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Special Collections, University of Virginia Library 2005 Special Collections Staff Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, #10320-d Descriptive Summary Special Collections, University of Virginia Library Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Papers ca. 1925-1989 10320-d 3100 items English Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Access to the Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Papers is controlled by the Honorable Harry F. Byrd, Jr. An applicant for access who is not associated with the University of Virginia must furnish to the Director of Special Collections a brief description of his academic or other qualifications, a summary of his research project, and a description of any projected publication that might make use of material from, or material derived from, the Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Papers. The Director of Special Collections will contact Senator Byrd and will notify the applicant of the Senator's decision.

 Use Restrictions

No part of the Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Papers, nor any material from them, or derived from them, may be published without the express permission of the Honorable Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Please see Access Restrictions above for the procedure to be followed to obtain Senator Byrd's permission.

 Preferred Citation

Papers of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. Accession #10320-d, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

 Acquisition Information

This collection was given to the University of Virginia Library on February 12, 1996, by Harry F. Byrd, Jr., Winchester, Virginia.

 Scope and Content

This addition to the papers of Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr., of Winchester, Virginia, contains ca. 3,100 items, (10 Hollinger boxes, one oversize folder, and 83 bound volumes, ca. 19 linear shelf feet) ca. 1925-1989, consisting chiefly of bound scrapbooks, bound copies of speeches and press releases, and Congressional Record speeches and inserts, documenting his life and career during his service in the U.S. Senate, 1965-1982; news clippings; a folder of material concerning the Winchester Junior Board of Trade; a report on the "Study of the Organization of the State Government of Virginia" (1947 Dec 29); and personal and professional correspondence during his eighteen years in the Virginia Senate.

There is also one folder of correspondence between Harry F. Byrd, Jr., managing editor of the Winchester Star from 1933-1946, with Ralph Fansler, about the running of the paper while Byrd was in active service in the Navy during World War II. "Special letters" have also been kept separate by Harry F. Byrd, Jr. in an individual folder (for list of notable correspondents, see folder listing).

Also present is material pertaining to Harry F. Byrd, Sr, including a scrapbook; business papers, chiefly concerned with the apple orchards; correspondence (for list of notable correspondents, see folder listing); correspondence concerning his re-election to the Senate in 1952; photographs; genealogy; news clippings; a copy of Time magazine featuring Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. on the cover; political papers, including a vote tally for the Shenandoah Valleyin Senator Byrd's own handwriting in the race for governor in 1925 and the expenses and receipts for his last campaign (for both of these items, see Harry F. Byrd, Jr.'s letter in the front of the folder); and speeches.

