A Guide to the Sol and Virginia Wrenn family papers, 1815-2020, #53169

Sol and Virginia Wrenn Papers , 1947-2020 .

Boxes 1-9

Extent: 9 boxes.

Series I: Sol and Virginia Wrenn Papers, 1947-2020, containing booklets, bulletins, cassette tapes, clippings, correspondence, greeting cards, negatives, obituaries, passenger lists, photographs, records, and other papers. Series deals with the Wrenns' personal lives and activities, as well as their activities as members of the Crestwood Farms Residents Association, Forest Hill Presbyterian Church, the Bon Air Historical Society, the Richmond Bonsai Society, and other historical and civic organizations.

Boxes 1-2
Sol and Virginia Wrenn personal papers, 1947-2020 .

2 boxes
- Box 1 Folder 1
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, January-March 1947
- Box 1 Folder 2
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, April-May 1947
- Box 1 Folder 3
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, June 1947
- Box 1 Folder 4
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, July 1947
- Box 1 Folder 5
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, August 1947
- Box 1 Folder 6
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, September 1947
- Box 1 Folder 7
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, October 1947
- Box 1 Folder 8
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, November 1947
- Box 1 Folder 9
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, December 1947
- Box 1 Folder 10
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, January 1948
- Box 1 Folder 11
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, February 1948
- Box 1 Folder 12
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, March 1948
- Box 1 Folder 13
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, April 1948
- Box 1 Folder 14
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, May 1948
- Box 1 Folder 15
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, June 1948
- Box 1 Folder 16
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, July 1948
- Box 1 Folder 17
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, August 1948
- Box 1 Folder 18
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, September 1948
- Box 1 Folder 19
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, October 1948
- Box 2 Folder 1
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, November 1948
- Box 2 Folder 2
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, December 1948
- Box 2 Folder 3
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, January 1949
- Box 2 Folder 4
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, February 1949
- Box 2 Folder 5
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wimer, March 1949
- Box 2 Folder 6
  Letters, Sol Wrenn to Virginia Wrenn, June 1949
- Box 2 Folder 7
  Honeymoon--Queen of Bermuda passenger list and diary and breakfast menu April 1949
- Box 2 Folder 8
  Honeymoon-- The Gateway to Bermuda: a Pocket Guide , April 1949
- Box 2 Folder 9
  WRVA radio show-- "Win If You Can, " 14 August 1950 (see also box 30)
- Box 2 Folder 10
  Correspondence, 1950, 1977, 1980, undated
- Box 2 Folder 11
  Wrenn family Christmas, 1955, 1963-1970 (see also box 31)
- Box 2 Folder 12
  Sol and Ginny Wrenn 50th wedding anniversary, 9 April 1999 (see also box 31)
- Box 2 Folder 13
  Sol and Ginny Wrenn 50th wedding anniversary--Tides Inn (Irvington, Virginia), 1999
- Box 2 Folder 14
  Memorial services and funerals attended, 2004, 2014
- Box 2 Folder 15
  Obituaries for Virginia Wrenn and Sol Wrenn, 2017, 2020
- Box 2 Folder 16
  Wrenn home and Lake Page photographs (see also box 42, folder 1)
- Box 2 Folder 17
  Wrenn family and Crestwood Farms photographic negatives
Boxes 2-4
Crestwood Farms Residents Association, 1969-2018 .

3 boxes
- Box 2 Folder 18
  Constitutions
- Box 2 Folder 19
  Officers and history, 1969, 1985-1986
- Box 2 Folder 20
  Minutes and dues, 1971-1990
- Box 2 Folder 21
  Directory, 1974
- Box 2 Folder 22
  Directory, 1978
- Box 3 Folder 1
  Directory, 1981
- Box 3 Folder 2
  Directory, 1987
- Box 3 Folder 3
  Handbook and directories, 1991, 1992, 1994
- Box 3 Folder 4
  Directories, 1999, 2003
- Box 3 Folder 5
  Directories, 2008, 2013
- Box 3 Folder 6
  Directory drafts and notes
- Box 3 Folder 7
  President's (Virginia Wrenn) letter and drafts, March 1981
- Box 3 Folder 8
  Correspondence, 1974-1999
- Box 3 Folder 9
  Easter sunrise services, 1977-1980
- Box 3 Folder 10
  Easter sunrise services, 1981-1990
- Box 3 Folder 11
  Easter sunrise services, 1991-2000
- Box 3 Folder 12
  Easter sunrise services, 2001-2010 (no 2005, 2007,2008)
- Box 3 Folder 13
  Easter sunrise services, 2011-2018
- Box 3 Folder 14
  Easter sunrise services photographs, 1987, 2000, 2004, undated
- Box 3 Folder 15
  Easter sunrise services papers, 2001, 2007, undated
- Box 4 Folder 1
  Christmas caroling, 1981, undated
- Box 4 Folder 2
  Christmas gathering photographs, 1990
- Box 4 Folder 3
  Picnics, 1972, 1981-1982, undated
- Box 4 Folder 4
  Picnic photographs, 1990, undated
- Box 4 Folder 5
  Barbecues, 1981, undated
- Box 4 Folder 6
  Community sale, 13 November 1971
- Box 4 Folder 7
  Papers, 1980-2006, undated
- Box 4 Folder 8
  Notes
- Box 4 Folder 9
  HMK Corporation documents, 1991, undated
- Box 4 Folder 10
  Correspondence--HMK and rezoning, 1983-2006
- Box 4 Folder 11
  Clippings--HMK rezoning, 1984, 1992, undated
- Box 4 Folder 12
  Papers--HMK
- Box 4 Folder 13
  Crestwood Farms preconstruction photographs, November 1965
- Box 4 Folder 14
  Crestwood Farms photographs, March-April 1969
- Box 4 Folder 15
  Lake Page photographs and information
Box 4
Crestwood Elementary School, 1969-2018 .

1 box
- Box 4 Folder 16
  Lake Page Project, 2000
- Box 4 Folder 17
  Visits--photographs (see also box 42, folder 2)
Box 4
Crestwood Presbyterian Church, 1966-1971 .

1 box
- Box 4 Folder 18
  Formation documents, 1966-1971
- Box 4 Folder 19
  Membership directories, 1967-1969
- Box 4 Folder 20
  Bulletins and worship, 1966-1971
- Box 4 Folder 21
  Board of Deacons, 1967-1970
- Box 4 Folder 22
  Steering committee notes, 1966-1968
- Box 4 Folder 23
  Church rental of Crestwood Elementary School, 1966-1967
- Box 4 Folder 24
  Financial records, 1967-1971
- Box 4 Folder 25
  Camp Hanover, 1967-1968
- Box 4 Folder 26
  Women of the Church constitution, 1967
- Box 4 Folder 27
  Correspondence and general papers, 1968-1970
- Box 4 Folder 28
  Photographs, 1966, undated
Boxes 4-5
Forest Hill Presbyterian Church, 1955-2006 .

2 boxes
- Box 4 Folder 29
  Directory, 1966
- Box 4 Folder 30
  Directory, 1979
- Box 4 Folder 31
  Directories, 1984, 1986
- Box 4 Folder 32
  Directories, 1991, 2000
- Box 5 Folder 1
  Church School Summer Series-- "Telling the Good News in Many Ways: Storytelling in Christian Education, " 1984
- Box 5 Folder 2
  Church School Summer Series-- "Telling the Good News in Many Ways "-- Origins and Early Traditions of Storytelling by John Harrell
- Box 5 Folder 3
  Bulletins, newsletters, papers, and photographs, 1955-2006 (see also box 31 and box 41, folder 6)
Boxes 5-7
Bon Air Historical Society, 1979-2017 .

