Weaver, John D. Papers Guide to the John D. Weaver Papers 01/Mss. 77 W37

Guide to the John D. Weaver Papers 01/Mss. 77 W37


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Repository
Special Collections Research Center
Identification
01/Mss. 77 W37
Title
John D. Weaver Papers 1906-1997
Quantity
7.52 Linear Feet
Creator
Weaver, John Downing, 1912-2002
Creator
Cheever, John
Creator
Partridge, Bellamy
Creator
Poulton, Jane
Creator
Stinnett, Caskie
Creator
Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984
Creator
Weaver, Harriett
Language
English

Administrative Information

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:

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:

John D. Weaver Papers, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Acquisition Information:

These papers were donated by John D. Weaver in numerous batches between 1981 and 2000.


Biographical Information:

John Downing Weaver was born 4 February 1912 in Washington, D. C. He attended Georgetown University and graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1932. He received his M. A. degree from George Washington University in 1933. He worked for the National Recovery Administration, and as a reporter, feature writer, book reviewer and copy editor for the Kansas City Star, 1935- 1940. Since 1940, he has been a freelance writer.

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

Scope and Contents

Collection contains genealogy of the Poulton Family, published stories, articles, book reviews, books, correspondence with family and friends and news clippings by and relating to John D. Weaver, author, novelist, biographer and West Coast editor of  "Travel and Leisure Magazine".

Arrangement of Materials:

The collection contains 19 boxes.  Inventories for boxes 1-16 are on the PDF document located: http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/77_W37_Weaver__John.pdf.

The inventory for boxes 17-19 are in the Finding Aid/Inventory section. 

When the collection was physically grouped together, some accessions on the original PDF inventory are now repeated on the Finding Aid/Inventory.

Related Material

Microfilm of Weaver's Kansas City Star scrapbooks (1936-1940) available at Special Collections.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Authors, American--20th century
  • Authors, American--20th century--Correspondence
  • College of William and Mary--Alumni and alumnae
  • Correspondence
  • Genealogy
  • Manuscripts (document genre)
  • Poulton family
  • United States--American Authors

General

Other Information:

A PDF document of this inventory is available online.

Additional information may be found at http://scrc.swem.wm.edu/findingaids/77_W37_Weaver__John.pdf

Significant Persons Associated With the Collection

  • Cheever, John
  • Partridge, Bellamy
  • Poulton, Jane
  • Stinnett, Caskie
  • Stuart, Jesse Hilton, 1907-1984
  • Weaver, Harriett
  • Weaver, John Downing, 1912-2002

Container List

Mixed Materials Box: 1 id147472
Box 1
  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 1 id147473
    Newspaper clippings, photographs, and copies of letters re: books and articles written by John D. Weaver
    1937-1974
    Scope and Contents

    On loan by John D. Weaver. 40 items.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2 id147475
    Copies of letters, newspaper clippings, and programs re: books and articles written by John D. Weaver
    1938-1974
    Scope and Contents

    On loan by John D. Weaver. 15 items.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3 id147477
    Copes of correspondence re: Brownsville affair, newspaper clippings re: Brownsville affair, and copies of correspondence with Earl Warren and Earl Warren, Jr.
    1906-(1966)-1974
    Scope and Contents

    On loan by John D. Weaver. 26 items.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4 id147479
    Copies of correspondence, copies of book reviews, newspaper clippings, and correspondence re: Another Such Victory , The Great Experiment , The Brownsville Raid , and other publications by John D. Weaver
    1948-1974
    Scope and Contents

    On loan by John D. Weaver. 51 items.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5 id147480
    Typescript of Warren: the Man, the Court, the Era , by John D. Weaver
    Scope and Contents

    On loan by John D. Weaver.

Mixed Materials Box: 2 id147481
Box 2
  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 id147483
    Uncorrected proofs of The Great Experiment , by John D. Weaver
    Scope and Contents

    Gift of John D. Weaever.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 id147484
    Typescript of The Great Experiment , by John D. Weaver
    Scope and Contents

    Gift of John D. Weaver

  • Mixed Materials Box: 2 id147485
    Typescript of The Love Man , by John D. Weaver
    Scope and Contents

    Gift of John D. Weaver

Mixed Materials Box: 3 id147486
Box 3
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 1 id147487
    UCLA Librarian newsletters that mention John D. Weaver
    1963-1975
    Scope and Contents

    2 items.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 2 id147488
    "A Portrait of the Peacemaker as a Young Man." Leaflet on Ralph Johnson Bunche written by John D. Weaver in honor of UCLA Library's exhibit of the Bunche Papers
    1975 April 15
    Scope and Contents

