A Guide to the William C. Wooldridge papers, 1943-2022, #53662

A Guide to the William C. Wooldridge papers, 1943-2022

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 53662

Library of Virginia

The Library of Virginia
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Richmond, Virginia 23219-8000
USA
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Processed by: Trenton Hizer

Repository

The Library of Virginia

Accession Number

53662

Title

William C. Wooldridge papers, 1943-2022

Extent

6.65 cubic feet (19 boxes)

Creator

William C. Wooldridge

Language

English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Preferred Citation

William C. Wooldridge papers, 1943-2022. Accession 53662. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of William C. Wooldridge, Norfolk.

William C. Wooldridge was born 24 February 1943 in Miami, Florida, to Clarence Edward Wooldridge (1912-2002) and Easter Souders Wooldridge (1912-1977). Clarence Wooldridge served in the miltary and the family lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kansas, before finally settling in Lynchburg, Virginia, where William Wooldridge graduated from E. C. Glass High School n 1961. He graduated from Harvard University in 1965 and did a year of post-graduate work at the University of St. Andrew's in Scotland. Wooldridge graduated from the University of Virginia law school in 1969, then entered the military, serving as a lawyer from 1969 to 1973. Wooldridge joined Norfolk and Western Railway Company as a lawyer in 1973, working at the company's Roanoke, Virginia, headquarters. When Norfolk and Western and Southern Railways merged to become Norfolk Southern, Wooldridge relocated to the new headquarters located in Norfolk, Virginia. He became vice president, law, in 1996 and retired in 2000. Wooldridge married Joyce Norton 15 June 1968 and they had two sons.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1943-2022, of William C. Wooldridge of Norfolk, Virginia, containing articles, birth announcements, birthday cards, brochures, Christmas cards, clippings, letters, memorandum, post cards, programs, report cards, reports, statements, and other documents concerning Wooldridge's family, friends, education, legal career, historical and genealogical research, map collecting, travel, and social activities. Collection is divided into two series: Series I: William C. Wooldridge business papers, 1973-2000; Series II: William C. Wooldridge correspondence, 1943-2022; Series III: Writings, 1960-2022.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged

Series I: William C. Wooldridge business papers, 1973-2000 Series II: William C. Wooldridge correspondence, 1943-2022 Series III: Writings, 1960-2022

Related Material

William C. Wooldridge genealogical research papers, 1960-2015. Accession 51624. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Folder 1

List of files: Wooldridge business papers, 1973-2000 and Wooldridge correspondence, 1943-2022 , 1943-2022 .

Series I: William C. Wooldridge business papers , 1973-2000 .

Boxes 1-2

Extent: 2 boxes.

William C. Wooldridge business papers, 1973-2000, contain correspondence, memorandums, reports, statements, and other papers, concerning Wooldridge's career as an attorney for Norfolk and Western and Norfolk Southern railroads.

Chronological

Box 1 Folder 2
Business papers, 1973-1975
Box 1 Folder 3
Business papers: equipment trust papers 1975
Box 1 Folder 4
Business papers, 1976-1978
Box 1 Folder 5
Business papers, 1979-1981
Box 1 Folder 6
Business papers, 1982-1983
Box 1 Folder 7
Business papers, 1984
Box 1 Folder 8
Business papers, 1985-1987
Box 1 Folder 9
Business papers, 1988-1990
Box 2 Folder 1
Business papers, 1991-1996
Box 2 Folder 2
Business papers, 1997-2000

Series II: William C. Wooldridge correspondence , 1943-2022 .

Boxes 2-18

Extent: 17 boxes.

William C. Wooldridge correspondence, 1943-2022, contain articles, birth announcements, birthday cards, brochures, Christmas card, clippings, letters, post cards, programs, report cards, and other documents. Papers detail Wooldridge's family life, his education, his career as a military lawyer, his career as a lawyer for Norfolk and Western and Norfolk Southern railroads, his interest in historical and genealogical research, his map collecting, and his and his family's travels.