3 boxes
- Box 5 Folder 4
  Ginny Wrenn and the Bon Air Historical Society, 2017
- Box 5 Folder 5
  Bylaws, 1982-1983, undated
- Box 5 Folder 6
  Directories, 1983-2004
- Box 5 Folder 7
  Meeting minutes, 1979-2005
- Box 5 Folder 8
  Financial and insurance papers, 1983-1990
- Box 5 Folder 9
  Membership applications, 1983-1989, 2000-2008
- Box 5 Folder 10
  Programs and events, 1985-2006
- Box 5 Folder 11
  Correspondence from president, 1985-1989, 2000, 2007
- Box 5 Folder 12
  "The Bon Air Tour: a Discerning Excursionist's Delight "
- Box 5 Folder 13
  Bus tour of Old Bon Air
- Box 5 Folder 14
  Old Bon Air Historic Area , 1988
- Box 5 Folder 15
  Development in Bon Air, 1983, 1988
- Box 5 Folder 16
  Chesterfield County--parades, 1978, 1984
- Box 5 Folder 17
  Correspondence and papers, 1986-2007, undated (see also box 31)
- Box 5 Folder 18
  Clippings, 1976-1989, 2008-2009
- Box 5 Folder 19
  Photographs
- Box 5 Folder 20
  Images of Old Bon Air
- Box 6 Folder 1
  Victorian Day, 19 May 1979
- Box 6 Folder 2
  Victorian Day, 30 May 1981
- Box 6 Folder 3
  Victorian Day, 7 May 1983
- Box 6 Folder 4
  Victorian Day, 12 May 1984
- Box 6 Folder 5
  Victorian Day, 26 April 1986
- Box 6 Folder 6
  Victorian Day, 2 May 1987
- Box 6 Folder 7
  Victorian Day, 16 April 1988
- Box 6 Folder 8
  Victorian Day, 22 April 1989
- Box 6 Folder 9
  Victorian Day papers, ca. 1980s
- Box 6 Folder 10
  Victorian Day, 12 May 1990
- Box 6 Folder 11
  Victorian Day, 20 April 1991
- Box 6 Folder 12
  Victorian Day, 8 May 1993
- Box 6 Folder 13
  Victorian Day, 8 May 1999
- Box 6 Folder 14
  Victorian Day, 13 May 2000
- Box 6 Folder 15
  Victorian Day, 12 May 2001
- Box 6 Folder 16
  Victorian Day, 11 May 2002
- Box 6 Folder 17
  Victorian Day, 10 May 2003
- Box 6 Folder 18
  Victorian Day, 8 May 2004
- Box 6 Folder 19
  Victorian Day, 7 May 2005
- Box 6 Folder 20
  Victorian Day, 13 May 2006
- Box 6 Folder 21
  Victorian Day, 12 May 2007
- Box 6 Folder 22
  Victorian Day, 10 May 2008
- Box 6 Folder 23
  Victorian Day general papers, undated
- Box 6 Folder 24
  Victorian Day notes, undated
- Box 6 Folder 25
  Victorian Day photographs, 1983-1989
- Box 6 Folder 26
  Victorian Day photographs, 1991, 1997, 2001, 2012
- Box 7 Folder 1
  Victorian Day photographs, undated
- Box 7 Folder 2
  Victorian Day--Ginny Wrenn president banners and Ginny Wrenn photograph board, ca. 1986-1989, 1997 (see box 43, folder 1)
Box 7
Bon Air Community Association, 1979-2007 .

1 box
- Box 7 Folder 3
  Papers, 1979-2007
Boxes 7-8
Bonsai, 1968-2008 .

2 boxes
- Box 7 Folder 4
  Virginia Bonsai Society, Capitol District, papers, 1968-1970
- Box 7 Folder 5
  Capitol Area Bonsai Society photographs, 1971
- Box 7 Folder 6
  Richmond Bonsai Society--lifetime membership to Ginny and Sol Wrenn, 13 December 1998
- Box 7 Folder 7
  Richmond Bonsai Society bylaws, 1970, updated 1978, 1990
- Box 7 Folder 8
  Richmond Bonsai Society meeting minutes and related papers, 1990-1992
- Box 7 Folder 9
  Richmond Bonsai Society membership lists and directories, 1986-1992, 2008
- Box 7 Folder 10
  Richmond Bonsai Society newsletters, 1990, 2005
- Box 7 Folder 11
  Richmond Bonsai Society--Potomac Bonsai Association newsletters and symposium, 1990-1991
- Box 7 Folder 12
  Richmond Bonsai Society membership brochures
- Box 7 Folder 13
  Richmond Bonsai Society demonstrations, exhibits, lectures, 1984-1989, undated (see also box 41, folder 1)
- Box 7 Folder 14
  Richmond Bonsai Society garden and flower shows
- Box 7 Folder 15
  Richmond Bonsai Society correspondence, 1990
- Box 7 Folder 16
  Richmond Bonsai Society papers, 1978-1980
- Box 7 Folder 17
  Richmond Bonsai Society papers, undated
- Box 7 Folder 18
  Richmond Bonsai Society scrapbooks, 1972-1990 (see boxes 33 and 34)
- Box 7 Folder 19
  Richmond Bonsai Society photographs from scrapbook 1 (box 33), 1972
- Box 7 Folder 20
  Richmond Bonsai Society photographs from scrapbook 1 (box 33), 1981[?]
- Box 7 Folder 21
  Richmond Bonsai Society photographs from scrapbook 1 (box 33), undated
- Box 7 Folder 22
  Richmond Bonsai Society negatives from scrapbook 1 (box 33), undated
- Box 7 Folder 23
  Richmond Bonsai Society correspondence from scrapbook 1 (box 33), 1978-1983
- Box 7 Folder 24
  Richmond Bonsai Society correspondence from scrapbook 1 (box 33), 1985-1988, undated
- Box 8 Folder 1
  Richmond Bonsai Society articles from scrapbook 1 (box 33), 1974-1984, undated
- Box 8 Folder 2
  Richmond Bonsai Society clippings from scrapbook 1 (box 33), 1983-1988, undated
- Box 8 Folder 3
  Richmond Bonsai Society chrysathemum bonsai from scrapbook 1 (box 33)
- Box 8 Folder 4
  Richmond Bonsai Society Sunny Slope Gardens papers from scrapbook 1 (box 33), 1989
- Box 8 Folder 5
  Richmond Bonsai Society papers from scrapbook 1 (box 33)
- Box 8 Folder 6
  Richmond Bonsai Society notes from scrapbook 1 (box 33)
- Box 8 Folder 7
  Richmond Bonsai Society photographs from John Naka visit scrapbook (gray volume, box 34), 1990
- Box 8 Folder 8
  Richmond Bonsai Society photographs, 1970-1991
- Box 8 Folder 9
  Richmond Bonsai Society bonsai workshop, Ikebana, photographs, 1992
- Box 8 Folder 10
  Richmond Bonsai Society picnic photographs, 1990-1991
- Box 8 Folder 11
  Bonsai--Ginny Wrenn (see box 41, folders 2-3)
- Box 8 Folder 12
  Bonsai--papers (see also box 31)
- Box 8 Folder 13
  Bonsai--photographs (see also box 42, folder 3)
Boxes 8-9
Great Peanut Tour, 1988-2011 .

2 boxes
- Box 8 Folder 14
  Papers, 1988-2000
- Box 8 Folder 15
  Correspondence, 1992-2006, undated
- Box 8 Folder 16
  Clippings, 1992-1999
- Box 8 Folder 17
  Clippings, 2001-2011, undated
- Box 8 Folder 18
  Photographs, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1999
- Box 8 Folder 19
  Photographs, 1992
- Box 9 Folder 1
  Photographs, 2002-2006
- Box 9 Folder 2
  Photographs, undated
Box 9
Miscellaneous.

1 box
- Box 9 Folder 3
  "Changes All Around I See, " autobiography of Joseph B. Underwood
- Box 9 Folder 4
  Inspirational Poems for Christian Homes , by C. Clifford Hevener (see box 29)
- Box 9 Folder 5
  Chesterfield County Virginia: A History , 1970
- Box 9 Folder 6
  The Common Glory: A Souvenir Program of the Symphonic Drama (Williamsburg, Va.), 1948
- Box 9 Folder 7
  "The Executive Mansion: Virginia "
- Box 9 Folder 8
  Notes on Virginia , Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, Spring, 1983
- Box 9 Folder 9
  "Virginia's Capitol Square: Its Buildings and Its Monuments "
- Box 9 Folder 10
  Bon Air Christian Church history, June 2007
- Box 9 Folder 11
  Clippings, 1932, 1948
- Box 9 Folder 12
  Clippings--Richmond tornado of 13 June 1951, 14 June, 24 June 1951
- Box 9 Folder 13
  Clippings, 1954, 1958
- Box 9 Folder 14
  Clippings--Life After Death series, 3-5 December 1957
- Box 9 Folder 15
  Clippings, 1964, 1965, 1968
- Box 9 Folder 16
  Clippings, 1979, 1985-1988
- Box 9 Folder 17
  Clippings, 1985, 1990, undated
- Box 9 Folder 18
  Clippings, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2005
- Box 9 Folder 19
  Clippings, undated
- Box 9 Folder 20
  Cartoons
- Box 9 Folder 21
  Miscellaneous papers (see also box 31)
- Box 9 Folder 22
  Bon Air Village News and Far West End Press , January-May 2002 (transferred to newspaper collections)

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Sol Wrenn Papers , 1935-2020 .

Boxes 10-21

Extent: 12 boxes.

Series II: Sol Wrenn, Jr., Papers, 1934-2020, containing autograph books, catalogs, certificates, clippings, correspondence, diaries, financial records, invitations, journals, photographs, postcards, scrapbooks, yearbooks, and other papers detailing Sol Wrenn's youth, high school education, and college education at Randolph-Macon Collection and the University of Southern California, as well as his naval service aboard the USS Planter during World War II and as a Naval Reserve officer. Papers also describe his career in the Film Services Production Services branch of the Virginia Department of Education and his membership in the University Film and Video Association. Papers also highlight his activities and interests in organizations, including the Richmond Meteorology Society.

Boxes 10-11
Correspondence and writings, 1934-1987 .

2 boxes
- Box 10 Folder 1
  Diaries, 1936-1938 (see box 32)
- Box 10 Folder 2
  Inaugural invitation, 1937
- Box 10 Folder 3
  Autograph book, 20 January 1937
- Box 10 Folder 4
  Correspondence, 1938-1940
- Box 10 Folder 5
  Scrapbook, 1938-1940 (see box 40)
- Box 10 Folder 6
  Correspondence, April-September 1941
- Box 10 Folder 7
  Correspondence, October-December 1941
- Box 10 Folder 8
  Correspondence, January-February 1942
- Box 10 Folder 9
  Correspondence, March-May 1942
- Box 10 Folder 10
  Correspondence, September 1942
- Box 10 Folder 11
  Correspondence, October-November 1942
- Box 10 Folder 12
  Correspondence, December 1942
- Box 10 Folder 13
  Correspondence, January-February 1943
- Box 10 Folder 14
  Correspondence, March-April 1943
- Box 10 Folder 15
  Correspondence, May-June 1943
- Box 10 Folder 16
  Correspondence, July 1943
- Box 10 Folder 17
  Correspondence, August-September 1943
- Box 10 Folder 18
  Correspndence, November 1943
- Box 10 Folder 19
  Correspondence, December 1943
- Box 10 Folder 20
  Correspondence, January-March 1944
- Box 10 Folder 21
  Correspondence, May 1944
- Box 10 Folder 22
  Correspondence, June 1944
- Box 10 Folder 23
  Correspondence, July 1944
- Box 11 Folder 1
  Correspondence, August 1944
- Box 11 Folder 2
  Correspondence, September 1944
- Box 11 Folder 3
  Correspondence, October 1944
- Box 11 Folder 4
  Correspondence, November 1944
- Box 11 Folder 5
  Correspondence, December 1944
- Box 11 Folder 6
  Correspondence, April-May 1945
- Box 11 Folder 7
  Correspondence, June 1945
- Box 11 Folder 8
  Correspondence, July 1945
- Box 11 Folder 9
  Correspondence, August 1945
- Box 11 Folder 10
  Correspondence, September 1945
- Box 11 Folder 11
  Correspondence, October-November 1945
- Box 11 Folder 12
  Correspondence, 1946
- Box 11 Folder 13
  Correspondence, 1947
- Box 11 Folder 14
  Correspondence, 1951-1987
- Box 11 Folder 15
  Collected writings
Box 11
Emporia, 1937-2009 .

1 box
- Box 11 Folder 16
  "Greensville County and Emporia, " pp. 18-21, from Virginia and the Virginia County , July 1951
- Box 11 Folder 17
  Industrial Sites and Economic Data: Emporia, Virginia , November 1955
- Box 11 Folder 18
  "Main Street United Methodist Church Sesquicentennial Celebration, 1847-1997, " 1997
- Box 11 Folder 19
  Clippings on Emporia, 1937-2009
- Box 11 Folder 20
  Clippings on the great flood of 1940 in Emporia and Greensville County (information and photographs supplied by Sol Wrenn), 1963-2005 (see also box 31 and box 41, folder 20)
- Box 11 Folder 21
  Emporia photographs
- Box 11 Folder 22
  Sol Wrenn--information on home movies of Emporia (movies transferred to visual studies)
Box 12
Emporia Elementary School and Greensville County High School, 1934-2004 .

1 box
- Box 12 Folder 1
  Emporia Elementary School newspaper, 6 April 1934 (copy--original transferred to newspaper collections)
- Box 12 Folder 2
  Sol Wrenn's diploma, Greensville County High School, 31 May 1938
- Box 12 Folder 3
  Riparian , Greensville County High School yearbooks, 1935-1936 (see box 28, folders 1-2)
- Box 12 Folder 4
  Greensville County High School newspaper, The Green and Gold , 1937-1938 (copies--originals tranferred to the newspaper collections)
- Box 12 Folder 5
  Greensville County High School Class of 1938 papers, 1938
- Box 12 Folder 6
  Greensville County High School Class of 1938 alumni lists, 1968, 1988 (see also box 41, folder 5)
- Box 12 Folder 7
  Greensville County High School Class of 1938 alumni correspondence and papers, 1988-2004
- Box 12 Folder 8
  Greensville County High School Class of 1938 alumni reunion photographs, 1988, 1996, 2002
Box 12
Randolph-Macon College, 1938-2006 .

1 box
- Box 12 Folder 9
  Randolph-Macon College catalog, 1938-1939
- Box 12 Folder 10
  Yellow Jacket , Randolph-Macon College yearbooks, 1939-1940 (see box 28)
- Box 12 Folder 11
  Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity certificate, 25 February 1939 (see box 35, folder 1)
- Box 12 Folder 12
  Ann Rutherford photographs, 15 October 1939
- Box 12 Folder 13
  Randolph-Macon vs. Hampden-Sydney football program, 13 November 1948
- Box 12 Folder 14
  Old Grads Weekend and Class of 1942, 29 May 1992
- Box 12 Folder 15
  Old Grads and Class of 1956 reunion scrapbook, 2006
- Box 12 Folder 16
  Phi Kappa Sigma, Tau Chapter, Randolph-Macon College, membership directory, 1998
Box 12
University of Southern California, 1940-2009 .

1 box
- Box 12 Folder 17
  University of Southern California admission credit summary-registration permit, 3 August 1940
- Box 12 Folder 18
  University of Southern California Bulletin, 1 June 1941
- Box 12 Folder 19
  El Rodeo , University of Southern California yearbooks, 1941, 1942 (see box 36)
- Box 12 Folder 20
  "For Whom the Bell Tolls " screen adaptation by Sol Wrenn
- Box 12 Folder 21
  "Documentary, " contributions by Stuart Legg and Raymond Spottiswood, edited by John Grierson (Canada)
- Box 12 Folder 22
  Southern California Daily Trojan , 8-9 December 1941 (transferred to the newspaper collections)
- Box 12 Folder 23
  Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Evening Herald and Express , 25 February 1942 (transferred to the newspaper collections)
- Box 12 Folder 24
  Photographs of Los Angeles and of Lake Tahoe, 7 December 1941 (LA), June 1942
- Box 12 Folder 25
  "In Motion, " University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television, Summer 1999
- Box 12 Folder 26
  Herb Farmer obituary and related articles from USC Cinematic Arts website, 2009
- Box 12 Folder 27
  USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni directory, 2009
Box 13
Graduate School, 1970-1974 .

1 box
- Box 13 Folder 1
  Virginia Commonwealth University, educational psychology 607, paper-- "Case Study of an Undirected Classroom, " 6 January 1970
- Box 13 Folder 2
  "Guide for Master's Theses, Projects, and Graduate Record Examinations, " Virginia State College September 1971
- Box 13 Folder 3
  Sol Wrenn--master's degree correspondence, December 1972
- Box 13 Folder 4
  "History of Water Transportation in Virginia, " a slide-tape presentation, project for master's degree in education from Virginia State College, 6 May 1973
- Box 13 Folder 5
  Sol Wrenn--high school, college, and graduate school transcripts, 1974
Boxes 13-15
USS Planter and Naval service, 1943-2001 .

