McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections

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Summary Information

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Administrative Information

Collection Inventory

Summary Information

Repository

McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections

Title

J.P. McConnell Distinguished Citizens of Virginia Collection

ID

RU 3.3.1

Date [inclusive]

1932-1935

Extent

2.5 Linear feet

Physical Description

Contains correspondence, reports, and publications.

Location

Located in locked compact shelving, level 1, shelf 20I.

Language

English

Abstract

This collection is best described from the introductory letters written by John Preston McConnell. This is the letter written to distinguished citizens asking for cooperation to add to this collection from J. P. McConnell. “The State Teachers College at east Radford, Virginia is establishing in the fireproof vaults of this institution the archives bearing on the State of Virginia. I am requesting a number of outstanding Virginians in various phases of the life and thought of the Commonwealth of Virginia to write, to be filed in these archives, any comment they care to make about Virginia, its history, its resources and its problems in the future for preservation for the study and the use of the present and the next generation. These opinions, comments and suggestions of the leading citizens of the Commonwealth will be of inestimable value in the future. I am, therefore, writing you to write us a communication of this character to be filed in the permanent archives of the college. Each person whom I am writing is requested to write for these archives any comment on the present, or any suggestions as to the future development and dealing with the future problems of our people. Virginia has a very great history. I believe that the greatest of all of the American States, but we have not been sufficiently careful in preserving all of its facts and ideals and ambitions that could have been preserved if we had all along through history followed something like what I have suggested. We are anxious for the signature of each person. We are requesting that each writing us, if it is convenient to do so, use his professional, official business stationary. There are no particular forms of information suggested; simply we would like for the next generation to be able to see what our people were thinking about and what were our problems and expectations for the future. If you do not have time to write fully as you would like, write us anyway what you can. We should be glad to have any statement or comment as to what steps or policies and what activities should be fostered by the present and coming generations for the present and future welfare of the Commonwealth.” This is the letter that describes the result of the cooperation letter from J. P. McConnell to the distinguished citizens. November 8, 1935 “About two years ago, I, as President of the State Teachers College, East Radford, Virginia, conceived the idea of securing letters or comments from distinguished citizens of Virginia representing all sections, sexes, colors and vocations of our people for preservation in the fireproof archives of the Virginianna room of this college. I have found some hesitancy or reticence on the part of the distinguished citizens in writing for our archives as freely as I desired. Through modesty, many of them expressed the feelings that they did not consider themselves of sufficient importance or anything you might say of sufficient significance to justify them in writing comments on the State at present or its prospect, hopes and plans for the future. Virginians have always been hesitant about writing their opinions, experiences, lives or autobiographies for the next generation as freely as do the people of some other sections in the country. There is a certain modesty about Virginians that has prevented our people from leaving behind records that would be invaluable if we had them for study and use of the present generation. Nevertheless, approximately two hundred have responded and other responses are expected. I am today filing in our Library the communications that have been received and will add to this collection others as they are received from time to time. Thanking those who have responded for their cooperation, I am John Preston McConnell, President.” This is the letter that describes how the collection was organized by J. P. McConnell. November 8, 1935 “The replies received from distinguished citizens are inclosed in twenty-one booklets or volumes, numbered from I to XXI. In each booklet or volume are included as many replies as there was sufficient space on the outside of the booklet for the name of the writer of the communication inclosed. This simplifies the whole matter of consulting at any time the contents of the series of booklets or volumes. As stated elsewhere any additional communications from distinguished citizens will be inclosed in the proper booklet.”

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Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence from distinguished citizens of Virginia in response to a request by Radford College President John Preston McConnell in 1933. Responses to McConnell's request are collected here, and include letters, pamphlets, memoirs, reports, news articles, newsletters, and various documents about Virginia.

This is the letter that describes how the collection was organized by J. P. McConnell. Original order has been preserved.

November 8, 1935

“The replies received from distinguished citizens are enclosed in twenty-one booklets or volumes, numbered from I to XXI. In each booklet or volume are included as many replies as there was sufficient space on the outside of the booklet for the name of the writer of the communication inclosed. This simplifies the whole matter of consulting at any time the contents of the series of booklets or volumes. As stated elsewhere any additional communications from distinguished citizens will be inclosed in the proper booklet.”

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections

McConnell Library
PO Box 6881
Radford, Virginia
540-831-5692
archives@radford.edu

Restrictions to Access

An appointment for research is required. The collection is open for research. No interlibrary loan.

Accruals Note

No additional accruals are expected.

Processing Note

Processing and finding aid by Sarah Theibert with finding aid assistance by Gene Hyde.

