Greenwood Library Archives and Special Collections
James Elliott Walmsley Collection
Walmsley, James Elliott, 1872-1958.
LU.084
.65 Linear Feet
1 legal-sized archival box
1810-1939
English
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Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions to access or use for research purposes.
Biographical sketch
Dr. James Elliott Walmsley was born in Mingo, Virginia in 1872. In 1893 he graduated from Randolph-Macon College with both a bachelors and Master of Arts degree. He went on to earn his doctorate in Philosophy while attending Illinois Wesleyan, The University of Chicago, and the University of Michigan. Dr. Walmsley first taught at Randolph-Macon Academy in Bedford, Virginia from 1896-1903. He later became a professor of History and Political Science at Kentucky Wesleyan College and was professor of History at Winthrop College in South Carolina from 1912-1925. He came to State Teachers College at Farmville (now Longwood University) in 1925 and remained here as professor of History and Political Science until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1948. He was a member of a number of fraternities and societies, including Kappa Alpha, Pi Kappa Delta, Sigma Pi Rho, and Pi Gamma Mu (of which he at one point served as national chairman). He also served on the Historical Commission of South Carolina and was a past president of the Virginia Society of History Teachers. Additionally, he was the author of a number of historical books and articles. Dr. Walmsley passed away on February 2, 1958.
Ownership and Custodial History
The materials in this collection were transferred to the Greenwood Library Archives from the Longwood University History Department in the mid-1990s.
Scope and content
The bulk of the materials in this collection consist of ephemera, books, and pamphlets collected by Dr. Walmsley. Also included in the collection are (3) lectures given by Dr. Walmsley, a luncheon invitation autographed by Theodore Roosevelt, and (1) piece of correspondence concerning the legacy of Woodrow Wilson. These materials date from the early 19th century to the mid-20th century.
Walmsley, James Elliott, 1872-1958.
LecturesRe: Robert E. Lee01 of 01Re: The Seal of the Confederacy01 of 01Re: The Civil War01 of 01CorrespondenceCorrespondence re: Woodrow Wilson192101 of 01Charles Francis Adams, correspondence (copies)191301 of 01EphemeraSigned invitation to Luncheon with Theodore Roosevelt, Jackson, MS191101 of 01Emigrant Road Directory and Guide Mapca. 1850s-1860s01 of 01State of Mississippi, $50 bond certificate187201 of 01Wallpaper backed with newspaper186301 of 01Campaign flyer, Jackson County, MS, 1868 Union Republican Ticket186801 of 01Bank of Lexington, NC, banknotes, $5 and $101859186101 of 01Postcard, "Room Where the Last Confederacy Met, Washington, GA"01 of 01Gen. Robert E. Lee advertisement card from Clinton Pharmacy, SCca. 190901 of 01Pennsylvania Gazette (reprint)December 24, 172801 of 01Books and Pamphlets"Iron Works at Tuball," Alexander Spotswood173901 of 01"Man in the Democracy," Charles W. Dabney, President, University of Cincinnati, Inaugural Address190401 of 01"A Forgotten Phase of the New England Opposition to the War of 1812," by Frank Maloy Anderson01 of 01"Woodrow Wilson, Memorial Address," by Dr. Edwin Anderson Alderman192401 of 01"The Course of Louisiana Politics, 1862-1866," by Frederick W. Moore, Ph. D.01 of 01"The Monroe Doctrine, the Vital Necessity of its Continued Maintenance," by Thomas Mahoney01 of 01"President McKinley's Last Speech,"190101 of 01"Dunmore's Proclamation of Independence," "Thomas Jefferson and his unknown brother Randolph," and "A Proclamation for Setling[sic] the plantation of Virginia," from the Tracy McGregor Library01 of 01"The Railroad, The Conqueror," 1913 and "Charleston During the Civil War," by Theodore Jervey1913191501 of 01"Thomas Jefferson and the University of Virginia," by Herbert B. Adams, Ph. D.188801 of 01"A Discourse on the Constitution of the United States, John Quincy Adams184801 of 01"Speech, John Bell, of Tennessee, on the Tariff," (fragile)183201 of 01"The Ancestry of Chaucer," by Alfred Allan Kern, Millsaps College190601 of 01"Some Account of the Life and Services of William Blount," by Gen. Marcus J. Wright188401 of 01"Four Addresses by Miss Mildred Lewis Rutherford," (historian general of the Daughters of the Confederacy)191201 of 01The Minutes of the Mississippi Bar Association at its Fourth Annual Meeting188901 of 01"The Natchez Country," by Richard F. Reed (x2)01 of 01"Jefferson Davis: A Sketch of the Life and Character…" by the New Orleans Times-Democrat01 of 01"Jefferson Davis, A Judicial Estimate," by Bishop Charles Galloway, and "Jefferson Davis at West Point," by Walter L. Fleming01 of 01"Shall Cromwell have a Statue" by Charles Francis Adams190201 of 01"Remarks on the Report of the Legislature on our Foreign Relations," by Sully (extremely fragile)181001 of 01"Documents: The Change of Secession Sentiment in Virginia in 1861"01 of 01The Colonnade, Vol. 1, no. 1December 193901 of 01NewspapersThe Daily Rebel, Chattanooga, TNAugust 9, 1862Oversize Christian Observer, Richmond, VAJanuary 8, 1863Oversize