E. Lee Trinkle Papers 1916, 1926-1927

Access and use

Location of collection:
Wytheville Community College
F.B. Kegley Library
Wytheville Community College
Smyth Hall, Room 103
1000 East Main Street
Wytheville, VA 24382
Contact for questions and access:
POC: William A. “Bill” Veselik
Phone: (276) 223-4876
POC: George Mattis
Phone: (276) 223-4744
Fax: (276) 223-4745

Summary

Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

This colelction consists of four items including an printed envelope with Trinkle's photograph addressed to Sanders Bunts, advertisting Trinkle's 1916 congressional campaign. A card issued to G. R. Perkins for membership in the Wilson-Trinkle Club also was part of Trinkle's 1916 campaign ephemera.

Two letters complete the collection. A letter from E. Lee Trinkle to Thomas Wohlford and Joseph C. Shaffer, dated 7 December 1926, discusses payment for tax tickets against Shaffer, Wohlford & Trinkle in Wythe County. Another letter from E. Lee Trinkle to "Whom It May Concern" dated 7 December 1926 provides a recommendation for Robert Songer.

Biographical / historical:

The son of Elbert S. Trinkle, E. Lee Trinkle, whose full name was Elbert Lee Trinkle, was born in Wytheville, Virginia on 12 March 1876. he graduated from Hampden-Sydney College and the University of Virginia Law School and practiced law in his hometown for over twenty-three years. Trinkle twice served in the Virginia State Senate before his election as Governor of Virginia (1922-1926). Trinkle moved to Roanoke, Virginia after his gubernatorial term, serving as president of Shenandoah Life Insurance Company. He suffered a heart attack and died on 25 November 1939 and is buried in East End Cemetery in Wytheville.

Trinkle married Helen Ball Sexton of Houston, Texas on 10 February 1914; they had four children including E. Lee Trinkle Jr., Helen Sue Trinkle, William S. Trinkle, and James Trinkle

Acquisition information:
Donated by Ruth Ann Chitwood in 2001 as part of the W. R. Chitwood Collection.
Arrangement:

Items are arranged chronologically in one folder.

Physical description:
4 items.