Ollen Lawrence Burnette, Jr. papers , MSS 15864

Biographical / Historical

Ollen Lawrence Burnette, Jr., a native of Bethel, North Carolina, who grew up in Richmond, Virginia, is a historian, educator, writer, and editor. He was born September 30, 1927 to Ollen Lawrence and Eva E. (Highsmith) Burnette (descendants of Highland Scots) and was educated at the University of Richmond where he obtained a Bachelor's degree in history and philosophy in 1945. He received an M. A. in history in 1948 from the University of Virginia, and a Ph.D. in history and political science, also from the University of Virginia, in 1952. He also holds an honorary LL.D. degree from Southwestern Adventist University, Keene, Texas (1989) and a doctorate in International Law and Diplomacy from Canterbury, UK (2014). He served in the United States Navy from 1945 to 1947 and had a parallel career as a Naval Intelligence Officer with active and reserve status from 1954 to 1987, retiring with the rank of Captain.

He taught history and government at Petersburg High School in Petersburg, Virginia from 1948 to 1949, and Virginia Military Institute from 1951 to 1953. He was an editor for Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953-1957 and the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1957-1963. His career as a history professor and University administrator began at Birmingham-Southern College from 1963-1972 and Stratford College from 1972 to 1974. He was a Visiting Professor of History at North Carolina State Agricultural & Technical University from 1975-1976. He was also a lecturer at the Naval War College in 1976 while holding the position of executive director of the West Piedmont Planning District Commission from 1975 to 1980. He was an assistant to the Superintendent at Virginia Military Academy from 1981 to 1986.

In addition to being an educator and an editor, Dr. Burnette served as a historical researcher, a planning and development consultant, and a mediator. He has been a consultant to several university administrations and president of several of his own companies, including Timber Ridge Enterprises, LTD., Around Again, LLC., and the Perdido Bay Foundation. Following his work as a consultant he continued to teach as a Senior Adjunct Professor of History and Foreign Relations at the University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida (2000-2014) and Senior Professor in the Elderhostel program of Faulkner State Community College in Fairhope, Alabama.

His publications include "Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County, Alabama", "A Soviet View of the American Past", "A Syllabus of American History", "Wisconsin Witness to Frederick Jackson Turner", "Life in America", "Beneath the Footnote: A Guide to the Use and Preservation of American Historical Documentation", "Readings on the Development of the American Constitution", "Lights Upon the Distant Shore: Poems by O. Lawrence Burnette, Jr.", "Historic Baldwin County: A Bicentennial History", "Son of Carolina: A Memoir", and "Making American Foreign Policy in the Political Pressure Cooker".

He has held memberships or trustee positions in the American Institute of Professional Planners, West Piedmont Planning District Commission, Baldwin County Historic Development Commission, Stonewall Jackson Hospital, Lexington, KY, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Phi Beta Kappa. Dr. Burnette has received distinguished awards for his fields of specialization: history and culture of the South; U. S. military history, and American constitutional and diplomatic history. He is an honoree in "Who's Who in America" and the recipient of numerous awards for excellence in teaching and historical writing. He was appointed a distinguished lecturer at the Naval War College in 1976; received a Distinguished International Professor citation at the State Technical University of Saint Petersburg, Russia in 1997, a Distinguished Service Award from the United States Department of State and the American Association of University Professors, and named Distinguished Professor by the American Association of Schools and Colleges. He also has an outstanding record in his Naval Intelligence career and has received many medals including a Victory Medal from World War II, a National Defense Service Medal, an Armed Forces Reserve Medal, a Naval Reserve Medal and a Meritorious Service Medal. He was a Naval-Aide-de-Camp to the governor of Virginia [1986?] and is fluent in Russian.

Sources:

https://www.lib.ua.edu/Alabama_Authors/?p=889

https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4754968.OLawrence_Burnette

Resumes and papers in the collection.

Container List

Research and manuscripts

Mixed Materials box: 1 [X030899217]

1.5 Cubic Feet 2.1 document boxes, and an oversize box. 5 CD's and newspapers

1953-2011English.

Scope and Contents

Dr. Burnette's research and manuscripts consist of articles, newspapers, notes, drafts, or page proofs and five CD's for "Costal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County, Alabama", "Perdido Bay Rediscovered", "Lights on a Distant Shore", "The Adventures of Shadow the Sea Dog", "American Constitution", "Baldwin County: A Bicentennial History", and "Making American Foreign Policy in the Political Pressure Cooker". There is also correspondence with publishers about manuscripts and reviews. Included is a letter from historian Ed Ayers praising Dr. Burnette for "Son of Carolina". Other works that are mentioned in this series are "The Great Soviet Encyclopedia", "A Soviet View of the Past", "History among the Paperbacks", and the "Wisconsin Magazine of History".

