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Richard Lee Morton Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Gifts and purchase, 1977-2000. Acc. 1987.084 gift of Louise Morton Murtagh (daughter) on 08/05/1987; Acc. 1990.047 gift of Louise Morton Murtagh on 06/27/1990; Acc. 1999.055 transfered from the Department of History 07/03/1985.
Manuscripts and Archives collection combined in June 2012 by Benjamin Bromley.
Papers, chiefly 1930-1969, of Richard Lee Morton, professor of history at the College of William and Mary from 1919 to 1959. Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs.
Series 2 includes Morton's notes and correspondence about the 1951 football scandal; clippings about the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture; correspondence with Lyon G. Tyler and others; Board meeting minutes of the Colonial Williamsburg Advisory Committee of Historians and the OIEAHC; reports on the William and Mary Quarterly.
Series 3 includes additions to the collection, which are made on an ongoing basis.
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Series 1 includes personal and professional correspondence, lectures and notes relating to his research on Virginia history, and material relating to his community activities in Williamsburg, Va. Includes correspondence of his wife Estelle (Dinwiddie) Morton, land grants, 1756 and 1774, signed by Robert Dinwiddie and Lord Dunmore, Confederate currency and bonds, genealogical materials on the Watkins and Morton families and photographs.
28 items
9 items
1 item
1882, 1918, 1956, 1967, and 1970; 9 items
44 items
1918. 1931-1932, 1935-1936, 1938-1939. 37 items
1925, 1970, and 1973. 5 items
1950, 1953, 1956, 1960-1961, 1964-1965, 1969, and 1971-1973.
18 items.
42 items.
12 items.
8 items.
1915, 1919, 1944-1963, 1946, 1951, 1958-1960, 1965, 1965, and 1971. 31 items.
1938, 1949, 1962, 1967, and 1969. 30 items.
G.C. Wetmore, the painter of Dr. and Mrs. S.M. Shepherd, grandparent of Mrs. Morton, notes of investigative sources. 8 items.
1909, 1940, 1942, 1945, 1951, 1961, and 1965-1966. 22 items.
14 items.
Includes letters, bank statements, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ID, biographical information, other information. 1940. 1945-1948, 1952-1956, and 1968. 28 items.
School grade reports, letters to parents, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Lee Morton, college bills, passports, insurance policies, tax returns, postcards, record of her measurements. 1941-1942, 1945-1949, 1955, 1959-1960, and 1966. 89 items
Includes his Thank-you letters. 5 items.
honorary degree, congratulations, procession list, Magna Carta conference. 61 items.
3 items.
Includes portraits, commencement, charter day, presidential dinner, honorary degree, as child, Falkland. ca. 1890, ca. 1900, 1910, 1913, 1918, 1923, 1933-1936, 1946, 1951-1953, 1954, 1958, 1959-1960, 1965, and 1968. 82 items.
Jacob Morton receipt, bill of sale, and portrait; genealogical information on Thomas Watkins, diary of William Morton. 1846, 1849, 1850, and 1870. 10 items.
Including service on committees, conferences, fraternities, honorary degrees, army service, scholarship fund, vita, 1896, 1916, 1918-1919, 1921, 1926-1927, 1929-1932, 1934, 1939, 1941, 1945, 1955-1959, and 1960-1967. 156 items.
1914-1916, 1925-1926, 1928-1929, 1937, 1945, 1953, 1959, 1963, 1965-66, and 1970. 64 items.
George Washington, Institute of Early American History and Culture. Inauguration of President Chandler, Kiwanis Club, books, Phi Beta Kappa. 1925, 1929, 1933, 1952-1954, 1968, and 1972. 14 items.
1923, 1927-1928, and 1936-1938. 19 items.
3 items. (see also medium oversize file).
1941, 1943-1945, 1947-1951, 1958-1961, 1963, 1966, 1968, and 1972. 47 items.
1849, 1962, and 1963. 7 items.
1963, 1965-1966, and 1970. 38 items.
1959, 1963-1964. 30 items.
1930, 1934, 1940-1941, 1944, 1949-1954, and 1956-1957. 54 items.
Research Project suggestions, bibliography for publication era, historical records survey, manuscripts on microfilm at IEAHC. 1917, 1940, 1947, and 1957. 18 items.
1923, 1937, 1942, 1962-1964, and 1967. 26 items.
3 items.
1960-1964, 1966. 25 items.
20 items.
94 items.
1946-1947, 1950-1953, 1955, 1959, 1965-1966, 1968. 40 items.
46 items.
4 items.
3 items
6 items
Mortgage, settlement of estate, statement of accountability, letters from D.D. Colcock agent, disposal of stamps and books, letters from and to Estelle and husband, Lucy and husband concerning the estate, tax notice, commissioner of accounts. 1958-1961. 1963. 63 items.
Includes letters about changes in articles written by Morton, requests by Morton for materials to be used for articles, materials for research for articles including on education, politics, industry, race relations. 1959, 1960-1962, 1967-1972. 106 items.
Teacher's Handbook for film on Coonial Virginia, criticism of handbook, letters concerning Morton's materials for the film, release to school journals concerning Morton, honorarium for Morton's efforts, request for his biography. 1940-1941, 1943, 1959, 1970. 19 items.
Catalogues, plant orders, primer for herb growing, green life guides, articles on gardening, marigold book, rose book, lawn guide. 1954, 1969-1970. 15 items
Orders for garden flowers, brochures for flowers, invoices, request for bulletin about hematodes. 1954, 1963, 1966, 1968-1969. 20 items.
Request for informational about Nema-hill, and reply, nematode recommendations, booklet on Virginia garden roses, articles on gardening, information on malathion, orders for seeds. 1950, 1953, 1959, 1962-1963. 14 items.
Rose advertisement, articles on gardening, picture of trellis, booklet on mulch paper, brochure of chain-linked fence, guide to rose growing, booklets on flower growing, book on colonial fences, etc. with pictures, list of slides accompanying lecture 'Wild Flowers..." 1953, 1967-1968. 16 items.
1 item
A New Kind of County Government, Reorganizing the Administration of a State, "Liberty and Law", "Vice President Dawes and the Senate Rules", "The County Manager Plan", "Central Administrative Control over Municipalities in the Southwest." . 6 items.
Concerning Morton's election as honorary member, note on meeting at Morton's home, acceptances of honorary membership by Philip A. Bruce and William G. Stanard, newspaper articles on club founding and new member. 1923-1926, 1929, 1932. 11 items.
House and office equipment booklets, article "New Tool Aids Safe Pruning", invoices, request for equipment, instructions for ILG fan maintainence, information on audio-visual aids, checks, information on GE boiler. 57 items.
House of the Week articles, booklets on home care, expanding your house, articles on shutters, articles on model homes, plan for hillside house, architects suggestions for home, information on log cabins. 1932, 1946, 1952, 1956, 1963-1965, 1958, 1972. 36 items.
House Plans - bathroom, hill house, Dr. and Mrs. Morton's residence, pictures of residence. 1947.
8 photographs.
