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Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley while in \n          South Africa , and letters from \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders and \n          Friel Tate Sanders while serving as \n          U. S. Army officers during World War\n         II.","Letters, 1955-1956, written by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley from \n          South Africa reveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n          Edward Thompson Wailes , Ambassador to the\n          Union of South Africa , is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n          Park Riley 's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026 29, 1955.","Highlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n          1955 Aug 1 \u0026 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n             London, England 1955 Aug 16 --Near \n             Capetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa , family news 1955 Aug 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n             Oak Ridge , legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions 1955 Aug 25 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session 1955 Sep 2 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers 1955 Sep 6 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , to \n             Margaret Faust , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n             South Africa 1955 Sep 8 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n             Pretoria in which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War 1955 Sep 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n             Britain at the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n             Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa 1955 Sep 27 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens 1955 Oct 12 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n             University of Cape Town 1955 Oct 18 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , politics -- \n             [William Averell] Harriman , weather,\n            meeting people from \n             Holland 1955 Oct 24 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather 1955 Oct 31 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n             Rhodes University 1955 Oct-Nov -- \n             Livingstone, North Rhodesia , visiting \n             Victoria Falls , \n             [David] Livingstone 's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve 1955 Nov 11 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Herbert at \n             Rhodes University in \n             Grahamstown , English part of the\n            Union 1955 Nov 17 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity 1955 Nov 23 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , moving to \n             Cape Town soon, \n             Mamie's [Eisenhower] troubles 1955 Nov 29 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n             Kentucky being lowered to 18 1955 Dec 4 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , life in \n             South Africa --winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n             South African National Laboratory ,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game 1955 Dec 11 -- \n             Durban, S.A. , traveling to \n             Cape Town , from \n             Johannesburg to \n             Durban was a 6,000 foot drop 1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n             East London, S.A. , travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n             Port Elizabeth, S.A. , snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America 1955 Dec 22 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , temporary living\n            arrangements near the University 1955 Dec 29 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service 1955 Dec 31 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for\n            mother 1956 Jan 6 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends 1956 Jan 8 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , \n             Nannie Graham 's birthday,\n            congregational church service 1956 Jan 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions 1956 Jan 18 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican 1956 Jan 2 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n             Pretoria 1956 Jan 25 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , view from window of \n             Table Mountain , the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings 1956 Feb 1 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to return home,\n            toured \n             Cape Town , a beautiful city 1956 Feb 9 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner 1956 Feb 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament) 1956 Feb 20 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , comparison of people\n            in \n             Pretoria and \n             Cape Town , attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer 1956 Feb 27 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n             Kentucky 1956 Mar 7 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , heard bad news about \n             Charlie Graham , careful not to comment\n            on South African politics 1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n             South Africa \" by \n             Agnes S. Riley . History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.","During 1942-1947, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n          North Africa during World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n          Camp Pickett, Virginia , the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n          Walt Disney and that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n          Italy . On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n          North Africa , that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n          Pacific ; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n          Rome in charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n          Naples for six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.","Letters, 1926-1947, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n          Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders (his\n         mother) to \n          William E. Fulton concerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n          H. G. Allen discusses the death of \n          Shipton K. C. Sanders . \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders wrote from the \n          Department of Agriculture and Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.","Letters, 1924-1925, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr. discuss life at \n          Hampden-Sidney . Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n          The 13 Society ], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.","Letters, 1939-1946, from \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n          Miami Beach, Florida , on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas , concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n          Nelda Rose Hunter .","Other correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n          Hollins College \" folder -- \n          E. Lee Trinkle (May 24, 1924); \n          Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson (October 20, 1930);\n          Bessie Carter Randolph , President of \n          Hollins College (January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n          John Canaday (January 30, 1964), \n          Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n          Leslie Hellerman re method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n          John A. Logan, Jr. , President of \n          Hollins College (April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n          W. R. Chitwood (December 2, 1974); \n          Paula P. Brownlee , President of \n          Hollins College (July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n          Herbert Parkes Riley (March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n          W. Edwin Hemphill (January 21, 1964); \n          Ralph McGill (September 29, 1967); \n          William H. Dumont (July 9, 1968); \n          John Melville Jennings (January 14, 1970);\n          W. R. Chitwood (March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026 28, 1985); \n          William M. E. Rachel (1971-1972); \n          Harrison E. Salisbury (August 20, 1973);\n         and \n          Paul C. Nagel (September 23, 1985).","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. 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Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley while in \n          South Africa , and letters from \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders and \n          Friel Tate Sanders while serving as \n          U. S. Army officers during World War\n         II.","Letters, 1955-1956, written by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley from \n          South Africa reveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n          Edward Thompson Wailes , Ambassador to the\n          Union of South Africa , is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n          Park Riley 's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026 29, 1955.","Highlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n          1955 Aug 1 \u0026 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n             London, England 1955 Aug 16 --Near \n             Capetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa , family news 1955 Aug 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n             Oak Ridge , legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions 1955 Aug 25 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session 1955 Sep 2 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers 1955 Sep 6 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , to \n             Margaret Faust , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n             South Africa 1955 Sep 8 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n             Pretoria in which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War 1955 Sep 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n             Britain at the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n             Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa 1955 Sep 27 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens 1955 Oct 12 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n             University of Cape Town 1955 Oct 18 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , politics -- \n             [William Averell] Harriman , weather,\n            meeting people from \n             Holland 1955 Oct 24 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather 1955 Oct 31 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n             Rhodes University 1955 Oct-Nov -- \n             Livingstone, North Rhodesia , visiting \n             Victoria Falls , \n             [David] Livingstone 's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve 1955 Nov 11 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Herbert at \n             Rhodes University in \n             Grahamstown , English part of the\n            Union 1955 Nov 17 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity 1955 Nov 23 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , moving to \n             Cape Town soon, \n             Mamie's [Eisenhower] troubles 1955 Nov 29 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n             Kentucky being lowered to 18 1955 Dec 4 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , life in \n             South Africa --winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n             South African National Laboratory ,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game 1955 Dec 11 -- \n             Durban, S.A. , traveling to \n             Cape Town , from \n             Johannesburg to \n             Durban was a 6,000 foot drop 1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n             East London, S.A. , travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n             Port Elizabeth, S.A. , snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America 1955 Dec 22 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , temporary living\n            arrangements near the University 1955 Dec 29 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service 1955 Dec 31 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for\n            mother 1956 Jan 6 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends 1956 Jan 8 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , \n             Nannie Graham 's birthday,\n            congregational church service 1956 Jan 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions 1956 Jan 18 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican 1956 Jan 2 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n             Pretoria 1956 Jan 25 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , view from window of \n             Table Mountain , the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings 1956 Feb 1 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to return home,\n            toured \n             Cape Town , a beautiful city 1956 Feb 9 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner 1956 Feb 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament) 1956 Feb 20 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , comparison of people\n            in \n             Pretoria and \n             Cape Town , attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer 1956 Feb 27 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n             Kentucky 1956 Mar 7 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , heard bad news about \n             Charlie Graham , careful not to comment\n            on South African politics 1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n             South Africa \" by \n             Agnes S. Riley . History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.","During 1942-1947, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n          North Africa during World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n          Camp Pickett, Virginia , the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n          Walt Disney and that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n          Italy . On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n          North Africa , that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n          Pacific ; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n          Rome in charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n          Naples for six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.","Letters, 1926-1947, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n          Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders (his\n         mother) to \n          William E. Fulton concerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n          H. G. Allen discusses the death of \n          Shipton K. C. Sanders . \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders wrote from the \n          Department of Agriculture and Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.","Letters, 1924-1925, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr. discuss life at \n          Hampden-Sidney . Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n          The 13 Society ], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.","Letters, 1939-1946, from \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n          Miami Beach, Florida , on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas , concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n          Nelda Rose Hunter .","Other correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n          Hollins College \" folder -- \n          E. Lee Trinkle (May 24, 1924); \n          Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson (October 20, 1930);\n          Bessie Carter Randolph , President of \n          Hollins College (January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n          John Canaday (January 30, 1964), \n          Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n          Leslie Hellerman re method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n          John A. Logan, Jr. , President of \n          Hollins College (April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n          W. R. Chitwood (December 2, 1974); \n          Paula P. Brownlee , President of \n          Hollins College (July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n          Herbert Parkes Riley (March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n          W. Edwin Hemphill (January 21, 1964); \n          Ralph McGill (September 29, 1967); \n          William H. Dumont (July 9, 1968); \n          John Melville Jennings (January 14, 1970);\n          W. R. Chitwood (March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026 28, 1985); \n          William M. E. Rachel (1971-1972); \n          Harrison E. Salisbury (August 20, 1973);\n         and \n          Paul C. Nagel (September 23, 1985)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. Army","South Africa","Union of South Africa","Oak Ridge","Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa","University of Cape Town","Rhodes University","South African National Laboratory","Department of Agriculture","Hampden-Sidney","The 13 Society","Hollins College","Kentucky, University of","Graham","Sanders","Tate","Graham Family","Tate Family","Sanders Family","Trigg Family","Calhoun Family","Agnes Graham Sanders Riley","Andrew Trigg Sanders","Friel Tate Sanders","Edward Thompson Wailes","Park Riley","Margaret Faust","[William Averell] Harriman","[David] Livingstone","Mamie's [Eisenhower]","Nannie Graham","Charlie Graham","Agnes S. Riley","Walt Disney","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders","William E. Fulton","H. G. Allen","Shipton K. C. Sanders","Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.","Nelda Rose Hunter","E. Lee Trinkle","Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson","Bessie Carter Randolph","John Canaday","Mills E. Godwin, Jr.","Leslie Hellerman","John A. Logan, Jr.","W. R. Chitwood","Paula P. Brownlee","Herbert Parkes Riley","W. Edwin Hemphill","Ralph McGill","William H. Dumont","John Melville Jennings","William M. E. Rachel","Harrison E. Salisbury","Paul C. Nagel","Nannie Montgomery\n                  Graham","William Tate Graham","Edwin Hanson Sanders,\n                  Jr.","Elizabeth Graham\n                  Sanders","William Campbell","Robert Graham","David Graham","David Peirce Graham","David Graham Sanders","Elizabeth Graham Sanders","John Thompson","Edith Bolling Wilson","John Montgomery"],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. Army","South Africa","Union of South Africa","Oak Ridge","Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa","University of Cape Town","Rhodes University","South African National Laboratory","Department of Agriculture","Hampden-Sidney","The 13 Society","Hollins College","Kentucky, University of"],"famname_ssim":["Graham","Sanders","Tate","Graham Family","Tate Family","Sanders Family","Trigg Family","Calhoun Family"],"persname_ssim":["Agnes Graham Sanders Riley","Andrew Trigg Sanders","Friel Tate Sanders","Edward Thompson Wailes","Park Riley","Margaret Faust","[William Averell] Harriman","[David] Livingstone","Mamie's [Eisenhower]","Nannie Graham","Charlie Graham","Agnes S. Riley","Walt Disney","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders","William E. Fulton","H. G. Allen","Shipton K. C. Sanders","Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.","Nelda Rose Hunter","E. Lee Trinkle","Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson","Bessie Carter Randolph","John Canaday","Mills E. Godwin, Jr.","Leslie Hellerman","John A. Logan, Jr.","W. R. Chitwood","Paula P. Brownlee","Herbert Parkes Riley","W. Edwin Hemphill","Ralph McGill","William H. Dumont","John Melville Jennings","William M. E. Rachel","Harrison E. Salisbury","Paul C. Nagel","Nannie Montgomery\n                  Graham","William Tate Graham","Edwin Hanson Sanders,\n                  Jr.","Elizabeth Graham\n                  Sanders","William Campbell","Robert Graham","David Graham","David Peirce Graham","David Graham Sanders","Elizabeth Graham Sanders","John Thompson","Edith Bolling Wilson","John Montgomery"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":44,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:40:10.716Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of ca. 1,000 items, 1844\n         (1920-1990), including correspondence, personal and\n         professional papers, genealogy and local history research\n         files, photographs, and printed material, pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eGraham\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSanders\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n         \u003cfamname\u003eTate\u003c/famname\u003efamilies, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWythe County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes Graham Sanders Riley\u003c/persname\u003ewhile in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, and letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Trigg Sanders\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003ewhile serving as \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Army\u003c/corpname\u003eofficers during World War\n         II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1955-1956, written by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes Graham Sanders Riley\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/corpname\u003ereveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thompson Wailes\u003c/persname\u003e, Ambassador to the\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnion of South Africa\u003c/corpname\u003e, is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026amp; 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePark Riley\u003c/persname\u003e's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026amp; 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026amp; 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026amp; 29, 1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHighlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n         \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 1 \u0026amp; 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon, England\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 16 --Near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCapetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, family news\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 21 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eOak Ridge\u003c/corpname\u003e, legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 25 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 2 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 6 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Faust\u003c/persname\u003e, Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 8 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003ein which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 21 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBritain\u003c/geogname\u003eat the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePrebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 27 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 12 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Cape Town\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 18 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, politics -- \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[William Averell] Harriman\u003c/persname\u003e, weather,\n            meeting people from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHolland\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 24 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 31 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRhodes University\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct-Nov -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLivingstone, North Rhodesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, visiting \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria Falls\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[David] Livingstone\u003c/persname\u003e's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 11 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Herbert at \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRhodes University\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGrahamstown\u003c/geogname\u003e, English part of the\n            Union\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 17 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 23 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, moving to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003esoon, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMamie's [Eisenhower]\u003c/persname\u003etroubles\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 29 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n            \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003ebeing lowered to 18\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 4 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, life in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e--winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth African National Laboratory\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 11 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDurban, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, traveling to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJohannesburg\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDurban\u003c/geogname\u003ewas a 6,000 foot drop\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEast London, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Elizabeth, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 22 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, temporary living\n            arrangements near the University\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 29 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 31 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for\n            mother\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 6 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 8 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Graham\u003c/persname\u003e's birthday,\n            congregational church service\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 13 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 18 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 2 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 25 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, view from window of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTable Mountain\u003c/geogname\u003e, the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 1 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, plans to return home,\n            toured \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, a beautiful city\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 9 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 13 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 20 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, comparison of people\n            in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 27 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Mar 7 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, heard bad news about \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharlie Graham\u003c/persname\u003e, careful not to comment\n            on South African politics\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e\" by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes S. Riley\u003c/persname\u003e. History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring 1942-1947, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Trigg Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Pickett, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWalt Disney\u003c/persname\u003eand that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e. On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePacific\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003ein charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNaples\u003c/geogname\u003efor six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1926-1947, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eShipton Kincannon Curran Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(his\n         mother) to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Fulton\u003c/persname\u003econcerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eH. G. Allen\u003c/persname\u003ediscusses the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eShipton K. C. Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003ewrote from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDepartment of Agriculture\u003c/corpname\u003eand Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1924-1925, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ediscuss life at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHampden-Sidney\u003c/corpname\u003e. Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eThe 13 Society\u003c/corpname\u003e], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1939-1946, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMiami Beach, Florida\u003c/geogname\u003e, on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStuttgart, Arkansas\u003c/geogname\u003e, concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelda Rose Hunter\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eE. Lee Trinkle\u003c/persname\u003e(May 24, 1924); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e(October 20, 1930);\n         \u003cpersname\u003eBessie Carter Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Canaday\u003c/persname\u003e(January 30, 1964), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMills E. Godwin, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeslie Hellerman\u003c/persname\u003ere method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Logan, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. R. Chitwood\u003c/persname\u003e(December 2, 1974); \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePaula P. Brownlee\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Parkes Riley\u003c/persname\u003e(March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. Edwin Hemphill\u003c/persname\u003e(January 21, 1964); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRalph McGill\u003c/persname\u003e(September 29, 1967); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Dumont\u003c/persname\u003e(July 9, 1968); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Melville Jennings\u003c/persname\u003e(January 14, 1970);\n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. R. Chitwood\u003c/persname\u003e(March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026amp; 28, 1985); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam M. E. Rachel\u003c/persname\u003e(1971-1972); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHarrison E. Salisbury\u003c/persname\u003e(August 20, 1973);\n         and \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePaul C. Nagel\u003c/persname\u003e(September 23, 1985).