Mixed Materials box: 1 [X030899217] folder: 1 1
"Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County Alabama" Chapter 1

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box one.
undatedEnglish.
Scope and Contents
Chapter 1 The Land and It's First Peoples (Prehistory-ca. 1500) research notes, title page, outline, and table of contents. There is a lot of research including the Alabama Historical Quarterly,and information on Miller Reese Huchison and other Alabama families.
Mixed Materials box: 1 [X030899217] folder: 2 1
"Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County Alabama" Chapter 2

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box one.
2003English.
Scope and Contents
Chapter 2 Spanish Exploration and Settlements Attempts (1519-1670) and newspaper clipping about a buried town on Santa Rosa Island (2003)
Mixed Materials box: 1 [X030899217] folder: 3 1
"Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County Alabama" Chapter 3

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box one.
undatedEnglish.
Scope and Contents
Chapter 3 Under the Flags of France and Britain (1670-1783) drafts and notes
Mixed Materials box: 1 [X030899217] folder: 4 1
"Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County Alabama" [Chapter 4]

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box one.
undatedEnglish.
Scope and Contents
Baldwin County Historical Society paper on Judge Harry Toulmin 1766-1823 prepared by Harry T. Toulmin (1976) and "The Point Clear Jackleg History Insert" by David A. Bagwell.
Mixed Materials box: 1 [X030899217] folder: 5 1
"Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County Alabama" Chapter 5

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box one.
undatedEnglish.
Scope and Contents
Chapter 5 Antebellum Baldwin (1819-1861) including notes and papers by David A. Bagwel on "Highlights of the History of the Point Clear Area" and "Justice John Archibald Campbell United States Supreme Court 1853-1861". There are index cards of research and information on Blakely State Park and Mobile Alabama.
Mixed Materials box: 1 [X030899217] folder: 6 1
"Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County Alabama" Chapter 6 and 7

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box one.
undatedEnglish.
Scope and Contents
Chapter 6 A County in the Middle of a Civil War and Chapter 7 Reconstruction of a Southern County (1865-1876) and index card notes. There is also information on the murder of a Union man named Joseph Bruton.
Mixed Materials box: 1 [X030899217] folder: 7 1
"Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County Alabama" Chapter 6

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box one and oversize box. newspapers
undatedEnglish.
Scope and Contents
Research on Civil War battles in Alabama including "Movement to Danley's on Fish River" by W. Frank Laraway and articles about Fort Monroe and Point Clear . There are newsletters from the Baldwin County Historical Society
Mixed Materials box: 1 [X030899217] folder: 8 1
"Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County Alabama" Chapter 8

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box one.
undatedEnglish.
Scope and Contents
Chapter 8 Bourbon Democracy and the Timber Boom (1876-1890) and research on index cards.
Mixed Materials box: 1 [X030899217] folder: 9 1
"Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County Alabama" Chapter 9

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box one.
undatedEnglish.
Scope and Contents
Chapter 9 A Flood of Immigrants and World War I (1890-1920)and a paper on the origins of Siverhill Colony and research index cards.
Mixed Materials box: 1 [X030899217] folder: 10 1
"Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County Alabama" Chapter 10

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box one.
undatedEnglish.
Scope and Contents
Chapter 10 Baldwin Between the World Wars (1920-1941) and research index cards.
Mixed Materials box: 1 [X030899217] folder: 11 1
"Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County Alabama" Chapter 11

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box one.
undatedEnglish.
Scope and Contents
Chapter 11 Impact of World War II (1940-1945) and research notes.
Mixed Materials box: 1 [X030899217] folder: 12 1
"Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County Alabama" Chapter 12

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box one.
undatedEnglish.
Scope and Contents
Chapter 12 Tourism, the Land Boom, and Politics (1950-1990), researh notes, Gulf Coast Historical Review, and travel brochures for Alabama.
Mixed Materials box: 2 [X030899218] folder: 1 1
"Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County Alabama" Chapter 13

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box two.
undatedEnglish.
Scope and Contents
Chapter 13 Baldwin in Transition (1990-Present), research notes, and information on Alabama counties including Baldwin County. There are extracts from the South Alabama Regional Planning Commission regarding Gulf Ecological Management Systems.
Mixed Materials box: 2 [X030899218] folder: 2-3 1
"Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County Alabama"

