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Finding aid created by Special Collections Staff, 2009 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. Inventory of the Channing Moore Hall Papers, 1920-1953 A Collection in theSpecial Collections Research Center Mss. Acc. 1992.66

Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary 2009 Special Collections Staff. Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary Overview of the Collection Special Collections Research Center Channing Moore Hall Papers 1920-19531930-1953 01/Mss. Acc. 1992.66 9.00 The papers are in: English Professional and personal papers of Channing Moore Hall (1890-1953) attorney and mayor of Williamsburg. A box and folder list for the Channing Hall papers is available in the Special Collections Research Center. Hall, Channing Moore, 1890-1953 arrangement Administrative Information Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open to all researchers.

 Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

 Preferred Citation

Channing Moore Hall Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

 Acquisition Information

The materials were acquired by Special Collections Research Center from Susan Hall Godson and Ida Hall on 12/10/1992.

 Biographical Note

Channing Moore Hall was born February 3, 1890 and died May 31, 1953, the son of John Lesslie Hall and Margaret Fenwick Farland Hall. He married Nona Powell Sentz in 1925. His two children were Channing Moore Hall, Jr. and Susan Glentworth Hall Godson.

He received his A. B. degree from William and Mary in 1908 (Phi Beta Kappa) and a Bachelor of Law from the University of Virginia 1910. Served as 1st lieutenant, Field Artillery in World War I.

He served on the Williamsburg City Council and was mayor of Williamsburg from 1934-1947 and also served on the Board of Visitors of William and Mary. He served in many other civic capacities.

 Scope and Contents

Professional and personal papers of Channing Moore Hall (1890-1953) attorney and mayor of Williamsburg. A box and folder list for the Channing Hall papers is available in the Special Collections Research Center.

 Arrangement of Materials

Series 1 (Boxes 1-2) is the general correspondence of Hall; Series 2 (Box 3) is the family correspondence of Hall; Series 3 (Box 4) concerns the College of William and Mary; Series 4 (Boxes 5-7) is the civic and professional correspondence of Hall.

 Additional Information Related Materials

Hall Family Papers

 Index Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Corporate Name: College of William and Mary--Board of Visitors Genre/Form of Material: Correspondence Topical Term: College of William and Mary--History--20th century. Williamsburg (Va.)--City Council. Williamsburg (Va.)--History--20th century.