\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00118_c01"}},{"id":"viu_viu00118_c03_c11","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Edwin Hanson Sanders","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00118_c03_c11#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00118_c03_c11","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00118_c03_c11"],"id":"viu_viu00118_c03_c11","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00118","_root_":"viu_viu00118","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00118_c03","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00118_c03","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00118","viu_viu00118_c03"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00118","viu_viu00118_c03"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)","Research Papers of Agnes Graham Sanders\n               Riley"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)","Research Papers of Agnes Graham Sanders\n               Riley"],"text":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)","Research Papers of Agnes Graham Sanders\n               Riley","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Box Box 2"],"title_filing_ssi":"Edwin Hanson Sanders","title_ssm":["Edwin Hanson Sanders"],"title_tesim":["Edwin Hanson Sanders"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1948-1985"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1948/1985"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Edwin Hanson Sanders"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":28,"date_range_isim":[1948,1949,1950,1951,1952,1953,1954,1955,1956,1957,1958,1959,1960,1961,1962,1963,1964,1965,1966,1967,1968,1969,1970,1971,1972,1973,1974,1975,1976,1977,1978,1979,1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985],"names_ssim":["Edwin Hanson Sanders"],"persname_ssim":["Edwin Hanson Sanders"],"containers_ssim":["Box Box 2"],"_nest_path_":"/components#2/components#10","timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:40:10.716Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00118","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00118","_root_":"viu_viu00118","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00118","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00118.xml","title_ssm":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)"],"title_tesim":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["9232-p"],"text":["9232-p","Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)","ca. 1,000 items","This collection consists of ca. 1,000 items, 1844\n         (1920-1990), including correspondence, personal and\n         professional papers, genealogy and local history research\n         files, photographs, and printed material, pertaining to the \n          Graham , \n          Sanders , and \n          Tate families, and \n          Wythe County, Virginia . Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley while in \n          South Africa , and letters from \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders and \n          Friel Tate Sanders while serving as \n          U. S. Army officers during World War\n         II.","Letters, 1955-1956, written by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley from \n          South Africa reveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n          Edward Thompson Wailes , Ambassador to the\n          Union of South Africa , is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n          Park Riley 's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026 29, 1955.","Highlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n          1955 Aug 1 \u0026 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n             London, England 1955 Aug 16 --Near \n             Capetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa , family news 1955 Aug 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n             Oak Ridge , legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions 1955 Aug 25 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session 1955 Sep 2 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers 1955 Sep 6 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , to \n             Margaret Faust , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n             South Africa 1955 Sep 8 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n             Pretoria in which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War 1955 Sep 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n             Britain at the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n             Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa 1955 Sep 27 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens 1955 Oct 12 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n             University of Cape Town 1955 Oct 18 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , politics -- \n             [William Averell] Harriman , weather,\n            meeting people from \n             Holland 1955 Oct 24 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather 1955 Oct 31 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n             Rhodes University 1955 Oct-Nov -- \n             Livingstone, North Rhodesia , visiting \n             Victoria Falls , \n             [David] Livingstone 's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve 1955 Nov 11 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Herbert at \n             Rhodes University in \n             Grahamstown , English part of the\n            Union 1955 Nov 17 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity 1955 Nov 23 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , moving to \n             Cape Town soon, \n             Mamie's [Eisenhower] troubles 1955 Nov 29 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n             Kentucky being lowered to 18 1955 Dec 4 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , life in \n             South Africa --winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n             South African National Laboratory ,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game 1955 Dec 11 -- \n             Durban, S.A. , traveling to \n             Cape Town , from \n             Johannesburg to \n             Durban was a 6,000 foot drop 1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n             East London, S.A. , travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n             Port Elizabeth, S.A. , snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America 1955 Dec 22 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , temporary living\n            arrangements near the University 1955 Dec 29 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service 1955 Dec 31 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for\n            mother 1956 Jan 6 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends 1956 Jan 8 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , \n             Nannie Graham 's birthday,\n            congregational church service 1956 Jan 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions 1956 Jan 18 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican 1956 Jan 2 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n             Pretoria 1956 Jan 25 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , view from window of \n             Table Mountain , the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings 1956 Feb 1 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to return home,\n            toured \n             Cape Town , a beautiful city 1956 Feb 9 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner 1956 Feb 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament) 1956 Feb 20 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , comparison of people\n            in \n             Pretoria and \n             Cape Town , attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer 1956 Feb 27 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n             Kentucky 1956 Mar 7 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , heard bad news about \n             Charlie Graham , careful not to comment\n            on South African politics 1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n             South Africa \" by \n             Agnes S. Riley . History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.","During 1942-1947, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n          North Africa during World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n          Camp Pickett, Virginia , the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n          Walt Disney and that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n          Italy . On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n          North Africa , that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n          Pacific ; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n          Rome in charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n          Naples for six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.","Letters, 1926-1947, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n          Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders (his\n         mother) to \n          William E. Fulton concerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n          H. G. Allen discusses the death of \n          Shipton K. C. Sanders . \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders wrote from the \n          Department of Agriculture and Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.","Letters, 1924-1925, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr. discuss life at \n          Hampden-Sidney . Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n          The 13 Society ], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.","Letters, 1939-1946, from \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n          Miami Beach, Florida , on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas , concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n          Nelda Rose Hunter .","Other correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n          Hollins College \" folder -- \n          E. Lee Trinkle (May 24, 1924); \n          Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson (October 20, 1930);\n          Bessie Carter Randolph , President of \n          Hollins College (January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n          John Canaday (January 30, 1964), \n          Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n          Leslie Hellerman re method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n          John A. Logan, Jr. , President of \n          Hollins College (April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n          W. R. Chitwood (December 2, 1974); \n          Paula P. Brownlee , President of \n          Hollins College (July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n          Herbert Parkes Riley (March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n          W. Edwin Hemphill (January 21, 1964); \n          Ralph McGill (September 29, 1967); \n          William H. Dumont (July 9, 1968); \n          John Melville Jennings (January 14, 1970);\n          W. R. Chitwood (March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026 28, 1985); \n          William M. E. Rachel (1971-1972); \n          Harrison E. Salisbury (August 20, 1973);\n         and \n          Paul C. Nagel (September 23, 1985).","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. 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Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley while in \n          South Africa , and letters from \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders and \n          Friel Tate Sanders while serving as \n          U. S. Army officers during World War\n         II.","Letters, 1955-1956, written by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley from \n          South Africa reveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n          Edward Thompson Wailes , Ambassador to the\n          Union of South Africa , is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n          Park Riley 's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026 29, 1955.","Highlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n          1955 Aug 1 \u0026 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n             London, England 1955 Aug 16 --Near \n             Capetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa , family news 1955 Aug 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n             Oak Ridge , legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions 1955 Aug 25 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session 1955 Sep 2 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers 1955 Sep 6 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , to \n             Margaret Faust , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n             South Africa 1955 Sep 8 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n             Pretoria in which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War 1955 Sep 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n             Britain at the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n             Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa 1955 Sep 27 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens 1955 Oct 12 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n             University of Cape Town 1955 Oct 18 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , politics -- \n             [William Averell] Harriman , weather,\n            meeting people from \n             Holland 1955 Oct 24 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather 1955 Oct 31 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n             Rhodes University 1955 Oct-Nov -- \n             Livingstone, North Rhodesia , visiting \n             Victoria Falls , \n             [David] Livingstone 's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve 1955 Nov 11 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Herbert at \n             Rhodes University in \n             Grahamstown , English part of the\n            Union 1955 Nov 17 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity 1955 Nov 23 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , moving to \n             Cape Town soon, \n             Mamie's [Eisenhower] troubles 1955 Nov 29 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n             Kentucky being lowered to 18 1955 Dec 4 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , life in \n             South Africa --winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n             South African National Laboratory ,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game 1955 Dec 11 -- \n             Durban, S.A. , traveling to \n             Cape Town , from \n             Johannesburg to \n             Durban was a 6,000 foot drop 1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n             East London, S.A. , travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n             Port Elizabeth, S.A. , snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America 1955 Dec 22 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , temporary living\n            arrangements near the University 1955 Dec 29 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service 1955 Dec 31 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for\n            mother 1956 Jan 6 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends 1956 Jan 8 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , \n             Nannie Graham 's birthday,\n            congregational church service 1956 Jan 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions 1956 Jan 18 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican 1956 Jan 2 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n             Pretoria 1956 Jan 25 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , view from window of \n             Table Mountain , the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings 1956 Feb 1 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to return home,\n            toured \n             Cape Town , a beautiful city 1956 Feb 9 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner 1956 Feb 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament) 1956 Feb 20 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , comparison of people\n            in \n             Pretoria and \n             Cape Town , attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer 1956 Feb 27 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n             Kentucky 1956 Mar 7 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , heard bad news about \n             Charlie Graham , careful not to comment\n            on South African politics 1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n             South Africa \" by \n             Agnes S. Riley . History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.","During 1942-1947, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n          North Africa during World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n          Camp Pickett, Virginia , the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n          Walt Disney and that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n          Italy . On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n          North Africa , that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n          Pacific ; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n          Rome in charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n          Naples for six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.","Letters, 1926-1947, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n          Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders (his\n         mother) to \n          William E. Fulton concerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n          H. G. Allen discusses the death of \n          Shipton K. C. Sanders . \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders wrote from the \n          Department of Agriculture and Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.","Letters, 1924-1925, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr. discuss life at \n          Hampden-Sidney . Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n          The 13 Society ], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.","Letters, 1939-1946, from \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n          Miami Beach, Florida , on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas , concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n          Nelda Rose Hunter .","Other correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n          Hollins College \" folder -- \n          E. Lee Trinkle (May 24, 1924); \n          Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson (October 20, 1930);\n          Bessie Carter Randolph , President of \n          Hollins College (January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n          John Canaday (January 30, 1964), \n          Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n          Leslie Hellerman re method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n          John A. Logan, Jr. , President of \n          Hollins College (April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n          W. R. Chitwood (December 2, 1974); \n          Paula P. Brownlee , President of \n          Hollins College (July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n          Herbert Parkes Riley (March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n          W. Edwin Hemphill (January 21, 1964); \n          Ralph McGill (September 29, 1967); \n          William H. Dumont (July 9, 1968); \n          John Melville Jennings (January 14, 1970);\n          W. R. Chitwood (March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026 28, 1985); \n          William M. E. Rachel (1971-1972); \n          Harrison E. Salisbury (August 20, 1973);\n         and \n          Paul C. Nagel (September 23, 1985)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. 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Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes Graham Sanders Riley\u003c/persname\u003ewhile in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, and letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Trigg Sanders\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003ewhile serving as \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Army\u003c/corpname\u003eofficers during World War\n         II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1955-1956, written by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes Graham Sanders Riley\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/corpname\u003ereveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thompson Wailes\u003c/persname\u003e, Ambassador to the\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnion of South Africa\u003c/corpname\u003e, is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026amp; 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePark Riley\u003c/persname\u003e's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026amp; 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026amp; 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026amp; 29, 1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHighlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n         \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 1 \u0026amp; 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon, England\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 16 --Near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCapetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, family news\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 21 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eOak Ridge\u003c/corpname\u003e, legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 25 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 2 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 6 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Faust\u003c/persname\u003e, Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 8 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003ein which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 21 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBritain\u003c/geogname\u003eat the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePrebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 27 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 12 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Cape Town\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 18 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, politics -- \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[William Averell] Harriman\u003c/persname\u003e, weather,\n            meeting people from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHolland\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 24 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 31 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRhodes University\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct-Nov -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLivingstone, North Rhodesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, visiting \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria Falls\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[David] Livingstone\u003c/persname\u003e's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 11 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Herbert at \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRhodes University\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGrahamstown\u003c/geogname\u003e, English part of the\n            Union\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 17 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 23 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, moving to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003esoon, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMamie's [Eisenhower]\u003c/persname\u003etroubles\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 29 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n            \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003ebeing lowered to 18\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 4 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, life in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e--winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth African National Laboratory\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 11 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDurban, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, traveling to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJohannesburg\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDurban\u003c/geogname\u003ewas a 6,000 foot drop\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEast London, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Elizabeth, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 22 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, temporary living\n            arrangements near the University\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 29 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 31 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for\n            mother\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 6 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 8 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Graham\u003c/persname\u003e's birthday,\n            congregational church service\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 13 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 18 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 2 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 25 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, view from window of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTable Mountain\u003c/geogname\u003e, the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 1 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, plans to return home,\n            toured \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, a beautiful city\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 9 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 13 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 20 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, comparison of people\n            in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 27 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Mar 7 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, heard bad news about \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharlie Graham\u003c/persname\u003e, careful not to comment\n            on South African politics\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e\" by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes S. Riley\u003c/persname\u003e. History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring 1942-1947, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Trigg Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Pickett, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWalt Disney\u003c/persname\u003eand that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e. On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePacific\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003ein charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNaples\u003c/geogname\u003efor six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1926-1947, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eShipton Kincannon Curran Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(his\n         mother) to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Fulton\u003c/persname\u003econcerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eH. G. Allen\u003c/persname\u003ediscusses the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eShipton K. C. Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003ewrote from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDepartment of Agriculture\u003c/corpname\u003eand Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1924-1925, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ediscuss life at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHampden-Sidney\u003c/corpname\u003e. Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eThe 13 Society\u003c/corpname\u003e], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1939-1946, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMiami Beach, Florida\u003c/geogname\u003e, on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStuttgart, Arkansas\u003c/geogname\u003e, concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelda Rose Hunter\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eE. Lee Trinkle\u003c/persname\u003e(May 24, 1924); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e(October 20, 1930);\n         \u003cpersname\u003eBessie Carter Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Canaday\u003c/persname\u003e(January 30, 1964), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMills E. Godwin, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeslie Hellerman\u003c/persname\u003ere method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Logan, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. R. Chitwood\u003c/persname\u003e(December 2, 1974); \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePaula P. Brownlee\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Parkes Riley\u003c/persname\u003e(March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. Edwin Hemphill\u003c/persname\u003e(January 21, 1964); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRalph McGill\u003c/persname\u003e(September 29, 1967); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Dumont\u003c/persname\u003e(July 9, 1968); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Melville Jennings\u003c/persname\u003e(January 14, 1970);\n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. R. Chitwood\u003c/persname\u003e(March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026amp; 28, 1985); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam M. E. Rachel\u003c/persname\u003e(1971-1972); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHarrison E. Salisbury\u003c/persname\u003e(August 20, 1973);\n         and \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePaul C. Nagel\u003c/persname\u003e(September 23, 1985).