A Guide to the Gordon and Webster Family Papers
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Accession number 14573
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Gordon and 
Webster 
Family Papers, #14573, Special Collections, University of
Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.
Acquisitions
This collection was a gift to the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections by
Elizabeth Webster , William Webster , Armistead Webster , and Margaret W. McManus
on March 12, 2009.
Biographical/Historical Information
Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr. (1897-1953) was a professor of English
Literature at the University of Virginia from 1919 to 1953. He married Cornelia
Waddell and they had a daughter Ann Gordon (1929-1994), who became the main
connection between the Gordon and Webster families through her marriage to Richard
Henry "Harry" Webster (1924-2007). Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr. was born
in Staunton, Virginia to Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. (1855-1931) and
Maria Breckinridge Catlett Gordon (?-1930). Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. was the
son of George Loyall Gordon (1829-1862) who died at Malvern Hill during the
Civil War and was grandson of the politician, William Fitzhugh Gordon
(1787-1858).
Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. was an attorney and a writer; graduated from the University of Virginia and William and Mary Law School; practiced law in Staunton, Virginia; was mayor of that city for two years and served as Commonwealth Attorney. He was a member of the Board of Visitors at the University of Virginia for sixteen years; was rector of the University of Virginia (1897-1898; 1906-1918) and was president of the Virginia State Bar Association. In addition to Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr., he had two other sons, James Lindsay Gordon (1895-1969) and George Loyal l Gordon, (1899-1918) and two daughters, Mary Daniels Gordon, (1893-1980] and Margaret Douglas Gordon [1891-1930's].
Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr. graduated from William and Mary College and entered military service in World War I at Camp Lee with his younger brother, George Loyall Gordon. Armistead was transferred to the Casual Department and the Gas and War defense. After the war, he received a scholarship to study and teach at the University of Virginia in 1919. He then, married Cornelia Waddell in 1922 and Ann Gordon was born in 1929. After teaching for many years at the University of Virginia, he was called into service during World War II as a Lieutenant General. After several weeks of training at Cambridge, Massachusetts, he was stationed in Washington D. C. Cornelia joined him in an apartment in the city and Ann Gordon was sent to board at St. Anne's Belfield School in Charlottesville, Virginia during the remaining years of the war.
Armistead's brother, James Lindsay Gordon (1895-1969) attended the University of Virginia and served in World War I on the U.S.S. Rijnland that went overseas. He wrote stories when he was younger and had some of them published along with illustrations from his sister, Mary. After the war, James worked full time at the Roanoke Valley and Tie Company in Lexington, North Carolina, and eventually bought the company in 1926. After the depression, he became the City Manager for Lexington, and eventually opened another business, Gordon Veneer Company. He was very outgoing and popular in Lexington. He married Adelaide Thompson Hargrave and they had two daughters, Mary Lindsay Gordon and Adelaide Hargrave Gordon. He wrote letters to his sister, Mary and brother, Armistead but was unable to visit often. Their family stayed in Lexington, North Carolina.
George Loyall Gordon,(1899-1918) named after his grandfather who died at Malvern Hill, attended William and Mary and died of sickness [tetanus] during World War I.
Mary Daniels Gordon was a writer and illustrator, and travelled with her father, Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. to New York to meet with publishers about her literary work. Some of her illustrations and stories were published. ("The Chrystal Ball," Little Brown Publishers , and Corks and Curls ) She was unmarried and took care of her father until he passed away in 1931. She later moved to Ridgeway Farm in Charlottesville, Virginia, and leased the family house in Staunton.
Armistead's sister, Margaret Douglas Gordon suffered from "nerves" and was admitted to Western State Hospital in Staunton, Virginia in 1917. She later became ill with tuberculosis in 1931, while still at the institution.
Ann Gordon Webster (1929-1994) was the only child of Armistead and Cornelia
Gordon. She attended Stonefield School, St. Anne's Belfield School, and Wellesley
College. Her husband, Harry Webster (1924-2007) was a graduate of Moses Brown
School, Princeton University and attended Harvard Law School. Harry temporarily left
Princeton to serve in World War II where he was stationed in Texas, Oklahoma,
Hawaii, and Japan. He began his service as a Private and moved up to Corporal and
then Sergeant in the medical corps (as an anesthetist, although he had no interest
in becoming a doctor). (See Series II: William Webster : Box: 12 Letters to Edward
and Alice Blodgett).
Harry and Ann were married in 1949 while she finished her last year of school at Wellesley and he accepted a job in the Foreign Service. He worked for the Central Intelligence Agency and served tours in Madrid; London; Salisbury, Rhodesia; The Hague, and traveled widely in Europe and Latin America. He retired from the Foreign Service in 1973. After retirement Harry continued to travel to his favorite places such as Europe, Costa Rico and his family vacation home in Weld, Maine.
Harry Webster was the son of atomic energy expert, William Webster (1900-1972)
and Eleanore Blodgett Webster (?-1961). Eleanore was the daughter of Judge Edward
"Peter" Blodgett and Alice Foster Blodgett. William "Bill" or "K" Webster graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1920 and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in
1923. He served in the United States Navy as a Naval Constructor and an officer in
the Construction Corps until 1928. He then worked for the New England Electric
System in 1928 beginning as an assistant to the general manager and was promoted to
vice president in 1942; director in 1950, president in 1959, chief executive officer
in 1963, and retired from NEPA in 1970. He was credited with finding peaceful uses
for atomic energy, and bringing atomic electric power to New England. He was widely
known as the architect of Yankee Atomic Electric Company, and formed ten New England
Electric Companies to produce one nuclear power plant.
He also held a number of important government positions, including the chairmanship of the Research and Development Board in the Department of Defense under President Harry S. Truman. One of his charges was to assess the effectiveness of the Hydrogen bomb. He also served in the Office of Scientific Research and Development from 1943 to 1946; was deputy for atomic energy to the Secretary of Defense in 1948; and chairman of the Military Liaison Committee to the Atomic Energy commission in 1951. He was a member and officer of many organizations including the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics; the Presidents Scientific Advisory Committee; the Army Scientific Advisory Panel; the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; AETNA Life Insurance Company; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; the Huyck Corporation; and chairman of the Rand Corporation. After years of working in the Electric Power industry and serving the government and his country, he received many awards including, the John Fritz Medal of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. This award recognized him for notable scientific and industrial achievement, specifically leadership in developing peaceful uses of atomic energy. Although he still held many of these titles, he became ill in 1971 and died in 1972.
William Webster was the son of Richard Henry Webster and Harriet Archer Williams.
William's mother was the daughter of Stevenson Archer Williams, a well known
attorney in Bel Air, Maryland.
William Webster was the son of Richard Henry Webster and Harriet Archer Williams.
William's mother was the daughter of Stevenson Archer Williams, a well known
attorney in Bel Air, Maryland.
William's mother and father "parted company" in 1920 (but never divorced). His mother was a housemother for Oldfields school in Baltimore, Maryland. His father held a job as a bank teller for a short time, had a tomato canning business, was often broke, and had problems with alcohol. William financially supported both of his parents and several family members.
William Webster had a brother, Stevenson "Steve" Williams Webster (1903-1990),
who became the headmaster of several schools including Saint James School. He
attended the University of Virginia and developed a friendship with the Gordon
family starting in the 1920's. He was very witty, loved to tell stories, and while
he was very outgoing, he also enjoyed a quiet life of solitude and love of nature.
He was responsible for introducing Harry Webster to Ann Gordon.
In addition to his brother, William also had two sisters, Anna ("Nan") Stump Webster
Wolff and Ariel Hope ("Hope") Harlan. Hope and her husband Herbert Harlan had one
daughter, Hope who married William Dallam. They had four children, Katie, William,
Ariel, and David. Nan and her husband Miles Wolff (writer and Managing Editor of
The Evening Sun and Executive Director of the
Greensboro Daily News ) had two daughters, Eliza
("Lila") McCormick Wolff, Anna Wolff Dixon, Jr. and one son, Miles ("Bee") Hoffman
Wolff, Jr.
In 1961, William Webster's wife, ("Roo") was tragically killed in an automobile crash
while on a trip with him in North Carolina. The car accident resulted in a lawsuit
against the Webster estate and William settled out of court the following year. Also
in 1961 Harry Webster ("Tig") was assigned to Salisbury, Rhodesia. Harry left for
his assignment, and Ann Gordon and the children stayed with William in Washington,
D.C. to help him recover from his injuries and the devastating loss of his wife. In
1963, William married his secretary, Miss Vollie Sanderson, who worked for the New
England Power Association and had handled the business and affairs of the Webster
family for many years. The Webster family used nicknames from Winnie the Pooh
characters, William was referred to as "K" for Kanga, Eleanore as "Roo," and Harry,
as "Tigger" or "Tig."Harry and Ann Gordon Webster had four children, William
("Barney") Webster (1951-present,) Elizabeth ("Liza") Webster (1955-present,)
Armistead ("Oppit") Webster (1957-present,) and Margaret ("Maggie") Webster
(1959-present) and seven grandchildren including Kiely Webster , Stevenson Webster ,
Ariel Webster , Daniel Ladd, Sarah Ladd, Ellie McManus, and Rob McManus.
Harry and Ann Gordon Webster had four children, William ("Barney") Webster
(1951-present,) Elizabeth ("Liza") Webster (1955-present,) Armistead ("Oppit")
Webster (1957-present,) and Margaret ("Maggie") Webster (1959-present) and seven
grandchildren including Kiely Webster , Stevenson Webster , Ariel Webster , Daniel
Ladd, Sarah Ladd, Ellie McManus, and Rob McManus.
Scope and Content
This collection is mostly family correspondence that documents the lives of the
Gordon and Webster family members. Of particular interest are William "Bill" Webster
(1900-1972), his son Richard Henry "Harry" Webster , (1924-2007) and
Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr. (1897-1953). The Webster and Gordon families
were connected through the marriage of Harry Webster and Ann Gordon
(1929-1994) in 1949. Ann Gordon's father, Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.
(1897-1953) taught English Literature at the University of Virginia from 1919
to 1953 and was from Staunton, Virginia. There are also some letters from Ann
Gordon's grandfather, Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. (1855-1931) who was a
successful attorney, writer, and rector of the University of Virginia in
1897-1898 and in 1906-1918 (in Series I Armistead Churchill Gordon,
Jr. Boxes: 2- 9). Harry Webster's father, William Webster was president of the New
England Power Company and chairman of the Research and Development Board for the
Department of Defense (studying atomic power) under President Harry S. Truman. Harry
Webster worked in the Foreign Service from the 1950's through to the 1970's with
tours in Madrid, Spain; Salisbury, Rhodesia; London, England; The Hague, Holland;
and secretly [Dominican Republic 1965-1966]
Although the collection is mostly personal family letters, topics of interest are the
University of Virginia; Charlottesville, Virginia; English literature; the Atomic
Energy Commission; the National Security Council; the United States Information
Services; the Central Intelligence Agency; and the United States Navy. The
collection is grouped into five series, Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.; William
Webster ; Ann Gordon Webster ; Webster family (Harry and Ann, and their children); and
printed material. It consists of approximately 8,600 items, 41 Hollinger boxes, and
17 linear feet.
There are original manuscripts (poems and stories) by Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr. and family members. (Series I: Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.: Manuscripts: Box: 1) Armistead's sister, Mary Daniels Gordon (1893-1980), was a writer and illustrator of children's books. It is mentioned that she did some illustrations for the University of Virginia Corks and Curls and had at least one book published, ("The Chrystal Ball" by Brown & Little Co.) (Series I: Armistead Churchill Gordon: Gordon family correspondence Boxes: 3-7)
There is correspondence concerning the publication of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.'s dissertation in 1923, "Fugitive Verses of Virginia Writers." (Series I: Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.: General correspondence Box: 2)
The collection also has correspondence that mentions University of Virginia faculty
and members of the Charlottesville community, including Atcheson and Virginia Hench,
Carl and Margaret Speidel, William and Elizabeth Weedon, George and Virginia Zehmer,
Frank and Jeanette Geldard, James and Betty Kindred; William Cabell Bruce, Phillip
Bruce, Philippa Bruce, Art Shepperson, John Luck, Edward Younger, Dr. Paul and Anna
Barringer, and Colgate Darden. The correspondence mostly mentions daily activities
of the faculty and their families such as travel, general health, bridge, tennis,
and social engagements. (Series I: Armistead Churchill Gordon: Gordon family
correspondence Boxes: 3-7; and Series III: Ann Gordon Webster : family correspondence
Boxes: 13-17).
