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Library of Virginia 2002 Jim Greve Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia George Campbell Peery Papers, 1899-1945 35134 Personal Papers Collection, Acc. 35134 7.1 cu. ft. (in part, photocopies); scrapbooks on microfilm (Misc. reels 2298-3308). English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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George Campbell Peery Papers, 1899-1945. Accession 35134, Personal Papers Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

 Acquisition Information

Gift of Ben H. Linberry, Tazewell, Virginia, 31 October 1995.

 Biographical/Historical Information

Born in Cedar Bluff, Tazewell County, Virginia on 28 October 1873. Graduate of Emory and Henry College (1894); Washington and Lee University law school (1897); member of U.S. House of Representatives (1923- 1929); governor of Virginia (1934-1938). Died in Richlands, Virginia on 14 October 1952. Buried in Maplewood Cemetery, Tazewell County, Virginia.

 Scope and Content Information

Includes personal and general correspondence, 1899-1928, containing information mostly on Peery's law practice in Wise and Tazewell County, Virginia; speeches, 1913-1943 and undated, to civic organizations in Virginia, as well as some campaign addresses; campaign files, 1922-1925, which include correspondence; miscellaneous records, including West Point and Naval Academy appointments, 1924-1927, and information on Peery's residence in Wise, Virginia, dated 1908-1909; and scrapbooks.

