{"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Records%2C+1915-1931\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Series","next":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Records%2C+1915-1931\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Series\u0026page=2","last":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog.json?f%5Bcollection%5D%5B%5D=Records%2C+1915-1931\u0026f%5Blevel%5D%5B%5D=Series\u0026page=3"},"meta":{"pages":{"current_page":1,"next_page":2,"prev_page":null,"total_pages":3,"limit_value":10,"offset_value":0,"total_count":27,"first_page?":true,"last_page?":false}},"data":[{"id":"vi_vi00958_c20","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Oversize - Series III: Virginia Military Organizations","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00958_c20#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00958_c20","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00958_c20"],"id":"vi_vi00958_c20","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00958","_root_":"vi_vi00958","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00958","parent_ssi":"vi_vi00958","parent_ssim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"parent_ids_ssim":["vi_vi00958"],"title_filing_ssi":"Oversize - Series III:  Virginia Military Organizations","title_ssm":["Oversize - Series III: Virginia Military Organizations"],"title_tesim":["Oversize - Series III: Virginia Military Organizations"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Oversize - Series III: Virginia Military Organizations"],"text":["Oversize - Series III: Virginia Military Organizations","Records, 1915-1931"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Records, 1915-1931"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":4243,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":2,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"_nest_path_":"/components#19","timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:23:27.270Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00958","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00958","_root_":"vi_vi00958","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00958","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00958.xml","title_ssm":["Records, 1915-1931"],"title_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Records, 1915-1931"],"text":["Records, 1915-1931","37219, 28390, 33311 and\n         28057","121.04 cubic\n         feet","There are no restrictions.","The collection is organized into the following nineteen\n         series: \nOrganizationSeries I:  Individual Service Records (Questionnaires), 1919-1924 (bulk 1919-1921Series II:  Virginians of Distinguished Service, 1922-1925Series III:  Virginia Military Organizations, ca. 1917-1922, 1925Series IV:  Virginia's Camps and Cantonments, ca. 1917-1919Series V:  Virginia Schools and Colleges, 1919-1922Series VI:  County Source Material, 1919-1927Series VII:  City Source Material, 1919-1927Series VIII:  Selective Service and Volunteers, 1917-1921, 1925Series IX:  Virginia War Diaries and Incidents, 1915-1922 (bulk 1917-1919)Series X:  Scrapbooks, 1915-1923Series XI:  Office Files, 1917-1927Series XII:  First Virginia Council of Defense, 1917-1918Series XIII:  Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety, 1917-1918Series XIV:  Second Virginia Council of Defense, 1917-1921, 1923-1924Series XV:  Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers, 1917-1925, 1928Series XVI:  H.R. McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)","On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.","The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. For location and content list of oversize folders see list at the end of the finding aid.","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Virginia War History Commission (Record Group 66)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"collection_ssim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["37219, 28390, 33311 and\n         28057"],"unitid_tesim":["37219, 28390, 33311 and\n         28057"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Virginia War History\n         Commission"],"creator_ssim":["Virginia War History\n         Commission"],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Transferred from Virginia War History Commission, date\n            unknown (accession 37219 and 28390).","Transferred from the University of Virginia, 2 November\n            1988 (accession 33311).","Gift of Mrs. Frances H. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Organization"],"arrangement_tesim":["The collection is organized into the following nineteen\n         series: \nOrganizationSeries I:  Individual Service Records (Questionnaires), 1919-1924 (bulk 1919-1921Series II:  Virginians of Distinguished Service, 1922-1925Series III:  Virginia Military Organizations, ca. 1917-1922, 1925Series IV:  Virginia's Camps and Cantonments, ca. 1917-1919Series V:  Virginia Schools and Colleges, 1919-1922Series VI:  County Source Material, 1919-1927Series VII:  City Source Material, 1919-1927Series VIII:  Selective Service and Volunteers, 1917-1921, 1925Series IX:  Virginia War Diaries and Incidents, 1915-1922 (bulk 1917-1919)Series X:  Scrapbooks, 1915-1923Series XI:  Office Files, 1917-1927Series XII:  First Virginia Council of Defense, 1917-1918Series XIII:  Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety, 1917-1918Series XIV:  Second Virginia Council of Defense, 1917-1921, 1923-1924Series XV:  Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers, 1917-1925, 1928Series XVI:  H.R. McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOn 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUpon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFollowing is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOf note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFor researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eVolumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. For location and content list of oversize folders see list at the end of the finding aid.