0.08 Cubic Feet Two folders in Box two.
undatedEnglish.
Scope and Contents
Tourism brochures for Alabama (used for research)
Mixed Materials box: 2 [X030899218] folder: 4 1
"Coastal Kingdom: A History of Baldwin County Alabama" publication correspondence

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box two.
2004-2006English.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and publishing contracts with Publish America. Also included is "The Adventures of Shadow the Sea Dog" which he asked to have published along with a request for "Readings in the Development of the American Constitution"
Mixed Materials box: 2 [X030899218] folder: 5 1
"Perdido Bay Rediscovered"

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box two.
1998 February 15English.
Scope and Contents
Talk or paper presented to the Baldwin County Historical Society by Ollen Lawrence Burnette, Jr.
Mixed Materials box: 2 [X030899218] folder: 6
Perdido Bay Revisited

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box two
2011English.
Mixed Materials box: 2 [X030899218] folder: 7 1
"Lights Upon a Distant Shore"

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box two.
2008English.
Scope and Contents
"Lights Upon a Distant Shore" poems by Ollen Lawrence Burnete, Jr. published by PublishAmerica.
Mixed Materials box: 2 [X030899218] folder: 8 1
"Readings on the Development of the American Constitution"

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box two.
2008English.
Mixed Materials box: 2 [X030899218] folder: 9-10 1
"Historic Baldwin County: A Bicentennial History"

0.08 Cubic Feet Two folders in Box two.
2005-2006English.
Mixed Materials box: 3 [X030899219] folder: 1 1
"Making American Foreign Policy in the Political Pressure Cooker"

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box three.
undatedEnglish.
Scope and Contents
Mixed Materials box: 3 [X030899219] folder: 2 1
"A Soviet View of the American Past"

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box three.
1974-1976English.
Scope and Contents
Mixed Materials box: 3 [X030899219] folder: 3 1
Manuscript comments and reviews

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box three.
1953-2011English.
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with publishers, comments about "History among the Paperbacks", a review by Dr. Burnette on "America's Outward Thrust: Approaches to Foreign Affairs, 1865-1890", and praise from Edward Ayers on "Son of Carolina"
Mixed Materials box: 3 [X030899219] folder: 4 1
Poems and miscellaneous writings by Ollen Lawrence Burnette, Jr.

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box three.
2000-2003English.
Scope and Contents
Poems to his wife Jeanne and a paper, "The Scottish Reformation: A Personal View"
Mixed Materials box: 3 [X030899219] folder: 5 1
"Son of Carolina"

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box three.
2010English.
Mixed Materials box: 3 [X030899219] folder: 6
Manuscripts Ian Hamlton The Last Cardinal Archbishop of Scotland

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box three.
UndatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials box: 3 [X030899219] folder: 7
Manuscripts and research An Overview of U. S. Foreign Policy

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box three.
UndatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials [X030899227] Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1 1
Newspapers, "The Historical News" (oversize)

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in oversize box.
1998-1999English.
Scope and Contents
The Historical News (The Southern Historical News, Inc.) 1998, July, October and 1999, April with information about the history of Alabama. Dr. Burnette may have used the newspapers for research on his book "Coastal Kingdom"
Mixed Materials Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 2 [X030899228]
Newspapers, "Baldwin Register", "Baldwin County Press" (oversize)

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in oversize box.
2001-2002English.
Scope and Contents
Newspapers including the Baldwin Register (2001), Baldwin County Press (2002), and an article from GoSport (2002) contain information about the history of Alabama in which Dr. Burnette may have used for research on his book "Coastal Kingdom"
Mixed Materials Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 3 [X030899229]
Newspaper, "Mobile Register" (oversize)

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in oversize box.
2002, February 24 and July 14English.
Scope and Contents
The "Mobile Register" (2002) contains information about the history of Alabama in which Dr. Burnette may have used for research on his book "Coastal Kingdom"
1
CD's for manuscripts
undatedEnglish.
General

Teaching and consulting

0.5 Cubic Feet One document box.

1946-2011English.

Scope and Contents

Dr. Burnette correspondence with history professors and academics at state and private universities about teaching jobs, education, and history. There are also personal letters with colleagues and friends including James Southall Wilson, Edward Younger, John Cook Wyllie, C. J. Bishko, Douglas Southall Freeman, Harry F. Byrd, Thomas T. Hammond, Thomas P. Abernethy, and William Haygood.

