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A Guide to the William C. Wooldridge papers, 1943-2022 Wooldridge, William C., papers, 1943-2022 53662

A Guide to the William C. Wooldridge papers, 1943-2022

A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 53662


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Repository
The Library of Virginia
Accession Number
53662
Title
William C. Wooldridge papers, 1943-2022
Extent
6.65 cubic feet (19 boxes)
Creator
William C. Wooldridge
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

William C. Wooldridge papers, 1943-2022. Accession 53662. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of William C. Wooldridge, Norfolk.

Biographical Information

William C. Wooldridge was born 24 February 1943 in Miami, Florida, to Clarence Edward Wooldridge (1912-2002) and Easter Souders Wooldridge (1912-1977). Clarence Wooldridge served in the miltary and the family lived in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Kansas, before finally settling in Lynchburg, Virginia, where William Wooldridge graduated from E. C. Glass High School n 1961. He graduated from Harvard University in 1965 and did a year of post-graduate work at the University of St. Andrew's in Scotland. Wooldridge graduated from the University of Virginia law school in 1969, then entered the military, serving as a lawyer from 1969 to 1973. Wooldridge joined Norfolk and Western Railway Company as a lawyer in 1973, working at the company's Roanoke, Virginia, headquarters. When Norfolk and Western and Southern Railways merged to become Norfolk Southern, Wooldridge relocated to the new headquarters located in Norfolk, Virginia. He became vice president, law, in 1996 and retired in 2000. Wooldridge married Joyce Norton 15 June 1968 and they had two sons.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1943-2022, of William C. Wooldridge of Norfolk, Virginia, containing articles, birth announcements, birthday cards, brochures, Christmas cards, clippings, letters, memorandum, post cards, programs, report cards, reports, statements, and other documents concerning Wooldridge's family, friends, education, legal career, historical and genealogical research, map collecting, travel, and social activities. Collection is divided into two series: Series I: William C. Wooldridge business papers, 1973-2000; Series II: William C. Wooldridge correspondence, 1943-2022; Series III: Writings, 1960-2022.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged

Series I: William C. Wooldridge business papers, 1973-2000 Series II: William C. Wooldridge correspondence, 1943-2022 Series III: Writings, 1960-2022

Related Material

William C. Wooldridge genealogical research papers, 1960-2015. Accession 51624. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Adjunct Descriptive Data

Contents List

Folder 1
List of files: Wooldridge business papers, 1973-2000 and Wooldridge correspondence, 1943-2022 , 1943-2022 .
Series I: William C. Wooldridge business papers , 1973-2000 .
Boxes 1-2
Extent: 2 boxes.

William C. Wooldridge business papers, 1973-2000, contain correspondence, memorandums, reports, statements, and other papers, concerning Wooldridge's career as an attorney for Norfolk and Western and Norfolk Southern railroads.

Chronological

  • Box 1 Folder 2
    Business papers, 1973-1975
  • Box 1 Folder 3
    Business papers: equipment trust papers 1975
  • Box 1 Folder 4
    Business papers, 1976-1978
  • Box 1 Folder 5
    Business papers, 1979-1981
  • Box 1 Folder 6
    Business papers, 1982-1983
  • Box 1 Folder 7
    Business papers, 1984
  • Box 1 Folder 8
    Business papers, 1985-1987
  • Box 1 Folder 9
    Business papers, 1988-1990
  • Box 2 Folder 1
    Business papers, 1991-1996
  • Box 2 Folder 2
    Business papers, 1997-2000
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Series II: William C. Wooldridge correspondence , 1943-2022 .
Boxes 2-18
Extent: 17 boxes.

William C. Wooldridge correspondence, 1943-2022, contain articles, birth announcements, birthday cards, brochures, Christmas card, clippings, letters, post cards, programs, report cards, and other documents. Papers detail Wooldridge's family life, his education, his career as a military lawyer, his career as a lawyer for Norfolk and Western and Norfolk Southern railroads, his interest in historical and genealogical research, his map collecting, and his and his family's travels.