 Contents List Correspondence Personal, 1899-1900 1 1-18 Personal, 1900 1 19-31 Personal, 1904 1 32-47 Personal, 1904-1906 1 48-62 Personal, 1906-1908 (A-L) 1 63-70 Personal, 1906-1908 (M-Z) 2 1-8 Personal, 1908-1909 2 9-23 Personal, 1910-1912 2 24-38 Personal, 1913-1914 2 39-53 Personal, 1915-1917 2 54-69 Personal, 1923-1924 3 1-21 General, 1923-1924 (A-S) 3 22-44 General, 1923-1924 (S-Z) 4 1-5 Personal, 1925-1927 4 6-27 Personal, 1926-1928 4 28-47 General, 1926-1927 (H-Z) 5 1-20 Personal, 1928-1929 5 21-44 General, 1928 5 45-59 Speeches Wise High School - May 22, 1913 6 1 Saltville High School Commencement Exercises - 1924 6 2 Game Refuge Bill (H.R. 745), U.S. Congress - February 20, 1925 6 3 Marion Junior College Commencement Exercises, Marion - May 31, 1926 6 4 Campaign Speech, Jonesville - September 13, 1926 6 5 Martha Washington College Commencement Exercises - 1927 6 6 Democratic State Convention, Roanoke - June 21, 1928 6 7 Emory and Henry College 91st Annual Commencement - June 11, 1929 6 8 State Teachers College 20th Annual Commencement, Fredericksburg - June 8, 1931 6 9 Norfolk Lodge No. 38, B.P.O.E. Memorial Service - December 6, 1931 6 10 Democratic National Convention Seconding Speech, Chicago (Not Delivered) - 1932 6 11 Trustees of Public Schools - November 22, 1932 6 12 Suffolk Lodge No. 685, B.P.O.E. Memorial Service - December 4, 1932 6 13 American Legion, Richmond - April 19, 1933 6 14 Amherst Court House - June 12, 1933 6 15 Campaign Speech, Louisa - October 9, 1933 6 16 Radio Address/State Elections - October 28, 1933 6 17 Inaugural Address - January 17, 1934 6 18 Joint Session of the General Assembly - February 7, 1934 6 19 Virginia State Chamber of Commerce - February 8, 1934 6 20 Opening of Restored Capitol, Williamsburg - February 24, 1934 6 19 Cape Henry - April 26, 1934 6 22 Essex County Schools, Tappahannock - May 10, 1934 6 23 Presentation of Statues of Washington and Lee in Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol - May 18, 1934 6 24 "Lafayette and Virginia" - May 20, 1934 6 19 Emory and Henry College Commencement Exercises - June 5, 1934 6 26 Collegiate School for Girls Graduation, Richmond - June 8, 1934 6 27 Radio Address/Read Admiral Byrd - June 10, 1934 6 28 University of Virginia Commencement Exercises - June 12, 1934 6 29 Roanoke Island, North Carolina - August 18, 1934 6 30 Radio Address/Orange County - August 21, 1934 6 31 Sesqui-centennial Celebration of Methodism in America, Richmond - September 23, 1934 6 32 Radio Address/Orange County Bicentennial - September 25, 1934 6 33 Fort Harrison Celebration - September 30, 1934 6 34 Veterans' Hospital Dedication, Roanoke - October 19, 1934 6 35 Mary Washington Chapter, No. 290, Order of Ahepa, Fredericksburg - October 21, 1934 6 36 Annual Session of State Grange, Richmond - October 25, 1934 6 37 Radio Address/Gadsby's Tavern - October 30, 1934 6 38 Gadsby's Tavern - October 30, 1934 6 39 Campaign Speech - November, 1934 6 40 Opening of Virginia-West Virginia Highway, Harrisonburg - November 9, 1934 6 41 American Legion, Williamsburg - November 11, 1934 6 42 Radio Address/Education - November 22, 1934 6 43 Virginia Education Association - November 30, 1934 6 44 Trial Justices Courts in Virginia, Richmond - January 25, 1935 6 45 President's Birthday - January 30, 1935 6 46 Young Democratic Clubs of the 3rd Congressional District of Virginia - March 6, 1935 6 47 St. Paul's Church, 70th Anniversary of the Evacuation of Richmond - April 3, 1935 6 48 Restoration of Civil War Relics by Mayor Phillips of Stamford, Connecticut, Richmond - April 3, 1935 6 49 WJSV Radio Address/Garden Week and Apple Blossom Festival - April 21, 1935 6 50 Cape Henry - April 26, 1935 6 51 Tau Kappa Alpha Convention, Lynchburg - April 27, 1935 6 52 Synopsis of Calland's Address - April 27, 1935 6 53 72nd Anniversary of the Battle of Chancellorsville - May 2, 1935 6 54 Admiral Richard Byrd Welcome - May 10, 1935 6 55 Medical College of Virginia Commencement Exercises, Richmond - May 28, 1935 6 56 Radio Address/Rear Admiral Byrd - June 10, 1935 6 57 Governor's Conference, Biloxi, Mississippi - June 13-15, 1935 6 58 Convention of Young Democrats (Not Used) - September 13, 1935 6 59 Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire Bronze Memorial, Richmond - October 11, 1935 6 60 Virginia Real Estate Association, Lynchburg - October 11, 1935 6 61 Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation, Stratford - October 12, 1935 6 62 American Legion, Richmond - November 10, 1935 6 63 General Fitzhugh Lee Memorial - November 19, 1935 6 64 Richmond Light Infantry Blues - December 20, 1935 6 65 Joint Session of Virginia General Assembly - January 8, 1936 6 66 Williamsburg - January 18, 1936 6 67 