with his secretary for twenty years.

Correspondence of Staige Blackford with his daughters, Linda and Sheila (All of the General Correspondence consists of letters to friends, charities and reference letters.)

Correspondents include friends such as George Brannock, Ed Granger, Hugo Blankenship, Antonio and Faustina Berenguer, Thorburn Reid III, and Alfred McCormack, Jr. Many of them were colleagues working together on the University newspaper, The Cavalier Daily

Included is a note to Staige mentioning that the Harvard Professor, Edgar F. Shannon was in town and he should meet him

There are many letters voicing fear and disgust about the activities of McCarthy. The letters also reveal that the UVA community was upset that Stringfellow Barr signed a petition asking for amnesty for eleven communists convicted under the Smith Act. The students were circulating a petition to remove him from the faculty. Included is a letter from Stringfellow Barr ("Winkie") Verbal attacks by David McCord Wright against Barr are also mentioned. (January 19, 1953)

There are letters to Staige while he was at Queen's College, and then in the Air Force at San Antonio, Texas and Mobile, Alabama

There are letters describing the tension between the Supreme Court decision and the southern states regarding desegregation (January 19, 1956). Included is an editorial about desegregation and the South (January 22, 1956) L. Minor Blackford wrote a letter expressing his concerns about desegregation (see Family correspondence Box: 2 Folder: 4)

There is correspondence about writing standards for Richard's Encyclopedia.

Staige was working as a research director for the Southern Regional Council and wanted to obtain a position at a University Press or a newspaper. He accepted a job with The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk. Staige also mentioned that his working for the CIA was a mistake because it took him away from his writing. He wrote that his uncle, L. Minor Blackford passed away from complications from emphysema. There is also a letter from the editor of Civil War History criticizing L. Minor Blackford's manuscript "Ride, Boldly, Ride" (about Frank Robertson)

There is correspondence regarding the Miller Center Advisory Committee in which Staige Blackford was a member

There are mostly letters about visiting and keeping in touch with friends

Staige mentioned their trip to Madrid and that Bettina was becoming a professional gardener

Correspondents include Martin Shelby Ochs, Alexander "Sandy" Gilliam, Andrew Hart, Julie Just, Helen Dewar, and Ben Bradlee (sent him invitations to formal events)

Included with correspondence is a program for the swearing in of James H. Billington as the Thirteenth Librarian of Congress. Correspondents include former Virginia Governor Abner Linwood Holton. Also included is correspondence with Edwin Milton Yoder, Edgar Finley Shannon, Jr., Larry J. Sabato, A. E. Dick Howard regarding an article in Spy magazine about Rhodes Scholars. There is also an article in the Jefferson Journal about Edgar Allan Poe's signature being stolen from the UVA minutes book and the editor asked Staige if L. Minor Blackford had anything to do with the missing clipping. Also included with correspondence are edited notes by Staige on a manuscript by Anne H. Freeman about Hunton and Williams.

There is a letter from UVA President Robert O'Neil congratulating Staige's daughter Sheila on her admission to the University of Virginia. Staige expressed criticism of the University of Virginia administration under President O'Neil. Correspondents include A. Linwood Holton, Eleanor Shannon, George Garrett, Ralph Cohen, and Alexander "Sandy" Gilliam, Jr.

Included are Staige's editing comments on a manuscript by Steve Hochman and Staige's review of the history of Episcopal High School.

Correspondents include The Right Reverend John Spong, Alexander "Sandy" Gilliam, Murray Milner, and Howard J. Burnett. Staige mentioned that the General Assembly had banned the FBI, CIA and U. S. Military from recruiting students from the Law School because the agencies discriminated against gays and lesbians. Staige wrote about the death of Fredson Bowers; and commented on Casteen's first year as president

Correspondents include Murray Milner, and Richard Arndt

Mentioned are Robert Christopher and Charles McDowell

Staige's daughter, Lynda married Van Meter Pettit. Harold McSween wrote about Bill Clinton and other men he knew that were involved with many women.

There is information about the Episcopal High School reunion and the Linwood Holton Governor's Conference.

Included with correspondence are a Daily Progress article about George Garrett and a letter from the UVA Seven Society honoring Staige Blackford.