Chronological

Box 2 Folder 3
Correspondence, 1943-1954 (Florida; Willow Grove, Pennsylvania; Canton, Ohio; Olanthe, Kansas)
Box 2 Folder 4
Correspondence, 1955-1961 (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Box 2 Folder 5
Correspondence, 1955-1961 (grade report cards)
Box 2 Folder 6
Correspondence, 1961-1967 (academics)
Box 2 Folder 7
Correspondence, 1961-1962
Box 2 Folder 8
Correspondence, 1962-1963
Box 2 Folder 9
Correspondence, 1963-1964
Box 3 Folder 1
Correspondence, August-December 1964
Box 3 Folder 2
Correspondence, January-July 1965
Box 3 Folder 3
Correspondence, July-December 1965
Box 3 Folder 4
Correspondence, January-June 1966
Box 3 Folder 5
Military, 1965-1975
Box 3 Folder 6
Railroads in World War I, 1966
Box 3 Folder 7
Correspondence, July-December, 1966
Box 4 Folder 1
Correspondence, January-June 1967
Box 4 Folder 2
Correspondence, July-December 1967
Box 4 Folder 3
Norfolk and Western correspondence, 1967-1969
Box 4 Folder 4
Correspondence, January-June 1968
Box 4 Folder 5
Correspondence, July-December 1968
Box 4 Folder 6
Correspondence, January-July 1969
Box 4 Folder 7
Correspondence, August-December 1969
Box 5 Folder 1
Correspondence, January-June 1970
Box 5 Folder 2
Correspondence, July-December 1970
Box 5 Folder 3
Correspondence--letters to Joyce Norton Wooldridge's parents, 1970-1972, 1974
Box 5 Folder 4
Correspondence, January-May 1971
Box 5 Folder 5
Correspondence, June-December 1971
Box 6 Folder 1
Correspondence, January-June 1972
Box 6 Folder 2
Correspondence, July-December 1972
Box 6 Folder 3
Correspondence, January-April 1973
Box 6 Folder 4
Correspondence, May-December 1973
Box 6 Folder 5
Correspondence, January-April 1974
Box 6 Folder 6
Correspondence, May-December 1974
Box 6 Folder 7
Correspondence regarding house (Botetourt County, Va.), 1974-1975
Box 6 Folder 8
Correspondence, March-October 1975
Box 6 Folder 9
Correspondence, November-December 1975
Box 7 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1976
Box 7 Folder 2
Correspondence, 1977
Box 7 Folder 3
Correspondence, 1978
Box 7 Folder 4
Correspondence, 1979
Box 7 Folder 5
Correspondence, 1980
Box 7 Folder 6
Correspondence, 1981
Box 7 Folder 7
Correspondence, 1982
Box 7 Folder 8
Correspondence--Brunswick Forge Road, Inc. (Botetourt County, Va.), 1982 (1980-1985)
Box 7 Folder 9
Correspondence, January-May 1983
Box 8 Folder 1
Correspondence, June-December 1983
Box 8 Folder 2
Correspondence, 1984
Box 8 Folder 3
Correspondence, January-March 1985
Box 8 Folder 4
Correspondence, April-December 1985
Box 8 Folder 5
Correspondence--the Ehbauers regarding their daughters, exchange students who stayed with the Wooldridges, 1985-1987
Box 8 Folder 6
Correspondence, January-June 1986
Box 8 Folder 7
Correspondence, July-December 1986
Box 8 Folder 8
Correspondence, January-June 1987
Box 8 Folder 9
Correspondence, July-December 1987
Box 9 Folder 1
Correspondence, January-July 1988
Box 9 Folder 2
Correspondence, August-December 1988
Box 9 Folder 3
Correspondence, January-June 1989
Box 9 Folder 4
Correspondence, July-December 1989
Box 9 Folder 5
Correspondence, January-June 1990
Box 9 Folder 6
Correspondence, July-December 1990
Box 9 Folder 7
Correspondence, January-May 1991
Box 9 Folder 8
Correspondence, June-December 1991
Box 10 Folder 1
