Ted Dalton Papers, 1933-1978, 1952-1959.

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

Summary

Creator:
J. Lindsay(James Lindsay) Almond, Howard Baker, Ezra Taft Benson, Harry Flood Byrd, Ted Dalton, Colgate W.(Colgate Whitehead) Darden, Dwight D.(Dwight David) Eisenhower, Gerald R. Ford, Mills E.(Mills Edwin) Godwin, A. Linwood(Abner Linwood)Holton, A.E. Dick Howard, Richard M.(Richard Milhous) Nixon, Davis Young Paschall, Richard H.(Richard Harding) Poff, Lewis F. Powell, Nelson A.(Nelson Aldrich) Rockefeller, Thomas B.(Thomas Bahnson) Stanley.
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches, news clippings, photographs, recordings, reels of film, chiefly 1952-1959, of Ted Dalton (1901-1989). Virginia state senator, 1944-1959; Republican candidate for governor of Virginia, 1953, 1957; and appointed as U. S. district judge of the Western District of Virginia, 1959.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Papers, 1933-1978, of Ted Dalton, Virginia state senator, 1944-1959; Republican candidate for governor of Virginia in 1953 and 1957; and U.S. District judge for the Western district of Virginia. Includes correspondence, speeches, news clippings, photographs, recordings, reels of film and legal opinions.

Subjects covered include Republican Party politics, the Virginia General Assembly, highways,compulsory automobile insurance, segregation, the Gray Commission Report (Commission on Public Education), the College of William and Mary, and Dalton's appointment as federal judge.

Prominent correspondents include J. Lindsay Almond, Howard Baker, Ezra T. Benson, Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Harry F. Byrd, Jr., John N. Dalton, Colgate W. Darden, Dwight D. Eisenhower,Gerald R. Ford, Mills E. Godwin, Albertis S. Harrison, A. Linwood Holton, J. Edgar Hoover, A. E. Dick Howard, Richard Nixon, Davis Y. Paschall, Richard H. Poff, Lewis F. Powell, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Thomas B. Stanley, A. E. S. Stephens, William M. Tuck, and Edward E. Willey.

Biographical / historical:

Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Maritn Dalton. he received his B.A. from the College of William and Mary as well as his law degree. Dalton was Commonwealth's Attorney for Radford, Virginia and state senator from 1944-1960. He was the Republican Party candidate for governor in 1953 and 1957. Dalton was appointed federal judge for the Western District of Virginia. His adopted son was John N. Dalton who served as governor of Virginia. Ted Dalton died 30 October 1989.

Acquisition information:
Gift: 6 cartons, 5/25/1981.Gift: 4 boxes, 1/11/1982.Gift: 50 items, 4/26/1982.
Arrangement:
Arrangement

Each of the boxes in the collection is arranged chronologically by date. Each box or group of boxes included in one series is divided into four basic subseries,
1. Correspondence,
2. Speeches,
3. News Clippings,
4. Other Papers.

Organization

This collection is arranged into 11 Series:
1. Papers,
2. Papers,
3. Gubernatorial Papers,
4. Papers,
5. Papers,
6. Papers,
7. Papers,
8. Papers,
9. Federal Judgeship,
10. Papers,
11. Photographs, Videotape, Etc.

Physical description:
14 boxes.