Included in the general correspondence are letters from John Cooke Wyllie and James Southall Wilson. There are letters from and about John Armstrong Chaloner, a famous and eccentric member of the Astor family of New York, who lived at Merrie Mills, Cobham, Virginia and was a friend of the Gordon family. (Series: 1 Armistead Churchill Gordon: general correspondence: Box: 2 and Gordon family correspondence Boxes: 3-7)
The family correspondence is from 1914 to 1931 and includes Armistead Gordon, Jr. and his siblings, James Lindsay Gordon, George Loyall Gordon, Mary Daniels Gordon, Margaret Douglas Gordon, and their parents, Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr., and Maria ("Ria") Breckinridge Catlett Gordon of Staunton, Virginia. The letters describe college life at William and Mary and the University of Virginia in 1917 as well as military service during World War I. (Series I: Armistead Churchill Gordon: Gordon family correspondence Boxes: 4-8) Armistead's youngest brother, George Loyall Gordon died from an illness (tetanus from contact with a rusty nail?) during the war. In 1918 Armistead's sister, Margaret Gordon, was sent to Western State Hospital in Staunton, Virginia where Dr. Joseph DeJarnette diagnosed her with tuberculosis in 1931. There is very little mention of Margaret but there is a letter in which she wrote to her father pleading with him to let her return home. Her later letters seem to suggest that she didn't mind staying there and that the hospital was a nice retreat and the people were very pleasant. (Series I: Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr. Gordon family correspondence: Box: 5)
There are minutes of the Board of Visitors from 1931 to 1936 with notes by Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. and a dedication to James Southall Wilson and Wilson Hall by Fredson Bowers. (Series I: Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.: University of Virginia Box: 9) There is also a proposal to move the medical school to Richmond, Virginia (Series I: Armistead Churchill Gordon: Gordon family correspondence Box: 6)
There is early correspondence of the Webster family in which Harry Webster wrote
letters to his grandparents, Peter and Alice Blodgett describing his daily life in
the service in World War II in Texas, Oklahoma, Hawaii, and Japan. (Series II
William Webster : Box: 12).
The correspondence of William and Harry Webster includes letters from government
officials such as Robert Ellison; William T. Golden; Robert Cutler; William
Spraque; David E. Lilienthal,Chairman U. S. Atomic Energy Commission; James
Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; J. E. Hull, Lieutenant General, Office of the
Secretary of Defense; Art Davis, Rear Admiral United States Navy, Director, Joint
Chiefs of Staff; George F. Kennan, The Counselor, Department of State; and
Presidents Richard M. Nixon, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Harry S. Truman. J. Robert
Oppenheimer is mentioned by name but no detailed information about him is included
in the collection.
There are reports from the Research and Development Board of the United States
Defense Department which was sometimes referred to as the "Gaither's Committee."
There are secret reports regarding the Atomic Energy Commission and National
Security Council (Series II: William Webster Box: 10)
There is also genealogical information about both the Gordon and Webster families,
including a will for James Lindsay in 1782 in which he specified the sale of his
slaves. (Series I: Armistead Churchill Gordon: Genealogy: Coleman) In the Webster
family, there is genealogical information about William Webster's grandfather,
Stevenson Archer Williams, a successful attorney in Bel Air, Maryland from
1851-1932. (Series II: William Webster : Box: 12)
There is also a court transcript of a lawsuit against William Webster in which his
wife, Eleanore Blodgett Webster was the driver in a car accident that killed her and
several individuals from another car. (Series II: William Webster : Box: 12)
There are miscellaneous news clippings about Theodore Roosevelt, American politics,
and the CIA in Series IV Webster family (Harry and Ann) Box: 37.
The Webster family letters include letters from William Webster and his son, Harry Webster , as well as letters
from other close family members such as William's brother Stevenson Williams
Webster . The letters between William Webster and Harry Webster reveal only vague
sketches of their work such as names of conferences, travel dates, court hearings,
government officials, and colleagues, but they do allude to important people and
events. There are letters from Ann Webster
to Harry Webster referring to the danger in Santo Domingo in 1965.
The collection also includes information and correspondence with Harry and Ann Gordon
Webster 's four children, William ("Barney") Webster , Elizabeth ("Liza") Webster ,
Armistead ("Oppit") Webster , and Margaret ("Maggie") Webster McManus and their
children (Harry and Ann's grandchildren). There are also letters from various
uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews of the Webster and Gordon families.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into five series: Series I Armistead Gordon, Jr.; Series II William Webster ;
Series III Ann Gordon Webster ; Series IV The Webster family (Ann and Harry Webster and
their children); and, Series V Printed material from both families.The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject categories
and the letters are arranged chronologically within each folder.
Box and Contents List
- Box-folder 1:1-16
Subseries A. Manuscripts
- Box-folder 1:1
n. d. Manuscript Biography of H.A. Jones3 items
There is a typewritten biography of Jones and a news clipping. There is also a typewritten essay on Henrik Ibsen.
- Box-folder 1:2
1917 Manuscript by Margaret Douglas Gordon1 item
"Delhi Dominoes"
- Box-folder 1:3
n. d. Manuscript by Mary Gordon1 item
"The Fish that Got Away"
- Box-folder 1:4
n. d. Manuscripts by the members of the Gordon family14 items
There are various unpublished hand written and typed manuscripts by A.C. Gordon, Sr.; A.C. Gordon, Jr.; and sisters Mary and Margaret Gordon.
- Box-folder 1:5
1879-1898 n. d. Manuscripts by the members of the Gordon family18 items
There are various unpublished manuscripts.
- Box-folder 1:6
n. d. Manuscripts by the members of the Gordon family24 items
There are various unpublished manuscripts.
- Box-folder 1:7
n. d. Manuscripts by the members of the Gordon family7 items
There are various unpublished manuscripts
- Box-folder 1:8
n. d. Manuscript by James Nelson Waddell1 item
- Box-folder 1:9
n. d. Manuscript notes for an autobiography of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr.1 item
- Box-folder 1:10
n. d. Unknown manuscript1 item
There is a story in typescript about poker.
- Box-folder 1:11
n. d. Miscellaneous book inventory of Gordon's library1 item
- Box-folder 1:12
1917-1918 Notebook for class about Shakespeare1 item
- Box-folder 1:13
n. d. Notes1 item
- Box-folder 1:14
n. d. Miscellaneous class notes4 items
There is a class roster and notes on modern British drama, English 104, an essay on Poe by [a student] and an essay about teaching and the use of textbooks.
- Box-folder Folder: 15
n. d. Poem notebook1 item
- Box-folder 1:16
1886-1891 Poems by James Nelson Waddell18 items
James Waddell was Armistead Gordon's father-in-law
- Box-folder 1:1
- Box-folder 2:1-11:6
Subseries B. General Correspondence
- Box-folder 2:1
1917-1946 [1881] General correspondence of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.41 items
Earnest J. Oglesby congratulated Armistead on receiving the Cary Scholarship. Theodore P. Campbell wrote about a vacancy in the English Department at Virginia Tech paying twelve hundred dollars per year. There are also letters about renting the Gordon home. Some of the correspondents include H. A. Watt; Charles Gordon; Frances Courtenay Baylor; J. Leslie Hall; card signed by Nell Battle Lewis; Frank Dodd; Sallie Baylor Landrum; Rosewell Page; Captain A. G. Pape; Robert M. Hughes; George Fawcett; James P. C. Southall; J. William McCutchan; Charlie Doughtie; Patricia E. Best; Stan R. Durkee; G. Ray Thompson; Stevenson Williams
Webster ; Ruth Ford;
Florence Leutz; Pleas Conquest; R. E. Higginbotham; Charlie Darling;
John F. Latimer; Francis Coleman Rosenberger; Steve Webster , and
Mrs. J. Austin (Mary Blackburn) Devine
- Box-folder 2:2
1947-1952 General correspondence of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.39 items
There are letters from friends, students, and colleagues from the military and letters from Armistead Gordon regarding Ann's wedding. Correspondents include Mrs. J. Austin Devine; Reymond Cochrane; Letha and Claude Solterbeck; G. R. Thompson; Sherman L. Whipple; [W. P. C.;] Mrs. R. H. B. Wade; Jerry Burrows, Stan R. Durkee; Pam Morten; and Don Lewis
- Box-folder 2:3
1933 1943 General correspondence Armistead Churchill Gordon and John Cook Wyllie3 items
Armistead mentioned that John Hartwell Cocke was not adept at poetry or humor but was a "prolific scribe." He also wrote about local gossip and news of marriages such as, [Shepperson] and Philippa Bruce. There is a letter from John Cook Wyllie about being in the Signal corps and "secret weapon balderdash"
- Box-folder 2:4
1944 1952 General correspondence Armistead Churchill Gordon and James Southall Wilson4 items
There is a thank you letter to Ann Gordon from James Southall Wilson signed "her godfather;" Southall wrote to Armistead about his teaching in the English Department at Louisiana State University; about Jack Hunter's reward for his work on Shakespeare; politics in the state of Louisiana and the state support for Eisenhower. Others mentioned are Nathan Coffe, Professor Kirby, Watson, and Joan Miller.
- Box-folder 2:5
1916 September 23 General correspondence: John Armstrong Chaloner to Mrs. [Maria] Gordon1 item
There is a letter from John Armstrong Chaloner in which he wrote that he wanted to increase his visits to the Gordon clan for supper but not to stay for long discussions afterwards. He was concerned that his "unusual" mental state not be exposed to anyone. He also mentioned his lawsuit being almost over so that he could focus on writing romances and reading his manuscripts to the Gordon's.
- Box-folder 2:6
1943-1969 General Correspondence Cornelia Waddell Gordon6 items
- Box-folder 2:7
1931-1932 General correspondence: Death of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr.28 items
There are sympathy letters and acknowledgements to Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr. regarding his father's death. There is a resolution made by the University of Virginia in honor of Gordon. Also included are letters from Harry Clemons; John B. Jenkins, Jr.; Mrs. Edwin Anderson Alderman; Dumas Malone; Meno Lovenstein; William Cabell Bruce; Susie M. E. Smith; William Draper Lewis; Pipe Wright; William P. Trent; George Gordon Battle; R. H. Dabney; Agnes Symmers; J. M. Bulloch; James W. Vander Voort; Tazewell Taylor, Jr.; John J. Meara; Temple Bodley; George H. Denny ; Alex Dumas; George Fawcett; Frank [ ] Washington and Lee; James P. C. Southall; [James K. Sylliers;] Hugh H. Young; and the Board of Supervisors for Augusta County. There are also letters about a portrait of Gordon for his courtroom.
- Box-folder 2:8
1897-1946 n.d. General correspondence: letters to the Gordon family58 items
Cousin Alberta J. Gillingham wrote to Mary Gordon asking for help in preventing(Alberta's) estate and gold mine from being sold for nothing during the depression (January 1932;) and a negative response from Mary is included. There is correspondence with Nell Battle Lewis and Mary Gordon; and various thank you letters and postcards from friends and family including Cornelia's sister, Margaret
- Box-folder 2:9
1920-1924 General correspondence regarding dissertation (permission to publish poetry)83 items
Armistead Gordon wrote to various publishers and colleagues in an attempt to ask Virginia authors for permission to publish selections of their verse in his book. There is a letter from his father advising him on the legal aspect of copyright. Included are James Branch Cabell, Thomas Nelson Page, William Peterfield Trent (with original poems), Amelié Rives Troubetzkoy (attached is an original unpublished poem titled "To Death,") William Cabell Bruce, Phillip Alexander Bruce, Nancy Byrd Turner, Beverly D. Tucker, Virginia T. McCormick, C. Alphonso Smith; Evan R. Chesterman; E. G. Swem; James P. Nelson; Robert M. Hughes; Lyon G. Tyler; Mary Page Bird; J. L. Hall; Rosewell Page; William [Counscon;] Frank P. Brent; Katharine Pearson Woods; Kate Langley Bosher; George Wayne Anderson; [Clonway] Baker; A. L. McWhelan; Mary Johnston; Fairfax Harrison; R. A. McCabe; Benjamin Sled; Edward V. Valentine; C. M. Newman; James Thomley Clarke; R. T. W. Duke, Jr.; Henry T. Touthan; John S. Patton; C. W. Coleman; Thomas Lomax Hunter; G. T. Snead; Ellen Seawell; Josephine Johnson; John Ruffin; G. W. Moreland, Henry Holt; and various publishers.