3 boxes
- Box 13 Folder 6
  "The War Comes to US: The Inside Story in Pictures, " 1942
- Box 13 Folder 7
  The Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet , 1942 (war edition), 1950 (6th edition)
- Box 13 Folder 8
  Sol Wrenn commission, 15 May 1943
- Box 13 Folder 9
  "Training Film Producer's Manual, " January 1943
- Box 13 Folder 10
  The Hoist NavTraScol (Naval Training School) class book, July 1943 (see box 28)
- Box 13 Folder 11
  A letter from--Naval Training School, Harvard University, ca. 1943
- Box 13 Folder 12
  Cruise of the USS Planter , 1944-1946 (see also box 32)
- Box 13 Folder 13
  USS Planter diary, 1945
- Box 13 Folder 14
  Sol Wrenn correspondence and papers, 1944-1945
- Box 13 Folder 15
  Sol Wrenn certificate of satisfactory service, 11 August 1946
- Box 13 Folder 16
  USS Planter roster, 1944-1946
- Box 13 Folder 17
  USS Planter communications, 1944-1945
- Box 13 Folder 18
  USS Planter miscellaneous documents, 1944-1945
- Box 13 Folder 19
  U.S. Navy miscellaneous documents, 1941-1945 (see also box 32)
- Box 13 Folder 20
  "The Daily Planter, " 23 May 1944
- Box 13 Folder 21
  "The Planter Punch, " 15 August, 13 October 1945
- Box 13 Folder 22
  "Nob News, " 19 October 1945
- Box 13 Folder 23
  Rouge-Midi , 9 September 1944 (transferred to the newspaper collections)
- Box 13 Folder 24
  Boston Globe , 8 January 1945
- Box 13 Folder 25
  La Estrella de Panema , 13 April 1945 (transferred to the newspaper collections)
- Box 13 Folder 26
  Okinawa map, 1945 (see box 35, folder 2)
- Box 13 Folder 27
  Typhoons in Okinawa area, 1945 (see box 35, folder 2)
- Box 13 Folder 28
  Photograph--Ensign Sol Wrenn, 1943
- Box 13 Folder 29
  World War II scrapbook--France, Italy, 1944
- Box 13 Folder 30
  Photographs of USS Planter
- Box 13 Folder 31
  Photographs of the USS Planter in Okinawa, 1945
- Box 13 Folder 32
  Photographs of the USS Planter --naval personnel and scenes
- Box 13 Folder 33
  Photographs and postcards of Toulon, France, including the French fleet, 1944
- Box 13 Folder 34
  Postcards of Toulon, France (postwar)
- Box 13 Folder 35
  U.S. Navy photograph of Normandy, 1944
- Box 14 Folder 1
  USS Planter reunion--Fort Myers, Florida, 1986
- Box 14 Folder 2
  USS Planter reunion--Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1987
- Box 14 Folder 3
  USS Planter reunion--Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1988
- Box 14 Folder 4
  USS Planter reunion--Newport, Rhode Island, 1989
- Box 14 Folder 5
  USS Planter reunion photographs--Newport, Rhode Island, 1988
- Box 14 Folder 6
  USS Planter reunions--slides, 1986-1989
- Box 14 Folder 7
  USS Planter reunion--Virginia Beach, Virginia (not held), 1992
- Box 14 Folder 8
  USS Planter reunion--Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1994 (folder 1 of 2)
- Box 14 Folder 9
  USS Planter reunion--Virginia Beach, Virginia, 1994 (folder 2 of 2)
- Box 14 Folder 10
  USS Planter reunion--Washington, D.C., 2001 (folder 1 of 2)
- Box 14 Folder 11
  USS Planter reunion--Washington, D.C., 2001 (folder 2 of 2)
- Box 14 Folder 12
  USS Planter reunions--lists, name tags
- Box 14 Folder 13
  USS Planter reunions--Sol Wrenn correspondence with former shipmates, 1986-2000
- Box 14 Folder 14
  USS Planter reunions--50th anniversary calendar, 1997
- Box 14 Folder 15
  USS Planter reunions--miscellaneous photographs
- Box 14 Folder 16
  USS Planter reunions--miscellaneous papers
- Box 15 Folder 1
  Sol Wrenn Naval Reserve commission, 29 October 1948
- Box 15 Folder 2
  Naval Reserve official correspondence, 1950-1981
- Box 15 Folder 3
  Sol Wrenn governor's commissions as aide-de-camp, 1950-1982 (see also box 35, folders 3-4)
- Box 15 Folder 4
  Navy and Naval Reserves articles and clippings, 1952-1985
- Box 15 Folder 5
  Naval Reserve miscellaneous papers and photographs (see also box 35, folder 5)
Boxes 15-16
Film Production Service, Virginia State Department of Education, 1946-1990 .

2 boxes
- Box 15 Folder 6
  Sol Wrenn correspondence and papers, 1946-1990
- Box 15 Folder 7
  Sol Wrenn notes
- Box 15 Folder 8
  Sol Wrenn retirement, 1985
- Box 15 Folder 9
  Sol Wrenn retirement-- Public Education in Virginia article, Winter 1986
- Box 15 Folder 10
  Sol Wrenn retirement photographs
- Box 15 Folder 11
  Film Production Service history, ca. 1985
- Box 15 Folder 12
  Film Production Service policies and procedures
- Box 15 Folder 13
  Film Production Service committees meeting minutes, 1949-1950
- Box 15 Folder 14
  Cooperation between the State Department Education and the Motion Picture Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1949
- Box 15 Folder 15
  Film Production Service assistant supervisor job description, 16 Augut 1973
- Box 15 Folder 16
  "Films Produced or Distributed by the Virginia Department of Education/Film Production Service, " 1946-1984
- Box 15 Folder 17
  "Educational Motion Pictures for Virginia's Public Schools: a Paper Dealing with the Virginia Department of Education Film Distribution System, " December 1975
- Box 15 Folder 18
  "Educational Motion Pictures for Virginia Public Schools, " March 1946
- Box 15 Folder 19
  "Educational Motion Pictures and Filmstrips on Virginia, " 1956
- Box 15 Folder 20
  "Educational Motion Pictures and Filmstrips on Virginia, " 1957-1958
- Box 15 Folder 21
  "Educational Motion Pictures and Filmstrips, " 1961, 1965, 1971, 1975
- Box 15 Folder 22
  "Educational Motion Pictures and Filmstrips for Virginia Schools, " 1976
- Box 15 Folder 23
  "Educational Motion Pictures and Filmstrips for Virginia Schools, " 1980
- Box 15 Folder 24
  "Motion Pictures about Virginia, " undated
- Box 15 Folder 25
  Virginia 1985 Film Production Guide , 1985
- Box 16 Folder 1
  "A Guide for Using the Film the Elementary School "
- Box 16 Folder 2
  "Waterway to the West, " 1963
- Box 16 Folder 3
  Film and filmstrip inventory
- Box 16 Folder 4
  Media usage analysis, 1980-1981
- Box 16 Folder 5
  Specialized equipment inventory, 1 July 1981
- Box 16 Folder 6
  "Virginia School Reports, " 1871-1872
- Box 16 Folder 7
  Acts of Assembly Act for production of motion picture films, 1945
- Box 16 Folder 8
  "Superintendent of Public Education " educational film production and use, 1946-1947
- Box 16 Folder 9
  "Centennial News Letter " (2 issues) November 1962, July 1963
- Box 16 Folder 10
  Public Education in Virginia (2 issues), Winter 1966, Fall 1967
- Box 16 Folder 11
  "A Brief History of the Early Film Program for Virginia's Public Schools, 1938-1945, " VEMA Journal , October 1986
- Box 16 Folder 12
  "State Prepares Color-Sound Film on School Bus Operation, " Wheels of Progress , January 1950
- Box 16 Folder 13
  "About Film and Four Letter Words "
- Box 16 Folder 14
  Articles, 1936
- Box 16 Folder 15
  Articles, 1948-1950
- Box 16 Folder 16
  Articles, 1951-1953
- Box 16 Folder 17
  Articles, 1955, 1960, ca. 1950s
- Box 16 Folder 18
  Articles, 1962-1970
- Box 16 Folder 19
  Articles, 1975-1983
- Box 16 Folder 20
  Articles, undated
- Box 16 Folder 21
  Film Production Service photographs
- Box 16 Folder 22
  Former Department of Education employees
- Box 16 Folder 23
  Miscellaneous papers and notes
Boxes 16-20
University Film and Video Association (UFPA, UFA & UFVA), 1947-2011 .