Edward Younger was trying to help Dr. Burnette find a position in Virginia, including the University of Virginia. Burnette met with President Edgar F. Shannon to discuss establishing a publication press for the University.

Mixed Materials box: 3 [X030899219] folder: 8 2
Teaching correspondence

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box three.
1946-1959English.
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Harry F. Byrd, Douglas S. Freeman, C. J. Bishko, Stewart W. Anderson, Thomas P. Abernethy, Oron J. Hale, Thomas T. Hammond, John Cook Wyllie, and James Southall Wilson.
Mixed Materials box: 3 [X030899219] folder: 9 2
Teaching correspondence

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box three.
1960-1971English.
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include John Cook Wyllie, Ralph W. Cherry, C. J. Bishko, and Gordon Gray.
Mixed Materials box: 3 [X030899219] folder: 10 2
Teaching correspondence with Edward Younger

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box three.
1952-1972English.
Mixed Materials box: 4 [X030899220] folder: 1 2
Teaching correspondence Birmingham Southern College

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box three.
1961-1963English.
Mixed Materials box: 4 [X030899220] folder: 2 2
Teaching correspondence Birmingham Southern College

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box four.
1964-1966English.
Mixed Materials box: 4 [X030899220] folder: 3 2
Teaching correspondence Birmingham Southern College

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box four.
1967-1993English.
Mixed Materials box: 4 [X030899220] folder: 4
Teaching correspondence Stratford College

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box four.
1971-1972English.
Mixed Materials box: 4 [X030899220] folder: 5
Teaching correspondence Southwestern Adventist College

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box four.
1989-1990English.
Mixed Materials box: 4 [X030899220] folder: 6 2
Teaching correspondence Clarence Mohr

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box four.
2005-2006English.
Mixed Materials box: 4 [X030899220] folder: 7
Teaching University of West Florida Continuing Education

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box four.
2000-2010English.
Mixed Materials box: 4 [X030899220] folder: 8 2
Consulting

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box four.
1975-2011English.

Military and naval intelligence

0.8 Cubic Feet 1.5 document boxes.

1945-1987English.

Scope and Contents

Military and Naval Intelligence papers from Dr. Burnette's military career including his pilot flight record book from 1947, navy orders, transfers, requirements, fitness reports and evaluations, annual qualifications questionnairs, medical exams, activity reports, training, and promotions.

Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 1 3
Pilot flight record book

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
1947English.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 2 3
Naval Reserve Association record

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
UndatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 3 3
Navy discharge papers and ready reserve agreements

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
1947-1972English.
Scope and Contents
Annual qualifications questionnaires, discharge papers and commendations.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 4 3
Naval Intelligence personnel evaluations

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
1954-1977English.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 5 3
Naval Intelligence personnel evaluations

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
1977-1986English.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 6 3
Naval Intelligence training papers

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
1954-1972English.
Scope and Contents
Certificates and lists of training accomplishments.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 7 3
Naval Intelligence promotions

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
1955-1975English.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 8 3
Naval Intelligence records

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
1954-1968English.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 9 3
Naval Intelligence records and activities

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
1963-1973English.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 10 3
Naval Intelligence ACDUTRA claims

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
1957-1987English.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 11 3
Naval Intelligence requirements and pay grades

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
1963-1969English.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 12 3
Naval Intelligence orders and transfers

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
1963-1977English.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 13 3
Naval Intelligence programs and ranks

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
1974English.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 14 3
Naval Intelligence correspondence

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
1975English.
Scope and Contents
Congratulations on being promoted to the rank of Captain.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 15 3
Naval Intelligence career plan

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
UndatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 16 3
Naval Intelligence Director Naval Reserve Intelligence Programs (DNRIP)

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
1978-1985English.
Mixed Materials box: 5 [X030899221] folder: 17 3
History of Naval Reserve Intelligence in Greensboro, North Carolina

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box five.
1983English.
Scope and Contents
Paper prepared by Members of the Defense Intelligence Agency Headquarters
Mixed Materials box: 6 [X030899222] folder: 1 3
Naval Intelligence photographs

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box six.
undatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials box: 6 [X030899222] folder: 2 3
Naval Intelligence retirement photographs

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box six.
1979English.
Mixed Materials box: 6 [X030899222] folder: 3 3
Naval Intelligence retirement

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box six.
1987English.
Mixed Materials box: 6 [X030899222] folder: 4
Naval Intelligence Alabama

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box six
2014English.

