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CONTACT ARCHIVES RESEARCH SERVICES FOR ACCESS INFORMATION, DIRECTIONS, AND HOURS.","Military Academy files contain student academic information; they are therefore restricted due to Privacy Act considerations and may not be served. If items from non-restricted series are housed in boxes with these items, the restricted items must be removed before the box is served.","Fourteen cubic feet of records pertaining to the Merchant Marine and Fisheries aspects of Mr. Downing's work have been transferred to the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Virginia. Microfilm copies of those records are on file at the Library of Virginia (Miscellaneous Reels 3362-3414). Lists of those records that are on microfilm are in folders in the collection and are noted in the Contents List.","The papers are arranged by congress and, in general, by category. His office's filing system varied in some respects from congress to congress; there are also certain areas of overlap in the filing system (e.g., general legislation appears as a separate category in some congresses, and in conjunction with general files or committee files in other sessions). These instances of overlap or dual filing are reflected in the Preliminary List of Headings and Contents List which follow.","In some cases, record groups extend over several congresses. When that occurred, the groups are placed within this collection with the latest congress with which they deal; i.e. \"Rivers and Harbors Materials, 91st-92nd Congresses\" is filed with the records for the 92nd Congress. Such multi-congress record groups are also indicated in the Preliminary List of Headings and the Contents List.","Fourteen cubic feet of records pertaining to the Merchant Marine and Fisheries aspects of Mr. Downing's work have been transferred to the Mariner's Museum in Newport News. Copies of those records are on file here at the Library of Virginia. Lists of those records on microfilm are in folders in the collection and are noted in the Contents List.","The preliminary headings are an outline to the contents of the collection, indicating areas of overlapping information by means of brackets (e.g. Committees [and General Legislation]). A detailed listing of the contents of individual boxes follows.","PRELIMINARY LIST OF HEADINGS\n Boxes 1-5. S[chuyler] O[tis] B[land] Papers.\n Boxes 1-5. Edward J[ohn] Robeson, Jr., Papers.\n Boxes 1-5. Campaign for Election to 86th Congress, 1958.\n Boxes 5-24. 86th Congress, 1959-1960: [Military] Academies; General Files [and General Legislation]; Invitations; Legislation Introduced and Failed Enactment, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Political Files; Voting Record.\n Boxes 24-56. 87th Congress, 1961-1962: [Military] Academies; Committees, General Files [and General Legislation]; Invitations; General Legislation; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted; News Releases and Publicity; Political Files; Speech Files; Veterans Affairs, 85th-87th Congresses, 1957-1962; Voting Record.\n Boxes 65-101. 88th Congress, 1963-1964: [Military] Academies; General Files; Invitations; General Legislation [and Committees]; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Marine Foodstuffs--Information Regarding, various dates; Master Files [1964 only]; Political Files; Veterans Affairs, 1961-1964; Voting Record.\n Boxes 101-132. 89th Congress, 1965-1966: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; General Files [and General Legislation]; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Master Files; Political Files, 1955-1966; Voting Record.\n Boxes 132-219. 90th Congress, 1967-1968: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; General Files; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Master Files; Office Accounts; Political Files, various dates; Post Office and Postmaster Materials, 89th-90th Congresses; Rivers and Harbors Materials, 86th-90th Congresses; Speech Files and Press Releases; Voting Record.\n Boxes 219-313. 91st Congress, 1969-1970: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; Federal Installations; General Files; General Reports; Invitations; Legislation Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Legislation Introduced and Failing Enactment, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Office Accounts; Political Files; Publications and Speeches; [Voting Record omitted].\n Boxes 314-407. 92nd Congress, 1971-1972: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; Federal Installations; General Files; Invitations; Legislation Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Legislation Introduced and Failing Enactment, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Office Accounts; Political Files; Rivers and Harbors Materials, 91st-92nd Congresses; Speech Files; Voting Reocrd.\n Boxes 407-479. 93rd Congress, 1973-1974: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; Federal Installations; General Files; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Political Files; Post Office Files, 92nd-93rd Congresses; Speech Files; Voting Record.\n Boxes 479-557. 94th Congress, 1975-1976: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; General Files [and Federal Installations]; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Political Files; Speech Files; Voting Record.\n Boxes 557-562. Speech Files, Undated and Unspecified Congress.","Thomas N. Downing served Virginia's First District in the House of Representatives from the 86th through the 94th Congresses. He was the grandson of the late state Senator Thomas J. Downing of Lancaster County (see also Accession Nos. 22035 and 22037, the Downing Family Letters).","Downing was born in Newport News on 1 February 1919. He received his public education in that city, graduating from Newport News High School. He completed his undergraduate education at the Virginia Military Institute, graduating in 1940. During World War II, Downing served as a Combat Troop Commander of Mechanized Cavalry with action in France. He earned a Silver Star for his rescue of two men during a reconnaissance operation in Northern France, and commanded the first of General Patton's Third Army troops to enter Germany. After the war, he earned a law degree from the University of Virginia (1948).","Downing practiced law in Hampton and Warwick, and served as a substitute judge for the Municipal Court for the City of Warwick. In 1958, he won election to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat. He was elected to the following eight congresses before declining to run for re-election in 1976.","At the time of his retirement, Downing's constituency included seventeen counties (Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King George, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland, and York) and four cities (Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, and Williamsburg). The geographic and socio-economic nature of the district caused Representative Downing to place special interest and emphasis on such areas as marine life and quality, military and technological affairs, and agricultural considerations; his years of membership on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Space