Correspondence, January-August 1992
Box 10 Folder 2
Correspondence, September-December 1992
Box 10 Folder 3
Correspondence, January-April 1993
Box 10 Folder 4
Correspondence, May-December 1993
Box 10 Folder 5
Correspondence, January-August 1994
Box 10 Folder 6
Correspondence, September-December 1994
Box 10 Folder 7
Fort Norfolk Courier , Norfolk Historical Society, 1994-1995
Box 10 Folder 8
Correspondence, January-March 1995
Box 10 Folder 9
Correspondence, April-June 1995
Box 11 Folder 1
Correspondence, July-December 1995
Box 11 Folder 2
Correspondence--promotion to vice president, Norfolk Southern's law department, 1996
Box 11 Folder 3
Correspondence, January-April 1996
Box 11 Folder 4
Correspondence, May-July 1996
Box 11 Folder 5
Correspondence, August-December 1996
Box 11 Folder 6
Correspondence, January-March 1997
Box 11 Folder 7
Correspondence, April-June 1997
Box 11 Folder 8
Correspondence, July-December 1997
Box 12 Folder 1
Correspondence, January-July 1998
Box 12 Folder 2
Correspondence, August-December 1998
Box 12 Folder 3
Correspondence, January-May 1999
Box 12 Folder 4
Correspondence, June-October 1999
Box 12 Folder 5
Correspondence, November-December 1999
Box 12 Folder 6
Correspondence, January-July 2000
Box 12 Folder 7
Correspondence, August-December 2000
Box 13 Folder 1
Correspondence, January-June 2001
Box 13 Folder 2
Correspondence, July-December 2001
Box 13 Folder 3
Correspondence, January-April 2002
Box 13 Folder 4
Correspondence, May-September 2002
Box 13 Folder 5
Correspondence, October-December 2002
Box 13 Folder 6
Correspondence, January-April 2003
Box 14 Folder 1
Correspondence, May-September 2003
Box 14 Folder 2
Correspondence, October-December 2003
Box 14 Folder 3
Correspondence, January-July 2004
Box 14 Folder 4
Correspondence, August-December 2004
Box 14 Folder 5
Correspondence, January-March 2005
Box 14 Folder 6
Correspondence, April-September 2005
Box 14 Folder 7
Correspondence, October-December 2005
Box 15 Folder 1
Correspondence, January-June 2006
Box 15 Folder 2
Correspondence, July-December 2006
Box 15 Folder 3
Correspondence, January-May 2007
Box 15 Folder 4
Correspondence, June-December 2007
Box 15 Folder 5
Correspondence, January-June 2008
Box 15 Folder 6
Correspondence, July-December 2008
Box 15 Folder 7
Correspondence, 2009
Box 16 Folder 1
Correspondence, January-June 2010
Box 16 Folder 2
Correspondence, July-December 2010
Box 16 Folder 3
Correspondence, January-June 2011
Box 16 Folder 4
Correspondence, July-December 2011
Box 16 Folder 5
Correspondence, January-September 2012
Box 16 Folder 6
Correspondence, October-December 2012
Box 16 Folder 7
Correspondence, January-May 2013
Box 16 Folder 8
Correspondence, June-October 2013
Box 17 Folder 1
Correspondence, November-December 2013
Box 17 Folder 2
Correspondence, January-June 2014
Box 17 Folder 3
Correspondence, July-December 2014
Box 17 Folder 4
Correspondence, January-May 2015
Box 17 Folder 5
Correspondence, June-December 2015
Box 17 Folder 6
Correspondence, January-April 2016
Box 17 Folder 7
Correspondence, May-December 2016
Box 17 Folder 8
Correspondence, 2017
Box 18 Folder 1
Correspondence, 2018
Box 18 Folder 2
Correspondence, 2019
Box 18 Folder 3
Correspondence, 2020
Box 18 Folder 4
Correspondence, 2021
Box 18 Folder 5
Correspondence, 2022