Booklet of dogma, application for membership. 3 items.
letter to Lord Acton, Lee biography, "Lee the Educator," "Robert E. Lee - The Man", "Lee's Military Valise", "Robert E. Lee Unionist", "Robert E. Lee", "Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation", 1925, 1929-1930, 1942. 13 items.
statue unveiling exercises, Columbia River historical expedition booklet. 2 items.
Civil War letters and analyses, letter protesting Virginia House of Delegates Resolution honoring Lincoln, Major Cookes' account of Lee's surrender to Grant, article defending McClellan's battle tactics. 1922, 1928, 1933. 4 items.
annual buying of American Historical Periodicals, lists of duplicate magazines, letters concerning magazine order offer declines. 9 items.
Medicare bills, forms for premium payment, handbook, insurance benefits record, Blue Cross - Blue Shield brochure, statement of coverage, doctor's bills.
Medicine: cardiology, fungistatics, colds, poison ivy. 1962, 1964-1965. 2 items.
membership materials, brochures about books and map. 1960. 18 items.
Shenandoah, National Parks, area administered by NPS, Fredericksburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, Moore House, Manassas, Petersburg, Richmond, Cape Henry, George Washington Birthplace, Cumberland Gap, Custis-Lee, Virginia State Parks. 1927, 1934, 1957-1959. 17 items.
News analysis of black demonstrations, "The Southern Workman", Comparison of disease rates among white and black troops, state of black colleges, Texas white primary, Atticus G. Haygood, speech of Senator Claude A. Swanson, Peabody School of Education. 1914-1916, 1919, 1922-1924, 1927, 1933-1949, 1953, 1956. 18 items.
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"Race Relations" - "Progress in Race Relations," Douglas Gordon address, letters from Commission on Interracial Cooperation, CIC pamphlets. "Five Letters of the University Commisssion on Southern Race Relations", "The Racial Situation in America", "An Appeal to the 'Christian' People of the South," Slater Fund. 1920, 1926-1927. 14 items.
Manuscript of Morton family recipe book, easy cooking, peanut butter, chicken, salsify, wine, colonial dishes, famous Virginia foods. 1939, 1941, 1951, 1960, 1964, 1971. 13 items.
Records and Phonographs - operating guide for Zenith "Space Command" brochures for Zenith stereos, order from Record Club of America, article on Louis Moreau Gottschalk, list of compositions, catalog of Folk Music, "Jazz from Columbia," "Twentieth Century Poetry in English", D'Oyly Carte Records. 1959, 1962, 1964-1966. 29 items.
Biography, "Health Heroes", "Health: The First Objective in Education", article on Dr. Aristides Agramonte, article on Reed. 1926, 1930, 1940.
Morton's honorary membership, proposed members, attendance rules, club members, reports and awards of Committee on Scholarships, letters of recommendation, notices of meeting, Christmas card, Christmas poems, biography of member James McCord. Charley's letter. 1956, 1962-1963, 1966-1973. 69 items.
Lindley: Eleven Years of Roosevelt, "Roosevelt for President", text of President's message to the 77th Congress, "Administration Has to Be Calm About Anti-Inflation Program", "Roosevelt on Role in War", memorial issue of New Republic on Roosevelt, "The Prohibition Question" by H.E. Fosdick. 1928, 1940-1941, 1944, 1946. 7 items.
"47 Questions and Answers", Medicare handbook, information on Social Security and Virginia Supplemental Retirement System, notice of benefits increase, "Your New Health Insurance", "Your Social Security". 1951-1952, 1961, 1965, 1967-1968. 8 items
Social Security of Estelle Dinwiddie Morton , cancelled checks to Internal Revenue, Household Employer's Social Security Tax Guides. 1951-1963, 1965. 36 items
Sarah Stetson publications, 2 copies, "American Garden Books Transplanted and Native Before 1807", "William Hamilton and his Woodlands", 3 copies "The Traffic in Seeds and Plants from England's Colonies in North America", "The Philadelphia Sojourn of Samuel Vaughn", "John Mercer's Notes on Plants", "Andre Parmentier" in Landscape Architecture. 1946, 1949, 1953. 9 items.
Income tax forms, hospital insurance benefits, record, income tax schedules, records of medical expenses, reports of stock dividends, utility bills, statements of bank savings, travel records, heating fuel consumption, charitable contributions, sales and royalties, drug bills, 1971-1972. 87 items.
Vehicle license form, invoices for periodicals, tax returns and instructions, contributions and deductions, savings certificate earnings, utility bills, drug bills, records of stock dividends, property and capitation tax, return of tangible personal property, fuel bills. 1970. 22 items.
Capitation tax, utility bills, real estate tax, drug bills, records of charitable contributions, medical bills, fuel bills, payment for books and periodicals, invoices. 1969. 36 items.
Income tax forms, schedules of income and retirement income credit, invoices for periodicals, appraisal of books, payment for books and periodicals, real estate tax, record of vehicle license tag. 1968. 25 items.
Supplemental schedule of income and retirement income credit, drug bills, individual income tax returns and instructions, royalities and dividends, medical bills, stock dividends, personal property and capitation tax, statement of vendors account. 1967. 47 items.
Individual income tax forms, personal property tax, record of gift of William & Mary Quarterly, records of expenses, bill for furnace repair, report of work done on research grant, Virginia agency purchase order, statements of vendors' accounts for periodicals. 1946, 1950-1962. 38 items.
, "The Cold War Melodies", "The Constitution and Prohibition Enforcement". 1842, 1929, 1940. 2 items.
Brochures from extermination companies, article on how to kill termites, article on how to kill Japanese beetles. 1934. 1948. 1951. 6 items.
Cunard Line thank you cards, guide to Switzerland, visit to Vatican Library, hotel bills souvenir of Norwegian state visit, records of expenses, Edinburgh Christmas card, itinerary, addresses of European hotels, notes from Williamsburg Travel Office. 1960-1961. 45 items.
Booklet on shade and ornamental trees, "All Sizes of Trees Will Be Healthier if Fed Regularly," "Mistletoe Planted in Trees". 1953, 1956, 1963. 3 items.
Bulletins, membership list, Virginia Collegiate Show, list of patrons. 5 items.
Advertisement for Nature's Medicines, notice for Prohibitory Order Against Sender of Pandering Advertisement in the Malls. 1969. 1 item.
Checking deposit receipts, checking deposit slips, notification of change of address, savings account records. 1971-1972. 50 items.
Article in American Legion Weekly, notes on Washington in Williamsburg, "Mr. Bruce on Washington", "Map of Washington's Travels", "Washington Celebration in 1932", Washington issue of School Library Bulletin, Washington poastage stamps. "Washington Meets New Ordeal." 1926-1927, 1931-1932. 11 items.
Annual reports, newsletters, letters about Medicare problem, acknowledgement of monetary gifts, Medicare Fact Sheet, WCH brochure, hospital bill and record of refund. 1963-1972. 61 items.
Historic Garden Week in Virginia, "Presentation of the Restored East Lawn Gardens", "Calendar of Events and Guide to Historic Garden Week", "The Voyages of the Roses," annual report, spring flower show, sheets of Garden Club information, yearbook, membership lists, National Wildlife Federation Information. 1962-1965, 1968. 16 items.
