George Campbell Peery Papers, 1899—1945

Accession 35134

Inventory

Box Folder Contents
1 1—18 Correspondence — Personal, 1899-1900
19—31 Correspondence — Personal, 1900
32—47 Correspondence — Personal, 1904
48—62 Correspondence — Personal, 1904-1906
63—70 Correspondence — Personal, 1906-1908 (A—L)
2 1—8 Correspondence — Personal, 1906-1908 (M—Z)
9—23 Correspondence — Personal, 1908-1909
24—38 Correspondence — Personal, 1910-1912
39—53 Correspondence — Personal, 1913-1914
54—69 Correspondence — Personal, 1915-1917
3 1—21 Correspondence — Personal, 1923-1924
22—44 Correspondence — General, 1923-1924 (A-S)
4 1—5 Correspondence — General, 1923-1924 (S-Z)
6—27 Correspondence — Personal, 1925—1927
28—47 Correspondence — Personal, 1926—1928
5 1—20 Correspondence — General, 1926—1927 (H-Z)
21—44 Correspondence — Personal, 1928—1929
45—59 Correspondence — General, 1928
SPEECHES
6 1 Wise High School — May 22, 1913
2 Saltville High School Commencement Exercises — 1924
3 Game Refuge Bill (H.R. 745), U.S. Congress — February 20, 1925
4 Marion Junior College Commencement Exercises, Marion — May 31, 1926
5 Campaign Speech, Jonesville — September 13, 1926
6 Martha Washington College Commencement Exercises — 1927
7 Democratic State Convention, Roanoke — June 21, 1928
8 Emory and Henry College 91st Annual Commencement — June 11, 1929
9 State Teachers College 20th Annual Commencement, Fredericksburg — June 8, 1931
10 Norfolk Lodge No. 38, B.P.O.E. Memorial Service — December 6, 1931
11 Democratic National Convention Seconding Speech, Chicago — 1932 (Not Delivered)
12 Trustees of Public Schools — November 22, 1932
13 Suffolk Lodge No. 685, B.P.O.E. Memorial Service — December 4, 1932
14 American Legion, Richmond — April 19, 1933
15 Amherst Court House — June 12, 1933
16 Campaign Speech, Louisa — October 9, 1933
17 Radio Address/State Elections — October 28, 1933
18 Inaugural Address — January 17, 1934
19 Joint Session of the General Assembly — February 7, 1934
20 Virginia State Chamber of Commerce — February 8, 1934
21 Opening of Restored Capitol, Williamsburg — February 24, 1934
22 Cape Henry — April 26, 1934
23 Essex County Schools, Tappahannock — May 10, 1934
24 Presentation of Statues of Washington and Lee in Statuary Hall, U.S. Capitol — May 18, 1934
25 "Lafayette and Virginia" — May 20, 1934
26 Emory and Henry College Commencement Exercises — June 5, 1934
27 Collegiate School for Girls Graduation, Richmond — June 8, 1934
28 Radio Address/Read Admiral Byrd — June 10, 1934
29 University of Virginia Commencement Exercises — June 12, 1934
30 Roanoke Island, North Carolina — August 18, 1934
31 Radio Address/Orange County — August 21, 1934
32 Sesqui—centennial Celebration of Methodism in America, Richmond — September 23, 1934
33 Radio Address/Orange County Bicentennial — September 25, 1934
34 Fort Harrison Celebration — September 30, 1934
35 Veterans’ Hospital Dedication, Roanoke — October 19, 1934
36 Mary Washington Chapter, No. 290, Order of Ahepa, Fredericksburg — October 21, 1934
37 Annual Session of State Grange, Richmond — October 25, 1934
38 Radio Address/Gadsby’s Tavern — October 30, 1934
39 Gadsby’s Tavern — October 30, 1934
40 Campaign Speech — November, 1934
41 Opening of Virginia—West Virginia Highway, Harrisonburg — November 9, 1934
42 American Legion, Williamsburg — November 11, 1934
43 Radio Address/Education — November 22, 1934
44 Virginia Education Association — November 30, 1934
45 Trial Justices Courts in Virginia, Richmond — January 25, 1935
46 President’s Birthday — January 30, 1935
47 Young Democratic Clubs of the 3rd Congressional District of Virginia — March 6, 1935
48 St. Paul’s Church, 70th Anniversary of the Evacuation of Richmond — April 3, 1935
49 Restoration of Civil War Relics by Mayor Phillips of Stamford, Connecticut, Richmond — April 3, 1935
50 WJSV Radio Address/Garden Week and Apple Blossom Festival — April 21, 1935
51 Cape Henry — April 26, 1935
52 Tau Kappa Alpha Convention, Lynchburg — April 27, 1935
53 Synopsis of Calland’s Address — April 27, 1935
54 72nd Anniversary of the Battle of Chancellorsville — May 2, 1935
55 Rear Admiral Richard Byrd Welcome — May 10, 1935
56 Medical College of Virginia Commencement Exercises, Richmond — May 28, 1935
57 Radio Address/Rear Admiral Byrd — June 10, 1935
58 Governor’s Conference, Biloxi, Mississippi — June 13-15, 1935
59 Convention of Young Democrats — September 13, 1935 (Not Used)
60 Dr. Hunter Holmes McGuire Bronze Memorial, Richmond — October 11, 1935
61 Virginia Real Estate Association, Lynchburg — October 11, 1935
62 Robert E. Lee Memorial Foundation, Stratford — October 12, 1935
63 American Legion, Richmond — November 10, 1935
64 General Fitzhugh Lee Memorial — November 19, 1935
65 Richmond Light Infantry Blues — December 20, 1935
66 Joint Session of Virginia General Assembly — January 8, 1936