5 boxes
- Box 16 Folder 24
  Sol Wrenn University Film and Video Association (UFVA) certificate, 12 August 1983
- Box 16 Folder 25
  University Film Producers Council report, 17-21 August 1947
- Box 16 Folder 26
  University Film Producers Association (UFPA) financial Report on Examination, 1964
- Box 16 Folder 27
  University Film Association (UFA) financial Report on Examination, 1974
- Box 16 Folder 28
  UFA financial Report on Examination, 1977
- Box 16 Folder 29
  UFA reports on grants, 28 December 1978
- Box 16 Folder 30
  UFA treasurer's and financial reports, 9 August 1979
- Box 16 Folder 31
  UFVA membership brochure
- Box 16 Folder 32
  UFA membership directory, 1973
- Box 16 Folder 33
  UFA membership directory, 1977
- Box 17 Folder 1
  UFA membership directory, 1979-1980
- Box 17 Folder 2
  UFVA membership directory, 1982-1983
- Box 17 Folder 3
  UFVA membership directory and supplement (1985), 1984-1985
- Box 17 Folder 4
  UFVA membership directory, 1986-1987
- Box 17 Folder 5
  UFVA membership directory, 1990
- Box 17 Folder 6
  UFVA membership directory, 1992
- Box 17 Folder 7
  UFVA membership directory, 1996
- Box 17 Folder 8
  UFVA membership directory, 1997
- Box 17 Folder 9
  UFVA membership directory, 1998
- Box 17 Folder 10
  UFVA membership directory, 1999
- Box 17 Folder 11
  UFVA membership directory, 2000
- Box 17 Folder 12
  UFVA membership directory, 2001
- Box 17 Folder 13
  UFVA membership directory, 2002
- Box 18 Folder 1
  UFVA membership directory, 2003
- Box 18 Folder 2
  UFVA membership directory, 2006
- Box 18 Folder 3
  UFVA membership directory, 2008-2009
- Box 18 Folder 4
  UFVA membership directory, 2010
- Box 18 Folder 5
  UFVA membership directory, 2011
- Box 18 Folder 6
  UFPA meeting, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa--Sol Wrenn's recollection of first meeting, 1947
- Box 18 Folder 7
  UFPA conference, Penn State, State College, Pennsylvania, 1949
- Box 18 Folder 8
  UFPA conference, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana, 1959
- Box 18 Folder 9
  UFPA conference, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia (hosted by the Virginia State Department of Education), 1960
- Box 18 Folder 10
  UFPA conference, University of Miami, Miami, Florida, 1963
- Box 18 Folder 11
  UFPA conference, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 1966
- Box 18 Folder 12
  UFA conference, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 1972
- Box 18 Folder 13
  UFA conference, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1973
- Box 18 Folder 14
  UFA conference, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, 1975
- Box 18 Folder 15
  UFA conference, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 1977.
- Box 18 Folder 16
  UFA conference, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1978
- Box 18 Folder 17
  UFA conference, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota, 1981
- Box 18 Folder 18
  UFVA conference, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, 1982
- Box 18 Folder 19
  UFVA conference, North Texas State University, Denton, Texas, 1983
- Box 18 Folder 20
  UFVA conference, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, 1984
- Box 18 Folder 21
  UFVA conference, University of Southern California, Los Angeles California, 1985
- Box 18 Folder 22
  UFVA conference, University of Ohio, Athens, Ohio, 1986
- Box 18 Folder 23
  UFVA conference, Loyola-Marymount University, Los Angeles, California, 1987
- Box 18 Folder 24
  UFVA conference, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 1988
- Box 18 Folder 25
  UFVA conference (includes University Film and Video Foundation), Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, 1990
- Box 18 Folder 26
  UFVA conference, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 1991
- Box 18 Folder 27
  UFVA conference, Florida State University, Sarasota, Florida, 1992
- Box 18 Folder 28
  UFVA conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1993
- Box 18 Folder 29
  UFVA conference, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, 1994
- Box 18 Folder 30
  UFVA conference, Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire, 1995
- Box 18 Folder 31
  UFVA conference, Chapman University, Orange, California, 1996
- Box 18 Folder 32
  UFVA conference, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, 1997
- Box 18 Folder 33
  UFVA conference, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin--photographs, 1997
- Box 18 Folder 34
  UFVA conference, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1998
- Box 18 Folder 35
  UFVA conference, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, North Carolina--photographs (including photographs of the University Film and Video Foundation), 1998
- Box 19 Folder 1
  UFVA conference, Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999
- Box 19 Folder 2
  UFVA conference, Kodak Headquarters, Rochester, New York, 2001
- Box 19 Folder 3
  UFVA conference, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, 2003
- Box 19 Folder 4
  Map of UFVA conferences, 1947-1997 (see box 41, folder 7)
- Box 19 Folder 5
  UFPA receipt books
- Box 19 Folder 6
  UFPA tie tacks, pins, and cuff links (see box 37)
- Box 19 Folder 7
  UFVA 40th anniversary--list of old time UFPA members, 2 March 1987
- Box 19 Folder 8
  UFVA 40th anniversary correspondence, 1986-1987
- Box 19 Folder 9
  UFVA 40th anniversary papers, 1986-1987
- Box 19 Folder 10
  Syracuse University overseas project--Sol Wrenn, 1950-1952
- Box 19 Folder 11
  UFPA/Syracuse University overseas project reunion correspondence, 1986-1987
- Box 19 Folder 12
  Univrsity Film and Video Foundation (UFVF) papers, 1978-2003, undated
- Box 19 Folder 13
  UFVF--Eastman School, Halifax County, North Carolina, 1998
- Box 19 Folder 14
  UFPA, UFA, UFVA miscellaneous papers
- Box 19 Folder 15
  UFPA miscellaneous photographs
- Box 19 Folder 16
  "UFPA Digest, " January 1956, October 1957, January 1958
- Box 19 Folder 17
  "Digest of the University Film and Video Association, " September, December 1986, February 1987 (40th anniversary conference)
- Box 19 Folder 18
  "Digest of the University Film and Video Association, " 1988-1998
- Box 19 Folder 19
  University Film Producers Association Journal re: meeting at Ithaca, New York, March 1949
- Box 19 Folder 20
  Journal of the University Film Association , 1970
- Box 19 Folder 21
  Journal of the University Film Association , Fall 1978
- Box 19 Folder 22
  Journal of Film and Video , Spring 1986
- Box 19 Folder 23
  Journal regarding nomenclature issue, 1956
- Box 19 Folder 24
  UFA, UFVA Monograph No. 2: Glossary of Film Terms , Summer 1978, revised 1986
- Box 20 Folder 1
  UFA Monograph No. 4: The Influence of the World Cinema Heritage on the Education and Training of Film/Television Directors and Communicators , Fall 1979
Box 20
Motion picture organizations and publications, 1950-1997 .

1 box
- Box 20 Folder 2
  Council on International Non-theatrical Events (CINE) papers, 1996-1997, undated
- Box 20 Folder 3
  (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) SMPTE Journal: 1982 SMPTE Directory for Members , part II, 1982
- Box 20 Folder 4
  STMPE Journal: Special Issue Progress '82 , April 1983
- Box 20 Folder 5
  American Cinematographer Hand Book and Reference Guide , 1950 (see box 32)
- Box 20 Folder 6
  International Film Foundation, Inc. , 1972
- Box 20 Folder 7
  Women Make Movies catalog, 1989
Boxes 20-21
Organization memberships and hobbies, 1936-2007 .

