This collection contains information about the Norfolk and Southern economic booms of the 1950s and 1960s, Shafer's real estate and investing ventures during that same time period, the political issues and causes that he advanced, his charitable donations, books and newsletters that he wrote, and various correspondence. Except for correspondence, much of the material in this collection is undated.
This collection is organized into six series: Series I: Projects, Issues, and Causes; Series II: Philanthropy and Religious Charities; Series III: Correspondence; Series IV: Books, Essays, and Other Publications; Series V: Miscellaneous; and Series VI: Artifacts.
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W.B. Shafer
Gift. Accession #A82-1
Oral histories with Shafer can be found in the Old Dominion University Libraries Digital Collections website.
3 books under one cover : second Yankee invasion of the South ...
Call #: F209 .S532 1982
Investment success & happiness
Call #: F209.5.S53.G6
Go south, young man, go south where God still lives, and five other books : true economic history of the South from 1865-1999 A.D. (tells when the communistic-hippie movement will stop and the nation return to sanity)
Call #: F209.5 .S53
How to make a fortune quickly and honestly
Call #: HF5386 .S4185
[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
W. Bruce Shafer was an idealist and a philanthropist. He was an industrious promoter and "booster" of ideas, projects, Norfolk, and even himself. To some he was an eccentric, while others considered him a genius. Shafer was a Methodist and a Mason. He was religious and conservative. He did not necessarily ally himself with either political party. Shafer was more about morals and issues than party.
Shafer was born in 1894 in Norfolk County. His father was a produce broker, and the family business went broke the year Shafer graduated from Norfolk Academy (1912). W.B. Shafer, Jr. went to work shipping produce. A few years later, he and his father jointly founded a firm that became one of Norfolk's most successful produce brokers. In his youth, Shafer served on several bank boards, financed farmers, and wrote books about finance and honesty. Although Shafer himself did not fight in World War I, he still did his part. He originated and financed "The Potato Publicity and Wheat League" which helped farmers and prevented a food shortage. After the war, Shafer originated the World War I Soldier Bonus and contributed $50,000 to the campaign between 1918 and 1936.
Shafer ran for Norfolk City Council in 1928, and claims the election was stolen from him. The experience disenchanted him from local politics. He ran for Congress in 1944 as an independent. He tried again for Norfolk City Council in 1966. Despite his disenfranchisement with politics, he was advisor to two presidents, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge, as well as friend and supporter of many Congressmen.
Shafer was a big "booster" of the Norfolk and Southern economic booms. He spent over $100,000 in ads boosting the South. He also wrote books, booklets, flyers, and newsletters promoting Norfolk, Dallas, and the South to realtors, investors, governors, congressmen, and others. He advocated for the local bridge-tunnels, better highways, and the Dismal Swamp Canal to make Hampton Roads more accessible to businesses. His hard work and foresight brought businesses into Ward's Corner and Military Circle. He was also involved with the development of Fox Hall and Norview.
Shafer's other projects included a world peace plan to put a chaplain in each embassy to cultivate friendship, a prosperity plan to bring advertising money to the South, and a "religious reformation" movement. He directed his energy to oppose corruption in government and the Norfolk City Council, the Norfolk news monopoly, "hippy communism," and other things he thought were wrecking America.
Shafer was a prolific writer about his ideas. Besides newsletters, flyers, and correspondence, he wrote several books and booklets including: "How to Make a Fortune Honestly and Quickly," "Go South Young Man, Go South Where God Still Lives," "Success and Happiness," "3 Books that Made the South and 1000 Millionaires and 10 Billionaires," and "Washington and the New Economic South."
Despite frequent complaints about his health and age, Shafer lived to the ripe old age of 95. He passed away in 1990. True to his life, his tombstone promotes the ideals and causes he lived for.
Note written by Special Collections Staff
This series contains subject files related to Shafer's real estate and investing ventures, the economic boom of Norfolk in the 1950s and 1960s, and political correspondence related to Shafer's campaigns for Norfolk City Council and other political issues.
