Guide to the Samuel H. Yonge Papers , 01/Mss. 65 Y8

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Preferred Citation:

Yonge Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Purchase

Biographical Information:

Yonge was an army engineer who worked on flood control projects and navigational improvements. Yonge was interested in excavations at Jamestown and Williamsburg, Va. and in archaeological projects throughout Virginia. He was also the author of "The Site of Old 'James Towne,' 1607-1698. A brief Historical and Topographical Sketch of the First American Metropolis," which has since been published in numerous editions. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:

Samuel Humphreys Younge

Scope and Contents

Papers, 1890-1935, of Samuel Humphreys Yonge. Yonge was an army engineer who worked on flood control projects and navigational improvements. Yonge was interested in excavations at Jamestown and Williamsburg, Va. and in archaeological projects throughout Virginia. Included is correspondence; early twentieth century photographs of ruins and excavations at Jamestown; notebooks of land patent abstracts and other notes concerning Jamestown; and printed material. The collection also includes an account of Yonge's impressions of Robert E. Lee, president of Washington College (now Washington and Lee University) when Yonge was a student there and other autobiographical notes.

Container List

id28628

Series 1: Photographs, manuscripts and autobiographical notes

Mixed Materials Box: 1 id28629
Box 1
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id28630
  Photographs of ruins at Jamestown
  
  Scope and Contents
  Early twentieth century photographs of ruins and excavations at Jamestown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id28631
  Picture of Wakefield
  undated
  Scope and Contents
  Picture of Wakefield; Washington's Birthplace.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id28632
  Yonge's impressions of Robert E. Lee
  Undated
  Scope and Contents
  Unpublished manuscript of Yonge's student impressions of Robert E. Lee as president of Washington and Lee University. Includes members. Correspondences between Yonge and others about his manuscripts.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 Mixed Materials Box: 4 id28633
  Manuscripts, etc.
  Undated
  Scope and Contents
  Manuscript of Phi Beta Kappa address at Jamestown, Nov 1926. Manuscript of Yonge's address before the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Letter from G. Tyler, enclosing map of early street layout of Jamestown. Remarks on English settlements of Virginia. Memorial for remarks at Jamestown in the Memorial Church. Journal of Assembly of V.A.. Library of Congress Copyright. Souvenir of the Church at Old Jamestown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id28634
  Autobiographical notes, Photographic copy of James River and Map of James City.
  1856; 1607-1698
  Scope and Contents
  Yonge's autobiographical notes. Photographic copy of 1856 hydrographic survey of the James River in vicinity of Jamestown. Yonge's map of James City, V.A., 1607-1698.

id28637

Series 2: Notebooks and Printed Material on James River, Jamestown and surrounding area.

Scope and Contents

Two manuscript notebooks containing memos from land patent records of James City Island. Printed works: Government Report Upon the Improvement of Rivers and Harbors in the Norfolk, Virginia District, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926. Jamestown and James River souvenir booklets, A Brief History of and Guide Book to Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown. Rutherford Goodwin, 1930. Official Guide Book Jamestown Centennial Exposition, 1907. Notes on a Journey on the James, 1907. Report of Investigation with Reference to Improving the James River Technical Advisory Corp., 1924. James River from the Head of the Tidewater to Hampton Roads as a National Waterway, 1886.

Mixed Materials Box: 2 id28636
Box 2

id28639

Series 3: Newspaper Clippings, Notes and manuscript on Jamestown and Bridge

Scope and Contents

A volume of newspaper clippings, 1898-1935, of persons, homes, places, and events of historic interest. Eighty-four page manuscript volume of notes on Jamestown and on bridge construction there. One-hundred ninety-six page manuscript volume of notes on Jamestown. Letters to the Virginia Pilot Concerns; "Location of Grave of Pocahontas".

Mixed Materials Box: 3 id28638
Box 3
1898-1935

id28641

Series 4: Correspondence

Mixed Materials Box: 4 id28640
Box 4
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 1 id28643
  Personal notes to Yonge
  1921, 1928
  Scope and Contents
  Personal and social notes to Yonge, including invitation to installation of Dr. J. A. C. Chandler as president of William and Mary in 1921; opening of James River Bridge, 1928.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 2 id28644
  Letters from Onward Bates
  
  Scope and Contents
  Letters from Onward Bates, reviewing a life-time friendship of over sixty years.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 3 id28645
  Letters from Philip A. Bruce.
  
  Scope and Contents
  Letters from Philip A. Bruce.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 4 id28646
  Letter from John Stewart Bryan
  
  Scope and Contents
  Letter from John Stewart Bryan, attaching blueprints and recommendations for remodeling and making addition to Virginia Historical Society building, 1932.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 5 id28647
  Correspondence with APVA
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 6 id28648
  Correspondence with W.A.R. Goodwin
  1928
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 7 id28649
  Correspondence with Bradford Kilby
  1923
  Scope and Contents
  Correspondence with Bradford Kilby 1923. Society for Preservation of V.A. Antiquities in Suffolk. Includes pictures.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 8 id28650
  Correspondence with Gaston Lichtenstein.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 9 id28651
  Correspondence with Mrs. John B. Lightfoot
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 10 id28652
  Correspondence with Morgan P. Robinson.
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 11 id28653
  Correspondence with Mrs. Virginia Taylor
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 12 id28654
  Correspondence with M. Wilmer
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 13 id28655
  Correspondence with Daniel Grihnan
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 14 id28656
  Correspondence with William G. Standard
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 15 id28657
  Correspondence with Benjamin S. Hayne
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 16 id28658
  APVA Correspondence
- Mixed Materials Box: 4 Folder: 17 id28659
  Virginia Historic Society

id28661

Series 5: Correspondences and Letters

Mixed Materials Box: 5 id28660
Box 5
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 1 id28662
  Correspondence with Dr. W.A. R. Goodwin; Misc. letters
  1928
  Scope and Contents
  Correspondence with Dr. W.A. R. Goodwin, 1928. Misc. letters.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 2 id28663
  Misc. correspondence
  1933-1935
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 3 id28664
  Correspondences between APVA and architects of Colonial Williamsburg
  1928-1930
  Scope and Contents
  Correspondence between APVA committee and architects of Colonial Williamsburg, 1928-1930. Handwritten letters.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 4 id28665
  Letters from J.A C. Chandler
  
  Scope and Contents
  Letters from J.A C. Chandler discussing Phi Beta Kappa.

id28667

Series 6: Notes and Letters

Mixed Materials Box: 5 id28666
Box 5
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 5 id28668
  Speaking about Jamestown and The Book
  1904-1926
  Scope and Contents
  The Book 1904-1926. Articles 1903-1929. Speaking about Jamestown 1904-1926.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 6 id28669
  Handwritten notes on Jamestown together with a guide to Old Jamestown.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 7 id28670
  PBK. Engineering societies. Clubs.
  1888-1930
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 8 id28671
  Tombs: Hollywood Cemetery Comp. John Tyler Monument
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 9 id28672
  Handwritten notes on Capitol restoration
  1909-1932
  Scope and Contents
  Handwritten notes on Capitol restoration. Perry, Shaw and Hepburn Architects. (1909-1932). Correspondence about Capitol 1928-1931.
- Mixed Materials Box: 5 Folder: 10 id28673
  E. G. Swem. Capitol restoration
  1928