- Box-folder 2:10
1921-1925 General correspondence regarding dissertation ("Virginian Writers of Fugitive Verse")71 items
Most of the correspondence is between his editorial supervisor, James B. Kenyon for James T. White & Co. and Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr. There are also letters from Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. advising Armistead on the publication and contract. Other correspondents include William Peterfield Trent; Thomas Nelson Page and his introduction for the book; Raymond P. Barnes; Jim Stephens; Thomas Lomax Hunter; William Cabell Bruce; M. Page Bird; and Landon C. Bell (and several typewritten poems) Also included are miscellaneous poems by James Alston Cabell.
- Box-folder 3:1
1924-1952 General correspondence regarding publications by Armistead Churchill Gordon36 items
Gordon wrote about his reviews, and future writing projects. Correspondents include William Cabell Bruce; Clifford Smyth, Literary Digest International Book Review ; W. C. Stouffer, The Roanoke Times ; George Herbert Clarke; Ellen Seawell; Alexander Wilbourne Weddell ; John Lloyd Newcomb, Virginia E. Savidge, (about writing a biography of John Hartwell Cocke;) He also gave advice to Miss Pearl Gayton on her sketch of Robert E. Lee. He also corresponded with Clarence R. Stone, Southern Life and Literature series; Nash Burger regarding reviews for the New York Times Book Review ; Charles A. Ford, John C. Winston Company regarding authorship of textbooks for Virginia School Children; Atcheson Hench and Roy Land (about withdrawing an introduction for James Southall Wilson's book). Included with correspondence, is a manuscript "In Honor of James Southall Wilson" by Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.
- Box-folder 3:2
1930-1938 General correspondence regarding publication of Armistead Gordon's "George Mason"24 items
There is correspondence between Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr. and Duke University Press concerning the publication of his father's manuscript on George Mason. After Duke Press asked Gordon, Jr, to correct four volumes of the manuscript, and Gordon complied, the Duke Press claimed that they did not have the funds to publish it due to the depression.
- Box-folder 3:3
1914-1926 General correspondence regarding publications for Mary Gordon10 items
There are rejection notices from McClure's Magazine , Charles Scribner's Sons ; F. Graham Cootes; Harper & Brothers ; and The Dial
- Box-folder 3:4
1933-1953 General correspondence: Reference letters by Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.122 items
- Box-folder 3:5
1930 1948 VIP correspondence2 items
Included is a letter from Henry W. Holt to Mary Gordon thanking her for her note when he was sick. There is also a letter from Armistead Gordon Jr. to William "Bill" Tuck pleading against the appointment of Wiliam S. Hildreth for the Board of Visitors vacancy.
- Box-folder 3:6
1892 1907-1910 n. d. General correspondence Waddells15 items
- Box-folder 3:7
1883 1894-1912 n. d. Gordon family correspondence14 items
There are letters from Armistead Gordon, Sr. to hi wife, Maria, and their children. Also included are letters from his brother, Uncle James Lindsay Gordon, to the the children. John Armstrong Chaloner is mentioned throughout the family correspondence from 1912 to 1923.
- Box-folder 3:8
1913 Gordon family correspondence16 items
Armistead Gordon, Jr. wrote to his family about life at William and Mary College.
- Box-folder 3:9
1914 January-August Gordon family correspondence20 items
There are more letters from Armistead Gordon, Jr. about college life.
- Box-folder 3:10
1914 September-October Gordon family correspondence15 items
James Gordon wrote to his family about life at the University of Virginia. References are made to Ada Bantz Beardsworth, Dr. Edwin Anderson Alderman's return from Europe, and enthusiasm for the Yale football game.
- Box-folder 4:1
1914 November-December Gordon family correspondence21 items
There are letters from Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. to his wife Maria, and letters from their children, Margaret, James, Armistead, and George. There are references to Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr.'s literary piece, "Baytop" ("Ommirandy") which was published in Scribner's Magazine in May, 1915.
- Box-folder 4:2
1915 January-March Gordon family correspondence20 items
There are descriptions of various professors such as C. Alphonso Smith in which James Gordon wrote, "[Smith's ]line of drool is getting so familiar as to be gummy;" and he wrote that Chuckie Kent "jumps up and down like a pea on a hot shovel"(January 11, 1915).
- Box-folder 4:3
1915 April-September Gordon family correspondence17 items
Armistead and James mentioned their fraternities and classes at William and Mary and the University of Virginia.
- Box-folder 4:4
1915 October Gordon family correspondence25 items
Armistead Gordon's mother mentioned hearing John Powell play his music (while she was visiting Colonel Gordon McCabe in Richmond, October 15, 1915) She also wrote that Colonel McCabe was happy about a cotton business deal with England; James had a story published called "The Princess, the Tower, and the Councilors' Beards" with illustrations by Mary Gordon; John Armstrong Chaloner wrote about visiting the Gordons (October 22, 1915).
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1915 November-December Gordon family correspondence8 items
Armistead mentioned playing football for William and Mary and discussed his courses and asked about family visits with John Armstrong Chaloner. James and Armistead mentioned reading their father's poem and thought it very good.
- Box-folder 4:6
1916 January-July Gordon family correspondence31 items
Armistead wrote to Mary about John Armstrong Chaloner and mentioned Mary's illustrations for Corks and Curls . He also wrote about campaigns to raise money for Robert Gooch to drive ambulances in France; and sending "Wild Bill Brockman" from Madison Hall to China. James wrote that DuPont was planning to build a plant in Williamsburg. Also mentioned is the "grippe" and that George was sick.
- Box-folder 4:7
1917 January-June Gordon family correspondence25 items
There are letters from Margaret Gordon to her family while she and her mother visited their cousins at Natural Bridge. James worked at the Valley Tire and Lumber branch and Gordon was working for the Virginian Power Company in Cabin Creek, West Virginia during the summer. Correspondence shows that Gordon received a Cary Isaac scholarship for his next session of school. James was working for the tie company in Washington D. C. and mentioned various topics such as “suffragettes,” and Union strikes. Margaret wrote about their father visiting the McCabes and the estimated height required to be drafted for the war. Mary wrote Armistead teasing him about girls and sleeping late and George wrote about his life at home as a “worm” and all the trouble everyone gave him about his chores.
- Box-folder 4:8
1917 July-August Gordon family correspondence28 items
James wrote about his automobile, working in Washington D. C., and Norfolk, prohibition, and the official instructions for the draft (which required a weight between 166 and 214 pounds for a height of six foot three and that would make him too light-to the delight of his family). Armistead received a raise as a dispatcher, and was selecting a roommate for George at William and Mary for the following year. Other topics mentioned are their father’s work to be published, “Omirandy Stories,” and the infantile paralysis (polio) quarantine.
- Box-folder 5:1
1917 September-October Gordon family correspondence17 items
Mentioned is a conversation between Armistead Gordon, Sr. and Philip Bruce about the “degeneracy of the students at the University in the last decade.” Also included is Armistead’s brother, George Gordon’s witty commentary on not needing a degree and his dislike for the Germans. George also wrote that their sister, Margaret was suffering from nervous spells again. Armistead wrote that the University of Virginia students were upset that the library was not open in the evenings and that “Tony” [Alderman] refused to open it. Armistead wondered if his father or the Board of Directors had heard about it.
- Box-folder 5:2
1917 November-December Gordon family correspondence24 items
Topics include George being annoyed by his roommate, shortages of sugar, the draft, drill marches, uniforms, and Professor Leonidas Whipple. James moved to Lexington North Carolina as part of his job with the Valley Tie and Lumber Company and liked it very much. Armistead was staying at Stonefield, enjoyed the quiet home like atmosphere and mentioned a loan from Mr. Carruthers. Armistead Sr. warned that the country was going to be facing hard economic times.
- Box-folder 5:3
1918 January-April Gordon family correspondence31 items
James was paying for Armistead to attend classes at UVA (for graduate school). Armistead’s mother mentioned her husband’s work on “An Account of Jefferson Davis’s Life.” She also mentioned John Chaloner’s trip to New York. George and James wrote about the impact that the war was having on William and Mary and the University of Virginia. On March 13, 1918, Armistead’s sister, Margaret, who had been admitted to Western State Hospital and was recovering from her “nervous collapses” wrote to their father, “that, if you take me home, I won’t run away any more,-never, never, never! Woman’s place is home, and I was a vain foolish girl not to realize it.”
- Box-folder 5:4
1918 May-July Gordon family correspondence38 items
May 17, 1919 Armistead's father wrote (to his wife) that Mary visited Margaret at Western State Hospital. James was stationed at St. Helena Training Station, Norfolk and to the cargo ship, U.S.S. Rynland (name changed to Rijnland). Armistead got a job in Norfolk at the Naval Base and was later assigned to the 36
th Company, at Camp Lee, Virginia. - Box-folder 5:5
1918 August-December Gordon family correspondence54 items
Armistead mentioned that his unit was quarantined due to the Spanish flu; his brother George died, (ill- September 23, death mentioned (tetanus?) on November 7) Armistead was transferred from the hospital detail in the Casual Detachment Department to the Gas and Flame division in the Chemical War Service Department where he worked at the felt plant in Boston, Massachusetts. James was in France with the U. S. S. Rynland (November 12)
- Box-folder 5:6
1919 January-April Gordon family correspondence43 items
January 19, 1919 Armistead was discharged from the war, visited his family in Staunton for a few weeks and was attending classes at the University of Virginia and James resumed his job in Lexington, N.C.
- Box-folder 6:1
1919 May-December Gordon family correspondence53 items
Armistead's mother wrote that Mary had a children's book published ("The Chrystal Ball;") She also mentioned that Armistead Gordon, Sr. sold "Dagger of D'Aubrey" to the Country Gentlemen. Armistead (Sr.) went with George Michie to see the George Rogers Clark Statue, and John Armstrong Chaloner described a play he had written on being in an asylum.
- Box-folder 6:2
1920 January-June Gordon family correspondence26 items
Letters mention a lack of coal, that many people had the flu, that ACG, Sr. was elected President of the Virginia State Bar Association, and the death of Captain Gordon McCabe.
- Box-folder 6:3
1920 July-December Gordon family correspondence22 items
Armistead wrote that Dr. Bruce was working on his centennial history of the University of Virginia, and James marriage to Adelaide Hargrave took place on November 10th (Newspaper clipping of the wedding included.)
- Box-folder 6:4
1921 January-July Gordon family correspondence17 items
Armistead gave chapters of his dissertation, “Virginian Writers of Fugitive Poetry” to his father to read and his father wrote him back with praise and suggestions. Armistead Sr. wrote letters to his wife, “Ria” while she was vacationing at Atlantic City. He mentioned that there were mostly Jews there and the “Hebrew children have taken possession there as everywhere else on this country.”
- Box-folder 6:5
1921 August-December Gordon family correspondence48 items
Armistead’s mother vacationed at Atlantic City. Armistead received his Ph.D. and was sending his manuscript (dissertation) to publishers. He was courting Cornelia Waddell. James described poor financial conditions of the banks, schools and farming in Lexington, N. C.
- Box-folder 6:6
1922 Gordon family correspondence48 items
Armistead wrote that the fate of the UVA medical school was in the hands of the Senate since the House was trying to pass a bill to have it moved to Richmond. Armistead married Cornelia Waddell (wedding invitation included). Tom Page wrote an introduction for Armistead’s dissertation. Armistead was working on biographical sketches of Robert Eden Scot, John Daly Brock, and William Henry Brodmax. Armistead was made Associate Professor and was paid eighteen hundred dollars per year. Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. was working on the life of Gordon McCabe. Attached to a letter are news clippings about Gordon family genealogy for Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr.