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)","On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.","The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. For location and content list of oversize folders see list at the end of the finding aid.","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Virginia War History Commission (Record Group 66)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"collection_ssim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["37219, 28390, 33311 and\n         28057"],"unitid_tesim":["37219, 28390, 33311 and\n         28057"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Virginia War History\n         Commission"],"creator_ssim":["Virginia War History\n         Commission"],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Transferred from Virginia War History Commission, date\n            unknown (accession 37219 and 28390).","Transferred from the University of Virginia, 2 November\n            1988 (accession 33311).","Gift of Mrs. Frances H. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOn 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUpon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFollowing is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOf note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFor researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eVolumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. For location and content list of oversize folders see list at the end of the finding aid.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)","On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.","The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOn 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUpon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFollowing is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOf note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFor researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eVolumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. For location and content list of oversize folders see list at the end of the finding aid.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)","On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.","The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. For location and content list of oversize folders see list at the end of the finding aid.","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Virginia War History Commission (Record Group 66)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"collection_ssim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["37219, 28390, 33311 and\n         28057"],"unitid_tesim":["37219, 28390, 33311 and\n         28057"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Virginia War History\n         Commission"],"creator_ssim":["Virginia War History\n         Commission"],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Transferred from Virginia War History Commission, date\n            unknown (accession 37219 and 28390).","Transferred from the University of Virginia, 2 November\n            1988 (accession 33311).","Gift of Mrs. Frances H. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOn 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUpon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFollowing is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOf note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFor researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eVolumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. For location and content list of oversize folders see list at the end of the finding aid.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)","On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.","The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOn 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUpon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFollowing is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOf note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFor researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eVolumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. For location and content list of oversize folders see list at the end of the finding aid.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)","On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.","The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOn 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUpon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFollowing is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOf note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFor researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eVolumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. For location and content list of oversize folders see list at the end of the finding aid.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)","On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.","The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOn 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUpon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFollowing is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOf note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFor researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eVolumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. For location and content list of oversize folders see list at the end of the finding aid.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)","On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.","The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOn 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUpon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFollowing is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOf note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFor researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eVolumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. For location and content list of oversize folders see list at the end of the finding aid.