A Collection in the
Manuscripts and Rare Books Department
Collection Number Mss. 81 D17
Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and
Mary
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Processed by:
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Repository
Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library,
College of William and Mary
Collection number
Mss. 81 D17
Title
Ted Dalton Papers,
1933-1978,
1952-1959.
Extent
14 boxes.
Creators
J. Lindsay(James Lindsay) Almond,
Howard Baker,
Ezra Taft Benson,
Harry Flood Byrd,
Ted Dalton,
Colgate W.(Colgate Whitehead) Darden,
Dwight D.(Dwight David) Eisenhower,
Gerald R. Ford,
Mills E.(Mills Edwin) Godwin,
A. Linwood(Abner Linwood)Holton,
A.E. Dick Howard,
Richard M.(Richard Milhous) Nixon,
Davis Young Paschall,
Richard H.(Richard Harding) Poff,
Lewis F. Powell,
Nelson A.(Nelson Aldrich) Rockefeller,
Thomas B.(Thomas Bahnson) Stanley.
Language
English
Abstract
Correspondence, speeches, news
clippings, photographs, recordings, reels of film, chiefly
1952-1959, of Ted Dalton (1901-1989). Virginia state senator,
1944-1959; Republican candidate for governor of Virginia,
1953, 1957; and appointed as U. S. district judge of the
Western District of Virginia, 1959.
Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any
materials, permission must be obtained from the Curator of
Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the
copyright, if not Swem Library.
Preferred Citation
Ted Dalton Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books
Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
Theodore Roosevelt Dalton was born 3 July 1901 in Carroll
County, Virginia, the son of Currell and Lodoska Maritn
Dalton. he received his B.A. from the College of William and
Mary as well as his law degree. Dalton was Commonwealth's
Attorney for Radford, Virginia and state senator from
1944-1960. He was the Republican Party candidate for governor
in 1953 and 1957. Dalton was appointed federal judge for the
Western District of Virginia. His adopted son was John N.
Dalton who served as governor of Virginia. Ted Dalton died 30
October 1989.
Papers, 1933-1978, of Ted Dalton, Virginia state senator,
1944-1959; Republican candidate for governor of Virginia in
1953 and 1957; and U.S. District judge for the Western
district of Virginia. Includes correspondence, speeches, news
clippings, photographs, recordings, reels of film and legal
opinions.
Subjects covered include Republican Party politics, the
Virginia General Assembly, highways,compulsory automobile
insurance, segregation, the Gray Commission Report (Commission
on Public Education), the College of William and Mary, and
Dalton's appointment as federal judge.
Prominent correspondents include J. Lindsay Almond, Howard
Baker, Ezra T. Benson, Harry F. Byrd, Sr., Harry F. Byrd, Jr.,
John N. Dalton, Colgate W. Darden, Dwight D. Eisenhower,Gerald
R. Ford, Mills E. Godwin, Albertis S. Harrison, A. Linwood
Holton, J. Edgar Hoover, A. E. Dick Howard, Richard Nixon,
Davis Y. Paschall, Richard H. Poff, Lewis F. Powell, Nelson A.
Rockefeller, Thomas B. Stanley, A. E. S. Stephens, William M.
Tuck, and Edward E. Willey.
Each of the boxes in the collection is arranged
chronologically by date. Each box or group of boxes
included in one series is divided into four basic
subseries,
1. Correspondence,
2. Speeches,
3. News Clippings,
4. Other Papers.
Organization
This collection is arranged into 11 Series:
1. Papers,
2. Papers,
3. Gubernatorial Papers,
4. Papers,
5. Papers,
6. Papers,
7. Papers,
8. Papers,
9. Federal Judgeship,
10. Papers,
11. Photographs, Videotape, Etc.
Includes Honorary Litt. D. announcement by
Milligan College.
Box-folder
14:6
Correspondence,
1968.
1 Letter from Albertis S. Harrison.
Box-folder
14:18
Correspondence,
1966 -
1978.