Chronological

  • Box 2 Folder 3
    Correspondence, 1943-1954 (Florida; Willow Grove, Pennsylvania; Canton, Ohio; Olanthe, Kansas)
  • Box 2 Folder 4
    Correspondence, 1955-1961 (Lynchburg, Virginia)
  • Box 2 Folder 5
    Correspondence, 1955-1961 (grade report cards)
  • Box 2 Folder 6
    Correspondence, 1961-1967 (academics)
  • Box 2 Folder 7
    Correspondence, 1961-1962
  • Box 2 Folder 8
    Correspondence, 1962-1963
  • Box 2 Folder 9
    Correspondence, 1963-1964
  • Box 3 Folder 1
    Correspondence, August-December 1964
  • Box 3 Folder 2
    Correspondence, January-July 1965
  • Box 3 Folder 3
    Correspondence, July-December 1965
  • Box 3 Folder 4
    Correspondence, January-June 1966
  • Box 3 Folder 5
    Military, 1965-1975
  • Box 3 Folder 6
    Railroads in World War I, 1966
  • Box 3 Folder 7
    Correspondence, July-December, 1966
  • Box 4 Folder 1
    Correspondence, January-June 1967
  • Box 4 Folder 2
    Correspondence, July-December 1967
  • Box 4 Folder 3
    Norfolk and Western correspondence, 1967-1969
  • Box 4 Folder 4
    Correspondence, January-June 1968
  • Box 4 Folder 5
    Correspondence, July-December 1968
  • Box 4 Folder 6
    Correspondence, January-July 1969
  • Box 4 Folder 7
    Correspondence, August-December 1969
  • Box 5 Folder 1
    Correspondence, January-June 1970
  • Box 5 Folder 2
    Correspondence, July-December 1970
  • Box 5 Folder 3
    Correspondence--letters to Joyce Norton Wooldridge's parents, 1970-1972, 1974
  • Box 5 Folder 4
    Correspondence, January-May 1971
  • Box 5 Folder 5
    Correspondence, June-December 1971
  • Box 6 Folder 1
    Correspondence, January-June 1972
  • Box 6 Folder 2
    Correspondence, July-December 1972
  • Box 6 Folder 3
    Correspondence, January-April 1973
  • Box 6 Folder 4
    Correspondence, May-December 1973
  • Box 6 Folder 5
    Correspondence, January-April 1974
  • Box 6 Folder 6
    Correspondence, May-December 1974
  • Box 6 Folder 7
    Correspondence regarding house (Botetourt County, Va.), 1974-1975
  • Box 6 Folder 8
    Correspondence, March-October 1975
  • Box 6 Folder 9
    Correspondence, November-December 1975
  • Box 7 Folder 1
    Correspondence, 1976
  • Box 7 Folder 2
    Correspondence, 1977
  • Box 7 Folder 3
    Correspondence, 1978
  • Box 7 Folder 4
    Correspondence, 1979
  • Box 7 Folder 5
    Correspondence, 1980
  • Box 7 Folder 6
    Correspondence, 1981
  • Box 7 Folder 7
    Correspondence, 1982
  • Box 7 Folder 8
    Correspondence--Brunswick Forge Road, Inc. (Botetourt County, Va.), 1982 (1980-1985)
  • Box 7 Folder 9
    Correspondence, January-May 1983
  • Box 8 Folder 1
    Correspondence, June-December 1983
  • Box 8 Folder 2
    Correspondence, 1984
  • Box 8 Folder 3
    Correspondence, January-March 1985
  • Box 8 Folder 4
    Correspondence, April-December 1985
  • Box 8 Folder 5
    Correspondence--the Ehbauers regarding their daughters, exchange students who stayed with the Wooldridges, 1985-1987
  • Box 8 Folder 6
    Correspondence, January-June 1986
  • Box 8 Folder 7
    Correspondence, July-December 1986
  • Box 8 Folder 8
    Correspondence, January-June 1987
  • Box 8 Folder 9
    Correspondence, July-December 1987
  • Box 9 Folder 1
    Correspondence, January-July 1988
  • Box 9 Folder 2
    Correspondence, August-December 1988
  • Box 9 Folder 3
    Correspondence, January-June 1989
  • Box 9 Folder 4
    Correspondence, July-December 1989
  • Box 9 Folder 5
    Correspondence, January-June 1990
  • Box 9 Folder 6
    Correspondence, July-December 1990
  • Box 9 Folder 7
    Correspondence, January-May 1991
  • Box 9 Folder 8
    Correspondence, June-December 1991
  • Box 10 Folder 1
    Correspondence, January-August 1992
  • Box 10 Folder 2
    Correspondence, September-December 1992