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Collection Inventory

Box 1
Folder 1: Introduction Letters
Folder 2: Cover letters
Folder 3: Adair, Cornelia S.
Folder 4: Adams, Berkley D.
Folder 5: Addington, R. M.
Folder 6: Agnew, Ella G.
Folder 7: Akers, Dr. R. T.
Folder 8: Anderson, Dice R.
Folder 9: Anderson, Henry W.
Folder 10: Anderson, Issac s.
Folder 11: Andrews T. coleman
Folder 12: Angell, Robert H.
Folder 13: Apperson, Harvey B.
Folder 14: Appleby, Paul H.
Folder 15: Aston, W. H.
Folder 16: Bagby, Dr. B. B.
Folder 17: Bair, Margaret M.
Folder 18: Ballow, Mrs. Clara
Folder 19: Barrett, Janie Porter
Folder 20: Barron, James S.
Folder 21: Barton, Robert P., Jr.
Folder 22: Battle, W. S., Jr.
Folder 23: Baylor, Joseph H.
Folder 24: Beckham, B. M.
Folder 25: Benchoff, H. J.
Folder 26: Binford, J. H.
Folder 27: Bishop, W. A.
Folder 28: Blackwell, R. E.
Folder 29: Bland, S. O.
Folder 30: Blandford, Paul S.
Folder 31: Boatwright, F. W.
Folder 32: Bohannon, J. Gordon
Folder 33: Book, Rev. W. H.
Folder 34: Booker, Mrs. Sallie C.
Folder 35: Bowen, Homer K.
Folder 36: Bowers, Dr. B. B.
Folder 37: Boxley, W. W.
Folder 38: Boyer, J. B.
Folder 39: Bradford, J. H.
Folder 40: Bristow, M. E.
Folder 41: Brock, R. K.
Folder 42: Brown, J. Sinclair
Folder 43: Brown, William Moseley
Folder 44: Browning, George L.
Folder 45: Bryan, John Stewart
Folder 46: Bullard, Dr. Chester
Folder 47: Bunts, W. M.
Folder 48: Burks, Frank W.
Folder 49: Burns, Clarence C.
Folder 50: Burruss, Julian A.
Folder 51: Byrd, Harry Flood
Folder 52: Byrd, Richard E.
Folder 53: Calcott, Mary W.
Folder 54: Calisch, Rabbi Edward N.
Folder 55: Cammack, J. W.
Folder 56: Campbell, Stuart B.
Folder 57: Campbell, W. C.
Folder 58: Carrico, J. P.
Folder 59: Carson, William E.
Folder 60: Carter, C. S.
Folder 61: Cary, Hunsdon
Folder 62: Cassidy, Eugene H.
Folder 63: Chitwood, Joseph H.
Folder 64: Chitwood, S. M.
Folder 65: Christian, Rev. W. Asbury
Folder 66: Cocke, Mattie L.
Folder 67: Cocke, W. H.
Folder 68: Collins, L. Preston
Folder 69: Combs, M. L.
Folder 70:Conrad, George N.
Box 2
Folder 1: Copenhaven, Mrs. Bascom
Folder 2: Cord, A. B.
Folder 3: Cox, Edwin P.
Folder 4: Crane, Richards
Folder 5: Crawford, Bruce
Folder 6: Cutchins, John A.
Folder 7: Dabney, A. D.
Folder 8: Dabney, Richard Heath
Folder 9: Dabney, Virginius
Folder 10: Daniel, Robert W.
Folder 11: Darden, Colgate W.
Folder 12: Davis, Arthur Kyle, Jr.
Folder 13: Davis, Jackson
Folder 14: Deal, J. T.
Folder 15: Dean, Elmer W.
Folder 16: Deans, Parke P.
Folder 17: DeJarnette, J. S.
Folder 18: Denny, Collins
Folder 19: Derring, Paul H.
Folder 20: Dickinson, C. W.
Folder 21: Dillard, J. H.
Folder 22: Dovell, Ashton
Folder 23: Downs, E. McCarthy
Folder 24: Draper, Warren E.
Folder 25: Drewry, P. H.
Folder 26: Duke, Samuel P.
Folder 27: Eberwine, John G.
Folder 28: Eckenrode, H. J.
Folder 29: Eggleston, J. D.
Folder 30: Eley, Mrs. Henry S.
Folder 31: Elly, Maggie Kent
Folder 32: Ellyson, Lora H.
Folder 33: Epes, Louis S.
Folder 34: Eskridge, Allen T.
Folder 35: Ferguson, Homer L.
Folder 36: Fishburn, Blair J.
Folder 37: Fitzpatrick, F. B.
Folder 38: Flannagan, Roy K.
Folder 39: Fleet, R. Hill
Folder 40: Fletcher, William Meade
Folder 41: Flory, John S.
Folder 42: Fox, Leslie
