Mapp, G. Walter, Papers Guide to the G. Walter Mapp Papers Mss. 84 M32

Guide to the G. Walter Mapp Papers Mss. 84 M32


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Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
Mss. 84 M32
Title
G. Walter Mapp Papers 1873-1941
Quantity
11.00 Linear Feet
Quantity
Creator
Mapp, G. Walter, 1873-1941
Language
English

Administrative Information

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Conditions Governing Access:

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Preferred Citation:

G. Walter Mapp Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

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


Biographical Information:

George Walter Mapp (25 May 1873-1941) was born to parents, Dr. John E. Mapp and Margaret Benson (LeCato) Mapp. In 1891, he received a degree of licentiate from the College of William and Mary. This qualified him to teach at the college while studying for a bachelor of arts degree. Upon graduation, he taught at Hagsett Military Academy in Danville, Kentucky. While at Hagsett, he attended classes at Centre College, Kentucky, graduating with a law degree in 1897.

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

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

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

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

Scope and Contents

Papers, 1895-1935, of George Walter Mapp consisting chiefly his of personal and professional correspondence. Topics in the correspondence include women suffrage, Prohibition, 1918 First District of Virginia Congressional Democratic primary, 1928 presidential election, and the 1929 Virginia gubernatorial Democratic primary.

In addition to papers pertaining to Mapp's political career, much of the collection pertains to Mapp's legal practice on the Eastern Shore of Virginia and includes supporting notes and documents referring to specific cases. There are pamphlets, speeches and newspaper clippings covering his political career from 1911 to 1929.

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

Arrangement of Materials:

Organization: This collection is arranged into 7 series. Series 1 contains correspondence of G. Walter Mapp; Series 2 contains correspondence of Herbert Barnes; Series 3 contains political papers; Series 4 contains legal and/or business papers; Series 5 contains books, other printed material, and artifacts; Series 6 contains addition 1994.88; and Series 7 contains addition 1995.50. Arrangement: This collection is primarily arranged alphabetically either by correspondent's last name or by county name.

Series 6 and Series 7 are filed in Box 12.

Related Material

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

Subjects and Indexing Terms


General

Other Information:

Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00080.frame

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

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Container List

id177059
Series 1: Correspondence of G. Walter Mapp
1895-1935
Scope and Contents

Boxes1-8. Note: "Duplicate correspondence" refers to unsigned copies of letters by Mapp. "Original correspondence" refers to signed letters written to Mapp. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent's last name.

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id199729
Series 2: Correspondence of Herbert Barnes, G. Walter Mapp's law partner
1923-1933
Scope and Contents

Folders 62-117. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent's last name.

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id201905
Series 3: Political Papers of G. Walter Mapp, 1910-1940
Scope and Contents

Box 9, Folders1-70

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id203226
Series 4: Legal Papers and/or Business Papers
1895-1935, Undated
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id203293
Series 5: Books, Other Printed Materials and Artifacts
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Series 6: Acc. 1994.88 and 1995.50
.5 Linear Feet
1890-1941English
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