  • Box 10 Folder 3
    Correspondence, January-April 1993
  • Box 10 Folder 4
    Correspondence, May-December 1993
  • Box 10 Folder 5
    Correspondence, January-August 1994
  • Box 10 Folder 6
    Correspondence, September-December 1994
  • Box 10 Folder 7
    Fort Norfolk Courier , Norfolk Historical Society, 1994-1995
  • Box 10 Folder 8
    Correspondence, January-March 1995
  • Box 10 Folder 9
    Correspondence, April-June 1995
  • Box 11 Folder 1
    Correspondence, July-December 1995
  • Box 11 Folder 2
    Correspondence--promotion to vice president, Norfolk Southern's law department, 1996
  • Box 11 Folder 3
    Correspondence, January-April 1996
  • Box 11 Folder 4
    Correspondence, May-July 1996
  • Box 11 Folder 5
    Correspondence, August-December 1996
  • Box 11 Folder 6
    Correspondence, January-March 1997
  • Box 11 Folder 7
    Correspondence, April-June 1997
  • Box 11 Folder 8
    Correspondence, July-December 1997
  • Box 12 Folder 1
    Correspondence, January-July 1998
  • Box 12 Folder 2
    Correspondence, August-December 1998
  • Box 12 Folder 3
    Correspondence, January-May 1999
  • Box 12 Folder 4
    Correspondence, June-October 1999
  • Box 12 Folder 5
    Correspondence, November-December 1999
  • Box 12 Folder 6
    Correspondence, January-July 2000
  • Box 12 Folder 7
    Correspondence, August-December 2000
  • Box 13 Folder 1
    Correspondence, January-June 2001
  • Box 13 Folder 2
    Correspondence, July-December 2001
  • Box 13 Folder 3
    Correspondence, January-April 2002
  • Box 13 Folder 4
    Correspondence, May-September 2002
  • Box 13 Folder 5
    Correspondence, October-December 2002
  • Box 13 Folder 6
    Correspondence, January-April 2003
  • Box 14 Folder 1
    Correspondence, May-September 2003
  • Box 14 Folder 2
    Correspondence, October-December 2003
  • Box 14 Folder 3
    Correspondence, January-July 2004
  • Box 14 Folder 4
    Correspondence, August-December 2004
  • Box 14 Folder 5
    Correspondence, January-March 2005
  • Box 14 Folder 6
    Correspondence, April-September 2005
  • Box 14 Folder 7
    Correspondence, October-December 2005
  • Box 15 Folder 1
    Correspondence, January-June 2006
  • Box 15 Folder 2
    Correspondence, July-December 2006
  • Box 15 Folder 3
    Correspondence, January-May 2007
  • Box 15 Folder 4
    Correspondence, June-December 2007
  • Box 15 Folder 5
    Correspondence, January-June 2008
  • Box 15 Folder 6
    Correspondence, July-December 2008
  • Box 15 Folder 7
    Correspondence, 2009
  • Box 16 Folder 1
    Correspondence, January-June 2010
  • Box 16 Folder 2
    Correspondence, July-December 2010
  • Box 16 Folder 3
    Correspondence, January-June 2011
  • Box 16 Folder 4
    Correspondence, July-December 2011
  • Box 16 Folder 5
    Correspondence, January-September 2012
  • Box 16 Folder 6
    Correspondence, October-December 2012
  • Box 16 Folder 7
    Correspondence, January-May 2013
  • Box 16 Folder 8
    Correspondence, June-October 2013
  • Box 17 Folder 1
    Correspondence, November-December 2013
  • Box 17 Folder 2
    Correspondence, January-June 2014
  • Box 17 Folder 3
    Correspondence, July-December 2014
  • Box 17 Folder 4
    Correspondence, January-May 2015
  • Box 17 Folder 5
    Correspondence, June-December 2015
  • Box 17 Folder 6
    Correspondence, January-April 2016
  • Box 17 Folder 7
    Correspondence, May-December 2016
  • Box 17 Folder 8
    Correspondence, 2017
  • Box 18 Folder 1
    Correspondence, 2018
  • Box 18 Folder 2
    Correspondence, 2019
  • Box 18 Folder 3
    Correspondence, 2020
  • Box 18 Folder 4
    Correspondence, 2021
  • Box 18 Folder 5
    Correspondence, 2022
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Series III: Writings , 1960-2022 .
Box 19
Extent: 1 box.