Included is a letter from Daniel Jordan congratulating Staige on his impending retirement

Included is a letter from Frank L. Hereford to Staige Blackford. Other letters are from Abner Linwood Holton, R. W. "Johnny" Apple, Robert O'Neil, Edgar F. Shannon, John Casteen, William Jefferson Clinton. There is a handwritten letter from Bill Clinton (signed Bill) thanking Staige Blackford for his "thoughtful letter." There is also an invitation to the Presidential Inaugural Address. There is also a letter from Vernon E. Jordan mentioning that Blackford's suggestion to use quotations from Thomas Jefferson's inaugural speech in the Inaugural Speech of Clinton would be considered. There is a letter of congratulations from Colgate Darden; and a letter from Staige to Governor Douglas Wilder

"The View from the Twenty-Third Floor;" "Richards En Espanol;" "The Crusades" written for Collier's Encyclopedia; "The Islands at Our Southern Door," written for Richards Topical Encyclopedia; "Letter to a Georgia Gentleman;" "Errol Flynn: A Farewell to Mike," "Letter to A Georgia Gentleman;" biographies of George Canning, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Richard Nixon, William Pitt, Sir Robert Walpole, Henry John Temple, Henry 1 through Henry VIII, Newton Diehl Baker, Josephus Daniels, and Henry Woodfin Grady. Also included is correspondence relating to the articles.

"Dumas Malone A Sage of Mr. Jefferson;" "The University of Virginia: Retrospect & Prospect" written for the American Oxonian; an article about Louisiana; and "The Negro Protest Movement"

There are notes and articles as well as Staige Blackford's biography of Stringfellow Barr. There is a piece on Spain and experimenters which was probably written by Staige Blackford

Staige reviewed "Stringer" by Ward Just; "In the Miro District & Other Stories" by Peter Taylor; "Colgate Darden: Conversations with Guy Fridell;" "Virginia: A History" by Louis D. Rubin, Jr.; "A Family Trust" by Ward Just; "The Great Mutiny and All That" by Molly Kaye; "Women At War," an article about several books; "Jacobs Ladder" by Donald McCaig; "Mark Clark The Last of the Great World War II Commanders" by Marlin Blumenson; "The Big Laugh" by John O'Hara; and "The Negro Revolt" by Louis E. Lomax. Also included is a review of "Earth Works" by Nancy R. Hugo which was probably written by Staige's wife, Bettina Blackford.

A collection of Staige's newspaper articles from a scrapbook

Includes The Thirteen Society, Thomas Jefferson Society of Alumni, The Society of the Purple Shadows, Grand Order of Lespedeza (signed by Linwood Holton) Also included is Staige's license and passports

There are letters written by Staige Blackford regarding information about colleges for his daughter, Linda Blackford

There is correspondence about his position at the University including letters from University of Virginia Presidents Robert O' Neil and John Casteen about faculty status and salary. There are also resumes of Staige Blackford

There is a bill for books and a list of expenses. Also included is an article about Dr. Blackford's diary being available in the School Library

There are financial papers for their house on Westview Road, from Staige's mother's estate, and other bills and credit information.

Included is a draft of Staige Blackford's will and last testament

There is a genealogical chart, a brief history of Dr. Staige Blackford (1898-1949) and an autobiography of Dr. Staige Blackford that was written in a letter to Staige.

There is information about Wolf trap and nominees for the awards

There are grades for Staige Blackford from Episcopal High School and the University of Virginia. There is also an aptitude test for Linda Blackford; and a bill for tuition at EPS (1916)

There is correspondence with William McClatchey about health care reform. Staige Blackford was passionate about this issue.

There is general correspondence about this project

Bettina was involved in an automobile accident when a large truck hit her car and seriously impaired her physical mobility. Her employment was also affected as her ability to teach and ride horses became limited

There are daily schedules for Linwood Holton for September and October

Launcelot Minor Blackford manuscript

Included are two packages of dental poultice from the medical department of the U. S. Navy; and some miscellaneous school signatures, stories and drawings

Various newsclippings on unrelated topics

Obituaries for Dan S. Norton, Henry N. Taylor, and Jonathan Hughes. Also included is a speech from the memorial service of Staige Blackford

Poll results, agendas, and speech notes

correspondence, syllabus, and receipts

Included are prepared remarks of Linwood Holton at the Clergy Association of the Richmond Area; Testimonial Dinner for Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Carillon Civic Association; Old Dominion University Commencement; Omicron Delta Kappa Chapter at Washington and Lee; Veterans Day War Memorial in Richmond; Republican National Committee; Ripon Society Banquet; Virginia Military Institute Commencement; Virginia Chapter of American Association of University Professors; Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Commencement; University of Virginia Student Legal Forum; Lee Family at Stratford Hall; Rotary Convention; National Conference of Editorial Writers. Also included are speeches by The Reverend John S. Spong about Vietnam and John Osman at the Brookings Institute. There is also a summary of the Linwood Holton years.

There are renewal forms for subscriptions to various magazines

Various maps and travel information as well as correspondence about traveling in Europe

Papers relating to the Air Force including Staige's honorable discharge

There are articles about the University and an annual report summary written by Robert O'Neil

Anthology of the VQR