Hutcheson-Short Papers

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.

Terms of access:

Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Hutcheson-Short Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
0.01 Linear Foot
Creator:
Hutcheson, Sterling and Short, Shelton H., III
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Hutcheson-Short Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1943-1965, of Judge Sterling Hutcheson of Boydton, Va. and of Shelton H. Short, III, of Chase City, Va. The papers include letters to or about Short's application to the U. S. Naval Academy; papers concerning "Wheatland," Mecklenburg County, Va.; and historical articles written by Short.

Correspondence re: Shelton Short's application to the Naval Academy, 1943-44

Letter by Judge Sterling Hutcheson to Carter Glass and to Shelton Short's parents

Two letters by Judge Sterling Hutcheson to Shelton Short and to Ben Short about Shelton Short's article concerning Richens Lacy Woolton and John Thomas Goode. Newspaper articles not included.

Two letters by Judge Sterling Hutcheson to Ben Short re: Shelton Short's article "The Role of Certain Virginians in the Development of Early Nevada." Article included.

Miscellaneous newspaper clippings re: Judge Sterling Hutcheson, local history, etc.

Newspaper clipping re: "Wheatland," former home of Congressman William Osborne Goode (1798-1859), alumnus of William and Mary.

2 photographs by Shelton Short. Letter by Sterling Hutcheson re: Wheatland Property. Also Photgraphs of gravestones of William O. Goode and Sarah Goode and Wheatland.

Christmas card from Sterling Hutcheson, 1965

Statement by Shelton Short, Aug. 1967, re; Lavenburg, Germany

Biographical / historical:

Judge Sterling Hutcheson of Boydton, Va. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Acquisition information:
Gifts of 1971 and 1972