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. 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Subseries have been designated for 29th Division, 42nd Division, 80th Division, Miscellaneous Units and Miscellaneous and Correspondence.  This series consists primarily of unit histories written by unit members.  Many of these records are described in Virginia War History Commission, Supplement No. 3, Calendar of Military Histories, Narratives and Reports (July 1921 issue of Virginia Magazine of History and Biography) and Supplement No. 4, Lists and Calendars of Source Material (October 1921 issue of Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.  In addition many of these unit histories were published by Arthur Kyle Davis, editor, in Virginia Military Organizations in the World War (Source Volume 5) (Richmond:  1925).","The 29th Division subseries is housed in 3 boxes and one oversized folder.  Records of the 29th Division include a \"History of the 'Blue and Gray,' 29th Division\" by Lt. Col. John A Cutchins, a description of operations of the 29th Division, East of the Meuse River, in October 1918, histories of the 116th Infantry (by company) and histories of the 111th Field Artillery (by company).","The 42nd Division subseries is housed in 1 box.  The records of the 42nd Division include a brief history of the unit and a copy of the Journal of Private G.W. Reed, 117th Train Headquarters and Military Police, describing his activities between 1917 April 8 and 1919 April 5.","The 80th Division subseries is housed in 3 boxes.  The records of the 80th Division includes histories of the 317th, 318th and 320th Infantry regiments, 314th Machine Gun Battalion, 315th Field Artillery, 305th Engineers and a copy of Captain Josiah C. Peck's book, History of the 319th Infantry.  Notable documents include \"My Service with the A.E.F. in France,\" by Captain Melville Oakham, 320th Infantry and copies of  The Service Magazine, published by the Eightieth Division Veterans Association, from 1921-1927.","The Miscellaneous Units subseries is housed in 1 box.  Miscellaneous Units include histories of the Virginia Coast Artillery, Medical Units (Base Hospital 41 and 45 and Sanitation Units 516, 517 and 534), and Engineer Units (28th Engineering Division and 510th and 511th Engineers' Service Battalions).  The most significant item in this sub-series is the collection of photographs of the nursing staff of Base Hospital 45.  Photographs of 104 of the 106 staff members are included.","The Miscellaneous and Correspondence subseries is housed in 1 box and one oversized folder.  Noteworthy is the statement of Private John Leedy of the 116th Infantry in which Leedy describes a gas attack in the Meuse-Argonne Valley in October 1918.  Also included are statements of service by Major John Izaard, 60th Artillery, Alexander W. Weddell, War Trade Board Delegate to Greece and A.B. Cooke of the American Consulate, Pantros, Greece.  There are two groupings of correspondence. The first, spanning 1919 to 1922, documents attempts by Commission member Adjutant General Jo Lane Stern to obtain unit histories from soldiers. Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing and is arranged alphabetically by recipient.  There is extensive correspondence from Captain Greenlee D. Letcher, 111th Field Artillery, 29th Division, describing his difficulty in obtaining records for his history of the 111th and Major Hierome L. Opie, commenting on his inability to find time to write a history of the 116th Infantry.  The second group of correspondence, covering 1925, contains follow-up requests for unit information by Stern in preparation for Source Volume 5, Virginia Military Organizations in the World War."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Records, 1915-1931"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":925,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":5,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis series is divided into five subseries: 29th\n               Division, 42nd Division, 80th Division, Miscellaneous\n               Units and Miscellaneous and Correspondence.\u003c/p\u003e\n        "],"arrangement_tesim":["This series is divided into five subseries: 29th\n               Division, 42nd Division, 80th Division, Miscellaneous\n               Units and Miscellaneous and Correspondence."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Military Organizations series is housed in 8 boxes with oversized material separated and is arranged into five (5) subseries.  Subseries have been designated for 29th Division, 42nd Division, 80th Division, Miscellaneous Units and Miscellaneous and Correspondence.  This series consists primarily of unit histories written by unit members.  Many of these records are described in Virginia War History Commission, Supplement No. 3, Calendar of Military Histories, Narratives and Reports (July 1921 issue of Virginia Magazine of History and Biography) and Supplement No. 4, Lists and Calendars of Source Material (October 1921 issue of Virginia Magazine of History and Biography.  In addition many of these unit histories were published by Arthur Kyle Davis, editor, in Virginia Military Organizations in the World War (Source Volume 5) (Richmond:  1925).\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe 29th Division subseries is housed in 3 boxes and one oversized folder.  Records of the 29th Division include a \"History of the 'Blue and Gray,' 29th Division\" by Lt. Col. 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Noteworthy is the statement of Private John Leedy of the 116th Infantry in which Leedy describes a gas attack in the Meuse-Argonne Valley in October 1918.  Also included are statements of service by Major John Izaard, 60th Artillery, Alexander W. Weddell, War Trade Board Delegate to Greece and A.B. Cooke of the American Consulate, Pantros, Greece.  