2 boxes
- Box 20 Folder 8
  "Richmond Weather Watch, " 1984
- Box 20 Folder 9
  American Meteorological Society, Central Virginia Chapter, papers 1985-1991, undated
- Box 20 Folder 10
  American Meteorological Society, Central Virginia Chapter, Sol Wrenn observations, 1985-1987
- Box 20 Folder 11
  American Meteorological Society, Central Virginia Chapter, Sol Wrenn observations, 1988-1990
- Box 20 Folder 12
  American Meteorological Society, Central Virginia Chapter, Sol Wrenn observations, 1991-1993
- Box 20 Folder 13
  American Meteorological Society, Central Virginia Chapter, Sol Wrenn observations, 1994-1996
- Box 20 Folder 14
  American Meteorological Society, Central Virginia Chapter, Sol Wrenn observations, 1997-1999
- Box 20 Folder 15
  American Meteorological Society, Central Virginia Chapter, Sol Wrenn observations, 2000-2002
- Box 20 Folder 16
  American Meteorological Society, Central Virginia Chapter, Sol Wrenn observations, 2003-2005
- Box 20 Folder 17
  American Meteorological Society, Central Virginia Chapter, Sol Wrenn observations, 2006-2007
- Box 20 Folder 18
  Natural resources and weather, 1973, 1980, undated
- Box 20 Folder 19
  What Will the Weather Be? A Folk Weather Calendar , 1988
- Box 21 Folder 1
  Westover Ruritan Club, 1967-1994
- Box 21 Folder 2
  Downing Ruritan Club handbook, 2006
- Box 21 Folder 3
  Richmond Astronomical Society membership lists, 1958-1988
- Box 21 Folder 4
  Eclipse of the sun, 7 March 1970
- Box 21 Folder 5
  Boy Scout membership cards, 1936, 1968
- Box 21 Folder 6
  Stamps and Stamp collecting, Richmond Stamp Club, 1937-1981
- Box 21 Folder 7
  Virginia Canals and Navigation Society prints
- Box 21 Folder 8
  "The Virginia Chapter: The First 40 Years, " The Nature Conservancy, 2000
- Box 21 Folder 9
  "Celebrating the American Earth: A Tribute to Ansel Adams, " The Wilderness Society
Box 21
Miscellaneous, 1934-2008 .

1 box
- Box 21 Folder 10
  What's Next, Pizarro? , Raymond and Kenneth Dyches; The Wilderness Road , Robert L. Kinkaid (see box 29)
- Box 21 Folder 11
  "Official Pictures in Color: A Century of Profress Exposition, " 1934 (see box 35, folder 6)
- Box 21 Folder 12
  Kodak publications-- "A 100 Year Start on Tomorrow, " and "Creators of the Dream Machine, " 1980, 1986
- Box 21 Folder 13
  "WRVA the First Forty Years, " 1965
- Box 21 Folder 14
  "Photography: The 150th Anniversary, " Sky , June 1989
- Box 21 Folder 15
  Clippings on the 1938 and 1942 Duke University football teams, 1988, 1991
- Box 21 Folder 16
  The Scientific Hand Calculator: Putting Space in a Small Package
- Box 21 Folder 17
  Miscellaneous papers, 1957-1993, undated (see also box 31)
- Box 21 Folder 18
  Photographs--Sol Wrenn, ca. 1930s
- Box 21 Folder 19
  Photographs--James Wrenn cross country, 1968-1970
- Box 21 Folder 20
  Photographs--home, Lake Page, 2007-2008, undated
- Box 21 Folder 21
  Photographs--Bon Air, Richmond, 1975, 1980, undated
- Box 21 Folder 22
  Photographs--New York, 1938
- Box 21 Folder 23
  Photographs--travel, 1940-1943
- Box 21 Folder 24
  Photographs--California: Golden Gate Exposition, Lake Tahoe, Mount Whitney, Sequoia Park, Sierra Mountains, 1942, 1979, 1987, undated
- Box 21 Folder 25
  Photographs--California: Yosemite, 1942, 1996
- Box 21 Folder 26
  Photographs--Arizona, Oregon (Crater Lake), Wyoming (Grand Teton Mountains), 1991, undated
- Box 21 Folder 27
  Photographs--unidentified

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Virginia Wrenn Papers , 1921-2017 .

Boxes 21-25

Extent: 5 boxes.

Series III: Virginia Wrenn Papers, 1921-2017, consisting of autograph books, biographies, certificates, clippings, correspondence, essays, magazines, medals, photographs, plaques, poetry, ribbons, scrapbooks, and other papers pertaining to Virginia Wrenn's youth and education; her work as an author and a poet, including as a member of the Richmond Story League and sponsor of the Jolly Wrenn Bards; the Crestwood Farms Garden Club and gardening; and her time as Mrs. Virginia and a contestant for Mrs. America. Papers also include greeting and Christmas cards that she designed.

Box 21
Personal papers, 1938-2017 .

1 box
- Box 21 Folder 28
  Virginia Elizabeth Wimer Wrenn autobiography, 1999
- Box 21 Folder 29
  Virginia Wrenn funeral bulletin, 30 March 2017
- Box 21 Folder 30
  Virginia Wimer home, Swoope, Augusta County, Virginia
- Box 21 Folder 31
  Autograph book, 1938-1939
- Box 21 Folder 32
  Engagement announcement clippings, 1948-1949
- Box 21 Folder 33
  P. E. O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization)-- "Do You Know: The Value of Your P E O Record, " article
- Box 21 Folder 34
  Papers, 1955, undated
Box 22
Churchville High School, 1939-2008 .

1 box
- Box 22 Folder 1
  Churchville High School picture, ca, 1940
- Box 22 Folder 2
  Churchville High School reunions scrapbook, 1939-2008
- Box 22 Folder 3
  Churchville High School reunions scrapbook photographs, 1991, 2001-2002, undated
- Box 22 Folder 4
  Churchville High School reunions scrapbook alumni lists, 1999. 2002, undated
- Box 22 Folder 5
  Churchville High School reunions scrapbook reunion information, 1991-2003
- Box 22 Folder 6
  Churchville High School reunions scrapbook T-Bone Tooter's, 2004
- Box 22 Folder 7
  Churchville High School reunions scrapbook miscellaneous papers, 2001, 2008, undated
- Box 22 Folder 8
  Churchville High School reunions--images and cassette of song, undated (see box 31 and box 43, folder 2)
Boxes 22-24
Writing, story-telling, and poetry, 1973-2013 .

3 boxes
- Box 22 Folder 9
  Richmond Story League programs, 1973-1974
- Box 22 Folder 10
  Richmond Story League programs and directories, (1982-1983)-(1993-1994)
- Box 22 Folder 11
  Richmond Story League programs and directories, (1994-1995)-(2012-2013)
- Box 22 Folder 12
  Richmond Story League annual luncheon, 1974, 1999
- Box 22 Folder 13
  Richmond Story League history, 2004
- Box 22 Folder 14
  Richmond Story League "Ginny Wrenn's Gems Workshop: Gems of the Richmond Story League, " 2009
- Box 22 Folder 15
  Richmond Story League papers, 1978-2013
- Box 22 Folder 16
  Richmond Story League photographs, 1992
- Box 23 Folder 1
  Jolly Wrenn Bards programs, (1974-1975)-(1978-1979)
- Box 23 Folder 2
  Jolly Wrenn Bards programs, (1980-1981)-(1985-1986)
- Box 23 Folder 3
  Jolly Wrenn Bards programs, (1986-1987)-(1990-1991)
- Box 23 Folder 4
  Jolly Wrenn Bards reports, 1986-1989
- Box 23 Folder 5
  Jolly Wrenn Bards history, 1991 (see also box 37)
- Box 23 Folder 6
  Jolly Wrenn Bards-- "Under the Mushroom Tree, " by Ginny Wrenn
- Box 23 Folder 7
  National Storytellers League-- Story Art magazine, 2012-2013
- Box 23 Folder 8
  50 Tellable Tales from Story Art Magazine
- Box 23 Folder 9
  International Society of Poets certificate, awards, 1996 (see box 39)
- Box 23 Folder 10
  International Society of Poets convention photographs, 1996 (includes photographs of visit with relatives)
- Box 23 Folder 11
  Poetry Society of Virginia membership directory, 2002
- Box 23 Folder 12
  Crestwood Elementary School book chat, 1985
- Box 23 Folder 13
  Crestwood Elementary School writers conference, 1985
- Box 24 Folder 1
  "Outside My Window Inside the Nest, " by Virginia Wrenn, 2005
- Box 24 Folder 2
  Virginia Wrenn--ritings and stories
- Box 24 Folder 3
  Virginia Wrenn--poetry
- Box 24 Folder 4
  Virginia Wrenn--haikus (see also box 38)
- Box 24 Folder 5
  Creative poetry forms
Box 24
Crestwood Farms Garden Club and gardening, 1963-2015 .

