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J. Luther Kibler Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
J. Luther Kibler was a historian, an author, a newspaper correspondent, and served as secretary of the Socialist Party in
Virginia. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center
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Papers, 1908-1944, of James Luther Kibler of Williamsburg, Va. Chiefly letters concerning his interest in Virginia history,
the history of Williamsburg, Va. and in the Socialist Party. Correspondents include Elwood Street and Matthew Page Andrews.
Oversize box contains Framed image of Fairfax Harrison; Fairfax Harrison's horse prints and USGS Quadrangles maps(both deposited
by Mrs Charles Baird); Scrapbook of Yorktown sesqui-centennial newspapers, October, 1931; rolled map of 1921 crop acreages,
livestock census of Virginia
Correspondence between Kibler and William and Mary College
1925 August-1944 April
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 id150729
Box 2
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id150730
Correspondence between Elwood Street and James L. Kibler
1941
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id150731
Correspondence between Elwood Street and James L. Kibler
1942-1943
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id150732
Correspondence between James L. Kibler and Matthew Page Andrews
1936-1939
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Covering some of the following points: a.) Matthew Page Andrews discusses his history of Virginia and acknowledges the assistance
given him b J.L. Kibler. b.) Considerable discussion of John Smith and his part in Virginia history - mention is made of the
sale of an English boy to an Indian chief by John Smith c.) Kibler's and Matthew Page Andrew's criticisms of an historical
pageant which was to have been held in Williamsburg in 1936. TLs
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id150733
Correspondence between James L. Kibler and Matthew Page Andrews
1940
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id150734
Correspondence between James L. Kibler and Matthew Page Andrews
1941
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id150735
Correspondence between James L. Kibler and Matthew Page Andrews
1942
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id150736
Correspondence re reducation and the Virginia State Teacher's Association
1913-1944
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id150737
Correspondence re Virginia Gazette
1929-1943
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id150738
Letters re Socialist Party
1915-1935
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Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id150739
Letters re Socialist Party
1936-1944
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 id150806
Box 3
Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id150807
Letters re Kibler's publications and other business enterprises
1913-1929
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id150808
Letters re Kibler's publications and other business enterprises
1930-1931
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id150809
Letters re Kibler's publications and other business enterprises
1932-1933
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id150810
Letters re Kibler's publications and other business enterprises
1934-1937
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id150811
Letters re Kibler's publications and other business enterprises
1938-1939
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id150812
Letters re Kibler's publications and other business enterprises
1940-1941
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id150813
Letters re Kibler's publications and other business enterprises
1942-1944, undated
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Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id150814
Printed material consisting of the publications The World Review , Free America Sept. 1934, and an article "The Greatest Short Speech in History" in National Republic