Personal papers

2.5 Cubic Feet 5 document boxes.

1815-2011English.

Scope and Contents

Personal papers relating to Dr. Burnette's life include family letters, pocket diaries, financial and legal papers (trust funds, scholarship funds, church donations, divorces, and real estate properties), business ventures, organizations, awards, school papers, yearbooks, photographs, church affiliations, and politics. Also included are papers from his mother's family (Highsmith) such as genealogy information, photographs, slave receipts, confederate money, and a "cipher" book.

Business ventures include Timber Ridge Enterprises, LTD., Perdido Bay Foundation, Lillian, Alabama, Stonewall Jackson Hospital, Lexington, Virginia and Around Again, LLC. Organizations include the Baldwin County Historical Society, Alabama Baldwin County Historic Development Commission, Alabama, West Piedmont Planning District Commission, Virginia, Omicron Delta Kappa, and Phi Beta Kappa. Political papers include a letter from Harry S. Truman and Barack Obama thanking Dr. Burnette for a copy of "A Soviet View of the American Past" and "Making American Foreign Policy in the Political Pressure Cooker". There is also a letter describing race riots in Birmingham, Alabama and a letter that Dr. Burnette wrote to Senator Eugene O. McCue, Jr. regarding the closing of schools in Charlottesville, Virginia during desegregation. There are letters and papers showing his interest in Civil Rights, democratic processes and civic duties.

Mixed Materials box: 6 [X030899222] folder: 5 4
Awards and certificates

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box six.
1969-2017English.
Mixed Materials box: 6 [X030899222] folder: 6 4
Churches

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box six.
1955-2014English.
Mixed Materials box: 6 [X030899222] folder: 7 4
Personal correspondence

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box six.
1950-2017English.
Mixed Materials box: 6 [X030899222] folder: 8 4
Diaries

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box six.
1943; 1959-1961; 1963English.
Scope and Contents
Pocket diaries with many daily entries.
Mixed Materials box: 6 [X030899222] folder: 9 4
Diaries

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box six.
1964-1970English.
Mixed Materials box: 7 [X030899223] folder: 1 4
Diaries

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box seven.
1971-1976; 1979-1983English.
Mixed Materials box: 7 [X030899223] folder: 2 4
Financial papers

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box seven.
1970-1978English.
Mixed Materials box: 7 [X030899223] folder: 3-4 4
Financial papers (JNB)

0.08 Cubic Feet Two folders in Box seven
1992; 1994English.
Mixed Materials box: 7 [X030899223] folder: 5 4
Financial papers

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box seven.
1983; 1990; 1992English.
Mixed Materials box: 7 [X030899223] folder: 6 4
Genealogy; Burnette family history group record

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box seven.
1873-1986English.
Mixed Materials box: 7 [X030899223] folder: 7 4
Genealogy; Highsmith and Stancil family "cipher" book

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box seven.
1789-1803English.
Mixed Materials box: 7 [X030899223] folder: 8 4
Genealogy; Highsmith slave receipts

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box seven.
1825-1830English.
Mixed Materials box: 7 [X030899223] folder: 9 4
Genealogy; Highsmith receipts and indentures

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box seven.
1815-1935English.
Mixed Materials box: 7 [X030899223] folder: 10 4
Genealogy; Highsmith photographs

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box seven.
UndatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials box: 7 [X030899223] folder: 11 4
Genealogy; Highsmith photographs

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box seven.
UndatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials box: 8 [X030899224] folder: 1
Genealogy

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box eight.
Undated
Mixed Materials box: 8 [X030899224] folder: 2 4
Genealogy; Scottish ancestry charts

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box eight.
1420-1927English.
Mixed Materials box: 8 [X030899224] folder: 3 4
Genealogy; Sons of American Revolution

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box eight.
1967English.
Scope and Contents
4
Highsmith confederate papers

0.04 Cubic Feet folder in a box separated from collection for safe keeping.
undatedEnglish.
Scope and Contents
Photographs box: 8 [X030899224] folder: 4
Highsmith and Burnette photographs

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box eights badly damaged photographs
UndatedEnglish.
Photographs box: 8 [X030899224] folder: 5
Highsmith and unidentified photographs

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box eight.
UndatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials box: 8 [X030899224] folder: 6
Legal papers

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box eight.
1962-1990English.
Mixed Materials box: 8 [X030899224] folder: 7
Legal papers

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box eight.
2000-2017English.
Mixed Materials box: 8 [X030899224] folder: 8-9 4
Legal papers; divorce Elizabeth Burnette

