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Preferred Citation:

T. Dalton Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

Gift: 6 cartons, 5/25/1981. Gift: 4 boxes, 1/11/1982. Gift: 50 items, 4/26/1982.

Processing Information:

Processed by Edward M. Riley during 1982-83.

Biographical Information:

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. Further information about this individual or organization may be available in the Special Collections Research Center Wiki: .

Scope and Contents

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.

Arrangement of Materials:

Arrangement: 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.

Related Material

Phonograph records and reel-to-reel tapes from this collection have been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.

Separated Material

All audiovisual material from this collection has been moved to the Manuscripts Audiovisual Collection.

Halftone Photo Woodblock (81D17.01) was removed from Box 15 and transferred to the Manuscripts Artifact Collection.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
• College of William and Mary--History--20th century
• Correspondence
• Legal documents
• Patronage, Political--United States--History
• Photographs
• Republican Party (U.S.)
• Roads--Virginia
• Segregation in education--Virginia
• Speeches
• United States--Politics and Government
• Video recordings
• Virginia State Senate
• Virginia--Governors
• Virginia. Governor (1978-1982 : Dalton)

General

Other Information:

Additional information may be found at http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/wm/viw00037.frame