This sub-series contains information about the Norfolk and Southern Economic Booms of the 1950s and 1960s. Information included are Norfolk Boom and Investment maps, flyers, and postcards; correspondence, news, and articles on the Norfolk, Dallas, and Southern Booms; information on the Norfolk, Virginia and Carolina Booster Club; and material on Military Circle, the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel, the Virginia Highway System, and the Dismal Swamp Canal as related to bringing business into the Hampton Roads area.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 1, Norfolk Boom Maps, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 2, Norfolk Investments Maps, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 3, Boom Flyers and Postcards, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 4, More Boom Promotion, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 5, Letters Requesting Boom Maps, 1959-1965, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 6, Dallas Boom, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 7, Boosting the South-Other Cities, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 8, More Literature on the Economic Boom in the South, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 9, Letters, Articles on Economic Success of the South, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 10, More Articles and Letters About the South, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 11, Newspaper Clippings: Norfolk Boom, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 12, Norfolk Booster Club, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 13, Booster Club-Resolutions, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 14, Virginia and Carolina Booster Club Directors, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 15, Military Circle, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 16, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel: Promotional Material, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 17, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel: Tunnel Articles and Letters I, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 18, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel: Tunnel Articles and Letters II, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 19, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel: Boom Flyers/Maps, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 20, Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel: Newspaper Clippings, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 21, Virginia Highways, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 22, Dismal Swamp, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 23, Dismal Swamp Industrial Canal Committee, Inc. I, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 24, Dismal Swamp Industrial Canal Committee, Inc. II, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This sub-series contains information about the real estate and investing ventures of Shafer. Included are property deeds, contracts, and survey maps; correspondence and promotional material related to real estate; information on the Greater Norfolk Investors and other investment companies; investing information on railroads, steel plants, and shopping centers; and real estate and industrial directories.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 1, Real Estate, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 2, Real Estate-Promotional Material, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 3, Real Estate-Correspondence, 1956-1970, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 4, Letters from Huckins Hotel, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1969, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 5, Real Estate Deeds and Contracts, 1959-1976, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 6, Webb-Shafer Contract, 1962, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 7, W.B. Shafer Purchase of Matilda Bell, 1947-1948, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 8, Purchase of Council, 1947, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 9, Sale of Property to Andrew Holding Corporation, 1956, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 10, Real Estate-Survey Maps, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 11, Greater Norfolk Investors, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 12, Virginia and Carolina Investors Corporation, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 13, Investment Corporations, Realty, Sales Companies, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 14, Tidewater Association of Home Builders, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 15, Railroad Companies, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 16, Steel Plant, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 17, Big Town and Other Shopping Centers, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 18, Virginia Real Estate Directory-Bulletin, April 1939 Licensed, 1939, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 2, Folder 19, Industrial Directory-TVDC, 1960-1961, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This sub-series contains information on local and national political issues and projects advanced by Shafer. Topics include the Shafer Peace Plan, the Shafer Prosperity Plan, the Peace Temple at Cape Henry, Employment for War Veterans, gasoline prices, abortion, race relations, the poll tax, unions, Vietnam, communism, the Norfolk news monopoly, Norfolk Gardens, and an art museum at Military Highway. This sub-series also includes newspaper clippings and letters to newspaper editors on these and other issues.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 1, Potatoes and Produce, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 2, Shafer Peace Plan, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 3, Shafer Prosperity Plan, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 4, Peace Temple at Cape Henry, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 5, Religious Reformation, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 6, Engrossed House Concurrent Resolution No. 1004, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 7, Vietnam, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 8, 50 Million Dollar Bond Issue, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 9, Employment for War Veterans, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 10, Loyalty Celebration for Veterans in Congress, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 11, Veterans Appeal Board, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 12, V.F.W., undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 13, Preliminary Non-Partisan Veterans Committee, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 14, Increase in Gasoline Price, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 15, Abortion, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 16, Race Relations, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 17, Sex, Drugs, Communism in Schools, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 18, Hippy Communism, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 19, AFL-CIO/Unions, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 20, Cooperators for Constitutional Money, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 21, Norfolk News Monopoly, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 22, Tennessee Firm to Stop P.M. Paper, 1970 February 25, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 23, Norfolk Gardens, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 24, Art Museum at Military Circle, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 25, Letters to Editors, 1976-1978, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 26, Poll Tax, Water Plant, News Clippings, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 27, Newspaper Clippings, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This sub-series contains information on local and national politics, as well as correspondence between Shafer and various political figures including city councilmen, congressmen, senators, governors, and presidents. Content of these letters includes the Norfolk and southern booms, real estate and investing, communism, letters of support, and other subjects of concern to Shafer. Additional topics include corruption in the Norfolk City Council, Shafer's bid for Norfolk City Council, mafia involvement in the government, Watergate, the 1976 presidential election, the republican party, and congressional reform. Of particular note in this subseries is a signed Christmas card from President Jimmy Carter, as well as letters written to several presidents and FBI director J. Edgar Hoover.