There are two groupings of correspondence. The first, spanning 1919 to 1922, documents attempts by Commission member Adjutant General Jo Lane Stern to obtain unit histories from soldiers. Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing and is arranged alphabetically by recipient.  There is extensive correspondence from Captain Greenlee D. Letcher, 111th Field Artillery, 29th Division, describing his difficulty in obtaining records for his history of the 111th and Major Hierome L. Opie, commenting on his inability to find time to write a history of the 116th Infantry.  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In addition many of these unit histories were published by Arthur Kyle Davis, editor, in Virginia Military Organizations in the World War (Source Volume 5) (Richmond:  1925).","The 29th Division subseries is housed in 3 boxes and one oversized folder.  Records of the 29th Division include a \"History of the 'Blue and Gray,' 29th Division\" by Lt. Col. John A Cutchins, a description of operations of the 29th Division, East of the Meuse River, in October 1918, histories of the 116th Infantry (by company) and histories of the 111th Field Artillery (by company).","The 42nd Division subseries is housed in 1 box.  The records of the 42nd Division include a brief history of the unit and a copy of the Journal of Private G.W. Reed, 117th Train Headquarters and Military Police, describing his activities between 1917 April 8 and 1919 April 5.","The 80th Division subseries is housed in 3 boxes.  The records of the 80th Division includes histories of the 317th, 318th and 320th Infantry regiments, 314th Machine Gun Battalion, 315th Field Artillery, 305th Engineers and a copy of Captain Josiah C. Peck's book, History of the 319th Infantry.  Notable documents include \"My Service with the A.E.F. in France,\" by Captain Melville Oakham, 320th Infantry and copies of  The Service Magazine, published by the Eightieth Division Veterans Association, from 1921-1927.","The Miscellaneous Units subseries is housed in 1 box.  Miscellaneous Units include histories of the Virginia Coast Artillery, Medical Units (Base Hospital 41 and 45 and Sanitation Units 516, 517 and 534), and Engineer Units (28th Engineering Division and 510th and 511th Engineers' Service Battalions).  The most significant item in this sub-series is the collection of photographs of the nursing staff of Base Hospital 45.  Photographs of 104 of the 106 staff members are included.","The Miscellaneous and Correspondence subseries is housed in 1 box and one oversized folder.  Noteworthy is the statement of Private John Leedy of the 116th Infantry in which Leedy describes a gas attack in the Meuse-Argonne Valley in October 1918.  Also included are statements of service by Major John Izaard, 60th Artillery, Alexander W. Weddell, War Trade Board Delegate to Greece and A.B. Cooke of the American Consulate, Pantros, Greece.  There are two groupings of correspondence. The first, spanning 1919 to 1922, documents attempts by Commission member Adjutant General Jo Lane Stern to obtain unit histories from soldiers. Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing and is arranged alphabetically by recipient.  There is extensive correspondence from Captain Greenlee D. Letcher, 111th Field Artillery, 29th Division, describing his difficulty in obtaining records for his history of the 111th and Major Hierome L. Opie, commenting on his inability to find time to write a history of the 116th Infantry.  The second group of correspondence, covering 1925, contains follow-up requests for unit information by Stern in preparation for Source Volume 5, Virginia Military Organizations in the World War."],"_nest_path_":"/components#2","timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:23:27.270Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00958","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00958","_root_":"vi_vi00958","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00958","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00958.xml","title_ssm":["Records, 1915-1931"],"title_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Records, 1915-1931"],"text":["Records, 1915-1931","37219, 28390, 33311 and\n         28057","121.04 cubic\n         feet","There are no restrictions.","The collection is organized into the following nineteen\n         series: \nOrganizationSeries I:  Individual Service Records (Questionnaires), 1919-1924 (bulk 1919-1921Series II:  Virginians of Distinguished Service, 1922-1925Series III:  Virginia Military Organizations, ca. 1917-1922, 1925Series IV:  Virginia's Camps and Cantonments, ca. 1917-1919Series V:  Virginia Schools and Colleges, 1919-1922Series VI:  County Source Material, 1919-1927Series VII:  City Source Material, 1919-1927Series VIII:  Selective Service and Volunteers, 1917-1921, 1925Series IX:  Virginia War Diaries and Incidents, 1915-1922 (bulk 1917-1919)Series X:  Scrapbooks, 1915-1923Series XI:  Office Files, 1917-1927Series XII:  First Virginia Council of Defense, 1917-1918Series XIII:  Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety, 1917-1918Series XIV:  Second Virginia Council of Defense, 1917-1921, 1923-1924Series XV:  Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers, 1917-1925, 1928Series XVI:  H.R. McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)","On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.","The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. For location and content list of oversize folders see list at the end of the finding aid.","There are no restrictions.","State Records Collection,\n         Virginia War History Commission (Record Group 66)","English"],"collection_title_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"collection_ssim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["37219, 28390, 33311 and\n         28057"],"unitid_tesim":["37219, 28390, 33311 and\n         28057"],"repository_ssm":["Library of Virginia"],"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"creator_ssm":["Virginia War History\n         Commission"],"creator_ssim":["Virginia War History\n         Commission"],"access_terms_ssm":["There are no restrictions."],"acqinfo_ssim":["Transferred from Virginia War History Commission, date\n            unknown (accession 37219 and 28390).","Transferred from the University of Virginia, 2 November\n            1988 (accession 33311).","Gift of Mrs. Frances H. 