 Container List Series I: Correspondence of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. in the Virginia Senate Correspondence A-C, including: Harvey B. Apperson (Attorney General - VA); Harry F. Byrd, Sr.; Admiral Richard E. Byrd; & Mrs. Richard E. Byrd 1948 Box 1 Correspondence - Branch Banking 1948 Box 1 Correspondence - Chiropractor Bill 1948 Box 1 Correspondence D-G, including: Ralph Fansler; & Freeman Gosden 1948 Box 1 Correspondence - Finance 1948 Box 1 Correspondence H-K, including: Rep. Burr P. Harrison; Dowell J. Howard; & Jack Kilpatrick 1948 Box 1 Correspondence - Insecticide, Fungicide, & Rodenticide 1948 Box 1 Correspondence L-P 1948 Box 1 Correspondence - New Market Charter Bill 1948 Box 1 Correspondence - President Terms of Office 1948 Box 1 Correspondence R-S, including: A. Willis Robertson 1948 Box 2 Correspondence - Roads 1948 Box 2 Correspondence - Schools, including: Robert Whitehead 1948 Box 2 Correspondence T-Z 1948 Box 2 Correspondence - United Nations, including: Rep. Burr P. Harrison 1948 Box 2 Correspondence A-B, including: John S. Battle; Admiral Richard E. Byrd; (to) J. Lindsay Almond; & Watkins M. Abbitt 1950 Box 2 Correspondence C-F, including: Ralph Fansler; James W. Fletcher (welfare lists); & Senator J. Allen Frear, Jr. 1950 Box 2 Correspondence G-K, including: (to) Judge Hamilton Haas; Dowell J. Howard 1950 Box 2 Correspondence L-R, including: Harry T. Phoebus; Lewis F. Powell, Jr.; & Walter E. Rogers 1950 Box 3 Correspondence - Medical Education 1950 Box 3 Correspondence S-V, including: Louis Spilman; James G. Stahlman, Nashville Banner; & Governor William M. Tuck 1950 Box 3 Correspondence W-Z, including: David McCord Wright 1950 Box 3 Correspondence A-C 1954 Box 3 Correspondence D-I, including: Colgate W. Darden, Jr. 1954 Box 3 Correspondence J-R 1954 Box 3 Correspondence S-Z 1954 Box 3 Correspondence A-G, including: Watkins M. Abbitt & (to) J. Lindsay Almond 1956 Box 4 Correspondence H-O, including: Burr P. Harrison & "Integration & Teachers" 1956 Box 4 Correspondence P-Z, including: A. Willis Robertson, J. Kenneth Robinson, & Harry C. Stuart 1956 Box 4 Correspondence A-G 1958 Box 4 Correspondence H-O 1958 Box 4 Correspondence P-Z, including: Herman E. Talmadge & A. Willis Robertson 1958 Box 4 Correspondence A-C 1960 Box 5 Correspondence D-G, including: Thomas N. Downing 1960 Box 5 Correspondence H-L 1960 Box 5 Correspondence M-R 1960 Box 5 Correspondence S-Z, including: William M. Tuck 1960 Box 5 Correspondence A-B, including: Senator Gordon Allott & Frank Bane 1962 Box 5 Correspondence C-D, including: A.D. Chandler & Lyman C. Harrell, Jr. (see A.B. Clements) 1962 Box 6 Correspondence E-K, including: Burr P. Harrison 1962 Box 6 Correspondence L-M, including: "liquor-by-the-drink" letters & John O. Marsh, Jr. 1962 Box 6 Correspondence N-R 1962 Box 6 Correspondence S-Z, including: Tom Frost & William M. Tuck 1962 Box 6 Correspondence A-C 1964 Box 6 Correspondence D-H 1964 Box 7 Correspondence J-P, including: Lewis Powell & Fred G. Pollard 1964 Box 7 Correspondence - McMurran House Bill #832 1964 Feb Box 7 (2 folders) Correspondence - Motor Vehicle Titling Tax 1964 Box 7 Correspondence R-Z 1964 Box 7 Correspondence - School Tuition Grants Bill 1964 Box 7 Series II: Byrd Family Papers Business Papers 1943-1960 Box 8 Correspondence of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. and Ralph Fansler 1942-1944 Box 8 Correspondence of Harry F. Byrd, Sr., including: Ella W. Flood (1874 Jan 5); Richard Evelyn Byrd (1925 Aug 19); A. Willis Robertson (1947 Sep 10); Ted Dalton (1948 Nov 21); Earl L. Butz (1956 Jan 9); Dwight D. Eisenhower(1956 Feb 15, 29; Nov 8; 1959 Oct 5; 1960 Aug 29 & Oct 28); Lyndon B. Johnson (1956 Aug 31); N.F. Twining, U.S.A.F. (1956 Sep 13); George M. Humphrey (1956 Sep 26 & Oct 26; 1958 Jan 20); W. Pat Jennings (1956 Oct 15, 22 & Nov 9); Ambassador of Iran, Dr. Ali Amini (1956 Nov 7); Paul Mellon (1956 Nov 15); J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. (1957 Nov 11 & 13); Lewis L. Strauss (1960 Mar 23); Harry S. Truman (1961 Sep 11); Senator J.W. Bailey (1944 Sep 14); and Judge John Paul (1962 Dec 10) 1874, 1925-1962 Box 8 Correspondence re Re-election of Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. to the U.S. Senate 1952 Box 8 (2 folders) Genealogy [1874]-1886, n.d. Box 8 Photographs ca. 1925-1961 Box 9 Political Papers - Miscellaneous ca. 1925-1970 Box 9 Report on Study of the Organization of the State Government of Virginia 1947 Dec 29 Box 9 Special Letters to Harry F. Byrd, Jr., including: Beverley Byrd (1944 Aug 11& 1945 Jul 23); Virginius Dabney (1944 Nov 1 & 17); Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. (1945 Mar 15); Justice Frank Murphy (1945 Mar 18); Howard W. Smith (1946 Oct 22); Ambassador Lewis W. Douglas (1948 Nov 18); Henry W. Anderson (1949 May 27); Dwight D. Eisenhower (1949 Jun 30 & 1959 Mar 13); Douglas Southall Freeman (1949 Jul 8); J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. (1949 Jul 26; Aug 12 & 17); Richard E. Byrd (1950 Jan 4); William M. Tuck (1950 Jan 18 & 1956 Mar 1); Justice Fred M. Vinson (1951 Jan 11); J. Edgar Hoover (1954 Dec 30); Eugene B. Syndnor, Jr. (1956 Mar 14); Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (1956 Mar 14); Edward O. McCue, Jr. (1956 Mar 14); Sidney Floyd Landreth (1956 Mar 14); W.M. Minter (1956 Mar 15); A.E.S. Stephens (1956 Mar 15); Thomas H. Blanton (1956 Mar 17); Earl A. Fitzpatrick (1956 Mar 19); Harry C. Stuart (1956 Mar 20); Stuart B. Carter (1956 Mar 21); Landon R. Wyatt (1956 Mar 21); Dowell J. Howard (1956 Mar 23); Bing Crosby (1957 Dec 3); Lewis L. Strauss (1958 Jan 7); Richard Nixon (1959 Sep 12); John F. Kennedy ([1960 ?]); and Harry F. Byrd, Sr. (undated, at the end of the folder) 1943-[1960] Box 9 Speeches by Harry F. Byrd, Sr. 1926-1965, n.d. Box 9 (2 folders) Time magazine featuring Senator Harry F. Byrd, Sr. on the cover 1962 Box 9 Winchester Junior Board of Trade 1938-1962 Box 9 News clippings - copies 1926-1963, n.d. Box 