Freeman Hansford Hart CollectionWLU.Coll.0129

Freeman Hansford Hart CollectionWLU.Coll.0129


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Repository
Washington and Lee University, James G. Leyburn Library Special Collections and Archives
Identification
WLU.Coll.0129
Title
Freeman Hansford Hart Collection 1910-1965
Quantity
1 Linear Feet
Creator
Hart, Freeman Hansford
Language
English .

Administrative Information

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Biographical / Historical

prof., b. Lexington, Va., Oct. 6, 1889; s. John Harvey and Susan (Gaylor) H.; A.B., Washington and Lee U., 1912, M.A., 1917; M.A., Harvard, 1922; PhD, Columbia, 1942; m. Jean Blanding Fraser, Junes 28, 1923; children- John Fraser, James Wilson, Abel McIver, David Edward, Jean Blanding. Prof. history Wash. Coll., Md., 1923-25; prof. history and economics Hampden-Sydney Coll., Va., 1915-40; prof. history extension div., U. of Va., 1928-41; prof. social sci. and humanities U. of Fla., Gainesville, since 1946, dir. Georgia Seagle Found. since 1947. Seved with A.E.F., World War I. Awarded Cross of Honor, United Daughters of Confederacy. Mem. Am. Hist. Assn., So. Hist. Soc., Fla. Hist. Soc., Va. Hist. Soc., Coll. Fraternities Secretary's Assn. (Exec. com. 1943-46), Pi Kappa Alpha (nat. historian 1930-49, nat. vice pres. 1936-38, nat. pres. 1938-40, exec. sec. 1940-46), Pi Beta Kappa, Tau Kappa Alpha, Sigma Upsilon, Kappa Phi Kappa. Independent. Presbetyrian. Club: Gainesville Rotary Author: Numerical Stength of Confederate Army (N.Y. Times Current History, Oct. 1926), History of Pi Kappa Alpha (1934, rev. 1949), The Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution (U. of N.C. Press, 1943); author of articles in Dictionary of American Biography.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • World War (1914-1918)

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Preston, William
  • Brown, William Moseley
  • Davis, Jefferson
  • Hart, Freeman Hansford
  • Jackson, Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall)
  • Jefferson, Thomas
  • Johnston, Zechariah
  • Lewis, John
  • Madison, James
  • Monroe, James
  • Moore, Andrew
  • Patton, James
  • Shakespeare, William
  • Walker, Thomas, Dr.
  • Washington, George
  • White, Alexander

Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Florida
  • France
  • France -- Loire Valley
  • Louisiana -- New Orleans
  • Southern states
  • United States -- Potomac River
  • United States -- Shenandoah River Valley
  • Virginia
  • Virginia -- Lexington -- Col Alto

Container List

Text [0000005969] box: 1 folder: 1-8
Correspondence 1910-1965
English.
  • Text [0000005970] box: 1 folder: 1
    Control
    English.
  • Text [0000006041] box: 1 folder: 2
    Correspondence 1910-1919
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Contains correspondence with Henry St. George Tucker regarding the maintenance of Lexington, Virginia's Col Alto estate, where Hart was residing prior to World War I. Also contains correspondane concerning WWI, including notices of military protocol. The U.S.S. Mongolia and 317th Infantry at Sea, and the medical detachment of which Hart was a part, are topics of interest.

  • Text [0000005992] box: 1 folder: 3
    Correspondence 1920-1929
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondances related to professional positions held, the publication of Hart's work, personal matters such as the illness of Hart's father, and military affairs.

  • Text [0000005991] box: 1 folder: 4
    Correspondence 1930-1939
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Contains personal correspondence, military correspondence,and academic correspondence relating to Hart's published work, especially his doctoral dissertation, professional positions, and professional and speaking engagements. There is also a letter to a Dr. Fraser about presidential politics and prohibition in 1932, as well as one that seems to be about Hart's opinion about the possibility of WWII and U.S. involvement, though it is undated.

