John Barton Payne 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:

John Barton Payne Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Extent:
660.00 Linear Feet
Creator:
Payne, John Barton, 1855-1935
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

John Barton Payne Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

Chiefly letters and telegrams, 1920, received by John Barton Payne on the occasion of his appointment as U. S. Secretary of the Interior. Includes miscellaneous correspondence, some pertaining to his work as chairman of the American Red Cross and photographs, 1920, of Alaska.

Three bound files containing 262 letters and telegrams of congratulation sent to John Barton Payne upon his appointment as United States Secretary of the Interior, 1920, carbon copies of his replies, and nine newspaper clippings.

With insert portraits of Secretary Payne and Stephen T. Mather, director, National Park Service. 6 1/4 x 6 3/4 inches, and mat from which the map was printed.

Presented to the College of William and Mary in 1935. Note: Many of these are letters or cards addressed to Mr. Payne. 93 pieces.

Biographical / historical:

John Barton Payne, a lawyer, was born in Pruntytown, W. Va. 26 January 1855. He was admitted to the bar in 1876. He practiced law in Preston County, W. Va. before moving to Chicago where he practiced 1883-1893. He was judge of the Superior Court, Cook County, Illinois. 1893-1898, Secretary of the Interior 1920-1921 and chairman of the American Red Cross. His paintings and monetary gift were the impetus behind the founding of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Barton died in 1935.

Acquisition information:
Gift
Processing information:

Box and Folder list compiled by Kassia Halcli, SCRC staff, in September 2011.