Correspondents include Mills E. Godwin,Harry F.
Byrd, Jr., Mamie Eisenhower, Caspar Weinberger,
Mrs. Thomas B. Stanley, William M. Tuck, A. S.
Harrison, Jr., J. Edgar Hoover, A. E. Dick Howard,
Linwood D. Holton, General R. Ford, John
Dalton.
Box-folder
14:21
Correspondence and Speeches,
1970 -
1971.
Box 14
Subseries 2: Speeches,
1950-1982.
Box-folder
14:13
Lewis F. Powell's Speech on Const.
Rev.,
1969.
Box-folder
14:16
Honorary Litt. D. from College of
William and Mary,
1972.
Speech and clipping.
Box-folder
14:19
Speeches,
1950.
Box-folder
14:20
Speeches,
1951.
Box-folder
14:24
Speeches and Clippings,
1980-1982.
Box 14
Subseries 3: News Clippings,
1948-1977.
Box-folder
14:2
News Clippings,
1948, and 1964 -
1967.
1966 includes photocopy letter from Gerald R.
Ford.
Box-folder
14:12
News Clippings,
1963 and
1969.
Box-folder
14:15
News Clippings,
1971 and
1970.
Box-folder
14:17
News Clippings,
1972 - 1974, and
1977.
Box 14
Subseries 4: Other papers,
1967-1979.
Box-folder
14:5
The Reconstruction Amendments Debates,
1967.
The Convention and Constitutions of Virginia,
1776-1966.
Box-folder
14:7
Report of 1927 Virginia Constitution
Committee on Amendments,
1968.
Box-folder
14:8
Committee on Constitution Revision,
1968.
Includes news clippings.
Box-folder
14:9
Committee on Constitution Revision,
1969.
Box-folder
14:10
Revision of State Constitution
(Literature),
1968 -
1969.
Box-folder
14:11
Poll Tax in Virginia,
1969.
Box-folder
14:14
Ted Dalton's Tenth Anniversary as
Federal Judge,
1969.
Box-folder
14:22
Sigma Nu Fraternity and personal
photographs,
1978.
Photographs, Videotapes, and other artifacts.
1932-1956.
Box 15-16 and small
box
Series 11: Photographs, Videotapes, etc.
Box-folder
15:1
Ted Dalton for Governor bumper sticker,
n.d.
Box-folder
15:2
Three reels of tape,
1955-1956.
3 items. Tape.
Blacksburg Referendum speech, 1955; Capital Press
Room, 1956; second reel of Blacksburg Referendum
speech.
Box-folder
15:3
Reel of film entitled "Ted and Family",
n.d.
1 item. Film.
Box-folder
15:4
Three reels of Tape concerning the
gubernatorial campaign,
n.d.
3 items. Tape.
Box-folder
15:5
Six photographs,
1942-1949,
n.d.
6 items. Photographs.
Photographs include Virginia delegation to
national Republican convention, Chicago 1932 (Ted
Dalton); Indian Valley Hunt Club, Nov. 1942; (Ted
Dalton): Rep. Lincoln Day Dinner, Feb. 1949;
selection comm. At Eisenhower Vacation HQ, Augusta,
GA., April 10; (Pres. Eisenhower, Ted Dalton): Judge
Roby C. Thompson; Judges Ted Dalton, Alfred P.
Murrah, and Oren Lewis.
Box-folder
16:1
Reel of film,
n.d.
1 item. Film. Damaged.
Box-folder
16:2
Nine Record albums,
1947-1953,
n.d.
9 items. Albums.
The albums include Calir De Lune B/W Leibesstraum;
Acceptance Speech, 1953 (2 Cv); Political Speech,
1951; Speech, 1947.
Other Othertype: Small
Box
Three reels of film,
n.d.
3 items. Film.
The reels are entitled "Ted and Friends"; "Ted and
Family"; and "Carry Virginia Back to Her People".
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