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Scope and Contents Chiefly office files and personal correspondence, 1918-1950, of S. O. Bland while serving as member of U. S. Congress from First Virginia District. Collection includes newspaper clippings on topical and geographical areas of interest to Bland, speeches and talks given by Bland as Congressman, and general papers and personal working files he maintained. Included in the general papers is Bland's voting record. As a representative of the First District, Bland focused a significant...

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This collection includes biographical materials about Bland; list of books owned by Bland; clipping about books donated to the College of William and Mary library; briefs and transcripts of record.  Cases included in the collection are "Grand Union Tea Company versus I.C. Lord" and "George H. Holt and Company versus Norvell L. Henley."

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This series contains records from the Office of the President under Davis Young Paschall. The bulk of the material range from 1960-1971 but some of the records may have been integrated from previous presidencies.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Arranged alphabetically. Files generally contain correspondence, publications, clippings, and events programs. There is considerable overlap of topics and correspondents between Series I and the other series in the collection. For art, see also Series III, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. For politicians, see also Series IV, Democratic Party, and other politicians’ folders. Correspondence with members of Violet McDougall’s family may be filed under the their names or under “Family.”...

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The Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection includes audiovisual formats from a variety of personal papers and organizational records collections.

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, personal and managed accounts, and legal papers of John White. Ranging in date from 1757-1843, with the bulk of the papers taking place from 1810-1830. From these papers, it appears that John White was a lawyer who practiced in Northampton County, North Carolina and the surrounding area. The buying, selling, and loaning of enslaved persons is a pervasive theme in his personal papers. As a result of his work managing accounts, he has many warrants...

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Transferred from the "Awards Received" Box of the Schuyler Otis Bland Papers (Mss. 65B61); gift of Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland. Located in Dec Obj S2 SS3. Mss 65B61.04

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Transferred from the "Awards Received" Box of the Schuyler Otis Bland Papers (Mss. 65B61); gift of Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland. Located in Dec Obj S2 SS3. Mss 65B61.06

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Transferred from the 'Awards Received' Box of the Schuyler Otis Bland Papers (Mss 65 B61). Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland. Located in Dec Obj S2 SS1. Mss 65B61.01

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Transferred from the "Awards Received" Box of the Schuyler Otis Bland Papers (Mss. 65B61); gift of Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland. Located in Dec Obj S2 SS3. Mss 65B61.05

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Transferred from the "Awards Received" Box of the Schuyler Otis Bland Papers (Mss. 65 B61); gift of Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland. Located in Dec Obj S2, SS3, Box 12. Mss 65B61.09

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Transferred from the "Awards Received" Box of the Schuyler Otis Bland Papers (Mss. 65B61). Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland. Located in Dec Obj S2 SS2, Box 4. Mss 65B61.02

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Transferred from the "Awards Received" Box of the Schuyler Otis Bland Papers (Mss. 65B61). Gift of Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland. Located in Dec Obj S2 SS2, Box 4. Mss 65B61.03

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Transferred from the "Awards Received" Box of the Schuyler Otis Bland Papers (Mss. 65B6); gift of Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland. Located in Dec Obj S2 SS3. Mss 65B61.07

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Transferred from the "Awards Received" Box of the Schuyler Otis Bland Papers (Mss 65B61); gift of Mrs. Schuyler Otis Bland. Located in Dec Obj S2 SS3. Mss 65B61.08

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This series consists of cheifly newspaper clippings concerning topics and geographic informational articles of interest to Schuyler Otis Bland as a member of Congress and the Committees on which he served.