  • Text [0000006043] box: 1 folder: 5
    Correspondence 1940-1949
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence related primarily to the publication of Hart's doctoral dissertation, 'The Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution,' his gift of the work to friends, which are often personal letters, and reviews of this book. There is also correspondence concerning his speaking engagements, his review of a book by Foner,bibliographic information provided for Who's Who in America, a teaching position, a chapter Hart wrote for a book about several Presbetyrian chuches in the Valley of Virginia, his position in the Rockbridge Historical Society, and personal letters.

  • Text [0000006045] box: 1 folder: 6
    Correspondence 1950-1959
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence requesting historical information of Hart, professional inquiries, personal correspondence with fellow W&L alumni, other personal letters, and correspondence regarding an article about James Patton that Hart was co-authoring.

  • Text [0000006046] box: 1 folder: 7
    Correspondence 1960-1965
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence that is personal, related to Hart's collection of photographs for an article about James Patton Preston for The Commonwealth magazine, about other research related to this project, including information about Col. William Preston, James's father, and other professional and research correspondence. One letter of note is addressed to the editors of the Saturday Evening Post from B.R. Colson comparing liberalism and communism.

  • Text [0000006997] box: 1 folder: 8 box: data_value_missing_ac3415315ab764338af0eb1f54a599ce
    Correspondence, Miscellaneous
    Majority of materials in English; some materials in French.
    Scope and Contents

    Items of note include a small travel brochure about New Orléans in French which includes a map and a professional dispute with the University of Florida. Other personal and professional correspondence from various years can be found here as well.

Mixed Materials [0000005985] box: 2 folder: 9-16
Publications A-O
English.
  • Text [0000005995] box: 2 folder: 9
    Book Reviews
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Reviews of Hart's work and reviews written by him. Includes reviews of Hart's The Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution, Joseph H. Parks's General Kirby Smith, C.S.A., Philip S. Foner's Business and Slavery: The New York Merchants and the Irrepressible Conflict,Howard M. Wilson's The Tinkling Spring: Headwater of Freedom, Herbert Clarence Bradshaw's History of Prince Edward County, Virginia, E. Merton Coulter's Wormsloe: Two Centuries of a Georgia Family, and Robert L. Kincaid's The Wilderness Road.

  • Text [0000006002] box: 2 folder: 10
    Essays, Miscellaneous
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Essays on topics including the relationship between citizenship and national defense, a denunciation of the legality of integration, the balence between faith and reason, whether the U.S. should enter the war (probably WWII), the American flag, a metaphorical lament of the wrongs done to the South, The Virginia Frontier on the Eve of the American Revolution, and an essay by Mr. B.R. Colson comparing liberalism and communism, addressed to the letters of the Saturday Evening Post, which he sent for Hart to read as discussed in an accompanying letter.

  • Text [0000006001] box: 2 folder: 11
    Civil War Material
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Material about Civil War commemorative events, a map of Stonewall Jackson's movements, a summary of the Battle of Antietam, a copy of A House Divided: The Civil War Letters of a Virginia Family, by W.G. Bean, a piece about Jefferson Davis, and an extract from 'The Congressional Globe' from January 21, 1861 about seccesion.

  • Mixed Materials [0000006003] box: 2 folder: 12
    Lord Fairfax
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Material related to Hart's article 'Lord Fairfax and the Washingtons,' including parts of the article, drafts, and research materials.

  • Graphic Materials [0000006004] box: 2 folder: 13
    Frontiersman Monument
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Photographs of the Frontiersman Monument.

  • Text [0000006018] box: 2 folder: 14
    John Lewis
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Two drafts of Hart's article 'John Lewis and his Sons: Frontier Builders.'

  • Text [0000006019] box: 2 folder: 15
    President James Monroe
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Hart's article 'James Monroe, Statesman, Extra-Ordinary' in several stages.

  • Mixed Materials [0000006020] box: 2 folder: 16
    Battle of Olustee
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Materials including newspaper clippings, an article by Hart about the battle and correspondence concerning the editing process, an article by Hart titled 'Florida in the War between the States,' transcriptions of the 1860 census, a map of the battle, research notes, and information about a centennial reenactment.