Series III: Writings , 1960-2022 .

Box 19

Extent: 1 box.

Writings, 1960-2022, contain articles, book reviews, and poems written by William C. Wooldridge on economics, genealogy, history, maps, politics, and other topics. Also contains reviews of books written by Wooldridge. Also includes a volume of poems written by Easter Souders Wooldridge (1912-1977), arranged by William C. Wooldridge in 2022.

Box 19 Folder 1
"Oxford Furnace, " The Critic (vol. LIX, no. 3), E. C. Glass High School, Lynchburg, Virginia, Spring 1960
Box 19 Folder 2
"Liberal Reform and Horace Mann " (vol. 2, no. 3, February 1964) and "Progressivism During the World War " (vol. 3, no. 4, May 1965), Harvard Conservative , 1964-1965
Box 19 Folder 3
"Reconstructing Reconstruction, " review of Kenneth Stampp, The Era of Reconstruction , Lynchburg News , 20 September 1965
Box 19 Folder 4
"The Critical Years and the Constitution, " review of Forrest McDonald, E Pluribus Unum , Intercollegiate Review , May-June 1966
Box 19 Folder 5
"The Sound and Fury of 1896: Virginia Democrats Face Free Silver, " Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , January 1967
Box 19 Folder 6
"The Penny Posts, " Rally (vol. 1, no. 12), May 1967
Box 19 Folder 7
"The Last Soldier of the Civil War, " unpublished, July 1967
Box 19 Folder 8
"Annual Survey of Virginia Law: Evidence, " Virginia Law Review (vol. 53, no. 7), November 1967
Box 19 Folder 9
"The Civil Aeronautics Board as Promoter, " Virginia Law Review (vol. 54, no. 4), 1968
Box 19 Folder 10
"Review of Staughton Lynd: Intellectual Origins of American Radicalism, " Reading Guide , UVA Law School (vol. XXIII, no. 4), December 1968
Box 19 Folder 11
"Legal Education in Virginia Before the Civil War, " Legal Education Seminar, 14 January 1969
Box 19 Folder 12
"Review of Stanley I. Kutler: Judicial Power and Reconstruction Politics, " Virginia Law Review (vol. 55, no. 3), April 1969
Box 19 Folder 13
"Origins of the Virginia Dynasty, " review of Clifford Dowdy, The Virginia Dynasties , National Review , 15 July 1969
Box 19 Folder 14
"The Army Example, " Private Practice , July 1974
Box 19 Folder 15
"Uncertified Mail, " review of Dorothy Ganfield Fowler, Congress and the Post Office , Inquiry , 20 March 1978
Box 19 Folder 16
"Focus: Robert D. Stoner, " The Torch (vol. 2, no. 2), Fincastle Presbyterian Church, Botetourt County, Virginia, April 1978
Box 19 Folder 17
"The Arbitral Function of Railroad Regulation, " American Bar Association Journal (vol. 66), October 1980
Box 19 Folder 18
"The Single Product Rule and Rail Freight Transportation, " Transportation Practitioners Journal , Summer 1985
Box 19 Folder 19
"A Ghent Cycle ", Irene Leache Memorial, 68th Literary Contest, prize winners, and other light verse 1986
Box 19 Folder 20
"Blacksmiths First Develop Virginia's Coal ", Norfolk Southern Focus (vol. 3, no. 2), 1987
Box 19 Folder 21
"First Presbyterian Church, Norfolk, Virginia, " unpublished, 1996
Box 19 Folder 22
"Balance Rail Competition--Norfolk Southern's commitment to NS Conrail, " draft, 27-29 October 1996
Box 19 Folder 23
"The Case of the Missing Presbyterians, " Norfolk Historical Society Courier (vol. 8, no. 1), Winter-Spring 2001
Box 19 Folder 24
"Review of Susan Dackerman: Painted Prints, " The Portolan , Spring 2003
Box 19 Folder 25
"Ortelius's Chesapeake, " The Portolan , Winter 2004
Box 19 Folder 26
"The Bucholtz-Ludwig Map of Virginia, " The Portolan , Spring 2007
Box 19 Folder 27
"A Person of Worth and Integrity: John Worlidge, West Jersey Surveyor, " The Portolan , Winter 2009
Box 19 Folder 28
"Midlothian, " The Virginia Genealogical Newsletter (vol. XXXVIII, no. 5), October 2012
Box 19 Folder 29
"Trouble in Mapland " (with Marianne McKee), The Portolan , Winter 2013
Box 19 Folder 30
"Review of Joel Kovarsky: The True Geography of Our Country ", Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (vol. 122, no. 4) 2014
Box 19 Folder 31
"Letters to the Editor, " Wall Street Journal , 20 July 2015
Box 19 Folder 32
"Re-Stating John Henry's 1770 Map of Virginia " (with Jay Lester), The Portolan , Spring 2016
Box 19 Folder 33
"Possible British Origin of John Wooldridge, " 2017
Box 19 Folder 34
"Review of Christian J. Koot: A Biography of a Map in Motion, " The Portolan , Fall 2018
Box 19 Folder 35
"Review of Michael van Groesen and Larry E. Tice: Theodore de Bry--American, " North Carolina Historical Review (vol. XLVII, no. 1), January 2020
Box 19 Folder 36
"Letters to the Editor, " Virginian-Pilot , 6 March 2021
Box 19 Folder 37
Review of Uncle Sam the Monopoly Man by William E. Cage, Intercollegiate Review , Summer 1971
Box 19 Folder 38
Review of The Wooldridge Family by Donald W. Moore, National Genealogical Society Quarterly (vol. 91, no. 3), September 2003
Box 19 Folder 39
Reviews of Mapping Virginia in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (vol. 121, no. 2), North Carolina Historical Review (vol. XC, no. 3), and The Portolan (Spring 2013), 2013
Box 19 Folder 40
List of articles and books by William C. Wooldridge
Box 19
"Poems of Easter Wooldridge " arranged by William C. Wooldridge, 2022