Visitor's Guide, Chamber of Commerce information on real estate. ca. 1970. 13 items.
Historical Notes, "The Yorktown Sesquicentenial Celebration" 1931-1932. 2 items.
Growth, population, physical development and trade, Parson's Cause, Stamp Act. 3 items.
4 items.
Concerning Indian raids, Temple Bodley's George Rogers Clark, Echenrode's The Revolution in Virginia, Thomas Jefferson, John T. Goodrich's The Life of General Hugh Mercer, article on the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom. 1776-1788, 1928. 1 item.
From Lingley's The Transition in Virginia and Tyler's Virginia - The Federal Period, list of Virginia colonial governors. 1765-1775. 5 items.
3 items.
1 item.
David Walker's Appeal, measures to control Black people in Virginia, Nat Turner's Rebellion. 1619, 1691, 1800, 1826, 1830-1831. 2 items.
1 item.
Hampden-Sydney College, Richmond Medical College, Washington and Lee University, University of Virginia, Randolph-Macon College, notes on periodical articles on Virginia higher education.
First Great Awakening, Journal of Herbert Asbury, Second Awakening and Frontier Schisms, church organization and the rise of modern missions, religion during the 30's, 40's, and 50's, strange religions, the slavery dispute and the churches. 1 item.
Prison reform, Boston Prison Discipline Society annual reports. 1 item.
2 items.
1 item.
Theater, circuses, celebration, diversions, cock fighting, horse racing, lotteries, cards, music and dancing, singers, 1665, 1702, ca. 1850.
Steamboats built in New York City, population of the West, life of Robert Fulton, Niles Register of Steamboats, early railroads, descriptions of steamboat trips on the Mississippi, steamboats on the Great Lakes, canals, 1766-1848. 1 item.
Notes from Alice Feld Tyler's Freedom's Ferment. 1693, 1776, 1793, 1810-1855. 1 item.
Notes from Kendog's "The Beginning of Temperance," temperance songs, American Temperance Union documents, speech of John H.W. Hawkins, history of temperance movement, Oklahoma votes to end prohibition, 1690, 1775-1880, 1959. 2 items.
History of Prohibition from A.M. Schlesinger "The Rise of the City", Hecker and Kendrick "The United States Since 1865", Slossom "The Great Crusade and After", article' "Cobb Defines Cawn," "Orphan of Bootleggers," booklet, "Temperance Trumpeter," 1865-1934, 1948. 3 items.
Virginia Convention of 1861, Narrative of Southampton County, 'To Observe Joseph Jenkins Roberts Day," school committee reports, reports on industry and railroads, 'History of Emory and Henry College," sources in Virginia history, bibliography, Governor's Message, notes from Richond Enquirer, 1830, 1838, 1840-1841, 1850, 1861, 1865-1866, 1944, 1949. 2 items.
Notes on of Virginia officials, Virginia religion, Indians, diary of Reverend Robert Rose, Gooch Papers Act Preventing Negro Insurrection, Cal. State Papers, force tracts, notes from Robert Beverley's "The History and Present State of Virginia". 1607-1756. 1 item.
Journal references to notable Virginians, review of Adrienne Koch's "Jefferson and Madison, notes on social history, notes on Reverend Robert Rose's diary, lists of useful books on Virginia history, articles "Senate Race Getting Milder", "An 1808 Tour of Virginia is Delightful," "Governor's message, notes on manufactureres, internal improvements. 1748-1869, 1881, 1926, 1943, 1952. 2 items.
Notes on Virginia history, message of Governor Johnson, adoption of the 1851 Constituion, Virginia agriculture, Virginia on the eve of the Civil War. 1851-1857. 1 item.
Virginia on the Eve of the Southern War for Independence." 1830-1860. 1 item.
The Press in the Making of Virginia, "Ephraim McDowell," "The Newspaper Press and the Civil War in West Virginis," "A Confederate Catechism," "The Supreme Court of the Confederacy," "The Rise of the High School in Virginia," notes on the Reconstruction, photos of Virginia, "The Voting Status of Negroes in Virginia," 1929, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1943, 1945, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1958. 1 item.
1856, 1859-1861.
Improvements and implements, organization and education, Southern dependence, products. 1850-1854, 1857. 2 items.
Documents, messages, dispatches. 1851-1858, 1860-1861. 1 item.
1856, 1860-1861. 1 item.
Schisms, new buildings. 1851, 1855, 1857, 1861. 1 item.
1850. 1 item.
John Boran bibliography, the martial spirit, secession and war, military and governmental events of the Civil War. 1850-1865. 2 items.
Proposed steamship line to Europe, exports, development of the carrying trade, Norfolk harbor commerce, dispatches, Virginia Commerce Convention, direct foreign trade. 1806, 1850-1852, 1856-1860. 1 item.
Participants, resolutions, issues, notes. 1849, 1850-1852, 1854, 1858, 1861. 1 item.
'Pistols and Coffee at Dawn for Two." notes. 1856, 1858, 1934. 2 items.
- 'A study of Three Virginia Colleges, Part 1 Before the Civil War - bibliography, 'Higher Education for Women Before 1860.' 1953. 2 items.
Free schools - dispatches 'Primary Education in Virginia After the Civil War - outline and bibliography, miscellaneous notes, 'Poor Relief Education', 'State Obtains Mercer Sketch.', 'Governor's Message and Annual Reports,' abstract of School Commisssioner's report. 1818-1847, 1849, 1850-1855, 1858-1859, 1901, 1957. 2 items.
1860-1861. 1 item.
Ell Thayer's scheme for immigrant aid, Rd. D. dispatches, misc. notes, letter concerning Ell Thayer. 1852, 1857, 1860, 1938. 1 item.
Lists of railroad documents, proposed railroad lines, misc. notes, abstracts of railroad documents, construction of railroad lines, frequent wrecks on railroads, Roanoke Railroad, governor's messages, Southern Railroad, telegraph, 'The Louisa Railroad.' 1849, 1851-1861, 1866. 3 items.
'Virginia State Debt and Internal Improvements, 1820-1838, James River and Kanawha company, travel on the richmond - Lynchburg canal boat packet, map of Virginia's railroads, general internal improvements, highways. 1820-1838, 1840-1848, 1851, 1859-1879. 8 items.
Baptist's divided message of Governor Joseph Johnson, bibliography on 'The Trial and Execution of John Brown.' 1852, 1857. 3 items.
'A Letter Opposing Public Hangings,' 'Two Negroes Hung For Murder in Culpeper,' public hanging, prive executions, imprisonment, changes in criminal and civil codes. 1834, 1846, 1848, 1849-1850, 1851, 1853, 1858, 1860. 1 item.
Sinking funds, taxes collected, certificates and bonds issued, Governor Johnson's message, Rd. D. dispatches on state finances. 1851-1852, 1857, 1860, 1865. 1 item.
1858. 1 item.
1856. 1 item.
1850. 1 item.
1856-1858, 1948. 2 items.
1860. 2 items.
