A Guide to the George Campbell Peery Papers, 1899-1945
A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 35134
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
George Campbell Peery Papers, 1899-1945. Accession 35134, Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Ben H. Linberry, Tazewell, Virginia, 31 October 1995.
Biographical/Historical Information
Born in Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia on 28 October 1873. Graduate of Emory and Henry College (1894); Washington and Lee University law school (1897); member of U.S. House of Representatives (1923- 1929); governor of Virginia (1934-1938). Died in Richlands, Virginia on 14 October 1952. Buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell County, Virginia.
Scope and Content Information
Includes personal and general correspondence, 1899-1928, containing information mostly on Peery's law practice in Wise and Tazewell County, Virginia; speeches, 1913-1943 and undated, to civic organizations in Virginia, as well as some campaign addresses; campaign files, 1922-1925, which include correspondence; miscellaneous records, including West Point and Naval Academy appointments, 1924-1927, and information on Peery's residence in Wise, Virginia, dated 1908-1909; and scrapbooks.
Contents List
Series I: Correspondence
- Box 1 Folder
1-18
Personal, 1899-1900
- Box 1 Folder
19-31
Personal, 1900
- Box 1 Folder
32-47
Personal, 1904
- Box 1 Folder
48-62
Personal, 1904-1906
- Box 1 Folder
63-70
Personal, 1906-1908 (A-L)
- Box 2 Folder
1-8
Personal, 1906-1908 (M-Z)
- Box 2 Folder
9-23
Personal, 1908-1909
- Box 2 Folder
24-38
Personal, 1910-1912
- Box 2 Folder
39-53
Personal, 1913-1914
- Box 2 Folder
54-69
Personal, 1915-1917
- Box 3 Folder
1-21
Personal, 1923-1924
- Box 3 Folder
22-44
General, 1923-1924 (A-S)
- Box 4 Folder
1-5
General, 1923-1924 (S-Z)
- Box 4 Folder
6-27
Personal, 1925-1927
- Box 4 Folder
28-47
Personal, 1926-1928
- Box 5 Folder
1-20
General, 1926-1927 (H-Z)
- Box 5 Folder
21-44
Personal, 1928-1929
- Box 5 Folder
45-59
General, 1928
Series II: Speeches
- Box 6 Folder 1
Wise High School - May 22, 1913
- Box 6 Folder 2
Saltville High School Commencement Exercises - 1924
- Box 6 Folder 3
Game Refuge Bill (H.R. 745), U.S. Congress - February 20, 1925
- Box 6 Folder 4
Marion Junior College Commencement Exercises, Marion - May 31, 1926
- Box 6 Folder 5
Campaign Speech, Jonesville - September 13, 1926
- Box 6 Folder 6
Martha Washington College Commencement Exercises - 1927
- Box 6 Folder 7
Democratic State Convention, Roanoke - June 21, 1928
- Box 6 Folder 8
Emory and Henry College 91st Annual Commencement - June 11, 1929
- Box 6 Folder 9
State Teachers College 20th Annual Commencement, Fredericksburg - June 8, 1931
- Box 6 Folder
10
Norfolk Lodge No. 38, B.P.O.E. Memorial Service - December 6, 1931
- Box 6 Folder
11
Democratic National Convention Seconding Speech, Chicago (Not Delivered) - 1932
- Box 6 Folder
12
Trustees of Public Schools - November 22, 1932
- Box 6 Folder
13
Suffolk Lodge No. 685, B.P.O.E. Memorial Service - December 4, 1932
- Box 6 Folder
14
American Legion, Richmond - April 19, 1933
- Box 6 Folder
15
Amherst Court House - June 12, 1933
- Box 6 Folder
16
Campaign Speech, Louisa - October 9, 1933
- Box 6 Folder
17
Radio Address/State Elections - October 28, 1933
- Box 6 Folder
18
Inaugural Address - January 17, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
19
Joint Session of the General Assembly - February 7, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
20
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce - February 8, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
19
Opening of Restored Capitol, Williamsburg - February 24, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
22
Cape Henry - April 26, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
23
Essex County Schools, Tappahannock - May 10, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
24
Presentation of Statues of Washington and Lee in Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol - May 18, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
19
"Lafayette and Virginia" - May 20, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
26
Emory and Henry College Commencement Exercises - June 5, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
27
Collegiate School for Girls Graduation, Richmond - June 8, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
28
Radio Address/Read Admiral Byrd - June 10, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
29
University of Virginia Commencement Exercises - June 12, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
30
Roanoke Island, North Carolina - August 18, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
31
Radio Address/Orange County - August 21, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
32
Sesqui-centennial Celebration of Methodism in America, Richmond - September 23, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
33
Radio Address/Orange County Bicentennial - September 25, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
34
Fort Harrison Celebration - September 30, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