- Box-folder 7:1
1923 Gordon family correspondence42 items
James T. White & Co. published Armistead’s dissertation, “Virginian Writers of Fugitive Poetry.” There is a newspaper clipping about John Armstrong Chaloner from James Gordon. Armistead wrote about the differences in teaching women students, and the publication of his volume. Their mother went on a vacation in Atlantic City.
- Box-folder 7:2
1924 January-July Gordon family correspondence20 items
James wrote that his wife, Adelaide, had bobbed her hair “along with the rest of the flappers.” Armistead and his father wrote about the reviews of his recently published dissertation, including a thank you letter to Dr. Woodberry.
- Box-folder 7:3
1924 August-December Gordon family correspondence23 items
Armistead described his attitude toward some students when he wrote, "…arguing myself blue in the face with a few of the Northern gentry (mostly of the tribe of Israel)" who he described as being too ambitious for their own good. Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. finished his book on William Gordon McCabe. There are also letters about the death of Cornelia's father, James Nelson Waddell and an obituary.
- Box-folder 7:4
1925 Gordon family correspondence30 items
Armistead was busy with his classes, biographical essays, reviews, and his textbook of essays. Armistead’s father advised him to not be critical in his book reviews because it would make him have enemies.
- Box-folder 7:5
Gordon family correspondence 192635 items
Armistead was working with Dr. Metcalf on the “Library of Southern Literature.” Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. had “Gordon McCabe” published. He also mentioned his work on “Allegra.”Armistead wrote to his father about Dumas Malone’s negative review of “Gordon McCabe” and mentioned that Dr. James Southall Wilson should have let Dr. Bruce write the review instead of Malone. Also mentioned are Reddy Echols, and Ivey Lewis. Armistead wrote his mother that he got a raise in salary to twenty five hundred dollars per year. Armistead’s father mentioned a ceremony at Monticello honoring [Claude G.] Bowers with the Jefferson medal and remarked that Dr. Philip Bruce’s “History of the University” was more deserving of the award. Armistead’s father complained that the University of Virginia was not committed to the needs of the library. James Gordon bought out the Valley Tie & Lumber Company in Lexington, North Carolina.
- Box-folder 7:6
1927 Gordon family correspondence25 items
Armistead and his father corresponded about biographical sketches, and books that they were reading. Armistead’s mother visited James and her grandchildren in Lexington N.C.
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1928 Gordon family correspondence14 items
Armistead and Cornelia sailed to France and England on the S.S. Olympic of the White Star Line and wrote about their travels.
- Box-folder 8:2
1929 Gordon family correspondence24 items
Armistead wrote that he was very busy with teaching at UVA and extension courses in Richmond, and that it took from twelve to fourteen hours a day to prepare for lectures. He continued to send his biographical sketches to his father for suggestions. Ann Gordon was born in May. Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. was working on a biography of George Mason. The health of Dr. Philip Bruce was mentioned, as was a visit from Mr. and Mrs. James Alston Cabell, and the suicide of Bruce Williams.
- Box-folder 8:3
1930 January-May Gordon family correspondence34 items
Armistead received sympathy from Dr. Paul and Anna Barringer, Dr. Metcalf, Ivey Lewis, Albert Balz and many others regarding his mother’s death. (March 11, 1930) Armistead mentioned John Cook Wyllie and his research of the Staunton River and how Staunton got its name from William Byrd. Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. finished his book on the Shenandoah Valley and was starting “The Red Hills of Piedmont.” Armistead wrote that Nell Lewis had been very ill but had improved. Gordon, Sr. wrote about the rumors that Fred Scott was named Rector of the University because he was giving the money for the athletic field. He also mentioned Edwin Anderson Alderman, Founders Day and needing money for the library. There were student riots against the prices of the movie theaters. Mrs Paul Goodloe McIntire told Armistead that they made three thousand dollars on the Garden Club of Virginia’s book on historic Virginia gardens. Also included is a description of Dr. Barringer; comments about the Hoover economy and a news clipping about the library receiving money for Virginian materials.
- Box-folder 8:4
1930 June-December Gordon family correspondence34 items
Armistead wrote that he had been given the assignment to write a biography of the Reverend John William Jones. He also mentioned meeting Fred Scott and wrote criticisms of Scott for donating to athletics instead of the library. He also described his theory that Jefferson substituted tobacco leaves for classical acanthus on the capitals of the columns of the Rotunda but it turned out to be untrue. (Also mentioned are the Board Meeting Minutes of the University of Virginia on the restoration of the Rotunda June 18, 1902) Another research project that he discussed was whether it was Jack Jouett Sr. or Jr. that warned Jefferson that the British were coming. He also wrote to his father that Dean “Billy” Thornton was having his leg amputated. James wrote about his businesses closing down due to the depression (November 24, 1930) and Armistead mentioned that people were knocking on his door and begging for food.
- Box-folder 8:5
1931 Gordon family correspondence20 items
Armistead’s father wrote that Dr. Joseph DeJarnette at Western State diagnosed Armistead’s sister, Margaret with tuberculosis. It was mentioned that Scott stadium was not properly braced and a section of it had sunk before it had even been used. Armistead’s father passed away (October?) several months after Edwin Anderson Alderman (April). (Classes were suspended for Alderman’s funeral) Correspondence from the death of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. can be found in Series I Armistead Churchill Gordon, General Correspondence Box: 2 Folder: 7. James wrote that he was thankful for his new job as an accountant for the City. He also wrote about hard times and that his salary was going to pay overdue grocery bills.
- Box-folder 8:6
1932 Gordon family correspondence23 items
Armistead and James wrote to their sister Mary about visiting her, installing a telephone for her, buying property in Charlottesville, selling their father’s books and updates on their daily lives.
- Box-folder 9:1
1933 Gordon family correspondence25 items
James wrote that the only bank in Lexington, North Carolina “had closed up.” Armistead was working on a biography of John Hartwell Cocke. He (Armistead) mentioned that Phillippa Bruce was to marry Arch Shepperson. James and Armistead wrote about prohibition and alcohol tax in North Carolina.
- Box-folder 9:2
1934-1935 Gordon family correspondence12 items
James mentioned infantile paralysis; and the cotton mill strike hurting business in Lexington. There are also cases of infantile paralysis in Charlottesville and Armistead wrote that there was so much concern some parents were taking their children out of the area. He also mentioned taking trips with Fiske Kimball to Bremo (home of General Cocke as Armistead was working on a manuscript about Cocke. There is a newspaper clipping of an obituary for Nannie Jacquelin Minor (1874-1934) daughter of John B. Minor. Included are letters from Ann Gordon.
- Box-folder 9:3
1936-1937 Gordon family correspondence24 items
Armistead and Cornelia took a trip to Charleston, South Carolina and Lexington, North Carolina. James was working as the City Manager. Included in the correspondence are letters from Ann Gordon, her cousins, ("Gordie" and "Bill") and (Aunt) Mary Gordon
- Box-folder 9:4
1938 Gordon family correspondence17 items
There is a letter from Armistead to Mary and Scribners Magazine about permission to use part of his father's story for teaching purposes, and Armistead mentioned the death of his friend, John Luck.
- Box-folder 9:5
1939 Gordon family correspondence13 items
Armistead and James wrote to Mary about their busy lives. Armistead and Cornelia were taking Ann to the World's Fair in New York.
- Box-folder 9:6
1940-1943 1951 n.d. Gordon family correspondence8 items
There are letters from James and his wife Adelaide about the family and their health including a description of their daughters, Mary Gordon ("Gordie") and Adelaide Gordon, "Bill." In 1951 James wrote his sister, Mary that he took out a loan so that he could pay off her mortgage for her.
- Box-folder 9:7
1942 August-September Gordon family correspondence: Cornelia to Armistead20 items
Cornelia wrote to Armistead while he was stationed in Washington, D. C. during the war and at Cambridge, Massachusetts where he was training.
- Box-folder 9:8
1946 1949 Gordon family correspondence: James to Armistead4 items
James wrote to Armistead and Cornelia about his new veneer business, and that he hoped to be able to attend Ann Gordon's wedding
- Box-folder 10:1
1923-1924 Book reviews: "Virginian Writers of Fugitive Verse"9 items
There are reviews about Armistead's book from the Literary Digest , Virginia Historical Magazine , UVA Alumni News , Alumni Bulletin (Philip Alexander Bruce,) Virginia Law Register , Philadelphia Public Ledger , and the Boston Evening Transcript
- Box-folder 10:2
1942 Financial papers of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.2 items
There is a legal agreement designating trust funds for Ann Gordon and a lease agreement for a tenant at 1616 Jefferson Park Avenue
- Box-folder 10:3
1937-1956 Financial papers of Mary Daniel Gordon9 items
There is a trust fund settlement of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr., and a deed of trust for the Gordon house on Beverly Street in Staunton
- Box-folder 10:4
1960-1972 Financial papers of Mary Daniel Gordon16 items
There are real estate and insurance papers pertaining to rental properties
- Box-folder 10:5
1782-1923 Genealogy: Coleman family4 items
There is a copy of a will for James Lindsay from 1782 that leaves instructions about the sale of his slaves; a Coleman Farming Record; and correspondence from 1894 about the Coleman and Lindsay side of the family
- Box-folder 10:6
1882-1890 Genealogy: Daniel family5 items
There are miscellaneous postcards to the members of the Daniel's family about their health.
- Box-folder 10:7
1913-1948 Genealogy: Gordon Family8 items
Included is a letter from George Gordon Battle, Sr. describing his relationship as first cousin to Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. and the closeness of their families. There are also photographs of tombstones for the Fitzhugh Gordons and letters requesting copies of Gordon books on genealogical information. Also included are [unknown] family letters from 1893
- Box-folder 10:8
n. d. Genealogy tree1 item
- Box-folder 10:9
n. d. Miscellaneous100 items
Included are stamp collections, invitations, typed poetry, an address book, and photographs of Senator Thomas S. Martin, and W. B. McHugh. There is a printed application for Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. as a candidate for the position of court reporter (1881).
- Box 10
Oversize: Certificates of Diploma from Staunton Military Academy3 items
- Box 10
Oversize: Architectural drawings3 items
There are blueprints for the Gordon family home (for alterations to the house) in Staunton
- Box 10
1 item
- Box-folder 10:10
1920 News clippings42 items
There are miscellaneous news clippings about Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. and a description of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr. as a great educator, and an engagement announcement for Ann Gordon. There are also numerous clippings about a variety of subjects that interested or amused the Gordons, including cartoons, and recipes.
- Box-folder 10:11
n. d. News clippings about Franklin Delano Roosevelt30 items
- Box-folder 10:12
n. d. News clipping of an article by William Gordon McCabe1 item
- Box-folder 10:13
1920 Schools: Staunton Military Academy1 item
There is a miscellaneous article about the death of Colonel William Gibbs Kable (1872-1920,) the head of Staunton Military Academy, and son of its founder, Captain William Hartman Kable (1837-1912)
- Box-folder 10:14
1915-1918 Schools: Grades9 items
There is a University of Virginia completion of courses certificate for James Lindsay Gordon; and College of William and Mary report cards for George Loyall Gordon, Jr.
- Box-folder 10:15
1941-1952 United States Navy39 items
There are certificates including the Certificate of Satisfactory Service; Certificate of appointment as Lieutenant Commander; dog tags; letters of commendation from the Secretary of the Navy, James Forrestal; original orders; Officer's Qualification Record Jacket; and a letter from Gordon to the National Inventors Council in which he suggested the combining of incendiary bomb with explosive bomb as a weapon of offensive-defense. There are also photographs
- Box-folder 10:16
1942-1951 United States Navy Receipts38 items
There are travel reimbursement forms and miscellaneous information on uniforms, payroll, and training
- Box-folder 10:17
1921; 1931-1936 UVA: Minutes of the Board of the University of Virginia8 items
Included is a resolution to honor Edwin Anderson Alderman at his passing; minutes from 1933 regarding the Board of Visitors failure to appoint a new president; a letter from the faculty recommending John Lloyd Newcomb as president to the Rector and Board of Visitors; included are handwritten notes about general faculty procedures and a list of teachers, or "officers of instruction"
- Box-folder 10:18
1969 UVA: Dedication to James Southall Wilson by Fredson Bowers1 item
- Box-folder 10:19
1918-1919 1942 World War I and World War II documents7 items
Included are documents and correspondence from the Gas Defense Division, Chemical Warfare Service of the War department. There are notices to appear for physical examination; promotion letter; honorable discharge; and a letter from President John Lloyd Newcomb granting Gordon a leave of absence from his professorial duties to take his commission as a lieutenant in the United States Naval Reserve.
