Frederick W. M. Holliday papers, 1846-1899 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
Holliday, Fred. W. M. (Frederick William Mackey), 1828-1899
Abstract:
Lawyer, and Governor of Virginia, from Winchester (Frederick Co.), Virginia. Papers contain letters from Holliday while a student at Yale University, 1846; papers relating to the 33rd Virginia Regiment, which Holliday raised and commanded during the Civil War; letters concerning the International Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876, at which Holliday served as a commissioner from Virginia; and letters and papers relating to Holliday's election as governor in 1877; and letters from his term as governor, for the most part dealing with routine political and administrative matters. Also includes printed matter and scrapbooks of clippings and letter books created while Holliday was a student at Yale and at the University of Virginia, 1845-1849, and as governor of Virginia, 1878-1879; and four record books concerning Holliday's legal work.
Extent:
3 Linear Feet
2,194 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.00561

Background

Scope and content:

The papers of Frederick William Mackey Holliday contain letters from Holliday while a student at Yale University, 1846; papers relating to the 33rd Virginia Regiment, which Holliday raised and commanded during the Civil War; letters concerning the International Exhibition held in Philadelphia in 1876, at which Holliday served as a commissioner from Virginia; and letters and papers relating to Holliday's election as governor of Virginia in 1877 and letters from his term as governor, for the most part dealing with routine political and administrative matters.

Printed material includes The Struggles, Perils and Hopes of the Negroes in the United States, a pamphlet by Reverend C. Clifton Penick, 1893; a typed copy of "The Virginia Debt in Politics," by William L. Royall, published in 1897 as History of the Virginia debt controversy; and broadsides, campaign literature, and other political material.

Volumes include ten scrapbooks of clippings; letter books of Holliday as a student at Yale and the University of Virginia, 1845-1849, and as governor of Virginia, 1878-1879; and four record books concerning Holliday's legal work.

Biographical / historical:

Frederick William Mackey Holliday, of Winchester (Frederick Co.), Va., was a member of the Confederate Congress and the 38th Governor of Virginia from 1878 to 1882.

Acquisition information:
The Frederick W. M. Holliday Papers were acquired by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library from 1936-1955.
Processing information:

Processed by Rubenstein Library staff, September 2011

Encoded by Matthew Warren, April 2012

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 36-757, 48-960, 48-2006

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Collection is open for research.

Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws before using this collection.

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[Identification of item], Frederick W. M. Holliday Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.