    2 items.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 Folder: 3 id147490
    Book reviews written by John D. Weaver
    1976 March-1979 March
    Scope and Contents

    17 items.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 id147491
    Weaver, John D., "The Gravy Run," Esquire , vol. XII, No. 5, pp. 58-59 & 160-161.
    1939 November
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 id147492
    Weaver, John D., "Heaven Lies About," Esquire , vol. XIV, No. 1, pp. 69 & 148-150
    1940 July
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 id147494
    Weaver, John D., "Handout," The American Mercury , vol. LIII, No. 216, pp. 698-705
    1941 December
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 id147495
    Weaver, John D., "Clouds of Glory," The Atlantic , vol. 168, No. 6, pp. 724-730
    1941 December
  • Mixed Materials Box: 3 id147496
    Weaver, John D., "You Can't Lick the Senator," Esquire , vol. XVI, No. 6, pp. 138, 207-208, & 211-212
    1941 December
Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147497
Box 4
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147499
    Weaver, John D., "Missouri Master," Collier's , vol. 109, No. 24, pp. 16-17 & 30-31
    1942 June 13
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147500
    Weaver, John D., "While Lions Roar," The Saturday Evening Post , vol. 215, no. 4, pp. 13, 93-94, & 96
    1942 July 25
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147502
    John D., Weaver, "The Boys in the Back Room," Turf and Sport Digest , vol. XIX, No. 9, pp. 22-25 & 68
    1942 September
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147503
    Weaver, John D., "Scattered Returns," The Saturday Evening Post , vol. 215, No. 20, pp. 18 & 48-49
    1942 November 14
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147505
    Weaver, John D., "Squeeze Play," The Saturday Evening Post , vol. 215, No. 30, pp. 12-13 & 80-82.
    1943 January 23
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147506
    Weaver, John D., "Two Way Stretch," Liberty , vol. 20, no. 48, pp. 14-15 & 63-66
    1943 November 27
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147507
    Weaver, John D., "The Brummell Plan," Liberty , vol. 21, No. 6, pp. 14-15 & 64-67
    1944 February 5
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys

  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147509
    Weaver, John D., "it Takes a Dame to Figure a Dame," Liberty , vol. 21, No. 30, pp. 24-25, 48-49, & 51
    1944 July 22
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147511
    Weaver, John D., "Superboy," Liberty , vol. 21, No. 46, pp. 36-37, 72, 74, 76, & 78
    1944 November 11
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147513
    Weaver, John D., "Cafeteria Society," Liberty , vol. 22, no. 8, pp. 32-33, & 58-61
    1945 February 24
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147514
    Weaver, John D., "The Lone Stranger," Liberty , vol. 22, No. 20, pp. 34-35, 60, & 62-63
    1945 May 19
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147515
    Weaver, John D., "A Winning Combination?," Liberty , vol. 23, No. 7, pp. 32-33 & 64-68
    1946 February 16
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147517
    Weaver, John D., "Foul Ball," Liberty , vol. 23, No. 25, pp. 30-31 & 68-72
    1946 June 22
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147518
    Weaver, John D., "Rock of Ages," Harper's Magazine , vol. 193, No. 1157, pp. 344-347
    1946 October
  • Mixed Materials Box: 4 id147522
    Weaver, John D., "Bread & Games," Harper's Magazine , vol. 193, no. 1158, pp. 405-411
    1946 November
Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147523
Box 5
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147524
    Weaver, John D., "The Trial," Harper's Magazine , vol. 194, no. 1161, pp. 178-181
    1947 February
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147525
    Weaver, John D., "A Sign for Selina," Harper's Magazine , vol. 194, no. 1163, pp. 345-352
    1947 April
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147526
    Weaver, John D., "Meeting Time," Harper's Magazine , vol. 197, No. 1181, pp. 54-61
    1948 October
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147527
    Weaver, John D., "The Man Who Played Santa Claus," McCall's , vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 14-15
    1948 December
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147528
    Weaver, John D., "Second Table," Collier's , vol. 125, no. 8, pp. 22-23 & 64-65
    1950 February 25
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147529
    Weaver, John D., "The Big End," Collier's , vol. 126, No. 5, pp. 22-23, 49-50, & 52
    1950 July 29
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147530
    Weaver, John D., "The Exiles," Collier's , vol. 126, No. 7, pp. 16-17, 40, & 42
    1950 August 12
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147531
    Weaver, John D., "Choice of Target," Collier's , vol. 126, no. 21, pp. 34-35, 60, 62-63, & 66
    1950 November 18
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147532
    Weaver, John D., "Double Exposure," Collier's , vol. 126, No. 25, pp. 24-25, 53, 56, & 58
    1950 December 16
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147533
    Weaver, John D., "The Big Idea," Collier's , vol. 127, no. 18, pp. 30-31, 44-45, & 47
    1951 May 5
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147534
    Weaver, John D., "The Love Man," Part I, Collier's , vol. 127, no. 21, pp. 15-17, 82, 84, 86-88, & 90
    1951 May 26
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147536
    Weaver, John D., "The Love Man," Part II, Collier's , vol. 127, no. 22, pp. 22-23, 46, 48, 50-52, & 54
    1951 June 2
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147537
    Weaver, John D., "The Love Man," Part III, Collier's , vol. 127, No. 23, pp. 32-33, 48-50, 52-54, & 56
    1951 June 9
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147538
    Weaver, John D., "The Love Man," Conclusion, Collier's , vol. 127, No. 24, pp. 32-33, 44-46, 48, 50, 52, & 54
    1951 June 16
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147539
    Weaver, John D., "Hear the Wind Blow," Collier's , vol. 129, No. 9, pp. 16-17, 38-39, & 41
    1952 March 1
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147540
    Weaver, John D., "The Windfall," Collier's , vol. 130, no. 10, pp. 32-35
    1952 September 6
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147541
    Weaver, John D., "A Soft Answer," Harper's Magazine , vol. 209, No. 1252, pp. 64-72
    1954 September
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147542
    Weaver, John D., "The New Chairs," Collier's , vol. 138, no. 4, pp. 32, 34-36, & 38-39
    1956 August 17
  • Mixed Materials Box: 5 id147543
    Weaver, John D., "The Ego & I," Cosmopolitan , vol. 145, no. 3, pp. 88-92
    1958 September
Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147544
Box 6
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147545
    Weaver, John D., "The Movies: A Capsule History," Holiday , vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 66-67
    1961 March
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147546
    Weaver, John D., "The Antic Arts San Francisco: hungry i," Holiday , vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 125-127, 130, & 137-138
    1961 April
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147547
    Weaver, John D., "Santa Barbara: Dilemma in Paradise," Holiday , vol. 29, no. 6, pp. 82-87, 154, & 157-158
    1961 June
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147548
    Weaver, John D., "A Lightening Guide to Las Vegas," Holiday , vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 52-53
    1961 July
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147770
    Weaver, John D., "The Sunset Strip," Holiday , vol. 30, No. 2, pp. 56-57 & 72-74
    1961 August
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147771
    Weaver, John D., "The Unglorified Civil Servant," Holiday , vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 86-87, 129-132, 134, & 136-137
    1962 April
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147772
    Weaver, John D., "The Department of Labor," Holiday , vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 78-79, 110-113, 115-118, 121, 131-134, & 136
    1963 February
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147773
    Weaver, John D., "An Instant Portrait of the Hollywood Starlet," Holiday , vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 76-77
    1963 March
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147774
    Weaver, John D., "Bonus March," American Heritage , vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 18-23 & 92-97
    1963 June
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147775
    Weaver, John D., "The Antic Arts--Destry Rides Again, and Again, and Again," Holiday , vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 77-80 & 91
    1963 August
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147776
    Weaver, John D., "The Political Convention: Caucus and Carnival," Holiday , vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 42-45, 112, 114-117, &121
    1964 June
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147778
    Weaver, John D., "The Selection of a President," Holiday , vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 40, & 42-45
    1964 November
  • Mixed Materials Box: 6 id147779
    Weaver, John D., "The Working Man's Washington," Holiday , vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 64-75, 171-174, 176-177, 181, 185, &187-188
    1964 December
Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147780
Box 7
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147781
    Weaver, John D., "Congress Hard at Work," GW The George Washington University Magazine , vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 5-8
    1965 Summer
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147782
    Weaver, John D., "Drawing Blood: Political Cartoonists," Holiday , vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 72-73, 101, & 116
    1965 August
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147783
    Weaver, John D., "New York's City Hall," Holiday, vol. 38, No. 5, pp. 98b-98e & 98h-98i
    1965 November
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147784
    Weaver, John D., "The Honorable Earl Warren - Part I," Holiday , vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 76-77, 84, 86, 88-90, 92-94, 96-97, & 105-107.
    1966 April
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys

  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147786
    Weaver, John D., "The Honorable Earl Warren - Part II," Holiday , vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 76-77, 90, 92, 94, 98-100, 104, 106, & 108
    1996 May
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147787
    Weaver, John D., "The Honorable Earl Warren - Part III," Holiday , vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 56-57, 76-78, 80, & 82-83
    1966 June
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147788
    Weaver, John D., "The Honorable Earl Warren," Congressional Record , Proceedings and Debates of the 89th Congress, Second Session, vol. 112, No. 119, pp. 16092-16098
    1966 July 25
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147789
    Weaver, John D., "Target: the Warren Report, Part I," West , pp. 14-17
    1966 November 27
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147790
    Weaver, John D., "Target: the Warren Report, Part II," West , pp. 60-64
    1966 December 4
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147791
    Weaver, John D., "Mister Chief Justice Traynor," West , pp. 28-30 & 32
    1966 December 11
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147792
    Weaver, John D., "Life With the Power Children," West , pp. 44-47
    1967 October 8
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147793
    Weaver, John D., "Life With the Power Children," Civil Service Journal , vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 16-20
    1968 January-March
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147794
    Weaver, John D., "Fishing's Once-A-Week Magellans," West , pp. 22-23 & 29-31
    1968 April 21
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147795
    Weaver, John D., "Pennsylvania Avenue America's Main Street," Holiday , vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 44-53 & 129
    1968 May
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147796
    Weaver, John D., "Marriage in A Nutshell," West , pp. 27-29
    1968 June 2
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147797
    Weaver, John D., "The Fighting Montagnards," West , pp. 28-31
    1968 July 7
  • Mixed Materials Box: 7 id147798
    Weaver, John D., "The Fault Dear Bruce, Is Not in Our Stars, But in Ourselves," Holiday , vol. 44, No. 5, pp. 72-75
    1968 November
Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147799
Box 8
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147800
    Weaver, John D., Dedication to Earl Warren, University of Pittsburg Law Review , vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 1-3
    1968 Fall
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147801
    Weaver, John D., "In Search of Quality," Challenge & Change United States Civil Service Commission , Annual Report, pp. 4-13
    1968
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147803
    Weaver, John D., "Summer Suds," West , pp. 26-27
    1969 August 31
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147804
    Weaver, John D., "Wine Without Fear," West , pp. 45 & 47
    1969 October 26
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147805
    Weaver, John D., "The College of William & Mary: An Educational Time Capsule," Holiday
    1969 October
    Scope and Contents

    Pst.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147806
    Weaver, John D., "Dom Bernardo's Elixir," West , pp. 38-39
    1969 December 21
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147807
    Weaver, John D., "Waiting at the Station," West , pp. 6-10
    1970 January 18
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147808
    Weaver, John D., "It was A Very Good Year," West , pp. 12-13
    1970 January 25
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147809
    Weaver, John D., "Happy Birthday, Earl Warren; What Say You to Those Who Come Next?," West , pp. 9-12
    1970 March 8
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147810
    Weaver, John D., "The Good Tolerant life of the Hollywood Hills or--'How Old Should a Child Be Before His Parents Tell Him He Lives in the Valley?," Holiday , vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 60-63, 98-99, & 102
    1970 April
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147811
    Weaver, John D., "A Touch of Mist," West , pp. 30-31
    1970 July 5
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147812
    Weaver, John D., "Help!" West , pp. 14-23
    1970 August 2
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147813
    Weaver, John D., "The Mouths that Poured, 1970," West , pp. 20-21
    1971 January 3
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147814
    Weaver, John D., "Love at First Sight," West , pp. 12-13
    1971 February 14
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147815
    Weaver, John D., "Copenhagen North Star," Holiday , vol. 49, No. 2, pp. 56-59 & 85-86
    1971 February
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147816
    Weaver, John D., "One World, American Style," West , pp. 7-12
    1971 March 21
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147818
    Weaver, John D., "The Miracle of Sixth and Flower," West, pp. 9-12 & 13-14
    1971 April 18
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147819
    Weaver, John D., "Messing About in Boats," West , pp. 24-29
    1971 July 25
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147820
    Weaver, John D., "Where the Buffalo Roamed," West , pp. 9-12 & 14
    1971 November 28
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147821
    Weaver, John D., "Beverley Hills, the Golden Enclave," Travel & Leisure , vol. 1, No. 6, pp. 38-43, 74, & 79
    1972 December-January
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147822
    Weaver, John D., "California Dreaming," Ford Times , vol. 65, No. 4, pp. 54-58
    1972 April
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147823
    Weaver, John D., "L.A. Grows Up," West , pp. 33, 38, & 40
    1972 October 1
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147824
    Weaver, John D., "Get to Know Your Pueblo," West , pp. 42-44
    1972 October 1
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147825
    Weaver, John D., "Libraries in the Los Angeles Megalopolis," Publisher's Weekly , vol. 202, No. 15, pp. 65-67
    1972 October 9
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147826
    Weaver, John D., "The Immunization Controversy," Travel & Leisure , vol. 2, No. 5, pp. 14 & 16-17
    1972 October-November
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147827
    Weaver, John D., "Wine and Redwoods," Travel & Leisure , vol. 2, No. 4, p. 84
    1972 Autumn
  • Mixed Materials Box: 8 id147828
    Weaver, John D., "Families of the Vineyard," Westways , vol. 64, No. 12, pp. 20-27
    1972 December
Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147829
Box 9
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147830
    Weaver, John D., "Want an Autographed Photo of Vilma Banky?," Travel & Leisure , vol. 4, No. 5, pp. W14 & W16
    1974 May
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147831
    Weaver, John D., "The Attic of Hollywood," Travel & Leisure , vol. 4, No. 6, pp. W5-W8
    1974 June
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147832
    Weaver, John D., "The Treasure Trove of the Huntington Library," Travel & Leisure , vol. 4, no. 10, pp. W10-W12
    1974 October
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147833
    Weaver, John D., "The Changing Nature of American Thirst," Travel & Leisure, vol. 5, No. 5, pp. 34 & 60-61
    1975 April
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147834
    Weaver, John D., "Ralph Bunche: The Early Years," Westways , vol. 67, No. 5, pp. 18-23
    1975 May
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147835
    Weaver, John D., "Ralph Bunche: Seasons of Influence," Westways , vol. 67, No. 6, pp. 18-23 & 78
    1975 June
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147836
    Weaver, John D., "Los Angeles' Triforium," Travel & Leisure , vol. 6, No. 4, pp. CA12b-CA12C
    1976 April
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147837
    Weaver, John D., "A Pocket History of American Travel," Travel & Leisure , vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 38-39 & 44
    1976 April
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147838
    Weaver, John D., "The High Price of Stardom," New West Intelligencer , p. 72
    1976 May 24
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147839
    "America's Passion For the Outdoors," Travel & Leisure , vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 23-37
    1976 May
    Scope and Contents