1 box
- Box 24 Folder 6
  Crestwood Farms Garden Club yearbook and directory, 2000-2001
- Box 24 Folder 7
  Crestwood Farms Garden Club yearbook, 2014-2015
- Box 24 Folder 8
  Crestwood Farms Garden Club shows and events, 1963, 1964, 1995
- Box 24 Folder 9
  Crestwood Farms Garden Club "Forty Years of Memories " anniversary show, 1996
- Box 24 Folder 10
  Crestwood Farms Garden Club papers, 1979-1996
- Box 24 Folder 11
  Crestwood Farms Garden Club Piedmont District awards papers, 1994-1996
- Box 24 Folder 12
  Crestwood Farms Garden Club SAR 8 Horticulture Achievement Award, Piedmont District, 2001
- Box 24 Folder 13
  Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs convention, 1989
- Box 24 Folder 14
  Piedmont District, Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs "Celebrate Freedom " flower show, 1991
- Box 24 Folder 15
  Maymont flower and garden show, 1991
- Box 24 Folder 16
  Southside Plaza (South of the James Garden Clubs) flower shows, 1978-1984
- Box 24 Folder 17
  South of the James Garden Clubs flower shows, 1989, 1991, 1993
- Box 24 Folder 18
  Tuckahoe Community Garden Clubs flower show, 1978
- Box 24 Folder 19
  Crestwood Farms Garden Club miscellanous papers, 1980-1996, undated
- Box 24 Folder 20
  Crestwood Farms Garden Club photographs
- Box 24 Folder 21
  Crestwood Farms Garden Club exhibit tags, 1993-1996, undated
- Box 24 Folder 22
  Virginia Wrenn article on flowers and gardening through the years, 1980 (see also box 38)
- Box 24 Folder 23
  "Weddings and Flowers I've Planned " scrapbook, 1977-1986 (see box 38)
Box 25
Mrs. Virginia, 1956-1964, 1993-1994 .

1 box
- Box 25 Folder 1
  Mrs. Virginia scrapbook and ribbons, 1956 (see boxes 39 and 40)
- Box 25 Folder 2
  Mrs. Virginia articles and papers, 1956-1964
- Box 25 Folder 3
  Mrs. America programs, 1956
- Box 25 Folder 4
  Mrs. America photographs, 1956
- Box 25 Folder 5
  Cypress Gardens postcards
- Box 25 Folder 6
  Mrs. America correspondence, 1961
- Box 25 Folder 7
  "Nation's Top Homemakers " newsletters, 1961-1962
- Box 25 Folder 8
  Mrs. Virginia senior citizen pageant, 1993-1994
Box 25
Miscellaneous, 1956-2010 .

1 box
- Box 25 Folder 9
  Card making
- Box 25 Folder 10
  Card making design and calligraphy
- Box 25 Folder 11
  "A Practical Program to Achieve Economic Justice for Homemakers, " October 1978-September 2008
- Box 25 Folder 12
  Recipes and Menus
- Box 25 Folder 13
  Clippings, 1980-2010
- Box 25 Folder 14
  "The Christmas Story: A Family Program for Christmas Eve "
- Box 25 Folder 15
  "An Evening to Honor Christian Educators, " 8 November 2007
- Box 25 Folder 16
  A Monarch's Journey by Judy Nickels
- Box 25 Folder 17
  Flight 93 Memorial correspondence, 2015
- Box 25 Folder 18
  Miscellaneous correspondence, 1989, 2002, 2005
- Box 25 Folder 19
  Miscellaneous papers (see also boxes 31 and 38)
- Box 25 Folder 20
  Certificates, 1956, 1985, 1999 (see also box 35, folder 7)
- Box 25 Folder 21
  Quilt C.W.U. Jubilee photographs, 1991
- Box 25 Folder 22
  Photographs (see also box 43, folder 3)

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Wrenn Family Papers , 1907-2006 .

Boxes 26-27

Extent: 2 boxes.

Series IV: Wrenn Family Papers, 1815-2006, containing clippings, correspondence, diaries, genealogical notes, ledgers, lists, magazines, obituaries, photographs, wills, and other papers regarding Sol Wrenn, Sr. (1881-1960), Mary Cochran Wrenn (1889-1984), and Robert C. Wrenn (1931-). Papers highlight Sol Wrenn's service as Greensville County, Virginia, clerk of court and his political activities, as well as Robert Wrenn's service as clerk of court. Papers include genealogical notes on the Wrenn and related families, as well as a business ledger for Richelieu Moss of Sussex County, Virginia. Also includes miscellaneous ads, checks, postcards, promissory notes, receipts, and other papers.

Boxes 26-27
Sol Wrenn, Sr. papers, 1914-1960 .

2 boxes
- Box 26 Folder 1
  Letters, 1914
- Box 26 Folder 2
  Letters, 1-2 August 1915
- Box 26 Folder 3
  Letters, 3-5 August 1915
- Box 26 Folder 4
  Letters, 6-9, undated August 1915
- Box 26 Folder 5
  Letters, before November 1917
- Box 26 Folder 6
  Letters, 1919
- Box 26 Folder 7
  Letters, 1921
- Box 26 Folder 8
  Letters, 1922
- Box 26 Folder 9
  Letters, July-November 1923
- Box 26 Folder 10
  Letters, December, undated 1923
- Box 26 Folder 11
  Letters, January 1924
- Box 26 Folder 12
  Letters, February-May 1924
- Box 26 Folder 13
  Letters, June-December, undated 1924
- Box 26 Folder 14
  Letters, July-August 1925
- Box 26 Folder 15
  Letters, September 1925
- Box 26 Folder 16
  Letters, October-November, undated 1925
- Box 26 Folder 17
  Letters, 1926
- Box 26 Folder 18
  Letters, Janury-May 1927
- Box 26 Folder 19
  Letters, June-September 1927
- Box 26 Folder 20
  Letters, October-December, undated 1927
- Box 26 Folder 21
  Letters, January 1928
- Box 26 Folder 22
  Letters, February-March 1928
- Box 26 Folder 23
  Letters April 1928
- Box 26 Folder 24
  Letters, May-June 1928
- Box 26 Folder 25
  Letters, July-December 1928
- Box 26 Folder 26
  Letters, January-February 1929
- Box 26 Folder 27
  Letters, March-June 1929
- Box 26 Folder 28
  Letters, July-August 1929
- Box 26 Folder 29
  Letters, September-December 1929
- Box 26 Folder 30
  Letters, January-July 1930
- Box 26 Folder 31
  Letters, August-December 1930
- Box 26 Folder 32
  Letters, January-May 1931
- Box 26 Folder 33
  Letters, June-September 1931
- Box 26 Folder 34
  Letters, January-May 1932
- Box 26 Folder 35
  Letters, June 1932
- Box 27 Folder 1
  Letters, 1-9 July 1932
- Box 27 Folder 2
  Letters, 11-14 July 1932
- Box 27 Folder 3
  Letters, 15-19 July 1932
- Box 27 Folder 4
  Letters, 21-28 July 1932
- Box 27 Folder 5
  Letters, August 1932
- Box 27 Folder 6
  Letters, September-December 1932
- Box 27 Folder 7
  Letters, 1933
- Box 27 Folder 8
  Letters, 1934
- Box 27 Folder 9
  Letters, 1935-1937
- Box 27 Folder 10
  Letters, 1940, 1945
- Box 27 Folder 11
  Letters, 1958-1959
- Box 27 Folder 12
  Death--letters and obituaries, February 1960
- Box 27 Folder 13
  Will, 8 September 1942
- Box 27 Folder 14
  Papers, 1926-1928, 1955, undated
- Box 27 Folder 15
  Clippings, 1951, undated
- Box 27 Folder 16
  Photographs, 1902, 1939, undated
Box 27
Mary Cochran Wrenn papers, 1915-1984 .

1 box
- Box 27 Folder 17
  Diary, 1-8 August 1915
- Box 27 Folder 18
  Clippings and obituaries, 1965, 1984
- Box 27 Folder 19
  Correspondence, 1964, 1984 (see also box 31)
- Box 27 Folder 20
  Furntiture--photographs and inventories, 1984[?]
Box 27
Robert C. Wrenn papers, 1952-2006 .

1 box
- Box 27 Folder 21
  Greensville County clerk of court, 1967-2005
- Box 27 Folder 22
  Ruritans, 1978-2005
- Box 27 Folder 23
  Papers, 1952-2003
- Box 27 Folder 24
  Clippings, 1992-2006
Box 27
Wrenn family papers, 1815-1917 .

1 box
- Box 27 Folder 25
  Richelieu Moss ledger, ca. 1907-1917 (see box 32)
- Box 27 Folder 26
  E. Moss Wrenn ration book, 1945
- Box 27 Folder 27
  Wrenn family genealogies
- Box 27 Folder 28
  Miscellaneous family papers, 1815-1916 (see also box 35, folder 8)

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Wrenn Family Papers , 1907-2006 .

