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Special Collections Research Center
William & Mary Special Collections Research CenterEarl Gregg Swem Library
400 Landrum Dr
Williamsburg, Virginia
Business Number: 757-221-3090
spcoll@wm.edu
URL: https://libraries.wm.edu/libraries-spaces/special-collections
Finding Aid Authors: Special Collections Staff.
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Conditions Governing Access:
Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation:
Hutcheson-Short Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Gifts of 1971 and 1972
Biographical Information:
Judge Sterling Hutcheson of Boydton, Va. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1943-1965, of Judge Sterling Hutcheson of Boydton, Va. and of Shelton H. Short, III, of Chase City, Va. The papers include letters to or about Short's application to the U. S. Naval Academy; papers concerning "Wheatland," Mecklenburg County, Va.; and historical articles written by Short.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Correspondence
- Manuscripts (document genre)
- Mecklenburg County (Va.)
- United States Naval Academy
- Wheatland (Mecklenburg County, Va.)
General
Other Information:
A PDF document of this inventory is available online.
Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/Sm__Coll__Hutcheson-Short.pdf
Significant Persons Associated With the Collection
- Hutcheson, Sterling
- Short, Shelton H., III
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Mecklenburg County (Va.)
- Wheatland (Mecklenburg County, Va.)
Container List
Correspondence re: Shelton Short's application to the Naval Academy, 1943-44
Letter by Judge Sterling Hutcheson to Carter Glass and to Shelton Short's parents
Two letters by Judge Sterling Hutcheson to Shelton Short and to Ben Short about Shelton Short's article concerning Richens Lacy Woolton and John Thomas Goode. Newspaper articles not included.
Two letters by Judge Sterling Hutcheson to Ben Short re: Shelton Short's article "The Role of Certain Virginians in the Development of Early Nevada." Article included.
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings re: Judge Sterling Hutcheson, local history, etc.
Newspaper clipping re: "Wheatland," former home of Congressman William Osborne Goode (1798-1859), alumnus of William and Mary.
2 photographs by Shelton Short. Letter by Sterling Hutcheson re: Wheatland Property. Also Photgraphs of gravestones of William O. Goode and Sarah Goode and Wheatland.
Christmas card from Sterling Hutcheson, 1965
Statement by Shelton Short, Aug. 1967, re; Lavenburg, Germany