Science and Technology (formerly Science and Astronautics) committees were important vehicles toward serving those interests. Additionally, his advocacy for re-opening the investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. led to his being appointed the first chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations.","After his retirement in 1976, Downing resumed his law practice in Newport News. He was a member of organizations including the American Bar Association, the Lions Club, the American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He served on the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute, 1985-1993, and as president of the Board of Directors of the Mariner's Museum in Newport News.","Thomas N. Downing died on 23 October 2001 of complications from intestinal surgery, and is buried in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News.","The first box of the Downing Papers contains a small group of records from Downing's two immediate predecessors in the First District congressional seat. Schuyler Otis Bland of Gloucester County (1872-1950) served in Congress from 1918 until his death in February 1950. His seat was filled by Edward John Robeson, Jr., who was born in Haywood County, North Carolina (1890), spent his childhood in Georgia, and settled as an adult in Newport News. Robeson served in the 81st through the 85th congresses; he was then defeated for renomination by Thomas Downing. He died in 1966 and is buried in North Carolina.","Papers, 1947-1977, of Thomas N. Downing (1919-2001) consist of correspondence, political files, speeches, and related documents; they are the public records related to his 18-year tenure as a congressman representing Virginia's First District in the United States House of Representatives. The records include manuscripts, typescripts, xerox, and other reproductions, newsprint, photographs, printed forms (blank and filled in), published items, and other media. The first box of papers contains a small group of records from Downing's two immediate predecessors in the First District seat, Schuyler Otis Bland (1872-1950) and Edward John Robeson, Jr. (1890-1966).","There are no restrictions.","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Thomas N. Downing Papers, 1947-1977"],"collection_ssim":["Thomas N. 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If items from non-restricted series are housed in boxes with these items, the restricted items must be removed before the box is served.","Fourteen cubic feet of records pertaining to the Merchant Marine and Fisheries aspects of Mr. Downing's work have been transferred to the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Virginia. Microfilm copies of those records are on file at the Library of Virginia (Miscellaneous Reels 3362-3414). Lists of those records that are on microfilm are in folders in the collection and are noted in the Contents List."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers are arranged by congress and, in general, by category. His office's filing system varied in some respects from congress to congress; there are also certain areas of overlap in the filing system (e.g., general legislation appears as a separate category in some congresses, and in conjunction with general files or committee files in other sessions). These instances of overlap or dual filing are reflected in the Preliminary List of Headings and Contents List which follow.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eIn some cases, record groups extend over several congresses. When that occurred, the groups are placed within this collection with the latest congress with which they deal; i.e. \"Rivers and Harbors Materials, 91st-92nd Congresses\" is filed with the records for the 92nd Congress. Such multi-congress record groups are also indicated in the Preliminary List of Headings and the Contents List.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eFourteen cubic feet of records pertaining to the Merchant Marine and Fisheries aspects of Mr. Downing's work have been transferred to the Mariner's Museum in Newport News. Copies of those records are on file here at the Library of Virginia. 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Copies of those records are on file here at the Library of Virginia. Lists of those records on microfilm are in folders in the collection and are noted in the Contents List.","The preliminary headings are an outline to the contents of the collection, indicating areas of overlapping information by means of brackets (e.g. Committees [and General Legislation]). A detailed listing of the contents of individual boxes follows.","PRELIMINARY LIST OF HEADINGS\n Boxes 1-5. S[chuyler] O[tis] B[land] Papers.\n Boxes 1-5. Edward J[ohn] Robeson, Jr., Papers.\n Boxes 1-5. Campaign for Election to 86th Congress, 1958.\n Boxes 5-24. 86th Congress, 1959-1960: [Military] Academies; General Files [and General Legislation]; Invitations; Legislation Introduced and Failed Enactment, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Political Files; Voting Record.\n Boxes 24-56. 87th Congress, 1961-1962: [Military] Academies; Committees, General Files [and General Legislation]; Invitations; General Legislation; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted; News Releases and Publicity; Political Files; Speech Files; Veterans Affairs, 85th-87th Congresses, 1957-1962; Voting Record.\n Boxes 65-101. 88th Congress, 1963-1964: [Military] Academies; General Files; Invitations; General Legislation [and Committees]; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Marine Foodstuffs--Information Regarding, various dates; Master Files [1964 only]; Political Files; Veterans Affairs, 1961-1964; Voting Record.\n Boxes 101-132. 89th Congress, 1965-1966: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; General Files [and General Legislation]; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Master Files; Political Files, 1955-1966; Voting Record.\n Boxes 132-219. 90th Congress, 1967-1968: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; General Files; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Master Files; Office Accounts; Political Files, various dates; Post Office and Postmaster Materials, 89th-90th Congresses; Rivers and Harbors Materials, 86th-90th Congresses; Speech Files and Press Releases; Voting Record.\n Boxes 219-313. 91st Congress, 1969-1970: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; Federal Installations; General Files; General Reports; Invitations; Legislation Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Legislation Introduced and Failing Enactment, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Office Accounts; Political Files; Publications and Speeches; [Voting Record omitted].\n Boxes 314-407. 92nd Congress, 1971-1972: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; Federal Installations; General Files; Invitations; Legislation Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Legislation Introduced and Failing Enactment, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Office Accounts; Political Files; Rivers and Harbors Materials, 91st-92nd Congresses; Speech Files; Voting Reocrd.\n Boxes 407-479. 