WRVA Radio Address - January 26, 1936 6 68 Radio Address/13th Annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival - April 24, 1936 6 67 Richmond College Social Science Society - April 24, 1936 6 70 Cape Henry - April 26, 1936 6 71 178th Anniversary of James Monroe's Birth, Fredericksburg - April 28, 1936 6 72 Jamestown - May 13, 1936 6 73 Alexandria - May 20, 1936 6 74 Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond - May 30, 1936 6 75 Virginia Tech Commencement Exercises - June 8, 1936 6 76 State Democratic Convention - June 16, 1936 6 77 Dedication of American Legion Clubhouse, Hopewell - June 19, 1936 6 78 Shenandoah National Park Dedication - July 3, 1936 6 79 110th Anniversary of the Death of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello - July 4, 1936 6 80 WHIS Radio Dedication, Bluefield - July 26, 1936 6 81 280th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces of World War I, Richmond - August 6, 1936 6 82 State Bar Association - August 7, 1936 6 83 School Dedication, Colonial Beach - October 2, 1936 6 84 Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. Banquet - October 6, 1936 6 85 Campaign Speech, Manassas - October 10, 1936 6 86 City of Lynchburg Sesqui-centennial - October 14, 1936 6 87 Campaign Speech, Hampton - October 16, 1936 6 88 Surrender at Yorktown Commemoration - October 19, 1936 6 89 Lila Meade Valentine Memorial, Richmond - October 20, 1936 6 90 John Bannister Tabb Memorial Plaque Dedication - November 7, 1936 6 91 Medical College of Virginia 99th Anniversary - December 1, 1936 6 92 General Assembly - December 14, 1936 6 93 Radio Address/Flood Disaster Relief - January 27, 1937 6 94 WRVA Radio Address/Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival - April 16, 1937 6 95 Dedication of Memorial Plinth at Manakintowne - April 18, 1937 6 96 Introduction of Walter Lippman, College of William and Mary - April 23, 1937 6 97 150th Anniversary of the Framing of the United States Constitution, Philadelphia - May 20, 1937 6 98 Farmville State Teachers College Commencement Address - June 8, 1937 6 99 Virginia and West Virginia Bankers' Associations Joint Conference, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia - June 24, 1937 6 100 Fitzhugh Lee Camp No. 1, United Spanish War Veterans - August 12, 1937 6 101 Unveiling of Tablet Commemorating Ratification of Constitution - September 17, 1937 6 102 Baptist Church of Richmond (African-American) - October 10, 1937 6 103 Radio Address/Muhlenberg and Harry Byrd - January 1, 1938 6 104 Joint Session of Virginia General Assembly - January 12, 1938 6 105 William Peery Monument, Tazewell - July 4, 1941 6 106 Tazewell Methodist Church - February 21, 1943 6 107 Tax Bill 6A 1 Educational Address 6A 2 State Democratic Convention - Speech by Senator Harry F. Byrd 6A 3 Emory and Henry College Alumni Address 6A 4 The Old Bell House 6A 5 John Richard Saunders Memorial Service 6A 6 Richmond Alumni Association 6A 7 State Health Department 6A 8 State Planning 6A 9 WRVA Radio Address/National Reemployment Service 6A 10 Unidentified Speeches 6A 11-13 Message of George C. Peery, Governor of Virginia, 1934-1938 (2 copies) 6A 14 Campaign Files Correspondence, 1922-1925 (A-C, H-J, N, W) 6A 15-20 Congratulatory letters, 1922 6A 21 Congratulatory letters, 1922 6A 22 Congratulatory telegrams, 1922 6A 23 Congratulatory telegrams, 1922 6A 24 Campaign photo 6A 25 List of Virginia Democratic Committee District Chairmen and County Managers for George C. Peery, Candidate for the Gubernatorial Nomination, 1933 6A 26 Miscellaneous Records Nanola G. Peery - Insurance Policies - Winter Haven, Florida Property, 1928-1939 7 1 Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1945 7 2 Photos from George C. Peery scrapbook, volume VII 7 3 Loose George C. Peery scrapbook material, all volumes 7 4 West Point and Naval Academy Appointments, 1924-1927 7 5-10 George C. Peery Residence, Wise, Virginia - 1908-1909 8 1-13 Card Indexes to Correspondence 9-10 Scrapbooks Vol. I: January - June 1934 2298 Vol. II: June - November 1934 2299 Vol. III: November 1934 - January 1935 2299 Vol. III: January - February 1935 2300 Vol. IV: February - June 1935 2300 Vol. V: June - November 1935 2301 Miscellaneous - 1932 - 1933 2301 Richmond Times Dispatch and Richmond News Leader clippings, 1933 2302 Vol. VI: November 1935 - April 1936 2302 Vol. VII: April - August 1936 2303 Vol. VIII: September 1936 - May 1937 2304 Vol. IX: May 1937 - January 1938 2305 Miscellaneous - 1925 - 1929 2305 Virginia newspaper clippings, February - November 1933 2306 Miscellaneous - 1922 - 1923, 1926 2306 Virginia newspaper clippings, 1933 2307 Letters from Father Byrd, 1933 2307 Miscellaneous - 1937 2307 Miscellaneous - 1937 2308