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McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)"],"bioghist_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eOn 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUpon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Information"],"bioghist_tesim":["On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eVirginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"prefercite_tesim":["Virginia War History Commission [specific series],\n            [dates]. [specific Accession number], State Records\n            Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond,\n            Virginia."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFollowing is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOf note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFor researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eVolumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. For location and content list of oversize folders see list at the end of the finding aid.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. For location and content list of oversize folders see list at the end of the finding aid."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc label=\"Physical Location\"\u003eState Records Collection,\n         Virginia War History Commission (Record Group 66)\u003c/physloc\u003e\n      "],"physloc_tesim":["State Records Collection,\n         Virginia War History Commission (Record Group 66)"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":4294,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:23:27.270Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00958_c03"}},{"id":"vi_vi00958_c01","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Series I: Individual Service Records\n (Questionnaires), 1919-1924 (bulk\n 1919-1921)","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00958_c01#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Individual Service Records (Questionnaires) series is housed in 20 boxes and is arranged into two (2) subseries. 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The first page records personal information including the full name of the soldier, date and place of birth, name of mother and father (and their places of birth), race, religious affiliation, names of wife and children, fraternal orders and college fraternities, education, occupation prior to entering the service, name of employer, residence before and after time in service, and present home address.  The second and third pages records military information including, date of induction, rank, military branch and ID number, military company, regiment and division; where trained or stationed, port of embarkation and debarkation, experiences in action, citations for and details of distinguished services, details of any injuries (or death), and occupation after the war.  The fourth page contains several questions designed to elicit information about how the war affected the serviceman and how he perceived his experiences during the war.  The questions deal with the effect of disabilities upon occupation and employment, the serviceman's attitude toward military service, the mental and physical effects of United States camp experiences and of overseas experiences, how the experience affected his religious beliefs, and the effects of all of these experiences as contrasted with his state of mind before the war.  Nurses submitted a two page questionnaire asking similar questions.  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Subseries have been designated for Counties and Cities.  Each subseries is arranged alphabetically by locality and there under alphabetically by name of soldier (with white and non-white questionnaires further segregated).  This series consists of questionnaires completed by soldiers who served from Virginia during World War I or their next-of-kin.  The four page questionnaire records personal and military data.  The first page records personal information including the full name of the soldier, date and place of birth, name of mother and father (and their places of birth), race, religious affiliation, names of wife and children, fraternal orders and college fraternities, education, occupation prior to entering the service, name of employer, residence before and after time in service, and present home address.  The second and third pages records military information including, date of induction, rank, military branch and ID number, military company, regiment and division; where trained or stationed, port of embarkation and debarkation, experiences in action, citations for and details of distinguished services, details of any injuries (or death), and occupation after the war.  The fourth page contains several questions designed to elicit information about how the war affected the serviceman and how he perceived his experiences during the war.  The questions deal with the effect of disabilities upon occupation and employment, the serviceman's attitude toward military service, the mental and physical effects of United States camp experiences and of overseas experiences, how the experience affected his religious beliefs, and the effects of all of these experiences as contrasted with his state of mind before the war.  Nurses submitted a two page questionnaire asking similar questions.  