\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00118_c03_c11"}},{"id":"viu_viu00120","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1788, 1942-1945,\n         1992","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00120#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Agnes Graham Sanders\n         Riley","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00120#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of 96 items, covering dates 1788, 1942-1945, and 1992, including correspondence, financial and legal papers, and printed material, pertaining to the Friel, Graham, Sanders, and Tatefamilies and Wythe County, Virginia. The letters are chiefly to Edwin Hanson Sanders(1871-1948) and Elizabeth Graham Sandersfrom their son Friel Tate Sanders(1915-1959) while serving as an officer with the 14th U. S. Army Air Corpsin the China-Burma-India theatre during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00120#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viu_viu00120","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00120","_root_":"viu_viu00120","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00120","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00120.xml","title_ssm":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1788, 1942-1945,\n         1992"],"title_tesim":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1788, 1942-1945,\n         1992"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["9232-r"],"text":["9232-r","Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1788, 1942-1945,\n         1992","96 items","This collection consists of 96 items, covering dates 1788,\n         1942-1945, and 1992, including correspondence, financial and\n         legal papers, and printed material, pertaining to the \n          Friel , \n          Graham , \n          Sanders , and \n          Tate families and \n          Wythe County, Virginia . The letters are\n         chiefly to \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948) and \n          Elizabeth Graham Sanders from their son \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) while\n         serving as an officer with the \n          14th U. S. Army Air Corps in the\n         China-Burma-India theatre during World War II.","On June 28, 1942, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-1991) writes to\n         his brother \n          Friel Tate Sanders from \n          Camp Sutton, Monroe, North Carolina ,\n         discussing \n          Scott Field and advising him on what items\n         to have on hand. In October 1942, \n          Friel Tate Sanders writes from \n          Scott Field, Illinois while training,\n         mentioning his graduation and a rehearsal show in the hanger\n         given by \n          Bob Hope and his radio cast.","Upon leaving \n          Illinois , Sanders is transferred to \n          Miami, Florida , where he waits for his\n         orders. His letter of January 9, 1943 is written while flying\n         over \n          Brazil and other parts of \n          South America . On January 12, he writes\n         that he has safely landed in \n          Africa and relates that the nearby town is\n         almost entirely native. During late January and early\n         February, he writes while in \n          India , drawing attention to the engraving\n         at the top of the stationery, explaining that it is the\n         insignia of the \n          Air Force shoulder patch, called the\n         C.B.I.--China, Burma, India. By mid-February he has crossed\n         the \n          Himalayas and arrived in \n          China . On March 20, he indicates that he\n         has moved to his assigned post and is living in a private home\n         with three other men, and that they have a Chinese cook, a\n         houseboy, and a maid. His letter of April 3 reveals that he\n         has changed stations and has heard Madame Chang [sic] [ \n          Madame Chiang Kai-shek (1897-)] speak. On\n         May 2, he describes an experience that he had on the way to\n         his first station in \n          China and the transportation problems\n         encountered. During July 1943, he writes about the cigarette\n         shortage, and requests certain items, including a pipe, Prince\n         Albert tobacco, Camel cigarettes, and candy. On August 22, he\n         mentions a visit from Sargeant \n          Marion Hargrove , author of \n          See Here, Private Hargrove , seeing a Chinese circus, and \n          Pearl Buck 's recent writings. His letters\n         of December 8, 1943 and January 7, 1944 refer to their social\n         activities; and, the latter refers to the comic strip \"Terry\n         and the Pirates\" based on a fighter squadron in \n          China .","Friel Tate Sanders ' letter of March 22,\n         1944 reveals that he has met a couple of Virginians, including\n         lawyer \n          Andrew Dunscomb Christian (1892-1946). On\n         May 18, he writes news of some of the men there-- \n          Sue Haislip 's husband, Fred and \n          Hampton Haislip , \n          Dick Fowler , and \n          Joe Blackburn . During the summer of 1944,\n         he refers to news of the war: the invasion and the bombing of \n          Japan by \n          China based B-29's and the boost in morale\n         (June 19); the news from \n          China being bad (July 8); hearing\n         broadcast of allied news and then of propaganda from \n          Berlin , and Japanese announcements (July\n         31). On August 31, he mentions a show put on by \n          Ann Sheridan (1915-1967) and her party.\n         Having sent a box of souvenirs home, he explains the items in\n         his letter of September 25--black box with a chop, Theatre\n         Ribbon, and chop sticks. He mentions more news of the war\n         during the fall of 1944, including hitting Japan hard at \n          Manila (September 25); a \n          Life picture account of the ATC route to \n          India being the same route he took and his\n         promotion to Captain (October 8); news of the raids on \n          Formosa and the \n          Hong Kong raid on shipping (October 20);\n         and, the announcement that \n          China is now a separate theatre (November\n         2). His letter of November 27 reveals that he has seen Lt. \n          Lucian Gleaves and \n          Peyton Reed from \n          Wytheville , that \n          A. D. Christian has returned home, and\n         that there was another movie star show, this one with \n          Jinx Falkenburg (1919-) and \n          Pat O'Brien (1899-).","By February 11, 1945, he is awaiting orders to go home;\n         and, on March 14, he has just returned from a week at a rest\n         camp while still waiting for his orders. On May 1, he writes\n         from \n          Miami, Florida that he has heard news of\n         the end of the European War, and that the men are restricted\n         to the post. During the summer of 1945, he is assigned to a \n          Tactical Air Division at the base in \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas . He writes about his\n         job as a cryptographic security officer dealing with codes and\n         registered documents, describes \n          Arkansas , and mentions Barksdale base\n         (June 1). On June 10, he tells of a trip to \n          Shreveport, Louisiana and \n          Lafayette, Louisiana ; and, on June 26, he\n         mentions a recent trip to \n          San Bernadino, California and his upcoming\n         visit home. On July 12 and August 5, he mentions his work;\n         and, on August 25, he writes of his release from the Army and\n         waiting to go to the separation center. There is also a\n         \"Personal Affairs Statement\" for \n          Friel Tate Sanders sent to his family in\n         August 1945.","Financial and legal papers include \n          Montgomery County land transactions\n         between \n          Thomas Quirk and \n          Jane Quirk and \n          Manassas Friel (1788); Tate land\n         transactions at \n          Fort Chiswell, Wythe County (1838-1871);\n         and, the sale of Tate land at \n          Fort Chiswell to \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders . \n          Wythe County materials refer to the\n         Austinville Mine, \n          Anchor of Hope Presbyterian Church , and \n          Max Meadows ; the funeral notice of \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-1991); and, a\n         copy of the will, 1836, of \n          Sophia Friel . There is also an article \n          \"The Shelby-Campbell King's Mountain Controversy and\n         the Gubernatorial Campaign of 1812\" by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley .","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","14th U. S. Army Air Corps","Air Force","Tactical Air Division","Anchor of Hope Presbyterian Church","Friel","Graham","Sanders","Tate","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Elizabeth Graham Sanders","Friel Tate Sanders","Andrew Trigg Sanders","Bob Hope","Madame Chiang Kai-shek","Marion Hargrove","Pearl Buck","Andrew Dunscomb Christian","Sue Haislip","Hampton Haislip","Dick Fowler","Joe Blackburn","Ann Sheridan","Lucian Gleaves","Peyton Reed","A. D. 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The letters are\n         chiefly to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1948) and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Graham Sanders\u003c/persname\u003efrom their son \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1915-1959) while\n         serving as an officer with the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e14th U. S. Army Air Corps\u003c/corpname\u003ein the\n         China-Burma-India theatre during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn June 28, 1942, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Trigg Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1910-1991) writes to\n         his brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Sutton, Monroe, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e,\n         discussing \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eScott Field\u003c/geogname\u003eand advising him on what items\n         to have on hand. In October 1942, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eScott Field, Illinois\u003c/geogname\u003ewhile training,\n         mentioning his graduation and a rehearsal show in the hanger\n         given by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBob Hope\u003c/persname\u003eand his radio cast.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUpon leaving \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIllinois\u003c/geogname\u003e, Sanders is transferred to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMiami, Florida\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he waits for his\n         orders. His letter of January 9, 1943 is written while flying\n         over \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBrazil\u003c/geogname\u003eand other parts of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth America\u003c/geogname\u003e. On January 12, he writes\n         that he has safely landed in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAfrica\u003c/geogname\u003eand relates that the nearby town is\n         almost entirely native. During late January and early\n         February, he writes while in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIndia\u003c/geogname\u003e, drawing attention to the engraving\n         at the top of the stationery, explaining that it is the\n         insignia of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAir Force\u003c/corpname\u003eshoulder patch, called the\n         C.B.I.--China, Burma, India. By mid-February he has crossed\n         the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHimalayas\u003c/geogname\u003eand arrived in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003e. On March 20, he indicates that he\n         has moved to his assigned post and is living in a private home\n         with three other men, and that they have a Chinese cook, a\n         houseboy, and a maid. His letter of April 3 reveals that he\n         has changed stations and has heard Madame Chang [sic] [ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMadame Chiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e(1897-)] speak. On\n         May 2, he describes an experience that he had on the way to\n         his first station in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003eand the transportation problems\n         encountered. During July 1943, he writes about the cigarette\n         shortage, and requests certain items, including a pipe, Prince\n         Albert tobacco, Camel cigarettes, and candy. On August 22, he\n         mentions a visit from Sargeant \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMarion Hargrove\u003c/persname\u003e, author of \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSee Here, Private Hargrove\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, seeing a Chinese circus, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePearl Buck\u003c/persname\u003e's recent writings. His letters\n         of December 8, 1943 and January 7, 1944 refer to their social\n         activities; and, the latter refers to the comic strip \"Terry\n         and the Pirates\" based on a fighter squadron in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e' letter of March 22,\n         1944 reveals that he has met a couple of Virginians, including\n         lawyer \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Dunscomb Christian\u003c/persname\u003e(1892-1946). On\n         May 18, he writes news of some of the men there-- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSue Haislip\u003c/persname\u003e's husband, Fred and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHampton Haislip\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDick Fowler\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Blackburn\u003c/persname\u003e. During the summer of 1944,\n         he refers to news of the war: the invasion and the bombing of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eJapan\u003c/geogname\u003eby \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003ebased B-29's and the boost in morale\n         (June 19); the news from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003ebeing bad (July 8); hearing\n         broadcast of allied news and then of propaganda from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003e, and Japanese announcements (July\n         31). On August 31, he mentions a show put on by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003e(1915-1967) and her party.\n         Having sent a box of souvenirs home, he explains the items in\n         his letter of September 25--black box with a chop, Theatre\n         Ribbon, and chop sticks. He mentions more news of the war\n         during the fall of 1944, including hitting Japan hard at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eManila\u003c/geogname\u003e(September 25); a \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLife\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003epicture account of the ATC route to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIndia\u003c/geogname\u003ebeing the same route he took and his\n         promotion to Captain (October 8); news of the raids on \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFormosa\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHong Kong\u003c/geogname\u003eraid on shipping (October 20);\n         and, the announcement that \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003eis now a separate theatre (November\n         2). His letter of November 27 reveals that he has seen Lt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucian Gleaves\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeyton Reed\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWytheville\u003c/geogname\u003e, that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA. D. Christian\u003c/persname\u003ehas returned home, and\n         that there was another movie star show, this one with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJinx Falkenburg\u003c/persname\u003e(1919-) and \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePat O'Brien\u003c/persname\u003e(1899-).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy February 11, 1945, he is awaiting orders to go home;\n         and, on March 14, he has just returned from a week at a rest\n         camp while still waiting for his orders. On May 1, he writes\n         from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMiami, Florida\u003c/geogname\u003ethat he has heard news of\n         the end of the European War, and that the men are restricted\n         to the post. During the summer of 1945, he is assigned to a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eTactical Air Division\u003c/corpname\u003eat the base in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStuttgart, Arkansas\u003c/geogname\u003e. He writes about his\n         job as a cryptographic security officer dealing with codes and\n         registered documents, describes \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eArkansas\u003c/geogname\u003e, and mentions Barksdale base\n         (June 1). On June 10, he tells of a trip to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eShreveport, Louisiana\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLafayette, Louisiana\u003c/geogname\u003e; and, on June 26, he\n         mentions a recent trip to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSan Bernadino, California\u003c/geogname\u003eand his upcoming\n         visit home. On July 12 and August 5, he mentions his work;\n         and, on August 25, he writes of his release from the Army and\n         waiting to go to the separation center. There is also a\n         \"Personal Affairs Statement\" for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003esent to his family in\n         August 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial and legal papers include \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMontgomery County\u003c/geogname\u003eland transactions\n         between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Quirk\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJane Quirk\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eManassas Friel\u003c/persname\u003e(1788); Tate land\n         transactions at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFort Chiswell, Wythe County\u003c/geogname\u003e(1838-1871);\n         and, the sale of Tate land at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFort Chiswell\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWythe County\u003c/geogname\u003ematerials refer to the\n         Austinville Mine, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAnchor of Hope Presbyterian Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMax Meadows\u003c/geogname\u003e; the funeral notice of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Trigg Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1910-1991); and, a\n         copy of the will, 1836, of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSophia Friel\u003c/persname\u003e. There is also an article \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\"The Shelby-Campbell King's Mountain Controversy and\n         the Gubernatorial Campaign of 1812\"\u003c/title\u003eby \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes Graham Sanders Riley\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of 96 items, covering dates 1788,\n         1942-1945, and 1992, including correspondence, financial and\n         legal papers, and printed material, pertaining to the \n          Friel , \n          Graham , \n          Sanders , and \n          Tate families and \n          Wythe County, Virginia . The letters are\n         chiefly to \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948) and \n          Elizabeth Graham Sanders from their son \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) while\n         serving as an officer with the \n          14th U. S. Army Air Corps in the\n         China-Burma-India theatre during World War II.","On June 28, 1942, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-1991) writes to\n         his brother \n          Friel Tate Sanders from \n          Camp Sutton, Monroe, North Carolina ,\n         discussing \n          Scott Field and advising him on what items\n         to have on hand. In October 1942, \n          Friel Tate Sanders writes from \n          Scott Field, Illinois while training,\n         mentioning his graduation and a rehearsal show in the hanger\n         given by \n          Bob Hope and his radio cast.","Upon leaving \n          Illinois , Sanders is transferred to \n          Miami, Florida , where he waits for his\n         orders. His letter of January 9, 1943 is written while flying\n         over \n          Brazil and other parts of \n          South America . On January 12, he writes\n         that he has safely landed in \n          Africa and relates that the nearby town is\n         almost entirely native. During late January and early\n         February, he writes while in \n          India , drawing attention to the engraving\n         at the top of the stationery, explaining that it is the\n         insignia of the \n          Air Force shoulder patch, called the\n         C.B.I.--China, Burma, India. By mid-February he has crossed\n         the \n          Himalayas and arrived in \n          China . On March 20, he indicates that he\n         has moved to his assigned post and is living in a private home\n         with three other men, and that they have a Chinese cook, a\n         houseboy, and a maid. His letter of April 3 reveals that he\n         has changed stations and has heard Madame Chang [sic] [ \n          Madame Chiang Kai-shek (1897-)] speak. On\n         May 2, he describes an experience that he had on the way to\n         his first station in \n          China and the transportation problems\n         encountered. During July 1943, he writes about the cigarette\n         shortage, and requests certain items, including a pipe, Prince\n         Albert tobacco, Camel cigarettes, and candy. On August 22, he\n         mentions a visit from Sargeant \n          Marion Hargrove , author of \n          See Here, Private Hargrove , seeing a Chinese circus, and \n          Pearl Buck 's recent writings. His letters\n         of December 8, 1943 and January 7, 1944 refer to their social\n         activities; and, the latter refers to the comic strip \"Terry\n         and the Pirates\" based on a fighter squadron in \n          China .","Friel Tate Sanders ' letter of March 22,\n         1944 reveals that he has met a couple of Virginians, including\n         lawyer \n          Andrew Dunscomb Christian (1892-1946). On\n         May 18, he writes news of some of the men there-- \n          Sue Haislip 's husband, Fred and \n          Hampton Haislip , \n          Dick Fowler , and \n          Joe Blackburn . During the summer of 1944,\n         he refers to news of the war: the invasion and the bombing of \n          Japan by \n          China based B-29's and the boost in morale\n         (June 19); the news from \n          China being bad (July 8); hearing\n         broadcast of allied news and then of propaganda from \n          Berlin , and Japanese announcements (July\n         31). On August 31, he mentions a show put on by \n          Ann Sheridan (1915-1967) and her party.\n         Having sent a box of souvenirs home, he explains the items in\n         his letter of September 25--black box with a chop, Theatre\n         Ribbon, and chop sticks. He mentions more news of the war\n         during the fall of 1944, including hitting Japan hard at \n          Manila (September 25); a \n          Life picture account of the ATC route to \n          India being the same route he took and his\n         promotion to Captain (October 8); news of the raids on \n          Formosa and the \n          Hong Kong raid on shipping (October 20);\n         and, the announcement that \n          China is now a separate theatre (November\n         2). His letter of November 27 reveals that he has seen Lt. \n          Lucian Gleaves and \n          Peyton Reed from \n          Wytheville , that \n          A. D. Christian has returned home, and\n         that there was another movie star show, this one with \n          Jinx Falkenburg (1919-) and \n          Pat O'Brien (1899-).","By February 11, 1945, he is awaiting orders to go home;\n         and, on March 14, he has just returned from a week at a rest\n         camp while still waiting for his orders. On May 1, he writes\n         from \n          Miami, Florida that he has heard news of\n         the end of the European War, and that the men are restricted\n         to the post. During the summer of 1945, he is assigned to a \n          Tactical Air Division at the base in \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas . He writes about his\n         job as a cryptographic security officer dealing with codes and\n         registered documents, describes \n          Arkansas , and mentions Barksdale base\n         (June 1). On June 10, he tells of a trip to \n          Shreveport, Louisiana and \n          Lafayette, Louisiana ; and, on June 26, he\n         mentions a recent trip to \n          San Bernadino, California and his upcoming\n         visit home. On July 12 and August 5, he mentions his work;\n         and, on August 25, he writes of his release from the Army and\n         waiting to go to the separation center. There is also a\n         \"Personal Affairs Statement\" for \n          Friel Tate Sanders sent to his family in\n         August 1945.","Financial and legal papers include \n          Montgomery County land transactions\n         between \n          Thomas Quirk and \n          Jane Quirk and \n          Manassas Friel (1788); Tate land\n         transactions at \n          Fort Chiswell, Wythe County (1838-1871);\n         and, the sale of Tate land at \n          Fort Chiswell to \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders . \n          Wythe County materials refer to the\n         Austinville Mine, \n          Anchor of Hope Presbyterian Church , and \n          Max Meadows ; the funeral notice of \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-1991); and, a\n         copy of the will, 1836, of \n          Sophia Friel . There is also an article \n          \"The Shelby-Campbell King's Mountain Controversy and\n         the Gubernatorial Campaign of 1812\" by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley ."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","14th U. S. Army Air Corps","Air Force","Tactical Air Division","Anchor of Hope Presbyterian Church","Friel","Graham","Sanders","Tate","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Elizabeth Graham Sanders","Friel Tate Sanders","Andrew Trigg Sanders","Bob Hope","Madame Chiang Kai-shek","Marion Hargrove","Pearl Buck","Andrew Dunscomb Christian","Sue Haislip","Hampton Haislip","Dick Fowler","Joe Blackburn","Ann Sheridan","Lucian Gleaves","Peyton Reed","A. D. Christian","Jinx Falkenburg","Pat O'Brien","Thomas Quirk","Jane Quirk","Manassas Friel","Sophia Friel","Agnes Graham Sanders Riley"],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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The letters are\n         chiefly to \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948) and \n          Elizabeth Graham Sanders from their son \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) while\n         serving as an officer with the \n          14th U. S. Army Air Corps in the\n         China-Burma-India theatre during World War II.","On June 28, 1942, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-1991) writes to\n         his brother \n          Friel Tate Sanders from \n          Camp Sutton, Monroe, North Carolina ,\n         discussing \n          Scott Field and advising him on what items\n         to have on hand. In October 1942, \n          Friel Tate Sanders writes from \n          Scott Field, Illinois while training,\n         mentioning his graduation and a rehearsal show in the hanger\n         given by \n          Bob Hope and his radio cast.","Upon leaving \n          Illinois , Sanders is transferred to \n          Miami, Florida , where he waits for his\n         orders. His letter of January 9, 1943 is written while flying\n         over \n          Brazil and other parts of \n          South America . On January 12, he writes\n         that he has safely landed in \n          Africa and relates that the nearby town is\n         almost entirely native. During late January and early\n         February, he writes while in \n          India , drawing attention to the engraving\n         at the top of the stationery, explaining that it is the\n         insignia of the \n          Air Force shoulder patch, called the\n         C.B.I.--China, Burma, India. By mid-February he has crossed\n         the \n          Himalayas and arrived in \n          China . On March 20, he indicates that he\n         has moved to his assigned post and is living in a private home\n         with three other men, and that they have a Chinese cook, a\n         houseboy, and a maid. His letter of April 3 reveals that he\n         has changed stations and has heard Madame Chang [sic] [ \n          Madame Chiang Kai-shek (1897-)] speak. On\n         May 2, he describes an experience that he had on the way to\n         his first station in \n          China and the transportation problems\n         encountered. During July 1943, he writes about the cigarette\n         shortage, and requests certain items, including a pipe, Prince\n         Albert tobacco, Camel cigarettes, and candy. On August 22, he\n         mentions a visit from Sargeant \n          Marion Hargrove , author of \n          See Here, Private Hargrove , seeing a Chinese circus, and \n          Pearl Buck 's recent writings. His letters\n         of December 8, 1943 and January 7, 1944 refer to their social\n         activities; and, the latter refers to the comic strip \"Terry\n         and the Pirates\" based on a fighter squadron in \n          China .","Friel Tate Sanders ' letter of March 22,\n         1944 reveals that he has met a couple of Virginians, including\n         lawyer \n          Andrew Dunscomb Christian (1892-1946). On\n         May 18, he writes news of some of the men there-- \n          Sue Haislip 's husband, Fred and \n          Hampton Haislip , \n          Dick Fowler , and \n          Joe Blackburn . During the summer of 1944,\n         he refers to news of the war: the invasion and the bombing of \n          Japan by \n          China based B-29's and the boost in morale\n         (June 19); the news from \n          China being bad (July 8); hearing\n         broadcast of allied news and then of propaganda from \n          Berlin , and Japanese announcements (July\n         31). On August 31, he mentions a show put on by \n          Ann Sheridan (1915-1967) and her party.