Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections
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Farmville, VA 23909
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Benedict Chatelain
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.
Ownership and Custodial History
The materials in this collection were transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives from the Longwood University History Department in the mid-1990s.
Biographical sketch
Dr. James Elliott Walmsley was born in Mingo, Virginia in 1872. In 1893 he graduated from Randolph-Macon College with both a bachelors and Master of Arts degree. He went on to earn his doctorate in Philosophy while attending Illinois Wesleyan, The University of Chicago, and the University of Michigan. Dr. Walmsley first taught at Randolph-Macon Academy in Bedford, Virginia from 1896-1903. He later became a professor of History and Political Science at Kentucky Wesleyan College and was professor of History at Winthrop College in South Carolina from 1912-1925. He came to State Teachers College at Farmville (now Longwood University) in 1925 and remained here as professor of History and Political Science until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1948. He was a member of a number of fraternities and societies, including Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Delta, Sigma Pi Rho, and Pi Gamma Mu (of which he at one point served as national chairman). He also served on the Historical Commission of South Carolina and was a past president of the Virginia Society of History Teachers. Additionally, he was the author of a number of historical books and articles. Dr. Walmsley passed away on February 2, 1958.
Scope and content
The bulk of the materials in this collection consist of ephemera, books, and pamphlets collected by Dr. Walmsley. Also included in the collection are (3) lectures given by Dr. Walmsley, a luncheon invitation autographed by Theodore Roosevelt, and (1) piece of correspondence concerning the legacy of Woodrow Wilson. These materials date from the early 19th century to the mid-20th century.
Container List
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Re: Robert E. Lee
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Re: The Seal of the Confederacy
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Re: The Civil War
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Correspondence re: Woodrow Wilson1921
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Charles Francis Adams, correspondence (copies)1913
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Signed invitation to Luncheon with Theodore Roosevelt, Jackson, MS1911
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Emigrant Road Directory and Guide Mapca. 1850s-1860s
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State of Mississippi, $50 bond certificate1872
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Wallpaper backed with newspaper1863
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Campaign flyer, Jackson County, MS, 1868 Union Republican Ticket1868
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Bank of Lexington, NC, banknotes, $5 and $1018591861
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Postcard, "Room Where the Last Confederacy Met, Washington, GA"
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Gen. Robert E. Lee advertisement card from Clinton Pharmacy, SCca. 1909
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Pennsylvania Gazette (reprint)December 24, 1728
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"Iron Works at Tuball," Alexander Spotswood1739
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"A Forgotten Phase of the New England Opposition to the War of 1812," by Frank Maloy Anderson
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"Woodrow Wilson, Memorial Address," by Dr. Edwin Anderson Alderman1924
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"The Course of Louisiana Politics, 1862-1866," by Frederick W. Moore, Ph. D.
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"The Monroe Doctrine, the Vital Necessity of its Continued Maintenance," by Thomas Mahoney
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"Dunmore's Proclamation of Independence," "Thomas Jefferson and his unknown brother Randolph," and "A Proclamation for Setling[sic] the plantation of Virginia," from the Tracy McGregor Library
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"The Railroad, The Conqueror," 1913 and "Charleston During the Civil War," by Theodore Jervey19131915
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"Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia," by Herbert B. Adams, Ph. D.1888
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"A Discourse on the Constitution of the United States, John Quincy Adams1848
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"Speech, John Bell, of Tennessee, on the Tariff," (fragile)1832
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"The Ancestry of Chaucer," by Alfred Allan Kern, Millsaps College1906
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"Some Account of the Life and Services of William Blount," by Gen. Marcus J. Wright1884
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"Four Addresses by Miss Mildred Lewis Rutherford," (historian general of the Daughters of the Confederacy)1912
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The Minutes of the Mississippi Bar Association at its Fourth Annual Meeting1889
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"The Natchez Country," by Richard F. Reed (x2)
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"Jefferson Davis: A Sketch of the Life and Character…" by the New Orleans Times-Democrat
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"Jefferson Davis, A Judicial Estimate," by Bishop Charles Galloway, and "Jefferson Davis at West Point," by Walter L. Fleming
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"Shall Cromwell have a Statue" by Charles Francis Adams1902
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"Remarks on the Report of the Legislature on our Foreign Relations," by Sully (extremely fragile)1810
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"Documents: The Change of Secession Sentiment in Virginia in 1861"
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The Colonnade, Vol. 1, no. 1December 1939