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The first page records personal information including the full name of the soldier, date and place of birth, name of mother and father (and their places of birth), race, religious affiliation, names of wife and children, fraternal orders and college fraternities, education, occupation prior to entering the service, name of employer, residence before and after time in service, and present home address.  The second and third pages records military information including, date of induction, rank, military branch and ID number, military company, regiment and division; where trained or stationed, port of embarkation and debarkation, experiences in action, citations for and details of distinguished services, details of any injuries (or death), and occupation after the war.  The fourth page contains several questions designed to elicit information about how the war affected the serviceman and how he perceived his experiences during the war.  The questions deal with the effect of disabilities upon occupation and employment, the serviceman's attitude toward military service, the mental and physical effects of United States camp experiences and of overseas experiences, how the experience affected his religious beliefs, and the effects of all of these experiences as contrasted with his state of mind before the war.  Nurses submitted a two page questionnaire asking similar questions.  Photographs often accompany the questionnaires."],"_nest_path_":"/components#0","timestamp":"2026-08-14T22:23:27.270Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"vi_vi00958","ead_ssi":"vi_vi00958","_root_":"vi_vi00958","_nest_parent_":"vi_vi00958","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/lva/vi00958.xml","title_ssm":["Records, 1915-1931"],"title_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Records, 1915-1931"],"text":["Records, 1915-1931","37219, 28390, 33311 and\n         28057","121.04 cubic\n         feet","There are no restrictions.","The collection is organized into the following nineteen\n         series: \nOrganizationSeries I:  Individual Service Records (Questionnaires), 1919-1924 (bulk 1919-1921Series II:  Virginians of Distinguished Service, 1922-1925Series III:  Virginia Military Organizations, ca. 1917-1922, 1925Series IV:  Virginia's Camps and Cantonments, ca. 1917-1919Series V:  Virginia Schools and Colleges, 1919-1922Series VI:  County Source Material, 1919-1927Series VII:  City Source Material, 1919-1927Series VIII:  Selective Service and Volunteers, 1917-1921, 1925Series IX:  Virginia War Diaries and Incidents, 1915-1922 (bulk 1917-1919)Series X:  Scrapbooks, 1915-1923Series XI:  Office Files, 1917-1927Series XII:  First Virginia Council of Defense, 1917-1918Series XIII:  Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety, 1917-1918Series XIV:  Second Virginia Council of Defense, 1917-1921, 1923-1924Series XV:  Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers, 1917-1925, 1928Series XVI:  H.R. McIlwaine Papers, 1919, 1921, 1928-1929 and 1931Series XVII:  Miscellaneous Records, 1917-1921 (accession 28390)Series XVIII:  Lynchburg City Committee Records, 1919-1921 (accession 33311)Series XIX:  Prince Edward County Committee Records, 1919-1920 (accession 28057)","On 7 January 1919, Governor Westmoreland Davis created the\n         Virginia War History Commission whose goal was \"to complete an\n         accurate and complete history of Virginia's military, economic\n         and political participation in the World War.\" The Commission\n         consisted of sixteen leading citizens appointed by the\n         governor including: Reverend Collins Denny, Brigadier General\n         Jo Lane Stern, Adjutant General of Virginia, Douglas Southall\n         Freeman, editor of the Richmond News-Leader, State Librarian\n         Henry R. McIlwaine, and Colonel Charles R. Keiley, Executive\n         Secretary of the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. The War History\n         Commission submitted their last annual report to the Governor\n         and General Assembly on 18 January 1928 and had ceased all\n         operations by July 1928.","The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).","Of note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).","For researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. 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Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eUpon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. On 6 August 1918, during the presentation of a\n         service flag by the United Daughters of the Confederacy at the\n         Sussex County Court House, Davis proposed that the people of\n         each community in Virginia preserve the records and activities\n         of their activities. Local branches of the Commission,\n         consisting of a chairman and two associates, were established\n         in Virginia's 100 counties and 21 cities, to collect records\n         of their community's military and civilian activities. The\n         Commission created a fifteen topic outline of subjects to be\n         included in the statewide history. Some of the topics included\n         Virginians of Distinguished Service, Virginia Churches,\n         Economic Conditions, Red Cross and War Letters and Diaries. 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Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. 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Arthur\n         Kyle Davis, president of Southern Female College in\n         Petersburg, was named chairman of the commission. The\n         commission served without compensation and from January to\n         September 1919 relied on the Second Virginia Council of\n         Defense for financial support. Subsequently, on the governor's\n         recommendation, the General Assembly appropriated $10,000 on\n         10 September 1919 to enable the commission to discharge its\n         duties. Financial support was continued from 1919 to 1927 by\n         annual appropriations.","Upon his appointment as chairman, Arthur Kyle Davis\n         immediately implemented his plan for preserving Virginia's war\n         records. 