Inventory of the G. Walter Mapp Papers 1895-1935 Mapp, G. Walter, 1873-1941 Mss. 84 M32

Inventory of the G. Walter Mapp Papers 1895-1935

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Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Collection Number Mss. 84 M32


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Repository
Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary
Collection number
Mss. 84 M32
Title
G. Walter Mapp Papers, 1895-1935.
Extent
10,139 items.
Creators
Schuyler Otis Bland, Harry Flood Byrd, James Cannon, Julian Alvin Carroll Chandler, Adéle Clark, George Preston Coleman, Mary Haldane Coleman, G. Walter Mapp, Thomas Staples Martin, Lucy Randolph Mason, Robert Walton Moore, John Garland Pollard, Claude Augustus Swanson, Elbert Lee Trinkle, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, Lila Meade Valentine.
Language
English
Abstract
Papers, 1895-1935, of George Walter Mapp consisting chiefly of his personal and professional correspondence. Topics in the correspondence include women suffrage, Prohibition, 1918 First District of Virginia Congressional Democratic primary, 1928 presidential election, and the 1929 Virginia gubernatorial Democratic primary.

Administrative Information

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

Publication Rights/Restrictions on Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred Citation

G. Walter Mapp Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information

Acc. no. 84-17; Gift: 9,988 items, 1984.
Acc. no. 1994.88; Gift: ca. 150 items, 1994.
Acc. no. 1995.50; Gift: 1 item, 1995.

Biographical/Historical Information

George Walter Mapp was born on 25 May 1873 to parents, Dr. John E. Mapp and Margaret Benson (LeCato) Mapp. In 1891, he received a degree of licentiate from the College of William and Mary. This qualified him to teach at the college while studying for a bachelor of arts degree. Upon graduation, he taught at Hagsett Military Academy in Danville, Kentucky. While at Hagsett, he attended classes at Centre College, Kentucky, graduating with a law degree in 1897.

Following graduation Mapp practiced law on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. He entered into several partnerships, the first alongside his cousin Otho F. Mears. Upon its dissolution, he formed a partnership with his brother J. Brooks Mapp, which included an associate, Mr. Herbert Barnes.

Mapp served in the Virginia State Senate from 1911 to 1923 representing the thirty- seventh district, which encompassed Accomac, Northampton, and Princess Anne counties. As a Democratic politician, he was a leader in the temperance movement and fought for women's suffrage. Mapp ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1918 and for governor in 1925 and 1929.

In his later years, he served as the chairman of the State Commission of Fisheries and on the Board of Visitors at the College of William and Mary.

G. Walter Mapp married Miss Georgia Richardson Quinby on 10 November 1900. She died within a year. On 9 November 1910, he remarried Miss Mildred Townsend Aydelotte. The couple had two children. Mapp died in 1941.

Scope and Content Information

Papers, 1895-1935, of George Walter Mapp consisting chiefly his of personal and professional correspondence. Topics in the correspondence include women suffrage, Prohibition, 1918 First District of Virginia Congressional Democratic primary, 1928 presidential election, and the 1929 Virginia gubernatorial Democratic primary. In addition to papers pertaining to Mapp's political career, much of the collection pertains to Mapp's legal practice on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and includes supporting notes and documents referring to specific cases. There are pamphlets, speeches and newspaper clippings covering his political career from 1911 to 1929.

Prominent correspondents include S. O. Bland, Harry Flood Byrd, James Cannon, J. A. C. (Julian Alvin Carroll) Chandler, Adele Clark, George Preston Coleman, Mary Haldane Coleman, Thomas S. (Thomas Staples) Martin, Lucy Randolph Mason, R. Walton (Robert Walton) Moore, John Garland Pollard, Claude A. Swanson, E. Lee (Elbert Lee) Trinkle, Lyon G. Tyler and Lila Meade Valentine.

The collection also includes correspondence of Mapp's law partner, Herbert Barnes.

Arrangement

Organization

This collection is arranged into 7 series. Series 1 contains correspondence of G. Walter Mapp; Series 2 contains correspondence of Herbert Barnes; Series 3 contains political papers; Series 4 contains legal and/or business papers; Series 5 contains books, other printed material, and artifacts; Series 6 contains addition 1994.88; and Series 7 contains addition 1995.50.

Arrangement

This collection is primarily arranged alphabetically either by correspondent's last name or by county name.

Related Material

See also G. Walter Mapp Faculty/Alumni File, University Archives, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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Additional Descriptive Data

Bibliography

Hohner, Robert A. Prohibition and politics : the life of Bishop James Cannon, Jr. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, c1999.
Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Call Number: BX8495 .C245 H64 1999

Bibliography

Hohner, Robert A. Prohibition and politics : the life of Bishop James Cannon, Jr. Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, c1999.
Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Call Number: BX8495 .C245 H64 1999

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

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Components List

Correspondence of G. Walter Mapp, 1895-1935.
Box 1-8
Series 1: Correspondence of G. Walter Mapp

Note: "Duplicate correspondence" refers to unsigned copies of letters by Mapp. "Original correspondence" refers to signed letters written to Mapp.

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent's last name.

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Correspondence of Herbert Barnes, G. Walter Mapp's law partner, 1923-1933.
Box 8:62-117
Series 2: Correspondence of Herbert Barnes

Arranged alphabetically by correspondent's last name.

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Political Papers of G. Walter Mapp, 1910-1940.
Box-folder 9:1-70
Series 3: Political Papers
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Legal Papers and/or Business Papers, 1895-1935, n.d.
Box 9-10
Series 4: Legal and/or Business Papers
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Books, Other Printed Material and Artifacts,
Box 10-11
Series 5: Books, Other Printed Material and Artifacts
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Addition 1994.88, 1935-1941.
Folder 1-7
Series 6: Addition 1994.88

Letters from G. Walter Mapp (1873-1941) to his son John A. Mapp who was a student at the College of William and Mary, 1931-1935, and National Youth Administration Director for Eastern Virginia. Letters give fatherly advice, local and state news, and family news.

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Addition 1995.50, 1891.
Other Othertype: 1995.50
Series 7: Addition 1995.50

Catalogue of the College of William and Mary and State Male Normal College , session 1890-1891. Richmond, Va.: Whittet & Shepperson, Printers, Tenth and Main Streets, 1891. (Lists G. Walter Mapp as student.)

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