35
Veterans' Hospital Dedication, Roanoke - October 19, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
36
Mary Washington Chapter, No. 290, Order of Ahepa, Fredericksburg - October 21, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
37
Annual Session of State Grange, Richmond - October 25, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
38
Radio Address/Gadsby's Tavern - October 30, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
39
Gadsby's Tavern - October 30, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
40
Campaign Speech - November, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
41
Opening of Virginia-West Virginia Highway, Harrisonburg - November 9, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
42
American Legion, Williamsburg - November 11, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
43
Radio Address/Education - November 22, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
44
Virginia Education Association - November 30, 1934
- Box 6 Folder
45
Trial Justices Courts in Virginia, Richmond - January 25, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
46
President's Birthday - January 30, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
47
Young Democratic Clubs of the 3rd Congressional District of Virginia - March 6, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
48
St. Paul's Church, 70th Anniversary of the Evacuation of Richmond - April 3, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
49
Restoration of Civil War Relics by Mayor Phillips of Stamford, Connecticut, Richmond - April 3, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
50
WJSV Radio Address/Garden Week and Apple Blossom Festival - April 21, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
51
Cape Henry - April 26, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
52
Tau Kappa Alpha Convention, Lynchburg - April 27, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
53
Synopsis of Calland's Address - April 27, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
54
72nd Anniversary of the Battle of Chancellorsville - May 2, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
55
Admiral Richard Byrd Welcome - May 10, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
56
Medical College of Virginia Commencement Exercises, Richmond - May 28, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
57
Radio Address/Rear Admiral Byrd - June 10, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
58
Governor's Conference, Biloxi, Mississippi - June 13-15, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
59
Convention of Young Democrats (Not Used) - September 13, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
60
Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire Bronze Memorial, Richmond - October 11, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
61
Virginia Real Estate Association, Lynchburg - October 11, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
62
Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation, Stratford - October 12, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
63
American Legion, Richmond - November 10, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
64
General Fitzhugh Lee Memorial - November 19, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
65
Richmond Light Infantry Blues - December 20, 1935
- Box 6 Folder
66
Joint Session of Virginia General Assembly - January 8, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
67
Williamsburg - January 18, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
68
WRVA Radio Address - January 26, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
67
Radio Address/13th Annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival - April 24, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
70
Richmond College Social Science Society - April 24, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
71
Cape Henry - April 26, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
72
178th Anniversary of James Monroe's Birth, Fredericksburg - April 28, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
73
Jamestown - May 13, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
74
Alexandria - May 20, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
75
Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond - May 30, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
76
Virginia Tech Commencement Exercises - June 8, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
77
State Democratic Convention - June 16, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
78
Dedication of American Legion Clubhouse, Hopewell - June 19, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
79
Shenandoah National Park Dedication - July 3, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
80
110th Anniversary of the Death of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello - July 4, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
81
WHIS Radio Dedication, Bluefield - July 26, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
82
280th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces of World War I, Richmond - August 6, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