93rd Congress, 1973-1974: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; Federal Installations; General Files; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Political Files; Post Office Files, 92nd-93rd Congresses; Speech Files; Voting Record.\n Boxes 479-557. 94th Congress, 1975-1976: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; General Files [and Federal Installations]; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Political Files; Speech Files; Voting Record.\n Boxes 557-562. Speech Files, Undated and Unspecified Congress."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThomas N. Downing served Virginia's First District in the House of Representatives from the 86th through the 94th Congresses. He was the grandson of the late state Senator Thomas J. Downing of Lancaster County (see also Accession Nos. 22035 and 22037, the Downing Family Letters).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eDowning was born in Newport News on 1 February 1919. He received his public education in that city, graduating from Newport News High School. He completed his undergraduate education at the Virginia Military Institute, graduating in 1940. During World War II, Downing served as a Combat Troop Commander of Mechanized Cavalry with action in France. He earned a Silver Star for his rescue of two men during a reconnaissance operation in Northern France, and commanded the first of General Patton's Third Army troops to enter Germany. After the war, he earned a law degree from the University of Virginia (1948).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eDowning practiced law in Hampton and Warwick, and served as a substitute judge for the Municipal Court for the City of Warwick. In 1958, he won election to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat. He was elected to the following eight congresses before declining to run for re-election in 1976.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of his retirement, Downing's constituency included seventeen counties (Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King George, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland, and York) and four cities (Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, and Williamsburg). The geographic and socio-economic nature of the district caused Representative Downing to place special interest and emphasis on such areas as marine life and quality, military and technological affairs, and agricultural considerations; his years of membership on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Space Science and Technology (formerly Science and Astronautics) committees were important vehicles toward serving those interests. Additionally, his advocacy for re-opening the investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. led to his being appointed the first chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAfter his retirement in 1976, Downing resumed his law practice in Newport News. He was a member of organizations including the American Bar Association, the Lions Club, the American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He served on the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute, 1985-1993, and as president of the Board of Directors of the Mariner's Museum in Newport News.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThomas N. Downing died on 23 October 2001 of complications from intestinal surgery, and is buried in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe first box of the Downing Papers contains a small group of records from Downing's two immediate predecessors in the First District congressional seat. Schuyler Otis Bland of Gloucester County (1872-1950) served in Congress from 1918 until his death in February 1950. His seat was filled by Edward John Robeson, Jr., who was born in Haywood County, North Carolina (1890), spent his childhood in Georgia, and settled as an adult in Newport News. Robeson served in the 81st through the 85th congresses; he was then defeated for renomination by Thomas Downing. 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After the war, he earned a law degree from the University of Virginia (1948).","Downing practiced law in Hampton and Warwick, and served as a substitute judge for the Municipal Court for the City of Warwick. In 1958, he won election to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat. He was elected to the following eight congresses before declining to run for re-election in 1976.","At the time of his retirement, Downing's constituency included seventeen counties (Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King George, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland, and York) and four cities (Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, and Williamsburg). The geographic and socio-economic nature of the district caused Representative Downing to place special interest and emphasis on such areas as marine life and quality, military and technological affairs, and agricultural considerations; his years of membership on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Space Science and Technology (formerly Science and Astronautics) committees were important vehicles toward serving those interests. Additionally, his advocacy for re-opening the investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. led to his being appointed the first chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations.","After his retirement in 1976, Downing resumed his law practice in Newport News. He was a member of organizations including the American Bar Association, the Lions Club, the American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He served on the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute, 1985-1993, and as president of the Board of Directors of the Mariner's Museum in Newport News.","Thomas N. Downing died on 23 October 2001 of complications from intestinal surgery, and is buried in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News.","The first box of the Downing Papers contains a small group of records from Downing's two immediate predecessors in the First District congressional seat. Schuyler Otis Bland of Gloucester County (1872-1950) served in Congress from 1918 until his death in February 1950. His seat was filled by Edward John Robeson, Jr., who was born in Haywood County, North Carolina (1890), spent his childhood in Georgia, and settled as an adult in Newport News. Robeson served in the 81st through the 85th congresses; he was then defeated for renomination by Thomas Downing. He died in 1966 and is buried in North Carolina."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThomas N. Downing Papers, 1947-1977. 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Lists of those records that are on microfilm are in folders in the collection and are noted in the Contents List.","The papers are arranged by congress and, in general, by category. His office's filing system varied in some respects from congress to congress; there are also certain areas of overlap in the filing system (e.g., general legislation appears as a separate category in some congresses, and in conjunction with general files or committee files in other sessions). These instances of overlap or dual filing are reflected in the Preliminary List of Headings and Contents List which follow.","In some cases, record groups extend over several congresses. When that occurred, the groups are placed within this collection with the latest congress with which they deal; i.e. \"Rivers and Harbors Materials, 91st-92nd Congresses\" is filed with the records for the 92nd Congress. 