- Box-folder 11:1
n. d. Gordon Photographs35 items
There are photographs of Armistead, Cornelia, James, Margaret, Mary, Ann Gordon (including her wedding,) and many relatives and friends. There is also a photograph of the Aviator statue after it was first placed in front of the library.
- Box-folder 11:2
1896 n.d. Gordon Photographs75 items
Included are Margaret Douglas Gordon, Mary Daniels Gordon, Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr., and Maria Breckinridge Catlett Gordon
- Box-folder 11:3
1885 n.d. Gordon Photographs25 items
Included are pen pals from France, Armistead and Cornelia, Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr., John Gordon [1885;] John A. [Lynney;] Lyon Gardiner Tyler; two portraits of Reuben Lindsay by St. Menin,
- Box-folder 11:4
n. d. Gordon Photographs100 items
- Box 11
n. d. Oversize: Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr.2 photographs
One where he is a young man with [colleagues] and another in which he is seated on the lawn with nine men (Board of Visitors?)
- Box 11
n. d. Oversize [James Lindsay Gordon?]1 photograph
- Box 11
n. d. Oversize: photograph of Edwin Anderson Alderman1 item
- Box-folder 11:5
n. d. Gordon negatives of Florida100 items
- Box-folder 11:6
1922 1932 Gordon negatives60 items
[Armistead and Cornelia in Europe and pictures of Ann at age2?]
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- Box-folder 12:1
n. d. 1972 United States Atomic Energy Commission3 items
- Box-folder 12:2
1957-1972 Awards70 items
There is a letter (and negative) from President Richard M. Nixon to William
Webster congratulating him on winning the John Fritz Medal Board
of Award. (Original is in vault) There are press releases, a banquet
program, and numerous congratulations as well as thank you letters from
Webster . He was also named outstanding engineer in 1964 from the
Engineering Societies of New England, Inc. There is a resolution of the
Yankee Atomic Electric Company recorded with profound sorrow the death
of William Webster ; an Atomic Energy Commission Citation; and excerpts
and poems about William Webster .
- Box-folder 12:3
1957-1972 Business property: Bailey Island, Maine23 items
Bailey Island is located in Weld, Maine and was bought by William
Webster
as an investment and a shared a vacation spot with the Fletcher family.
Included is a deed for parcel of land on Bailey Island to Abbott and
Eileen Fletcher for one dollar; deed to Avery M. Fides; and letters from
Abbott and Eileen Fletcher and the Webster's . There is also an article
about Yankee Power Company by Abbott Fletcher, and Weld maps and
newsletters.
- Box-folder 12:4
1951-1969 Business property: Cool Branch Farm, Churchville, Maryland15 items
- Box-folder 12:5
1952-1972 Business property: Cool Branch Farm Expenses42 items
Description of cows and heifers with detailed alphabetical names, and costs; lists of receipts and income.
- Box-folder 12:6
1952-1971 Business property: Cool Branch Farm Tax Returns28 items
Income tax returns for the farm
- Box-folder 12:7
1967-1969 Business: Huyck Corporation6 items
- Box-folder 12:8
1948 July 27 Business: List of names for government positions1 item
- Box-folder 12:9
1953-1957 Business: National Security Resources Panel (Gaither Committee)13 items
National security report marked secret security document written by CIA representatives and chemical and electric company executives appointed by the President of the United States, to study National Security. Included are the minutes from meetings and a draft of a report by William
Webster ; a list of names for the Army Scientific Advisory Panel
(September 10, 1956;) a presentation by the Security Resources Panel to
the National Security Council Program marked "secret" (November 7, 1957)
a thank you letter to William Webster from Robert Cutler on behalf of
the President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower; and a press
release telegram. Other correspondents include William L. White,
Stanford Research Institute; Horace Rowan Gaither, Jr.; Gordon Gray,
Office of Defense Mobilization; Robert Sprague; and William C. Foster,
Office of Defense Mobilization; and [James Phinney Baxter,] President of
Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. There is a list of
Gaither Associates; and an Army Scientific Advisory Panel printed
booklet.
- Box-folder 12:10
1935 July Business: New England Power Association1 item, 48 typewritten pages
There is a report titled, "The Market for the Domestic Use of Electricity" which is a survey of the market situation with recommendations for the executives and company managers.
- Box-folder 12:11
1959-1968 Business: Rand Corporation4 items
- Box-folder 12:12
1945-1951 Business: Research and Development Board of the United States National Defense46 items
There are notes by William
Webster and correspondence (some marked
secret) and reports related to his work with the Military Liaison
Committee and as Director of the Research and Development Board of the
Defense Department. Included are Webster's personal goals for his role
in the group; a certificate of participation; reports written by
Webster ; and many thank you letters to Webster . Correspondents include
David E. Lilienthal, Chairman U. S. Atomic Energy Commission; James
Forrestal, Secretary of Defense; J. E. Hull, Lieutenant General, Office
of the Secretary of Defense; Art Davis, Rear Admiral United States Navy,
Director, Joint Chiefs of Staff; George F. Kennan, The Counselor,
Department of State; George T. Felbeck, Vice President, Carbide and
Carbon Chemicals Corporation; [Joe,] The Chief of Staff, U. S. Army; and
William T. Golden. There is a letter from Louis Johnson offering Webster
the chairmanship on behalf of President Truman telling him that they
would not take no for an answer.
- Box-folder 12:13
n. d. Business: Yankee Atomic Energy Plant1 item
- Box 12
Oversize: Certificates from the U. S. Navy, MIT, and President Nixon and Truman for his service in the Department of Defense; also certificate for admission to a Fraternity10 items
- Box-folder 12:14
17 items
- Box-folder 12:15
17 items
- Box-folder 12:16
6 items
- Box-folder 13:1
53 items
Mostly there are family letters of Eleanore and William
Webster , his
brother Stevenson Williams Webster ("Steve") and their parents and
grandparents. Eleanore and William wrote to Eleanor's parents, Edward
["Peter'] and Alice Blodgett describing the birth of their son, Richard
Henry ("Harry") Webster . Steve Webster wrote about the financial
struggles of their mother and sister in 1933. There are also letters
from William Webster's son, Harry Webster to the Blodgetts (his maternal
grandparents) about his service in World War II in Texas, Oklahoma,
Hawaii, and Japan from 1943 to 1946. There is a letter from William
Webster's father about having to sell his store and the difficulties of
finding a job. (1932) [Poem by Eleanor Blodgett Webster in 1908?]
- Box-folder 13:2
27 items
There are letters from Eleanore describing her trip to the west coast. There are letters from Elanore's parents, Peter and Alice Blodgett to Harry, his wife Ann Gordon
Webster and their new son, William "Barney"
Webster . According to an enclosed itinerary, William Webster was
scheduled to meet Colonel Fred Clarke, Colonel E. B. Kelly, Lieutenant
Colonel S. L. Stewart, and Colonel Arthur H. Frye, Jr. in California,
and Washington State about work on national security and atomic energy.
In his notes, he mentioned that J. Robert Oppenheimer was away from
Berkeley until May. (1947)
- Box-folder 13:3
30 items
There is correspondence between William
Webster and his secretary (and
second wife,) Vollie Sanderson about his itineraries, business meetings,
stock prices, and settlements of business and family affairs. There is a
letter from Paul B. Metcalf who wrote about being stationed in London
with the blackouts, and mentioned his sympathy for the British, and the
high wages received by the American Army as compared to the British
(1944). There is a letter about William T. Golden in which Golden
suggested that Webster look into Delhi-Taylor Oil controlled by the
Murchison's who wanted to liquidate it in 1963. Some correspondents
include John A. Lynney; Lewis L. Strauss; Donald F. Chamberlain; Alva B.
Morgan; and Steven W. Close.
- Box-folder 13:4
20 items
- Box-folder 13:5
34 items
There are more letters from Lydia and Ivor Rees thanking them for food and clothes and comparing news about their grandchildren.
- Box-folder 13:6
4 items
- Box-folder 13:7
1949 1964 Correspondence Hope Ariel Harlan17 items
- Box-folder 14:1
n. d. Correspondence Tina Anderson26 items
- Box-folder 14:2
1961 1964 1966 1974 Correspondence Mrs. Miles H. Wolff (Nan)37 items
Anna Stump
Webster Wolff ("Nan") was one the two sisters of William
Webster and Stevenson W. Webster . Included are two letters from Nan to
Vollie Sanderson Webster ; an article about Nan, and her family attending
an event at the White House with President Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird
Johnson to honor her husband, Miles for becoming President of the
American Society of Newspaper Editors and his colleagues. There is an
obituary marking the death of Nan, dated March 4, 1974.
- Box-folder 14:3
1955 V. I. P. Correspondence2 items
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116 items
Some correspondents include Bob Brandt; Patricia McGrath Nash; Ogden E. Sawyer; Don Allen; Harold and Mary Morris; Sydney Baltzer Dodds; Edward Morehouse; Herbert Scoville; Manson Benedict; Julius Adams Stratton; Carroll L. Wilson; Richard Helms, Director of Central Intelligence who wrote "Bill gave this Agency a great deal of his talent and time over many years;" John O. Pastore; Raymond A. Gibson; Harry W. Wilcott; Sybil Shugg; Robert and Florence Spraque; James R. Schlesinger, Atomic Energy Commission; James T. Ramey; L. Ralston Thomas; Dudley W. Orr; George and Margaret Stoddard; Vince A. Fulmer, Vice President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Omond M. Solandt; Jerry Tape; Norman F. Ramsey; Robert L. Wells; Paul M. Fye; Edwin L. Goldwasser; James A. Perkins; Howard Vesper; J. R. Goldstein, Rand Corporation; Clyde Williams; Roger E. Batzel; Mrs. J. R. Killian; S. J. Buchsbaum; Duane C. Sewell; Avis K. Bellows; Stephen P. Jeffries; Andrew Onderdonk; Caroline Covent; Mrs. Sherman R. Knapp; Claiborne Pell, United States Senate; Jack E. Corette; Edward A. Mason; John H. Kane; Albert A. Cree; Thomas C. Desmond; Herman Kahn; Robert E. Quinn, United States Court of Military Appeals; Hallie Begg; Elsie Hoffman; Florence Mancuso; Cieb and Irwin L. Moore; Mrs. Leeds Armstrong Wheller; Kay Moore; Robert F. Bacher; Mrs. D. E. Mosely; Tina Anderson; Louisa Fletcher; Esther Von; Greta Brandt; Laura Lejeune; Mildred Sugden; Don Vandenburgh; Albert and Nancy Wheelon; Mrs. Alton Wilson Barstow; Charles Allen Thomas; W. H. Prentice, General Electric; Bill Bell; Helen and Ed Russo; Rosemary Tomei; Lillian Pulling; Martin A. O'Malley; Mrs. henry Gerald Carroll; Walter and Edna LoShots; Kay Foley; Ruth Robbins Green; Mrs. C. Joseph Gooch; Anne and Mac Hall; W. M. Hall; Jane Hall; Jacqueline O'Reilly; David A. Shepard; Herbert M. Johnson; Richard Wilson; Pat and Jim Sterner; Doris and Howard Cole; William T. Brightman, Jr.; Marge McGuiness; and Roger J. Coe, Vice President of Yankee Atomic Electric Company
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32 items
William
Webster's wife, Eleanore was killed instantly while driving their
automobile in North Carolina. There are news clippings about the fatal
accident and letters from attorneys about lawsuits against the Webster
estate by the families, Doyle and Bellflower who also lost family
members in the accident. There are also medical reports; notes made by
William Webster and his diagrams of the accident.
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2 items
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40 items
There is a will; requests for funeral arrangements; a biography of Stevenson Williams
Webster by Harry Webster ; and an application to the
Massachusetts Society of Colonial Wars. There is also information to his
beneficiaries about many stocks that he owned, such as Duke Power
Company, New England Electric Systems, Rockwell International
Corporation, Bell Atlantic; and various contributions and pledges.
