Series IV. Subseries B. General Correspondence, 1892-1991 (bulk 1908-1970).

Containers:

Box 391-478; 481-484.

Scope and content:

This subseries is housed in 92 boxes. The General Correspondence subseries is further divided into: B.I. Superintendent B.W. Lynn, 1892-1896; B.II. Superintendents George M. Helms, Samuel M. Bolling and Evan F. Morgan ,1898-1907; B.III. Superintendent Evan F. Morgan, 1908-1909; B.IV. Superintendent J.B. Wood, 1910-1919; B.V. Superintendent Rice M. Youell, 1920-1942; B.VI. Superintendent's Files, 1934-1990 (bulk 1940-1970); B.VII. Commissioner of Public Welfare Files, 1924-1947; and [B.VIII. Warden Raymond Muncy, 1987-1991. These records are no longer at the Library of Virginia. They were returned to the Virginia Department of Corrections on 26 January 2023. Boxes 481-484 were returned to the Library by the Dept. of Corrections on 16 June 2023. One photograph was removed from box 481, folder 1. One sealed folder was removed from box 481, folder 5. The execution files (boxes 479 and 480) are still in the custody of the Dept. of Corrections.] There is some over-lap between subseries divisions.

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