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Campaign for Election to 86th Congress, 1958.\n Boxes 5-24. 86th Congress, 1959-1960: [Military] Academies; General Files [and General Legislation]; Invitations; Legislation Introduced and Failed Enactment, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Political Files; Voting Record.\n Boxes 24-56. 87th Congress, 1961-1962: [Military] Academies; Committees, General Files [and General Legislation]; Invitations; General Legislation; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted; News Releases and Publicity; Political Files; Speech Files; Veterans Affairs, 85th-87th Congresses, 1957-1962; Voting Record.\n Boxes 65-101. 88th Congress, 1963-1964: [Military] Academies; General Files; Invitations; General Legislation [and Committees]; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Marine Foodstuffs--Information Regarding, various dates; Master Files [1964 only]; Political Files; Veterans Affairs, 1961-1964; Voting Record.\n Boxes 101-132. 89th Congress, 1965-1966: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; General Files [and General Legislation]; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Master Files; Political Files, 1955-1966; Voting Record.\n Boxes 132-219. 90th Congress, 1967-1968: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; General Files; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Master Files; Office Accounts; Political Files, various dates; Post Office and Postmaster Materials, 89th-90th Congresses; Rivers and Harbors Materials, 86th-90th Congresses; Speech Files and Press Releases; Voting Record.\n Boxes 219-313. 91st Congress, 1969-1970: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; Federal Installations; General Files; General Reports; Invitations; Legislation Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Legislation Introduced and Failing Enactment, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Office Accounts; Political Files; Publications and Speeches; [Voting Record omitted].\n Boxes 314-407. 92nd Congress, 1971-1972: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; Federal Installations; General Files; Invitations; Legislation Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Legislation Introduced and Failing Enactment, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Office Accounts; Political Files; Rivers and Harbors Materials, 91st-92nd Congresses; Speech Files; Voting Reocrd.\n Boxes 407-479. 93rd Congress, 1973-1974: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; Federal Installations; General Files; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Political Files; Post Office Files, 92nd-93rd Congresses; Speech Files; Voting Record.\n Boxes 479-557. 94th Congress, 1975-1976: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; General Files [and Federal Installations]; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Political Files; Speech Files; Voting Record.\n Boxes 557-562. Speech Files, Undated and Unspecified Congress.","Thomas N. Downing served Virginia's First District in the House of Representatives from the 86th through the 94th Congresses. He was the grandson of the late state Senator Thomas J. Downing of Lancaster County (see also Accession Nos. 22035 and 22037, the Downing Family Letters).","Downing was born in Newport News on 1 February 1919. He received his public education in that city, graduating from Newport News High School. He completed his undergraduate education at the Virginia Military Institute, graduating in 1940. During World War II, Downing served as a Combat Troop Commander of Mechanized Cavalry with action in France. He earned a Silver Star for his rescue of two men during a reconnaissance operation in Northern France, and commanded the first of General Patton's Third Army troops to enter Germany. After the war, he earned a law degree from the University of Virginia (1948).","Downing practiced law in Hampton and Warwick, and served as a substitute judge for the Municipal Court for the City of Warwick. In 1958, he won election to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat. He was elected to the following eight congresses before declining to run for re-election in 1976.","At the time of his retirement, Downing's constituency included seventeen counties (Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King George, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland, and York) and four cities (Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, and Williamsburg). The geographic and socio-economic nature of the district caused Representative Downing to place special interest and emphasis on such areas as marine life and quality, military and technological affairs, and agricultural considerations; his years of membership on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Space Science and Technology (formerly Science and Astronautics) committees were important vehicles toward serving those interests. Additionally, his advocacy for re-opening the investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. led to his being appointed the first chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations.","After his retirement in 1976, Downing resumed his law practice in Newport News. He was a member of organizations including the American Bar Association, the Lions Club, the American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. 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If items from non-restricted series are housed in boxes with these items, the restricted items must be removed before the box is served.","Fourteen cubic feet of records pertaining to the Merchant Marine and Fisheries aspects of Mr. Downing's work have been transferred to the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Virginia. Microfilm copies of those records are on file at the Library of Virginia (Miscellaneous Reels 3362-3414). Lists of those records that are on microfilm are in folders in the collection and are noted in the Contents List."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe papers are arranged by congress and, in general, by category. His office's filing system varied in some respects from congress to congress; there are also certain areas of overlap in the filing system (e.g., general legislation appears as a separate category in some congresses, and in conjunction with general files or committee files in other sessions). 