\n         Having sent a box of souvenirs home, he explains the items in\n         his letter of September 25--black box with a chop, Theatre\n         Ribbon, and chop sticks. He mentions more news of the war\n         during the fall of 1944, including hitting Japan hard at \n          Manila (September 25); a \n          Life picture account of the ATC route to \n          India being the same route he took and his\n         promotion to Captain (October 8); news of the raids on \n          Formosa and the \n          Hong Kong raid on shipping (October 20);\n         and, the announcement that \n          China is now a separate theatre (November\n         2). His letter of November 27 reveals that he has seen Lt. \n          Lucian Gleaves and \n          Peyton Reed from \n          Wytheville , that \n          A. D. Christian has returned home, and\n         that there was another movie star show, this one with \n          Jinx Falkenburg (1919-) and \n          Pat O'Brien (1899-).","By February 11, 1945, he is awaiting orders to go home;\n         and, on March 14, he has just returned from a week at a rest\n         camp while still waiting for his orders. On May 1, he writes\n         from \n          Miami, Florida that he has heard news of\n         the end of the European War, and that the men are restricted\n         to the post. During the summer of 1945, he is assigned to a \n          Tactical Air Division at the base in \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas . He writes about his\n         job as a cryptographic security officer dealing with codes and\n         registered documents, describes \n          Arkansas , and mentions Barksdale base\n         (June 1). On June 10, he tells of a trip to \n          Shreveport, Louisiana and \n          Lafayette, Louisiana ; and, on June 26, he\n         mentions a recent trip to \n          San Bernadino, California and his upcoming\n         visit home. On July 12 and August 5, he mentions his work;\n         and, on August 25, he writes of his release from the Army and\n         waiting to go to the separation center. There is also a\n         \"Personal Affairs Statement\" for \n          Friel Tate Sanders sent to his family in\n         August 1945.","Financial and legal papers include \n          Montgomery County land transactions\n         between \n          Thomas Quirk and \n          Jane Quirk and \n          Manassas Friel (1788); Tate land\n         transactions at \n          Fort Chiswell, Wythe County (1838-1871);\n         and, the sale of Tate land at \n          Fort Chiswell to \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders . \n          Wythe County materials refer to the\n         Austinville Mine, \n          Anchor of Hope Presbyterian Church , and \n          Max Meadows ; the funeral notice of \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-1991); and, a\n         copy of the will, 1836, of \n          Sophia Friel . There is also an article \n          \"The Shelby-Campbell King's Mountain Controversy and\n         the Gubernatorial Campaign of 1812\" by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley .","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","14th U. S. Army Air Corps","Air Force","Tactical Air Division","Anchor of Hope Presbyterian Church","Friel","Graham","Sanders","Tate","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Elizabeth Graham Sanders","Friel Tate Sanders","Andrew Trigg Sanders","Bob Hope","Madame Chiang Kai-shek","Marion Hargrove","Pearl Buck","Andrew Dunscomb Christian","Sue Haislip","Hampton Haislip","Dick Fowler","Joe Blackburn","Ann Sheridan","Lucian Gleaves","Peyton Reed","A. D. 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The letters are\n         chiefly to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1948) and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eElizabeth Graham Sanders\u003c/persname\u003efrom their son \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1915-1959) while\n         serving as an officer with the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003e14th U. S. Army Air Corps\u003c/corpname\u003ein the\n         China-Burma-India theatre during World War II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOn June 28, 1942, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Trigg Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1910-1991) writes to\n         his brother \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Sutton, Monroe, North Carolina\u003c/geogname\u003e,\n         discussing \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eScott Field\u003c/geogname\u003eand advising him on what items\n         to have on hand. In October 1942, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003ewrites from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eScott Field, Illinois\u003c/geogname\u003ewhile training,\n         mentioning his graduation and a rehearsal show in the hanger\n         given by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eBob Hope\u003c/persname\u003eand his radio cast.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eUpon leaving \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIllinois\u003c/geogname\u003e, Sanders is transferred to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMiami, Florida\u003c/geogname\u003e, where he waits for his\n         orders. His letter of January 9, 1943 is written while flying\n         over \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBrazil\u003c/geogname\u003eand other parts of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth America\u003c/geogname\u003e. On January 12, he writes\n         that he has safely landed in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eAfrica\u003c/geogname\u003eand relates that the nearby town is\n         almost entirely native. During late January and early\n         February, he writes while in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIndia\u003c/geogname\u003e, drawing attention to the engraving\n         at the top of the stationery, explaining that it is the\n         insignia of the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAir Force\u003c/corpname\u003eshoulder patch, called the\n         C.B.I.--China, Burma, India. By mid-February he has crossed\n         the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHimalayas\u003c/geogname\u003eand arrived in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003e. On March 20, he indicates that he\n         has moved to his assigned post and is living in a private home\n         with three other men, and that they have a Chinese cook, a\n         houseboy, and a maid. His letter of April 3 reveals that he\n         has changed stations and has heard Madame Chang [sic] [ \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMadame Chiang Kai-shek\u003c/persname\u003e(1897-)] speak. On\n         May 2, he describes an experience that he had on the way to\n         his first station in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003eand the transportation problems\n         encountered. During July 1943, he writes about the cigarette\n         shortage, and requests certain items, including a pipe, Prince\n         Albert tobacco, Camel cigarettes, and candy. On August 22, he\n         mentions a visit from Sargeant \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMarion Hargrove\u003c/persname\u003e, author of \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eSee Here, Private Hargrove\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003e, seeing a Chinese circus, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePearl Buck\u003c/persname\u003e's recent writings. His letters\n         of December 8, 1943 and January 7, 1944 refer to their social\n         activities; and, the latter refers to the comic strip \"Terry\n         and the Pirates\" based on a fighter squadron in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e' letter of March 22,\n         1944 reveals that he has met a couple of Virginians, including\n         lawyer \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Dunscomb Christian\u003c/persname\u003e(1892-1946). On\n         May 18, he writes news of some of the men there-- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSue Haislip\u003c/persname\u003e's husband, Fred and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHampton Haislip\u003c/persname\u003e, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eDick Fowler\u003c/persname\u003e, and \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJoe Blackburn\u003c/persname\u003e. During the summer of 1944,\n         he refers to news of the war: the invasion and the bombing of \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eJapan\u003c/geogname\u003eby \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003ebased B-29's and the boost in morale\n         (June 19); the news from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003ebeing bad (July 8); hearing\n         broadcast of allied news and then of propaganda from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eBerlin\u003c/geogname\u003e, and Japanese announcements (July\n         31). On August 31, he mentions a show put on by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAnn Sheridan\u003c/persname\u003e(1915-1967) and her party.\n         Having sent a box of souvenirs home, he explains the items in\n         his letter of September 25--black box with a chop, Theatre\n         Ribbon, and chop sticks. He mentions more news of the war\n         during the fall of 1944, including hitting Japan hard at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eManila\u003c/geogname\u003e(September 25); a \n         \u003cbibref type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003eLife\u003c/title\u003e\u003c/bibref\u003epicture account of the ATC route to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eIndia\u003c/geogname\u003ebeing the same route he took and his\n         promotion to Captain (October 8); news of the raids on \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFormosa\u003c/geogname\u003eand the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eHong Kong\u003c/geogname\u003eraid on shipping (October 20);\n         and, the announcement that \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eChina\u003c/geogname\u003eis now a separate theatre (November\n         2). His letter of November 27 reveals that he has seen Lt. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLucian Gleaves\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePeyton Reed\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWytheville\u003c/geogname\u003e, that \n         \u003cpersname\u003eA. D. Christian\u003c/persname\u003ehas returned home, and\n         that there was another movie star show, this one with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJinx Falkenburg\u003c/persname\u003e(1919-) and \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePat O'Brien\u003c/persname\u003e(1899-).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBy February 11, 1945, he is awaiting orders to go home;\n         and, on March 14, he has just returned from a week at a rest\n         camp while still waiting for his orders. On May 1, he writes\n         from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMiami, Florida\u003c/geogname\u003ethat he has heard news of\n         the end of the European War, and that the men are restricted\n         to the post. During the summer of 1945, he is assigned to a \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eTactical Air Division\u003c/corpname\u003eat the base in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStuttgart, Arkansas\u003c/geogname\u003e. He writes about his\n         job as a cryptographic security officer dealing with codes and\n         registered documents, describes \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eArkansas\u003c/geogname\u003e, and mentions Barksdale base\n         (June 1). On June 10, he tells of a trip to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eShreveport, Louisiana\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eLafayette, Louisiana\u003c/geogname\u003e; and, on June 26, he\n         mentions a recent trip to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSan Bernadino, California\u003c/geogname\u003eand his upcoming\n         visit home. On July 12 and August 5, he mentions his work;\n         and, on August 25, he writes of his release from the Army and\n         waiting to go to the separation center. There is also a\n         \"Personal Affairs Statement\" for \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003esent to his family in\n         August 1945.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinancial and legal papers include \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMontgomery County\u003c/geogname\u003eland transactions\n         between \n         \u003cpersname\u003eThomas Quirk\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJane Quirk\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eManassas Friel\u003c/persname\u003e(1788); Tate land\n         transactions at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFort Chiswell, Wythe County\u003c/geogname\u003e(1838-1871);\n         and, the sale of Tate land at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eFort Chiswell\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWythe County\u003c/geogname\u003ematerials refer to the\n         Austinville Mine, \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eAnchor of Hope Presbyterian Church\u003c/corpname\u003e, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMax Meadows\u003c/geogname\u003e; the funeral notice of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Trigg Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1910-1991); and, a\n         copy of the will, 1836, of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eSophia Friel\u003c/persname\u003e. There is also an article \n         \u003ctitle type=\"simple\" href=\"\"\u003e\"The Shelby-Campbell King's Mountain Controversy and\n         the Gubernatorial Campaign of 1812\"\u003c/title\u003eby \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes Graham Sanders Riley\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Scope and Content"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists of 96 items, covering dates 1788,\n         1942-1945, and 1992, including correspondence, financial and\n         legal papers, and printed material, pertaining to the \n          Friel , \n          Graham , \n          Sanders , and \n          Tate families and \n          Wythe County, Virginia . The letters are\n         chiefly to \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948) and \n          Elizabeth Graham Sanders from their son \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) while\n         serving as an officer with the \n          14th U. S. Army Air Corps in the\n         China-Burma-India theatre during World War II.","On June 28, 1942, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-1991) writes to\n         his brother \n          Friel Tate Sanders from \n          Camp Sutton, Monroe, North Carolina ,\n         discussing \n          Scott Field and advising him on what items\n         to have on hand. In October 1942, \n          Friel Tate Sanders writes from \n          Scott Field, Illinois while training,\n         mentioning his graduation and a rehearsal show in the hanger\n         given by \n          Bob Hope and his radio cast.","Upon leaving \n          Illinois , Sanders is transferred to \n          Miami, Florida , where he waits for his\n         orders. His letter of January 9, 1943 is written while flying\n         over \n          Brazil and other parts of \n          South America . On January 12, he writes\n         that he has safely landed in \n          Africa and relates that the nearby town is\n         almost entirely native. During late January and early\n         February, he writes while in \n          India , drawing attention to the engraving\n         at the top of the stationery, explaining that it is the\n         insignia of the \n          Air Force shoulder patch, called the\n         C.B.I.--China, Burma, India. By mid-February he has crossed\n         the \n          Himalayas and arrived in \n          China . On March 20, he indicates that he\n         has moved to his assigned post and is living in a private home\n         with three other men, and that they have a Chinese cook, a\n         houseboy, and a maid. His letter of April 3 reveals that he\n         has changed stations and has heard Madame Chang [sic] [ \n          Madame Chiang Kai-shek (1897-)] speak. On\n         May 2, he describes an experience that he had on the way to\n         his first station in \n          China and the transportation problems\n         encountered. During July 1943, he writes about the cigarette\n         shortage, and requests certain items, including a pipe, Prince\n         Albert tobacco, Camel cigarettes, and candy. On August 22, he\n         mentions a visit from Sargeant \n          Marion Hargrove , author of \n          See Here, Private Hargrove , seeing a Chinese circus, and \n          Pearl Buck 's recent writings. His letters\n         of December 8, 1943 and January 7, 1944 refer to their social\n         activities; and, the latter refers to the comic strip \"Terry\n         and the Pirates\" based on a fighter squadron in \n          China .","Friel Tate Sanders ' letter of March 22,\n         1944 reveals that he has met a couple of Virginians, including\n         lawyer \n          Andrew Dunscomb Christian (1892-1946). On\n         May 18, he writes news of some of the men there-- \n          Sue Haislip 's husband, Fred and \n          Hampton Haislip , \n          Dick Fowler , and \n          Joe Blackburn . During the summer of 1944,\n         he refers to news of the war: the invasion and the bombing of \n          Japan by \n          China based B-29's and the boost in morale\n         (June 19); the news from \n          China being bad (July 8); hearing\n         broadcast of allied news and then of propaganda from \n          Berlin , and Japanese announcements (July\n         31). On August 31, he mentions a show put on by \n          Ann Sheridan (1915-1967) and her party.\n         Having sent a box of souvenirs home, he explains the items in\n         his letter of September 25--black box with a chop, Theatre\n         Ribbon, and chop sticks. He mentions more news of the war\n         during the fall of 1944, including hitting Japan hard at \n          Manila (September 25); a \n          Life picture account of the ATC route to \n          India being the same route he took and his\n         promotion to Captain (October 8); news of the raids on \n          Formosa and the \n          Hong Kong raid on shipping (October 20);\n         and, the announcement that \n          China is now a separate theatre (November\n         2). His letter of November 27 reveals that he has seen Lt. \n          Lucian Gleaves and \n          Peyton Reed from \n          Wytheville , that \n          A. D. Christian has returned home, and\n         that there was another movie star show, this one with \n          Jinx Falkenburg (1919-) and \n          Pat O'Brien (1899-).","By February 11, 1945, he is awaiting orders to go home;\n         and, on March 14, he has just returned from a week at a rest\n         camp while still waiting for his orders. On May 1, he writes\n         from \n          Miami, Florida that he has heard news of\n         the end of the European War, and that the men are restricted\n         to the post. During the summer of 1945, he is assigned to a \n          Tactical Air Division at the base in \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas . He writes about his\n         job as a cryptographic security officer dealing with codes and\n         registered documents, describes \n          Arkansas , and mentions Barksdale base\n         (June 1). On June 10, he tells of a trip to \n          Shreveport, Louisiana and \n          Lafayette, Louisiana ; and, on June 26, he\n         mentions a recent trip to \n          San Bernadino, California and his upcoming\n         visit home. On July 12 and August 5, he mentions his work;\n         and, on August 25, he writes of his release from the Army and\n         waiting to go to the separation center. There is also a\n         \"Personal Affairs Statement\" for \n          Friel Tate Sanders sent to his family in\n         August 1945.","Financial and legal papers include \n          Montgomery County land transactions\n         between \n          Thomas Quirk and \n          Jane Quirk and \n          Manassas Friel (1788); Tate land\n         transactions at \n          Fort Chiswell, Wythe County (1838-1871);\n         and, the sale of Tate land at \n          Fort Chiswell to \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders . \n          Wythe County materials refer to the\n         Austinville Mine, \n          Anchor of Hope Presbyterian Church , and \n          Max Meadows ; the funeral notice of \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-1991); and, a\n         copy of the will, 1836, of \n          Sophia Friel . There is also an article \n          \"The Shelby-Campbell King's Mountain Controversy and\n         the Gubernatorial Campaign of 1812\" by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley ."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","14th U. S. Army Air Corps","Air Force","Tactical Air Division","Anchor of Hope Presbyterian Church","Friel","Graham","Sanders","Tate","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Elizabeth Graham Sanders","Friel Tate Sanders","Andrew Trigg Sanders","Bob Hope","Madame Chiang Kai-shek","Marion Hargrove","Pearl Buck","Andrew Dunscomb Christian","Sue Haislip","Hampton Haislip","Dick Fowler","Joe Blackburn","Ann Sheridan","Lucian Gleaves","Peyton Reed","A. D. Christian","Jinx Falkenburg","Pat O'Brien","Thomas Quirk","Jane Quirk","Manassas Friel","Sophia Friel","Agnes Graham Sanders Riley"],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. 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Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley while in \n          South Africa , and letters from \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders and \n          Friel Tate Sanders while serving as \n          U. S. Army officers during World War\n         II.","Letters, 1955-1956, written by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley from \n          South Africa reveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n          Edward Thompson Wailes , Ambassador to the\n          Union of South Africa , is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n          Park Riley 's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026 29, 1955.","Highlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n          1955 Aug 1 \u0026 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n             London, England 1955 Aug 16 --Near \n             Capetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa , family news 1955 Aug 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n             Oak Ridge , legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions 1955 Aug 25 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session 1955 Sep 2 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers 1955 Sep 6 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , to \n             Margaret Faust , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n             South Africa 1955 Sep 8 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n             Pretoria in which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War 1955 Sep 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n             Britain at the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n             Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa 1955 Sep 27 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens 1955 Oct 12 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n             University of Cape Town 1955 Oct 18 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , politics -- \n             [William Averell] Harriman , weather,\n            meeting people from \n             Holland 1955 Oct 24 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather 1955 Oct 31 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n             Rhodes University 1955 Oct-Nov -- \n             Livingstone, North Rhodesia , visiting \n             Victoria Falls , \n             [David] Livingstone 's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve 1955 Nov 11 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Herbert at \n             Rhodes University in \n             Grahamstown , English part of the\n            Union 1955 Nov 17 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity 1955 Nov 23 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , moving to \n             Cape Town soon, \n             Mamie's [Eisenhower] troubles 1955 Nov 29 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n             Kentucky being lowered to 18 1955 Dec 4 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , life in \n             South Africa --winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n             South African National Laboratory ,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game 1955 Dec 11 -- \n             Durban, S.A. , traveling to \n             Cape Town , from \n             Johannesburg to \n             Durban was a 6,000 foot drop 1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n             East London, S.A. , travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n             Port Elizabeth, S.A. , snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America 1955 Dec 22 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , temporary living\n            arrangements near the University 1955 Dec 29 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service 1955 Dec 31 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for\n            mother 1956 Jan 6 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends 1956 Jan 8 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , \n             Nannie Graham 's birthday,\n            congregational church service 1956 Jan 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions 1956 Jan 18 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican 1956 Jan 2 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n             Pretoria 1956 Jan 25 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , view from window of \n             Table Mountain , the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings 1956 Feb 1 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to return home,\n            toured \n             Cape Town , a beautiful city 1956 Feb 9 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner 1956 Feb 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament) 1956 Feb 20 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , comparison of people\n            in \n             Pretoria and \n             Cape Town , attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer 1956 Feb 27 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n             Kentucky 1956 Mar 7 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , heard bad news about \n             Charlie Graham , careful not to comment\n            on South African politics 1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n             South Africa \" by \n             Agnes S. Riley . History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.","During 1942-1947, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n          North Africa during World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n          Camp Pickett, Virginia , the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n          Walt Disney and that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n          Italy . On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n          North Africa , that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n          Pacific ; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n          Rome in charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n          Naples for six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.","Letters, 1926-1947, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n          Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders (his\n         mother) to \n          William E. Fulton concerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n          H. G. Allen discusses the death of \n          Shipton K. C. Sanders . \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders wrote from the \n          Department of Agriculture and Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.","Letters, 1924-1925, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr. discuss life at \n          Hampden-Sidney . Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n          The 13 Society ], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.","Letters, 1939-1946, from \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n          Miami Beach, Florida , on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas , concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n          Nelda Rose Hunter .","Other correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n          Hollins College \" folder -- \n          E. Lee Trinkle (May 24, 1924); \n          Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson (October 20, 1930);\n          Bessie Carter Randolph , President of \n          Hollins College (January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n          John Canaday (January 30, 1964), \n          Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n          Leslie Hellerman re method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n          John A. Logan, Jr. , President of \n          Hollins College (April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n          W. R. Chitwood (December 2, 1974); \n          Paula P. Brownlee , President of \n          Hollins College (July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n          Herbert Parkes Riley (March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n          W. Edwin Hemphill (January 21, 1964); \n          Ralph McGill (September 29, 1967); \n          William H. Dumont (July 9, 1968); \n          John Melville Jennings (January 14, 1970);\n          W. R. Chitwood (March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026 28, 1985); \n          William M. E. Rachel (1971-1972); \n          Harrison E. Salisbury (August 20, 1973);\n         and \n          Paul C. Nagel (September 23, 1985).","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. 