    John D. Weaver furnished many of the items. 2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147840
    Weaver, John D., "UCLA's Clark Memorial: library's growth to greatness," Los Angeles Times The Book Review , p. 3.
    1976 June 6
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147841
    Weaver, John D., "Library Checkout: Suburbs Not Booked," New West Intelligencer , p. 72
    1976 July 5
    Scope and Contents

    Pst.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147842
    Weaver, John D., "What are the Watts Towers?," Travel & Leisure , vol. 6, No. 7, pp. C50a-C50b
    1976 July
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147843
    Weaver, John D., "California Miniatures," Westways , vol. 68, No. 7, pp. 59-62
    1976 July
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147844
    Weaver, John D., "Huntington's Legacy: Beauty and Erudition Free for All," Los Angeles Times The Book Review , p. 3
    1976 August 25
  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147845
    Weaver, John D., "The Valley," Travel & Leisure , vol. 6, No. 8, pp. 40-41 & 53
    1976 August
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147846
    Weaver, John D., "The Movies are Silent Again--at Least in one Los Angeles Theatre," Travel & Leisure , vol. 6, No. 9, p. W16b
    1976 September
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147847
    Weaver, John D., "Broadway Melody of 1976: Playing Piper's Tune," New West , vol. 1, No. 13, pp. SC-2, SC-4, & SC-6 - SC-8
    1976 October 11
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147848
    New West , p. SC-2.
    1976 November 8
    Scope and Contents

    Letters re: John D. Weaver's article on the Central Library which appeared in the 11 October 1976 issue of New West. Also includes reply by John D. Weaver.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147849
    Weaver, John D., "The Eternal Spring of Robert Nathan," Westways , vol. 68, No. 12, pp. 14-16.
    1976 December
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147850
    Weaver, John D., "An Oasis in L.A.," Travel & Leisure , vol. 7, No. 2, pp. W8d & W74b.
    1977 February
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147851
    Weaver, John D., "John Cheever: Recollections of a Childlike Imagination," Los Angeles Times: The Book Review , pp. 3 & 8
    1977 March 13
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 9 id147852
    Weaver, John D., "The Debate of the Split: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," New West , vol. 2, No. 10, pp. 18-19
    1977 May 9
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys.

Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147853
Box 10
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147855
    Weaver, John D., "Crisscrossing California on the Earl Warren Trail," Los Angeles Times: The Book Review
    1977 June 26
    Scope and Contents

    Pst.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147856
    Weaver, John D., "L'Ermitage," Travel & Leisure , vol. 7, No. 8, p. 42.
    1977 August
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147857
    Weaver, John D., "Collecting: the fine art of accumulation," Travel & Leisure , vol. 7, No. 10, pp. 77 & 80-81
    1977 October
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147858
    Weaver, John D., "Celebrating New Year's Eve," Travel & Leisure , vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 52, 54-55, & 58.
    1977 December
    Scope and Contents

    Text by John D. Weaver, interviews by Fred Ferretti. 2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147859
    Weaver, John D., "Corralling History," Westways , vol. 70, No. 1, pp. 42-46
    1978 January
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147860
    Weaver, John D., "Reno: The Big Little Side Trip from Tahoe," Travel & Leisure , vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 107-109
    1978 February
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147862
    Weaver, John D., "Westerners: Hobbyhorse historians vs. Cadillac cowboys," Los Angeles Times: Book Review
    1978 May 21
    Scope and Contents

    Pst.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147863
    Weaver, John D., "John Weaver on John Paxton," UCLA Librarian , vol. 31, Nos. 7-8, pp. 35-36
    1978 July-August
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147864
    Weaver, John D., "John Paxton Still Works on the Mountain," Los Angeles Times , p. 44.
    1978 August 6
    Scope and Contents

    Pst.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147866
    Weaver, John D., "Valdez' 'Zoot Suit': Psychic Realities & Mythic Heroes," Los Angeles Herald Examiner
    1978 September 10
    Scope and Contents

    An interview of Luis Valdez by John D. Weaver. Pst.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147867
    Weaver, John D., "Los Angeles Through the Looking Glass," Travel & Leisure , vol. 8, No. 10, pp. 55-56
    1978 October
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147868
    Weaver, John D. and Harriet Weaver, "Los Angeles Deciphered," Travel & Leisure , vol. 8, No. 10, pp. 56-60, 62, & 102
    1978 October
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147869
    Weaver, John D., "1909," Westways , vol. 71, No. 2, pp. 20-23.
    1979 February
    Scope and Contents

    Orginial & Pst.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147870
    Weaver, John D., "The Envelope Please... A Portrait of Oscar," Travel & Leisure , vol. 9, No. 3, C124a-C124c
    1979 March
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147871
    Weaver, John D., "California Minutiae," Travel & Leisure , vol. 9, No. 4, pp. C120/1
    1979 April
    Scope and Contents

    Quiz on California. 2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147872
    Weaver, John D., "Where in the World?," Travel & Leisure , vol. 9, No. 4, p. W26/12
    1979 April
    Scope and Contents

    Quiz on cities of the world. 2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147873
    Weaver, John D., "A Crash Course in Hollywood History," Travel & Leisure , vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 18 & 20.
    1979 May
    Scope and Contents

    2 Cys.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147874
    Weaver, John D., "American Originals," Travel & Leisure , vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 100-102 & 104-105
    1979 May
  • Mixed Materials Box: 10 id147875
    Weaver, John D., "The 17-Mile Bazaar," Travel & Leisure, vol. 9, No. 6, pp. C16/2 & C16/4
    1979 June
Mixed Materials Box: 11 id147876
Box 11
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id147877
    Weaver, John D. Tad Lincoln: Mischief Maker in the White House . Hong Kong: World Today Press
    1968
    Scope and Contents

    Chinese Translation.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id147879
    Weaver, John D. The Los Angeles Handbook. Los Angeles : Price/Stern/Sloan Publishers, Inc.
    1972
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id147878
    Weaver, John D. The Brownsville Raid . New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
    1973
    Scope and Contents

    Autographed by D.W. Willis, lone survivor of the Brownsville Raid.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id147880
    Weaver, John D. "Williamsburg Progresses," Travel & Leisure , vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 98-104
    1977 March
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id147881
    Weaver, John D. "San Gabriel Mission," Travel & Leisure , vol. 9, No. 9, pp. 11416-11418
    1979 September
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id147882
    Weaver, John D. "Beautiful Downtown Burbank," Travel & Leisure , vol. 9, no. 10, pp. C11412-C11414
    1979 October
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id147883
    Weaver, John D. review of Gold Dust and Golden Dreams in New West , col. 5, No. 11, pp. 77-78
    1980 June 2
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id147884
    Weaver, John D., "The Changing Face of Angel Town," Westways , vol. 71, No. 9, pp. 19-22
    1980 September
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id147885
    Weaver, John D., review of "Land of Savagery/Land of Promise; the European Image of the American Frontier" in New West, vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 99-100
    1991 January
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id147886
    Weaver, John D., review of Small Wonder in the Los Angeles Herald Examiner
    1981 March 8
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 id147887
    Weaver, John D., editor of Los Angeles 200
    1981 September 4
  • Mixed Materials Box: 11 Folder: 12 id147888
    John D. Weaver miscellany
    1974-1988
    Scope and Contents

    Including two obituaries about Harriet S. Weaver (1813-1988). 8 items.