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His office's filing system varied in some respects from congress to congress; there are also certain areas of overlap in the filing system (e.g., general legislation appears as a separate category in some congresses, and in conjunction with general files or committee files in other sessions). These instances of overlap or dual filing are reflected in the Preliminary List of Headings and Contents List which follow.","In some cases, record groups extend over several congresses. When that occurred, the groups are placed within this collection with the latest congress with which they deal; i.e. \"Rivers and Harbors Materials, 91st-92nd Congresses\" is filed with the records for the 92nd Congress. Such multi-congress record groups are also indicated in the Preliminary List of Headings and the Contents List.","Fourteen cubic feet of records pertaining to the Merchant Marine and Fisheries aspects of Mr. Downing's work have been transferred to the Mariner's Museum in Newport News. Copies of those records are on file here at the Library of Virginia. Lists of those records on microfilm are in folders in the collection and are noted in the Contents List.","The preliminary headings are an outline to the contents of the collection, indicating areas of overlapping information by means of brackets (e.g. Committees [and General Legislation]). A detailed listing of the contents of individual boxes follows.","PRELIMINARY LIST OF HEADINGS\n Boxes 1-5. S[chuyler] O[tis] B[land] Papers.\n Boxes 1-5. Edward J[ohn] Robeson, Jr., Papers.\n Boxes 1-5. Campaign for Election to 86th Congress, 1958.\n Boxes 5-24. 86th Congress, 1959-1960: [Military] Academies; General Files [and General Legislation]; Invitations; Legislation Introduced and Failed Enactment, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Political Files; Voting Record.\n Boxes 24-56. 87th Congress, 1961-1962: [Military] Academies; Committees, General Files [and General Legislation]; Invitations; General Legislation; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted; News Releases and Publicity; Political Files; Speech Files; Veterans Affairs, 85th-87th Congresses, 1957-1962; Voting Record.\n Boxes 65-101. 88th Congress, 1963-1964: [Military] Academies; General Files; Invitations; General Legislation [and Committees]; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Marine Foodstuffs--Information Regarding, various dates; Master Files [1964 only]; Political Files; Veterans Affairs, 1961-1964; Voting Record.\n Boxes 101-132. 89th Congress, 1965-1966: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; General Files [and General Legislation]; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Master Files; Political Files, 1955-1966; Voting Record.\n Boxes 132-219. 90th Congress, 1967-1968: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; General Files; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions; Master Files; Office Accounts; Political Files, various dates; Post Office and Postmaster Materials, 89th-90th Congresses; Rivers and Harbors Materials, 86th-90th Congresses; Speech Files and Press Releases; Voting Record.\n Boxes 219-313. 91st Congress, 1969-1970: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; Federal Installations; General Files; General Reports; Invitations; Legislation Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Legislation Introduced and Failing Enactment, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Office Accounts; Political Files; Publications and Speeches; [Voting Record omitted].\n Boxes 314-407. 92nd Congress, 1971-1972: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; Federal Installations; General Files; Invitations; Legislation Enacted, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Legislation Introduced and Failing Enactment, 1st and 2nd Sessions and General; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Office Accounts; Political Files; Rivers and Harbors Materials, 91st-92nd Congresses; Speech Files; Voting Reocrd.\n Boxes 407-479. 93rd Congress, 1973-1974: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; Federal Installations; General Files; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Political Files; Post Office Files, 92nd-93rd Congresses; Speech Files; Voting Record.\n Boxes 479-557. 94th Congress, 1975-1976: [Military] Academies; Committees [and General Legislation]; General Files [and Federal Installations]; Invitations; Legislation Enacted; Legislation Not Enacted; Master Files; Newspaper Clippings and Publicity; Political Files; Speech Files; Voting Record.\n Boxes 557-562. Speech Files, Undated and Unspecified Congress."],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThomas N. Downing served Virginia's First District in the House of Representatives from the 86th through the 94th Congresses. He was the grandson of the late state Senator Thomas J. Downing of Lancaster County (see also Accession Nos. 22035 and 22037, the Downing Family Letters).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eDowning was born in Newport News on 1 February 1919. He received his public education in that city, graduating from Newport News High School. He completed his undergraduate education at the Virginia Military Institute, graduating in 1940. During World War II, Downing served as a Combat Troop Commander of Mechanized Cavalry with action in France. He earned a Silver Star for his rescue of two men during a reconnaissance operation in Northern France, and commanded the first of General Patton's Third Army troops to enter Germany. After the war, he earned a law degree from the University of Virginia (1948).\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eDowning practiced law in Hampton and Warwick, and served as a substitute judge for the Municipal Court for the City of Warwick. In 1958, he won election to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat. He was elected to the following eight congresses before declining to run for re-election in 1976.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAt the time of his retirement, Downing's constituency included seventeen counties (Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King George, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland, and York) and four cities (Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, and Williamsburg). The geographic and socio-economic nature of the district caused Representative Downing to place special interest and emphasis on such areas as marine life and quality, military and technological affairs, and agricultural considerations; his years of membership on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Space Science and Technology (formerly Science and Astronautics) committees were important vehicles toward serving those interests. Additionally, his advocacy for re-opening the investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. led to his being appointed the first chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAfter his retirement in 1976, Downing resumed his law practice in Newport News. He was a member of organizations including the American Bar Association, the Lions Club, the American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He served on the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute, 1985-1993, and as president of the Board of Directors of the Mariner's Museum in Newport News.