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9 items
There is an income tax return for 1942 and itemized list of the costs of William
Webster's possessions after his death in 1972. There are also
notes by William Webster and insurance and travel forms. According to
the tax return, William Webster was making almost eighteen thousand
dollars per year in 1942.
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38 items
There is a letter from Stevenson Archer Williams, (1851-1932) a famous Maryland judge and attorney and William
Webster's grandfather. He
wrote to William Webster about his relations with the Squibb family.
There are biographical notes on the judge's life; an invitation for a
testimonial dinner in honor of his eightieth birthday; correspondence
about his portrait for the court house; and a typed autograph file of
letters by his Princeton classmates. (1870) There are also photocopies
of news clippings about the testimonial dinner; death notices, and other
news clippings including an obituary of Edwin H. Webster and articles
about Bel Air, Maryland.
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3 items
Stevenson Archer Williams was a descendant of the well known Judge Stevenson Archer Williams mentioned above (1851-1932). He was the son of Lewis J. Williams and was killed when flying over the Gulf of Mexico during World War II. There is a telegram, a letter from William
Webster's mother, and news clippings about the crash.
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7 items
There are notes on the constellations; a list of favorite expressions; and travel brochures.
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29 items
There is printed information on "The Cruiser;" merit roll for a class of 1920; Directory of the Members of the Association of the Class of 1921; Petty Officer's Appointment; tax form for 1925; reporting orders; list of members of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers; requests for leave of absences; and his resignation letter.
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1 item
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6 items
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24 items
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7 items
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1938-1940 Summers Correspondence Ann Gordon and her parents62 items
Ann and her parents corresponded while she was away for the summers at Camp Allegheny in Greenbrier County, West Virginia (1938-1939) and Camp Cherrilomac, in Cowart Northumberland County, Virginia (1940). Included are letters from Aunt Mary, (Mary Daniels Gordon, sister of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.) her grandmother Mrs. J. N. Waddell, her best friend, Margaret ("Peggy," "Piglet") R. MacLeod, and a tent counselor report for Ann.
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1942 Correspondence Ann Gordon and her parents15 items
Ann and her parents corresponded while Ann was boarding at St. Anne's Belfield School and her parents were in Washington D. C. during the war. Armistead was a Lieutenant Commander in Army Intelligence and his wife Cornelia worked as an air drill warden and housemother for Waves.
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1943 January-May Correspondence Ann Gordon and her parents43 items
Also included are letters from her Aunt Mary (Mary Daniels Gordon, sister of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.).
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1943 September-December Correspondence Ann Gordon with her parents26 items
Ann Gordon and her parents corresponded while Ann was at St. Anne's Belfield School and her parents were in Washington D. C. during the war.
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1944 Correspondence Ann Gordon with her parents53 items
Included are letters from Aunt Mary (Mary Daniels Gordon) who had moved to Ridgeway Farm in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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1945 Correspondence Ann Gordon with her parents28 items
Ann's last year at St. Anne's and her parents were preparing to move back to Charlottesville.
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1946 Correspondence Ann Gordon with her parents13 items
Ann and her parents corresponded while she was at Wellesley College. Armistead mentioned Rufus Jones and praised his sermons.
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1947 January-April Correspondence Ann Gordon with her parents12 items
Armistead mentioned that the University Faculty petitioned the Board of Visitors for salary increases to meet the cost of living. He also commented that President Colgate Darden was likely to curtail the fraternity parties.
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1947 May-September Correspondence Ann Gordon with her parents12 items
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1947 October-December Correspondence Ann Gordon with her parents17 items
Included are news clippings from Cornelia Gordon (Ann's mother).
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1948 Correspondence Ann Gordon with her parents36 items
Also included is correspondence between Cornelia and Armistead while he was in Washington, D.C.
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24 items
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30 items
There are no letters from Ann's father in this time period,although there are comments from him in her mother's letters. Her father did write his own letters to Ann and they are currently in the possession of Ann Gordon's daughter. There is a news clippings about the death of football player Gene Edmunds.
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47 items
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29 items
Cornelia's letters to Ann from 1950 to 1969 describe UVA faculty members and her daily life along with advice for Ann on every subject. She often enclosed news clippings of local events and advertisements of women's and men's fashions and household needs of the day. Cornelia mentioned the Korean War and wanted Harry to apply for officers training so that he would not get drafted. She also mentioned that Al Balz and Buzzie Chamberlain had been called up and she hoped that Armistead would not be called for Navy reserve. Cornelia also wrote that they were very upset that Frank Geldard had a heart attack.
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Cornelia wrote that Ed Chamberlain had a bad heart and was not well. There are news clippings about Dr. Philip Hench, brother of Atcheson Hench, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine and Atcheson Hench receiving an honorary degree at Lafayette College.
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16 items
Armistead was writing the preface to a memorial volume for James Southall Wilson's retirement and he made a note to Ann that it was "the hardest thing I've ever tried to write." He also mentioned a dinner at Keswick for James Southall Wilson and that Clifton Waller Barrett spoke at the McGregor room. Ann and Harry had their first child, a son, William
Webster III ("Barney").
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30 items
Cornelia wrote that James Kindred had a heart attack. She also wrote about her concerns regarding the Korean War; and mentioned that Armistead had aged. Ann and Harry were preparing to go to Madrid, Spain.
- Box 18
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42 items
Cornelia wrote about a variety of current topics such as Joseph McCarthy; the Supreme Court decision to end segregation; eleven students were expelled by President Darden; Walt Harding was not being kept on at UVA; James Southall Wilson was to teach at Hollins; and new evidence for how harmful it was to smoke. Cornelia took a job at Monticello as a tour guide; and Ann was pregnant with Liza. Armistead died in 1953 (but the circumstances were not mentioned, probably heart attack) she wrote about not having any purpose in life without him and that Atcheson and Virginia Hench were her best friends.
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Cornelia wrote about Nell Lewis and that her brother, Dr. Ivey Lewis was considered by the faculty to be a "nit wit." There is also an editorial by Nancy Hale Bowers(March 9, 1955) about desegregation and Nell Lewis. Cornelia wrote about a new broadcast (and LP) by Reuben Ship that was a satire on Joseph McCarthy and was very popular in the United States and Britain. Cornelia mentioned Phil Williams' suicide, and that Archie Hill was leaving to teach in Texas.
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Cornelia mentioned the deaths of Jerry Ann Kean, and Lillian Dabney (Mrs. Archie Dabney).
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13 items
Cornelia took in students and wrote a colorful description of her student boarder. She also wrote that the Geldards were going to England for work with the Navy. There is a letter from Harry Clemons praising the Gordon family (starting with General William Fitzhugh Gordon to George Loyall Gordon, to Rector Armistead Churchill Gordon, Sr. to Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr.) for their contributions to the University of Virginia. The UVA Library purchased a collection of rare books in honor of the memory of Armistead Churchill Gordon, Jr. and Cornelia sent the letter to Ann. Harry and Ann had their third child, Armistead
Webster "Oppit."
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22 items
Ann and Harry had a fourth child, Maggie (1959). There is a news clipping about an eclipse; their next tour in Rhodesia, South Africa; and news clippings about Africa.
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23 items
Cornelia travelled to New Orleans and Mexico. Armistead's brother, James Gordon was very ill with a brain tumor and had an operation. Nannie Saunders died,and Frank Geldard had surgery for prostrate trouble. Cornelia included news clippings about Africa in many of her letters during this period.
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The
Webster family returned to Washington D. C. William (Barney) Webster
attended Groton. Cornelia retired from working at Monticello. Cornelia
wrote that the portrait of James Southall Wilson was "dreadful." She
also mentioned the retirements of James Kindred and Carl Speidel; and
the divorce of Laura Speed Elliot and Bill Brown, a school friend of
Ann's. There is a news clipping about the death of UVA librarian, Louise
Savage.
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23 items
Cornelia travelled to Florida. She wrote about her long friendship with James Southall Wilson which went back to when Armistead was a student at William and Mary and Wilson was a teacher there. She also included more news clippings about Africa.
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Cornelia wrote that Mrs. Bessie Walker died (in the Seven Society). There are news clippings about a grant to the University of Virginia from the National Science Foundation. Also included is biographical information about Francis Pickens Miller.
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23 items
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Cornelia wrote that Frank Geldard was to be best man in Raymond Bice's wedding, and that Dr. Henry B. Mulholland died. There is a news clipping that Edward Younger was named Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
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39 items
There are more news clippings about Anna Anderson and her marriage to University of Virginia History Professor, John E. Manahan. Cornelia mentioned that Atcheson Hench attended the student rallies for more pay for UVA employees and racial equality. There is also a news clipping about Dr. Oron J. Hale, professor of history being awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the German Federal Republic. Cornelia also wrote that the train carrying Eisenhower to his funeral stopped in Charlottesville and about a "revolutionary movement" in colleges. It is also mentioned that James Lindsay Gordon, Armistead's brother, died; and that Armistead's sister, Mary Gordon was being cared for by friends.
[There are no more letters because Cornelia Gordon died from sleeping pills in September 1969].
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1936-1940 Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends29 items
Letters between Ann Gordon and her friends including Peggy Macleod and Margaret Hench
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1941-1942 Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends16 items
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1943 n.d. Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends29 items
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1944 January-May Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends23 items
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1944 June-December Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends34 items
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1945 January-June Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends21 items
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1945 July-December Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends36 items
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1945 n. d. Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends17 items
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1946 January-March Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends26 items
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1946 April-May Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends17 items
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1946 June-July Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends19 items
Correspondents of Ann's (while she was attending St. Anne's during the year and living with her parents in Washington D. C. in the summer) include Jeannette Atkins; Martha "Martee" Chanutin; Constance "Connie" Adams Stoney; Dillon; Mary Louise Frey; Gordon "Mac" Morrison; Peggy Macleod and Margaret "Margie" Hench.
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1946 August-September Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends36 items
There is correspondence from friends while Ann was at home in the summer and at Wellesley College in the fall. Correspondents include Peggy Macleod; Margaret Hench; Connie Stoney; Veneesh Fawcus;]Gigi MacKnight; Lois Ann Lehman; Pat Bancroft; Cadet George Mason; Ellen Underwood; Gordon Morrison; Hugh Weedon; [Dillon;] and William "Regis" Chauvenet.
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1946 October-December Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends45 items
Correspondents include Margaret Hench; Derwood Chase, Jr.; Gigi MacKnight, William "Regis" Chaubenet; Hugh Weedon; Zachary Morfogen; Gordon Morrison; Martha "Martee" Chanutin; Randy Neal; Art; Jean; Brady; Johnathon; Sallie Merritt; Johnnie Welch; and Cadet George Mason.
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1947 January-March n. d. Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends44 items
Correspondents of Ann's while at Wellesley include [Moo; ][Appie;] [Coleman; ][Yankee; ]William "Regis" Chauvenet; Ellen Underwood; [Brady;] Jeanette and Marie Louise Frey; [Jean;] Peggy Macleod; Gigi Macknight; Peter S. Mansfield; [Van;] Donald J. Sterling, Jr.; Gordon Morrison; Charles Makepeace; J. H. Call; and [Newt;].
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1947 April-June Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends31 items
Correspondents of Ann's while at Wellesley include Pat Bancroft; Peggy Macleod; Martha "Martee" Chanutin; [Barber;] [Claire;] Donald J. Sterling, Jr.; William "Regis" Chauvenet; Margaret Hench; [Rick; ]William and Eleanore
Webster ; Gigi MacKnight; Cadet George Mason;
[Jean;]Grace A. Fletcher; and Abbot Fletcher
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1947 July-December n. d. Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends42 items
Correspondents of Ann's while at Wellesley include Donald J. Sterling, Jr.; Pat Bancroft; Abbot Fletcher; and Hugh Weedon. There is also a letter from Ann to William Spencer.
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1948 Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends44 items
Correspondents of Ann while she was at Wellesley include Donald J. Sterling, Jr.; Mary Louise Frey; Sallie Merritt; Lieutenant John Ordway; [Dillon; ]Jeannette Atkins; Gordon Morrison; Cadet George Mason; and Abbot Fletcher.