Letter from American Historical Association about extra copies, Eubank B. Caldwell sending historical materials, list of mistakes in work. 1925. 5 items.
1854. 1 item.
1853-1857, 1861. 2 items.
Richmond Atheneaeum, notes on various papers, Virginia Sesqui-Centennial Celebration, on slavery, Philip Pendleton Cooke, Judge Beverley Tucker, John Wesley Montette, titles. 1851-1860. 1 item.
William Ballad Preston, establishment of cotton mills, petition of Central Southerns Rights Association, governor's message, cotton trade, manufacturing in Lynchburg, cloth, leather, why Southern factories fail, Old Dominion iron and Rail Works, Major Andrews family. 1850-1852, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1859-1860. 1 item.
1839-1840. 1 item.
Medical Journal, Medical Board of Examiners, Norfolk and Portsmouth fever. 1852-1853, 1855. 1 item.
Clover Hill coal pits, Commodore Stockton and quartz mining, salt mining. 1851, 1856, 1858. 1 item.
1850. 1 item.
List of Virginia newspapers, "The South", Edward William Johnston, John M. Daniel, "Richmond Dispatch". 1850-1851, 1855, 1857, 1860, 1865. 2 items.
Federal relations, slavery, resolution of New Jersey Legislature, syllabus for course 'Virginia - The Commonwealth.' 1850, 1852-1853, 1860-1861. 2 items.
Seventh Virginia Census, number of Virginians in the US, number of immigrants to Virginia, population figures from Canning,' History of the United States, 'Virginia Population and Wealth.' 1834, 1850, 1852, 1860. 5 items.
Lt. Governor Samuel Watts, Democratic politics, Johnson succeeded Floyd as governor, members of General Assembly, presidential elections, Kansas-Nebraska Bill, Governor Wise elected, nomination of John Letcher for governor, vote totals for governor and Lt. Gov., electoral vote. 1851-1860.
Eastern Lunatic Asylum, imprisonment, slave punishment by whipping. 1825, 1850-1856, 1858. 1 item.
Letters concerning the sending of railroad information, notes on Virginia internal improvement debate, notes from Sinclair's "Development of the Locomotive Empire," 'Why Was Four Foot 8 1/2 Inches Adopted as the Standard Gauge,' gauge of railroads in the US. 1853-1854, 1940, 1945, 1949. 6 items.
Note on George Fitzhugh's article dealing with Virginia Act of Religious Toleration. 1859. 1 item.
1778. 1 item.
YMCA, travellers to city, description, trade, Reading and Newsroom, Richmond Directory, streets. 1850, 1852, 1854, 1856, 1860-1861. 1 item.
Nat Turner Rebellion, Slave codes, attempts to reopen the slave trade, the North and slavery, slave life and labor, free slaves and colonization, slave insurrections, slavery - general problem, fugitive slaves, slave trade, Norfolk health, 'A Long-Forgotten Student Oratim. 1847, 1850-1860, 1944. 9 items.
Train between Richmond and Amelia Court House, 'Petersburg's Racing History,' tournament lectures, libraries, fairs, Richmond Atheneum, Philanthropic Literary Society, Womens Dress, 'Knights of Old Virginia...' epidemics in Portsmouth schools. 1849, 1851-1855, 1857-1859, 1931, 1936. 1 item.
Travel to them, 'The Springs of Virginia,' notes on written sources, articles on White Sulphur Springs and sounding of Richmond Blues, descriptions, 'Heat of Virginia Spring Said Due to Pressure Deep Below Earth.' B&O route from Berkley Springs, 'The Springs of Yesteryear,' 'Epistles from the Springs of Virginia.' 1850-1852, 1856-1860, 1932, 1942. 3 items.
1860. 1 item.
Letters of John H. Cocke to Joseph C. Cabell, Virginia Historical Register and Literary Yearbook, Sons of Temperance, Anti-Tobacco movement, outline of history of temperance, Richmond drunkeness, 1851-1869, 1870. 1 item.
Letter from New York Public Library concerning sources of information on John C. Underwood. 1930. 1 item.
Meetings, death of William Maxwell. 1850, 1852, 1857. 1 item.
Hugh Jones' "Present State of Virginia", "Virginia Lives", Jamestown Island, History of Henrico County, Morton's retirement, state and local history, "The Virginia Plantations", Charles McLean, Andrews,W.W. Abbott, Rotary International, American Association for State and Local History. 1936-1939, 1942-1944, 1953, 1955, 1958-1959, 1961-1962, 1972. 35 items.
Whitfield J. Bell, 'A Portrait of the Colonial Physician', John S. Rush, insurance, Edmund Berkeley, "Brothers were Brothers Still Despite Civil War," Dr. Wright's address, Burwell family. About James Madison, Harry F. Byrd, Carl Bridenbaugh concerning Thomas Story, Parker A. Throop, Alexander A. Bruce, Kathleen Bruce. 1923, 1926, 1934-1935, 1939, 1942-1973. 82 items.
Gifts of Morton's "Colonial Virginia", bibliography of emigration in colonial times, J.L. Carpenter, restoration of Falkland, Lester Cappon, W.F. Craven, Kenneth Chorley, IEAHC affairs, opposition to House Bill 279, Society of American Historians, President J.A.C. Chandler, Dr. Hunter Farish, E.T. Crowson, Tappan Reeve. 1919, 1927, 1932, 1935-1936, 1941-1948, 1959-1963, 1967-1971. 56 items.
T.R. Dalton, Virginius Dabney, Edward Everett Dale, Russell B. Devine, Colgate W. Darden, Harold O. DeWitt, Richard Beale Davis, Jack Dalton, George E. Doods, F. Meredith Dietz, Jackson Davis, William E. Dodd, Charles W. Dabney - research, publications, visits, family correspondence. 1929-1931, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1942-1944, 1948, 1950-1972. 57 items.
Merrill Evans, Mrs. Frank A. Edgar, J.H. Easterby, Tommy Eiken - reminiscences, research. 4 items.
Christian F. Feest, O. Hugh Fulcher, Doris S. Finney, J.T. Flyan, Joseph B. Flowers, B. Floyd Flickinger, Hunter D. Farish, Lawrence K. Fox - writings, reminiscences, appreciation, research positions, 1944-1945, 1949-1950, 1957-1959, 1966, 1968. 11 items.
Mrs. Myrtle Hatala, Carlisle Humelsine, John S. Hopewell, Marvin Harvey, Fred A. Hetzel, Robert Tucker Hall, Philip M. Haner, Charles E. Hatch, Jr., Carlton E. Holladay, Malcolm H. Harris, Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., William Haden, Archibald Henderson, Fred Hoeing - publications, visits, research. 1941, 1947, 1949, 1951-1952, 1958, 1960-1963, 1966-1967, 1970. 24 items.
Davis D. Joyce, John M. Jennings, William Wellington Jones, Edward Claude Johnson, Journal of Southern History, W.Melville Jones, Ludwell H. Johnson III, Howard Mumford Jones, Jamestown Festival, Allen Johnson - research, publications, appreciations. 1935, 1953, 1955, 1961, 1963, 1965-1966, 1968. 13 items.
Stephen G. Kurtz, Richard W. Kilgore, Dorothy Kenyon, K. Kimura, Michael Kraus, W. Sterling King, Louis Knott Koontz, Theda Kenyon - lectures, reminiscences, family information, research, publications, gifts. 1943-1945, 1947, 1950-1951, 1964, 1967-1968, 1970-1971. 14 items.
Robert H. Land, Library Company of Philadelphia, R. K. Larson, H. Richards Livingston - appreciations invitations, requests for information, gifts, research. 1940, 1946, 1948, 1951, 1954, 1971, 1973. 11 items.
Russell R. Menard, Philip A. Magrudes, Jr., W. Warner Moss, Mrs. Jesse Miller, Walter D. Moses and Co., Robert P. Maccubbin, Allen W. Moger, Charles P. McCurdy, Jr., John F. Morton, Jr., John O. Marsh, Jr., Mrs. Joseph Mitchel, Mrs. William S. Morton, John A. Munroe, Mary Maples, Nyle H. Miller, W.S. Morton, Ludwell Montague. 30 items., 1943, 1945-1948, 1950-1955, 1959, 1961-1963, 1965, 1969-1972
Norfolk Public Library, Vernon L. Nunn, Walter R. Nelson, Nobel Prize, R.W. Nary, "Notable American Women", Ray F. Nichols - invitations, publications, research. 1956, 1860, 1967, 1969, 1970. 8 items.
Otis, Frank L. Owsley Ostes - historical writing, books. 1950, 1960-1961, 1963. 4 items.
Mrs. Hubert A. Quillinz; permission to use quotation. 36 items.
Mrs. Hubert A. Quillin - permission to use quotation. 1 item
The Reprint Co., Record Club, Beverley Ruffin, Reader's Digest, William M. E. Rachal, Parke Rouse, Jr., Taylor Reverley, Raven Soc, Harry W. Richards, Eric W. Rodgers, Rotary Club, Harold W. Ramsey, Carl A. Roseberg, Dr. Walter J. Rein, John Taylor Ransome, Clinton Rossiter, Hugh F. Rankin, Harry F. Richardson. 1944, 1945-1947, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1964, 1968, 1970-1971, 1973. 52 items.
A.G.S. Stephens, Clifford K. Shipton, Richard and Janet Simm, James H. Siske, Howard Scammon, Harold A. Sparks, Howard Stone, Wilbur M. Smith, Schlesinger, Richard Sias, E.G. Swem, Owen E. Suter, James A. Servies, Max Savelie, Henry Lee Swint, Charles P. Sherman, J. Carlyle Sitterson, Charles P. Shelman, Charles S. Sydnor, 1925, 1933, 1944-1945, 1947-1948, 1953, 1959-1971, 1973. 52 items.
Lawrence Towner, Edgar T. Thompson, W.A. Thompson, Richard W. Talley, Lt. - Col. C.W. Tazewell, Robert H. Tucker, William M. Tuck, "Time", Inc., Clayton Torrance - appreciations, social events, books, research, Virginia Biography Committee. 1931, 1945-1946, 1956-1957, 1962-1965, 1967, 1969, 1973. 12 items.
University of North Carolina Press, University Press of Virginia, University of Virginia History Club, Sharvy G. Umbeck. 1951, 1958, 1960-1964, 1970. 4 items.
Gordon C. Vliet, Virginia Historical Society, Virginia Gazette, Virginia Writers' Club, William G. Vansant, Vatican City, Dr. Walter E. Vest - acknowledgements, memberships, city council candidates, royalties, resignation, research, reminiscences, historic preservation, publishing, periodicals. 1942-1944, 1947-1948, 1956-1957, 1961-1963, 1966, 1968, 1971-1972. 28 items.
Robert C. Willis, Vianne Webb, "Western Historical Quarterly", William & Mary, Mrs. T.J. Wertenbaker, Louis B. Wright, Dr. William T. Watkins, Jr., Stanley B. Williams, Bill J. Wiley, Joseph C. Wolf, John Elliott Wood, James Southall Wilson, B.I. Wiley, John A. Wayland, Mrs. John Bell Williams, Suzanne Waters. 1931, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1944-1945, 1951-1954, 1958, 1960, 1963-1972. 28 items.
Lindsay Young, Conway Zinkle - acknowledgement. 1957-1958. 2 items.
Inquiry about "Primitive Painters in America 1750-1950", lecturer's schedule, AARFAC publications and reproductions, American Folk Art from the AARFAC. 1965-1966. 6 items.
Notes about 1802 and 1836 provisions for such.
Report of the Division of Markets of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Administration. The Commonwealth magazine. 1923, 1937. 2 items.
Outline of the early history of Agricultural societies in Virginia. 'The Origin and Place of Fairs,' 'Representative Men of Virginia Discuss the State and Its Needs.' 'The Southern Planter,' 'Self-Help Held Greatest Need in Dominant Drought Area,' 'Flue Curing Discovered,' '1948 Atlantic Exposition,' 1928, 1930, 1938, 1943, 1948. 10 items.
Peanuts, information on Virginia peanut production, origin of names for the peanuts, sources of information of the peanut, references to peanuts in Jefferson's 'Notes on the State of Virginia,' 'The Peanut.' 1925-1926. 2 items.
'Young People's Organizations in Relation to Rural Life in Virginia,' 'Preliminary Findings of the Virginia Rural Youth Survey,' 'Virginia's Rural Library Needs,' 'Rural and Urban Living Standards in Virginia,' 'Rural Depopulation in Certain Tidewater and Piedmont Areas of Virginia,' 'Governor Byrd letter. 1924, 1926-1930, 1937, 1941, 1946. 19 items.
'State Fair Adds to Virginia's Prosperity.' 2 items.
'Virginia's Economic Pattern', 'Virginia Census of Agriculture: 1925,' 'Agricultural Research Uncovers Facts for Virginia Farmers.' 1927, 1945-1946. 5 items.
'Our Art Heritage,' 'An Abstract Art in Woodcuts,' 'Old Dominion Biennial,' 'Richmond Awaits Annual Tournament of Arts,' 'Medical Silhouettes,' 'Edward V. Valentine,' 'Donald Wallier Returns Home to Capture Honors Long Due,' 'Earliest Virginia Portrait,' 'University Honors Seibel,' 'Art Studio Club Reminiscent of Carlo Rossi Studio'. 1931-1932, 1934, 1938, 1945-1946. 11 items.
'APVA Names Jamestown Committee,' 'Let Us Honor America.' 2 items.
'Atlantic University Curriculum Will Embrace Psychic Research.' 'Atlantic University,' 'Vocational Guidance at Atlantic University,' 'No Reply As Yet Received from Dr. Brown Concerning Offer of University Site.' 4 items.
The Horseless Carriage,' 'Do You Remember Virginia's First Motor-Lawn,; 'Richmond's Finances.' 2 items.
Richard E. Byrd Field,' 'Richmond's Municipal Airport is One of the Finest in the East,' 'Map Shows State Will Soon Have 56 Airports,' 'Five Airlines Expand Service in Virginia,' 1929, 1931, 1948. 3 items.