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThomas N. Downing died on 23 October 2001 of complications from intestinal surgery, and is buried in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe first box of the Downing Papers contains a small group of records from Downing's two immediate predecessors in the First District congressional seat. Schuyler Otis Bland of Gloucester County (1872-1950) served in Congress from 1918 until his death in February 1950. His seat was filled by Edward John Robeson, Jr., who was born in Haywood County, North Carolina (1890), spent his childhood in Georgia, and settled as an adult in Newport News. Robeson served in the 81st through the 85th congresses; he was then defeated for renomination by Thomas Downing. He died in 1966 and is buried in North Carolina.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["Thomas N. Downing served Virginia's First District in the House of Representatives from the 86th through the 94th Congresses. He was the grandson of the late state Senator Thomas J. Downing of Lancaster County (see also Accession Nos. 22035 and 22037, the Downing Family Letters).","Downing was born in Newport News on 1 February 1919. He received his public education in that city, graduating from Newport News High School. He completed his undergraduate education at the Virginia Military Institute, graduating in 1940. During World War II, Downing served as a Combat Troop Commander of Mechanized Cavalry with action in France. He earned a Silver Star for his rescue of two men during a reconnaissance operation in Northern France, and commanded the first of General Patton's Third Army troops to enter Germany. After the war, he earned a law degree from the University of Virginia (1948).","Downing practiced law in Hampton and Warwick, and served as a substitute judge for the Municipal Court for the City of Warwick. In 1958, he won election to the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat. He was elected to the following eight congresses before declining to run for re-election in 1976.","At the time of his retirement, Downing's constituency included seventeen counties (Accomack, Charles City, Essex, Gloucester, James City, King George, King and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Mathews, Middlesex, New Kent, Northampton, Northumberland, Richmond, Westmoreland, and York) and four cities (Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, and Williamsburg). The geographic and socio-economic nature of the district caused Representative Downing to place special interest and emphasis on such areas as marine life and quality, military and technological affairs, and agricultural considerations; his years of membership on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries and the Space Science and Technology (formerly Science and Astronautics) committees were important vehicles toward serving those interests. Additionally, his advocacy for re-opening the investigations into the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. led to his being appointed the first chairman of the House Select Committee on Assassinations.","After his retirement in 1976, Downing resumed his law practice in Newport News. He was a member of organizations including the American Bar Association, the Lions Club, the American Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars. He served on the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Military Institute, 1985-1993, and as president of the Board of Directors of the Mariner's Museum in Newport News.","Thomas N. Downing died on 23 October 2001 of complications from intestinal surgery, and is buried in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News.","The first box of the Downing Papers contains a small group of records from Downing's two immediate predecessors in the First District congressional seat. Schuyler Otis Bland of Gloucester County (1872-1950) served in Congress from 1918 until his death in February 1950. His seat was filled by Edward John Robeson, Jr., who was born in Haywood County, North Carolina (1890), spent his childhood in Georgia, and settled as an adult in Newport News. Robeson served in the 81st through the 85th congresses; he was then defeated for renomination by Thomas Downing. He died in 1966 and is buried in North Carolina."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThomas N. Downing Papers, 1947-1977. 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He was also\n director of the Seaboard Citizens National Bank of Norfolk.\n Dodson also authored several books on Virginia history,\n including The Capitol of the Commonwealth of Virginia at\n Richmond (1937), The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of\n Virginia, 1919-1939 (1939), and Speakers and Clerks of the\n Virginia House of Delegates, 1776-1955 (1956). He died in\n Norfolk, Virginia on 8 April 1969.","Papers, 1923-1962, of E. Griffith Dodson, including\n correspondence, as well as files relating to his work on\n several books on Virginia history. The CORRESPONDENCE FILES\n contain incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence.\n Correspondents include Arthur Bevan, R. E. Burson, Harry F.\n Byrd, A. C. Carson, William E. Carson, Colgate W. Darden,\n Hamilton J. Eckenrode, Elmer O. Fippin, Junius Fishburn,\n Richard A. Gilliam, Chapin Jones, Lee Long, Thomas W. Ozlin,\n George C. Peery, John Garland Pollard, Rufus G. Roberts, and\n Coleman Wortham. There is a substantial amount of\n correspondence between Dodson and Harry F. Byrd. When Byrd ran\n for Governor of Virginia in 1925 against G. Walter Mapp of\n Accomack County, Dodson served as his campaign director in\n Norfolk. The correspondence in this portion of the collection\n documents Byrd's stance on campaign issues such as liquor law\n enforcement, voter registration procedures, revisions of the\n fee system, tax equalization, road building and the gas tax,\n and Byrd's votes on the 1916 Vice Bill and Bible Bill while\n serving in the Virginia General Assembly, as well as machine\n politics, and economy, efficiency, and simplicity in state\n government. The correspondence between Byrd and Dodson\n continued while Byrd was Governor, and later United States\n Senator. Most of the correspondence from this time period\n focuses on state and national issues, and political\n appointments.","The remainder of correspondence files detail Dodson's work\n as a member of the State Commission on Conservation and\n Development. There is a large amount of correspondence with\n William E. Carson, who served as chairman, as well as other\n members of the Commission. Topics covered include the use of\n Virginia's scenic and historic assets to attract tourists and\n industry, and plans to foster recreational areas, such as the\n creation of the Shenandoah National Park. There is a large\n amount of documentation concerning the park's pledge campaign,\n and efforts to reduce the park's size. Other issues covered\n include the preparation of a system of historical markers\n placed along the state's highways, the formation of a state\n park system, and the move to reorganize the Commission under\n Governor Pollard. There is also a box of miscellaneous\n publications, annual reports, legislation, programs,\n newsletters, pamphlets, and brochures concerning agriculture,\n conservation and development, geology, parks and water power\n in Virginia and other states.","THE CAPITOL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AT RICHMOND\n series contains files on various individuals and topics\n included in this volume which was first published in 1937.