Boxes 26-27

Extent: 2 boxes.

Series V: Wimer Family Papers, 1894, 1907-1909, containing postcards, 1907-1909, to Millie Malcom (Wimer) (1890-1976) of Highland County, Virginia, containing family and social news, and the autograph book, 1893-1894, of Pricy Wimer (1884-1968) of Coffey County, Kansas.

Box 27
Millie Malcom (Wimer) postcards, 1907-1909 .

1 box
- Box 27 Folder 29
  Postcards, 1907
- Box 27 Folder 30
  Postcards, 1908
- Box 27 Folder 31
  Postcards, 1909
- Box 27 Folder 32
  Postcards, undated
Box 27
Pricy Wimer papers, 1893-1894 .

1 box
- Box 27 Folder 33
  Autograph book and clippings, 1893-1894, undated

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Oversized materials .

Boxes 28-43

Extent: 16 boxes.

Oversized material is cross-referenced to the box and folder from which it was removed.

Box 28 Folder 1
Riparian , Greensville County High School yearbook, 1935 (From box 12, folder 3)
Box 28 Folder 2
Riparian , Greensville County High School yearbook, 1936 (from box 12, folder 3)
Box 28
The Yellow Jacket Randolph-Macon College yearbook, 1939 (from box 12, folder 10)
Box 28
The Yellow Jacket Randolph-Macon College yearbook, 1940 (from box 12, folder 10)
Box 28
The Hoist NavTraScol (Naval Training School) class book, July 1943 (from box 13, folder 10)
Box 29
Inspirational Poems for Christian Homes by C. Clifford Hevener (from box 9, folder 4)
Box 29
The Wilderness Road by Robert L. Kinkaid, 1947 (from box 21, folder 10)
Box 29
What's Next, Pizarro? by Raymond and Kenneth Dyches, 1968 (from box 21, folder 10)
Box 30
"Win If You Can " WRVA Radio show (3 records), 14 August 1950 (from box 2, folder 9)
Box 31
Wrenn family Christmas--cassette (2), reel (2) tapes, 1963-1970 (from box 2, folder 11)
Box 31
Sol and Ginny Wrenn 50th anniversary--cassette tape, 9 April 1999 (from box 2, folder 12)
Box 31
Forest Hill Prebyterian Church, Dr. West's retirement--cassette tapes (3), 30 July 1995 (from box 5, folder 3)
Box 31
Bon Air 1--cassette tape (from box 5, folder 17)
Box 31
Bonsai--cassette tape, (from box 8, folder 12)
Box 31
Ginny & Sol Belmont on Monument Avenue and Hands Across America--cassette tape (from box 9, folder 21)
Box 31
Memories of forty years Great Flood of Greensville County--cassette tape, 1980 (from box 11, folder 20)
Box 31
Steven-Price-Gibbson--cassette tape (from box 21, folder 17)
Box 31
Sound effects--cassette tape (from box 21, folder 17)
Box 31
Farewell Churchville High (from box 22, folder 8)
Box 31
Margie Hevener Bird conversation/interview with Ginny Wrenn--cassette (2) tapes, 8 October 1996 (from box 25, folder 19)
Box 31
Mary C. Wrenn--cassette tape (from box 27, folder 19)
Box 32
Diaries (3 volumes), 1936-1938 (from box 10, folder 1)
Box 32
Notes on the cruise of the USS Planter , 1944-1945 (from box 13, folder 12)
Box 32
Watch Officer's Guide , 1941 (from box 13, folder 19)
Box 32
American Cinematographer Hand Book and Reference Guide , 1950 (from box , folder )
Box 32
Richelieu Moss ledger, ca. 1907-1917 (from box 27, folder 25)
Box 33
Bonsai scrapbook 1, 1972-1988 (from box 7, folder 18)
Box 33
Visit of John Naka to Richmond Bonsai Society scrapbooks (2), 1988 (from box 7, folder 18)
Box 34
Visit of John Naka and Richmond Bonsai Society Display at U.S. National Arboretum, Washington D.C., 1990 (from box 7, folder 18)
Box 34
Richmond Bonsai Society and Dedication of Naka Pavilion at National Arboretum, 1990 (from box 7, folder 18)
Box 35 Folder 1
Phi Kappa Sigma, Tau Chapter certificate, 25 February 1939 (from box 12, folder 11)
Box 35 Folder 2
Map of Okinawa and map of typhoons in Okinawa area, 1945 (from box 13, folders 26-27 )
Box 35 Folder 3
Commission as aide-de-camp, 15 July 1980 (from box 15, folder 3)
Box 35 Folder 4
Commission as aide-de-camp, 13 December 1982 (from box 15, folder 3)
Box 35 Folder 5
Drawing of the USS Comte de Grasse (from box 15, folder 5)
Box 35 Folder 6
"Official Pictures in Color: a Century of Progress, " 1934 (from box 21, folder 11)
Box 35 Folder 7
Lady Sabena Club certificate, Sabena Belgian World Airlines, 14 June 1956 (from box 25, folder 20)
Box 35 Folder 8
Confederate stock certificates, 1863 (from box 27, folder 28)
Box 36
El Rodeo , University of Southern California yearbooks, 1941-1942 (from box 12, folder 19)
Box 37
UFPA tie tacks, pins, and cuff links (from box 19, folder 6)
Box 37
Jolly Wrenn Bards scrapbook, 1974-1991 (from box 23, folder 5)
Box 38
"Timepieces: Haiku Week-at-a-Glance, " 1993 (from box 24, folder 4)
Box 38
Photo scrapbook for article on flowers and gardening, 1980 (from box 24, folder 22)
Box 38
"Weddings and Flowers I've Planned " scrapbook, 1977-1986 (from box 24, folder 23)
Box 38
"Richmond-on-the-James Richmond Showcase: Host's Handbook, " 1981 (from box 25, folder 19)
Box 39
International Society of Poets distinguished member certificate, 1996 (from box 23, folder 9)
Box 39
International Society of Poets International Poet of Merit award plaque and medal, 1996 (from box 23, folder 9)
Box 39
Mrs. Virginia and Mrs. America ribbons, 1956 (from box 25, folder 1)
Box 40
Emporia scrapbook, 1938-1940 (from box 10, folder 5)
Box 40
Mrs. Virginia scrapbook, 1956 (from box 25, folder 1)
Box 41 Folder 1
The Artistry of Bonsai lecture and demonstration, 9 March 1985 (From box 7, folder 13)
Box 41 Folder 2
Articles, 8 April 1987 (From box 8, folder 11)
Box 41 Folder 3
Bonsai drawings--John Naka and Ginny Wrenn (From box 8, folder 11)
Box 41 Folder 4
The Great Emporia Flood of 1940 article, 18 August 1980 (From box 11, folder 20)
Box 41 Folder 5
Greensville County High School class of 1938 deceased members, 1988 (From box 12, folder 6)
Box 41 Folder 6
Forest Hill Presbyterian Church certificate of appreciation, 2 November 1997 (From box 5, folder 3)
Box 41 Folder 7
Maps of UFVA (UFPA, UFA) conferences, 1947-1997 (From box 19, folder 4)
Box 42 Folder 1
Lake Page seasons photograph boards (From box 2, folder 16)
Box 42 Folder 2
Crestwood Elementary School at Lake Page photoboard (From box 4, folder 17)
Box 42 Folder 3
Bonsai photoboards (From box 8, folder 13)
Box 42 Folder 4
Great Peanut Tour photoboard, ca. 2000s (From box 9, folder 2)
Box 43 Folder 1
Ginny Wrenn Victorian Day banners and Victorian Day photoboard, ca. 1986-1989, 1997 (From box 7, folder 2)
Box 43 Folder 2
Churchville High School images (From box 22, folder 8)
Box 43 Folder 3
Winter scenes [Augusta County, Va.?] (From box 25, folder 22)

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A Guide to the Sol and Virginia Wrenn family papers, 1815-2020

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 53169

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Use Restrictions

Preferred Citation

Acquisition Information

Biographical Information

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Contents List

A Guide to the Sol and Virginia Wrenn family papers, 1815-2020

A Collection in the Library of Virginia Accession Number 53169

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Use Restrictions

Preferred Citation

Acquisition Information

Biographical Information

Scope and Content

Arrangement

Contents List

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 53169