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Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley while in \n          South Africa , and letters from \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders and \n          Friel Tate Sanders while serving as \n          U. S. Army officers during World War\n         II.","Letters, 1955-1956, written by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley from \n          South Africa reveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n          Edward Thompson Wailes , Ambassador to the\n          Union of South Africa , is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n          Park Riley 's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026 29, 1955.","Highlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n          1955 Aug 1 \u0026 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n             London, England 1955 Aug 16 --Near \n             Capetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa , family news 1955 Aug 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n             Oak Ridge , legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions 1955 Aug 25 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session 1955 Sep 2 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers 1955 Sep 6 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , to \n             Margaret Faust , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n             South Africa 1955 Sep 8 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n             Pretoria in which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War 1955 Sep 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n             Britain at the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n             Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa 1955 Sep 27 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens 1955 Oct 12 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n             University of Cape Town 1955 Oct 18 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , politics -- \n             [William Averell] Harriman , weather,\n            meeting people from \n             Holland 1955 Oct 24 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather 1955 Oct 31 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n             Rhodes University 1955 Oct-Nov -- \n             Livingstone, North Rhodesia , visiting \n             Victoria Falls , \n             [David] Livingstone 's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve 1955 Nov 11 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Herbert at \n             Rhodes University in \n             Grahamstown , English part of the\n            Union 1955 Nov 17 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity 1955 Nov 23 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , moving to \n             Cape Town soon, \n             Mamie's [Eisenhower] troubles 1955 Nov 29 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n             Kentucky being lowered to 18 1955 Dec 4 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , life in \n             South Africa --winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n             South African National Laboratory ,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game 1955 Dec 11 -- \n             Durban, S.A. , traveling to \n             Cape Town , from \n             Johannesburg to \n             Durban was a 6,000 foot drop 1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n             East London, S.A. , travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n             Port Elizabeth, S.A. , snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America 1955 Dec 22 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , temporary living\n            arrangements near the University 1955 Dec 29 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service 1955 Dec 31 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for\n            mother 1956 Jan 6 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends 1956 Jan 8 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , \n             Nannie Graham 's birthday,\n            congregational church service 1956 Jan 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions 1956 Jan 18 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican 1956 Jan 2 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n             Pretoria 1956 Jan 25 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , view from window of \n             Table Mountain , the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings 1956 Feb 1 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to return home,\n            toured \n             Cape Town , a beautiful city 1956 Feb 9 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner 1956 Feb 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament) 1956 Feb 20 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , comparison of people\n            in \n             Pretoria and \n             Cape Town , attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer 1956 Feb 27 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n             Kentucky 1956 Mar 7 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , heard bad news about \n             Charlie Graham , careful not to comment\n            on South African politics 1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n             South Africa \" by \n             Agnes S. Riley . History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.","During 1942-1947, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n          North Africa during World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n          Camp Pickett, Virginia , the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n          Walt Disney and that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n          Italy . On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n          North Africa , that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n          Pacific ; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n          Rome in charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n          Naples for six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.","Letters, 1926-1947, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n          Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders (his\n         mother) to \n          William E. Fulton concerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n          H. G. Allen discusses the death of \n          Shipton K. C. Sanders . \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders wrote from the \n          Department of Agriculture and Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.","Letters, 1924-1925, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr. discuss life at \n          Hampden-Sidney . Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n          The 13 Society ], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.","Letters, 1939-1946, from \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n          Miami Beach, Florida , on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas , concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n          Nelda Rose Hunter .","Other correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n          Hollins College \" folder -- \n          E. Lee Trinkle (May 24, 1924); \n          Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson (October 20, 1930);\n          Bessie Carter Randolph , President of \n          Hollins College (January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n          John Canaday (January 30, 1964), \n          Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n          Leslie Hellerman re method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n          John A. Logan, Jr. , President of \n          Hollins College (April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n          W. R. Chitwood (December 2, 1974); \n          Paula P. Brownlee , President of \n          Hollins College (July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n          Herbert Parkes Riley (March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n          W. Edwin Hemphill (January 21, 1964); \n          Ralph McGill (September 29, 1967); \n          William H. Dumont (July 9, 1968); \n          John Melville Jennings (January 14, 1970);\n          W. R. Chitwood (March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026 28, 1985); \n          William M. E. Rachel (1971-1972); \n          Harrison E. Salisbury (August 20, 1973);\n         and \n          Paul C. Nagel (September 23, 1985)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. Army","South Africa","Union of South Africa","Oak Ridge","Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa","University of Cape Town","Rhodes University","South African National Laboratory","Department of Agriculture","Hampden-Sidney","The 13 Society","Hollins College","Kentucky, University of","Graham","Sanders","Tate","Graham Family","Tate Family","Sanders Family","Trigg Family","Calhoun Family","Agnes Graham Sanders Riley","Andrew Trigg Sanders","Friel Tate Sanders","Edward Thompson Wailes","Park Riley","Margaret Faust","[William Averell] Harriman","[David] Livingstone","Mamie's [Eisenhower]","Nannie Graham","Charlie Graham","Agnes S. Riley","Walt Disney","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders","William E. Fulton","H. G. Allen","Shipton K. C. Sanders","Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.","Nelda Rose Hunter","E. Lee Trinkle","Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson","Bessie Carter Randolph","John Canaday","Mills E. Godwin, Jr.","Leslie Hellerman","John A. Logan, Jr.","W. R. Chitwood","Paula P. Brownlee","Herbert Parkes Riley","W. Edwin Hemphill","Ralph McGill","William H. Dumont","John Melville Jennings","William M. E. Rachel","Harrison E. Salisbury","Paul C. Nagel","Nannie Montgomery\n                  Graham","William Tate Graham","Edwin Hanson Sanders,\n                  Jr.","Elizabeth Graham\n                  Sanders","William Campbell","Robert Graham","David Graham","David Peirce Graham","David Graham Sanders","Elizabeth Graham Sanders","John Thompson","Edith Bolling Wilson","John Montgomery"],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. Army","South Africa","Union of South Africa","Oak Ridge","Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa","University of Cape Town","Rhodes University","South African National Laboratory","Department of Agriculture","Hampden-Sidney","The 13 Society","Hollins College","Kentucky, University of"],"famname_ssim":["Graham","Sanders","Tate","Graham Family","Tate Family","Sanders Family","Trigg Family","Calhoun Family"],"persname_ssim":["Agnes Graham Sanders Riley","Andrew Trigg Sanders","Friel Tate Sanders","Edward Thompson Wailes","Park Riley","Margaret Faust","[William Averell] Harriman","[David] Livingstone","Mamie's [Eisenhower]","Nannie Graham","Charlie Graham","Agnes S. Riley","Walt Disney","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders","William E. Fulton","H. G. Allen","Shipton K. C. Sanders","Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.","Nelda Rose Hunter","E. Lee Trinkle","Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson","Bessie Carter Randolph","John Canaday","Mills E. Godwin, Jr.","Leslie Hellerman","John A. Logan, Jr.","W. R. Chitwood","Paula P. Brownlee","Herbert Parkes Riley","W. Edwin Hemphill","Ralph McGill","William H. Dumont","John Melville Jennings","William M. E. Rachel","Harrison E. Salisbury","Paul C. Nagel","Nannie Montgomery\n                  Graham","William Tate Graham","Edwin Hanson Sanders,\n                  Jr.","Elizabeth Graham\n                  Sanders","William Campbell","Robert Graham","David Graham","David Peirce Graham","David Graham Sanders","Elizabeth Graham Sanders","John Thompson","Edith Bolling Wilson","John Montgomery"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":44,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:40:10.716Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of ca. 1,000 items, 1844\n         (1920-1990), including correspondence, personal and\n         professional papers, genealogy and local history research\n         files, photographs, and printed material, pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eGraham\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSanders\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n         \u003cfamname\u003eTate\u003c/famname\u003efamilies, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWythe County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes Graham Sanders Riley\u003c/persname\u003ewhile in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, and letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Trigg Sanders\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003ewhile serving as \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Army\u003c/corpname\u003eofficers during World War\n         II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1955-1956, written by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes Graham Sanders Riley\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/corpname\u003ereveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thompson Wailes\u003c/persname\u003e, Ambassador to the\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnion of South Africa\u003c/corpname\u003e, is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026amp; 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePark Riley\u003c/persname\u003e's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026amp; 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026amp; 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026amp; 29, 1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHighlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n         \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 1 \u0026amp; 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon, England\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 16 --Near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCapetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, family news\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 21 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eOak Ridge\u003c/corpname\u003e, legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 25 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 2 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 6 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Faust\u003c/persname\u003e, Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 8 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003ein which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 21 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBritain\u003c/geogname\u003eat the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePrebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 27 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 12 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Cape Town\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 18 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, politics -- \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[William Averell] Harriman\u003c/persname\u003e, weather,\n            meeting people from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHolland\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 24 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 31 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRhodes University\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct-Nov -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLivingstone, North Rhodesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, visiting \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria Falls\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[David] Livingstone\u003c/persname\u003e's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 11 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Herbert at \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRhodes University\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGrahamstown\u003c/geogname\u003e, English part of the\n            Union\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 17 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 23 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, moving to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003esoon, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMamie's [Eisenhower]\u003c/persname\u003etroubles\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 29 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n            \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003ebeing lowered to 18\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 4 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, life in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e--winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth African National Laboratory\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 11 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDurban, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, traveling to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJohannesburg\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDurban\u003c/geogname\u003ewas a 6,000 foot drop\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEast London, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Elizabeth, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 22 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, temporary living\n            arrangements near the University\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 29 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 31 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for\n            mother\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 6 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 8 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Graham\u003c/persname\u003e's birthday,\n            congregational church service\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 13 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 18 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 2 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 25 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, view from window of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTable Mountain\u003c/geogname\u003e, the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 1 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, plans to return home,\n            toured \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, a beautiful city\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 9 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 13 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 20 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, comparison of people\n            in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 27 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Mar 7 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, heard bad news about \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharlie Graham\u003c/persname\u003e, careful not to comment\n            on South African politics\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e\" by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes S. Riley\u003c/persname\u003e. History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring 1942-1947, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Trigg Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Pickett, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWalt Disney\u003c/persname\u003eand that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e. On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePacific\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003ein charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNaples\u003c/geogname\u003efor six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1926-1947, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eShipton Kincannon Curran Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(his\n         mother) to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Fulton\u003c/persname\u003econcerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eH. G. Allen\u003c/persname\u003ediscusses the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eShipton K. C. Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003ewrote from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDepartment of Agriculture\u003c/corpname\u003eand Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1924-1925, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ediscuss life at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHampden-Sidney\u003c/corpname\u003e. Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eThe 13 Society\u003c/corpname\u003e], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1939-1946, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMiami Beach, Florida\u003c/geogname\u003e, on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStuttgart, Arkansas\u003c/geogname\u003e, concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelda Rose Hunter\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eE. Lee Trinkle\u003c/persname\u003e(May 24, 1924); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e(October 20, 1930);\n         \u003cpersname\u003eBessie Carter Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Canaday\u003c/persname\u003e(January 30, 1964), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMills E. Godwin, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeslie Hellerman\u003c/persname\u003ere method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Logan, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. R. Chitwood\u003c/persname\u003e(December 2, 1974); \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePaula P. Brownlee\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Parkes Riley\u003c/persname\u003e(March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. Edwin Hemphill\u003c/persname\u003e(January 21, 1964); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRalph McGill\u003c/persname\u003e(September 29, 1967); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Dumont\u003c/persname\u003e(July 9, 1968); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Melville Jennings\u003c/persname\u003e(January 14, 1970);\n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. R. Chitwood\u003c/persname\u003e(March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026amp; 28, 1985); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam M. E. Rachel\u003c/persname\u003e(1971-1972); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHarrison E. Salisbury\u003c/persname\u003e(August 20, 1973);\n         and \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePaul C. Nagel\u003c/persname\u003e(September 23, 1985).\u003c/p\u003e"],"collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00118","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00118","_root_":"viu_viu00118","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00118","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00118.xml","title_ssm":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)"],"title_tesim":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["9232-p"],"text":["9232-p","Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)","ca. 1,000 items","This collection consists of ca. 1,000 items, 1844\n         (1920-1990), including correspondence, personal and\n         professional papers, genealogy and local history research\n         files, photographs, and printed material, pertaining to the \n          Graham , \n          Sanders , and \n          Tate families, and \n          Wythe County, Virginia . Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley while in \n          South Africa , and letters from \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders and \n          Friel Tate Sanders while serving as \n          U. S. Army officers during World War\n         II.","Letters, 1955-1956, written by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley from \n          South Africa reveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n          Edward Thompson Wailes , Ambassador to the\n          Union of South Africa , is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n          Park Riley 's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026 29, 1955.","Highlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n          1955 Aug 1 \u0026 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n             London, England 1955 Aug 16 --Near \n             Capetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa , family news 1955 Aug 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n             Oak Ridge , legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions 1955 Aug 25 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session 1955 Sep 2 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers 1955 Sep 6 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , to \n             Margaret Faust , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n             South Africa 1955 Sep 8 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n             Pretoria in which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War 1955 Sep 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n             Britain at the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n             Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa 1955 Sep 27 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens 1955 Oct 12 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n             University of Cape Town 1955 Oct 18 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , politics -- \n             [William Averell] Harriman , weather,\n            meeting people from \n             Holland 1955 Oct 24 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather 1955 Oct 31 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n             Rhodes University 1955 Oct-Nov -- \n             Livingstone, North Rhodesia , visiting \n             Victoria Falls , \n             [David] Livingstone 's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve 1955 Nov 11 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Herbert at \n             Rhodes University in \n             Grahamstown , English part of the\n            Union 1955 Nov 17 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity 1955 Nov 23 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , moving to \n             Cape Town soon, \n             Mamie's [Eisenhower] troubles 1955 Nov 29 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n             Kentucky being lowered to 18 1955 Dec 4 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , life in \n             South Africa --winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n             South African National Laboratory ,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game 1955 Dec 11 -- \n             Durban, S.A. , traveling to \n             Cape Town , from \n             Johannesburg to \n             Durban was a 6,000 foot drop 1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n             East London, S.A. , travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n             Port Elizabeth, S.A. , snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America 1955 Dec 22 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , temporary living\n            arrangements near the University 1955 Dec 29 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service 1955 Dec 31 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for\n            mother 1956 Jan 6 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends 1956 Jan 8 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , \n             Nannie Graham 's birthday,\n            congregational church service 1956 Jan 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions 1956 Jan 18 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican 1956 Jan 2 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n             Pretoria 1956 Jan 25 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , view from window of \n             Table Mountain , the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings 1956 Feb 1 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to return home,\n            toured \n             Cape Town , a beautiful city 1956 Feb 9 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner 1956 Feb 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament) 1956 Feb 20 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , comparison of people\n            in \n             Pretoria and \n             Cape Town , attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer 1956 Feb 27 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n             Kentucky 1956 Mar 7 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , heard bad news about \n             Charlie Graham , careful not to comment\n            on South African politics 1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n             South Africa \" by \n             Agnes S. Riley . History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.","During 1942-1947, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n          North Africa during World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n          Camp Pickett, Virginia , the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n          Walt Disney and that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n          Italy . On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n          North Africa , that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n          Pacific ; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n          Rome in charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n          Naples for six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.","Letters, 1926-1947, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n          Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders (his\n         mother) to \n          William E. Fulton concerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n          H. G. Allen discusses the death of \n          Shipton K. C. Sanders . \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders wrote from the \n          Department of Agriculture and Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.","Letters, 1924-1925, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr. discuss life at \n          Hampden-Sidney . Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n          The 13 Society ], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.","Letters, 1939-1946, from \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n          Miami Beach, Florida , on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas , concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n          Nelda Rose Hunter .","Other correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n          Hollins College \" folder -- \n          E. Lee Trinkle (May 24, 1924); \n          Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson (October 20, 1930);\n          Bessie Carter Randolph , President of \n          Hollins College (January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n          John Canaday (January 30, 1964), \n          Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n          Leslie Hellerman re method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n          John A. Logan, Jr. , President of \n          Hollins College (April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n          W. R. Chitwood (December 2, 1974); \n          Paula P. Brownlee , President of \n          Hollins College (July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n          Herbert Parkes Riley (March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n          W. Edwin Hemphill (January 21, 1964); \n          Ralph McGill (September 29, 1967); \n          William H. Dumont (July 9, 1968); \n          John Melville Jennings (January 14, 1970);\n          W. R. Chitwood (March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026 28, 1985); \n          William M. E. Rachel (1971-1972); \n          Harrison E. Salisbury (August 20, 1973);\n         and \n          Paul C. Nagel (September 23, 1985).","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. 