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An\n         editor assigned to each topic would then write the narrative.\n         This material would then form the basis of the Commission's\n         proposed four volume history of Virginia during the World\n         War.","Unfortunately, poor or non-existent leadership by the local\n         branches, apathy, and a lack of time and money hampered the\n         Commission's collection of war records. The quantity and\n         quality of records collected varied widely. In 1921 the\n         Commission published four War History Supplements in the\n         Virginia Magazine of History and Biography listing the source\n         material collected by the local branches. Very few records\n         were collected after 1921 and interest in the Commission's\n         work quickly waned.","In addition to the magazine supplements, the Virginia War\n         History Commission published seven volumes. Volumes I-IV were\n         summaries of source material compiled by the commission. These\n         volumes included lists of distinguished soldiers, newspaper\n         clippings chronicling the war, a guide to war letters, diaries\n         and editorials, and a series of sketches of civilian war\n         agencies. Volumes V-VII were specific chronicles of Virginia\n         wartime activities. Volumes include military unit histories\n         and locality histories that describe the location of the\n         communities, their resources, pre-war conditions, economic\n         conditions, relief and institutional war work. Preliminary\n         manuscripts for a narrative history of Virginia's role in the\n         war were prepared as well. By June 1928 all of the source\n         materials and manuscripts were transferred to the Virginia\n         State Library, but, because of various difficulties, the\n         narrative history was never published. 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Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFollowing is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  Information on the background and experiences of individual soldiers (and a few nurses) is recorded in the questionnaires (Series I and Series II).  Additional information concerning soldiers' views of the war may be found in letters and diaries (Series VI, Series VII, Series IX and Series X).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eOf note to the military historian, the collection includes histories of Virginia units including Home Guards and the history of Virginia military cantonments including Camp Humphreys and Camp Lee (Series III, Series IV and Series VIII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eFor researchers interested in home front activities, there are some noteworthy records.  Propaganda, food and fuel conservation, health and morality issues are highlighted in the records of the First Virginia Council of Defense (Series XII), Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety (Series XIII) and Second Virginia Council of Defense (Series XIV).  Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eThe collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).\u003c/p\u003e\n      ","\u003cp\u003eVolumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. For location and content list of oversize folders see list at the end of the finding aid.\u003c/p\u003e\n    "],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content Information"],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Virginia War History Commission Records are housed in 302 boxes and 5 oversize boxes.  The collection is arranged into nineteen (19) series.  Series have been designated for:  I. Individual Service Records (Questionnaires); II. Virginians of Distinguished Service; III. Virginia Military Organizations; IV. Virginia's Camps and Cantonments; V. Virginia Schools and Colleges; VI. County Source Material; VII. City Source Material; VIII. Selective Service and Volunteers; IX. Virginia War Diaries and Incidents; X. Scrapbooks; XI. Office Files; XII. First Virginia Council of Defense; XIII. Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety; XIV. Second Virginia Council of Defense; XV. Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers; XVI. H.R. McIlwaine Papers; XVII. Miscellaneous Records; XVIII. Lynchburg City Committee Records; and XIX. Prince Edward County Committee Records.  These records include books, broadsides, checks, citations, correspondence, diaries, invitations, invoices, magazines, maps, military records, minute books, newspapers, newspaper clippings, photographs, post cards, press releases, programs, publications, questionnaires, receipts, reports, scrapbooks, sheet music, song books, and telegrams.  These records document Virginia's participation in World War I and its attempt to preserve records of that participation.","Following is a brief overview of the collection. A more in-depth description of the collection can be found in the Series and Subseries level descriptions. It is recommended that the researcher read the Series level scope and content notes thoroughly before accessing the collection.","The experiences of Virginians in the military during the war are well documented throughout the collection.  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Additional records of note include material on churches and schools (Series V, Series VI and Series VII).","The collection contains extensive information on the activities of the Virginia War History Commission including personnel, local branches and publications. (Series XI).","Volumes were housed in boxes for better protection.  Oversized items are filed in 5 boxes.  Oversize items, which were part of a regular sized filing unit, were removed from their respective folders. In their place, separation notices list the item(s) removed and the oversize box and folder number to which they have been removed. 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