Dudley Woodbridge 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
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Phone: (757) 221-3090
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Preferred citation:

Dudley W. Woodbridge papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Summary

Extent:
5.50 Linear Feet
Creator:
Woodbridge, Dudley Warner, 1896-1969
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Dudley W. Woodbridge papers, Special Collections Research Center, William & Mary Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection contains speeches and newspaper clippings relating to the career of Dudley Warner Woodbridge, a professor from 1927-1966, and Dean of the Law school at William & Mary. The collection also includes photographs and letters written to him on the occasion of his retirement.

1927 Law thesis of Dudley Woodbridge "Acquisition and Control of One Carrier by Another Under the Transportation Act of 1920."

Telegrams to Dean Woodbridge. D. One letter by Dean Woodbridge to John Stewart Bryan, President of College of William and Mary (1942). Brochure of Woodbridge building a fallout shelter (1961). University of Washington Academic Record (1935?).

Letters from former students who wrote upon his retirement.

Speech by Woodbridge to Mr. Geddy. Paper by Woodbridge "I am the College of William and Mary." College record of Woodbridge. Greeting card to Woodbridge from Chief Justice of India. C.

Photos taken throughout his life, starting from age 3. Some photos also include his wife, Ruby Woodbridge.

Including ideas about World Organization, and attitudes "towards those who belong to some other economic class" and "Peoples of other Races." There is a speech about "The Dignity of the individual" and one on the "Second Part of Golden Locks."

"Improvements in the law school since 1927" -Speech before Newport News Bar Association (1954) -"Some Educational By-Products". -"Education: Freedom of Choice for All" (1962) -"The Aims and Purposes of Marshall-Wythe School of Law." -Address to selected High School Students "TheTeaching of Honesty." -Norfolk Alumni Speech (February 10, 1954) -Remarks before Williamsburg J.C.'s Distinguished Service Award (January 17, 1961) -Speech before Mathew Whaley Band, Girl Scouts & Boy Scouts -Speech before Annual Law School Re-union and dinner.

Also articles involving the banquet for the descendents of John Marshall.

Perhaps in honor of his retirement as Dean (1962).

Photographs of Dudley Warner Woodbridge's ancestors and of Dudley Woodbridge. 9 pages of photographs, 2 loose photographs. 4 items. 3-page handwritten description of contents of scrapbook "Blue Prints."

Woodbridge was Class President, ran track, and was President of the Debate Team

Owned by Dudley Warner Woodbridge. At the end of the book is included a family tree that indicated Dudley Warner Woodbridge is the great-great grandson of George Morgan.

Owned by Dean Dudley Warner Woodbridge.

Oversize Item. Filed on sheld next to papers.

Oversize Item.

Owned by Dudley Warner Woodbridge. Oversize Items.

Bell, Whitfield J. John Morgan, Continental Doctor. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965 Coffin, Joshua. A Sketch of the history of Newbury, Newburyport and West Newbury. Published by Peter E. Randall, Publisher for the Sons and Daughters of the First Settlers of Newbury, Massachusetts, Inc., 1977. Second printing, November 1980. Morgan, Nathaniel H. Morgan Genealogy. A history of James Morgan, of New London, Conn. and his descendants: from 1697 to 1869. Hartford: Press of Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1869. Penrose, Charles. The Woodbridge and related families: bring the ancestors of Maria Woodbridge Gallaher Penrose compiled by her son. Potsdam, N.Y., 1974.

Scope and Contents "Anecdotes of Ohio," by Gilbert F. Dodds, describing Dudley Woodbridge who was a minuteman in the Revolutionary War, who helped organize the territory of Ohio for statehood.

Scope and Contents Letter regarding editorial, "No Flat Hat Censorship!"

Newspaper clippings citing Woodbridge's appointment as Dean of William & Mary Law School and his comments at the Newport News-Warwick Bar Association annual meeting

Content pertaining to Woodbridge representing the University of Illinois in President Paschall's inaugural ceremony. Invitation is enclosed. October 13-14, 1961, schedules of events for homecoming and inaugural activities at the College of William & Mary.

John Rochelle Lee Johnson was Professor of English Emeritus of the College of William & Mary, written by Woodbridge, Richard L. Morton and Jess H. Jackson.

"There is No Easy Way Out"; "Some Social Axuims and Their Applications to Racial Relations"; and others on religious intolerance and public school education.

Content on the value of supporting the Red Cross and donating blood.

Eulogy given at a William & Mary Alumni Association meeting, Roanoke, Virginia.