'Governor Berkeley and King Phillip's War,' Journal, letter, grievances, lists of sources, notes, 'The Declaration of the People, 'Bacon's Appeal,' 'Bacon's Account,' 'Bacon's Manifesto,' 'Laws of February 20, 1679', contemporary accounts, Blathway account, Coventry Papers. 1 item.
'State Indebted to Dr. Bagby, Who died in 1883, for Her Finest Humorous Writings.' 1 item.
State Bank Supervision and Control,' 'Must Our Banking System Be Reconstructed?" - brochure. 2 items.
Outline, biography, addends, appendices, notes, bibliography, 1704-1743. 1 item.
'The So-called Byrd Era in a Series of Pictures of Inaugerations,' 'Governor Wins Esteem on National, State Fronts,' 1950, 1954. 2 items.
'Bring Virginia's Colonial Records Home,' Swem notes, 'Virginia Books,' references in Poole's Index, 'Virginia Library Brings Historic Letters,' 'Archives Survey,' "The Commonwealth", 'Virginia Bibliography', 'Swem's Index Takes Drudgery Out of History', Earl Gregg Swem... 1930, 1937-1939, 1941, 1944-1946, 1950, 1953, 1964. 18 items.
2 items.
"Congressional Record", "James A. Bland, Composer of 'Carry Me Back to Old Virginia'," letter to Mr. Wilder concerning this article. 2 items.
article in "Alumni Gazette." 'Baron Botetourt,' notes, 'The Botetourt Statue,' letter concerning the making of medallion likeness of Lord Botetourt. 6 items.
2 items.
letters to and from Samuel M. Bemiss, Davis Y. Paschall, H.C. Shulz, Robert G. Dougan and others concerning the acquisition, photography and other matters dealing with the collection. 15 items.
Facsimiles of letters to Wilberforce Eames concerning research, his manuscript, the ordering of a periodical. 1896-1897, 1899. 1 item.
'For a Better Budget,' 'The Budget and Reorganization,' 'Consolidated Balance Sheet,' 'Virginia Budget System,' 'Budget Bill,' 1925, 1929, 1932, 1939. 5 items.
'Time is Ripe for Summary of Assembly Gains and Losses,' 'State Enters Year With New Hope For Future,' 'The Constitution of Virginia,' 'Governor Byrd Conducts a Revolution,' 'A Glance at the Governors of Virginia,' 'Two Houses of Virginia Assembly Virtually Wrote Inaugural Address Into Law.' 1922, 1926-1930, 1935. 28 items.
Senator and organization - 'What We Think of Senator Byrd's Machine,' 'The Passing of the Old Democratic Machine,' 'New Rumblings in the Old Dominion,' Francis P. Miller campaign materials, U.S. Senator Harry Flood Byrd Has Earned His Re-Election.' 'The Passing of the Old Democratic Machine,' 1930, 1949-1950, 1952. 8 items.
'Tyler Declares Col. Landon Carter Was Rated As Greatest Philosopher of Age.' 1 item.
Constitution and by-laws, 'Twenty Years of Progress in Old Dominion,' 'The State Chamber's First Forty Years', 1925, 1944, 1963. 3 items.
Issue of the "Charlotte Gazette," "Charlotte County Virginia: Historical Statistical and Present Attractions." 2 items.
'Hundreds Attend Briery Church Bicentennial, 'Cub Creek Memorial,' 'Protestant Conference Set here,' 'Archibald McRobert,' 'Forward Steps for Rural Churches,' 'Oil Philographs of Old Virginia Churches,' St. John's Church,' memorial against compulsory Bible reading. Walker's Church deed, 1926, 1928-1929, 1931, 1938, 1952, 1954-1965. 17 items.
'Virginia's Towns and Cities' - parts la-lc, 'Stauton Pioneered in Municipal Reform.' 4 items.
Review of "Life of Robert M.T. Hunter," 'Where Cannon Reared in the 60's,' Frightfulness in 1861-1865,' 'Complete Diary of Civil War By Virginian Is Discovered,' 'Letter From Mr. Beverley Ross to His Wife,' 'With Stonewall Jackson at Chancellorsville,' 'Women of a City Turned Into a Hospital,' 1865, 1930, 1932, 1934-1935, 1942, 1954. 9 items.
The Romance and Renaissance of the William & Mary Alumni Bulletins,' 'The Future of William & Mary,' 'William & Mary Citizenship Creed,' memorial plan, 'Fifteen Years of Progress Show Phenomenal Development at William and Mary. 1920, 1922, 1924-1927, 1930, 1934. 30 items.
1920, 1925, 1928-1929, 1937, 1952-1953, 1963, 1965. 16 items.
Law School, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Science, Fine Arts, Ancient Languages, Biology, Chemistry, Economics, English, History, Home Economics, Physical Education, Physics, and Sociology. 1921, 1925, 1936, 1938-1943, 1946. 19 items.
History, buildings and grounds, letters concerning the royal cannon in front of the Wren Building, article about the Rogers Family at the College, pamphlets on general College history, photos and diagrams of Wren, letter from Lawrence Towner to Dr. Morton concerning the selection of a UVA President. 1922, 1924, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1957, 1964-1965. 53 items.
The Alumni Association, The Memorial Plan, 'A Roll of Fame.' 3 items.
Letter from President Chandler asking Dr. Morton to compose a statement by the History Department for a Survey of Education in Virginia conducted by Dr. M.V. O'Shea for Virginia Governor Byrd. 2 items.
History of the department, letters from W.W. Abbot, Professor Adair's letter on oral history project, appointment of J.A. Carroll, appointment of Mr. Coger, letter to Hans Gatzke, acknowledgements of debt to CWF to Kenneth Chorley. 1933, 1939, 1943,
General plans for changes within the History Department, the curriculum requirements, the Law School, and the special collections department. 1934, 1936-1939. 8 items.
Letter about William and Mary executive organization, editorials, bylaws of Board of Visitors, 'Convocation Address,' 'President Bryan into the Office Here on October 20th,' 'John Stewart Bryan Dies of Pneumonia,' 1934, 1935, 1941, 1944, 1956. 6 items.
issue of the Alumni Gazette with an article on the faculty of the 1890s entited 'The Seven Wise Men." 1 item.
Pamphlets and other information regarding the College's seminar on colonial life. 16 items.
Programs from the conferring of honorary degrees to Sir Campbell Stuart and Georgia O'Keefe, report of the Honorary Degrees Committee, Report of the Curriculum Committee. 3 items.
Plans put forth for the report to the Works Committee, assigned to examine the possibility of closer co-operation between the College and the C.W.F. 1937, 1940-1941. 11 items.
Documents and letters pertaining to the resignation of President John Stewart Bryan and the activities of the Faculty Committee chosen to help the B.O.V. select a new President. 1942. 4 items.
Letter from the faculty committee on the selection of a new President to the B.O.V. approving Dr. Pomfret and opposing Dr. Morgan L. Combs, letter from Channing Hall to Dr. Morton pertaining to another letter from Arthur Schlesinger relating to Dr. Pomfret. 2 items.