Writings, 1960-2022, contain articles, book reviews, and poems written by William C. Wooldridge on economics, genealogy, history, maps, politics, and other topics. Also contains reviews of books written by Wooldridge. Also includes a volume of poems written by Easter Souders Wooldridge (1912-1977), arranged by William C. Wooldridge in 2022.

  • Box 19 Folder 1
    "Oxford Furnace, " The Critic (vol. LIX, no. 3), E. C. Glass High School, Lynchburg, Virginia, Spring 1960
  • Box 19 Folder 2
    "Liberal Reform and Horace Mann " (vol. 2, no. 3, February 1964) and "Progressivism During the World War " (vol. 3, no. 4, May 1965), Harvard Conservative , 1964-1965
  • Box 19 Folder 3
    "Reconstructing Reconstruction, " review of Kenneth Stampp, The Era of Reconstruction , Lynchburg News , 20 September 1965
  • Box 19 Folder 4
    "The Critical Years and the Constitution, " review of Forrest McDonald, E Pluribus Unum , Intercollegiate Review , May-June 1966
  • Box 19 Folder 5
    "The Sound and Fury of 1896: Virginia Democrats Face Free Silver, " Virginia Magazine of History and Biography , January 1967
  • Box 19 Folder 6
    "The Penny Posts, " Rally (vol. 1, no. 12), May 1967
  • Box 19 Folder 7
    "The Last Soldier of the Civil War, " unpublished, July 1967
  • Box 19 Folder 8
    "Annual Survey of Virginia Law: Evidence, " Virginia Law Review (vol. 53, no. 7), November 1967
  • Box 19 Folder 9
    "The Civil Aeronautics Board as Promoter, " Virginia Law Review (vol. 54, no. 4), 1968
  • Box 19 Folder 10
    "Review of Staughton Lynd: Intellectual Origins of American Radicalism, " Reading Guide , UVA Law School (vol. XXIII, no. 4), December 1968
  • Box 19 Folder 11
    "Legal Education in Virginia Before the Civil War, " Legal Education Seminar, 14 January 1969
  • Box 19 Folder 12
    "Review of Stanley I. Kutler: Judicial Power and Reconstruction Politics, " Virginia Law Review (vol. 55, no. 3), April 1969
  • Box 19 Folder 13
    "Origins of the Virginia Dynasty, " review of Clifford Dowdy, The Virginia Dynasties , National Review , 15 July 1969
  • Box 19 Folder 14
    "The Army Example, " Private Practice , July 1974
  • Box 19 Folder 15
    "Uncertified Mail, " review of Dorothy Ganfield Fowler, Congress and the Post Office , Inquiry , 20 March 1978
  • Box 19 Folder 16
    "Focus: Robert D. Stoner, " The Torch (vol. 2, no. 2), Fincastle Presbyterian Church, Botetourt County, Virginia, April 1978
  • Box 19 Folder 17
    "The Arbitral Function of Railroad Regulation, " American Bar Association Journal (vol. 66), October 1980
  • Box 19 Folder 18
    "The Single Product Rule and Rail Freight Transportation, " Transportation Practitioners Journal , Summer 1985