\n This series is alphabetical, and includes correspondence\n seeking information on portraits, busts, and statues of all\n the governors of Virginia since 1776, and other famous\n Virginians, contained in the Capitol, and biographical\n information on those particular individuals. Also contained in\n this series are miscellaneous notes and a bound volume of\n cut-up galleys. Accession 39503 is a copy of the book\n inscribed by Gov. 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The correspondence is with the\n particular individual or his descendants, and includes\n genealogical and biographical information which Dodson used to\n compile his sketches for the book which was published in 1956.\n There is a large amount of information on John James Beckley,\n Benjamin Harrison, Charles Hay, John Winston Jones, Larkin\n Smith, John Stewart, and Zephaniah Turner, Jr. Also included\n in this series are court orders, resolutions of respect, and\n memorials of former members, miscellaneous research notes, as\n well as various drafts, some of them bound, a card index, and\n wood block printing plates used in the production of the\n volume.","Also included in this collection is a bound typescript\n entitled \"The General Assembly of Virginia, 1885-1918, Index\"\n which Dodson compiled in 1959, and had apparently hoped to\n publish. The volume is an alphabetical index of entries mostly\n in House journals and partly in Senate journals, including\n resolutions, documents, reports, addresses, election of\n judges, State officers, House officers, electoral boards,\n other confirmations of boards and school superintendents, and\n items of historical interest. This volume was intended to be a\n supplement to his book THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE\n COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, 1919-1939. The volume also includes\n a listing of all counties and cities in Virginia showing their\n several judicial circuits from time to time.","There are no restrictions.","Personal Papers Collection,\n Acc. 25244","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["E. Griffith Dodson Papers, 1923-1962"],"collection_ssim":["E. 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When Byrd ran\n for Governor of Virginia in 1925 against G. Walter Mapp of\n Accomack County, Dodson served as his campaign director in\n Norfolk. The correspondence in this portion of the collection\n documents Byrd's stance on campaign issues such as liquor law\n enforcement, voter registration procedures, revisions of the\n fee system, tax equalization, road building and the gas tax,\n and Byrd's votes on the 1916 Vice Bill and Bible Bill while\n serving in the Virginia General Assembly, as well as machine\n politics, and economy, efficiency, and simplicity in state\n government. The correspondence between Byrd and Dodson\n continued while Byrd was Governor, and later United States\n Senator. Most of the correspondence from this time period\n focuses on state and national issues, and political\n appointments.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eThe remainder of correspondence files detail Dodson's work\n as a member of the State Commission on Conservation and\n Development. 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The correspondence is with the\n particular individual or his descendants, and includes\n genealogical and biographical information which Dodson used to\n compile his sketches for the book which was published in 1956.\n There is a large amount of information on John James Beckley,\n Benjamin Harrison, Charles Hay, John Winston Jones, Larkin\n Smith, John Stewart, and Zephaniah Turner, Jr. Also included\n in this series are court orders, resolutions of respect, and\n memorials of former members, miscellaneous research notes, as\n well as various drafts, some of them bound, a card index, and\n wood block printing plates used in the production of the\n volume.\u003c/p\u003e\n ","\u003cp\u003eAlso included in this collection is a bound typescript\n entitled \"The General Assembly of Virginia, 1885-1918, Index\"\n which Dodson compiled in 1959, and had apparently hoped to\n publish. 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C. Carson, William E. Carson, Colgate W. Darden,\n Hamilton J. Eckenrode, Elmer O. Fippin, Junius Fishburn,\n Richard A. Gilliam, Chapin Jones, Lee Long, Thomas W. Ozlin,\n George C. Peery, John Garland Pollard, Rufus G. Roberts, and\n Coleman Wortham. There is a substantial amount of\n correspondence between Dodson and Harry F. Byrd. When Byrd ran\n for Governor of Virginia in 1925 against G. Walter Mapp of\n Accomack County, Dodson served as his campaign director in\n Norfolk. The correspondence in this portion of the collection\n documents Byrd's stance on campaign issues such as liquor law\n enforcement, voter registration procedures, revisions of the\n fee system, tax equalization, road building and the gas tax,\n and Byrd's votes on the 1916 Vice Bill and Bible Bill while\n serving in the Virginia General Assembly, as well as machine\n politics, and economy, efficiency, and simplicity in state\n government. The correspondence between Byrd and Dodson\n continued while Byrd was Governor, and later United States\n Senator. Most of the correspondence from this time period\n focuses on state and national issues, and political\n appointments.","The remainder of correspondence files detail Dodson's work\n as a member of the State Commission on Conservation and\n Development. There is a large amount of correspondence with\n William E. Carson, who served as chairman, as well as other\n members of the Commission. Topics covered include the use of\n Virginia's scenic and historic assets to attract tourists and\n industry, and plans to foster recreational areas, such as the\n creation of the Shenandoah National Park. There is a large\n amount of documentation concerning the park's pledge campaign,\n and efforts to reduce the park's size. Other issues covered\n include the preparation of a system of historical markers\n placed along the state's highways, the formation of a state\n park system, and the move to reorganize the Commission under\n Governor Pollard. There is also a box of miscellaneous\n publications, annual reports, legislation, programs,\n newsletters, pamphlets, and brochures concerning agriculture,\n conservation and development, geology, parks and water power\n in Virginia and other states.","THE CAPITOL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA AT RICHMOND\n series contains files on various individuals and topics\n included in this volume which was first published in 1937.\n This series is alphabetical, and includes correspondence\n seeking information on portraits, busts, and statues of all\n the governors of Virginia since 1776, and other famous\n Virginians, contained in the Capitol, and biographical\n information on those particular individuals. Also contained in\n this series are miscellaneous notes and a bound volume of\n cut-up galleys. Accession 39503 is a copy of the book\n inscribed by Gov. George Campbell Peery to Dodson's wife,\n which also includes a handwritten dedication by Dodson, as\n well as various annotations throughout. This volume is number\n seven of two thousand printed.","THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,\n 1919-1939, series contains biographical questionnaires and\n sketches, as well as correspondence, which Dodson used to\n compile this register of members published in 1939. The\n biographical questionnaires were sent out to all members or\n their descendants, were completed, and returned. 