Articles pertaining to President Pomfret's administration, program of President Pomfret's inauguration and a letter concerning the presentation to the College of a portrait of President Pomfret. 1942-1943, 1959. 6 items.
Reports, proposal for establishment of Ph.D. program in History Department, self-study report, report to the President, Report of the Department, plans regarding creation of a research center by the College and the C.W.F. 1943-1948, 1950, 1952-1959, 1963, 1966. 23 items.
Letters from Edward Alexander and Dr. Morton to President Pomfret concerning the possibility of creating a graduate-level curriculum in historical museum training, letter to Edward Alexander from Kenneth Cleeton concerning same, and letter to the faculty concerning the curriculum for the 1954 summer session. 1947-1948, 1953. 6 items.
Issues of the Alumni Gazettes containing information on the new Work Study Program and President Chandler. May 1950, December 1951, December 1962. 3 items.
Report of the Special Faculty Committee to investigate academic irregularities in the Physical Education Department. 1951. 1 item.
7 items.
Newspaper clippings concerning the naming of Alvin D. Chandler as President and the athletic scandal. 3 items.
Issue of the Alumni Gazette with a story on the football scandal. September.
Newspaper clippings of editorial comments, articles concerning the appointment of Dr. James Miller to replace Pomfret, Faculty Manifesto and B.O.V. activities. September 1951. 28 items.
Newspaper clippings pertaining to the selection of President Chandler, Nelson Marshall's resignation, athletic problems, et cetera, letter from President A.D. Chandler to Dr. Morton asking him to present greeting from the faculty at the former's indu
Faculty Manifesto of 1951 and complaints made against the B.O.V. 22 items.
Inauguration, letter concerning the state of the college. 13 items.
Letter from Dr. Morton (?) to "Virginia and Robin" pertaining to the growing opposition to President Chandler and certain acts committed by President Chandler and the administration against various faculty and students. 1 item.
Letter from Charles McCurdy to Mrs. Morton about the upcoming B.O.V. meeting and about Mr. McCurdy's attendance at that same meeting.
Letter from Charles McCurdy to James Robertson concerning Mr. McCurdy's strong disapproval of the College's future course (this copy was given to Dr. Morton by Mr. McCurdy), a newspaper clipping concerning the same.
Newspaper clippings from the A.D. Chandler era pertaining to the selection of H. Lester Hooker to the B.O.V., expansion of the curriculum, proposed investigation of the administration, and various editorials denouncing and supporting President Chandler. 1955-1957. 92 items.
Letter from Rector James Robertson to Dr. Morton and a letter from Dr. Morton to Rector Robertson pertaining to a B.O.V. luncheon, a letter from Dr. Morton to Rector Robertson inviting the B.O.V. to a faculty Advisory Council luncheon. 1957-1958. 3
Letters, articles, program of inauguration, and other materials from the Paschall area. 1959-1961, 1963, 1964, 1970-1971. 14 items.
Flat hat issue with plans for new campus, letter from President Paschall to the faculty and articles on President Paschall from "The Commonwealth." 1959, 1963. 3 items.
Newspaper clippings concerning the proposed reorganization of the College and the five institutions under it. 1961. 1 item.
Faculty by-laws, pamphlet on Rules and Regulations, Board of Visitors resolution to return the School of Education to department status, B.O.V. resolution on approval of said by-laws.
College of William and Mary- letter from Ludwell Johnson to members of the History Department concerning Affirmative Action policies at the College. 1970. 2 items.
Document concerning the search for a new president and vice-president. 1970. 2 items.
13 items.
Letter from Captain R.S. Crenshaw of the U.S. Navy to Mrs. George Chenowich on the status of a number of cemeteries near the U.S. Naval Mine Depot at Yorktown, VA. "Historical Notes". 1932, 1934. 2 items.
Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, et cetera on the restoration of Colonial Williamsburg. 1928-1940. 48 items.
Personal notes and lecutres on "The Restored Williamsburg" - lectures by other professors and colonial Williamsburg, Inc., letter from Wendell Stephenson to Dr. Morton asking him to contribute an article on the "Restored Williamsburg" to the Journal of Southern History. 114 items.
Newspaper clippings on the unveiling of a memorial portrait of John D. Rockefeller, fellowships given by the Restoration, list of fellowships from 1940-1941 and a report on the seven fellowships given 1941-1942. 1939-1942. 5 items.
Newspaper clippings on the history of Norfolk, economic growth of Hampton Roads and pamphlets printed by the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. 1924, 1926, 1930. 6 items.
Newspaper clippings about the construction of the Matoaka Amphitheater and the production of the play, Common Glory, pamphlets on the play, an article about the new Virginia Festival of Music, and an opening night program from Common Glory. 5 items.
Morton's notes on the constitution, a copy of the Virginia constitution and a newspaper clipping on the reunion of the survivors of the state's 1901-1902 constituitonal convention. 3 items.
Newspaper clippings pertaining to the celebration of the convention and the bill of rights, copies of Congressman R. Walton Moore's speech before the House (pertaining to the celebration). 6 items.
Newspaper clippings. 3 items.
Written by E. S. H. Greene on the origns of the Congress for History Course 441. 1 item.
Article pertaining to his being honored by the University of Tennessee. January 1934.
Article pertaining to his life. 1 April 1928.
Articles pertaining to his administration and the Virginia General Assemblies of 1942, 1944. 13 March 1942. 22 March 1942, May 1942, 2 October 1942, 13 January 1946.
Article bibliography relating to the Presbyterian Church in Virginia.
References from Library of Congress, articles, paper by Elizabeth A. Bartlett. 1926, 1932, 1939, 1942, 1963.
1924, 1938-1940.
History from 1961 catalogue.
Articles, booklets pertaining to the history of the hospital.
Articles, program book.
1924, 1926, 1933, 1935, 1938-1939, 1941-1942, 1944, 1946-1947, 1949-1951.
1924, 1929, 1940, 1946, 1953.
1923, 1937, 1939
1901, 1926, 1931, 1938, 1948, 1952.
Letter, newspaper articles, guidebook.
Newspaper article, 1926-1927, State highway Commission Report, motor vehicle laws, articles. 1926-1927, 1930, 1932, 1943-1944, 1949, 1952.
Maps, pamphlets, guidebooks and newspaper articles.
Articles, newspaper articles, University of Virginia Honor Code and Explanations. 1923-1924, 1933, 1942, 1956, 1965.
Booklet, letter, 1843 Petition of Citizens of King William County. 1843, 1951, 1965.
Reports and newspaper article. 1925-1926, 1943.
Articles, pamphlets, and newspaper article.
Newspaper articles and notes regarding Jack Jouett's ride to save the Virginia Revolutionary legislature.
Newspaper articles, 1927-1928 statistics and other articles. 1928-1932, 1941.
The Southern historical opinion of the man - articles and letter.
Newspaper and magazine articles, notes, 1929, 1937-1938, 1950-1951.
1783
1783
3 maps.
Remarks and information circular.
Speech by R. Walton Moore.
