George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center
Armistead L. Boothe collection
Boothe, Armistead L. (Armistead Lloyd), 1907-1990
C0268
/repositories/2/resources/636
1.0 linear feet
2 boxes
1920-1983
This collection documents the life and career of Armistead Boothe, an Alexandria, Virginia, lawyer, state legislator, and trustee of Colonial Williamsburg.
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Preferred Citation
Armistead L. Boothe collection, C0268, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Acquisition Information
Donated to George Mason University Libraries before 2008.
Processing Information
Processed by Special Collections Research Center staff. Processing completed by Elizabeth Beckman in June 2015. EAD markup completed by Elizabeth Beckman in June 2015.
Biographical Information
Armistead Lloyd Boothe (1907-1990) was a lawyer and state legislator from Alexandria, Virginia. Boothe attended Episcopal High School, the University of Virginia, and Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. He and his wife, Elizabeth Peele Boothe, were married in 1934. Boothe served as a Democratic Virginia state legislator from 1948-1963. He was a prominent member of a group of legislators known as the "Young Turks" who opposed the entrenched establishment politicians of Virginia government. Boothe also served as a trustee of Colonial Williamsburg. A lifelong Episcopalian, he left politics and the law in 1970 to serve as the Director of Development at Virginia Theological Seminary in Alexandria. Boothe died in 1990.
Scope and Contents note
The collection documents the life and political career of Armistead L. Boothe from his school days in Alexandria, Virginia, in the early 1920s to his role as Director of Development at Virginia Theological Seminary in the 1970s and his retirement in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Included are certificates, a few photos, and a letter from Boothe's time as a student at Episcopal High School and the University of Virginia, travel and bank documents from his time in England in the 1920s and 1930s, and newspaper articles, speeches and writings, press releases, campaign materials, and correspondence from his days as a lawyer, politician, and director of development at Virginia Theological Seminary. Of particular interest is a letter from 1969 to the parents of Mary Jo Kopechne, who was killed in the accident at Chappaquiddick in Ted Kennedy's car. Also included in the collection are Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia briefs dating from the 1940s to the 1960s, as well as correspondence, agendas, news articles, etc, from Boothe's role as a trustee of Colonial Williamsburg.
Access Restrictions
There are no access restrictions.
Use Restrictions
The copyright and related rights status of materials created after 1931 have not been evaluated (See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/)
Related Material
The University of Virginia's Special Collections holds additional
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in the order in which it was received. Photos and travel/school documents were grouped together by the processing archivist.
Bibliography
Smith, Douglas. " 'When Reason Collides with Prejudice': Armistead Lloyd Boothe and the Politics of Desegregation in Northern Virginia, 1948-1963." The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 102:1. Jan, 1994, 5-46. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4249409.
Virginia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Boothe, Armistead L. (Armistead Lloyd), 1907-1990
Colonial Williamsburg correspondence, news articles etc./repositories/2/archival_objects/1518871952-197211Speeches/repositories/2/archival_objects/1518881973-198012Virginia Theological Seminary job correspondence, speeches/repositories/2/archival_objects/1518891970-197313Virginia Theological Seminary correspondence, press releases, news coverage/repositories/2/archival_objects/1518901969-197014Newspaper Articles/repositories/2/archival_objects/1518911964-197615Articles, speeches, correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1518921953-198316Correspondence, articles, Virginia plan 6, public schools/repositories/2/archival_objects/1518931954-1976178th District Prince William presidential delegates, articles, button/repositories/2/archival_objects/151894197618Articles, notes,speeches/repositories/2/archival_objects/1518951955-198319News articles, writings, etc. on public school funding desegregation/repositories/2/archival_objects/1518961954-1955110News articles, political campaign, "Civil Rights in Virginia" correspondence/repositories/2/archival_objects/1518971949-197321Episcopal High School of Virginia certificates, school-era letter/repositories/2/archival_objects/1518981922-192422Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia briefs, "The Adequacy of the Virginia Constitution of 1902"/repositories/2/archival_objects/1518991930s-196823Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia briefs/repositories/2/archival_objects/1519001930s-1950s24Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/151901c1910s-1950s25Travel documents: passports, tickets, invoices from UK, etc./repositories/2/archival_objects/1519021920s-1930s26Government/Virginia related documents (onionskin)/repositories/2/archival_objects/151903c1990s27School Certificates and memorabilia, Gardiner Boothe documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/1519041926-1950s28Bank documents/repositories/2/archival_objects/1519051929-193129Questionnaire to Virginia General Assembly/repositories/2/archival_objects/1519061954210Agenda and seating for Queen Mother's visit to Williamsburg/repositories/2/archival_objects/151907c1950s-1960s211