Newport News and the Shipyard
Scope and Contents
Articles by James M. Morris, professor of history at Christopher Newport College: “Collis P. Huntington and His Dream,” (green tab); “Collis P. Huntington Acquires a Shipyard Charter: Stratagems of an Empire Builder” (yellow tab); “Newport News: Geared Up for War, Only Paused for V-E Thanks,” (published in Daily Press, date not noted) (green tab); “Industrial Paternalism in a Segregated Society: Newport News Shipbuilding and the City It Founded” (talk given March 8, 1985 at CNC). Copy of article “The Shipyard Monument” by Alexander Crosby Brown, historian and literary editor of the Daily Press, written in 1984 critical of Tenneco’s removal of the Huntington Memorial. At the time, this was a cause celebre and Brown was so determined that his opinionated article be saved he temporarily deposited in the safe of Congressman Thomas N. Downing (see note in his handwriting on page 1. Unknown if this article was published in the Daily Press, but certainly shorter versions were.
Dates
- Creation: 1952-2011
Creator
- From the Collection: Molineux, Will (Person)
- From the Collection: Board of Supervisors of James City County (Va.) (Organization)
- From the Collection: City Council of Williamsburg (Va.) (Organization)
- From the Collection: Williamsburg Historic Records Association (Williamsburg, Va.) (Organization)
- From the Collection: Williamsburg-James City County (Organization)
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Extent
From the Collection: 5.67 Linear Feet
Language
From the Series: English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center Repository