10 (4 folders) Series III: Bound Volumes Subseries A: Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1966 Feb 2-Oct 5 2) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1967 Jan-Dec 3) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1968 Jan-Dec 4) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1969 Jan-Dec 5) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1970 Jan-Dec 6) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1971 Jan-Dec 7) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1972 Jan-Oct 8) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1973 Jan-Dec 9) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1974 Jan-Dec 10) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1975 Jan-Dec 11) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1976 Jan-Dec 12) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1977 Jan-Dec 13) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts</unittitle> <unitdate era="ce" calendar="gregorian">1978 Jan-Oct</unitdate> </did> </c03> <c03 level="item" id="d1e801"> <did> <unittitle>14) <title xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="simple" render="italic" xlink:href="">Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1979 Jan-Dec 15) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1980 Jan-Dec 16) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1981 Jan-Dec 17) Congressional Record- Speeches and Inserts 1982 Jan-Dec Subseries B: Speeches and Releases 18) Speeches and Releases 1965 Nov-1966 Apr 19) Speeches and Releases 1966 May-Dec 20) Speeches and Releases 1967 Jan-Dec 21) Speeches and Releases 1968 Jan-Dec 22) Speeches and Releases 1969 Jan-Dec 23) Speeches and Releases 1970 Jan-Dec 24) Speeches and Releases 1971 Jan-Dec 25) Speeches and Releases 1972 Jan-Dec 26) Speeches and Releases 1973 Jan-Dec 27) Speeches and Releases 1974 Jan-Dec 28) Speeches and Releases 1975 Jan-Dec 29) Speeches and Releases 1976 Jan-Dec 30) Speeches and Releases 1977 Jan-Dec 31) Speeches and Releases 1978 Jan-Dec 32) Speeches and Releases 1979 Jan-Dec 33) Speeches and Releases 1980 Jan-Dec 34) Speeches and Releases 1981 Jan-Dec 35) Speeches and Releases 1982 Jan-Dec Subseries C: Scrapbooks 36) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Sr. 1966 37) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1965 Nov-Dec 38) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1966 Jan-Jun 39) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1966 Jul-Dec 40) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1967 Jan-Apr 41) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1967 May-Aug 42) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1967 Sep-Dec 43) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1968 Jan-Jun 44) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1968 Jul-Dec 45) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1969 Jan-Jun 46) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1969 Jul-Dec 47) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1970 Jan-Jun 48) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1970 Jul-Oct 49) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1970 Oct-Dec 50) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1971 Jan-Jun 51) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1971 Jul-Dec 52) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1972 Jan-Jun 53) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1972 Jul-Dec 54) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1973 Jan-Jun 55) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1973 Jul-Dec 56) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1974 Jan-Jun 57) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1974 Jul-Dec 58) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1975 Jan-Jun 59) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1975 Jul-Dec 60) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1976 Jan-Jun 61) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1976 Jul-Oct 14 62) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1976 Oct 15-Dec 63) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1977 Jan-Jun 64) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1977 Jul-Dec 65) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1978 Jan-Jun 66) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1978 Apr-Dec 67) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1979 Jan-Mar 68) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1979 Apr-Jun 69) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1979 May-Oct 70) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1979 Oct-Dec 71) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1980 Jan-Jun 72) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1980 Jul-Sep 73) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1980 Oct-Dec 74) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1981 Jan-Mar 75) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1981 Apr-Jun 76) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1981 Jul-Oct 77) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1981 Nov-Dec 78) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1982 Jan-Jun 79) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1982 Jul-Dec 80) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1983-1984 81) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1985-1989 82) Scrapbook of Harry F. Byrd, Jr. 1988-1995 Subseries D: Miscellaneous 83) Scrapbook of news clippings re Splinters published by the Winchester Junior Board of Trade ca. 1940-1945 Ovesize Senate of the United States Expressions of praise for his distinguished service to the Nation and extreme sense of loss on the death of Honorable Harry Flood Byrd, Sr. A United States Senator from the State of Virginia 1933-1965 1966 Oversize Folder oversize articles on Senator Harry F. Byrd, Jr. in The Washington Sunday Star, PIC The Magazine for Young Men, The Chicago Tribune, The Virginian-Pilot, and the Winchester Evening Star 1969-1974 Oversize Folder