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Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley while in \n          South Africa , and letters from \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders and \n          Friel Tate Sanders while serving as \n          U. S. Army officers during World War\n         II.","Letters, 1955-1956, written by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley from \n          South Africa reveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n          Edward Thompson Wailes , Ambassador to the\n          Union of South Africa , is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n          Park Riley 's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026 29, 1955.","Highlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n          1955 Aug 1 \u0026 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n             London, England 1955 Aug 16 --Near \n             Capetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa , family news 1955 Aug 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n             Oak Ridge , legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions 1955 Aug 25 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session 1955 Sep 2 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers 1955 Sep 6 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , to \n             Margaret Faust , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n             South Africa 1955 Sep 8 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n             Pretoria in which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War 1955 Sep 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n             Britain at the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n             Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa 1955 Sep 27 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens 1955 Oct 12 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n             University of Cape Town 1955 Oct 18 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , politics -- \n             [William Averell] Harriman , weather,\n            meeting people from \n             Holland 1955 Oct 24 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather 1955 Oct 31 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n             Rhodes University 1955 Oct-Nov -- \n             Livingstone, North Rhodesia , visiting \n             Victoria Falls , \n             [David] Livingstone 's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve 1955 Nov 11 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Herbert at \n             Rhodes University in \n             Grahamstown , English part of the\n            Union 1955 Nov 17 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity 1955 Nov 23 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , moving to \n             Cape Town soon, \n             Mamie's [Eisenhower] troubles 1955 Nov 29 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n             Kentucky being lowered to 18 1955 Dec 4 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , life in \n             South Africa --winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n             South African National Laboratory ,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game 1955 Dec 11 -- \n             Durban, S.A. , traveling to \n             Cape Town , from \n             Johannesburg to \n             Durban was a 6,000 foot drop 1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n             East London, S.A. , travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n             Port Elizabeth, S.A. , snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America 1955 Dec 22 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , temporary living\n            arrangements near the University 1955 Dec 29 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service 1955 Dec 31 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for\n            mother 1956 Jan 6 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends 1956 Jan 8 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , \n             Nannie Graham 's birthday,\n            congregational church service 1956 Jan 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions 1956 Jan 18 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican 1956 Jan 2 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n             Pretoria 1956 Jan 25 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , view from window of \n             Table Mountain , the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings 1956 Feb 1 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to return home,\n            toured \n             Cape Town , a beautiful city 1956 Feb 9 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner 1956 Feb 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament) 1956 Feb 20 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , comparison of people\n            in \n             Pretoria and \n             Cape Town , attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer 1956 Feb 27 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n             Kentucky 1956 Mar 7 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , heard bad news about \n             Charlie Graham , careful not to comment\n            on South African politics 1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n             South Africa \" by \n             Agnes S. Riley . History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.","During 1942-1947, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n          North Africa during World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n          Camp Pickett, Virginia , the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n          Walt Disney and that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n          Italy . On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n          North Africa , that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n          Pacific ; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n          Rome in charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n          Naples for six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.","Letters, 1926-1947, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n          Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders (his\n         mother) to \n          William E. Fulton concerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n          H. G. Allen discusses the death of \n          Shipton K. C. Sanders . \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders wrote from the \n          Department of Agriculture and Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.","Letters, 1924-1925, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr. discuss life at \n          Hampden-Sidney . Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n          The 13 Society ], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.","Letters, 1939-1946, from \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n          Miami Beach, Florida , on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas , concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n          Nelda Rose Hunter .","Other correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n          Hollins College \" folder -- \n          E. Lee Trinkle (May 24, 1924); \n          Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson (October 20, 1930);\n          Bessie Carter Randolph , President of \n          Hollins College (January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n          John Canaday (January 30, 1964), \n          Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n          Leslie Hellerman re method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n          John A. Logan, Jr. , President of \n          Hollins College (April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n          W. R. Chitwood (December 2, 1974); \n          Paula P. Brownlee , President of \n          Hollins College (July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n          Herbert Parkes Riley (March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n          W. Edwin Hemphill (January 21, 1964); \n          Ralph McGill (September 29, 1967); \n          William H. Dumont (July 9, 1968); \n          John Melville Jennings (January 14, 1970);\n          W. R. Chitwood (March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026 28, 1985); \n          William M. E. Rachel (1971-1972); \n          Harrison E. Salisbury (August 20, 1973);\n         and \n          Paul C. Nagel (September 23, 1985)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. Army","South Africa","Union of South Africa","Oak Ridge","Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa","University of Cape Town","Rhodes University","South African National Laboratory","Department of Agriculture","Hampden-Sidney","The 13 Society","Hollins College","Kentucky, University of","Graham","Sanders","Tate","Graham Family","Tate Family","Sanders Family","Trigg Family","Calhoun Family","Agnes Graham Sanders Riley","Andrew Trigg Sanders","Friel Tate Sanders","Edward Thompson Wailes","Park Riley","Margaret Faust","[William Averell] Harriman","[David] Livingstone","Mamie's [Eisenhower]","Nannie Graham","Charlie Graham","Agnes S. Riley","Walt Disney","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders","William E. Fulton","H. G. Allen","Shipton K. C. Sanders","Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.","Nelda Rose Hunter","E. Lee Trinkle","Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson","Bessie Carter Randolph","John Canaday","Mills E. Godwin, Jr.","Leslie Hellerman","John A. Logan, Jr.","W. R. Chitwood","Paula P. Brownlee","Herbert Parkes Riley","W. Edwin Hemphill","Ralph McGill","William H. Dumont","John Melville Jennings","William M. E. Rachel","Harrison E. Salisbury","Paul C. Nagel","Nannie Montgomery\n                  Graham","William Tate Graham","Edwin Hanson Sanders,\n                  Jr.","Elizabeth Graham\n                  Sanders","William Campbell","Robert Graham","David Graham","David Peirce Graham","David Graham Sanders","Elizabeth Graham Sanders","John Thompson","Edith Bolling Wilson","John Montgomery"],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. Army","South Africa","Union of South Africa","Oak Ridge","Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa","University of Cape Town","Rhodes University","South African National Laboratory","Department of Agriculture","Hampden-Sidney","The 13 Society","Hollins College","Kentucky, University of"],"famname_ssim":["Graham","Sanders","Tate","Graham Family","Tate Family","Sanders Family","Trigg Family","Calhoun Family"],"persname_ssim":["Agnes Graham Sanders Riley","Andrew Trigg Sanders","Friel Tate Sanders","Edward Thompson Wailes","Park Riley","Margaret Faust","[William Averell] Harriman","[David] Livingstone","Mamie's [Eisenhower]","Nannie Graham","Charlie Graham","Agnes S. Riley","Walt Disney","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders","William E. Fulton","H. G. Allen","Shipton K. C. Sanders","Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.","Nelda Rose Hunter","E. Lee Trinkle","Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson","Bessie Carter Randolph","John Canaday","Mills E. Godwin, Jr.","Leslie Hellerman","John A. Logan, Jr.","W. R. Chitwood","Paula P. Brownlee","Herbert Parkes Riley","W. Edwin Hemphill","Ralph McGill","William H. Dumont","John Melville Jennings","William M. E. Rachel","Harrison E. Salisbury","Paul C. Nagel","Nannie Montgomery\n                  Graham","William Tate Graham","Edwin Hanson Sanders,\n                  Jr.","Elizabeth Graham\n                  Sanders","William Campbell","Robert Graham","David Graham","David Peirce Graham","David Graham Sanders","Elizabeth Graham Sanders","John Thompson","Edith Bolling Wilson","John Montgomery"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":44,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:40:10.716Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of ca. 1,000 items, 1844\n         (1920-1990), including correspondence, personal and\n         professional papers, genealogy and local history research\n         files, photographs, and printed material, pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eGraham\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSanders\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n         \u003cfamname\u003eTate\u003c/famname\u003efamilies, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWythe County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes Graham Sanders Riley\u003c/persname\u003ewhile in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, and letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Trigg Sanders\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003ewhile serving as \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Army\u003c/corpname\u003eofficers during World War\n         II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1955-1956, written by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes Graham Sanders Riley\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/corpname\u003ereveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thompson Wailes\u003c/persname\u003e, Ambassador to the\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnion of South Africa\u003c/corpname\u003e, is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026amp; 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePark Riley\u003c/persname\u003e's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026amp; 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026amp; 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026amp; 29, 1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHighlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n         \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 1 \u0026amp; 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon, England\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 16 --Near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCapetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, family news\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 21 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eOak Ridge\u003c/corpname\u003e, legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 25 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 2 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 6 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Faust\u003c/persname\u003e, Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 8 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003ein which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 21 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBritain\u003c/geogname\u003eat the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePrebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 27 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 12 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Cape Town\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 18 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, politics -- \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[William Averell] Harriman\u003c/persname\u003e, weather,\n            meeting people from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHolland\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 24 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 31 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRhodes University\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct-Nov -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLivingstone, North Rhodesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, visiting \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria Falls\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[David] Livingstone\u003c/persname\u003e's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 11 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Herbert at \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRhodes University\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGrahamstown\u003c/geogname\u003e, English part of the\n            Union\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 17 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 23 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, moving to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003esoon, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMamie's [Eisenhower]\u003c/persname\u003etroubles\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 29 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n            \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003ebeing lowered to 18\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 4 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, life in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e--winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth African National Laboratory\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 11 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDurban, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, traveling to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJohannesburg\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDurban\u003c/geogname\u003ewas a 6,000 foot drop\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEast London, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Elizabeth, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 22 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, temporary living\n            arrangements near the University\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 29 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 31 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for\n            mother\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 6 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 8 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Graham\u003c/persname\u003e's birthday,\n            congregational church service\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 13 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 18 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 2 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 25 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, view from window of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTable Mountain\u003c/geogname\u003e, the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 1 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, plans to return home,\n            toured \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, a beautiful city\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 9 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 13 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 20 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, comparison of people\n            in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 27 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Mar 7 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, heard bad news about \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharlie Graham\u003c/persname\u003e, careful not to comment\n            on South African politics\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e\" by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes S. Riley\u003c/persname\u003e. History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring 1942-1947, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Trigg Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Pickett, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWalt Disney\u003c/persname\u003eand that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e. On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePacific\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003ein charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNaples\u003c/geogname\u003efor six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1926-1947, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eShipton Kincannon Curran Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(his\n         mother) to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Fulton\u003c/persname\u003econcerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eH. G. Allen\u003c/persname\u003ediscusses the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eShipton K. C. Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003ewrote from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDepartment of Agriculture\u003c/corpname\u003eand Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1924-1925, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ediscuss life at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHampden-Sidney\u003c/corpname\u003e. Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eThe 13 Society\u003c/corpname\u003e], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1939-1946, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMiami Beach, Florida\u003c/geogname\u003e, on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStuttgart, Arkansas\u003c/geogname\u003e, concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelda Rose Hunter\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eE. Lee Trinkle\u003c/persname\u003e(May 24, 1924); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e(October 20, 1930);\n         \u003cpersname\u003eBessie Carter Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Canaday\u003c/persname\u003e(January 30, 1964), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMills E. Godwin, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeslie Hellerman\u003c/persname\u003ere method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Logan, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. R. Chitwood\u003c/persname\u003e(December 2, 1974); \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePaula P. Brownlee\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Parkes Riley\u003c/persname\u003e(March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. Edwin Hemphill\u003c/persname\u003e(January 21, 1964); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRalph McGill\u003c/persname\u003e(September 29, 1967); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Dumont\u003c/persname\u003e(July 9, 1968); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Melville Jennings\u003c/persname\u003e(January 14, 1970);\n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. R. Chitwood\u003c/persname\u003e(March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026amp; 28, 1985); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam M. E. Rachel\u003c/persname\u003e(1971-1972); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHarrison E. Salisbury\u003c/persname\u003e(August 20, 1973);\n         and \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePaul C. Nagel\u003c/persname\u003e(September 23, 1985).\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00118"}},{"id":"viu_viu00118_c01_c05","type":"Item","attributes":{"title":"Letters from \n                   Edwin Hanson Sanders , and\n                  related correspondence","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00118_c01_c05#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00118_c01_c05","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00118_c01_c05"],"id":"viu_viu00118_c01_c05","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00118","_root_":"viu_viu00118","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00118_c01","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00118_c01","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00118","viu_viu00118_c01"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00118","viu_viu00118_c01"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)","Correspondence"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)","Correspondence"],"text":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)","Correspondence","Letters from \n                   Edwin Hanson Sanders , and\n                  related correspondence","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Box Box 1"],"title_filing_ssi":"Letters from \n                   Edwin Hanson Sanders , and\n                  related correspondence","title_ssm":["Letters from \n                   Edwin Hanson Sanders , and\n                  related correspondence"],"title_tesim":["Letters from \n                   Edwin Hanson Sanders , and\n                  related correspondence"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["1926-1947"],"normalized_date_ssm":["1926/1947"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Letters from \n                   Edwin Hanson Sanders , and\n                  related correspondence"],"component_level_isim":[2],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":0,"level_ssm":["Item"],"level_ssim":["Item"],"sort_isi":6,"date_range_isim":[1926,1927,1928,1929,1930,1931,1932,1933,1934,1935,1936,1937,1938,1939,1940,1941,1942,1943,1944,1945,1946,1947],"names_ssim":["Edwin Hanson Sanders"],"persname_ssim":["Edwin Hanson Sanders"],"containers_ssim":["Box Box 1"],"_nest_path_":"/components#0/components#4","timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:40:10.716Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00118","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00118","_root_":"viu_viu00118","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00118","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00118.xml","title_ssm":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)"],"title_tesim":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["9232-p"],"text":["9232-p","Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)","ca. 1,000 items","This collection consists of ca. 1,000 items, 1844\n         (1920-1990), including correspondence, personal and\n         professional papers, genealogy and local history research\n         files, photographs, and printed material, pertaining to the \n          Graham , \n          Sanders , and \n          Tate families, and \n          Wythe County, Virginia . Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley while in \n          South Africa , and letters from \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders and \n          Friel Tate Sanders while serving as \n          U. S. Army officers during World War\n         II.","Letters, 1955-1956, written by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley from \n          South Africa reveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n          Edward Thompson Wailes , Ambassador to the\n          Union of South Africa , is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n          Park Riley 's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026 29, 1955.","Highlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n          1955 Aug 1 \u0026 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n             London, England 1955 Aug 16 --Near \n             Capetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa , family news 1955 Aug 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n             Oak Ridge , legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions 1955 Aug 25 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session 1955 Sep 2 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers 1955 Sep 6 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , to \n             Margaret Faust , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n             South Africa 1955 Sep 8 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n             Pretoria in which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War 1955 Sep 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n             Britain at the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n             Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa 1955 Sep 27 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens 1955 Oct 12 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n             University of Cape Town 1955 Oct 18 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , politics -- \n             [William Averell] Harriman , weather,\n            meeting people from \n             Holland 1955 Oct 24 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather 1955 Oct 31 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n             Rhodes University 1955 Oct-Nov -- \n             Livingstone, North Rhodesia , visiting \n             Victoria Falls , \n             [David] Livingstone 's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve 1955 Nov 11 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Herbert at \n             Rhodes University in \n             Grahamstown , English part of the\n            Union 1955 Nov 17 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity 1955 Nov 23 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , moving to \n             Cape Town soon, \n             Mamie's [Eisenhower] troubles 1955 Nov 29 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n             Kentucky being lowered to 18 1955 Dec 4 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , life in \n             South Africa --winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n             South African National Laboratory ,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game 1955 Dec 11 -- \n             Durban, S.A. , traveling to \n             Cape Town , from \n             Johannesburg to \n             Durban was a 6,000 foot drop 1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n             East London, S.A. , travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n             Port Elizabeth, S.A. , snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America 1955 Dec 22 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , temporary living\n            arrangements near the University 1955 Dec 29 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service 1955 Dec 31 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for\n            mother 1956 Jan 6 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends 1956 Jan 8 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , \n             Nannie Graham 's birthday,\n            congregational church service 1956 Jan 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions 1956 Jan 18 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican 1956 Jan 2 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n             Pretoria 1956 Jan 25 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , view from window of \n             Table Mountain , the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings 1956 Feb 1 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to return home,\n            toured \n             Cape Town , a beautiful city 1956 Feb 9 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner 1956 Feb 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament) 1956 Feb 20 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , comparison of people\n            in \n             Pretoria and \n             Cape Town , attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer 1956 Feb 27 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n             Kentucky 1956 Mar 7 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , heard bad news about \n             Charlie Graham , careful not to comment\n            on South African politics 1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n             South Africa \" by \n             Agnes S. Riley . History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.","During 1942-1947, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n          North Africa during World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n          Camp Pickett, Virginia , the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n          Walt Disney and that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n          Italy . On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n          North Africa , that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n          Pacific ; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n          Rome in charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n          Naples for six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.","Letters, 1926-1947, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n          Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders (his\n         mother) to \n          William E. Fulton concerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n          H. G. Allen discusses the death of \n          Shipton K. C. Sanders . \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders wrote from the \n          Department of Agriculture and Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.","Letters, 1924-1925, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr. discuss life at \n          Hampden-Sidney . Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n          The 13 Society ], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.","Letters, 1939-1946, from \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n          Miami Beach, Florida , on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas , concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n          Nelda Rose Hunter .","Other correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n          Hollins College \" folder -- \n          E. Lee Trinkle (May 24, 1924); \n          Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson (October 20, 1930);\n          Bessie Carter Randolph , President of \n          Hollins College (January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n          John Canaday (January 30, 1964), \n          Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n          Leslie Hellerman re method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n          John A. Logan, Jr. , President of \n          Hollins College (April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n          W. R. Chitwood (December 2, 1974); \n          Paula P. Brownlee , President of \n          Hollins College (July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n          Herbert Parkes Riley (March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n          W. Edwin Hemphill (January 21, 1964); \n          Ralph McGill (September 29, 1967); \n          William H. Dumont (July 9, 1968); \n          John Melville Jennings (January 14, 1970);\n          W. R. Chitwood (March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026 28, 1985); \n          William M. E. Rachel (1971-1972); \n          Harrison E. Salisbury (August 20, 1973);\n         and \n          Paul C. Nagel (September 23, 1985).","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. 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Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley while in \n          South Africa , and letters from \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders and \n          Friel Tate Sanders while serving as \n          U. S. Army officers during World War\n         II.","Letters, 1955-1956, written by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley from \n          South Africa reveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n          Edward Thompson Wailes , Ambassador to the\n          Union of South Africa , is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n          Park Riley 's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026 29, 1955.","Highlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n          1955 Aug 1 \u0026 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n             London, England 1955 Aug 16 --Near \n             Capetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa , family news 1955 Aug 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n             Oak Ridge , legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions 1955 Aug 25 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session 1955 Sep 2 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers 1955 Sep 6 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , to \n             Margaret Faust , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n             South Africa 1955 Sep 8 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n             Pretoria in which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War 1955 Sep 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n             Britain at the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n             Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa 1955 Sep 27 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens 1955 Oct 12 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n             University of Cape Town 1955 Oct 18 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , politics -- \n             [William Averell] Harriman , weather,\n            meeting people from \n             Holland 1955 Oct 24 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather 1955 Oct 31 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n             Rhodes University 1955 Oct-Nov -- \n             Livingstone, North Rhodesia , visiting \n             Victoria Falls , \n             [David] Livingstone 's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve 1955 Nov 11 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Herbert at \n             Rhodes University in \n             Grahamstown , English part of the\n            Union 1955 Nov 17 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity 1955 Nov 23 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , moving to \n             Cape Town soon, \n             Mamie's [Eisenhower] troubles 1955 Nov 29 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n             Kentucky being lowered to 18 1955 Dec 4 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , life in \n             South Africa --winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n             South African National Laboratory ,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game 1955 Dec 11 -- \n             Durban, S.A. , traveling to \n             Cape Town , from \n             Johannesburg to \n             Durban was a 6,000 foot drop 1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n             East London, S.A. , travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n             Port Elizabeth, S.A. , snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America 1955 Dec 22 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , temporary living\n            arrangements near the University 1955 Dec 29 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service 1955 Dec 31 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for\n            mother 1956 Jan 6 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends 1956 Jan 8 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , \n             Nannie Graham 's birthday,\n            congregational church service 1956 Jan 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions 1956 Jan 18 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican 1956 Jan 2 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n             Pretoria 1956 Jan 25 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , view from window of \n             Table Mountain , the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings 1956 Feb 1 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to return home,\n            toured \n             Cape Town , a beautiful city 1956 Feb 9 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner 1956 Feb 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament) 1956 Feb 20 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , comparison of people\n            in \n             Pretoria and \n             Cape Town , attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer 1956 Feb 27 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n             Kentucky 1956 Mar 7 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , heard bad news about \n             Charlie Graham , careful not to comment\n            on South African politics 1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n             South Africa \" by \n             Agnes S. Riley . History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.","During 1942-1947, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n          North Africa during World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n          Camp Pickett, Virginia , the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n          Walt Disney and that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n          Italy . On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n          North Africa , that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n          Pacific ; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n          Rome in charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n          Naples for six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.","Letters, 1926-1947, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n          Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders (his\n         mother) to \n          William E. Fulton concerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n          H. G. Allen discusses the death of \n          Shipton K. C. Sanders . \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders wrote from the \n          Department of Agriculture and Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.","Letters, 1924-1925, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr. discuss life at \n          Hampden-Sidney . Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n          The 13 Society ], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.","Letters, 1939-1946, from \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n          Miami Beach, Florida , on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas , concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n          Nelda Rose Hunter .","Other correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n          Hollins College \" folder -- \n          E. Lee Trinkle (May 24, 1924); \n          Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson (October 20, 1930);\n          Bessie Carter Randolph , President of \n          Hollins College (January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n          John Canaday (January 30, 1964), \n          Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n          Leslie Hellerman re method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n          John A. Logan, Jr. , President of \n          Hollins College (April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n          W. R. Chitwood (December 2, 1974); \n          Paula P. Brownlee , President of \n          Hollins College (July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n          Herbert Parkes Riley (March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n          W. Edwin Hemphill (January 21, 1964); \n          Ralph McGill (September 29, 1967); \n          William H. Dumont (July 9, 1968); \n          John Melville Jennings (January 14, 1970);\n          W. R. Chitwood (March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026 28, 1985); \n          William M. E. Rachel (1971-1972); \n          Harrison E. Salisbury (August 20, 1973);\n         and \n          Paul C. Nagel (September 23, 1985)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. 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social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Cape Town\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 18 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, politics -- \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[William Averell] Harriman\u003c/persname\u003e, weather,\n            meeting people from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHolland\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 24 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 31 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRhodes University\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct-Nov -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLivingstone, North Rhodesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, visiting \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria Falls\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[David] Livingstone\u003c/persname\u003e's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 11 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Herbert at \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRhodes University\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGrahamstown\u003c/geogname\u003e, English part of the\n            Union\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 17 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 23 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, moving to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003esoon, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMamie's [Eisenhower]\u003c/persname\u003etroubles\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 29 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n            \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003ebeing lowered to 18\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 4 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, life in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e--winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth African National Laboratory\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 11 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDurban, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, traveling to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJohannesburg\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDurban\u003c/geogname\u003ewas a 6,000 foot drop\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEast London, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Elizabeth, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 22 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, temporary living\n            arrangements near the University\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 29 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 31 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for\n            mother\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 6 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 8 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Graham\u003c/persname\u003e's birthday,\n            congregational church service\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 13 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 18 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 2 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 25 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, view from window of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTable Mountain\u003c/geogname\u003e, the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 1 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, plans to return home,\n            toured \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, a beautiful city\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 9 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 13 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 20 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, comparison of people\n            in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 27 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Mar 7 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, heard bad news about \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharlie Graham\u003c/persname\u003e, careful not to comment\n            on South African politics\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e\" by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes S. Riley\u003c/persname\u003e. History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring 1942-1947, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Trigg Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Pickett, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWalt Disney\u003c/persname\u003eand that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e. On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePacific\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003ein charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNaples\u003c/geogname\u003efor six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1926-1947, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eShipton Kincannon Curran Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(his\n         mother) to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Fulton\u003c/persname\u003econcerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eH. G. Allen\u003c/persname\u003ediscusses the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eShipton K. C. Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003ewrote from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDepartment of Agriculture\u003c/corpname\u003eand Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1924-1925, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ediscuss life at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHampden-Sidney\u003c/corpname\u003e. Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eThe 13 Society\u003c/corpname\u003e], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1939-1946, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMiami Beach, Florida\u003c/geogname\u003e, on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStuttgart, Arkansas\u003c/geogname\u003e, concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelda Rose Hunter\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eE. Lee Trinkle\u003c/persname\u003e(May 24, 1924); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e(October 20, 1930);\n         \u003cpersname\u003eBessie Carter Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Canaday\u003c/persname\u003e(January 30, 1964), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMills E. Godwin, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeslie Hellerman\u003c/persname\u003ere method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Logan, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. R. Chitwood\u003c/persname\u003e(December 2, 1974); \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePaula P. Brownlee\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHerbert Parkes Riley\u003c/persname\u003e(March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. Edwin Hemphill\u003c/persname\u003e(January 21, 1964); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eRalph McGill\u003c/persname\u003e(September 29, 1967); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam H. Dumont\u003c/persname\u003e(July 9, 1968); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Melville Jennings\u003c/persname\u003e(January 14, 1970);\n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. R. Chitwood\u003c/persname\u003e(March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026amp; 28, 1985); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam M. E. Rachel\u003c/persname\u003e(1971-1972); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eHarrison E. Salisbury\u003c/persname\u003e(August 20, 1973);\n         and \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePaul C. Nagel\u003c/persname\u003e(September 23, 1985).\u003c/p\u003e"]}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00118_c01_c05"}},{"id":"viu_viu00118_c03","type":"Series","attributes":{"title":"Research Papers of Agnes Graham Sanders\n               Riley","breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viu_viu00118_c03#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"ref_ssi":"viu_viu00118_c03","ref_ssm":["viu_viu00118_c03"],"id":"viu_viu00118_c03","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00118","_root_":"viu_viu00118","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00118","parent_ssi":"viu_viu00118","parent_ssim":["viu_viu00118"],"parent_ids_ssim":["viu_viu00118"],"parent_unittitles_ssm":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)"],"parent_unittitles_tesim":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)"],"text":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)","Research Papers of Agnes Graham Sanders\n               Riley","Graham Family","Tate Family","Sanders Family","Trigg Family","Calhoun Family","William Campbell","Robert Graham","David Graham","David Peirce Graham","William Tate Graham","Andrew Trigg Sanders","David Graham Sanders","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.","Elizabeth Graham Sanders","Friel Tate Sanders","John Thompson","Edith Bolling Wilson","John Montgomery"],"title_filing_ssi":"Research Papers of Agnes Graham Sanders\n               Riley","title_ssm":["Research Papers of Agnes Graham Sanders\n               Riley"],"title_tesim":["Research Papers of Agnes Graham Sanders\n               Riley"],"normalized_title_ssm":["Research Papers of Agnes Graham Sanders\n               Riley"],"component_level_isim":[1],"repository_ssim":["University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept."],"collection_ssim":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)"],"has_online_content_ssim":["false"],"child_component_count_isi":27,"level_ssm":["Series"],"level_ssim":["Series"],"sort_isi":17,"names_ssim":["Graham Family","Tate Family","Sanders Family","Trigg Family","Calhoun Family","William Campbell","Robert Graham","David Graham","David Peirce Graham","William Tate Graham","Andrew Trigg Sanders","David Graham Sanders","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.","Elizabeth Graham Sanders","Friel Tate Sanders","John Thompson","Edith Bolling Wilson","John Montgomery"],"famname_ssim":["Graham Family","Graham Family","Tate Family","Graham Family","Sanders Family","Trigg Family","Calhoun Family"],"persname_ssim":["William Campbell","Robert Graham","David Graham","David Peirce Graham","William Tate Graham","Andrew Trigg Sanders","David Graham Sanders","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.","Elizabeth Graham Sanders","Friel Tate Sanders","John Thompson","Edith Bolling Wilson","John Montgomery"],"_nest_path_":"/components#2","timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:40:10.716Z","collection":{"numFound":1,"start":0,"numFoundExact":true,"docs":[{"id":"viu_viu00118","ead_ssi":"viu_viu00118","_root_":"viu_viu00118","_nest_parent_":"viu_viu00118","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/uva-sc/viu00118.xml","title_ssm":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)"],"title_tesim":["Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)"],"level_ssm":["collection"],"level_ssim":["Collection"],"unitid_ssm":["9232-p"],"text":["9232-p","Graham, Tate and related families\n         Papers \n          1844\n         (1920-1990)","ca. 1,000 items","This collection consists of ca. 1,000 items, 1844\n         (1920-1990), including correspondence, personal and\n         professional papers, genealogy and local history research\n         files, photographs, and printed material, pertaining to the \n          Graham , \n          Sanders , and \n          Tate families, and \n          Wythe County, Virginia . Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley while in \n          South Africa , and letters from \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders and \n          Friel Tate Sanders while serving as \n          U. S. Army officers during World War\n         II.","Letters, 1955-1956, written by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley from \n          South Africa reveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n          Edward Thompson Wailes , Ambassador to the\n          Union of South Africa , is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n          Park Riley 's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026 29, 1955.","Highlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n          1955 Aug 1 \u0026 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n             London, England 1955 Aug 16 --Near \n             Capetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa , family news 1955 Aug 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n             Oak Ridge , legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions 1955 Aug 25 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session 1955 Sep 2 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers 1955 Sep 6 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , to \n             Margaret Faust , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n             South Africa 1955 Sep 8 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n             Pretoria in which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War 1955 Sep 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n             Britain at the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n             Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa 1955 Sep 27 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens 1955 Oct 12 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n             University of Cape Town 1955 Oct 18 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , politics -- \n             [William Averell] Harriman , weather,\n            meeting people from \n             Holland 1955 Oct 24 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather 1955 Oct 31 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n             Rhodes University 1955 Oct-Nov -- \n             Livingstone, North Rhodesia , visiting \n             Victoria Falls , \n             [David] Livingstone 's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve 1955 Nov 11 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Herbert at \n             Rhodes University in \n             Grahamstown , English part of the\n            Union 1955 Nov 17 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity 1955 Nov 23 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , moving to \n             Cape Town soon, \n             Mamie's [Eisenhower] troubles 1955 Nov 29 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n             Kentucky being lowered to 18 1955 Dec 4 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , life in \n             South Africa --winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n             South African National Laboratory ,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game 1955 Dec 11 -- \n             Durban, S.A. , traveling to \n             Cape Town , from \n             Johannesburg to \n             Durban was a 6,000 foot drop 1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n             East London, S.A. , travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n             Port Elizabeth, S.A. , snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America 1955 Dec 22 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , temporary living\n            arrangements near the University 1955 Dec 29 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service 1955 Dec 31 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for\n            mother 1956 Jan 6 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends 1956 Jan 8 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , \n             Nannie Graham 's birthday,\n            congregational church service 1956 Jan 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions 1956 Jan 18 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican 1956 Jan 2 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n             Pretoria 1956 Jan 25 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , view from window of \n             Table Mountain , the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings 1956 Feb 1 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to return home,\n            toured \n             Cape Town , a beautiful city 1956 Feb 9 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner 1956 Feb 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament) 1956 Feb 20 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , comparison of people\n            in \n             Pretoria and \n             Cape Town , attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer 1956 Feb 27 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n             Kentucky 1956 Mar 7 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , heard bad news about \n             Charlie Graham , careful not to comment\n            on South African politics 1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n             South Africa \" by \n             Agnes S. Riley . History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.","During 1942-1947, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n          North Africa during World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n          Camp Pickett, Virginia , the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n          Walt Disney and that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n          Italy . On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n          North Africa , that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n          Pacific ; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n          Rome in charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n          Naples for six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.","Letters, 1926-1947, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n          Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders (his\n         mother) to \n          William E. Fulton concerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n          H. G. Allen discusses the death of \n          Shipton K. C. Sanders . \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders wrote from the \n          Department of Agriculture and Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.","Letters, 1924-1925, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr. discuss life at \n          Hampden-Sidney . Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n          The 13 Society ], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.","Letters, 1939-1946, from \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n          Miami Beach, Florida , on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas , concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n          Nelda Rose Hunter .","Other correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n          Hollins College \" folder -- \n          E. Lee Trinkle (May 24, 1924); \n          Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson (October 20, 1930);\n          Bessie Carter Randolph , President of \n          Hollins College (January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n          John Canaday (January 30, 1964), \n          Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n          Leslie Hellerman re method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n          John A. Logan, Jr. , President of \n          Hollins College (April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n          W. R. Chitwood (December 2, 1974); \n          Paula P. Brownlee , President of \n          Hollins College (July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n          Herbert Parkes Riley (March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n          W. Edwin Hemphill (January 21, 1964); \n          Ralph McGill (September 29, 1967); \n          William H. Dumont (July 9, 1968); \n          John Melville Jennings (January 14, 1970);\n          W. R. Chitwood (March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026 28, 1985); \n          William M. E. Rachel (1971-1972); \n          Harrison E. Salisbury (August 20, 1973);\n         and \n          Paul C. Nagel (September 23, 1985).","","University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. 