  • Box 19 Folder 19
    "A Ghent Cycle ", Irene Leache Memorial, 68th Literary Contest, prize winners, and other light verse 1986
  • Box 19 Folder 20
    "Blacksmiths First Develop Virginia's Coal ", Norfolk Southern Focus (vol. 3, no. 2), 1987
  • Box 19 Folder 21
    "First Presbyterian Church, Norfolk, Virginia, " unpublished, 1996
  • Box 19 Folder 22
    "Balance Rail Competition--Norfolk Southern's commitment to NS Conrail, " draft, 27-29 October 1996
  • Box 19 Folder 23
    "The Case of the Missing Presbyterians, " Norfolk Historical Society Courier (vol. 8, no. 1), Winter-Spring 2001
  • Box 19 Folder 24
    "Review of Susan Dackerman: Painted Prints, " The Portolan , Spring 2003
  • Box 19 Folder 25
    "Ortelius's Chesapeake, " The Portolan , Winter 2004
  • Box 19 Folder 26
    "The Bucholtz-Ludwig Map of Virginia, " The Portolan , Spring 2007
  • Box 19 Folder 27
    "A Person of Worth and Integrity: John Worlidge, West Jersey Surveyor, " The Portolan , Winter 2009
  • Box 19 Folder 28
    "Midlothian, " The Virginia Genealogical Newsletter (vol. XXXVIII, no. 5), October 2012
  • Box 19 Folder 29
    "Trouble in Mapland " (with Marianne McKee), The Portolan , Winter 2013
  • Box 19 Folder 30
    "Review of Joel Kovarsky: The True Geography of Our Country ", Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (vol. 122, no. 4) 2014
  • Box 19 Folder 31
    "Letters to the Editor, " Wall Street Journal , 20 July 2015
  • Box 19 Folder 32
    "Re-Stating John Henry's 1770 Map of Virginia " (with Jay Lester), The Portolan , Spring 2016
  • Box 19 Folder 33
    "Possible British Origin of John Wooldridge, " 2017
  • Box 19 Folder 34
    "Review of Christian J. Koot: A Biography of a Map in Motion, " The Portolan , Fall 2018
  • Box 19 Folder 35
    "Review of Michael van Groesen and Larry E. Tice: Theodore de Bry--American, " North Carolina Historical Review (vol. XLVII, no. 1), January 2020
  • Box 19 Folder 36
    "Letters to the Editor, " Virginian-Pilot , 6 March 2021
  • Box 19 Folder 37
    Review of Uncle Sam the Monopoly Man by William E. Cage, Intercollegiate Review , Summer 1971
  • Box 19 Folder 38
    Review of The Wooldridge Family by Donald W. Moore, National Genealogical Society Quarterly (vol. 91, no. 3), September 2003
  • Box 19 Folder 39
    Reviews of Mapping Virginia in Virginia Magazine of History and Biography (vol. 121, no. 2), North Carolina Historical Review (vol. XC, no. 3), and The Portolan (Spring 2013), 2013
  • Box 19 Folder 40
    List of articles and books by William C. Wooldridge
  • Box 19
    "Poems of Easter Wooldridge " arranged by William C. Wooldridge, 2022
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