Gift of Julia Woodbridge Oxrieder, Williamsburg, Va. Personal Papers. Additions 1994.02 and 1993.57.

See medium oversize file for one photograph.

Photographs taken at the Phi Alpha Delta Law fraternity retirement dinner for Dean Woodbridge.

A photograph of President Eisenhower receiving an honorary degree at William & Mary (May 15, 1953) and a photograph of Billy Swindler, the son of Dr. and Mrs. William Swindler, one of (Dean Woodbridge's colleagues)

Photocopied newspaper clippings, copies of articles printed in Life magazine and the William and Mary Law Review, and miscellaneous printed material about Dean Woodbridge

Newspaper clippings and miscellaneous papers relating to Dean Woodbridge's retirement in 1962 as Dean of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law and his retirement from teaching in 1966

Includes a 1966 directory and a transcript of a mock trial.

Booklet contains an article about the Law School's Woodbridge Fund.

Publications containing articles about Dean Woodbridge.

Biography of Dean Woodbridge's great-great uncle.

Includes an article and photograph, in memoriam, of Dean Woodbridge, Volume 11, Number 2.

Bound transcripts of the March 1969 seminar of the Virginia Trial Lawyers Association held in Williamsburg, including remark made concerning the presentation of a certificate of appreciation to Dean Woodbridge.

Includes a dedication to Dean Woodbridge, Volume 7, Number 2.

Personal Papers. Additions 1994.02 and 1993.57. Gift of Julia Woodbridge Oxrieder.

A resolution passed by the Board of Visitors designating Dean Woodbridge Dean Emeritus of the Marshall-Wythe School of Law

Honoring Dean Woodbridge for voluntary service during World War II, signed by Harry S. Truman. See Medium Oversize File.

See Medium Oversize File.

William Woodbridge was Dean Woodbridge's great-great uncle. Certificate announces his temporary appointment to the office of Governor of Michigan. See Medium Oversize File.

Medal for his service with the local Selective Service Board during World War II. See Artifact File. A1.

Photograph of Dean Woodbridge by Thomas Williams

Dean Dudley W. Woodbridge's 1962-1963 bar notes for students preparing for the Virginia Bar. Mimeograph copies. Surnames A-L. Addition 1995.08.

Dean Dudley W. Woodbridge's 1962-1963 bar notes for students preparing for the Virginia Bar. Mimeograph copies. Surnames P-W. Includes bar exams from 1955-1963. Addition 1995.08.

Gift of Julia Woodbridge Oxrieder, Williamsburg, Va.; Julia Woodbridge Oxrieder's Matthew Whaley High School scrapbook containing autographs of classmates, calling cards, clippings, photographs, chiefly relating to the class of 1942. Includes photograph of graduating class, June 1942; copies of the Powder Horn, the school newspaper, 1937, 1940, and 1942; and notice of the school's 50th birthday celebration [1980]. Addition 1991.07.

Gift of Julia Woodbridge Oxrieder, Williamsburg, Va.; newspaper clipping regarding an honor Dean Woodbridge received when he was a law student; honorary legal fraternity pin with Woodbridge's initials on the back. Addition 1993.64.

Addition 1994.51.

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Class photograph and commencement programs. Addition 1994.51.

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Honorable discharge certificate, enlistment record, certificate of the American Bar Association. Addition 1994.51.

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Programs from ceremonies, banquets, and luncheons; receipts; grade report. Addition 1994.51.

Photos taken before he came to William & Mary. Addition 1994.51.

Photos taken after he came to William & Mary. Addition 1994.51.

Letters of Dr. Jno T. Beavers, Superintendent of the Newport News General and Non-Sectarian Hospital Association, Inc. to Mrs. D.W. Woodbridge, Williamsburg, Va., July 5, 1930, about the expenses of tonsil removal at Riverside Hospital.

Jan[uar]y 2, 1785. Dan[ie]l Phoenix, New York, to Dudley Woodbridge, Norwich, Connecticut, about a debt. Addition 2000.46.

Addition 1994.51.

Addition 1994.51.

Biographical / historical:

Dudley Warner Woodbridge was professor and dean of the law school at William & Mary from 1927 to 1966.

Acquisition information:
The collection was donated to the Special Collections Research Center in numerous batches by Julia Woodbridge Oxrieder, Parke Rouse, Jr., and by the William Mary Law School between 1991 and 2002.
Arrangement:

Acc. 1994.2 and 1993.57 were combined before inventory prepared.

Accession 2002.09, mentioned on the inventory, is filed separately as Acc. 2002.09 Woodbridge Family Papers.

Original Accession and additions intellectually combined in 2009.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard