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Subseries have been designated for Reference Files, Correspondence, Reference Cards, Rough Drafts and Miscellaneous Materials. This series documents the Commission's efforts to gather information for its first source volume, Virginians of Distinguished Service of the World War (Richmond: 1923), edited by Arthur Kyle Davis. 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Subseries have been designated for Reference Files, Correspondence, Reference Cards, Rough Drafts and Miscellaneous Materials.   This series documents the Commission's efforts to gather information for its first source volume, Virginians of Distinguished Service of the World War (Richmond:  1923), edited by Arthur Kyle Davis.  This series includes Individual Service Records (Questionnaires) that are not included in Series I.","The Reference Files subseries is housed in 4 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by name of soldier.  This subseries has been microfilmed.  See Miscellaneous Reels 4694-4701.  In preparation for its first source volume, Virginians of Distinguished Service of the World War, the Commission reviewed its own files and removed all questionnaires for soldiers receiving citations, decorations or other honors. The Commission then created an alphabetical reference file consisting largely of questionnaires but also including photographs, letters from the soldier, family member or next-of-kin, newspaper clippings and certified copies of citations. Questionnaires do not exist for every soldier in the file and in a few cases the only record is a copy of soldier's citation. In addition to soldiers who received honors, the reference file includes records for soldiers who did not receive an official citation or whose citations could not be verified. Noteworthy files include Thomas Bolling Byrd, brother of Virginia Governor and Senator Harry F. Byrd, Arthur H. Kelly, who died in Poland fighting the Bolsheviks and Richard Fuller Woodward, whose widow submitted letters about her visit to her husband's grave in France.","The Correspondence subseries is housed in 3 boxes and is arranged into three distinct groupings of correspondence. The first, spanning May 1922 to February 1923, documents attempts by the Commission to get copies of citations from soldiers. Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing and is arranged alphabetically by recipient. There is extensive correspondence from Colonel Joseph R. Anderson, author of  Record of Service In the World War of V.M.I. Alumni, describing his assistance in acquiring citations from V.M.I. soldiers and from John S. Patton, Librarian at the University of Virginia, documenting his efforts to acquire citations from UVA students. Additional correspondence from Newton D. Mereness and Lewis H. Machen chronicles their efforts to obtain list of Virginians of Distinguished Service for the Commission in Washington, D.C. The second group of correspondence, covering 1923-1925, relates to the publication and promotion of Virginians of Distinguished Service. Subjects covered include: errors and omissions, ordering/selling, book reviews, requests for additional information and complimentary copies. The third group is unclaimed form letters sent to soldiers in 1922 requesting copies of their citations.","The Reference Cards subseries is housed in 2 boxes and is arranged alphabetically.  Each index card contains the text of each soldier's citation as well as the source of information.","The Rough Drafts subseries is housed in 3 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by name of soldier. The information on the Reference Cards (subseries C) was used to write the rough drafts of each soldier's entry in the book.","The Miscellaneous Materials subseries is housed in 2 boxes and contains miscellaneous lists and unidentified miscellaneous materials."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Records, 1915-1931"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":826,"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."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Virginians of Distinguished Service series is housed in 14 boxes and arranged into five (5) subseries.  Subseries have been designated for Reference Files, Correspondence, Reference Cards, Rough Drafts and Miscellaneous Materials.   This series documents the Commission's efforts to gather information for its first source volume, Virginians of Distinguished Service of the World War (Richmond:  1923), edited by Arthur Kyle Davis.  This series includes Individual Service Records (Questionnaires) that are not included in Series I.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Reference Files subseries is housed in 4 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by name of soldier.  This subseries has been microfilmed.  See Miscellaneous Reels 4694-4701.  In preparation for its first source volume, Virginians of Distinguished Service of the World War, the Commission reviewed its own files and removed all questionnaires for soldiers receiving citations, decorations or other honors. The Commission then created an alphabetical reference file consisting largely of questionnaires but also including photographs, letters from the soldier, family member or next-of-kin, newspaper clippings and certified copies of citations. Questionnaires do not exist for every soldier in the file and in a few cases the only record is a copy of soldier's citation. In addition to soldiers who received honors, the reference file includes records for soldiers who did not receive an official citation or whose citations could not be verified. Noteworthy files include Thomas Bolling Byrd, brother of Virginia Governor and Senator Harry F. Byrd, Arthur H. Kelly, who died in Poland fighting the Bolsheviks and Richard Fuller Woodward, whose widow submitted letters about her visit to her husband's grave in France.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Correspondence subseries is housed in 3 boxes and is arranged into three distinct groupings of correspondence. The first, spanning May 1922 to February 1923, documents attempts by the Commission to get copies of citations from soldiers. Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing and is arranged alphabetically by recipient. There is extensive correspondence from Colonel Joseph R. Anderson, author of  Record of Service In the World War of V.M.I. Alumni, describing his assistance in acquiring citations from V.M.I. soldiers and from John S. Patton, Librarian at the University of Virginia, documenting his efforts to acquire citations from UVA students. Additional correspondence from Newton D. Mereness and Lewis H. Machen chronicles their efforts to obtain list of Virginians of Distinguished Service for the Commission in Washington, D.C. The second group of correspondence, covering 1923-1925, relates to the publication and promotion of Virginians of Distinguished Service. Subjects covered include: errors and omissions, ordering/selling, book reviews, requests for additional information and complimentary copies. The third group is unclaimed form letters sent to soldiers in 1922 requesting copies of their citations.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Reference Cards subseries is housed in 2 boxes and is arranged alphabetically.  Each index card contains the text of each soldier's citation as well as the source of information.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Rough Drafts subseries is housed in 3 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by name of soldier. The information on the Reference Cards (subseries C) was used to write the rough drafts of each soldier's entry in the book. \u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Miscellaneous Materials subseries is housed in 2 boxes and contains miscellaneous lists and unidentified miscellaneous materials.\u003c/p\u003e\n        "],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Virginians of Distinguished Service series is housed in 14 boxes and arranged into five (5) subseries.  Subseries have been designated for Reference Files, Correspondence, Reference Cards, Rough Drafts and Miscellaneous Materials.   This series documents the Commission's efforts to gather information for its first source volume, Virginians of Distinguished Service of the World War (Richmond:  1923), edited by Arthur Kyle Davis.  This series includes Individual Service Records (Questionnaires) that are not included in Series I.","The Reference Files subseries is housed in 4 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by name of soldier.  This subseries has been microfilmed.  See Miscellaneous Reels 4694-4701.  In preparation for its first source volume, Virginians of Distinguished Service of the World War, the Commission reviewed its own files and removed all questionnaires for soldiers receiving citations, decorations or other honors. The Commission then created an alphabetical reference file consisting largely of questionnaires but also including photographs, letters from the soldier, family member or next-of-kin, newspaper clippings and certified copies of citations. Questionnaires do not exist for every soldier in the file and in a few cases the only record is a copy of soldier's citation. In addition to soldiers who received honors, the reference file includes records for soldiers who did not receive an official citation or whose citations could not be verified. Noteworthy files include Thomas Bolling Byrd, brother of Virginia Governor and Senator Harry F. Byrd, Arthur H. Kelly, who died in Poland fighting the Bolsheviks and Richard Fuller Woodward, whose widow submitted letters about her visit to her husband's grave in France.","The Correspondence subseries is housed in 3 boxes and is arranged into three distinct groupings of correspondence. The first, spanning May 1922 to February 1923, documents attempts by the Commission to get copies of citations from soldiers. Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing and is arranged alphabetically by recipient. There is extensive correspondence from Colonel Joseph R. Anderson, author of  Record of Service In the World War of V.M.I. Alumni, describing his assistance in acquiring citations from V.M.I. soldiers and from John S. Patton, Librarian at the University of Virginia, documenting his efforts to acquire citations from UVA students. Additional correspondence from Newton D. Mereness and Lewis H. Machen chronicles their efforts to obtain list of Virginians of Distinguished Service for the Commission in Washington, D.C. The second group of correspondence, covering 1923-1925, relates to the publication and promotion of Virginians of Distinguished Service. Subjects covered include: errors and omissions, ordering/selling, book reviews, requests for additional information and complimentary copies. The third group is unclaimed form letters sent to soldiers in 1922 requesting copies of their citations.","The Reference Cards subseries is housed in 2 boxes and is arranged alphabetically.  Each index card contains the text of each soldier's citation as well as the source of information.","The Rough Drafts subseries is housed in 3 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by name of soldier. The information on the Reference Cards (subseries C) was used to write the rough drafts of each soldier's entry in the book.","The Miscellaneous Materials subseries is housed in 2 boxes and contains miscellaneous lists and unidentified miscellaneous materials."],"_nest_path_":"/components#1","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. 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_c02"}},{"id":"vi_vi00958_c04","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Series IV: Virginia's Camps and Cantonments, ca. 1917-1919","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00958_c04#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Camp and Cantonments series is housed in 4 boxes and is arranged into six (6) subseries. Subseries have been designated for Camp A.A. Humphreys, Fort Hunt, Camp Lee, Quantico, Chesapeake Bay Area Histories and Miscellaneous Narratives and Reports. The most extensive information in this series concerns Camp Lee, located near Petersburg, Virginia. This series contains histories and information about the construction of Virginia's World War I military camps. 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).\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00958_c04#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00958_c04","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00958_c04"],"id":"vi_vi00958_c04","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":"Series IV: Virginia's Camps and Cantonments,\n            \n              ca. 1917-1919","title_ssm":["Series IV: Virginia's Camps and Cantonments, ca. 1917-1919"],"title_tesim":["Series IV: Virginia's Camps and Cantonments, ca. 1917-1919"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Series IV: Virginia's Camps and Cantonments, ca. 1917-1919"],"text":["Series IV: Virginia's Camps and Cantonments, ca. 1917-1919","Records, 1915-1931","The Virginia Camp and Cantonments series is housed in 4 boxes and is arranged into six (6) subseries.  Subseries have been designated for Camp A.A. Humphreys, Fort Hunt, Camp Lee, Quantico, Chesapeake Bay Area Histories and Miscellaneous Narratives and Reports.  The most extensive information in this series concerns Camp Lee, located near Petersburg, Virginia.  This series contains histories and information about the construction of Virginia's World War I military camps.  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).","The Camp A.A. Humphreys subseries is housed in 1 box and contains two histories of the construction of Camp A.A. Humphreys (now known as Fort Belvoir):  \"Illustrated History of Camp A.A. Humphreys\" by Captain Charles T. DeRell and \"History of Camp A.A. Humphreys\" by Colonel Richard Park.  Both histories focus on the construction of the camp and include photographs and maps.","The Fort Hunt subseries is housed in folder and includes a questionnaire that provides an historic overview of the fort as well as a map of the facility.","The Camp Lee subseries is housed in two boxes.  The records include items describing the history of medical care, the Red Cross and welfare work (Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board and YMCA) at Camp Lee.  Also included is a variety of ephemera such as Thanksgiving and Christmas cards and programs, a song book used in Camp Lee YMCA Meetings, and miscellaneous Camp Lee forms and broadsides.  Records of note include photographs and post cards of Camp Lee and the first three issues of The Musket (vol. 1, 15 February 1919, vol. 2, 1 March 1919, and vol. 3, 15 March 1919), the official publication of Infantry Officers' School, Training Center, Camp Lee.","The Quantico subseries is housed in 6 folders.  Records on the Marine Corps Base at Quantico include \"A History of Quantico Camp\" by H.L. Roosevelt and reports on the medical department, personnel office, post chaplain and the work of the YMCA at Quantico.","The Chesapeake Bay Area Histories subseries is housed in 10 folders and includes a \"History of the Port Embarkation, Newport News, Virginia\" by Lt. M.J. Mackler, \"Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads-Its Development\" by Rear Admiral A.C. Dillingham that includes a map of the base, and a map of Langley Field.","The Miscellaneous Narratives and Reports subseries is housed in 4 folders and contains a \"Report of Convalescent Camp, Hospital Center, Savenay, France\" by R.A. Morison.  This record includes photographs of the facility."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Records, 1915-1931"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":1052,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":6,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Camp and Cantonments series is housed in 4 boxes and is arranged into six (6) subseries.  Subseries have been designated for Camp A.A. Humphreys, Fort Hunt, Camp Lee, Quantico, Chesapeake Bay Area Histories and Miscellaneous Narratives and Reports.  The most extensive information in this series concerns Camp Lee, located near Petersburg, Virginia.  This series contains histories and information about the construction of Virginia's World War I military camps.  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).\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Camp A.A. Humphreys subseries is housed in 1 box and contains two histories of the construction of Camp A.A. Humphreys (now known as Fort Belvoir):  \"Illustrated History of Camp A.A. Humphreys\" by Captain Charles T. DeRell and \"History of Camp A.A. Humphreys\" by Colonel Richard Park.  Both histories focus on the construction of the camp and include photographs and maps.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Fort Hunt subseries is housed in folder and includes a questionnaire that provides an historic overview of the fort as well as a map of the facility.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Camp Lee subseries is housed in two boxes.  The records include items describing the history of medical care, the Red Cross and welfare work (Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board and YMCA) at Camp Lee.  Also included is a variety of ephemera such as Thanksgiving and Christmas cards and programs, a song book used in Camp Lee YMCA Meetings, and miscellaneous Camp Lee forms and broadsides.  Records of note include photographs and post cards of Camp Lee and the first three issues of The Musket (vol. 1, 15 February 1919, vol. 2, 1 March 1919, and vol. 3, 15 March 1919), the official publication of Infantry Officers' School, Training Center, Camp Lee.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Quantico subseries is housed in 6 folders.  Records on the Marine Corps Base at Quantico include \"A History of Quantico Camp\" by H.L. Roosevelt and reports on the medical department, personnel office, post chaplain and the work of the YMCA at Quantico.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Chesapeake Bay Area Histories subseries is housed in 10 folders and includes a \"History of the Port Embarkation, Newport News, Virginia\" by Lt. M.J. Mackler, \"Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads-Its Development\" by Rear Admiral A.C. Dillingham that includes a map of the base, and a map of Langley Field.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Miscellaneous Narratives and Reports subseries is housed in 4 folders and contains a \"Report of Convalescent Camp, Hospital Center, Savenay, France\" by R.A. Morison.  This record includes photographs of the facility.\u003c/p\u003e\n        "],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Virginia Camp and Cantonments series is housed in 4 boxes and is arranged into six (6) subseries.  Subseries have been designated for Camp A.A. Humphreys, Fort Hunt, Camp Lee, Quantico, Chesapeake Bay Area Histories and Miscellaneous Narratives and Reports.  The most extensive information in this series concerns Camp Lee, located near Petersburg, Virginia.  This series contains histories and information about the construction of Virginia's World War I military camps.  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).","The Camp A.A. Humphreys subseries is housed in 1 box and contains two histories of the construction of Camp A.A. Humphreys (now known as Fort Belvoir):  \"Illustrated History of Camp A.A. Humphreys\" by Captain Charles T. DeRell and \"History of Camp A.A. Humphreys\" by Colonel Richard Park.  Both histories focus on the construction of the camp and include photographs and maps.","The Fort Hunt subseries is housed in folder and includes a questionnaire that provides an historic overview of the fort as well as a map of the facility.","The Camp Lee subseries is housed in two boxes.  The records include items describing the history of medical care, the Red Cross and welfare work (Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare Board and YMCA) at Camp Lee.  Also included is a variety of ephemera such as Thanksgiving and Christmas cards and programs, a song book used in Camp Lee YMCA Meetings, and miscellaneous Camp Lee forms and broadsides.  Records of note include photographs and post cards of Camp Lee and the first three issues of The Musket (vol. 1, 15 February 1919, vol. 2, 1 March 1919, and vol. 3, 15 March 1919), the official publication of Infantry Officers' School, Training Center, Camp Lee.","The Quantico subseries is housed in 6 folders.  Records on the Marine Corps Base at Quantico include \"A History of Quantico Camp\" by H.L. Roosevelt and reports on the medical department, personnel office, post chaplain and the work of the YMCA at Quantico.","The Chesapeake Bay Area Histories subseries is housed in 10 folders and includes a \"History of the Port Embarkation, Newport News, Virginia\" by Lt. M.J. Mackler, \"Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads-Its Development\" by Rear Admiral A.C. Dillingham that includes a map of the base, and a map of Langley Field.","The Miscellaneous Narratives and Reports subseries is housed in 4 folders and contains a \"Report of Convalescent Camp, Hospital Center, Savenay, France\" by R.A. Morison.  This record includes photographs of the facility."],"_nest_path_":"/components#3","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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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).  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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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Most of the narratives are only a few pages but some are of significant length.  Notable records include a book by Palmer V. Boyd, Kriegegfangenlanger 80053:  My Experiences as a Prisoner of War in Germany and extensive material submitted by Charles Hall Davis.  Virginia War Letters, Diaries and Editorials, edited by Arthur Kyle Davis, includes a detailed calendar of most of these records (see pages 475-486, 525 and 527).  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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. 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. Paulette, 27 June 1973\n            (accession 28057)."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["121.04 cubic\n         feet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized into the following nineteen\n         series: \n\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eOrganization\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries I:  Individual Service Records (Questionnaires), 1919-1924 (bulk 1919-1921\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries II:  Virginians of Distinguished Service, 1922-1925\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries III:  Virginia Military Organizations, ca. 1917-1922, 1925\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries IV:  Virginia's Camps and Cantonments, ca. 1917-1919\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries V:  Virginia Schools and Colleges, 1919-1922\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries VI:  County Source Material, 1919-1927\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries VII:  City Source Material, 1919-1927\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries VIII:  Selective Service and Volunteers, 1917-1921, 1925\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries IX:  Virginia War Diaries and Incidents, 1915-1922 (bulk 1917-1919)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries X:  Scrapbooks, 1915-1923\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XI:  Office Files, 1917-1927\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XII:  First Virginia Council of Defense, 1917-1918\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XIII:  Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety, 1917-1918\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XIV:  Second Virginia Council of Defense, 1917-1921, 1923-1924\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XV:  Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers, 1917-1925, 1928\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XVI:  H.R. 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. 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_c09"}},{"id":"vi_vi00958_c06","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Series VI: County Source Material, 1919-1927","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00958_c06#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe series County Source Material contains records collected by the Local Branches of the Virginia War History Commission. To assist Local Branches with their task, the Commission provided them with a detailed ten topic outline describing the types of records to be collected: Topic 1, Virginians of Distinguished Service (military and civilian); Topic 2, Pre-War Conditions and Activities (education, religion, patriotism, and economic and social conditions; Topic 3, Virginia Churches in War Time (lists of members in service, religious attitudes and church activities); Topic 4, Virginia Schools and Colleges in the War; Topic 5 (Draft Law and Virginia Organizations (draft laws); Topic 6, Economic and Social Conditions (finance, agriculture, industry, commerce, transportation, communication and labor and social conditions); Topic 7, The Red Cross in Virginia; Topic 8, War Work and Relief Organizations (activities of welfare organizations such as Y.M.C.A, Y.W.C.A., Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare, and Salvation Army); Topic 9, War Letters, Diaries and Incidents; and Topic 10, Post War Conditions and Activities. The complete outline is available in Virginia War History Commission, Publication No. 3, Virginia in the War: Topical Outline for a City or County War History (August 1920).\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00958_c06#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00958_c06","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00958_c06"],"id":"vi_vi00958_c06","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":"Series VI: County Source Material,\n            \n              1919-1927","title_ssm":["Series VI: County Source Material, 1919-1927"],"title_tesim":["Series VI: County Source Material, 1919-1927"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Series VI: County Source Material, 1919-1927"],"text":["Series VI: County Source Material, 1919-1927","Records, 1915-1931","The series County Source Material contains records collected by the Local Branches of the Virginia War History Commission.  To assist Local Branches with their task, the Commission provided them with a detailed ten topic outline describing the types of records to be collected:  Topic 1, Virginians of Distinguished Service (military and civilian); Topic 2, Pre-War Conditions and Activities (education, religion, patriotism, and economic and social conditions; Topic 3, Virginia Churches in War Time (lists of members in service, religious attitudes and church activities); Topic 4, Virginia Schools and Colleges in the War; Topic 5 (Draft Law and Virginia Organizations (draft laws); Topic 6, Economic and Social Conditions (finance, agriculture, industry, commerce, transportation, communication and labor and social conditions); Topic 7, The Red Cross in Virginia; Topic 8, War Work and Relief Organizations (activities of welfare organizations such as Y.M.C.A, Y.W.C.A., Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare,  and Salvation Army); Topic 9, War Letters, Diaries and Incidents; and Topic 10, Post War Conditions and Activities.  The complete outline is available in Virginia War History Commission, Publication No. 3, Virginia in the War:  Topical Outline for a City or County War History (August 1920).","Unfortunately, the county branches only submitted information for a tiny fraction of the topics listed on the outline.  Many only submitted one or two items.  However, other localities submitted a substantial number of records.  In addition, some records collected by the County branches were removed and filed separately such as the Individual Service Records (Questionnaires), records of Virginians of Distinguished Service (military) and college histories.  The majority of records collected by the county branches are described and calendared in the following publications:  Virginia War History Commission, Supplement No. 1, Source Material from Virginia Counties (January 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.  Letters written by Virginia soldiers and sailors are described and indexed in source volume 3, Virginia War Letters, Diaries, and Editorials, edited by Arthur Kyle Davis (Richmond:  War History Commission, 1925).  Within this volume, letters are arranged alphabetically by author and include date of letters, brief description of content and list the writer's county of residence.  Additional letters omitted from this volume are included in this series.  In this series, letters are filed by locality and alphabetical therein.","The County Source Material series is housed in 13 boxes, one oversize box and one oversize map folder and is arranged alphabetically by locality and by topic there under.  Notable records include two Bath County broadsides.  The first broadside, dated 14 July 1918, announces an address by N.A. Marshall, a Canadian solider.  The second broadside, dated May 1918, celebrates the Third Liberty Loan drive.  William White of Dickenson County submitted the life story of his son, Leonard Joseph White, who was killed in action on 1 October 1918.  Also included are letters written by Henry County brothers George Edmond Pannill (1896-1918) and Jeb Stuart Pannill (1897-1918).  Both enlisted in the army on 6 June 1917 and were assigned to Co. K, 9th Infantry, 2nd Division.  On the morning of 18 July 1918 bother brothers were fatally wounded.  George was shot through the head and died within two minutes; Jeb was shot in the chest and died on 4 August 1918 (see also the Individual Service Records (Questionnaires) for George and Jeb Pannill).  A biographical sketch of Earle Davis Gregory (1897-1972), Virginia's only World War I Medal of Honor recipient is located among the records of Mecklenburg County.  Included among the records of Prince Edward County is a copy of Walker H. Jordan's 1919 book With \"Old Eph\" in the Army.  Jordan, an African-American, describes his military experiences as a member of the 351st Field Artillery in the United States and France.  A photograph of the 305th Engineers is filed under Loudoun County.  Finally, there are drafts of county histories published in source volumes 6 and 7, Virginia Communities in War Time, edited by Arthur Kyle Davis (Richmond:  War History Commission, 1926-1927)."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Records, 1915-1931"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":1167,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":86,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe series County Source Material contains records collected by the Local Branches of the Virginia War History Commission.  To assist Local Branches with their task, the Commission provided them with a detailed ten topic outline describing the types of records to be collected:  Topic 1, Virginians of Distinguished Service (military and civilian); Topic 2, Pre-War Conditions and Activities (education, religion, patriotism, and economic and social conditions; Topic 3, Virginia Churches in War Time (lists of members in service, religious attitudes and church activities); Topic 4, Virginia Schools and Colleges in the War; Topic 5 (Draft Law and Virginia Organizations (draft laws); Topic 6, Economic and Social Conditions (finance, agriculture, industry, commerce, transportation, communication and labor and social conditions); Topic 7, The Red Cross in Virginia; Topic 8, War Work and Relief Organizations (activities of welfare organizations such as Y.M.C.A, Y.W.C.A., Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare,  and Salvation Army); Topic 9, War Letters, Diaries and Incidents; and Topic 10, Post War Conditions and Activities.  The complete outline is available in Virginia War History Commission, Publication No. 3, Virginia in the War:  Topical Outline for a City or County War History (August 1920).\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eUnfortunately, the county branches only submitted information for a tiny fraction of the topics listed on the outline.  Many only submitted one or two items.  However, other localities submitted a substantial number of records.  In addition, some records collected by the County branches were removed and filed separately such as the Individual Service Records (Questionnaires), records of Virginians of Distinguished Service (military) and college histories.  The majority of records collected by the county branches are described and calendared in the following publications:  Virginia War History Commission, Supplement No. 1, Source Material from Virginia Counties (January 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.  Letters written by Virginia soldiers and sailors are described and indexed in source volume 3, Virginia War Letters, Diaries, and Editorials, edited by Arthur Kyle Davis (Richmond:  War History Commission, 1925).  Within this volume, letters are arranged alphabetically by author and include date of letters, brief description of content and list the writer's county of residence.  Additional letters omitted from this volume are included in this series.  In this series, letters are filed by locality and alphabetical therein.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe County Source Material series is housed in 13 boxes, one oversize box and one oversize map folder and is arranged alphabetically by locality and by topic there under.  Notable records include two \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eBath County\u003c/title\u003e broadsides.  The first broadside, dated 14 July 1918, announces an address by N.A. Marshall, a Canadian solider.  The second broadside, dated May 1918, celebrates the Third Liberty Loan drive.  William White of \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eDickenson County\u003c/title\u003e submitted the life story of his son, Leonard Joseph White, who was killed in action on 1 October 1918.  Also included are letters written by \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eHenry County\u003c/title\u003e brothers George Edmond Pannill (1896-1918) and Jeb Stuart Pannill (1897-1918).  Both enlisted in the army on 6 June 1917 and were assigned to Co. K, 9th Infantry, 2nd Division.  On the morning of 18 July 1918 bother brothers were fatally wounded.  George was shot through the head and died within two minutes; Jeb was shot in the chest and died on 4 August 1918 (see also the Individual Service Records (Questionnaires) for George and Jeb Pannill).  A biographical sketch of Earle Davis Gregory (1897-1972), Virginia's only World War I Medal of Honor recipient is located among the records of \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eMecklenburg County\u003c/title\u003e.  Included among the records of \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003ePrince Edward County\u003c/title\u003e is a copy of Walker H. Jordan's 1919 book With \"Old Eph\" in the Army.  Jordan, an African-American, describes his military experiences as a member of the 351st Field Artillery in the United States and France.  A photograph of the 305th Engineers is filed under \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eLoudoun County\u003c/title\u003e.  Finally, there are drafts of county histories published in source volumes 6 and 7, Virginia Communities in War Time, edited by Arthur Kyle Davis (Richmond:  War History Commission, 1926-1927).\u003c/p\u003e\n        "],"scopecontent_tesim":["The series County Source Material contains records collected by the Local Branches of the Virginia War History Commission.  To assist Local Branches with their task, the Commission provided them with a detailed ten topic outline describing the types of records to be collected:  Topic 1, Virginians of Distinguished Service (military and civilian); Topic 2, Pre-War Conditions and Activities (education, religion, patriotism, and economic and social conditions; Topic 3, Virginia Churches in War Time (lists of members in service, religious attitudes and church activities); Topic 4, Virginia Schools and Colleges in the War; Topic 5 (Draft Law and Virginia Organizations (draft laws); Topic 6, Economic and Social Conditions (finance, agriculture, industry, commerce, transportation, communication and labor and social conditions); Topic 7, The Red Cross in Virginia; Topic 8, War Work and Relief Organizations (activities of welfare organizations such as Y.M.C.A, Y.W.C.A., Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare,  and Salvation Army); Topic 9, War Letters, Diaries and Incidents; and Topic 10, Post War Conditions and Activities.  The complete outline is available in Virginia War History Commission, Publication No. 3, Virginia in the War:  Topical Outline for a City or County War History (August 1920).","Unfortunately, the county branches only submitted information for a tiny fraction of the topics listed on the outline.  Many only submitted one or two items.  However, other localities submitted a substantial number of records.  In addition, some records collected by the County branches were removed and filed separately such as the Individual Service Records (Questionnaires), records of Virginians of Distinguished Service (military) and college histories.  The majority of records collected by the county branches are described and calendared in the following publications:  Virginia War History Commission, Supplement No. 1, Source Material from Virginia Counties (January 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.  Letters written by Virginia soldiers and sailors are described and indexed in source volume 3, Virginia War Letters, Diaries, and Editorials, edited by Arthur Kyle Davis (Richmond:  War History Commission, 1925).  Within this volume, letters are arranged alphabetically by author and include date of letters, brief description of content and list the writer's county of residence.  Additional letters omitted from this volume are included in this series.  In this series, letters are filed by locality and alphabetical therein.","The County Source Material series is housed in 13 boxes, one oversize box and one oversize map folder and is arranged alphabetically by locality and by topic there under.  Notable records include two Bath County broadsides.  The first broadside, dated 14 July 1918, announces an address by N.A. Marshall, a Canadian solider.  The second broadside, dated May 1918, celebrates the Third Liberty Loan drive.  William White of Dickenson County submitted the life story of his son, Leonard Joseph White, who was killed in action on 1 October 1918.  Also included are letters written by Henry County brothers George Edmond Pannill (1896-1918) and Jeb Stuart Pannill (1897-1918).  Both enlisted in the army on 6 June 1917 and were assigned to Co. K, 9th Infantry, 2nd Division.  On the morning of 18 July 1918 bother brothers were fatally wounded.  George was shot through the head and died within two minutes; Jeb was shot in the chest and died on 4 August 1918 (see also the Individual Service Records (Questionnaires) for George and Jeb Pannill).  A biographical sketch of Earle Davis Gregory (1897-1972), Virginia's only World War I Medal of Honor recipient is located among the records of Mecklenburg County.  Included among the records of Prince Edward County is a copy of Walker H. Jordan's 1919 book With \"Old Eph\" in the Army.  Jordan, an African-American, describes his military experiences as a member of the 351st Field Artillery in the United States and France.  A photograph of the 305th Engineers is filed under Loudoun County.  Finally, there are drafts of county histories published in source volumes 6 and 7, Virginia Communities in War Time, edited by Arthur Kyle Davis (Richmond:  War History Commission, 1926-1927)."],"_nest_path_":"/components#5","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_c06"}},{"id":"vi_vi00958_c07","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Series VII: City Source Material, 1919-1927","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00958_c07#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe series City Source Material contains records collected by the Local Branches of the Virginia War History Commission. To assist Local Branches with their task, the Commission provided them with a detailed ten topic outline describing the types of records to be collected: Topic 1, Virginians of Distinguished Service (military and civilian); Topic 2, Pre-War Conditions and Activities (education, religion, patriotism, and economic and social conditions; Topic 3, Virginia Churches in War Time (lists of members in service, religious attitudes and church activities); Topic 4, Virginia Schools and Colleges in the War; Topic 5 (Draft Law and Virginia Organizations (draft laws); Topic 6, Economic and Social Conditions (finance, agriculture, industry, commerce, transportation, communication and labor and social conditions); Topic 7, The Red Cross in Virginia; Topic 8, War Work and Relief Organizations (activities of welfare organizations such as Y.M.C.A, Y.W.C.A., Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare, and Salvation Army); Topic 9, War Letters, Diaries and Incidents; and Topic 10, Post War Conditions and Activities. The complete outline is available in Virginia War History Commission, Publication No. 3, Virginia in the War: Topical Outline for a City or County War History (August 1920).\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00958_c07#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00958_c07","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00958_c07"],"id":"vi_vi00958_c07","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":"City Source Material,\n            \n              1919-1927","title_ssm":["Series VII: City Source Material, 1919-1927"],"title_tesim":["Series VII: City Source Material, 1919-1927"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Series VII: City Source Material, 1919-1927"],"text":["Series VII: City Source Material, 1919-1927","Records, 1915-1931","This series is arranged alphabetically by city.","The series City Source Material contains records collected by the Local Branches of the Virginia War History Commission.  To assist Local Branches with their task, the Commission provided them with a detailed ten topic outline describing the types of records to be collected:  Topic 1, Virginians of Distinguished Service (military and civilian); Topic 2, Pre-War Conditions and Activities (education, religion, patriotism, and economic and social conditions; Topic 3, Virginia Churches in War Time (lists of members in service, religious attitudes and church activities); Topic 4, Virginia Schools and Colleges in the War; Topic 5 (Draft Law and Virginia Organizations (draft laws); Topic 6, Economic and Social Conditions (finance, agriculture, industry, commerce, transportation, communication and labor and social conditions); Topic 7, The Red Cross in Virginia; Topic 8, War Work and Relief Organizations (activities of welfare organizations such as Y.M.C.A, Y.W.C.A., Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare,  and Salvation Army); Topic 9, War Letters, Diaries and Incidents; and Topic 10, Post War Conditions and Activities.  The complete outline is available in Virginia War History Commission, Publication No. 3, Virginia in the War:  Topical Outline for a City or County War History (August 1920).","Unlike the county source material, the city branches, especially Newport News, Norfolk, and Richmond, submitted a substantial number of records for a large number of the topics listed on the outline.  In addition, some records collected by the City branches were removed and filed separately such as the Individual Service Records (Questionnaires), records of Virginians of Distinguished Service (military) and college histories.  The majority of records collected by the city branches are described and calendared in the following publications:  Virginia War History Commission, Supplement No. 2, Source Material from Virginia Cities (April 1921 issue of Virginia Magazine of History and Biography), 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.  Letters written by Virginia soldiers and sailors are described and indexed in source volume 3, Virginia War Letters, Diaries, and Editorials, edited by Arthur Kyle Davis (Richmond:  War History Commission, 1925).  Within this volume, letters are arranged alphabetically by author and include date of letters, brief description of content and list the writer's city of residence.  Additional letters omitted from this volume are included in this series.  In this series, letters are filed by locality and alphabetical therein.","The City Source Material series is housed in 28 boxes and three oversized map folders and is arranged alphabetically by locality and by topic there under.  Notable records include:","Alexandria - an issue of Parnot Daily News, 8 October 1919, a newspaper of the 116th Infantry Division.","Danville - biography of Major Robert Emmett Lea, 1886-1918, a soldier accidentally shot by a civilian participating in a rifle contest.","Hopewell - a copy of Hopewell:  The Petersburg-Hopewell Industrial District by the Petersburg \u0026 Hopewell Chamber of Commerce, n.d. and a copy of Sketch of Hopewell:  The Wonder City by the Hopewell Board of Trade, n.d.  The Sketch of Hopewell includes a description of the towns businesses and biographical sketches of leading citizens.  Other records include three issues of the Hopewell Splinters (vol. 1, no. 4, September 1917, vol. 2, no. 9, September 1918 and vol. 2, no 11, November 1918) published by the employees of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, a historical sketch of the 319th Ambulance Company and a program for the Military Tournament, 315th Field Artillery of Camp Lee, 23 March 1918.","Lynchburg - program, St. Paul's Church, for unveiling of tablet in honor of church members killed during war, 15 May 1921.","Newport News - \"War History of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company\" by H.L. Ferguson; \"War Work of Newport News Branch of Red Cross\"; \"An Incomplete Diary of a Camp Service Worker at Camp Stuart Hospital, 23 December 1918-September 1919,\" by Mrs. E.P. Griffith that describes her work assisting injured and disabled veterans and includes photographs; extensive records on the war work of the YMCA and schools in Newport News; records of the war work of the Jewish Welfare Board, Newport News Branch includes questionnaires completed by ex-soldiers and sailors.   The questionnaire asked for name, residence, present address, name of camp from which service was entered, city of residence prior to service, date and place of birth, country where parents born, have you served overseas, have you been wounded, in which branch of the Army or Navy did you serve, what was your rank, list of decorations and war experiences.  Many also contain photographs of veteran.","Norfolk - extensive church and school narratives including a history of the war work of the First Christian Church (Disciples) by minister Charles M. Watson; History of the Armed Guard by James Sydney Fitzgerald, describing the arming of merchant ships by the Navy.  Record includes list of vessels with a brief account of events in the war zone; a brief history of the Norfolk Navy Yard; reports of Red Cross activities in Norfolk; and a History of the Imperial Recreation Club for Men of the Service written by Sophie L. Williams.","Petersburg - Includes a variety of records on Camp Lee including a copy of the Bayonet, the remembrance book of Camp Lee, 1918, a list of slang phrases used at Camp Lee and their meaning; and a photograph of YMCA Building No. 52 at Camp Lee; poems written by Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. and a copy of the official statement of the Rhodes Committee of Virginia, ca. 1919, selecting Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr.; and issues of The Daily Smoke, 26 February 1919 - 24 March 1919, a daily one page newspaper published by members of the crew of the U.S.S. Eastern Chief.","The City of Richmond War History Commission submitted the most extensive collection of records of any county or city branch of the Virginia War History Commission.  Notable records under topic 1, Virginians of Distinguished Service (civilian) are sketches of Henry W. Anderson, Harry F. Byrd, Rabbi Edward N. Calisch, Douglas Southall Freeman, Charles R. Keiley, Adjutant General Jo Lane Stern, Lewis L. Strauss, Herbert Hoover's private secretary, and John Skelton Williams.","The Richmond records include an extensive history of the war work undertaken by Richmond's churches.  Reports submitted by the Bainbridge St. Baptist Church and the Ginter Park Baptist Church include brief sketches and photographs of soldiers.","Records of schools and colleges contain a brief history of the U.S. Army Base Hospital No. 45, report of the activities of the Richmond public schools for 1917-1919 and a history of Richmond College and Westhampton College (University of Richmond) during the war that also includes miscellaneous issues of Heads Up (23 December 1918-7 April 1919), the newspaper of Debarkation Hospital No. 52.","Significant records on Richmond's economic and social conditions consist of the minutes of the Central and General Committees of Woman's Cooperative Organization of the Local Food Administration, 2 April 1918-26 November 1919; \"Participation of the Richmond Works of the American Locomotive Company in the late World War\"; \"Record of the Production of Materials for the World War by the Richmond Forgings Corporation\".","Under topic 7, The Red Cross in Virginia, there are numerous reports of the activities of the Richmond branch including a history.","Noteworthy records under topic 8, War Work and Relief Organizations, include extensive material on the Godmother's League of Richmond.  Founded on 11 September 1917 by Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern, the Godmother's League was an organization of socially prominent women whose goal was to \"look after the welfare and happiness\" of the men of Richmond in military service.  Godmother's sent care packages and wrote letters to the city's solders and sailors.  Records include a history of the Godmother's League, written by Kern and a minute book documenting their activities between 11 September 197 and March 1918.  The minute book contains photographs (including one of Kern), the group's constitution, a list of Godmother's and newspaper clippings.  Also included are the minutes of the Woman's Auxiliary Camp Community Service, 30 July 1918-26 June 1919, another woman's group dedicated to assisting men in service.","Post-War material consists of the American Legion's Official Program, Armistice Day, 11 November 1918-11 November 1921 and a souvenir program for a reunion of Confederate Veterans in Richmond on 20-22 June 1922.","In addition to these records, there is also the correspondence of the Richmond War History Commission.  The correspondence are arranged by the ten topic outline and document attempts by Joseph W. Everette, secretary of the Richmond branch, between 1921 and 1922 to obtain records.  Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing and is arranged alphabetically by recipient within each topical heading."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Records, 1915-1931"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":1892,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":22,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis series is arranged alphabetically by city.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        "],"arrangement_tesim":["This series is arranged alphabetically by city."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe series City Source Material contains records collected by the Local Branches of the Virginia War History Commission.  To assist Local Branches with their task, the Commission provided them with a detailed ten topic outline describing the types of records to be collected:  Topic 1, Virginians of Distinguished Service (military and civilian); Topic 2, Pre-War Conditions and Activities (education, religion, patriotism, and economic and social conditions; Topic 3, Virginia Churches in War Time (lists of members in service, religious attitudes and church activities); Topic 4, Virginia Schools and Colleges in the War; Topic 5 (Draft Law and Virginia Organizations (draft laws); Topic 6, Economic and Social Conditions (finance, agriculture, industry, commerce, transportation, communication and labor and social conditions); Topic 7, The Red Cross in Virginia; Topic 8, War Work and Relief Organizations (activities of welfare organizations such as Y.M.C.A, Y.W.C.A., Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare,  and Salvation Army); Topic 9, War Letters, Diaries and Incidents; and Topic 10, Post War Conditions and Activities.  The complete outline is available in Virginia War History Commission, Publication No. 3, Virginia in the War:  Topical Outline for a City or County War History (August 1920).\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eUnlike the county source material, the city branches, especially Newport News, Norfolk, and Richmond, submitted a substantial number of records for a large number of the topics listed on the outline.  In addition, some records collected by the City branches were removed and filed separately such as the Individual Service Records (Questionnaires), records of Virginians of Distinguished Service (military) and college histories.  The majority of records collected by the city branches are described and calendared in the following publications:  Virginia War History Commission, Supplement No. 2, Source Material from Virginia Cities (April 1921 issue of Virginia Magazine of History and Biography), 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.  Letters written by Virginia soldiers and sailors are described and indexed in source volume 3, Virginia War Letters, Diaries, and Editorials, edited by Arthur Kyle Davis (Richmond:  War History Commission, 1925).  Within this volume, letters are arranged alphabetically by author and include date of letters, brief description of content and list the writer's city of residence.  Additional letters omitted from this volume are included in this series.  In this series, letters are filed by locality and alphabetical therein.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe City Source Material series is housed in 28 boxes and three oversized map folders and is arranged alphabetically by locality and by topic there under.  Notable records include:\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eAlexandria\u003c/title\u003e - an issue of Parnot Daily News, 8 October 1919, a newspaper of the 116th Infantry Division.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eDanville\u003c/title\u003e - biography of Major Robert Emmett Lea, 1886-1918, a soldier accidentally shot by a civilian participating in a rifle contest.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eHopewell\u003c/title\u003e - a copy of Hopewell:  The Petersburg-Hopewell Industrial District by the Petersburg \u0026amp; Hopewell Chamber of Commerce, n.d. and a copy of Sketch of Hopewell:  The Wonder City by the Hopewell Board of Trade, n.d.  The Sketch of Hopewell includes a description of the towns businesses and biographical sketches of leading citizens.  Other records include three issues of the Hopewell Splinters (vol. 1, no. 4, September 1917, vol. 2, no. 9, September 1918 and vol. 2, no 11, November 1918) published by the employees of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, a historical sketch of the 319th Ambulance Company and a program for the Military Tournament, 315th Field Artillery of Camp Lee, 23 March 1918.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eLynchburg\u003c/title\u003e - program, St. Paul's Church, for unveiling of tablet in honor of church members killed during war, 15 May 1921.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eNewport News\u003c/title\u003e - \"War History of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company\" by H.L. Ferguson; \"War Work of Newport News Branch of Red Cross\"; \"An Incomplete Diary of a Camp Service Worker at Camp Stuart Hospital, 23 December 1918-September 1919,\" by Mrs. E.P. Griffith that describes her work assisting injured and disabled veterans and includes photographs; extensive records on the war work of the YMCA and schools in Newport News; records of the war work of the Jewish Welfare Board, Newport News Branch includes questionnaires completed by ex-soldiers and sailors.   The questionnaire asked for name, residence, present address, name of camp from which service was entered, city of residence prior to service, date and place of birth, country where parents born, have you served overseas, have you been wounded, in which branch of the Army or Navy did you serve, what was your rank, list of decorations and war experiences.  Many also contain photographs of veteran.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eNorfolk\u003c/title\u003e - extensive church and school narratives including a history of the war work of the First Christian Church (Disciples) by minister Charles M. Watson; History of the Armed Guard by James Sydney Fitzgerald, describing the arming of merchant ships by the Navy.  Record includes list of vessels with a brief account of events in the war zone; a brief history of the Norfolk Navy Yard; reports of Red Cross activities in Norfolk; and a History of the Imperial Recreation Club for Men of the Service written by Sophie L. Williams.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003ePetersburg\u003c/title\u003e - Includes a variety of records on Camp Lee including a copy of the Bayonet, the remembrance book of Camp Lee, 1918, a list of slang phrases used at Camp Lee and their meaning; and a photograph of YMCA Building No. 52 at Camp Lee; poems written by Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. and a copy of the official statement of the Rhodes Committee of Virginia, ca. 1919, selecting Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr.; and issues of The Daily Smoke, 26 February 1919 - 24 March 1919, a daily one page newspaper published by members of the crew of the U.S.S. Eastern Chief.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eCity of Richmond\u003c/title\u003e War History Commission submitted the most extensive collection of records of any county or city branch of the Virginia War History Commission.  Notable records under topic 1, Virginians of Distinguished Service (civilian) are sketches of Henry W. Anderson, Harry F. Byrd, Rabbi Edward N. Calisch, Douglas Southall Freeman, Charles R. Keiley, Adjutant General Jo Lane Stern, Lewis L. Strauss, Herbert Hoover's private secretary, and John Skelton Williams.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Richmond records include an extensive history of the war work undertaken by Richmond's churches.  Reports submitted by the Bainbridge St. Baptist Church and the Ginter Park Baptist Church include brief sketches and photographs of soldiers. \u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eRecords of schools and colleges contain a brief history of the U.S. Army Base Hospital No. 45, report of the activities of the Richmond public schools for 1917-1919 and a history of Richmond College and Westhampton College (University of Richmond) during the war that also includes miscellaneous issues of Heads Up (23 December 1918-7 April 1919), the newspaper of Debarkation Hospital No. 52.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eSignificant records on Richmond's economic and social conditions consist of the minutes of the Central and General Committees of Woman's Cooperative Organization of the Local Food Administration, 2 April 1918-26 November 1919; \"Participation of the Richmond Works of the American Locomotive Company in the late World War\"; \"Record of the Production of Materials for the World War by the Richmond Forgings Corporation\".\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eUnder topic 7, The Red Cross in Virginia, there are numerous reports of the activities of the Richmond branch including a history.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy records under topic 8, War Work and Relief Organizations, include extensive material on the Godmother's League of Richmond.  Founded on 11 September 1917 by Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern, the Godmother's League was an organization of socially prominent women whose goal was to \"look after the welfare and happiness\" of the men of Richmond in military service.  Godmother's sent care packages and wrote letters to the city's solders and sailors.  Records include a history of the Godmother's League, written by Kern and a minute book documenting their activities between 11 September 197 and March 1918.  The minute book contains photographs (including one of Kern), the group's constitution, a list of Godmother's and newspaper clippings.  Also included are the minutes of the Woman's Auxiliary Camp Community Service, 30 July 1918-26 June 1919, another woman's group dedicated to assisting men in service.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003ePost-War material consists of the American Legion's Official Program, Armistice Day, 11 November 1918-11 November 1921 and a souvenir program for a reunion of Confederate Veterans in Richmond on 20-22 June 1922.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eIn addition to these records, there is also the correspondence of the Richmond War History Commission.  The correspondence are arranged by the ten topic outline and document attempts by Joseph W. Everette, secretary of the Richmond branch, between 1921 and 1922 to obtain records.  Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing and is arranged alphabetically by recipient within each topical heading.\u003c/p\u003e\n        "],"scopecontent_tesim":["The series City Source Material contains records collected by the Local Branches of the Virginia War History Commission.  To assist Local Branches with their task, the Commission provided them with a detailed ten topic outline describing the types of records to be collected:  Topic 1, Virginians of Distinguished Service (military and civilian); Topic 2, Pre-War Conditions and Activities (education, religion, patriotism, and economic and social conditions; Topic 3, Virginia Churches in War Time (lists of members in service, religious attitudes and church activities); Topic 4, Virginia Schools and Colleges in the War; Topic 5 (Draft Law and Virginia Organizations (draft laws); Topic 6, Economic and Social Conditions (finance, agriculture, industry, commerce, transportation, communication and labor and social conditions); Topic 7, The Red Cross in Virginia; Topic 8, War Work and Relief Organizations (activities of welfare organizations such as Y.M.C.A, Y.W.C.A., Knights of Columbus, Jewish Welfare,  and Salvation Army); Topic 9, War Letters, Diaries and Incidents; and Topic 10, Post War Conditions and Activities.  The complete outline is available in Virginia War History Commission, Publication No. 3, Virginia in the War:  Topical Outline for a City or County War History (August 1920).","Unlike the county source material, the city branches, especially Newport News, Norfolk, and Richmond, submitted a substantial number of records for a large number of the topics listed on the outline.  In addition, some records collected by the City branches were removed and filed separately such as the Individual Service Records (Questionnaires), records of Virginians of Distinguished Service (military) and college histories.  The majority of records collected by the city branches are described and calendared in the following publications:  Virginia War History Commission, Supplement No. 2, Source Material from Virginia Cities (April 1921 issue of Virginia Magazine of History and Biography), 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.  Letters written by Virginia soldiers and sailors are described and indexed in source volume 3, Virginia War Letters, Diaries, and Editorials, edited by Arthur Kyle Davis (Richmond:  War History Commission, 1925).  Within this volume, letters are arranged alphabetically by author and include date of letters, brief description of content and list the writer's city of residence.  Additional letters omitted from this volume are included in this series.  In this series, letters are filed by locality and alphabetical therein.","The City Source Material series is housed in 28 boxes and three oversized map folders and is arranged alphabetically by locality and by topic there under.  Notable records include:","Alexandria - an issue of Parnot Daily News, 8 October 1919, a newspaper of the 116th Infantry Division.","Danville - biography of Major Robert Emmett Lea, 1886-1918, a soldier accidentally shot by a civilian participating in a rifle contest.","Hopewell - a copy of Hopewell:  The Petersburg-Hopewell Industrial District by the Petersburg \u0026 Hopewell Chamber of Commerce, n.d. and a copy of Sketch of Hopewell:  The Wonder City by the Hopewell Board of Trade, n.d.  The Sketch of Hopewell includes a description of the towns businesses and biographical sketches of leading citizens.  Other records include three issues of the Hopewell Splinters (vol. 1, no. 4, September 1917, vol. 2, no. 9, September 1918 and vol. 2, no 11, November 1918) published by the employees of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, a historical sketch of the 319th Ambulance Company and a program for the Military Tournament, 315th Field Artillery of Camp Lee, 23 March 1918.","Lynchburg - program, St. Paul's Church, for unveiling of tablet in honor of church members killed during war, 15 May 1921.","Newport News - \"War History of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company\" by H.L. Ferguson; \"War Work of Newport News Branch of Red Cross\"; \"An Incomplete Diary of a Camp Service Worker at Camp Stuart Hospital, 23 December 1918-September 1919,\" by Mrs. E.P. Griffith that describes her work assisting injured and disabled veterans and includes photographs; extensive records on the war work of the YMCA and schools in Newport News; records of the war work of the Jewish Welfare Board, Newport News Branch includes questionnaires completed by ex-soldiers and sailors.   The questionnaire asked for name, residence, present address, name of camp from which service was entered, city of residence prior to service, date and place of birth, country where parents born, have you served overseas, have you been wounded, in which branch of the Army or Navy did you serve, what was your rank, list of decorations and war experiences.  Many also contain photographs of veteran.","Norfolk - extensive church and school narratives including a history of the war work of the First Christian Church (Disciples) by minister Charles M. Watson; History of the Armed Guard by James Sydney Fitzgerald, describing the arming of merchant ships by the Navy.  Record includes list of vessels with a brief account of events in the war zone; a brief history of the Norfolk Navy Yard; reports of Red Cross activities in Norfolk; and a History of the Imperial Recreation Club for Men of the Service written by Sophie L. Williams.","Petersburg - Includes a variety of records on Camp Lee including a copy of the Bayonet, the remembrance book of Camp Lee, 1918, a list of slang phrases used at Camp Lee and their meaning; and a photograph of YMCA Building No. 52 at Camp Lee; poems written by Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. and a copy of the official statement of the Rhodes Committee of Virginia, ca. 1919, selecting Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr.; and issues of The Daily Smoke, 26 February 1919 - 24 March 1919, a daily one page newspaper published by members of the crew of the U.S.S. Eastern Chief.","The City of Richmond War History Commission submitted the most extensive collection of records of any county or city branch of the Virginia War History Commission.  Notable records under topic 1, Virginians of Distinguished Service (civilian) are sketches of Henry W. Anderson, Harry F. Byrd, Rabbi Edward N. Calisch, Douglas Southall Freeman, Charles R. Keiley, Adjutant General Jo Lane Stern, Lewis L. Strauss, Herbert Hoover's private secretary, and John Skelton Williams.","The Richmond records include an extensive history of the war work undertaken by Richmond's churches.  Reports submitted by the Bainbridge St. Baptist Church and the Ginter Park Baptist Church include brief sketches and photographs of soldiers.","Records of schools and colleges contain a brief history of the U.S. Army Base Hospital No. 45, report of the activities of the Richmond public schools for 1917-1919 and a history of Richmond College and Westhampton College (University of Richmond) during the war that also includes miscellaneous issues of Heads Up (23 December 1918-7 April 1919), the newspaper of Debarkation Hospital No. 52.","Significant records on Richmond's economic and social conditions consist of the minutes of the Central and General Committees of Woman's Cooperative Organization of the Local Food Administration, 2 April 1918-26 November 1919; \"Participation of the Richmond Works of the American Locomotive Company in the late World War\"; \"Record of the Production of Materials for the World War by the Richmond Forgings Corporation\".","Under topic 7, The Red Cross in Virginia, there are numerous reports of the activities of the Richmond branch including a history.","Noteworthy records under topic 8, War Work and Relief Organizations, include extensive material on the Godmother's League of Richmond.  Founded on 11 September 1917 by Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern, the Godmother's League was an organization of socially prominent women whose goal was to \"look after the welfare and happiness\" of the men of Richmond in military service.  Godmother's sent care packages and wrote letters to the city's solders and sailors.  Records include a history of the Godmother's League, written by Kern and a minute book documenting their activities between 11 September 197 and March 1918.  The minute book contains photographs (including one of Kern), the group's constitution, a list of Godmother's and newspaper clippings.  Also included are the minutes of the Woman's Auxiliary Camp Community Service, 30 July 1918-26 June 1919, another woman's group dedicated to assisting men in service.","Post-War material consists of the American Legion's Official Program, Armistice Day, 11 November 1918-11 November 1921 and a souvenir program for a reunion of Confederate Veterans in Richmond on 20-22 June 1922.","In addition to these records, there is also the correspondence of the Richmond War History Commission.  The correspondence are arranged by the ten topic outline and document attempts by Joseph W. Everette, secretary of the Richmond branch, between 1921 and 1922 to obtain records.  Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing and is arranged alphabetically by recipient within each topical heading."],"_nest_path_":"/components#6","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_c07"}},{"id":"vi_vi00958_c08","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Series VIII: Selective Service and Volunteers, 1917-1921, 1925","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00958_c08#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the draft into federal service and mobilization of the Virginia National Guard for Mexican Border Service and later war against Germany in 1917, a need arose to create a new militia force in Virginia. By order of Governor Henry C. Stuart, Adjutant General W.W. Sale issued a form letter authorizing the immediate formation of Home Defense organizations to be known as \"Virginia State Volunteers\" to serve during \"the emergency.\" Two classes of Home Defense Organizations were created consisting of the Virginia State Volunteers and Virginia Home Guard. Lt. Col. Jo Lane Stern, State Inspector, was assigned the duty of organizing these volunteers. Companies of Virginia Volunteers were raised throughout the state including two battalions of infantry and over twenty individual companies. 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By order of Governor Henry C. Stuart, Adjutant General W.W. Sale issued a form letter authorizing the immediate formation of Home Defense organizations to be known as \"Virginia State Volunteers\" to serve during \"the emergency.\" Two classes of Home Defense Organizations were created consisting of the Virginia State Volunteers and Virginia Home Guard. Lt. Col. Jo Lane Stern, State Inspector, was assigned the duty of organizing these volunteers. Companies of Virginia Volunteers were raised throughout the state including two battalions of infantry and over twenty individual companies. After the signing of the Armistice, most of these units disbanded or mustered out by 1920, although three companies passed over into the National Guard.","The Selective Service and Volunteers series is housed in 16 boxes and 11 oversize folders and is arranged into four (4) subseries.  Subseries have been designated for induction lists, Virginia State Volunteers, Virginia Home Guard and miscellaneous materials.  This series provides an overview of Virginia Home Defense Organizations and information on the Selective Service procedures in the commonwealth.","The Induction Lists subseries is housed in 5 boxes and 11 oversized folders and is arranged by locality (county and then city).  The induction lists include the name of soldier or sailor, race, and date of induction.  Some lists also include home address, army or navy service number, and date and cause of discharge from military.  In addition there are a small number of correspondence between the Virginia Adjutant General's Office and local draft boards related to the enlistment and discharge of specific soldiers and sailors.","The Virginia State Volunteers subseries is housed in 4 boxes.  The Virginia State Volunteers was organized for home defense during the First World War between 1917 and 1918.  Records are arranged by locality and include manuscript histories of units (published in source volume 4, Virginia War Agencies, Selective Service and Volunteers, 1926) and correspondence between the Adjutant General's Office and the Volunteer units.  The correspondence, arranged by date (1917-1921), includes inquiries on organizing a volunteer unit, applications to form a company, and orders from the Adjutant General.  There are records for the following units:  Albemarle Rifles, Bath Rifles, Blue Ridge Rifles, Peaks of Otter Rifles, Berryville Guards, Colonial Rifles, Blue Ridge Guard, Hanover Grays, Henry Guards, Russell Guards, Tazewell Rifles, Washington Rifles, Clinch Valley Rifles, Hopewell Rifles, Lynchburg State Guards, A.P. Hill Rifles, Petersburg Guards, Radford Home Guards, Richmond Light Infantry Blues, Richmond Grays, Richmond Howitzers, Jo Lane Stern Battalion, Valley Riflemen and Winchester State Guards.","The Virginia Home Guard subseries is housed in 3 boxes.  The Virginia Home Guard were organized and controlled by local officials with the Adjutant General providing advice and guidance.  The records of the Virginia Home Guard, arranged by locality, contain correspondence between individuals and the Adjutant General inquiring about forming Home Guard units.  The majority of localities did not create Home Guard units.  Notable records include a pamphlet containing the by-laws of the Alleghany Home Guard (City of Covington) and enlistment papers for the Danville Home Guard that list the name, address, date of enlistment, place of birth, age, occupation, color of eyes and hair, height, and marital status of each soldier.","The Miscellaneous Materials subseries is housed in 4 boxes and 1 oversize folder and contains miscellaneous selective service and draft materials.  These records include:  bulletins issued to local draft board by the Virginia Adjutant General's Office from 1917-1919 describing selective service/draft procedures, copies of federal publications on selective service, blank selective service forms and miscellaneous ephemera."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Records, 1915-1931"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":2686,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":4,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eFollowing the draft into federal service and mobilization of the Virginia National Guard for Mexican Border Service and later war against Germany in 1917, a need arose to create a new militia force in Virginia. By order of Governor Henry C. Stuart, Adjutant General W.W. Sale issued a form letter authorizing the immediate formation of Home Defense organizations to be known as \"Virginia State Volunteers\" to serve during \"the emergency.\" Two classes of Home Defense Organizations were created consisting of the Virginia State Volunteers and Virginia Home Guard. Lt. Col. Jo Lane Stern, State Inspector, was assigned the duty of organizing these volunteers. Companies of Virginia Volunteers were raised throughout the state including two battalions of infantry and over twenty individual companies. After the signing of the Armistice, most of these units disbanded or mustered out by 1920, although three companies passed over into the National Guard.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Selective Service and Volunteers series is housed in 16 boxes and 11 oversize folders and is arranged into four (4) subseries.  Subseries have been designated for induction lists, Virginia State Volunteers, Virginia Home Guard and miscellaneous materials.  This series provides an overview of Virginia Home Defense Organizations and information on the Selective Service procedures in the commonwealth.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Induction Lists subseries is housed in 5 boxes and 11 oversized folders and is arranged by locality (county and then city).  The induction lists include the name of soldier or sailor, race, and date of induction.  Some lists also include home address, army or navy service number, and date and cause of discharge from military.  In addition there are a small number of correspondence between the Virginia Adjutant General's Office and local draft boards related to the enlistment and discharge of specific soldiers and sailors.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia State Volunteers subseries is housed in 4 boxes.  The Virginia State Volunteers was organized for home defense during the First World War between 1917 and 1918.  Records are arranged by locality and include manuscript histories of units (published in source volume 4, Virginia War Agencies, Selective Service and Volunteers, 1926) and correspondence between the Adjutant General's Office and the Volunteer units.  The correspondence, arranged by date (1917-1921), includes inquiries on organizing a volunteer unit, applications to form a company, and orders from the Adjutant General.  There are records for the following units:  Albemarle Rifles, Bath Rifles, Blue Ridge Rifles, Peaks of Otter Rifles, Berryville Guards, Colonial Rifles, Blue Ridge Guard, Hanover Grays, Henry Guards, Russell Guards, Tazewell Rifles, Washington Rifles, Clinch Valley Rifles, Hopewell Rifles, Lynchburg State Guards, A.P. Hill Rifles, Petersburg Guards, Radford Home Guards, Richmond Light Infantry Blues, Richmond Grays, Richmond Howitzers, Jo Lane Stern Battalion, Valley Riflemen and Winchester State Guards.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Home Guard subseries is housed in 3 boxes.  The Virginia Home Guard were organized and controlled by local officials with the Adjutant General providing advice and guidance.  The records of the Virginia Home Guard, arranged by locality, contain correspondence between individuals and the Adjutant General inquiring about forming Home Guard units.  The majority of localities did not create Home Guard units.  Notable records include a pamphlet containing the by-laws of the Alleghany Home Guard (City of Covington) and enlistment papers for the Danville Home Guard that list the name, address, date of enlistment, place of birth, age, occupation, color of eyes and hair, height, and marital status of each soldier.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Miscellaneous Materials subseries is housed in 4 boxes and 1 oversize folder and contains miscellaneous selective service and draft materials.  These records include:  bulletins issued to local draft board by the Virginia Adjutant General's Office from 1917-1919 describing selective service/draft procedures, copies of federal publications on selective service, blank selective service forms and miscellaneous ephemera.\u003c/p\u003e\n        "],"scopecontent_tesim":["Following the draft into federal service and mobilization of the Virginia National Guard for Mexican Border Service and later war against Germany in 1917, a need arose to create a new militia force in Virginia. By order of Governor Henry C. Stuart, Adjutant General W.W. Sale issued a form letter authorizing the immediate formation of Home Defense organizations to be known as \"Virginia State Volunteers\" to serve during \"the emergency.\" Two classes of Home Defense Organizations were created consisting of the Virginia State Volunteers and Virginia Home Guard. Lt. Col. Jo Lane Stern, State Inspector, was assigned the duty of organizing these volunteers. Companies of Virginia Volunteers were raised throughout the state including two battalions of infantry and over twenty individual companies. After the signing of the Armistice, most of these units disbanded or mustered out by 1920, although three companies passed over into the National Guard.","The Selective Service and Volunteers series is housed in 16 boxes and 11 oversize folders and is arranged into four (4) subseries.  Subseries have been designated for induction lists, Virginia State Volunteers, Virginia Home Guard and miscellaneous materials.  This series provides an overview of Virginia Home Defense Organizations and information on the Selective Service procedures in the commonwealth.","The Induction Lists subseries is housed in 5 boxes and 11 oversized folders and is arranged by locality (county and then city).  The induction lists include the name of soldier or sailor, race, and date of induction.  Some lists also include home address, army or navy service number, and date and cause of discharge from military.  In addition there are a small number of correspondence between the Virginia Adjutant General's Office and local draft boards related to the enlistment and discharge of specific soldiers and sailors.","The Virginia State Volunteers subseries is housed in 4 boxes.  The Virginia State Volunteers was organized for home defense during the First World War between 1917 and 1918.  Records are arranged by locality and include manuscript histories of units (published in source volume 4, Virginia War Agencies, Selective Service and Volunteers, 1926) and correspondence between the Adjutant General's Office and the Volunteer units.  The correspondence, arranged by date (1917-1921), includes inquiries on organizing a volunteer unit, applications to form a company, and orders from the Adjutant General.  There are records for the following units:  Albemarle Rifles, Bath Rifles, Blue Ridge Rifles, Peaks of Otter Rifles, Berryville Guards, Colonial Rifles, Blue Ridge Guard, Hanover Grays, Henry Guards, Russell Guards, Tazewell Rifles, Washington Rifles, Clinch Valley Rifles, Hopewell Rifles, Lynchburg State Guards, A.P. Hill Rifles, Petersburg Guards, Radford Home Guards, Richmond Light Infantry Blues, Richmond Grays, Richmond Howitzers, Jo Lane Stern Battalion, Valley Riflemen and Winchester State Guards.","The Virginia Home Guard subseries is housed in 3 boxes.  The Virginia Home Guard were organized and controlled by local officials with the Adjutant General providing advice and guidance.  The records of the Virginia Home Guard, arranged by locality, contain correspondence between individuals and the Adjutant General inquiring about forming Home Guard units.  The majority of localities did not create Home Guard units.  Notable records include a pamphlet containing the by-laws of the Alleghany Home Guard (City of Covington) and enlistment papers for the Danville Home Guard that list the name, address, date of enlistment, place of birth, age, occupation, color of eyes and hair, height, and marital status of each soldier.","The Miscellaneous Materials subseries is housed in 4 boxes and 1 oversize folder and contains miscellaneous selective service and draft materials.  These records include:  bulletins issued to local draft board by the Virginia Adjutant General's Office from 1917-1919 describing selective service/draft procedures, copies of federal publications on selective service, blank selective service forms and miscellaneous ephemera."],"_nest_path_":"/components#7","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).  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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_c08"}},{"id":"vi_vi00958_c05","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Series V: Virginia Schools and Colleges, 1919-1922","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00958_c05#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Schools and Colleges series is housed in 2 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by the name of the school. This series contains reports of war activities during the World War including home-front contributions made by students (Red Cross work, etc.) and lists of students/graduates who served in the armed forces or were killed. Most of the material consists of brief responses to requests for information on war activities made by Dr. James S. Wilson, a University of Virginia professor and chairman of Commission's Virginia Schools and Colleges section, between 1919 and 1922. Schools that responded were: Augusta Military Academy, Blackstone College for Girls, Blackstone Military Academy, Bridgewater College, Chatham Training School, Christiansburg Industrial Institute, College of William and Mary, Eastern College, Elizabeth College, Emory and Henry College, Episcopal High School of Virginia near Alexandria, Fredericksburg Normal School (now Mary Washington College), Hartshorn Memorial College, Halifax Institute, Hampden-Sidney College, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Harrisonburg State Normal School, Hollins College, Industrial High School (Danville, Va.), Ingleside Seminary, Marion College for Women, Miller Manual Labor School, Newport Training School, Inc., Randolph-Macon Academy, Randolph-Macon College, Rappahannock Industrial Academy, City of Richmond Schools and Colleges, Roanoke College, St. Emma Industrial and Agricultural College, Shenandoah Valley Academy, Southern College, Staunton Military Academy, Stonewall Jackson College, Stuart Hall, Sullins College, Sweet Briar College, University of Richmond, University of Virginia, Virginia College, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Virginia Union University, Washington and Lee University and Woodberry Forest School.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00958_c05#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"vi_vi00958_c05","ref_ssm":["vi_vi00958_c05"],"id":"vi_vi00958_c05","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":"Series V: Virginia Schools and Colleges,\n            \n              1919-1922","title_ssm":["Series V: Virginia Schools and Colleges, 1919-1922"],"title_tesim":["Series V: Virginia Schools and Colleges, 1919-1922"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Series V: Virginia Schools and Colleges, 1919-1922"],"text":["Series V: Virginia Schools and Colleges, 1919-1922","Records, 1915-1931","The Virginia Schools and Colleges series is housed in 2 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by the name of the school.  This series contains reports of war activities during the World War including home-front contributions made by students (Red Cross work, etc.) and lists of students/graduates who served in the armed forces or were killed.  Most of the material consists of brief responses to requests for information on war activities made by Dr. James S. Wilson, a University of Virginia professor and chairman of Commission's Virginia Schools and Colleges section, between 1919 and 1922.  Schools that responded were:  Augusta Military Academy, Blackstone College for Girls, Blackstone Military Academy, Bridgewater College, Chatham Training School, Christiansburg Industrial Institute, College of William and Mary, Eastern College, Elizabeth College, Emory and Henry College, Episcopal High School of Virginia near Alexandria, Fredericksburg Normal School (now Mary Washington College), Hartshorn Memorial College, Halifax Institute, Hampden-Sidney College, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Harrisonburg State Normal School, Hollins College, Industrial High School (Danville, Va.), Ingleside Seminary, Marion College for Women, Miller Manual Labor School, Newport Training School, Inc., Randolph-Macon Academy, Randolph-Macon College, Rappahannock Industrial Academy, City of Richmond Schools and Colleges, Roanoke College, St. Emma Industrial and Agricultural College, Shenandoah Valley Academy, Southern College, Staunton Military Academy, Stonewall Jackson College, Stuart Hall, Sullins College, Sweet Briar College, University of Richmond, University of Virginia, Virginia College, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Virginia Union University, Washington and Lee University and Woodberry Forest School.","Notable records include:   a list of graduates and current students who served in the armed forces during the war and a list of those killed-in-action from the College of William and Mary; a 1920 Episcopal High School of Virginia yearbook, Whispers, that includes a list of \"Alumni in Service in the World War\"; an extensive history of the University of Richmond's activities during the World War; a copy of John S. 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This series contains reports of war activities during the World War including home-front contributions made by students (Red Cross work, etc.) and lists of students/graduates who served in the armed forces or were killed.  Most of the material consists of brief responses to requests for information on war activities made by Dr. James S. Wilson, a University of Virginia professor and chairman of Commission's Virginia Schools and Colleges section, between 1919 and 1922.  Schools that responded were:  Augusta Military Academy, Blackstone College for Girls, Blackstone Military Academy, Bridgewater College, Chatham Training School, Christiansburg Industrial Institute, College of William and Mary, Eastern College, Elizabeth College, Emory and Henry College, Episcopal High School of Virginia near Alexandria, Fredericksburg Normal School (now Mary Washington College), Hartshorn Memorial College, Halifax Institute, Hampden-Sidney College, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Harrisonburg State Normal School, Hollins College, Industrial High School (Danville, Va.), Ingleside Seminary, Marion College for Women, Miller Manual Labor School, Newport Training School, Inc., Randolph-Macon Academy, Randolph-Macon College, Rappahannock Industrial Academy, City of Richmond Schools and Colleges, Roanoke College, St. Emma Industrial and Agricultural College, Shenandoah Valley Academy, Southern College, Staunton Military Academy, Stonewall Jackson College, Stuart Hall, Sullins College, Sweet Briar College, University of Richmond, University of Virginia, Virginia College, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Virginia Union University, Washington and Lee University and Woodberry Forest School.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eNotable records include:   a list of graduates and current students who served in the armed forces during the war and a list of those killed-in-action from the College of William and Mary; a 1920 Episcopal High School of Virginia yearbook, Whispers, that includes a list of \"Alumni in Service in the World War\"; an extensive history of the University of Richmond's activities during the World War; a copy of John S. Patton's 1921 book, The University of Virginia in the World War; and a copy of Joseph Reid Anderson's 1920 book, V.M.I. in the World War.\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional records on Virginia's Schools and Colleges may be found in the series' County Source Material and City Source Material.\u003c/p\u003e\n        "],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Virginia Schools and Colleges series is housed in 2 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by the name of the school.  This series contains reports of war activities during the World War including home-front contributions made by students (Red Cross work, etc.) and lists of students/graduates who served in the armed forces or were killed.  Most of the material consists of brief responses to requests for information on war activities made by Dr. James S. Wilson, a University of Virginia professor and chairman of Commission's Virginia Schools and Colleges section, between 1919 and 1922.  Schools that responded were:  Augusta Military Academy, Blackstone College for Girls, Blackstone Military Academy, Bridgewater College, Chatham Training School, Christiansburg Industrial Institute, College of William and Mary, Eastern College, Elizabeth College, Emory and Henry College, Episcopal High School of Virginia near Alexandria, Fredericksburg Normal School (now Mary Washington College), Hartshorn Memorial College, Halifax Institute, Hampden-Sidney College, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Harrisonburg State Normal School, Hollins College, Industrial High School (Danville, Va.), Ingleside Seminary, Marion College for Women, Miller Manual Labor School, Newport Training School, Inc., Randolph-Macon Academy, Randolph-Macon College, Rappahannock Industrial Academy, City of Richmond Schools and Colleges, Roanoke College, St. Emma Industrial and Agricultural College, Shenandoah Valley Academy, Southern College, Staunton Military Academy, Stonewall Jackson College, Stuart Hall, Sullins College, Sweet Briar College, University of Richmond, University of Virginia, Virginia College, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Virginia Union University, Washington and Lee University and Woodberry Forest School.","Notable records include:   a list of graduates and current students who served in the armed forces during the war and a list of those killed-in-action from the College of William and Mary; a 1920 Episcopal High School of Virginia yearbook, Whispers, that includes a list of \"Alumni in Service in the World War\"; an extensive history of the University of Richmond's activities during the World War; a copy of John S. Patton's 1921 book, The University of Virginia in the World War; and a copy of Joseph Reid Anderson's 1920 book, V.M.I. in the World War.","Additional records on Virginia's Schools and Colleges may be found in the series' County Source Material and City Source Material."],"_nest_path_":"/components#4","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. Paulette, 27 June 1973\n            (accession 28057)."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["121.04 cubic\n         feet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized into the following nineteen\n         series: \n\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eOrganization\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries I:  Individual Service Records (Questionnaires), 1919-1924 (bulk 1919-1921\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries II:  Virginians of Distinguished Service, 1922-1925\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries III:  Virginia Military Organizations, ca. 1917-1922, 1925\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries IV:  Virginia's Camps and Cantonments, ca. 1917-1919\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries V:  Virginia Schools and Colleges, 1919-1922\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries VI:  County Source Material, 1919-1927\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries VII:  City Source Material, 1919-1927\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries VIII:  Selective Service and Volunteers, 1917-1921, 1925\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries IX:  Virginia War Diaries and Incidents, 1915-1922 (bulk 1917-1919)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries X:  Scrapbooks, 1915-1923\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XI:  Office Files, 1917-1927\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XII:  First Virginia Council of Defense, 1917-1918\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XIII:  Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety, 1917-1918\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XIV:  Second Virginia Council of Defense, 1917-1921, 1923-1924\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XV:  Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers, 1917-1925, 1928\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XVI:  H.R. 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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After the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, the federal government requested that each state create a State Council of Defense to carry out the duties of the National Council. To comply with this request, Virginia Governor Henry Carter Stuart created an unwieldy organization which included the Agricultural Council of Safety (18 April 1917), Industrial Council of Safety (25 April 1917), and the Virginia Council of Defense (26 April 1917). The duties of each council overlapped but each retained its own identity. The Virginia Council of Defense was essentially an advisory body which coordinated the work of all councils. Governor Westmoreland Davis corrected this situation when he abolished all three councils in February 1918 and organized all defense activities under the Second Virginia Council of Defense. Members of the First Virginia Council of Defense included: General Edward W. Nichols, Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute; L.E. Johnson, President of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company; R. Walton Moore, United States Representative; Homer L. Ferguson, President of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; Colonel Elijah B. White; Rev. Collins Denny; Dr. Ennion G. Williams, State Health Commissioner; James O. Winston; Richard Evelyn Byrd; D. Lawrence Groner; George B. Keezell; John H. Crockett; Jesse M. Jones; and A.P. 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After the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, the federal government requested that each state create a State Council of Defense to carry out the duties of the National Council.  To comply with this request, Virginia Governor Henry Carter Stuart created an unwieldy organization which included the Agricultural Council of Safety (18 April 1917), Industrial Council of Safety (25 April 1917), and the Virginia Council of Defense (26 April 1917).  The duties of each council overlapped but each retained its own identity.  The Virginia Council of Defense was essentially an advisory body which coordinated the work of all councils.  Governor Westmoreland Davis corrected this situation when he abolished all three councils in February 1918 and organized all defense activities under the Second Virginia Council of Defense.  Members of the First Virginia Council of Defense included:  General Edward W. Nichols, Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute; L.E. Johnson, President of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company; R. Walton Moore, United States Representative; Homer L. Ferguson, President of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; Colonel Elijah B. White; Rev. Collins Denny; Dr. Ennion G. Williams, State Health Commissioner; James O. Winston; Richard Evelyn Byrd; D. Lawrence Groner; George B. Keezell; John H. Crockett; Jesse M. Jones; and A.P. Walker.","The Virginia War History Commission published a history of the First Virginia Council of Defense and an index to their records in Virginia War Agencies, Selective Services and Volunteers (Source Volume 4) (Richmond:  1926, pp. 3-34 \u0026 395-418), edited by Arthur Kyle Davis.","The First Virginia Council of Defense series is housed in 6 boxes and one oversized folder and is arranged in two(2) subseries.  Subseries have been designated for Source Material and Records.  The series consists primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence to the Council particularly Executive Secretary Colonel William M. Hunley, Speakers' Bureau head Lewis H. Machen and Virginia Governor Henry Stuart, and copies of publications, pamphlets and newsletters from the Council of National Defense and from other state councils.  It is unknown why some of the records the Virginia Council were filed with Source Materials (Subseries A) and other similar records with Records (Subseries B).  Researchers should check both subseries.  These records document the activities of the First Virginia Council of Defense in Virginia including such areas as agriculture, food conservation, military matters, publicity, religious forces, Speakers' Bureau, and the Woman's Division.","The Source Material subseries is housed in 5 boxes and is indexed in Virginia War Agencies, Selective Services and Volunteers (Source Volume 4) (Richmond:  1926, pp. 395-418), edited by Arthur Kyle Davis.  The records in this subseries are arranged by topic and sub-heading.  Topics include agriculture, farmers, food conservation, fuel conservation, health and morals, industry and labor, Liberty Loans, local councils, military matters, miscellaneous activities of Council, other states, publicity, religious forces, Speakers' Bureau, transportation, Woman's Division and closing period of Council.  When this series was originally processed in 2003, not all of the indexed records were extant.  Most of the missing records were located in 2005 and have been added to the collection.  Unfortunately, very few records are extant for the Woman's Division.","Records filed under Agriculture include correspondence related to the Boys' Working Reserve and Boy Scouts as aids to farmers, exemption for farm laborers from military service, loans to farmers and offers of land to the government.","The Food Conservation files list bakers who promise to co-operate with Council in the campaign against acceptance of unsold bread and exemptions from military service sought by ice manufacturers.  Harry F. Byrd's appointment as Virginia Fuel Administrator is highlighted in correspondence under Fuel Conservation.  Military Matters described the formation of Home Guards, recruiting and training camp activities.","The Speakers' Bureau correspondence contain replies to letters and telegrams of Lewis H. Machen, dated 25 May 1917 requesting cooperation in the June 1917 speaking campaign and the speaking campaign in the fall of 1917.  Additional records include materials submitted by Council's of Defense of other states.","The Records subseries is housed in 1 box and one oversized folder.  This material is not indexed.  Records of note include the minutes of the Council of Defense for 1917 and 1918.  An oversized scrapbook contains newspaper clippings (Richmond Times-Dispatch and Richmond News-Leader) of the Council's activities from May 1917 to January 1918."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Records, 1915-1931"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":3525,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":51,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Council of National Defense was created by an act of Congress on 29 August 1916 to coordinate all national resources pertaining to the efficient mobilization and maintenance of the United States armed forces.  After the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, the federal government requested that each state create a State Council of Defense to carry out the duties of the National Council.  To comply with this request, Virginia Governor Henry Carter Stuart created an unwieldy organization which included the Agricultural Council of Safety (18 April 1917), Industrial Council of Safety (25 April 1917), and the Virginia Council of Defense (26 April 1917).  The duties of each council overlapped but each retained its own identity.  The Virginia Council of Defense was essentially an advisory body which coordinated the work of all councils.  Governor Westmoreland Davis corrected this situation when he abolished all three councils in February 1918 and organized all defense activities under the Second Virginia Council of Defense.  Members of the First Virginia Council of Defense included:  General Edward W. Nichols, Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute; L.E. Johnson, President of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company; R. Walton Moore, United States Representative; Homer L. Ferguson, President of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; Colonel Elijah B. White; Rev. Collins Denny; Dr. Ennion G. Williams, State Health Commissioner; James O. Winston; Richard Evelyn Byrd; D. Lawrence Groner; George B. Keezell; John H. Crockett; Jesse M. Jones; and A.P. Walker.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia War History Commission published a history of the First Virginia Council of Defense and an index to their records in Virginia War Agencies, Selective Services and Volunteers (Source Volume 4) (Richmond:  1926, pp. 3-34 \u0026amp; 395-418), edited by Arthur Kyle Davis.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe First Virginia Council of Defense series is housed in 6 boxes and one oversized folder and is arranged in two(2) subseries.  Subseries have been designated for Source Material and Records.  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This material is not indexed.  Records of note include the minutes of the Council of Defense for 1917 and 1918.  An oversized scrapbook contains newspaper clippings (Richmond Times-Dispatch and Richmond News-Leader) of the Council's activities from May 1917 to January 1918.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        "],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Council of National Defense was created by an act of Congress on 29 August 1916 to coordinate all national resources pertaining to the efficient mobilization and maintenance of the United States armed forces.  After the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, the federal government requested that each state create a State Council of Defense to carry out the duties of the National Council.  To comply with this request, Virginia Governor Henry Carter Stuart created an unwieldy organization which included the Agricultural Council of Safety (18 April 1917), Industrial Council of Safety (25 April 1917), and the Virginia Council of Defense (26 April 1917).  The duties of each council overlapped but each retained its own identity.  The Virginia Council of Defense was essentially an advisory body which coordinated the work of all councils.  Governor Westmoreland Davis corrected this situation when he abolished all three councils in February 1918 and organized all defense activities under the Second Virginia Council of Defense.  Members of the First Virginia Council of Defense included:  General Edward W. Nichols, Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute; L.E. Johnson, President of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company; R. Walton Moore, United States Representative; Homer L. Ferguson, President of the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company; Colonel Elijah B. White; Rev. Collins Denny; Dr. Ennion G. Williams, State Health Commissioner; James O. Winston; Richard Evelyn Byrd; D. Lawrence Groner; George B. Keezell; John H. Crockett; Jesse M. Jones; and A.P. Walker.","The Virginia War History Commission published a history of the First Virginia Council of Defense and an index to their records in Virginia War Agencies, Selective Services and Volunteers (Source Volume 4) (Richmond:  1926, pp. 3-34 \u0026 395-418), edited by Arthur Kyle Davis.","The First Virginia Council of Defense series is housed in 6 boxes and one oversized folder and is arranged in two(2) subseries.  Subseries have been designated for Source Material and Records.  The series consists primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence to the Council particularly Executive Secretary Colonel William M. Hunley, Speakers' Bureau head Lewis H. Machen and Virginia Governor Henry Stuart, and copies of publications, pamphlets and newsletters from the Council of National Defense and from other state councils.  It is unknown why some of the records the Virginia Council were filed with Source Materials (Subseries A) and other similar records with Records (Subseries B).  Researchers should check both subseries.  These records document the activities of the First Virginia Council of Defense in Virginia including such areas as agriculture, food conservation, military matters, publicity, religious forces, Speakers' Bureau, and the Woman's Division.","The Source Material subseries is housed in 5 boxes and is indexed in Virginia War Agencies, Selective Services and Volunteers (Source Volume 4) (Richmond:  1926, pp. 395-418), edited by Arthur Kyle Davis.  The records in this subseries are arranged by topic and sub-heading.  Topics include agriculture, farmers, food conservation, fuel conservation, health and morals, industry and labor, Liberty Loans, local councils, military matters, miscellaneous activities of Council, other states, publicity, religious forces, Speakers' Bureau, transportation, Woman's Division and closing period of Council.  When this series was originally processed in 2003, not all of the indexed records were extant.  Most of the missing records were located in 2005 and have been added to the collection.  Unfortunately, very few records are extant for the Woman's Division.","Records filed under Agriculture include correspondence related to the Boys' Working Reserve and Boy Scouts as aids to farmers, exemption for farm laborers from military service, loans to farmers and offers of land to the government.","The Food Conservation files list bakers who promise to co-operate with Council in the campaign against acceptance of unsold bread and exemptions from military service sought by ice manufacturers.  Harry F. Byrd's appointment as Virginia Fuel Administrator is highlighted in correspondence under Fuel Conservation.  Military Matters described the formation of Home Guards, recruiting and training camp activities.","The Speakers' Bureau correspondence contain replies to letters and telegrams of Lewis H. Machen, dated 25 May 1917 requesting cooperation in the June 1917 speaking campaign and the speaking campaign in the fall of 1917.  Additional records include materials submitted by Council's of Defense of other states.","The Records subseries is housed in 1 box and one oversized folder.  This material is not indexed.  Records of note include the minutes of the Council of Defense for 1917 and 1918.  An oversized scrapbook contains newspaper clippings (Richmond Times-Dispatch and Richmond News-Leader) of the Council's activities from May 1917 to January 1918."],"_nest_path_":"/components#11","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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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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After the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, the federal government requested that each state create a State Council of Defense to carry out the duties of the National Council. To comply with this request, Virginia Governor Henry Carter Stuart created an unwieldy organization which included the Agricultural Council of Safety (18 April 1917), Industrial Council of Safety (25 April 1917), and the Virginia Council of Defense (26 April 1917). The duties of each council overlapped but each retained its own identity. The Virginia Council of Defense was essentially an advisory body which coordinated the work of all councils. Governor Westmoreland Davis corrected this situation when he abolished all three councils in February 1918 and organized all defense activities under the Second Virginia Council of Defense. The Agricultural Council of Safety focused on food production and conservation. Members of the Executive Council were: Chairman Dr. Jesse M. Jones of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Secretary B.C. Moomaw, Jr. Other members of the Council included T.O. Sandy, V. Vaden, Ella G. Agnew, Mrs. B.B. Munford, Dr. H.B. Frissell, B.M. Shepherd, Dr. R.C. Stearns, Dr. J.D. Eggleston, A.B. Thornhill and B.F. Purcell. Council Secretary B.C. 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After the United States declared war on Germany in April 1917, the federal government requested that each state create a State Council of Defense to carry out the duties of the National Council.  To comply with this request, Virginia Governor Henry Carter Stuart created an unwieldy organization which included the Agricultural Council of Safety (18 April 1917), Industrial Council of Safety (25 April 1917), and the Virginia Council of Defense (26 April 1917).  The duties of each council overlapped but each retained its own identity.  The Virginia Council of Defense was essentially an advisory body which coordinated the work of all councils.  Governor Westmoreland Davis corrected this situation when he abolished all three councils in February 1918 and organized all defense activities under the Second Virginia Council of Defense.  The Agricultural Council of Safety focused on food production and conservation.  Members of the Executive Council were:  Chairman Dr. Jesse M. Jones of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Secretary B.C. Moomaw, Jr.  Other members of the Council included T.O. Sandy, V. Vaden, Ella G. Agnew, Mrs. B.B. Munford, Dr. H.B. Frissell, B.M. Shepherd, Dr. R.C. Stearns, Dr. J.D. Eggleston, A.B. Thornhill and B.F. Purcell.  Council Secretary B.C. Moomaw established a central office in Richmond and the Council appointed local councils for each county to carry out its' work.","The Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety series is housed in 5 boxes.  The Virginia War History Commission published a history of the Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety and an index to their records in Virginia War Agencies, Selective Services and Volunteers (Source Volume 4) (Richmond:  1926, pp. 27-32 \u0026 457-480), edited by Arthur Kyle Davis.  The folder numbering for this series corresponds to the numbering used in the index; records not indexed follow.  Not all indexed records are extant.  The majority of the material consists primarily of correspondence between Council Chairman Jesse M. Jones and Secretary B.C. Moomaw and the local councils outlining their organization (including a list of members), plans, and activities.  Other subjects include assistance offered by the Boy Scouts, Farm Labor Exemptions, Food Production and Conservation, Negro Agricultural Councils, Women's Work and correspondence to Jesse M. Jones.  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Jones of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Secretary B.C. Moomaw, Jr.  Other members of the Council included T.O. Sandy, V. Vaden, Ella G. Agnew, Mrs. B.B. Munford, Dr. H.B. Frissell, B.M. Shepherd, Dr. R.C. Stearns, Dr. J.D. Eggleston, A.B. Thornhill and B.F. Purcell.  Council Secretary B.C. Moomaw established a central office in Richmond and the Council appointed local councils for each county to carry out its' work.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety series is housed in 5 boxes.  The Virginia War History Commission published a history of the Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety and an index to their records in Virginia War Agencies, Selective Services and Volunteers (Source Volume 4) (Richmond:  1926, pp. 27-32 \u0026amp; 457-480), edited by Arthur Kyle Davis.  The folder numbering for this series corresponds to the numbering used in the index; records not indexed follow.  Not all indexed records are extant.  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Jones of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and Secretary B.C. Moomaw, Jr.  Other members of the Council included T.O. Sandy, V. Vaden, Ella G. Agnew, Mrs. B.B. Munford, Dr. H.B. Frissell, B.M. Shepherd, Dr. R.C. Stearns, Dr. J.D. Eggleston, A.B. Thornhill and B.F. Purcell.  Council Secretary B.C. Moomaw established a central office in Richmond and the Council appointed local councils for each county to carry out its' work.","The Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety series is housed in 5 boxes.  The Virginia War History Commission published a history of the Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety and an index to their records in Virginia War Agencies, Selective Services and Volunteers (Source Volume 4) (Richmond:  1926, pp. 27-32 \u0026 457-480), edited by Arthur Kyle Davis.  The folder numbering for this series corresponds to the numbering used in the index; records not indexed follow.  Not all indexed records are extant.  The majority of the material consists primarily of correspondence between Council Chairman Jesse M. Jones and Secretary B.C. Moomaw and the local councils outlining their organization (including a list of members), plans, and activities.  Other subjects include assistance offered by the Boy Scouts, Farm Labor Exemptions, Food Production and Conservation, Negro Agricultural Councils, Women's Work and correspondence to Jesse M. Jones.  Miscellaneous records include lists of local council members and drafts of the index to the Council's records."],"_nest_path_":"/components#12","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_c13"}},{"id":"vi_vi00958_c11","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Series XI: Office Files, 1917-1927","abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/vi_vi00958_c11#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThe Office Files series is housed in 94 boxes and 4 oversized folders and is arranged into eight (8) subseries. Subseries have been designated for Correspondence, General; Correspondence, Local Branches; Correspondence, Section Editors; Financial Records; Forms; Index Card Files; Miscellaneous Records; and Publications. The most substantial and significant records in this series are the various correspondence files which consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence dated between 1919 and 1927. This series consists primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence from Virginia War History Commission chairman Arthur Kyle Davis and office manager Ruth Cunningham. This series documents the activities of the Virginia War History Commission between 1919 and 1927 including the formation and collection of records by the local branches and the publication of Commission's books. Although the Virginia War History Commission was not created until January 1919, this series contains financial records of the First and Second Virginia Council of Defense between 1917 and 1919. 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Subseries have been designated for Correspondence, General; Correspondence, Local Branches; Correspondence, Section Editors; Financial Records; Forms; Index Card Files; Miscellaneous Records; and Publications.  The most substantial and significant records in this series are the various correspondence files which consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence dated between 1919 and 1927.  This series consists primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence from Virginia War History Commission chairman Arthur Kyle Davis and office manager Ruth Cunningham.  This series documents the activities of the Virginia War History Commission between 1919 and 1927 including the formation and collection of records by the local branches and the publication of Commission's books.  Although the Virginia War History Commission was not created until January 1919, this series contains financial records of the First and Second Virginia Council of Defense between 1917 and 1919.  Correspondence, account books, invoices, receipts, bills, books, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, reports, minutes, forms, questionnaires, index cards and other items are found in this series.","The Correspondence, General subseries is housed in 14 boxes and 3 oversize folders and is arranged alphabetically by subject or sender.  The records in the sub-series Correspondence-General relate to a variety of topics including, the American Historical Association meeting in Richmond, Virginia, on 27-31 December 1924; organization, field agents, problems with office equipment, publications and employees, and day-to-day operation of the War History Commission; National Association of State War History Organizations; Negro Collaborators; and Service Legion.","Noteworthy correspondents include Arthur Kyle Davis, Ruth K. Cunningham (War History Commission Chief Clerk/Office Manager), H.R. McIlwaine (Virginia State Librarian), and Walter F. Beverly, Arthur W. James, Henry H. Simms, and R.C. Stearnes (all War History Commission Field Agents).  The correspondence of Arthur Kyle Davis are arranged chronologically include Davis' appointment as head of War History Commission by Governor Westmoreland Davis (7 January 1919) and Davis' acceptance of the position (9 January 1919), and H.R. McIlwaine's suggestions for the organization and instructions to local branches and section chairman (26 December 1919).  Other notable correspondence include a request from John Garland Pollard, professor at the College of William and Mary, requesting information about the Commission (12 January 1923) and Davis's reply in which he provides a frank overview of the Commission's work and problems (30 January 1923), and two letters by Davis to his son, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr., a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, relating family news and describing problems with the source volume, Virginians of Distinguished Service (30 January 1923 and 28 February 1923) and a letter to Davis, Jr., now at the University of Virginia, relating family news and discussing the source volume, Virginia War Letters, Diaries and Incidents (21 October 1925).  Davis lived in Petersburg and worked in the Commission's Richmond office one day a week.  The majority of Davis's correspondence is with Ruth K. Cunningham, War History Commission Chief Clerk/Office Manager, and describes day-to-day operations of the Commission.  Noteworthy correspondence from Cunningham to Davis include a description of her difficulties with Commission employee, T.R. Jehne during the Commission's office move (20 January 1924), her illness and recovery (10 June 1924, 20 June 1924, 19 July 1924 and 15 August 1924), and the closing of the Commission's office (29 March 1927).","Ruth K. Cunningham's letters document her February 1921 trip to southwest Virginia on behalf of the Commission.  Virginia State Librarian and Commission member H.R. McIlwaine corresponds with Davis on Commission records and policy including the organization of the Commission's files (20 December 1919) and the creation of newspaper scrapbooks (2 June 1922) and with Charles R. Keiley, Commission Secretary and member, about hiring Field Agents (3 July 1920).  Also included with McIlwaine's letters are minutes of the 12 November 1919 Commission meeting.  Walter F. Beverly was employed by the Commission as a Field Agent mainly in southwest Virginia between July and September 1920.  His records include diary entries for the weeks of 24 July, 31 July, 7 August and 14 August 1920 that describe the organization and work conducted by local branches in Russell, Wise, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Dickenson, Washington, Bland, Wythe, Pulaski, Grayson, Carroll, Lee, Giles and New Kent Counties.  Additional reports and correspondence documenting the activities of the local branches in the summers of 1920 and 1921 are filed with the records of Field Agents Arthur W. James, Henry H. Simms, and R.C. Stearnes.  Stearnes spoke about the Commission's work at \"Robert E. Lee's Last Camp Memorial Rally\" held at the Buckingham County Court House on 24 July 1920.  A broadside of the event is included with his records.","Additional significant correspondence, filed by subject heading, include the American Historical Association, Hooven Automatic Typewriter Corporation, National Association of State War Organizations, Negro Collaborators, and Service Legion.  The American Historical Association held their annual meeting in Richmond, Virginia, on 27-31 December 1924.  Correspondence, mainly to and from Arthur Kyle Davis, describe meeting preparation, a copy of the meeting program and Davis' address to the AHA.  Correspondence between the Commission and the Hooven Automatic Typewriter Corporation between 1920 and 1927 document the poor performance of the office typewriter and the futile attempts to have it repaired.  The National Association of State War History Organizations was founded in September 1919 in Washington, D.C. by representatives of war history commissions and similar organizations from fifteen states.  The group maintained an office in Washington to locate, describe, and copy documents in governmental archives relating to war activities.  The correspondence document Davis's activities as the Association's vice-president and chairman of the executive committee.  Notable records include minutes of the Association's meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, on 29-31 December 1919 (attached to a 26 January 1920 letter to Davis from Albert E. McKinley, Association Secretary), minutes of a special meeting of the Association in Washington on 28 December 1920 (attached to a 19 January 1921 letter to Davis from McKinley), and minutes of meetings in Washington on 6-7 April 1920 and 29-30 April 1921.  The National Association of State War History Organizations was inactive between 1922 and 1925 and dissolved in the spring of 1925.  The War History Commission made a special attempt to collect records of African-American involvement in the war by designating Negro collaborators and hiring a field agent to encourage black participation in the Commission's program.  Correspondence filed under Negro Collaborators document these efforts between 1919 and 1921.  Significant correspondence include a letter from Davis to Julia Sully, Section Chair of War Work and Relief Organizations (which included Negro contributions), concerning the hiring of Ora B. Stokes as a Negro filed agent (no date) and numerous correspondence and field reports of Stokes to Sully and Cunningham chronicling her activities during the summer of 1920.  Also included are two issues of The Central Call (14 August 1920 and 28 August 1920) a black newspaper published in Cumberland, Virginia.  In 1921 Mrs. G.T.W. Kern (Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern) founded the Service Legion, an organization to commemorate civilian service during the war.  Records include correspondence, mainly between Kern and Davis, describing the organization, purpose, and activities of the Service Legion.  Davis was a member of the Legion's Advisory Committee.  Other noteworthy items include Photographs of Commission members Arthur Kyle Davis, Charles R. Keiley, and Lyon G. Tyler as well as unidentified World War I soldiers.  Filed under Speakers is a letter from Brigadier General Douglas McArthur to Davis declining an invitation to speak to the Commission (27 December 1920).","The Correspondence, Local Branches subseries is housed in 11 boxes. Records in the sub-series Correspondence-Local Branches illustrate the activities and the successes and failures/difficulties of the local War History Commission branches.  Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by locality (counties then cities) with the correspondence arranged alphabetically by reverse chronological order (primarily 1922-1925 and 1919-1921).  The majority of the correspondence is between Arthur Kyle Davis and Ruth Cunningham and members of the local branches, many of them women, and documents the organization, collection of records, and problems of the local branches.  Sara Lyle Marshall, chairwoman of the Fauquier County branch, describes her successes and failures in her correspondence (especially 23 March 1921).  Grayson County records include a postcard of Jack Allen taken in the backyard of Floyd Allen on 20 March 1913, the day of Floyd and Claude Allen's funeral.  This material, unrelated to World War I, was submitted by R.E. Cox.","The Correspondence, Section Editors subseries is housed in 3 boxes and is arranged by the topical outline developed by the War History Commission.  The War History Commission created fifteen topical sections covering distinct subjects to be included in the Commission's proposed four volume history of Virginia during the war.  Each section had a chairman and associates who assisted writing the historical narrative of their topic.  These sections were:  I. Virginians of Distinguished Service; II. Pre-War Conditions and Activities; III. Virginia Churches in War-Time; IV. Virginia Schools and Colleges in the War; V. Political Contributions of Virginia; VI. Draft Law and Virginia Organizations; VII. Virginia Camps and Cantonments; VIII. Economic Conditions in War-Time; IX. Local Branches of Virginia Commission; X. Chesapeake Bay Area in War-Time; XI. Virginia Soldiers and Sailors Overseas; XII. The Red Cross in Virginia; XIII. War Work and Relief Organizations; XIV. War Letters, Diaries and Incidents; and XV. Post-War Conditions and Activities.  Records in the sub-series Correspondence, Section Editors contain both incoming and outgoing correspondence between the Commission and section chairman.  Noteworthy records include correspondence between, Dr. S.C. Mitchell, chair of the Virginia Churches in War Time section, and clergy across Virginia.  A photograph of Dr. Mitchell (B177, F8) is also included.  Correspondence filed under the Virginia Communities in War Time document the status of the War History Commission's local branches as of December 1922.","The Financial Records subseries is housed in 8 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by type of record.  The financial records sub-series contains bills, receipts, invoices, and ledgers of the Virginia Council of Defense and War History Commission.","The Forms subseries is housed in 2 boxes and is arranged by the topical outline developed by the War History Commission.  These records contain blank examples of various forms used by the commission to document Virginia's contribution to the war effort.","The Index Cards subseries is housed in 39 index card boxes.  The majority of these records are unidentified.  However, there are some cards for Virginians killed during the war.","The Miscellaneous Records subseries is housed in 4 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by topic.  Notable records include casualty lists of Virginians killed during the war.","The Publications subseries is housed in 13 boxes and one oversize folder and is arranged by published an unpublished material.  In addition to annotated copies of the Commission's seven source volumes, the publication files contain drafts of histories of the First and Second Virginia Council of Defense and Selective Service and copies of the War History Commission News Letter (1919-1920)."],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Records, 1915-1931"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"component_level_isim":[1],"sort_isi":3067,"repository_ssim":["Library of Virginia"],"collection_ssim":["Records, 1915-1931"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":9,"parent_access_restrict_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"parent_access_terms_tesm":["There are no restrictions."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe Office Files series is housed in 94 boxes and 4 oversized folders and is arranged into eight (8) subseries.  Subseries have been designated for Correspondence, General; Correspondence, Local Branches; Correspondence, Section Editors; Financial Records; Forms; Index Card Files; Miscellaneous Records; and Publications.  The most substantial and significant records in this series are the various correspondence files which consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence dated between 1919 and 1927.  This series consists primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence from Virginia War History Commission chairman Arthur Kyle Davis and office manager Ruth Cunningham.  This series documents the activities of the Virginia War History Commission between 1919 and 1927 including the formation and collection of records by the local branches and the publication of Commission's books.  Although the Virginia War History Commission was not created until January 1919, this series contains financial records of the First and Second Virginia Council of Defense between 1917 and 1919.  Correspondence, account books, invoices, receipts, bills, books, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, reports, minutes, forms, questionnaires, index cards and other items are found in this series. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Correspondence, General subseries is housed in 14 boxes and 3 oversize folders and is arranged alphabetically by subject or sender.  The records in the sub-series Correspondence-General relate to a variety of topics including, the American Historical Association meeting in Richmond, Virginia, on 27-31 December 1924; organization, field agents, problems with office equipment, publications and employees, and day-to-day operation of the War History Commission; National Association of State War History Organizations; Negro Collaborators; and Service Legion.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eNoteworthy correspondents include Arthur Kyle Davis, Ruth K. Cunningham (War History Commission Chief Clerk/Office Manager), H.R. McIlwaine (Virginia State Librarian), and Walter F. Beverly, Arthur W. James, Henry H. Simms, and R.C. Stearnes (all War History Commission Field Agents).  The correspondence of \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eArthur Kyle Davis\u003c/title\u003e are arranged chronologically include Davis' appointment as head of War History Commission by Governor Westmoreland Davis (7 January 1919) and Davis' acceptance of the position (9 January 1919), and H.R. McIlwaine's suggestions for the organization and instructions to local branches and section chairman (26 December 1919).  Other notable correspondence include a request from John Garland Pollard, professor at the College of William and Mary, requesting information about the Commission (12 January 1923) and Davis's reply in which he provides a frank overview of the Commission's work and problems (30 January 1923), and two letters by Davis to his son, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr., a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, relating family news and describing problems with the source volume, Virginians of Distinguished Service (30 January 1923 and 28 February 1923) and a letter to Davis, Jr., now at the University of Virginia, relating family news and discussing the source volume, Virginia War Letters, Diaries and Incidents (21 October 1925).  Davis lived in Petersburg and worked in the Commission's Richmond office one day a week.  The majority of Davis's correspondence is with Ruth K. Cunningham, War History Commission Chief Clerk/Office Manager, and describes day-to-day operations of the Commission.  Noteworthy correspondence from Cunningham to Davis include a description of her difficulties with Commission employee, T.R. Jehne during the Commission's office move (20 January 1924), her illness and recovery (10 June 1924, 20 June 1924, 19 July 1924 and 15 August 1924), and the closing of the Commission's office (29 March 1927).\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eRuth K. Cunningham's\u003c/title\u003e letters document her February 1921 trip to southwest Virginia on behalf of the Commission.  Virginia State Librarian and Commission member \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eH.R. McIlwaine\u003c/title\u003e corresponds with Davis on Commission records and policy including the organization of the Commission's files (20 December 1919) and the creation of newspaper scrapbooks (2 June 1922) and with Charles R. Keiley, Commission Secretary and member, about hiring Field Agents (3 July 1920).  Also included with McIlwaine's letters are minutes of the 12 November 1919 Commission meeting.  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eWalter F. Beverly\u003c/title\u003e was employed by the Commission as a Field Agent mainly in southwest Virginia between July and September 1920.  His records include diary entries for the weeks of 24 July, 31 July, 7 August and 14 August 1920 that describe the organization and work conducted by local branches in Russell, Wise, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Dickenson, Washington, Bland, Wythe, Pulaski, Grayson, Carroll, Lee, Giles and New Kent Counties.  Additional reports and correspondence documenting the activities of the local branches in the summers of 1920 and 1921 are filed with the records of Field Agents \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eArthur W. James, Henry H. Simms, and R.C. Stearnes\u003c/title\u003e.  Stearnes spoke about the Commission's work at \"Robert E. Lee's Last Camp Memorial Rally\" held at the Buckingham County Court House on 24 July 1920.  A broadside of the event is included with his records.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eAdditional significant correspondence, filed by subject heading, include the American Historical Association, Hooven Automatic Typewriter Corporation, National Association of State War Organizations, Negro Collaborators, and Service Legion.  The \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eAmerican Historical Association\u003c/title\u003e held their annual meeting in Richmond, Virginia, on 27-31 December 1924.  Correspondence, mainly to and from Arthur Kyle Davis, describe meeting preparation, a copy of the meeting program and Davis' address to the AHA.  Correspondence between the Commission and the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eHooven Automatic Typewriter Corporation\u003c/title\u003e between 1920 and 1927 document the poor performance of the office typewriter and the futile attempts to have it repaired.  The \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eNational Association of State War History Organizations\u003c/title\u003e was founded in September 1919 in Washington, D.C. by representatives of war history commissions and similar organizations from fifteen states.  The group maintained an office in Washington to locate, describe, and copy documents in governmental archives relating to war activities.  The correspondence document Davis's activities as the Association's vice-president and chairman of the executive committee.  Notable records include minutes of the Association's meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, on 29-31 December 1919 (attached to a 26 January 1920 letter to Davis from Albert E. McKinley, Association Secretary), minutes of a special meeting of the Association in Washington on 28 December 1920 (attached to a 19 January 1921 letter to Davis from McKinley), and minutes of meetings in Washington on 6-7 April 1920 and 29-30 April 1921.  The National Association of State War History Organizations was inactive between 1922 and 1925 and dissolved in the spring of 1925.  The War History Commission made a special attempt to collect records of African-American involvement in the war by designating Negro collaborators and hiring a field agent to encourage black participation in the Commission's program.  Correspondence filed under \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eNegro Collaborators\u003c/title\u003e document these efforts between 1919 and 1921.  Significant correspondence include a letter from Davis to Julia Sully, Section Chair of War Work and Relief Organizations (which included Negro contributions), concerning the hiring of Ora B. Stokes as a Negro filed agent (no date) and numerous correspondence and field reports of Stokes to Sully and Cunningham chronicling her activities during the summer of 1920.  Also included are two issues of The Central Call (14 August 1920 and 28 August 1920) a black newspaper published in Cumberland, Virginia.  In 1921 Mrs. G.T.W. Kern (Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern) founded the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eService Legion\u003c/title\u003e, an organization to commemorate civilian service during the war.  Records include correspondence, mainly between Kern and Davis, describing the organization, purpose, and activities of the Service Legion.  Davis was a member of the Legion's Advisory Committee.  Other noteworthy items include \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003ePhotographs\u003c/title\u003e of Commission members Arthur Kyle Davis, Charles R. Keiley, and Lyon G. Tyler as well as unidentified World War I soldiers.  Filed under \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eSpeakers\u003c/title\u003e is a letter from Brigadier General Douglas McArthur to Davis declining an invitation to speak to the Commission (27 December 1920).\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Correspondence, Local Branches subseries is housed in 11 boxes. Records in the sub-series Correspondence-Local Branches illustrate the activities and the successes and failures/difficulties of the local War History Commission branches.  Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by locality (counties then cities) with the correspondence arranged alphabetically by reverse chronological order (primarily 1922-1925 and 1919-1921).  The majority of the correspondence is between Arthur Kyle Davis and Ruth Cunningham and members of the local branches, many of them women, and documents the organization, collection of records, and problems of the local branches.  Sara Lyle Marshall, chairwoman of the \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eFauquier County\u003c/title\u003e branch, describes her successes and failures in her correspondence (especially 23 March 1921).  \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" render=\"bold\" href=\"\"\u003eGrayson County\u003c/title\u003e records include a postcard of Jack Allen taken in the backyard of Floyd Allen on 20 March 1913, the day of Floyd and Claude Allen's funeral.  This material, unrelated to World War I, was submitted by R.E. Cox.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Correspondence, Section Editors subseries is housed in 3 boxes and is arranged by the topical outline developed by the War History Commission.  The War History Commission created fifteen topical sections covering distinct subjects to be included in the Commission's proposed four volume history of Virginia during the war.  Each section had a chairman and associates who assisted writing the historical narrative of their topic.  These sections were:  I. Virginians of Distinguished Service; II. Pre-War Conditions and Activities; III. Virginia Churches in War-Time; IV. Virginia Schools and Colleges in the War; V. Political Contributions of Virginia; VI. Draft Law and Virginia Organizations; VII. Virginia Camps and Cantonments; VIII. Economic Conditions in War-Time; IX. Local Branches of Virginia Commission; X. Chesapeake Bay Area in War-Time; XI. Virginia Soldiers and Sailors Overseas; XII. The Red Cross in Virginia; XIII. War Work and Relief Organizations; XIV. War Letters, Diaries and Incidents; and XV. Post-War Conditions and Activities.  Records in the sub-series Correspondence, Section Editors contain both incoming and outgoing correspondence between the Commission and section chairman.  Noteworthy records include correspondence between, Dr. S.C. Mitchell, chair of the Virginia Churches in War Time section, and clergy across Virginia.  A photograph of Dr. Mitchell (B177, F8) is also included.  Correspondence filed under the Virginia Communities in War Time document the status of the War History Commission's local branches as of December 1922.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Financial Records subseries is housed in 8 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by type of record.  The financial records sub-series contains bills, receipts, invoices, and ledgers of the Virginia Council of Defense and War History Commission.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Forms subseries is housed in 2 boxes and is arranged by the topical outline developed by the War History Commission.  These records contain blank examples of various forms used by the commission to document Virginia's contribution to the war effort.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Index Cards subseries is housed in 39 index card boxes.  The majority of these records are unidentified.  However, there are some cards for Virginians killed during the war.\n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Miscellaneous Records subseries is housed in 4 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by topic.  Notable records include casualty lists of Virginians killed during the war. \n\u003c/p\u003e\n          ","\u003cp\u003eThe Publications subseries is housed in 13 boxes and one oversize folder and is arranged by published an unpublished material.  In addition to annotated copies of the Commission's seven source volumes, the publication files contain drafts of histories of the First and Second Virginia Council of Defense and Selective Service and copies of the War History Commission News Letter (1919-1920).\n\u003c/p\u003e\n        "],"scopecontent_tesim":["The Office Files series is housed in 94 boxes and 4 oversized folders and is arranged into eight (8) subseries.  Subseries have been designated for Correspondence, General; Correspondence, Local Branches; Correspondence, Section Editors; Financial Records; Forms; Index Card Files; Miscellaneous Records; and Publications.  The most substantial and significant records in this series are the various correspondence files which consist of incoming and outgoing correspondence dated between 1919 and 1927.  This series consists primarily of incoming and outgoing correspondence from Virginia War History Commission chairman Arthur Kyle Davis and office manager Ruth Cunningham.  This series documents the activities of the Virginia War History Commission between 1919 and 1927 including the formation and collection of records by the local branches and the publication of Commission's books.  Although the Virginia War History Commission was not created until January 1919, this series contains financial records of the First and Second Virginia Council of Defense between 1917 and 1919.  Correspondence, account books, invoices, receipts, bills, books, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, reports, minutes, forms, questionnaires, index cards and other items are found in this series.","The Correspondence, General subseries is housed in 14 boxes and 3 oversize folders and is arranged alphabetically by subject or sender.  The records in the sub-series Correspondence-General relate to a variety of topics including, the American Historical Association meeting in Richmond, Virginia, on 27-31 December 1924; organization, field agents, problems with office equipment, publications and employees, and day-to-day operation of the War History Commission; National Association of State War History Organizations; Negro Collaborators; and Service Legion.","Noteworthy correspondents include Arthur Kyle Davis, Ruth K. Cunningham (War History Commission Chief Clerk/Office Manager), H.R. McIlwaine (Virginia State Librarian), and Walter F. Beverly, Arthur W. James, Henry H. Simms, and R.C. Stearnes (all War History Commission Field Agents).  The correspondence of Arthur Kyle Davis are arranged chronologically include Davis' appointment as head of War History Commission by Governor Westmoreland Davis (7 January 1919) and Davis' acceptance of the position (9 January 1919), and H.R. McIlwaine's suggestions for the organization and instructions to local branches and section chairman (26 December 1919).  Other notable correspondence include a request from John Garland Pollard, professor at the College of William and Mary, requesting information about the Commission (12 January 1923) and Davis's reply in which he provides a frank overview of the Commission's work and problems (30 January 1923), and two letters by Davis to his son, Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr., a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, relating family news and describing problems with the source volume, Virginians of Distinguished Service (30 January 1923 and 28 February 1923) and a letter to Davis, Jr., now at the University of Virginia, relating family news and discussing the source volume, Virginia War Letters, Diaries and Incidents (21 October 1925).  Davis lived in Petersburg and worked in the Commission's Richmond office one day a week.  The majority of Davis's correspondence is with Ruth K. Cunningham, War History Commission Chief Clerk/Office Manager, and describes day-to-day operations of the Commission.  Noteworthy correspondence from Cunningham to Davis include a description of her difficulties with Commission employee, T.R. Jehne during the Commission's office move (20 January 1924), her illness and recovery (10 June 1924, 20 June 1924, 19 July 1924 and 15 August 1924), and the closing of the Commission's office (29 March 1927).","Ruth K. Cunningham's letters document her February 1921 trip to southwest Virginia on behalf of the Commission.  Virginia State Librarian and Commission member H.R. McIlwaine corresponds with Davis on Commission records and policy including the organization of the Commission's files (20 December 1919) and the creation of newspaper scrapbooks (2 June 1922) and with Charles R. Keiley, Commission Secretary and member, about hiring Field Agents (3 July 1920).  Also included with McIlwaine's letters are minutes of the 12 November 1919 Commission meeting.  Walter F. Beverly was employed by the Commission as a Field Agent mainly in southwest Virginia between July and September 1920.  His records include diary entries for the weeks of 24 July, 31 July, 7 August and 14 August 1920 that describe the organization and work conducted by local branches in Russell, Wise, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Dickenson, Washington, Bland, Wythe, Pulaski, Grayson, Carroll, Lee, Giles and New Kent Counties.  Additional reports and correspondence documenting the activities of the local branches in the summers of 1920 and 1921 are filed with the records of Field Agents Arthur W. James, Henry H. Simms, and R.C. Stearnes.  Stearnes spoke about the Commission's work at \"Robert E. Lee's Last Camp Memorial Rally\" held at the Buckingham County Court House on 24 July 1920.  A broadside of the event is included with his records.","Additional significant correspondence, filed by subject heading, include the American Historical Association, Hooven Automatic Typewriter Corporation, National Association of State War Organizations, Negro Collaborators, and Service Legion.  The American Historical Association held their annual meeting in Richmond, Virginia, on 27-31 December 1924.  Correspondence, mainly to and from Arthur Kyle Davis, describe meeting preparation, a copy of the meeting program and Davis' address to the AHA.  Correspondence between the Commission and the Hooven Automatic Typewriter Corporation between 1920 and 1927 document the poor performance of the office typewriter and the futile attempts to have it repaired.  The National Association of State War History Organizations was founded in September 1919 in Washington, D.C. by representatives of war history commissions and similar organizations from fifteen states.  The group maintained an office in Washington to locate, describe, and copy documents in governmental archives relating to war activities.  The correspondence document Davis's activities as the Association's vice-president and chairman of the executive committee.  Notable records include minutes of the Association's meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, on 29-31 December 1919 (attached to a 26 January 1920 letter to Davis from Albert E. McKinley, Association Secretary), minutes of a special meeting of the Association in Washington on 28 December 1920 (attached to a 19 January 1921 letter to Davis from McKinley), and minutes of meetings in Washington on 6-7 April 1920 and 29-30 April 1921.  The National Association of State War History Organizations was inactive between 1922 and 1925 and dissolved in the spring of 1925.  The War History Commission made a special attempt to collect records of African-American involvement in the war by designating Negro collaborators and hiring a field agent to encourage black participation in the Commission's program.  Correspondence filed under Negro Collaborators document these efforts between 1919 and 1921.  Significant correspondence include a letter from Davis to Julia Sully, Section Chair of War Work and Relief Organizations (which included Negro contributions), concerning the hiring of Ora B. Stokes as a Negro filed agent (no date) and numerous correspondence and field reports of Stokes to Sully and Cunningham chronicling her activities during the summer of 1920.  Also included are two issues of The Central Call (14 August 1920 and 28 August 1920) a black newspaper published in Cumberland, Virginia.  In 1921 Mrs. G.T.W. Kern (Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern) founded the Service Legion, an organization to commemorate civilian service during the war.  Records include correspondence, mainly between Kern and Davis, describing the organization, purpose, and activities of the Service Legion.  Davis was a member of the Legion's Advisory Committee.  Other noteworthy items include Photographs of Commission members Arthur Kyle Davis, Charles R. Keiley, and Lyon G. Tyler as well as unidentified World War I soldiers.  Filed under Speakers is a letter from Brigadier General Douglas McArthur to Davis declining an invitation to speak to the Commission (27 December 1920).","The Correspondence, Local Branches subseries is housed in 11 boxes. Records in the sub-series Correspondence-Local Branches illustrate the activities and the successes and failures/difficulties of the local War History Commission branches.  Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by locality (counties then cities) with the correspondence arranged alphabetically by reverse chronological order (primarily 1922-1925 and 1919-1921).  The majority of the correspondence is between Arthur Kyle Davis and Ruth Cunningham and members of the local branches, many of them women, and documents the organization, collection of records, and problems of the local branches.  Sara Lyle Marshall, chairwoman of the Fauquier County branch, describes her successes and failures in her correspondence (especially 23 March 1921).  Grayson County records include a postcard of Jack Allen taken in the backyard of Floyd Allen on 20 March 1913, the day of Floyd and Claude Allen's funeral.  This material, unrelated to World War I, was submitted by R.E. Cox.","The Correspondence, Section Editors subseries is housed in 3 boxes and is arranged by the topical outline developed by the War History Commission.  The War History Commission created fifteen topical sections covering distinct subjects to be included in the Commission's proposed four volume history of Virginia during the war.  Each section had a chairman and associates who assisted writing the historical narrative of their topic.  These sections were:  I. Virginians of Distinguished Service; II. Pre-War Conditions and Activities; III. Virginia Churches in War-Time; IV. Virginia Schools and Colleges in the War; V. Political Contributions of Virginia; VI. Draft Law and Virginia Organizations; VII. Virginia Camps and Cantonments; VIII. Economic Conditions in War-Time; IX. Local Branches of Virginia Commission; X. Chesapeake Bay Area in War-Time; XI. Virginia Soldiers and Sailors Overseas; XII. The Red Cross in Virginia; XIII. War Work and Relief Organizations; XIV. War Letters, Diaries and Incidents; and XV. Post-War Conditions and Activities.  Records in the sub-series Correspondence, Section Editors contain both incoming and outgoing correspondence between the Commission and section chairman.  Noteworthy records include correspondence between, Dr. S.C. Mitchell, chair of the Virginia Churches in War Time section, and clergy across Virginia.  A photograph of Dr. Mitchell (B177, F8) is also included.  Correspondence filed under the Virginia Communities in War Time document the status of the War History Commission's local branches as of December 1922.","The Financial Records subseries is housed in 8 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by type of record.  The financial records sub-series contains bills, receipts, invoices, and ledgers of the Virginia Council of Defense and War History Commission.","The Forms subseries is housed in 2 boxes and is arranged by the topical outline developed by the War History Commission.  These records contain blank examples of various forms used by the commission to document Virginia's contribution to the war effort.","The Index Cards subseries is housed in 39 index card boxes.  The majority of these records are unidentified.  However, there are some cards for Virginians killed during the war.","The Miscellaneous Records subseries is housed in 4 boxes and is arranged alphabetically by topic.  Notable records include casualty lists of Virginians killed during the war.","The Publications subseries is housed in 13 boxes and one oversize folder and is arranged by published an unpublished material.  In addition to annotated copies of the Commission's seven source volumes, the publication files contain drafts of histories of the First and Second Virginia Council of Defense and Selective Service and copies of the War History Commission News Letter (1919-1920)."],"_nest_path_":"/components#10","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. Paulette, 27 June 1973\n            (accession 28057)."],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"physdesc_tesim":["121.04 cubic\n         feet"],"accessrestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThere are no restrictions.\u003c/p\u003e\n      "],"accessrestrict_heading_ssm":["Access Restrictions"],"accessrestrict_tesim":["There are no restrictions."],"arrangement_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe collection is organized into the following nineteen\n         series: \n\u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003chead\u003eOrganization\u003c/head\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries I:  Individual Service Records (Questionnaires), 1919-1924 (bulk 1919-1921\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries II:  Virginians of Distinguished Service, 1922-1925\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries III:  Virginia Military Organizations, ca. 1917-1922, 1925\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries IV:  Virginia's Camps and Cantonments, ca. 1917-1919\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries V:  Virginia Schools and Colleges, 1919-1922\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries VI:  County Source Material, 1919-1927\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries VII:  City Source Material, 1919-1927\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries VIII:  Selective Service and Volunteers, 1917-1921, 1925\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries IX:  Virginia War Diaries and Incidents, 1915-1922 (bulk 1917-1919)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries X:  Scrapbooks, 1915-1923\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XI:  Office Files, 1917-1927\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XII:  First Virginia Council of Defense, 1917-1918\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XIII:  Virginia Agricultural Council of Safety, 1917-1918\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XIV:  Second Virginia Council of Defense, 1917-1921, 1923-1924\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XV:  Margaret Ethel Kelley Kern Papers, 1917-1925, 1928\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003eSeries XVI:  H.R. 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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