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[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
C.B. "Buddy" Spencer
Gift. Accession #A2014-39
The collection was processed by Mona Farrow in October 2015.
Dr. Warren F. Spencer taught in the Department of History at Old Dominion College from 1956 to 1967 and served as Department Chair from 1961 to 1967. Dr. Warren Spencer is the author of four books, including The Confederate Navy in Europe, Raphael Semmes: The Philosophical Mariner, and co-authored the United States and France: Civil War Diplomacy.
Note written by Mona Farrow
This collection contains a draft and an original manuscript of the Whittle Papers, original letters, and photocopies of original documents (with transcriptions), notes, books, and a copy of a photograph of Lt. William Conway Whittle. The collection was assembled by Warren Spencer, professor of history at Old Dominion University.
Whittle Family Papers (MG 95) contains information about the Whittle family.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 1, Address given by William Whittle Jr in Norfolk and Petersburg VA, 1903-1904, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 2, Cruises of the Confederate Steamers Shenandoah and Nashville, 1940, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 3, The Taylor Whittle House of Freemason Street, 1972, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 4, Correspondence, Referencing the Rappahannock, 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 5, Correspondence Pertaining to the Publication of the Original Manuscript of Whittle Paper, 1966 February 7, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 6, Correspondence Commodore Baron from George Sinclair, 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 7, Correspondence from Thomas Bold to Commander, 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 8, Correspondence from First Lt. Chapman, 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 9, Correspondence of Lt. W.E Evans, 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 10, Correspondence from Charles M. Fauntleroy, 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 11, Correspondence from B.W Green, 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 12, Correspondence from J.R Hamilton, 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 13, Correspondence to Madam LeBlank, 1869, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 14, Correspondence of Thomas G. Page, 1865, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 15, Correspondence of E.G. Read, 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 16, Correspondence of W.H. Murdaugh, 1865, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 17, Correspondence of M.P. Robertson, 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 18, Correspondence of George L. Sinclair, 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 19, Correspondence of Captain R. Semmes, 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 20, Correspondence of A.G. Soutter, 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Includes handwritten Narrative by Captain William C. Whittle
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 21, Correspondence to Spencer from Edmonia Whittle and Betty Dabney, 1968, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 22, Correspondence of William C. Whittle, 1865-1867, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 23, Correspondence of Edmonia Whittle, 1932, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 24, Correspondence to and from Spencer and Virginia Beach Maritime Historical Museum Inc., 1987-1988, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 25, CSS Alabama Ship Log Missing and Killed and Page Entitled "Survival after Alabama", 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 26, Index and Identification of Persons Mentioned in Whittle Papers by Spencer, 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 27, Investigation of U.S Navy Department with Captain Whittle, undated, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 28, Note Cards, by Spencer, undated, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 29, Notes and Footnotes by Spencer, 1963-1965, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 30, One of 12 Captains Notes Handwritten, 1820, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 31, Partial Itemize Listing of Documents, 1890-1900, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 32, Partial Newspaper Article on William Whittle Jr., undated, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 33, Payroll of Men in Naval Hospital at Cherbourg, 1864, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 34, Photograph of William C. Whittle Jr., undated, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 35, Presentation to Norfolk Historical Society by Spencer With Notes, 1965 May 23, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 36, Rum Punch Recipe from Whittle Family, undated, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
Father and son and draft with handwritten corrections and notes
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 37, Synopsis of the Whittle Family and the Confederate Navy, undated, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 38, Whittle Papers Drafted Manuscripts, undated, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.
[Identification of item and date], Box 1, Folder 39, Whittle Papers, Preface Handwritten Corrections, undated, Warren Spencer Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.