Notes and letters referring to Mathews.
Article and newspaper article
Newspaper articles. 1928, 1931, 1938, 1961.
Pamphlets, articles, newspaper article. 1919, 1926-1927, 1937-1938, 1942, 1944.
Outline, timeline, bibliographies, notes.
Colonial music, Charlottesville Music Festival, music composed by Annabel Morris Buchanan. 1931-1932.
Newspaper articles.
Correspondence, invoices, order forms, lists and bibliographies regarding maps, photographs, and images for "Colonial Virginia."
Correspondence and notes regarding revisions to Colonial Virginia
Awards, interviews, and correspondence regarding "Colonial Virginia"
Correspondence regardign the editing of "Colonial Virginia".
Correspondence after publication
Sale information and reviews of Colonial Virginia
Correspondence, articles, newspaper articles, reviews regarding "Colonial Virginia". 1960-1961, 1965.
Receipts and statements from royalties
Maps/photographs for illustrations
Correspondence and royalty receipts regarding
Reviews, correspondence, articles and publication information.
Contract, correspondence, and other information. 1961-1962, 1964.
Established 1780 on Broad Street i: newspaper article, paper, notes, photograph. 1924, 1926.
Newspaper articles, map, pamphlets, 1929, 1931, 1942-1943.
Articles, map, pamphlets, 1929, 1931, 1942-1943.
Newspaper article
Articles, newspaper articles, notes and bibliography. 1923-1924, 1926-1928, 1943-1944, 1947-1948
Article and newspaper articles. 1929-1930, 1941, 1948.
Newspaper article, articles, pamphlets. 1923, 1926
History, notes, article, newspaper article, letters. 1926, 1942, 1952-1953, 1956, 1960.
Statistics and notes
Articles, newspaper articles, reports. 1929, 1933, 1939,
History and tourism, articles, pamphlets, 1936, 1942, 1957.
Newspaper articles and pamplet.
newspaper articles, pamphlets, articles. 1926, 1935, 1938-1939, 1951
(for rewrite.)
Newspaper articles, article. 1937-1938.
History, notes, correspondence, articles, newsletters, newspaper articles, pamphlets. 1922, 1926, 1928, 1934, 1938, 1945-1946, 1948, 1954, 1965-1966.
Newspaper articles, campaign leaflets.
Newspaper articles, bulletins and souvenirs. 1928-1932, 1937.
Articles, reports, pamphlets. 1920, 1936-1937, 1939 - 1943, 1947.
Newspaper articles, articles.
Newspaper articles. 1932-1933, 1948.
Newspaper articles and booklets. 1933, 1940-1941, 1947, 1954.
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings. 1930, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1947, 1950.
Newspaper articles, magazine, notes. 1932-1933, 1948-1951, 1955-1957, 1959, 1962-1964.
1924, 1930-1931, 1942-1944, 1946, 1948, 1954.
Magazines, report, letter. 1954-1955, 1967.
Newspaper articles, articles, maps, tour books. 1926, 1930, 1934.
Article, history.
Articles.
Newspaper articles and photographs, letter, notes, program from reception for John E. Massey. 1927, 1930-1931, 1933.
1941, 1945-1946, 1948, 1951-1953, 1959, 1964
1955-1956, 1959-1960
1950, 1957, 1964
1946, 1948, 1951-1952, 1957, 1959-1960.
1947, 1949-1950, 1955-1960
1949-1950, 1956-1958
1944, 1946, 1948-1949, 1954-1956, 1958.
Newspaper articles, "Virginia Gazette", notes, 1776, 1926-1927, 1931-1932, 1960.
1924, 1928, 1933, 1962-1963.
1932, 1934, 1949.
1934, 1936, 1944, 1965.
1923, 1925-1926, 1928-1929, 1933, 1937, 1946.
(see also Lucian Minor) - notes, booklist (1849). n.d.
1931, 1940, 1948, 1950
1931, 1940, 1948, 1950
1924, 1927-1930, 1932-1933, 1949-1950, 1968
Fact pamphlet, pictures, bulletin on McCormick Day
Membership list, contest rules, letters, by-laws
Historical bulletin, conference pogram. 1931, 1961-1962.
Pamphlet, Drainage Basin Committee Report, water planning policy. 1925, 1937-1938. n.d.
Brief history, pamphlet
"Commonwealth" magazine, articles, newspaper articles, notes, guidebooks, zoning ordinances, postcards. 1921, 1924-1925,1927-1929, 1932, 1947, 1951, 1965.
Topical outline for city or county war history.
1938, 1941-1943, 1947.
Guidebooks, historical pamplet, photographs of town plan, program for sesquicentennial celebration.
1939-1940, 1943
1945, 1948-1950
1943-1946, 1950, 1954, 1959
Lecture notes, a paper about Thomas Jefferson, a test, and a reading list for courses taught by Morton.
Lecture notes, a paper about Thomas Jefferson, a test, and a reading list for courses taught by Morton.
Richard Lee Morton's copy.
Thanks Morton for his kind letter and encloses a copy of Scribner's Magazine autographed by Byrd.
Concern life in Williamsburg, Virginia, and the College of William and Mary.
Written when Morton was 10 years old.
Article about Richard Lee Morton and his time at the College of William and Mary, including two typed copies of the article. There is also an article by Ross Weeks, Jr., entitled "Explains W&M's Space Use Policies."
Letter, 26 March 2006, of W.W. Abbott to Margaret Cook, Manuscript Librarian, concerning an item he sent as an addition to the Richard Morton Papers. December 16, 1962 letter of Richard Morton to Eleana and Bell Abbott with postscript by Estelle Morton giving details about his illness and mentioning his Virginia article in the Encyclopedia Britannica. Filed at the end of collection.
Letter from Eudora Ramsay Richardson, state supervisor for Virginia for the Works Projects Administration, to Richard Lee Morton. Also includes a pamphlet entitled "Interpreting the Virginia WPA Writers' Project: Some Likely Questions and Auggestions for Answering Them."
Letter of Richard Morton to Eleana and Bell Abbott with postscript by Estelle Morton giving details about his illness and mentioning his Virginia article in the Encyclopedia Britannica. [move to acquisition files: Letter, 26 March 2006, of W.W. Abbott to Margaret Cook, Manuscript Librarian, concerning an item he sent as an addition to the Richard Morton Papers.]
Legal document granting 400 acres in the Manor of East Greenwich and the County of Kent to Benjamin Dickson. Signed by Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant governor of the Colony. August 16, 1756.
Legal document granting 397 acres in the County of Albemarle to Patrick Moreton. Signed by John, Earl of Dunmore, Lieutenant and G overnor General of the Colony of Virginia. July 5, 1774.
Rutherfoord Goodwin, Williamsburg, Virginia, to Richard L. Morton, Williamsburg, Virginia enclosing land grant to Patrick Moreton. October 29, 1940.
Probably from one of the documents.
Original family bible records from the Watkins Family, sent by Harry Watkins, Jr., of Mount Shasta California. Also records birth records of Morton Family members. Undated letter. Bible record date from 1761 to 1962.