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n. d. Ann Gordon correspondence with her school friends17 items
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1933-1937 Ann Gordon creative work37 items
Collection of stories, poems, and art work by Ann Gordon
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1940 Ann Gordon journal
one bound diary
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1942 Ann Gordon journal1 notebook
Ann was boarding at St. Anne's School and wrote about her friends and school. There are also a couple of stories by Ann, including a girl being raped by a German soldier.
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1942-1943 Ann Gordon journals2 items
There are small pages of poems; an autograph book; 2 bound diaries; and three date books.
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1942-1956 Ann Gordon journals7 items
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1946 Ann Gordon journal1 item
There are loose pages from a notebook about her first dates with Harry, and Charles Makepeace.
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1950's Ann Gordon journal1 item
There is a notebook on expenses.
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1962 Ann Gordon journal1 item
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1966 1984 Ann Gordon journals2 items
Ann's notebooks about feedings for children and family tasks.
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n. d. news clippings2 items
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1935-1947 Ann Gordon report cards10 items
Ann's report cards from Camp Alleghany; The Stonefield School (1935-1938;) Saint Anne's School (1940-19450 and Wellesley College (1946-1947)
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1945-1949 Ann Gordon school assignments25 items
There are mostly essays and stories by Ann Gordon from Saint Anne's and Wellesley including several drafts of "Literature as a Social Criticism".
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1946-1954 Ann Gordon University of Virginia10 items
There are letters to Ann Gordon from Miss Roy Land, John Cook Wyllie, and Harry Clemons.
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1947-1950 Ann Gordon school -related material Wellesley21 items
There are correspondence, permissions, and invitations related to Wellesley College.
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68 items
Class reading materials and questions that Ann Gordon wrote for the classes she was teaching.
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55 items
The
Webster family had Winnie-the-Pooh nicknames: William was "K" for
Kanga, Eleanore was "Roo," and Harry was "Tig" or "Tigger." Harry wrote
to his parents from Camp O-AT-KA about his activities (tennis, baseball,
initiation, scotch bridge and rifle try outs). He wrote that they left
the ball field to hear President Roosevelt's talk over the" tel-a-tak."
He mentioned his friends, Bob Allyn and Abbot Fletcher (For letters
about Harry's days in the service in WWII, see Series II William Webster
Box 12, in Harry's correspondence with his grandparents)
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30 items
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32 items
Included is a letter from Armistead Gordon, and letters from Harry's parents.
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27 items
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44 items
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19 items
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47 items
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40 items
Included is correspondence from other family members including Alice Blodgett, (Harry's maternal grandmother) and his parents.
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38 items
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25 items
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41 items
Included are news clippings of Harry and Ann's engagement.
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1949 Wedding invitation responses32 items
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1949 Wedding invitation responses54 items
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38 items
Harry discussed with his father the advantages and disadvantages of his father accepting the position of Chairman of the Research and Development in the Department of Defense (being offered by the President of the United States, Harry S. Truman.) Also enclosed are copies of news clippings about
Webster's appointment.
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24 items
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8 items
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34 items
Madrid, Spain
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24 items
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57 items
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16 items
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47 items
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53 items
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38 items
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23 items
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60 items
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60 items
William
Webster wrote about the Wolff's and an event at the White House
with President Lyndon B. Johnson. (April 17, 1964) He also mentioned
that he was presented with the outstanding engineer in New England
award. He wrote that he attended Yankee and Rand meetings, and raved
about a conference at Sterling Forest. He mentioned that he was ready to
retire. He wrote that he appointed Fitz Leigh to succeed Harry Hanson.
William (Barney) was accepted into Groton.
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Ann wrote to Harry while he was in [Santo Domingo] about being careful there. She mentioned that she was looking for a glimpse of him on the news every day. She did not want the children to know his location since they could see how dangerous it was there.
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53 items
William
Webster continued writing about his many meetings with New
England Electric System, Hyuck, MItre, Atomic Energy Commission and
efforts by many people to create one atomic power plant. Harry mentioned
talking with Robert Ellsworth. William and Vollie Webster travelled to
Europe and the Caribbean.
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37 items
Ann and Harry and children were living in Holland. William and Vollie
Webster travelled to the west coast and Hawaii. William Webster wrote
notes about various colleagues as candidates for high positions in power
companies. He was preparing to transfer his leadership role in NEES and
EEI so he could retire. There are letters about his Atomic energy
citation.
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38 items
William wrote about his busy schedule and various trips and meetings. There are also letters from William (Barney) at Groton, and Liza.
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50 items
William wrote about his trip out west and that Steve
Webster was not
well. He also mentioned career plans of some of his colleagues. William
referred to their "Brazil Deal." Topics mentioned but not detailed, were
that labor negations were slow and that Cool Branch Farm had lost a lot
of money; the power company lost their gas case with the Supreme Court;
gold crisis; atomic desalting plant with the Israeli's; and the death of
Martin Luther King. He also made a comment about civil rights saying
that "the country has a pretty tough road to walk…" William
advised Harry to keep in touch with Robert Ellsworth because he was an
important contact in government.
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33 items
William wrote about United States Security and Exchange Commission hearings, Atomic Energy Commission's General Advisory Committee and other meetings including an invitation by Lewis Strauss to join scientists working for President Nixon. William wrote that the scientists were referred to as the "dinosaur wing" of the scientific community. Harry wrote about conflicts with his boss, X and studied alternative courses of career options with William. His boss was trying to force him into an assignment in Saigon. Harry and William were meeting with Robert Ellsworth to obtain a position for Harry as a liaison to Ellsworth.
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Harry was travelling to Madrid, Spain. Harry was still writing to William about his career. Ellsworth had just been appointed secretary to President Richard M. Nixon. Harry was considering leaving his current position in July.
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35 items
Harry was working in Madrid, Spain and [Granada] There is a newspaper clipping about Robert Ellsworth being appointed to the position of Ambassador of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and suggests that Ellsworth was becoming out of favor with the administration. William wrote that [Richard] Helms agreed that Robert Ellison could use a liaison man (Harry). According to William, Ellsworth felt President Nixon would support his efforts to hire Harry. William was attending and testifying in SEC hearings. There is also information about stocks including the Rock of Ages.
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William wrote about the Security and Exchange Commission hearings, Atomic Energy Commission's General Advisory Committee and Hyuck meetings. Circumstances made it difficult for Ellsworth to follow through on the liaison position. Harry and Ann prepared for their move back to the United States.
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Harry asked for a six month leave without pay and resigned. Cornelia Gordon died of a pill overdose during the night of September 21
st . William and Vollie travelled to Athens, Rome and Paris for a Hyuck meetings and Florida for [Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives] and [Edison Electric Institute] conferences. Soon after Harry retired, his boss was [fired] and the door was opened for Harry to return. William and Harry often mentioned a man high up in the government that they referred to as "Pooh." He seemed to work closely with William and was two levels above Harry's boss. There is a letter from Harry to William that indicated that "Pooh" was "livid" at the way "X" treated Harry. Harry also wrote that Princeton turned coed and he was not in favor of it. - Box-folder 29:3
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Harry travelled through the southern United States and met with ministers and news paper editors including Rev. John Spong (brother of the Senator), Staige Blackford, Jr., Oliver Jones, and Overton Jones about possible jobs and contacts. Harry wrote that he met with [Donald] Rumsfeld and [Frank C.] Carlucci (who became Deputy Director of the CIA in 1978) and ran the Office of Economic Opportunity, William Tyler, (Ambassador of the Hague) Peter Flannigan, Dick Loeb, and Roemer McPhee. William wrote accepting a short term job as senior technical advisor to the AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) and IAEC (International Atomic Energy Agency) for the United Nations International Conference in Geneva on peaceful uses of atomic energy while maintaining his positions with NEPOL, MIT, Hyuck, EEI, NEES, Rand and others. William also mentioned a meeting with the United Nations Scientific Advisory Committee. He also described labor strikes and negotiations with [Spraque. ]Enclosed is a copy of a speech William gave at MIT.
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Harry wrote William about contacts and leads, including Henry Loomis, Bob Krause, Roger Jones, Arthur Arundel , (newspaper owner and head of Piedmont Environmental Council), Lewis Strauss, George McGhee, and Julian Stein. He was working part time with [the Essex Institute] in Alexandria regarding issues in Puerto Rico. He decided to return to his previous job but in new area called "U. S. Army Personnel Research and Assessment Group," to be referred to a Department of Defense by family and friends. There is a note from William T. Golden. William
Webster
wrote that he was asked to host Neil Armstrong. Included is a letter
from Liza Webster describing protests against the Vietnam War. William
Webster started undergoing dialysis.
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Harry wrote about an easy return to work and fifty percent of his time to be spent in New York working for [Rod Rodgriquez].
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32 items
Harry was planning his retirement. Ann wrote to Harry about Watergate and commented on how the Nixon administration worked.
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52 items
Harry wrote to Vollie that there had been a lot of information about his old outfit in the news and he was glad that he got out when he did.
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32 items
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26 items
Harry travelled to San Jose, Costa Rico; Guatamala; and Columbia. He had been planning to work with Hubert Humphrey, Joe Crangle and Paul Simon's campaign but it fell through. He was also involved in fund raising for Daniel Patrick Moynihan for the Senate Committee and wanted a permanent job working for him. He also mentioned sitting next to Barry Goldwater and described him as a "warm guy."
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Harry went to San Jose ("his favorite small country") and Columbia for presidential primaries.
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50 items
Harry travelled to Mexico, San Jose, Ecuador, and other places in Central America. Harry wrote that he attended a small political gathering at Sargent Shriver's place and was not impressed with Shriver.
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Ann and Harry travelled to Canada. Harry wrote to Vollie that he had been talking to several "Bush men" and might start working for them part time.
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18 items
Ann and Harry travelled to Mexico. Harry visited San Jose, and sent Vollie news clippings about the Reagan/Bush victory. Harry wrote to Vollie that they were invited to the inauguration and parties.
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48 items
Harry visited San Jose and Honduras. Ann and Harry travelled to England, France, Greece, Turkey, and Israel. Ann and Harry also went out west to visit their children. Ann finished undergraduate and graduate courses in Anthropology and became an Anthropology teacher at George Washington University.
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39 items
Harry went to San Jose and Ann travelled to England and France.
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42 items
There is a letter to Harry from Rod Rodgriquez (who was his boss and friend in the CIA). Rodriquez mentioned that the thought of Kissinger coming back made him "… sick at my stomach" There is a letter from [Clyde] who was a close colleague of Harry's and the George H. W. Bush family.
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25 items
- Box-folder 31:7
38 items
There are photographs of Ann and Harry's first grandchild, Sarah Nemiah Ladd (daughter of Liza and John Ladd).
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58 items
Harry, Ann, and their daughter Maggie travelled to Mexico, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, and Bogota.
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45 items
Harry was in Ireland; Weld, Maine; and Canada.
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32 items
Harry visited San Francisco and Europe with his son Armistead Churchill Gordon ("Oppit"). There is a description of Harry's grandfather, Judge Edward "Peter" Willard Blodgett (-1949) written by Harry.
- Box-folder 32:3
38 items
Harry was on his annual trip to Weld. Ann was in Europe and Nairobi. Harry wrote two accounts of his trips abroad and Holland. Ann was recovering from an illness from her trip abroad. Harry mentioned Paul Simon's presidential campaign.
- Box-folder 32:4
14 items
Harry travelled to Costa Rica, Holland, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Rumania, and Istanbul with his daughter, Liza.
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48 items
Ann and Harry continued to travel to their favorite places around the world.
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26 items
- Box-folder 32:7
37 items
- Box-folder 33:1
15 items
- Box-folder 33:2
22 items
- Box-folder 33:3
31 items
- Box-folder 33:4
17 items
- Box-folder 33:5
9 items
- Box-folder 33:6
52 items
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n. d. Address List5 items
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32 items
Letters to Ann and or Harry include correspondents, Percy Redmund, Abbot Fletcher, Donald J. Sterling, Peter S. Mansfield, Mary Nold, Anne Hale, Don Manders, Thirsa Proctor, and James Page Elder.