Mixed Materials Box: 12 id147889
Box 12
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 1 id147890
    Correspondence of John D. Weaver
    1970 November-1985 April
    Scope and Contents

    Majority of correspondence from John D. Weaver to Jane W. Poulton; centers around everyday events: progress on books, latest medical reports, congratuations on literary achievements, deaths, change of residence and traveling plans. Also includes some correspondence with mother, close friends, and editors. 42 items.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id147891
    Articles by John D. Weaver
    1935-1983
    Scope and Contents

    17 items.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id147892
      Weaver, John D., "Across the Country on 25 Dollars." Richmond Dispatch
      1935 June 30
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id147893
      Weaver, John D., "Book Reviewing Made Simple, or Why There Are So Many Epics," Kansas City Times
      1936 September 21
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id147894
      Weaver, John D., "Cabell Once More Demonstrates His Unique Place in Literature." Kansas City Times
      1937 April 14
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id147895
      Weaver, John D., "The Maligned Joe Miller and His "Joke Book"." Baltimore Sun
      1938 May 1
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id147896
      Weaver, John D., "'At Home' With Books," [Kansas City] Star
      1938 June 16
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id147897
      Weaver, John D., "Untermeyer Developed as a Poet After Flunking in High School," Kansas City Star
      1938 November 18
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id147898
      Weaver, John D., "Untermeyer in Spite of His Gags, Lives Quite Happily by His Wit." Kansas City Times
      1963 December 6
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id147899
      Weaver, John D., "The Business of Writing," The Alumni Gazette of the College of William and Mary in Virginia
      1963 May
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id147900
      Weaver, John D., "Copenhagen North Star," Holiday
      1971 February
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id148044
      Weaver, John D. "Portrait of the Peacemaker as a Young Man." leaflet on Ralph Johnson Bunche
      1975 May
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id148045
      Weaver, John D. "UCLA's Clark memorial: library's growth to greatness." Los Angeles Times
      1976 June 6
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id148046
      Weaver, John D. "Broadway Melody of 1976': Playing Piper's Tune" New West Magazine
      1976 October 11
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id148047
      Weaver, John D. "Crossing California on the Earl Warren Trail." Los Angeles Times
      1977 June 26
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id148048
      Weaver, John D. "John Paxton Still Works on the Mountain." Los Angeles Times
      1978 August 6
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id148049
      Weaver, John D. "Ambling Through Los Angeles." Travel & Leisure Magazine
      1981 October
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id148050
      Weaver, John D. "Passion for Puppets." Travel & Leisure Magazine
      1981 October
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 2 id148051
      Weaver, John D. "Life in Los Angeles." Alumni Gazette, William and Mary
      1983 Summer
  • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id148052
    Memorials written by John D. Weaver
    1980-1985
    Scope and Contents

    6 items.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id148053
      Weaver, John D. "Memoir for Carey McWilliams 1905-1980. UCLA Librarian
      1980
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id148054
      Weaver, John D., 'Memorial for Jesse Stuart', for New York Times
      1984 February 19
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id148055
      Weaver, John D. Memorial for John Paxton 1911-1985
      1985 January 5
      Scope and Contents

      (bound)

    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id148056
      Weaver, John D. Memorial for Robert Nathan 1894-1985, for WGAW News
      1985 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id148057
      Weaver, John D.. "A Portrait of Robert Nathan at a Poetical 90 Years of Age." Los Angeles Times View
      1984 January 2
    • Mixed Materials Box: 12 Folder: 3 id148058
      Weaver, John D. Memorial for Robert Nathan 1894-1985, for Memorial Service
      1985 June 8
Mixed Materials Box: 13 id148059
Box 13
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id148060
    Reviews by John D. Weaver
    1939-1985
    Scope and Contents