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 28, Shafer for Norfolk City Council, 1966, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 29, Shafer on Democratic Ticket, 1944, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 30, Norfolk City Council, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 31, Norfolk City Council-Corruption, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 32, Norfolk Counties and Cities-All Cities in Virginia, 1956-1971, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 33, Cities, Administration Department Letters: Out of State Cities, States, 1956-1965, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 34, Letters from Virginia Governor's Office, 1956-1976, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 35, Virginia Legislative Directory, 1977-1981, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 3, Folder 36, Letters From State of North Carolina, 1956-1976, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 1, Letters from Executive Department and Head Officers, 1939-1977, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 2, Watergate, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 3, Newspaper Clippings: Watergate Scandal, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 4, Watergate, Mafia Involvement in the Government, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 5, 1976 Election, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 6, Resolution: 1976 Convention Republican Party Heading for Deadlock, 1976, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 7, Billion Dollar Bi-Partisan Mafia, 1977, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 8, The Reform that Wasn't, 1977 February 14, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 9, Support for Candidates, 1944-1977, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 10, President Lyndon B. Johnson, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 11, President Richard Nixon, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 12, President Gerald Ford, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 13, President Jimmy Carter, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 14, India Warmth for Carter Kin, 1977 February 14, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 15, Ronald Reagan, 1980, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 16, Press Conference with Ronald Reagan, 1975 November 20, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 17, Letters from Congress of the United States Part I, circa 1950-1959, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 18, Letters from Congress of the United States Part II, circa 1960-1969, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 19, Letters from Congress of the United States Part III, circa 1970-1979, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 20, Letters from United States Senate Part I, circa 1950-1959, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 21, Letters from United States Senate Part II, circa 1960-1979, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 22, Victor Wickersham, 1965-1969, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 23, Lloyd Bentsen, 1975-1976, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 24, Senator A.J. Gronna Funeral, 1966, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 25, Senate, House, Governor Listings, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 4, Folder 26, Miscellaneous Political, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series includes information about various charities and religious organizations that Shafer supported. Included are entries and information on the W.B. Shafer Award Competition Contest for high school students; Jerry Falwell's Old Time Gospel Hour, Liberty Baptist College, and Mercy Ship; other schools, churches, and religious organizations; and Cal Farley's Boys Ranch.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 1, The W.B. Shafer Award Competition Contest, 1969-1970, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 2, Jerry Falwell Urging Others to Donate to Keep the Old Time Gospel Hour on the Air, 1978-1981, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 3, Religious Reformations by Jerry Falwell: Cleaning Up America, 1978-1980, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 4, Liberty Baptist College Needs Monetary Aid to Keep Functioning, 1978-1981, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 5, Jerry Falwell Requesting Money To Keep Mercy Ship Alive: Missionary Society, 1978-1981, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 6, Religious Organizations and Churches, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 7, Virginia Wesleyan College, 1971-1978, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 8, Liberty Baptist College and Other Universities, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 9, Norfolk Academy, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 5, Folder 10, Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Although there is a great deal of correspondence scattered throughout this collection, this series contains both personal correspondence and correspondence that does not readily fit into the other series. This series includes correspondence between Shafer and banks, corporations, and attorneys on various issues; invitations, cards, and letters regarding Shafer's health. This series also consists of blank greeting cards, blank Western Union and Postal forms, blank holiday cards from charitable organizations, and Shafer's stationary and mailing labels.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 1, Banks and Corporation, 1956-1964, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 2, Letters from Kellam and Kellam Attorneys and Counselors at Law, 1956-1966, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 3, Kellam, Pickrell, and Lawler Attorneys and Counselors at Law, 1970-1981, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 4, Attorneys at Law, Other Letters from Law Counselors, 1957-1979, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 5, Luncheon Invitations, 1970 March 2, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 6, Personal Letters and Papers to Shafer, 1956-1979, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 7, Letters of Sympathy to Shafer Regarding His Health, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 8, Holiday Cards, Sympathy, and Thank You Cards, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 9, Blank Stationary, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 10, Shafer Mailing Labels, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 11, Greeting Cards I, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 12, Greeting Cards II, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 6, Folder 13, Blank Western Union Telegram and Postal Forms, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series contains copies of Shafer's writing and research material for his books, articles, and other publications.