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The correspondence is with the\n particular individual or his descendants, and includes\n genealogical and biographical information which Dodson used to\n compile his sketches for the book which was published in 1956.\n There is a large amount of information on John James Beckley,\n Benjamin Harrison, Charles Hay, John Winston Jones, Larkin\n Smith, John Stewart, and Zephaniah Turner, Jr. Also included\n in this series are court orders, resolutions of respect, and\n memorials of former members, miscellaneous research notes, as\n well as various drafts, some of them bound, a card index, and\n wood block printing plates used in the production of the\n volume.","Also included in this collection is a bound typescript\n entitled \"The General Assembly of Virginia, 1885-1918, Index\"\n which Dodson compiled in 1959, and had apparently hoped to\n publish. 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After\n retiring from the family businesses, she published a\n genealogical history of her husband Pete's family, \n The Wests and The Rays and Their\n Allies: Southern Families from the Colonies to\n Texas. In 1991 this book was awarded First Place for\n Family History and Grand Prize for Writing by The Texas State\n Genealogical Society. In 1992 she published \n He Wore a Pink Carnation, a\n biography of Dr. Marvin C. Overton, her father and a pioneer\n physician in West Texas. She also has written \n The Overtons: 700 Years with allied\n families from England to Virginia, Kentucky, and\n Texas (1997) which will be followed by another\n genealogical history about the Jennings families and twenty\n related lines.","Papers, ca. 1959-2001, consisting of the genealogical\n research files on the Overton, West and Ray families and their\n allied families compiled by Nan Overton West. Folders\n principally consist of research files concerning specific\n individuals and families and correspondence exchanged with\n individuals concerning specific families. The research files\n contain genealogical notes concerning family lines abstracted\n and/or copied from census records, military records, Bible\n records, patriotic organization applications, family group\n sheets, pedigree charts, extracts from published sources,\n newspaper clippings, family descendants' newsletters,\n photographs, genealogical charts, and court records, including\n deed books, order books, will books, and marriage records.\n Correspondence concerning family lines also appears in this\n collection and often includes research files along with their\n letters. This material remains within the respective\n correspondents file. 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Ray allied family surnames include Caldwell,\n Culpepper, Dean, Gillespie, Grant, Harrison, King, Kirk, Peek,\n Richards, Tatum, Wyatt, and Young.","Microfilm reel in Box 5 is for reference use only; duplication is prohibited.","Personal Papers Collection,\n Acc. 37849","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Papers, ca.\n 1959-2001"],"collection_ssim":["Papers, ca.\n 1959-2001"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["37849, 38300"],"unitid_tesim":["37849, 38300"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Nan Overton West"],"creator_ssim":["Nan Overton West"],"access_terms_ssm":["Microfilm reel in Box 5 is for reference use only; duplication is prohibited."],"acqinfo_ssim":["These collections were given to the Library of Virginia\n by Nan Overton West in 2000 and 2001."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["9.45 cubic feet and\n 1 microfilm reel"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003carrangement\u003e\n \u003chead\u003eArrangement\u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eWithin each series, files are arranged\n alphabetically.\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003c/arrangement\u003e\n ","\u003carrangement\u003e\n \u003chead\u003eOrganization\u003c/head\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized into the following series:\u003c/p\u003e\n \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\n \u003citem\u003eI: Overton Family\u003c/item\u003e\n \u003citem\u003eII: Overton Allied Families\u003c/item\u003e\n \u003citem\u003eIII: West Family\u003c/item\u003e\n \u003citem\u003eIV: West Allied Families\u003c/item\u003e\n \u003citem\u003eV: Ray Family\u003c/item\u003e\n \u003citem\u003eVI: Ray Allied Families\u003c/item\u003e\n \u003c/list\u003e\n \u003c/arrangement\u003e\n "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["Within each series, files are arranged\n alphabetically.","Organization\n The collection is organized into the following series:\n \n I: Overton Family\n II: Overton Allied Families\n III: West Family\n IV: West Allied Families\n V: Ray Family\n VI: Ray Allied Families"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNan Overton West is a life-long resident of Lubbock, Texas.\n She attended Lubbock Public Schools, Texas Technological\n College, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, and The University of\n Texas, where she graduated with a B.A. degree in 1941. 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In 1991 this book was awarded First Place for\n Family History and Grand Prize for Writing by The Texas State\n Genealogical Society. In 1992 she published \n He Wore a Pink Carnation, a\n biography of Dr. Marvin C. Overton, her father and a pioneer\n physician in West Texas. She also has written \n The Overtons: 700 Years with allied\n families from England to Virginia, Kentucky, and\n Texas (1997) which will be followed by another\n genealogical history about the Jennings families and twenty\n related lines."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eNan Overton West Papers, ca. 1959-2001. Accessions\n 37849 and 38300, Personal papers collection, The Library of\n Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n "],"prefercite_tesim":["Nan Overton West Papers, ca. 1959-2001. 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The research files\n contain genealogical notes concerning family lines abstracted\n and/or copied from census records, military records, Bible\n records, patriotic organization applications, family group\n sheets, pedigree charts, extracts from published sources,\n newspaper clippings, family descendants' newsletters,\n photographs, genealogical charts, and court records, including\n deed books, order books, will books, and marriage records.\n Correspondence concerning family lines also appears in this\n collection and often includes research files along with their\n letters. This material remains within the respective\n correspondents file. 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