67 Williamsburg — January 18, 1936
68 WRVA Radio Address — January 26, 1936
69 Radio Address/13th Annual Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival — April 24, 1936
70 Richmond College Social Science Society — April 24, 1936
71 Cape Henry — April 26, 1936
72 178th Anniversary of James Monroe’s Birth, Fredericksburg — April 28, 1936
73 Jamestown — May 13, 1936
74 Alexandria — May 20, 1936
75 Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond — May 30, 1936
76 Virginia Tech Commencement Exercises — June 8, 1936
77 State Democratic Convention — June 16, 1936
78 Dedication of American Legion Clubhouse, Hopewell — June 19, 1936
79 Shenandoah National Park Dedication — July 3, 1936
80 110th Anniversary of the Death of Thomas Jefferson, Monticello — July 4, 1936
81 WHIS Radio Dedication, Bluefield — July 26, 1936
82 80th Division of the American Expeditionary Forces of World War I, Richmond — August 6, 1936
83 State Bar Association — August 7, 1936
84 School Dedication, Colonial Beach — October 2, 1936
85 Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. Banquet — October 6, 1936
86 Campaign Speech, Manassas — October 10, 1936
87 City of Lynchburg Sesqui—centennial — October 14, 1936
88 Campaign Speech, Hampton — October 16, 1936
89 Surrender at Yorktown Commemoration — October 19, 1936
90 Lila Meade Valentine Memorial, Richmond — October 20, 1936
91 John Bannister Tabb Memorial Plaque Dedication — November 7, 1936
92 Medical College of Virginia 99th Anniversary — December 1, 1936
93 General Assembly — December 14, 1936
94 Radio Address/Flood Disaster Relief — January 27, 1937
95 WRVA Radio Address/Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival — April 16, 1937
96 Dedication of Memorial Plinth at Manakintowne — April 18, 1937
97 Introduction of Walter Lippman, College of William and Mary — April 23, 1937
98 150th Anniversary of the Framing of the United States Constitution, Philadelphia — May 20, 1937
99 Farmville State Teachers College Commencement Address — June 8, 1937
100 Virginia and West Virginia Bankers’ Associations Joint Conference, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia — June 24, 1937
101 Fitzhugh Lee Camp No. 1, United Spanish War Veterans — August 12, 1937
102 Unveiling of Tablet Commemorating Ratification of Constitution — September 17, 1937
103 Fourth Baptist Church of Richmond (African—American) — October 10, 1937
104 Radio Address/Muhlenberg and Harry Byrd — January 1, 1938
105 Joint Session of Virginia General Assembly — January 12, 1938
106 William Peery Monument, Tazewell — July 4, 1941
107 Tazewell Methodist Church — February 21, 1943
SPEECHES — undated
6A 1 Tax Bill
2 Educational Address
3 State Democratic Convention — Speech by Senator Harry F. Byrd
4 Emory and Henry College Alumni Address
5 The Old Bell House
6 John Richard Saunders Memorial Service
7 Richmond Alumni Association
8 State Health Department
9 State Planning
10 WRVA Radio Address/National Reemployment Service
11—13 Unidentified Speeches
14 Messages of George C. Peery, Governor of Virginia, 1934—1938 (2 copies)
CAMPAIGN FILES
15—20 Correspondence, 1922—1925 (A-C, H-J, N, W)
21 Congratulatory letters, 1922
22 Congratulatory letters, 1922
23 Congratulatory telegrams, 1922
24 Congratulatory telegrams, 1922
25 Campaign photo
26 List of Virginia Democratic Committee District Chairmen and County Managers for George C. Peery, Candidate for the Gubernatorial Nomination, 1933
MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS
7 1 Nanola G. Peery — Insurance Policies — Winter Haven, Florida Property, 1928-1939
2 Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1945
3 Photos from George C. Peery scrapbook, volume VII
4 Loose George C. Peery scrapbook material, all volumes
5—10 West Point and Naval Academy Apppointments, 1924-1927
8 1—13 George C. Peery Residence, Wise, Virginia — 1908-1909
9—10 Card Indexes to Correspondence
SCRAPBOOKS
Misc. Reel 2298 Vol. I: January - June 1934
Misc. Reel 2299 Vol. II: June - November 1934
Vol. III: November 1934 - January 1935
Misc. Reel 2300 Vol. III: January - February 1935
Vol. IV: February - June 1935
Misc. Reel 2301 Vol. V: June - November 1935
Miscellaneous - 1932 - 1933
Misc. Reel 2302 Richmond Times Dispatch and Richmond News Leader clippings, 1933
Vol. VI: November 1935 - April 1936
Misc. Reel 2303 Vol. VII: April - August 1936
Misc. Reel 2304 Vol. VIII: September 1936 - May 1937
Misc. Reel 2305 Vol. IX: May 1937 - January 1938
Miscellaneous - 1925 - 1929
Misc. Reel 2306 Virginia newspaper clippings, February - November 1933
Miscellaneous - 1922 - 1923, 1926
Misc. Reel 2307 Virginia newspaper clippings, 1933
Letters from Father Byrd, 1933
Miscellaneous - 1937
Misc. Reel 2308 Miscellaneous - 1937

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