Folder 43: Frazier, T. McCall
Folder 44: Gaines, Francis P.
Folder 45: Gandy, John M.
Folder 46: Gardner, Ro. L.
Folder 47: Garnett, Christopher B
Folder 48: Garrett, W. A.
Folder 49: Gathright, A. B.
Folder 50: Gee, Wilson
Folder 51: George, T. J.
Folder 52: Gibson, Edwin H.
Folder 53: Gilliam, R. A.
Folder 54: Gilmer, Howard C.
Folder 55: Gilmer, Mrs. H. C.
Folder 56: Givens, H. C.
Folder 57: Glasglow, Joseph A.
Folder 58: Glass, Carter, Jr.
Folder 59: Glass, Dr. Meta
Folder 60: Gresham, W. D.
Folder 61: Gunn, Julien
Folder 62: Hall, John Hopkins
Folder 63: Hall, Preston Bell
Folder 64: Hall, Sidney B.
Folder 65: Hall, Wilbur C.
Folder 66: Halsey, Don P.
Folder 67: Harman, J. N.
Folder 68: Harman, K. E.
Folder 69: Handy, Bolling H.
Folder 70: Harahan, W. J.
Folder 71: Harlan, Rolvix
Folder 72: Harris, H. H.
Folder 73: Harrison, Fairfax
Folder 74: Hart, John M.
Folder 75: Hart, M. D.
Box 3
Folder 1: Hart, Harris
Folder 2: Hatcher, S. C.
Folder 3: Heatwole, C. J.
Folder 4: Henderson, Helen Ruth
Folder 5: Henry, H. M.
Folder 6: Hiden, Mrs. P. W.
Folder 7: Hillmen, James N.
Folder 8: Hobbs, T. G.
Folder 9: Hodges, Leroy
Folder 10: Hoge, J. H.
Folder 11: Hoge, Mrs. Howard M.
Folder 12: Hoke, K. J.
Folder 13: Holt, Henry W.
Folder 14: Holt, Lucy Mason
Folder 15: Honaker, M. H.
Folder 16: Hopwood, J. H.
Folder 17: Horner, R. R.
Folder 18: Horsley, J. H.
Folder 19: Howard, B. G.
Folder 20: Hudgins, E. W.
Folder 21: Hughes, Robert M.
Folder 22: Hults, Eugene A.
Folder 23: Hundley, J. T. T.
Folder 24: Hursley, S. R.
Folder 25: Hutcherson, N. B
Folder 26: Hutchison, John R.
Folder 27: James, Arthur W.
Folder 28: Jett, Robert C
Folder 29: Johnson, Elmer D.
Folder 30: Johnson, E. E.
Folder 31: Johnson, G. L. H.
Folder 32: Johnson, James G.
Folder 33: Johnson, R. P.
Folder 34: Johnston, Charles
Folder 35: Johnston, Mary
Folder 36: Jones, Callom B.
Folder 37: Kepner, William A.
Folder 38: Ketner, H. E.
Folder 39: Kibler, J. Luther
Folder 40: Kimler, A. C.
Folder 41: King, F. W.
Folder 42: King, William Wayt
Folder 43: Kline, Leslie D.
Folder 44: Koiner, George W.
Folder 45: Lacy, Ben R., Jr.
Folder 46: Lambert, George A.
Folder 47: Lankfort, Menalcus
Folder 48: Layman, George W.
Folder 49: Lejeune, John A.
Folder 50: Lesner, John A.
Folder 51: Letcher, Greenlee D.
Folder 52: Lewis, Elizabeth Langhorne
Folder 53: Lewis, Ivy F.
Folder 54: Lively, A. G.
Folder 55: Long, F. W.
Folder 56: Lyle, W. L.
Folder 57: Magill, R. E.
Folder 58: Maphis, Charles G.
Folder 59: Manahan, John L.
Folder 60: Mapp, G. Walter
Folder 61: Markle, Herbert
Folder 62: Martin, G. G.
Folder 63: Mastin, J. T.
Folder 64: McAllister, J. Gray
Folder 65: McCauley, Clara Josephine
Folder 66: McGuire, Stuart
Folder 67: McIlwaine, H. R.
Folder 68: McIntire, Paul
Folder 69: McWane, Fred W.
Folder 70: Meek, J. H.
Folder 71: Metcalf, John Calvin
Folder 72: Metz, Lula D.
Folder 73: Michie, George R. B.
Folder 74: Miller, Hunter
Box 4
Folder 1: Miller, James S.
Folder 2: Miller, John M., Jr.
Folder 3: Minor, John B.
Folder 4: Mitchell, S. C.
Folder 5: Moffet, Dr. M'Ledge
Folder 6: Moncure, Dr. P. St. L.
Folder 7: Moncure, R. C. C.
Folder 8: Montague, Hill
Folder 9: Moore, R. Walton
Folder 10: Moreland, George Monroe
Folder 11: Morrell,Rev. W. M.
Folder 12: Morrison, H., Jr.