- Box-folder 34:1
32 items
Correspondents include Abbot Fletcher, Mrs. Thomas J. Rigney, Jr., Mrs. Richard C. Gillett, Mrs. Mathew Pratt, Corporal F. J.L. Brokaw, Mary Pierce, Mr. and Mrs. Kindred, Martha "Martee" Chanutin, Peter S. Mansfield, Margaret Macleod, and Robert M. Dinsmore.
- Box-folder 34:2
24 items
Correspondents include Sallie Starker, Gertrude Fitzhugh, GiGi McKnight, Margaret Macleod, Donald J. Sterling, Frances Malther, and Mrs. (Julia) James Southall Wilson.
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33 items
Correspondents include Eileen Fletcher, Charlotte W. Gibbons, Frances Walther, Maria M. Morgan, Brigadier General Harry A. Barber, Jr., Frank and Jeannette Geldard, Edward Peck Curtis, Jr., Charles M. Bounds, Jr., and Robert Owen.
- Box-folder 34:4
6 items
Correspondents include Frances Walther, Thirsa Proctor, Sallie Starker, and Frances Walther.
- Box-folder 34:5
20 items
Correspondents include Margaret Hench Underwood, Robert and Vivian Owen, Frances Walther, Abbot Fletcher, Mrs. Catherine Perkins, Don Larrimore, Norman and Jean Reddaway, and David Archie.
- Box-folder 34:6
14 items
Correspondents include Charlotte Gibbons, Helen Kelly, Sally and John Baker, Maurice Wilson, Mrs. Mathew Pratt, Bill Gorman, Mrs. Peregrine Spencer Churchill, and Steve Close.
- Box-folder 34:7
20 items
Mrs. Peregrine Spencer Churchill, James Page Elder, Allen E. Henkin, John Caswell, D. C. Stevens, Jeanne Robinson, Mary Bucknall, Joseph and Mary Crowley, Joan and Andrew Phelan, Mrs. A. E. Davidson, Jane C. Johnson, and Peter S. Mansfield.
- Box-folder 34:8
43 items
Correspondents include Peter S. Mansfield, Eileen Fletcher, Nancy Laub, Mary Bucknall, James Page Elder, Jane C. Johnson, Gladys Briggs, Vivian Owen, Mary and John Lincoln, Sylvia Holden, Clive Robinson, Jans Johnson who mentioned his low opinion of Dr. Hasting Kamuzu Banda, Donald J. Sterling, Gordon M. Morrison (Mac), Sallie Close, Abbot Fletcher, Mike Holmes, Marion Wheeler, Mary Stackpole, Alida Davison, Clara and Art Rall, and Anna Williams.
- Box-folder 35:1
70 items
Correspondents include Donald J. Sterling, Martin Ochs, Alice Morrison, Martin and Paddy McLaughlin, Cynthia and Philip Laundry, Peggy Macleod, John Caswell, Mary and Steve Stackpole, Bayne and Harry Carey, Grace Fletcher, Atkins Family, John and Sandy Bastek, Jean and Ron Pewter. Bob and Vivian Owen, Reid B. Morrison ("Zipper"), Anne and Pat Hale, John and Gloria Gibson, Eileen Fletcher, Jennifer Davidson, Dorothy Balz, Ted and Claire Curtis, Ruth Chinamano, Bud and Patty Foulke, Damaris Hayman, Norman and Jean Reddaway, Hans and Adelaide Welser, and a generic card with photograph from Mr. and Mrs G. Mennen Williams.
- Box-folder 35:2
26 items
Correspondents include Helen Robbins, Marty Swan, Jeannette Atkins, Clint Green and a news clipping on Soviet Spy Training, Mrs. John Emmerson, John P. Nugent, Mary Novotny, Ann Driver, Brenda Morris, Jane Willems, and Ashton B. Collins.
- Box-folder 35:3
36 items
Lewis J. Williams, Brenda Morris, Edward M. Korry ,(about his appointment as Ambassador to Ethiopa) Senator Vance Hartke, Barny Howard, (and his article on Free Speech) B. P. Whipple, Rufus Smith, Anna Williams, John P. Nugent, Charlie Rushing, Clive Robinson, Paul and Dorothy Barringer, Richard A. Fuller, Hilde Schnitzer, John Harper, and Reid B. Morrison. Included is a letter from Ann
Webster to Edward and Pat Korr, and a
letter from Ann Webster to William M. Spackman at the University of
Colorado about an article on poetry. There is also a telegram notifying
the Webster's that James Southall Wilson had died.
- Box-folder 35:4
19 items
Correspondents include Mary Coon, Betty Mustard, Reid B. Morrison, ("Zipper") Lou DeAngelis, Robert Allyn, John Snelling, Abbot and Eileen Fletcher, and Mrs. Alan Davidson.
- Box-folder 35:5
19 items
Correspondents include Pat Rice, Caroline Conant, Gordon D. Davis, Lou DeAngelis, Eileen Fletcher, Donald J. Sterling, Dr. L. Herbert Loeb, and June Whelan.
- Box-folder 35:6
15 items
Letters between Maggie and her school friends
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29 items
- Box-folder 35:8
18 items
- Box-folder 35:9
28 items
- Box-folder 36:1
14 items
Correspondents include Aristides George Lazarus, Peter Hesse, Helen Elder, and Caroline Conant.
- Box-folder 36:2
13 items
Correspondents include Ruth Green, Aristides George Lazarus, Jeanne Delaney, Caleb L. Batten, Robert S. Allyn, and Caroline Conant.
- Box-folder 36:3
30 items
Correspondents include Caroline Conant, Abbot Fletcher, Jonathan Kebbe, Margaret Hench Underwood, Bernard Zilberg, Jane Bradley, and Charlie and Alida Davison. There are letters from Harry to Andrew Onderdonk.
- Box-folder 36:4
6 items
Correspondents include Caroline Conant, Phil Cherry. There are also letters from Harry to Andrew Onderdonk.
- Box-folder 36:5
19 items
- Box-folder 36:6
18 items
Correspondence includes Margaret Hench Underwood, Donald J. Sterling, Mary and Bill Wright, and Vivian Allyn. There are also letters from Harry to Andrew Onderdonk.
- Box-folder 36:7
20 items
Correspondents include Judy Fletcher, Andrew Onderdonk, Margaret Hench Underwood, and Vivian Allyn. There are also letters from Harry to Andrew Onderdonk.
- Box-folder 36:8
26 items
- Box-folder 36:9
25 items
There are letters from Vesta Lee Gordon (The Book Broker) asking Ann
Webster to contribute to the Stonefield Memorial. Other correspondents
include Ann Wolff, Hoffman Wolff, Joseph Y. Rowe, Jonathan [Krebb],
Dottie Conant, Ronald Ratcliff, Suzanne Simms, Gordon Cameron, and Paris
Manfredonia. There are also letters from Harry Webster to Andrew
Onderdonk, and Ann Webster to Pat Rice. Also included is a letter from
Maggie Webster to Nancy Webster Barnes.
- Box-folder 36:10
28 items
Correspondents include Vicky and Peter Cram, Caroline Davidson, Barbara Cherry, Pat Rice, Ann K. Warren, Mike and Audrey Highberger, Edith and Hans Wyss, Jane Hawxhurst, Sallie Starker, and Donald J. Sterling, Harry wrote about the Ann Gordon
Webster Fellowship at George Washington
University. Ann Gordon Webster died in 1994.
- Box-folder 37:1
15 items
- Box-folder 37:2
37 items
Correspondence includes Andrew Onderdonk, Caroline Conant, Wyn Graham, Vivian Allyn, Wolfgang Arnicke, Donald Hopson, Alphonso Rodriquez, and Jean Holden.
- Box-folder 37:3
29 items
Correspondents include Caroline Conant, Abbot Fletcher and others.
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1955-1969 V.I.P. Correspondence16 items
There is also correspondence concerning job opportunities for Harry from Roger W. Jones, Executive Office of the President; William P. Gormbley, Vice President of the Ford Foundation; William T. Golden; B. C. Christensen, IBM; Robert Ellsworth; William W. Scranton; Minos A. Zombanakis; Geoffrey Bell; Robert S. Allyn; and Grenville R. Holden, President of the Hyuck Corporation.
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1954 1961-1962 Christmas/Greeting Cards and gift lists5 items
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n. d. Christmas/Greeting Cards67 items
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n. d. Christmas/Greeting Cards64 items
- Box-folder 37:8
n. d. Christmas/Greeting Cards42 items
- Box-folder 37:9
n. d. Christmas/Greeting Cards and gift lists45 items
- Box-folder 38:1
15 items
Included is an honorable discharge certificate from the United States Army.
- Box-folder 38:2
30 items
- Box-folder 38:3
90 items
There are documents and correspondence relating to salary, insurance, automobiles, rent and other financial issues.
- Box-folder 38:4
30 items
- Box-folder 38:5
7 items
- Box-folder 38:6
30 items
Included are various tickets for passages, travel vouchers, travel authorizations and reimbursement forms.
- Box-folder 38:7
8 items
There are lists of names and addresses for Government personnel in Madrid, Spain. There are also papers related to travel and work in Santo Domingo as well as a map of Santo Domingo with markings on it.
- Box-folder 38:8
1953 1967 1991 Health and medical records8 items
- Box-folder 38:9
1957-1958 Household affairs: daycare67 items
There is correspondence about day care with various applicants and agencies.
- Box-folder 38:10
1949-1969 1992 Household affairs23 items
There is correspondence related to bills, dues and maintaining the house. There is a letter from Harry A. George of Keller and George, Jewelers and letters requesting information on preparatory schools for the children.
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1951-1955 Identification records2 items
- Box-folder 39:1
1961-1962 Invitations97 items
These are mostly social invitations related to Harry's work.
- Box-folder 39:2
1949 1964 1967 n. d. Invitations46 items
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n. d. Wedding invitations3 items
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1956-1957 1968 n. d. Miscellaneous news clippings20 items
There are news clippings about the death of the last Civil War Union Veteran; the sinking of the ship, The Andrea Doria; death of a "Salon Hostess" from prohibition; death of Humphrey Bogart, and other items of interest.
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1966 n. d. Miscellaneous news clippings6 items
There are news clippings about the CIA.
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4 items
- Box-folder 39:7
1947-1948 Rhodes Scholarship12 items
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1967-1968 Schools: American School in the Netherlands6 items
- Box-folder 39:9
1967-1968 Schools: Groton3 items
- Box-folder 39:10
1966-1967 Schools: Herbert Hoover1 item
- Box-folder 39:11
1977 Schools: Madeira1 item
News letter for reunions photographs
- Box-folder 39:12
1971 Schools: Moses Brown1 item
Letter about the Alumni Association
- Box-folder 39:13
1947 Schools: Princeton7 items
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n. d. Schoolwork19 items
- Box-folder 39:15
12 items
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40 items
- Box-folder 39:17
1949-1951 Photographs of Wellesley College3 items
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40 items
- Box-folder 40:1
100 items
- Box-folder 40:2
25 items
- Box-folder 40:3
9 items
- Box-folder 40:4
n. d. Photographs of friends7 items
Includes photographs of Hoffman and Claire Wolff, Jim and Harriet Manning, and the children of James Elder.
- Box-folder 40:5
n. d. Photographs of St. Anne's friends3 items
- Box-folder 40:6
n. d. negatives unidentified4 items
- Box-folder 40:7
n. d. 1985 color slides28 items
Slides of Lindsay reunion and slides of Mexico (1985)
- Box 40
n. d. Box of daguerreotypes20 items
- Box 40
Oversize photograph1 item
- Box-folder 40:8
n. d. Souvenirs miniature commercial photos54 items
- Box-folder 40:9
n. d. Souvenirs and calling cards49 items
- Box-folder 40:10
n. d. Souvenirs: cocktail napkins35 items
- Box-folder 40:11
n. d. Souvenirs Princeton17 items
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n. d. Souvenirs Wellesley29 items
- Box 40
n. d. Souvenirs ink pens# items
- Box-folder 41:1
1930-1968 Printed materials22 items
- Box-folder 41:2
1946-1988 Printed materials10 items
newsletters and pamphlets about Princeton University, Bryant College, St. James School and John Marshall College Law School.
- Box-folder 41:3
1948-1972 Printed materials9 items
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1949-1971 Printed materials10 items