83
State Bar Association - August 7, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
84
School Dedication, Colonial Beach - October 2, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
85
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. Banquet - October 6, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
86
Campaign Speech, Manassas - October 10, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
87
City of Lynchburg Sesqui-centennial - October 14, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
88
Campaign Speech, Hampton - October 16, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
89
Surrender at Yorktown Commemoration - October 19, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
90
Lila Meade Valentine Memorial, Richmond - October 20, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
91
John Bannister Tabb Memorial Plaque Dedication - November 7, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
92
Medical College of Virginia 99th Anniversary - December 1, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
93
General Assembly - December 14, 1936
- Box 6 Folder
94
Radio Address/Flood Disaster Relief - January 27, 1937
- Box 6 Folder
95
WRVA Radio Address/Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival - April 16, 1937
- Box 6 Folder
96
Dedication of Memorial Plinth at Manakintowne - April 18, 1937
- Box 6 Folder
97
Introduction of Walter Lippman, College of William and Mary - April 23, 1937
- Box 6 Folder
98
150th Anniversary of the Framing of the United States Constitution, Philadelphia - May 20, 1937
- Box 6 Folder
99
Farmville State Teachers College Commencement Address - June 8, 1937
- Box 6 Folder
100
Virginia and West Virginia Bankers' Associations Joint Conference, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia - June 24, 1937
- Box 6 Folder
101
Fitzhugh Lee Camp No. 1, United Spanish War Veterans - August 12, 1937
- Box 6 Folder
102
Unveiling of Tablet Commemorating Ratification of Constitution - September 17, 1937
- Box 6 Folder
103
Baptist Church of Richmond (African-American) - October 10, 1937
- Box 6 Folder
104
Radio Address/Muhlenberg and Harry Byrd - January 1, 1938
- Box 6 Folder
105
Joint Session of Virginia General Assembly - January 12, 1938
- Box 6 Folder
106
William Peery Monument, Tazewell - July 4, 1941
- Box 6 Folder
107
Tazewell Methodist Church - February 21, 1943
- Box 6A Folder 1
Tax Bill
- Box 6A Folder 2
Educational Address
- Box 6A Folder 3
State Democratic Convention - Speech by Senator Harry F. Byrd
- Box 6A Folder 4
Emory and Henry College Alumni Address
- Box 6A Folder 5
The Old Bell House
- Box 6A Folder 6
John Richard Saunders Memorial Service
- Box 6A Folder 7
Richmond Alumni Association
- Box 6A Folder 8
State Health Department
- Box 6A Folder 9
State Planning
- Box 6A Folder
10
WRVA Radio Address/National Reemployment Service
- Box 6A Folder
11-13
Unidentified Speeches
- Box 6A Folder
14
Message of George C. Peery, Governor of Virginia,1934-1938 (2 copies)
Series III: Campaign Files
- Box 6A Folder
15-20
Correspondence, 1922-1925 (A-C, H-J, N, W)
- Box 6A Folder
21
Congratulatory letters, 1922
- Box 6A Folder
22
Congratulatory letters, 1922
- Box 6A Folder
23
Congratulatory telegrams, 1922
- Box 6A Folder
24
Congratulatory telegrams, 1922
- Box 6A Folder
25
Campaign photo
- Box 6A Folder
26
List of Virginia Democratic Committee District Chairmen and County Managers for George C. Peery, Candidate for the Gubernatorial Nomination, 1933
Series IV: Miscellaneous
Records
- Box 7 Folder 1
Nanola G. Peery - Insurance Policies - Winter Haven, Florida Property, 1928-1939
- Box 7 Folder 2
Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1945
- Box 7 Folder 3
Photos from George C. Peery scrapbook, volume VII
- Box 7 folder 4
Loose George C. Peery scrapbook material, all volumes
- Box 7 Folder
5-10
West Point and Naval Academy Appointments, 1924-1927
- Box 8 Folder
1-13
George C. Peery Residence, Wise, Virginia - 1908-1909
- Box 9-10
Card Indexes to Correspondence
Series V: Scrapbooks
- Misc. Reel Box:
2298
Vol. I: January - June 1934
- Misc. Reel Box:
2299
Vol. II: June - November 1934
- Misc. Reel Box:
2299
Vol. III: November 1934 - January 1935
- Misc. Reel Box:
2300
Vol. III: January - February 1935
- Misc. Reel Box:
2300
Vol. IV: February - June 1935
- Misc. Reel Box:
2301
Vol. V: June - November 1935
- Misc. Reel Box:
2301
Miscellaneous - 1932 - 1933
- Misc. Reel Box:
2302
Richmond Times Dispatch and Richmond News Leader clippings, 1933
- Misc. Reel Box:
2302
Vol. VI: November 1935 - April 1936
- Misc. Reel Box:
2303
Vol. VII: April - August 1936
- Misc. Reel Box:
2304
Vol. VIII: September 1936 - May 1937
- Misc. Reel Box:
2305
Vol. IX: May 1937 - January 1938
- Misc. Reel Box:
2305
Miscellaneous - 1925 - 1929
- Misc. Reel Box:
2306
Virginia newspaper clippings, February - November 1933
- Misc. Reel Box:
2306
Miscellaneous - 1922 - 1923, 1926
- Misc. Reel Box:
2307
Virginia newspaper clippings, 1933
- Misc. Reel Box:
2307
Letters from Father Byrd, 1933
- Misc. Reel Box:
2307
Miscellaneous - 1937
- Misc. Reel Box:
2308
Miscellaneous - 1937