Mixed Materials [0000005986] box: 3 folder: 17-26
Publications P-Z
English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000006021] box: 3 folder: 17
    Col. James Patton
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Graphic and written research materials, drafts of an essay about James Patton, correspondence about the writing process, research n notes,recommendations for editing, and a list of references to Patton.

  • Mixed Materials [0000006022] box: 3 folder: 18
    Col. William Preston
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Graphic and written research materials, research notes, a description of inserts, and drafts of the article Colonel William Preston- Frontier Builder.

  • Text [0000006023] box: 3 folder: 19
    Speeches to the Daughters of the American Revolution
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Speeches to the Daughters of the American Revolution, including 'Seventy-five Years of Service for the Daughters of the American Revolution,' 'American History Month,' 'The Road to Communism,' 'One Nation under God,' and an anti-integration essay on the subject of the 'law of the land.'

  • Text [0000006031] box: 3 folder: 20
    Valley of Virginia- manuscripts
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Manuscripts of The Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution

  • Mixed Materials [0000006033] box: 3 folder: 21
    Valley of Virginia- misc.
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Material related to The Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution, including book reviews, a piece about Zachariah Johnston, notes, a map, and publishing materials.

  • Text [0000006034] box: 3 folder: 22
    Valley of Virginia- UNC Press
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Material relating to the publishing of The Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution.

  • Mixed Materials [0000006998] box: 3 folder: 23 box: data_value_missing_1123615e31f8f38caf387e35cd66140d
    Virginia State History
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Materials related to the history of Virginia including a booklet on the 1776 Virginia Convention, a booklet on Wichester and the Shenandoah Valley, a pamphlet for William Moseley Brown (a candidate for VA governor), a piece on 'The Madison-Jefferson Correspondence Concerning Religious Liberty, 1784-1789,' an article called 'The Potomac Route to the Western Waters,' an article called 'The Three Generals of the Valley,' a map, postcards, a 'Sketch of Virginia History for the French Veterans, Guests of the Nation,' a piece on Andrew Moore by a Miss Allen, and a thesis summary by Hart called 'Federalism in Virginia 1783-1788 with Special Reference to the Valley.'

  • Mixed Materials [0000006036] box: 3 folder: 24
    Dr. Thomas Walker
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Material related to Thomas Walker including a booklet called 'Dr. Thomas Walker: Father of Kentucky,' newspaper clippings, a piece c called 'Dr. Thomas Walker- Frontier Builder,' a scan of a primary source letter, and correspondence about writing the piece.

  • Mixed Materials [0000006037] box: 3 folder: 25
    George Washington
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Materials regarding George Washington including a postcard of his office, drafts of an article about him, and scans of primary source material.

  • Text [0000006038] box: 3 folder: 26
    Alexander White
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Drafts of an article titled 'Alexander White- Frontier Builder.'

Text [0000006049] box: 4
Notes for Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution
English.
Scope and Contents

Eight tied groupings of Hart's research notes for his doctoral thesis, The Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution.

Text [0000006050] box: 5
Notes for Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution
English.
Scope and Contents

Six tied groupings of Hart's research notes for his doctoral thesis, The Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution.

Text [0000006051] box: 6
Notes for Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution
English.
Scope and Contents

Six tied groupings of research notes for Hart's doctoral thesis, The Valley of Virginia in the American Revolution.

Mixed Materials [0000006040] box: 7 folder: 27-34
World War I Material
English.
  • Text [0000007001] box: 7 folder: 27
    Medical Detachment Ledger, 317th Infantry
    United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 317thEnglish.
  • Graphic Materials [0000007002] box: 7 folder: 28
    Maps
    English.
  • Mixed Materials [0000007003] box: 7 folder: 29
    Miscellaneous
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Miscellaneous WWI material including uniform patches, a pamphlet for the Washington and Lee Victory Alumni Reunion, a small American Flag, a photograph of soldiers, a blank Liberty Loan Bond, a song sheet, inventory and personnel documents, personal items, and a graphic guide to identifying military insignia.

    Also included is an enveloped color brochure, "Flags of Our Country, National, State, Historic," published in 1962.