This sub-series includes essays and newsletters written by Shafer. Topics include real estate and investing; political corruption; drugs and hippy communism; the Norfolk News monopoly; the Peace Prayer Temple at Cape Henry; Shafer's contributions; Religious Reformation; and other issues of concern to Shafer.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 1, Essays by Shafer, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 2, Article: They Think You Are Too Dumb To Run Virginia, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 3, The Hazards of Standing Up for Pariahs, 1970 February 20, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 4, Norfolk News Monopoly Slants the News Against Mr. Shafer, 1969 November 13, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 5, Million Dollar Peace-Prayer Temple for Cape Henry Will Double Our Exports, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 6, Biggest Booster Recognized, 1969 November 13, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 7, Shafer Newsletters, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 8, (WIWA) What is Wrecking America Drafted from God, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 9, History About Virginia and Carolina, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This sub-series includes book publicity; requests for Shafer's books and thank you letters for their receipt; requests for essays to be included in future books; information on book publishers; rough drafts for the book "How to Make a Fortune Quickly and Honestly"; and final copies of Shafer's books "How to Make a Fortune Quickly and Honestly," "Investment Success and Happiness," "3 Books that Made the South and 1000 Millionaires and 10 Billionaires," "Go South Young Man, Go South Where God Still Lives."
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 10, Shafer Book Publicity, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 11, Requests for Book Submissions, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 12, Requests for Shafer's Books, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 13, Book Publishers, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 14, Pages from Shafer's Books, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 15, Draft of Book: How to Make a Fortune Quickly and Honestly Part I, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 16, Draft of Book: How to Make a Fortune Quickly and Honestly Part II, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 17, Book: How to Make a Fortune Quickly and Honestly, 1965, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 18, Shafer Books: Investment Success and Happiness, How to Make a Fortune, circa 1965-1979, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 7, Folder 19, 3 Books That Made the South and 1000 Millionaires and 10 Billionaires, 1982, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 1, 2nd Copy of 3 Books That Made the South and 1000 Millionaires and 10 Billionaires, 1982, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 2, Book: Go South Young Man, Go South Where God Still Lives, 1969, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 3, Book: Washington and the New Economic South, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This sub-series contains copies of newspapers and magazines related to politics, religion, veterans, and real estate and investing.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 4, Newspaper Articles from the Spotlight: Part I, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 5, Newspaper Articles from the Spotlight: Part II, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 6, Newspaper Articles from the Spotlight: Part III, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 7, Navy Newspaper, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 8, Navy News, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 9, World Ports and Marine News, 1964 December, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 8, Folder 10, Human Potential Published by the Ambassador International Cultural Foundation, March/April, 1976, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 1, Virginia Veteran Official Publication of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Volume XXIV, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 2, Bible Advocate May 1979, National Real Estate, 1979, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 3, Virginia Veteran, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
World Ports Marine News, January 1964; The National Real Estate Investor, March 1960; Houston Regional Business News Magazine, November 1964; Bank of the Southwest Annual Report, 1963
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 4, Magazines, 1960-1964, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This sub-series contains receipts for the printing of some of Shafer's promotional material; advertising rates and information for "The Spotlight"; other newspapers and magazines; television and radio station advertising policies; and receipts for air time. The subseries also includes a few copies of classified ads that were placed by Shafer on the Norfolk Boom, gasoline prices, and religious reformation.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 5, Printing, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 6, The Spotlight Newspaper, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 7, Classified Ads from the Spotlight, Newspaper Classified Ads on Gasoline and Oil Prices, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 8, Newspaper Ads, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 9, Newspaper and Magazines, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 10, Radio and TV, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series includes photographs, various receipts, warranties and instruction manuals, information on psychics, and other miscellaneous material.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 11, Hot Springs, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 12, Last Will and Testament, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 13, Shafer Photographs, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 14, Income Tax, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 15, Miscellaneous Receipts and Warranties, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 16, Weil-McLain Model 45 CU-1 Flame Retention Oil Burner, Start Up, Service and Maintenance Manual, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 17, Automobile Related, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 18, Psychics, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 19, Auto-Ramic Banking, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 20, Business Cards, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 21, Miscellaneous Notes, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 22, Miscellaneous Booklets, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 23, Miscellaneous Articles, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 24, Miscellaneous and Untitled Contact Lists, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 25, Miscellaneous, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 26, What's My Line?, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 9, Folder 27, Coupons, Stamps, and Products, undated, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
This series includes a ministry audio cassette by Jerry Falwell; a refill for a Pallotine Pen by Pallotine Missionaries; a box of Buss Auto Fuses; and "Easy Do" remote switch; and a William Crooks Minnesota Pioneer limited run lithograph.
"Thomas Road Tape Ministry" Audio Cassette by Jerry Falwell, undated, Oversize Box 10, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Complimentary Refill for Your Pallotine Pen, undated, Oversize Box 10, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Box of Buss Auto Fuses, undated, Oversize Box 10, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
"Easy Do" Remote Switch, undated, Oversize Box 10, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Limited run lithograph
William Crooks - Minnesota Pioneer, undated, Oversize Box 10, W.B. Shafer, Jr. Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.