Special Collections Research Center
Schuyler Otis Bland College Papers
UA 5.046
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0.40 Linear Feet
1910-1915
1910-1912
English
Biographical Information:
A Representative from Virginia; born near Gloucester, Gloucester County, Va., May 4, 1872; attended the Gloucester Academy, Gloucester, Va.; attended the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; teacher; lawyer, private practice; elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-fifth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of United States Representative William A. Jones; reelected to the Sixty-sixth and to the fifteen succeeding Congresses (July 2, 1918-February 16, 1950); chair, Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (Seventy-third through Seventy-ninth Congresses and Eighty-first Congress); died on February 16, 1950, in Bethesda, Md.; interment in Greenlawn Cemetery, Newport News, Va. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki:
Acquisition Information:
Acc. 1980.129 was received on 11/20/1980.
Conditions Governing Use:
Before reproducing or quoting from any materials, in whole or in part, permission must be obtained from the Special Collections Research Center, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open to all researchers. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state right to privacy laws and regulations, such as the Virginia Public Records Act (Code of Virginia. § 42.1-76-91); and the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (Code of Virginia § 2.2-3705.5). Confidential material may include, but is not limited to, educational, medical, and personnel records. If sensitive material is found in this collection, please contact a staff member immediately. The disclosure of personally identifiable information pertaining to a living individual may have legal consequences for which the College of William and Mary assumes no responsibility.
Preferred Citation:
Schuyler Otis Bland College Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Related Materials:
Schuyler Otis Bland Papers (Mss. 65 B61); Violet McDougall Pollard Papers (Mss. 74 P76).
Scope and Contents
This collection includes biographical materials about Bland; list of books owned by Bland; clipping about books donated to the College of William and Mary library; briefs and transcripts of record. Cases included in the collection are "Grand Union Tea Company versus I.C. Lordquot; and "George H. Holt and Company versus Norvell L. Henley."
Transcripts
Practice of law--Virginia
Legal documents
Pictureid15880/repositories/2/archival_objects/25566911Remarks made by Bland published in the Congressional Recordid15881/repositories/2/archival_objects/25567012Books owned by Blandid15882/repositories/2/archival_objects/25567113Grand Union Tea Company versus I.C. Lord, Circuit Court of Appealsid15883/repositories/2/archival_objects/255672191514Scope and ContentsBriefs and Transcripts of Record
George H. Holt and Company versus Norvell L. Henley, Trustee; The Peninsula Bank of Williamsburg, Virginia et. al. : Circuit Court of Appeals Briefsid15884/repositories/2/archival_objects/2556731910-191215George H. Holt and Company versus Norvell L. Henley, Trustee; The Peninsula Bank of Williamsburg, Virginia et. al. : Notesid15885/repositories/2/archival_objects/2556741910-191216George H. Holt and Company versus Norvell L. Henley, Trustee; The Peninsula Bank of Williamsburg, Virginia et. al. : Supreme Court of Transcript of Recordid15886/repositories/2/archival_objects/2556751910-191217George H. Holt and Company versus Norvell L. Henley, Trustee; The Peninsula Bank of Williamsburg, Virginia et. al. : Supreme Court Briefsid15887/repositories/2/archival_objects/2556761910-191218