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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
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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:
J. Luther Kibler Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Acquisition Information:
Purchase
Biographical Information:
J. Luther Kibler was a historian, an author, a newspaper correspondent, and served as secretary of the Socialist Party in Virginia. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1908-1944, of James Luther Kibler of Williamsburg, Va. Chiefly letters concerning his interest in Virginia history, the history of Williamsburg, Va. and in the Socialist Party. Correspondents include Elwood Street and Matthew Page Andrews.
Oversize box contains Framed image of Fairfax Harrison; Fairfax Harrison's horse prints and USGS Quadrangles maps(both deposited by Mrs Charles Baird); Scrapbook of Yorktown sesqui-centennial newspapers, October, 1931; rolled map of 1921 crop acreages, livestock census of Virginia
Related Material
See also; J. Luther Kibler Scrapbooks, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Correspondence
- Manuscripts (document genre)
- Publications
- Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Historiography
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
General
Other Information:
A PDF document of this inventory is available online.
Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/65_K53_Kibler.pdf
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Virginia--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775--Historiography
- Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century
Container List
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id150716
J. Luther Kibler, "Washington in Williamsburg."1933 February 10Scope and Contents
20 pp. T Ms
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id150717
Miscellaneous personal correspondence1908-1926Scope and Contents
TLs MLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id150718
Miscellaneous personal correspondence1927-1932Scope and Contents
TLs MLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id150719
Miscellaneous personal correspondence1933-1940Scope and Contents
TLs MLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id150720
Miscellaneous personal correspondence1940-1941Scope and Contents
TLs MLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 6 id150721
Miscellaneous personal correspondence1942-1943Scope and Contents
TLs MLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 7 id150722
Miscellaneous personal correspondence1944, undatedScope and Contents
TLs MLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 8 id150723
Correspondence giving local history information1925-1930Scope and Contents
TLs MLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 9 id150724
Correspondence giving local history information1931-1938Scope and Contents
TLs MLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10 id150725
Correspondence giving local history information1939-1943Scope and Contents
TLs MLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 11 id150726
Correspondence re: genealogy1927-1943Scope and Contents
TLs MsLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 12 id150727
Correspondence re: Williamsburg houses1926-1942Scope and Contents
TLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 13 id150728
Correspondence between Kibler and William and Mary College1925 August-1944 AprilScope and Contents
T Ms
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1 id150730
Correspondence between Elwood Street and James L. Kibler1941Scope and Contents
TLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 2 id150731
Correspondence between Elwood Street and James L. Kibler1942-1943Scope and Contents
TLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 3 id150732
Correspondence between James L. Kibler and Matthew Page Andrews1936-1939Scope and Contents
Covering some of the following points: a.) Matthew Page Andrews discusses his history of Virginia and acknowledges the assistance given him b J.L. Kibler. b.) Considerable discussion of John Smith and his part in Virginia history - mention is made of the sale of an English boy to an Indian chief by John Smith c.) Kibler's and Matthew Page Andrew's criticisms of an historical pageant which was to have been held in Williamsburg in 1936. TLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 4 id150733
Correspondence between James L. Kibler and Matthew Page Andrews1940Scope and Contents
TLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 5 id150734
Correspondence between James L. Kibler and Matthew Page Andrews1941Scope and Contents
TLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 6 id150735
Correspondence between James L. Kibler and Matthew Page Andrews1942Scope and Contents
TLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 7 id150736
Correspondence re reducation and the Virginia State Teacher's Association1913-1944Scope and Contents
TLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 8 id150737
Correspondence re Virginia Gazette1929-1943Scope and Contents
TLs MLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 9 id150738
Letters re Socialist Party1915-1935Scope and Contents
TLs MLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10 id150739
Letters re Socialist Party1936-1944Scope and Contents
TLs MLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id150807
Letters re Kibler's publications and other business enterprises1913-1929Scope and Contents
TLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id150808
Letters re Kibler's publications and other business enterprises1930-1931Scope and Contents
TLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id150809
Letters re Kibler's publications and other business enterprises1932-1933Scope and Contents
TLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 4 id150810
Letters re Kibler's publications and other business enterprises1934-1937Scope and Contents
TLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 5 id150811
Letters re Kibler's publications and other business enterprises1938-1939Scope and Contents
TLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 6 id150812
Letters re Kibler's publications and other business enterprises1940-1941Scope and Contents
TLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 7 id150813
Letters re Kibler's publications and other business enterprises1942-1944, undatedScope and Contents
TLs
- Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 8 id150814
Printed material consisting of the publications The World Review , Free America Sept. 1934, and an article "The Greatest Short Speech in History" in National Republic1927 February 7