Folder 13: Morrissett, C. H.
Folder 14: Munsey, Rev. I. N.
Folder 15: Muse, Benjamin
Folder 16: Myers, C. E.
Folder 17: Myers, John C.
Folder 18: Needles, A.C.
Folder 19: Neren, Harry C.
Folder 20: Newcomb, J. L.
Folder 21: Noffsinger, H. G.
Folder 22: Nolting, Carl H.
Folder 23: Norris, R. O., Jr.
Folder 24: Ozlin, Thomas W.
Folder 25: Owen, Richard S.
Folder 26: Padgett, J. C.
Folder 27: Page, Rosewell
Folder 28: Parrish, J. Scott
Folder 29: Payne, Bruce R.
Folder 30: Peery, George C.
Folder 31: Pennington, Robert L.
Folder 32: Perry, J. W.
Folder 33: Phlecker, W. A.
Folder 34: Polland, John Garland
Folder 35: Preston, John W.
Folder 36: Preston, Nelly
Folder 37: Price, James H.
Folder 38: Price, John W.
Folder 39: Randolph, Bessie C.
Folder 40: Reed, Williams T.
Folder 41: Reynolds, L. R.
Folder 42: Rhodes, John Q.
Folder 43: Richardson, Ed. J.
Folder 44: Ricks, James Hoge
Folder 45: Riddick, J. D.
Folder 46: Roberts, Floyd H.
Folder 47: Roberts, Harry H.
Folder 48: Roberts, Joseph K.
Folder 49: Robertson, A. Willis
Folder 50: Robinette, Lloyd M.
Folder 51: Robinson, Mrs. Lollie Bryant
Folder 52: Royster, Lawrence T.
Folder 53: Rudd, A. B.
Folder 54: Rudd, Wortley F.
Folder 55: Russell, James S.
Folder 56: Rust, John W.
Folder 57: Sands, Oliver T.
Folder 58: Sanger, W. T.
Folder 59: Saul, J. P., Jr.
Folder 60: Saunders, Peter
Folder 61: Scherer, J. J., Jr.
Folder 62: Schwartzschild, Wm. H.
Folder 63: Scott, Fred W.
Folder 64: Seay, George J.
Folder 65: Shackelford, V. R.
Folder 66: Shepard, B. Morgan
Folder 67: Shields, James A.
Folder 68: Shirley, H. G.
Folder 69: Shrader, L. H.
Folder 70: Shumate, A. E.
Folder 71: Small, Sydney F.
Folder 72: Smith, Charles J.
Folder 73: Smith, F. A.
Folder 74: Smith, Henry Louis
Folder 75: Smith, Mrs. Lavinia
Folder 76: Smith, L. F.
Folder 77: Smith, R. H.
Folder 78: Smith, T. G.
Folder 79: Stanley, Thomas B.
Box 5
Folder 1: Staples, Abram P.
Folder 2: St Clair, George W.
Folder 3: Stone, Ormond
Folder 4: Stuart, Jno. J.
Folder 5: Sutherland, H. M.
Folder 6: Swanson, Claude A.
Folder 7: Swindler, R. E.
Folder 8: Tate, James D.
Folder 9: Taylor, George W.
Folder 10: Thorp, John
Folder 11: Trinkle, E. Lee
Folder 12: Truxtun, I. Walke
Folder 13: Tuck, W. W.
Folder 14: Tucker, Rev. Beverly D.
Folder 15: Tucker, J. Randolph
Folder 16: Tyler, Lyon G.
Folder 17: Tyler, S. Heth
Folder 18: Tyler, W. D.
Folder 19: Vaughan, T. C.
Folder 20: Vaughan, Taylor G.
Folder 21: Via, Hon. George W.
Folder 22: Walker, J. Carter
Folder 23: Wallace, Maude E.
Folder 24: Waller, S. Gardner
Folder 25: Wallerstein, Morton L.
Folder 26: Wallner, Thomas J.
Folder 27: Wayland, John W.
Folder 28: Weddell, Alexander W.
Folder 29: West, Junius E.
Folder 30: White, B. E.
Folder 31: Whitehead, Joseph
Folder 32: Whitehead, Thomas
Folder 33: Wicker, John J.
Folder 34: Wickham, H. T.
Folder 35: Williams, Arthur George
Folder 36: Williams, J. E.
Folder 37: Williams, John W.
Folder 38: Williams, Lewis C.
Folder 39: Williams, Martin
Folder 40: Wilson, B. T.
Folder 41: Wilson, Richard H.
Folder 42: Wilson, Samuel M.
Folder 43: Witten, J. W.
Folder 44: Wolfe, A. J.
Folder 45: Wood, T. Gilbert
Folder 46: Woodrum, Clifton A.
Folder 47: Woods, James P.
Folder 48: Woodson, Dr. J. Belmont
Folder 49: Worrell, Wise