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Robert Morton Hughes Papers
Collection
Collection ID: MG 7
Abstract
Contains personal and political correspondence regarding his legal practice, involvement in Virginia politics and his activities in support of education. Had longtime association with the College of William and Mary, served on the State Board of Education and the Board of Directors of the Norfolk Public Library. Significant aspect of this collection is the papers of his family, Governor John B. Floyd, General Joseph E. Johnston, and Judge Robert W. Hughes, important public figures before,...
Dates:
1754-1950, undated; Other: Date acquired: 05/19/1976
Found in:
ODU Community Collections
The Independent Collection
Collection
Collection ID: MG 83
Abstract
Primarily comprised of correspondence of William Hayes Ward, editor of The Independent, a New York Congregationalist weekly, with notable literary and historical figures including General John Charles Frémont, American explorer and expedition leader; P. T. Barnum, showman; and Asa Gray, the preeminent American botanist of the 19th century. Other items in the collection include American literature and theater papers; colonial historical manuscripts and...
Dates:
circa 1680-1960; Other: Date acquired: 02/18/2005
Found in:
ODU Community Collections