  • Mixed Materials [0000007004] box: 7 folder: 30
    Miscellaneous
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Roster and other beaureaucratic documents, a song lyric sheet, a description of meals for several days, and a publication titled Bulletin.

  • Text [0000006056] box: 7 folder: 31
    Newspaper Clippings
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Newspaper clippings related to WWI, including local Rockbridge County citizens' experiences, full pages from The New York Herald, the Stars and Stripes, The Bayonet, The News, and The Evening World.

  • Mixed Materials [0000006057] box: 7 folder: 32
    Notebooks
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Several of Hart's notebooks from during WWI.

  • Text [0000006058] box: 7 folder: 33
    Pamphlets
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Pamphlets from during WWI, including a book of postcards of Loire Valley castles, a booklet on how to use a device used in the military, a pamphlet advertising WWI war bonds, a service song book, a booklet of prayers issued by the YMCA, a booklet in French titled Evangeline selon S. Marc: La Moisson Près de Bethanie, an Anglo-French phrase book, an active service French book, a booklet of appreciaton for WWI soldiers, a booklet of postcards called Les Américains en France, a pamphlet of useful French, a dual language booklet in French and English about the French soldier, a 'Pocket Treasury' of religious texts, and a booklet in French on the abbey of Fontevrault with photographs.

  • Mixed Materials [0000006060] box: 7 folder: 34
    Postcards
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Postcards that are military issued and from different areas of France.

Mixed Materials [0000006079] box: 8 folder: 35-51
Publications (Printed Copies); misc.; biographical material
English.
  • Text [0000006061] box: 8 folder: 35
    American Legion and Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity Materials
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Papers and newspaper clippings related to the history of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and Hart's role as American Leigion historian

  • Text [0000006064] box: 8 folder: 36
    Newspaper Clippings
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Newspaper clippings primarily related to Hart and his work

  • Mixed Materials [0000006063] box: 8 folder: 37
    Biographical Material
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Biographical information including a list of achievements from Who's Who in America, a summary from the Literary Map - Biographical Guide of Virginia authors, a W&L yearbook entry about Hart, a list of Hart's publications, and a document resembling a resume

  • Mixed Materials [0000006062] box: 8 folder: 38
    W&L Memorabilia
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Contains materials regarding the bicentennial celebration at W&L, a reunion book for the class of 1912, and a Ring Tum Phi article from WWI about students including Hart leaving for war

  • Books [0000006065] box: 8 folder: 39
    Miniature Hamlet
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    Miniature Hamlet which Hart carried with him during WWI

  • Text [0000006066] box: 8 folder: 40
    Current History, October, 1926
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    see page 91 for article by Hart

  • Text [0000006068] box: 8 folder: 41
    Tyler's Quarterly Historical, January, 1927
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    see page 155 for mention of Hart's Current History article

  • Text [0000006069] box: 8 folder: 42
    Indiana Magazine of History, March, 1955
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    see page 83 for book review by Hart

  • Text [0000006070] box: 8 folder: 43
    The Commonwealth, July, 1957
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    see page 9 for article by Hart

  • Text [0000006071] box: 8 folder: 44
    The Commonwealth, April, 1958
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    see page 13 for article by Hart

  • Text [0000006072] box: 8 folder: 45
    The Commonwealth, December, 1958
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    see page 50 for article by Hart

  • Text [0000006073] box: 8 folder: 46
    The Commonwealth, September, 1960
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    see page 13 for article by Hart

  • Text [0000006074] box: 8 folder: 47
    The Commonwealth, October, 1960
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    see page 17 for article by Hart

  • Text [0000006075] box: 8 folder: 48
    The Commonwealth, December, 1960
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    see page 33 for article by Hart

  • Text [0000006076] box: 8 folder: 49
    The Commonwealth, March, 1961
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    see page 11 for article by Hart

  • Text [0000006077] box: 8 folder: 50
    The Commonwealth, July, 1961
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    see page 17 for article by Hart

  • Text [0000006078] box: 8 folder: 51
    The Florida Times Union Sunday Magazine, April 4, 1965
    English.
    Scope and Contents

    see page 16 for article by Hart