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Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley while in \n          South Africa , and letters from \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders and \n          Friel Tate Sanders while serving as \n          U. S. Army officers during World War\n         II.","Letters, 1955-1956, written by \n          Agnes Graham Sanders Riley from \n          South Africa reveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n          Edward Thompson Wailes , Ambassador to the\n          Union of South Africa , is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n          Park Riley 's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026 29, 1955.","Highlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n          1955 Aug 1 \u0026 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n             London, England 1955 Aug 16 --Near \n             Capetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa , family news 1955 Aug 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n             Oak Ridge , legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions 1955 Aug 25 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session 1955 Sep 2 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers 1955 Sep 6 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , to \n             Margaret Faust , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n             South Africa 1955 Sep 8 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n             Pretoria in which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War 1955 Sep 21 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n             Britain at the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n             Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa 1955 Sep 27 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens 1955 Oct 12 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n             University of Cape Town 1955 Oct 18 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , politics -- \n             [William Averell] Harriman , weather,\n            meeting people from \n             Holland 1955 Oct 24 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather 1955 Oct 31 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n             Rhodes University 1955 Oct-Nov -- \n             Livingstone, North Rhodesia , visiting \n             Victoria Falls , \n             [David] Livingstone 's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve 1955 Nov 11 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Herbert at \n             Rhodes University in \n             Grahamstown , English part of the\n            Union 1955 Nov 17 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity 1955 Nov 23 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , moving to \n             Cape Town soon, \n             Mamie's [Eisenhower] troubles 1955 Nov 29 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n             Kentucky being lowered to 18 1955 Dec 4 -- \n             Pretoria, S.A. , life in \n             South Africa --winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n             South African National Laboratory ,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game 1955 Dec 11 -- \n             Durban, S.A. , traveling to \n             Cape Town , from \n             Johannesburg to \n             Durban was a 6,000 foot drop 1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n             East London, S.A. , travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n             Port Elizabeth, S.A. , snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America 1955 Dec 22 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , temporary living\n            arrangements near the University 1955 Dec 29 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service 1955 Dec 31 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for\n            mother 1956 Jan 6 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends 1956 Jan 8 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , \n             Nannie Graham 's birthday,\n            congregational church service 1956 Jan 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions 1956 Jan 18 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican 1956 Jan 2 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n             Pretoria 1956 Jan 25 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , view from window of \n             Table Mountain , the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings 1956 Feb 1 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to return home,\n            toured \n             Cape Town , a beautiful city 1956 Feb 9 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner 1956 Feb 13 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament) 1956 Feb 20 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , comparison of people\n            in \n             Pretoria and \n             Cape Town , attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer 1956 Feb 27 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n             Kentucky 1956 Mar 7 -- \n             Cape Town, S.A. , heard bad news about \n             Charlie Graham , careful not to comment\n            on South African politics 1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n             South Africa \" by \n             Agnes S. Riley . History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.","During 1942-1947, \n          Andrew Trigg Sanders (1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n          North Africa during World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n          Camp Pickett, Virginia , the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n          Walt Disney and that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n          Italy . On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n          North Africa , that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n          Pacific ; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n          Rome in charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n          Naples for six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.","Letters, 1926-1947, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders (1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n          Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders (his\n         mother) to \n          William E. Fulton concerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n          H. G. Allen discusses the death of \n          Shipton K. C. Sanders . \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders wrote from the \n          Department of Agriculture and Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.","Letters, 1924-1925, from \n          Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr. discuss life at \n          Hampden-Sidney . Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n          The 13 Society ], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.","Letters, 1939-1946, from \n          Friel Tate Sanders (1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n          Miami Beach, Florida , on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n          Stuttgart, Arkansas , concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n          Nelda Rose Hunter .","Other correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n          Hollins College \" folder -- \n          E. Lee Trinkle (May 24, 1924); \n          Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson (October 20, 1930);\n          Bessie Carter Randolph , President of \n          Hollins College (January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n          John Canaday (January 30, 1964), \n          Mills E. Godwin, Jr. (November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n          Leslie Hellerman re method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n          John A. Logan, Jr. , President of \n          Hollins College (April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n          W. R. Chitwood (December 2, 1974); \n          Paula P. Brownlee , President of \n          Hollins College (July 18, 1981, December\n         4, 1983, and May 5, 1986); and, an obituary/memorial to \n          Herbert Parkes Riley (March 22, 1988).\n         \"Southwest Virginia\" folder -- \n          W. Edwin Hemphill (January 21, 1964); \n          Ralph McGill (September 29, 1967); \n          William H. Dumont (July 9, 1968); \n          John Melville Jennings (January 14, 1970);\n          W. R. Chitwood (March 2, 1971; November\n         24, 1975; June 20 \u0026 28, 1985); \n          William M. E. Rachel (1971-1972); \n          Harrison E. Salisbury (August 20, 1973);\n         and \n          Paul C. Nagel (September 23, 1985)."],"physloc_html_tesm":["\u003cphysloc/\u003e"],"physloc_tesim":[""],"names_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. 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Chitwood","Paula P. Brownlee","Herbert Parkes Riley","W. Edwin Hemphill","Ralph McGill","William H. Dumont","John Melville Jennings","William M. E. Rachel","Harrison E. Salisbury","Paul C. Nagel","Nannie Montgomery\n                  Graham","William Tate Graham","Edwin Hanson Sanders,\n                  Jr.","Elizabeth Graham\n                  Sanders","William Campbell","Robert Graham","David Graham","David Peirce Graham","David Graham Sanders","Elizabeth Graham Sanders","John Thompson","Edith Bolling Wilson","John Montgomery"],"corpname_ssim":["University of Virginia. Library. Special\n            Collections Dept.","U. S. Army","South Africa","Union of South Africa","Oak Ridge","Prebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa","University of Cape Town","Rhodes University","South African National Laboratory","Department of Agriculture","Hampden-Sidney","The 13 Society","Hollins College","Kentucky, University of"],"famname_ssim":["Graham","Sanders","Tate","Graham Family","Tate Family","Sanders Family","Trigg Family","Calhoun Family"],"persname_ssim":["Agnes Graham Sanders Riley","Andrew Trigg Sanders","Friel Tate Sanders","Edward Thompson Wailes","Park Riley","Margaret Faust","[William Averell] Harriman","[David] Livingstone","Mamie's [Eisenhower]","Nannie Graham","Charlie Graham","Agnes S. Riley","Walt Disney","Edwin Hanson Sanders","Shipton Kincannon Curran Sanders","William E. Fulton","H. G. Allen","Shipton K. C. Sanders","Edwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.","Nelda Rose Hunter","E. Lee Trinkle","Eleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson","Bessie Carter Randolph","John Canaday","Mills E. Godwin, Jr.","Leslie Hellerman","John A. Logan, Jr.","W. R. Chitwood","Paula P. Brownlee","Herbert Parkes Riley","W. Edwin Hemphill","Ralph McGill","William H. Dumont","John Melville Jennings","William M. E. Rachel","Harrison E. Salisbury","Paul C. Nagel","Nannie Montgomery\n                  Graham","William Tate Graham","Edwin Hanson Sanders,\n                  Jr.","Elizabeth Graham\n                  Sanders","William Campbell","Robert Graham","David Graham","David Peirce Graham","David Graham Sanders","Elizabeth Graham Sanders","John Thompson","Edith Bolling Wilson","John Montgomery"],"language_ssim":["English"],"total_component_count_is":44,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-05-01T02:40:10.716Z","scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThis collection consists of ca. 1,000 items, 1844\n         (1920-1990), including correspondence, personal and\n         professional papers, genealogy and local history research\n         files, photographs, and printed material, pertaining to the \n         \u003cfamname\u003eGraham\u003c/famname\u003e, \n         \u003cfamname\u003eSanders\u003c/famname\u003e, and \n         \u003cfamname\u003eTate\u003c/famname\u003efamilies, and \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eWythe County, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e. Among the\n         correspondence are letters, 1955-1956, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes Graham Sanders Riley\u003c/persname\u003ewhile in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, and letters from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Trigg Sanders\u003c/persname\u003eand \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003ewhile serving as \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eU. S. Army\u003c/corpname\u003eofficers during World War\n         II.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1955-1956, written by \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes Graham Sanders Riley\u003c/persname\u003efrom \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/corpname\u003ereveal cultural customs,\n         including labor, social, educational, and religious; life for\n         the American family; and limited historical and political news\n         (due to censorship). \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdward Thompson Wailes\u003c/persname\u003e, Ambassador to the\n         \u003ccorpname\u003eUnion of South Africa\u003c/corpname\u003e, is mentioned in\n         letters of August 21 \u0026amp; 25 and September 6, 1955 and\n         February 9, 1956. \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePark Riley\u003c/persname\u003e's education and the school\n         system are discussed in letters of September 2 \u0026amp; 6 and\n         October 31, 1955 and January 13, 18, \u0026amp; 21, 1956. There is\n         mention of the Eisenhowers and/or U. S. politics in letters of\n         September 27, October 18, and November 23 \u0026amp; 29, 1955.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHighlights of the letters from South Africa are as follows:\n         \u003clist type=\"simple\"\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 1 \u0026amp; 3 --Onboard R.M.S. \"Queen Mary\" and\n            arrival in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLondon, England\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 16 --Near \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCapetown, Cape of Good Hope, South\n            Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, family news\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 21 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, arrived and taken to\n            meet the American Consul, invitation for dinner at the home\n            of the American Ambassador who graduated in Herbert's class\n            at \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eOak Ridge\u003c/corpname\u003e, legislature in session\n            putting hardship on housing conditions\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Aug 25 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, dined with Ambassador\n            Wailes, government in session\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 2 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, son Park's school\n            attire, school run by Christian Brothers\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 6 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, to \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMargaret Faust\u003c/persname\u003e, Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes, their own 20th wedding anniversary on August 25,\n            British-Boer division, problems of school and housing,\n            private school run by Christian Brothers, some customs and\n            views in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 8 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, strict customs, a\n            visit to a Presbyterian church, a school house in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003ein which Churchill was held\n            prisoner during the British-Boer War\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 21 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, attended a memorial\n            for the Battle of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eBritain\u003c/geogname\u003eat the Cathedral, a meeting of\n            the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003ePrebyterian Church of the Province of South\n            Africa\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Sep 27 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for Eisenhower\n            and his illness and burdens\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 12 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, hotel life, being\n            invited to so many social functions, Herbert being a public\n            figure and probably being transferred to the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eUniversity of Cape Town\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 18 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, politics -- \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[William Averell] Harriman\u003c/persname\u003e, weather,\n            meeting people from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eHolland\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 24 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, beauty of jacaranda\n            trees, city celebrating its 100th anniversary,\n            weather\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct 31 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Park's school work,\n            Herbert going to \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRhodes University\u003c/corpname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Oct-Nov -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eLivingstone, North Rhodesia\u003c/geogname\u003e, visiting \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eVictoria Falls\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003e[David] Livingstone\u003c/persname\u003e's discovery of the\n            falls in 1855, wild animals in the game reserve\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 11 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Herbert at \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eRhodes University\u003c/corpname\u003ein \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eGrahamstown\u003c/geogname\u003e, English part of the\n            Union\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 17 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, centenary\n            celebration--bazaars for charity\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 23 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, moving to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003esoon, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eMamie's [Eisenhower]\u003c/persname\u003etroubles\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Nov 29 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Anglican Church\n            service for Americans, Eisenhower's recovery, voting age in\n            \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003ebeing lowered to 18\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 4 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, life in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e--winter clothes being\n            packed, Herbert's talk at the \n            \u003ccorpname\u003eSouth African National Laboratory\u003c/corpname\u003e,\n            America-South Africa amateur baseball game\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 11 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDurban, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, traveling to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, from \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eJohannesburg\u003c/geogname\u003eto \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eDurban\u003c/geogname\u003ewas a 6,000 foot drop\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 14-16 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eEast London, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, travelled through\n            native reserve country; \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePort Elizabeth, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, snake farm,\n            pineapple and banana farms, visiting baseball team from\n            America\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 22 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, temporary living\n            arrangements near the University\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 29 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Christmas celebration\n            at home and church service\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1955 Dec 31 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for\n            mother\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 6 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, concern for mother,\n            Park's new friends\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 8 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, \n            \u003cpersname\u003eNannie Graham\u003c/persname\u003e's birthday,\n            congregational church service\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 13 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, saw Governor General\n            ride to open parliament, problems finding a school for Park\n            due to overcrowded conditions\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 18 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, mails, university\n            president's wife got Park in a good school--Anglican\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 2 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Park's school, less\n            American friends here than in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Jan 25 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, view from window of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eTable Mountain\u003c/geogname\u003e, the University, and\n            Rhodes Memorial, invited to Parliament--beautiful\n            buildings\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 1 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, plans to return home,\n            toured \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, a beautiful city\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 9 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, Ambassador and Mrs.\n            Wailes in town and inviting them to dinner\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 13 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, went onboard British\n            luxury liner Coronia, had luncheon in the dining room of\n            the Houses of Parliament (former student's uncle a member\n            of Parliament)\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 20 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, comparison of people\n            in \n            \u003cgeogname\u003ePretoria\u003c/geogname\u003eand \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town\u003c/geogname\u003e, attended the celebration of\n            the World Day of Prayer\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Feb 27 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, plans to leave for\n            home, bought plants to send to \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eKentucky\u003c/geogname\u003e\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1956 Mar 7 -- \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eCape Town, S.A.\u003c/geogname\u003e, heard bad news about \n            \u003cpersname\u003eCharlie Graham\u003c/persname\u003e, careful not to comment\n            on South African politics\u003c/item\u003e\u003citem\u003e1957 --Typed manuscript: \"The Republic of \n            \u003cgeogname\u003eSouth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e\" by \n            \u003cpersname\u003eAgnes S. Riley\u003c/persname\u003e. History accompanying\n            Herbert's slide presentation.\u003c/item\u003e\u003c/list\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eDuring 1942-1947, \n         \u003cpersname\u003eAndrew Trigg Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1910-) wrote about\n         life in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003eduring World War II, general\n         news about the war and conditions, and family and other news\n         from home. On February 27, 1942, he wrote about camp life\n         [probably in North Africa]. During October through December\n         1942, he was at \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eCamp Pickett, Virginia\u003c/geogname\u003e, the location of\n         new headquarters. During 1943, he wrote from North Africa.\n         There are letters revealing his work in the supply section and\n         with the Special Services branch, planning athletic and\n         entertainment programs, and commenting on Arab lifestyles\n         (March 16); mentioning news of a friend \"Jean,\" who had her\n         picture taken with \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWalt Disney\u003c/persname\u003eand that two Virginia medical\n         units are nearby (April 24); discussing organizational changes\n         and inquiring about rationing at home (May 17); referring to\n         his teaching school, a class for 2nd lieutenants and enlisted\n         men (July 9); remarking that recent developments make it\n         harder to identify friend or enemy (October 3); and, relating\n         news of the death of young Graham, son of Dave and Verna and\n         the sale of the Graham farm (October 3, November 10). From\n         November 1943 until October 30, 1945, he was in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eItaly\u003c/geogname\u003e. On November 27, 1943, he wrote,\n         after arriving, that the people and the country were quite\n         different than in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNorth Africa\u003c/geogname\u003e, that fruits and nuts were\n         plentiful but that there was a shortage of other foods, that\n         the land was more fertile but that the destruction greater,\n         and that the people were easier to talk to than the French. On\n         May 29, 1944, he reported that he was doing special work away\n         from his unit and having a chance to see more of the country.\n         By June 23, 1944, he returned to his unit and found many\n         changes, which he also mentioned in his letter of August 18,\n         1944. In his letter of September 19, 1944, he speculated as to\n         when the war would be over and whether they would go to the \n         \u003cgeogname\u003ePacific\u003c/geogname\u003e; mentioned casting his vote for\n         Roosevelt; and being sent to \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eRome\u003c/geogname\u003ein charge of a group of men going\n         there to rest, where he got the chance to tour certain points\n         of interest. There are several letters following that discuss\n         general news about the war and his family at home. On May 9,\n         1945, he was anxious to hear about the point system and\n         expected to remain in \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eNaples\u003c/geogname\u003efor six or eight months. And, on\n         May 25, he wrote that service troops would be the last to\n         return home. On July 12, 1945, he wrote that they are now\n         preparing equipment for the East, that there were 3,000\n         soldiers, civilians, and POWs in one shop, and that he was now\n         executive officer. Through the end of 1945, his letters are\n         filled with hopes of returning home. There is also a letter,\n         January 31, 1947, concerning a training session re: crude\n         petroleum.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1926-1947, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1871-1948), and\n         related correspondence, discuss family and business matters.\n         There is a letter, April 5, 1929, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eShipton Kincannon Curran Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(his\n         mother) to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eWilliam E. Fulton\u003c/persname\u003econcerning family news.\n         A letter of August 18, 1933, from Rev. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eH. G. Allen\u003c/persname\u003ediscusses the death of \n         \u003cpersname\u003eShipton K. C. Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e. \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders\u003c/persname\u003ewrote from the \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eDepartment of Agriculture\u003c/corpname\u003eand Immigration,\n         discussing breed of cattle and mentioning the effect of the\n         war or prospects for war on farm products (November 10, 1939);\n         and, giving a comparison of the business boom during the\n         Spanish-American War, World War I, and the current one,\n         mentioning the growing business activity at Radford with some\n         eight thousand working, and commenting on low patriotism,\n         partly due to salary conflicts.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1924-1925, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEdwin Hanson Sanders, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003ediscuss life at \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHampden-Sidney\u003c/corpname\u003e. Letters of March 1 and 22\n         refer to his bid to an honorary fraternity [ \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eThe 13 Society\u003c/corpname\u003e], which chose \"all round\n         good men,\" who were then only known as members during their\n         senior year.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLetters, 1939-1946, from \n         \u003cpersname\u003eFriel Tate Sanders\u003c/persname\u003e(1915-1959) cover\n         chiefly the period during World War II. During February 1943\n         through April 1945, he was stationed in China. On March 20, he\n         wrote that he arrived at his assigned post and was living in a\n         private home and described life there. His letter of July 20,\n         1943 mentioned that the foods were similar, such as new\n         potatoes, beans, tomatoes, corn, chicken, and watermelon. On\n         July 31, 1944, he has heard good news and broadcasts about the\n         Germans and Japanese. On November 28, 1944, he wrote that he\n         has been moved to a new station; and, on March 20, 1945, he\n         wrote that he is awaiting orders to go home. He wrote, from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eMiami Beach, Florida\u003c/geogname\u003e, on May 18, 1945,\n         that the war was over, that he has finished processing and is\n         awaiting a new assignment, that some materials are being\n         released, such as tires, and that there is a possibility of an\n         increase in gas allowance. During June through August 1945, he\n         wrote from \n         \u003cgeogname\u003eStuttgart, Arkansas\u003c/geogname\u003e, concerning work and\n         continuing studies under the G.I. Bill. Letters of October 31\n         and December 19, 1946, are concerned with his marriage to \n         \u003cpersname\u003eNelda Rose Hunter\u003c/persname\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eOther correspondents or topics of interest are: \" \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eE. Lee Trinkle\u003c/persname\u003e(May 24, 1924); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eEleanor \"Siddy\" Wilson\u003c/persname\u003e(October 20, 1930);\n         \u003cpersname\u003eBessie Carter Randolph\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(January 10 and March 5,\n         1938). \"Kentucky, University of\" folder -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn Canaday\u003c/persname\u003e(January 30, 1964), \n         \u003cpersname\u003eMills E. Godwin, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e(November 13, 1969).\n         \"Personal Papers\" folders -- \n         \u003cpersname\u003eLeslie Hellerman\u003c/persname\u003ere method of testing\n         stability of diazomium compounds (February 7, 1935); wedding\n         announcements and photographs (August 21, 1935); war ration\n         book (1943); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eJohn A. Logan, Jr.\u003c/persname\u003e, President of \n         \u003ccorpname\u003eHollins College\u003c/corpname\u003e(April 5, 1971 and June\n         26, 1974); \n         \u003cpersname\u003eW. R. Chitwood\u003c/persname\u003e(December 2, 1974); \n         \u003cpersname\u003ePaula P. 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