0.08 Cubic Feet Two folders in Box eight.
1995-1996English.
Mixed Materials box: 8 [X030899224] folder: 10 4
Legal papers; divorce Susan Burnette

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box eight.
1999English.
Mixed Materials box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 1 4
Legal papers; oil spill

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box nine.
2010English.
Mixed Materials box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 2 4
Medical papers

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box nine.
1945-2011English.
Mixed Materials box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 3 4
Miscellaneous

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box nine.
1994-2008English.
Scope and Contents
Traffic accident report; Around Again business papers; sponsorship of Russian exchange student; and stamp collection.
Mixed Materials box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 4 4
Miscellaneous; Alexandra Lebedeff

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box nine.
1922; undatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 5 4
Newspaper clippings regarding Dr. Burnette

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box nine.
1960-1970English.
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings about books written by Dr. Burnette and his position on Civil Rights issues.
Mixed Materials box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 6 4
Organizations

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box nine.
1970-2015English.
Scope and Contents
Mixed Materials box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 7
Personal papers (identification, passports)

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box nine.
1983-2014English.
Photographs box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 8
Photographs St. Martin

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box nine.
1988English.
Photographs box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 9
Photographs Larry and Susan Burnette in Scotland

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box nine.
1990English.
Photographs box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 10
Burnette family photographs

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box nine.
UndatedEnglish.
Photographs box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 11
Rockbridge farm photographs

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box nine.
UndatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 12 4
Political papers

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box nine.
1952-2010English.
Scope and Contents
Letters from President Barack Obama and Harry S. Truman thanking Dr. Burnette for a copy of his book; a letter from Dr. Burnette to Senator E. O. McCue, Jr. about the closing of schools in Charlottesville, Virginia due to desegregation; and a letter from Dr. Burnette to President Obama asking to meet with him and offer his services in any context that he desires. Other correspondents include Senator Sam Nunn, and Chief of Staff Jack Watson. There is a resolution honoring Dr. Burnette for his work with West ZPiedmont Planning District Commission and other papers about Congress and legislation, of particarly interest regarding Florida.
Mixed Materials box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 13
Real Estate Brown House purchase

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box nine.
UndatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 14 4
Real Estate Lackey farm sale

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box nine.
1990English.
Mixed Materials box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 15
Real Estate Log Cabin

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box nine.
UndatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials box: 9 [X030899225] folder: 16 4
Real Estate 1051 Rivermont Terrace

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box seven.
1996English.
Mixed Materials box: 10 [X030899226] folder: 1 4
Real Estate Rockbridge property

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box ten.
1966-1985English.
Mixed Materials box: 10 [X030899226] folder: 2 4
Real Estate Stony Court

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box ten.
1973-1993English.
Mixed Materials box: 10 [X030899226] folder: 3 4
School reports cards and photographs

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box ten.
1938-1951English.
Scope and Contents
Pitt County Public School, University Richmond, and University of Virginia grade records, letters with foreign pen pals, and photographs.
Mixed Materials box: 10 [X030899226] folder: 4 4
Travel

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box ten.
1984; undatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials box: 10 [X030899226] folder: 5 4
Yearbook Bethel School North Carolina

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box ten.
1941English.
Mixed Materials box: 10 [X030899226] folder: 6 4
Yearbook "The Marshalite" John Marshall High School

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box ten.
1943English.
Mixed Materials box: 10 [X030899226] folder: 7 4
Yearbook "The Web" University of Richmond

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box ten.
1944-1945English.
Mixed Materials box: 11 [X030899255] folder: 1
Yearbook "The Web" University of Richmond

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box eleven
1945English.
Mixed Materials box: 11 [X030899255] folder: 2 4
Yearbook Birmingham Southern College

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box eleven.
1965English.
Mixed Materials box: 11 [X030899255] folder: 3-4 4
Yearbook "Southern Accent" Birmingham Southern College

0.08 Cubic Feet Two folders in Box eleven.
1966-1967English.
Mixed Materials box: 11 [X030899255] folder: 5 4
Yearbook "Iris" Stratford College

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box eleven.
1971English.
Mixed Materials box: 12 [X030899256] folder: 1
Collection of medals from Russia and some jewelry

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in document box twelve.
UndatedEnglish.
Mixed Materials box: 12 [X030899256] folder: 2 4
"The Restoration of Colonial Williamsburg"

0.04 Cubic Feet One folder in Box twelve.
1935English.
Scope and Contents
This book was found in the collection.