    12 items.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id148061
      Weaver, John D. "Tragic and Romantic Panorama in a New History of Plagues," [Kansas City Star]
      1936 February 20
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id148062
      Weaver, John D. "In Memory of a Poet Who Spoke American." Kansas City Star
      1939 April 22
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id148063
      Weaver, John D. "The Fate of a Representative Group in Nazi Germany on the Eve of War." Kansas City Times
      1940 April 24
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id148064
      Weaver, John D. "Three Who had the World on a String." Los Angeles Herald Examiner
      1981 March 8
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id148065
      Weaver, John D. "Chronicles of Grand Fenwick." Los Angeles Herald Examiner
      1981 April 12
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id148066
      Weaver, John D., review of The World Rished In: The California Gold Rush Experience, in California Magazine
      1981 November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id148067
      Weaver, John D., "An Overweight Schoolboy Made the President." Los Angeles Herald Examiner
      1981 November 22
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id148068
      Weaver, John D. "A Cathedral of Our Time." Los Angeles Herald Examiner
      1981 November 29
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id148069
      Weaver, John D. "Home of the Brave." California Magazine
      1983 May
      Scope and Contents

      p. 124

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id148070
      Weaver, John D. "Farmer-Poet a Forgotten National Jewel." Los Angeles Herald Examiner
      1984 November 23
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 1 id148072
      Weaver, John D. "Another Safari Through Medical Mystery Land." Los Angeles Herald Examiner
      1985 February 10
      Scope and Contents

      2 copies

  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id148073
    Reviews and Articles Pertaining to Books by John D. Weaver
    1970-1978
    Scope and Contents

    11 items.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id148075
      Reviews on LA Book: Travel & Leisure
      1978 August 10
      Scope and Contents

      No title or author

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id148076
      Smith, Jack, "No Malice in Wonderland." Los Angeles Times Review , part VIII
      1978 October 1
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id148078
      Capra Press, "Forthcoming Titles." Santa Barbara, California
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id148079
      Brownsville Raid: Houston, Paul. "'Frame-up Haunts Him for 66 Years.'" Los Angeles Times
      1972 December 2
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id148081
      "And in the U.S. Army..." Los Angeles Times
      1972 December 10
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id148082
      Gilliam, Stanley. "Black Soldiers in Texas." The Sacramento Bee , Sacramento, California
      1970 December 13
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id148083
      Brownsville Raid: Kirsch, Robert R. "Study of Military Injustice." Los Angeles Times
      1970 December 21
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id148084
      Tyler, Ron. "Author Examines Brownsville Raid and its Legends." Fort Worth Star - Telegram
      1970 December 27
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id148085
      Hill, Gladwin. "Chance Remark by an Author's Mother Linked to Exoneration of Black G.I.'s." New York Times
      1972 October 3
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id148086
      Jones, Jack. "167 Blacks Cleared by Army in 1906 'Brownsville Affray.'" Los Angeles Times
      1972 September 29
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 2 id148088
      Hogan, William. "Reversal of the Brownsville Raid." San Francisco Chronicle
      1972 October 2
  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3 id148089
    References in Publications to John D. Weaver
    1969-1984
    Scope and Contents

    8 items.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3 id148091
      Beagle, Peter S., The California Feeling . Doubleday & Co., Garden City, N.Y.
      1969
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3 id148092
      Jacobs, Jody. "Bon Nots at Masked Ball." Los Angeles Times
      1971 September 16
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3 id148093
      Smith, Jack. "From Frost to Jong." Los Angeles Times , part VI
      1975 February 17
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3 id148255
      UCLA Librarian , University of California Library, Los Angeles
      1975 May
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3 id148256
      Mann, Ann. "A Week of Parties." Beverly Hills Post
      1977 January 20
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3 id148257
      Lichtgarn, Eve. "Roaring Evening With Friends." UCLA Summer Bruin , University of California Los Angeles
      1977 August 30
    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3 id148258
      Seven Years of Community Support , University of California, Los Angeles
      1979 March
      Scope and Contents

      p. 51

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 3 id148259
      The Clark Newsletter
      1984 Spring
      Scope and Contents

      p. 8

  • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 4 id148260
    Literature on Huntington Library Art Gallery and Botanical Garden
    Scope and Contents

    18 items.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 4 id148261
      Self-guided tour books and informative pamphlets of the Huntington library, art gallery and botanical gardens
      Scope and Contents

      Acc. No. 85-24. 12 items.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 13 Folder: 4 id148262
      Visitor's guides and informative publications about the Huntington Library, art gallery and botanical gardens.
      Scope and Contents

      Acc. No. 85-24. 6 items.

Mixed Materials Box: 14 id148263
Box 14: Scrapbooks of articles in the Kansas City Star
1936-1940
Scope and Contents

Also on microfilm, 4 vols. Bound material on Thomas Mann, 1938.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id148264
    Weaver, John D. Scrapbook of xerox copies of articles and columns in the Kansas City Star , Vol. I
    1936
    Scope and Contents

    See Also Microfilm

  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id148265
    Weaver, John D. Scrapbook of xerox copies of articles and columns in the Kansas City Star , Vol. II
    1937
    Scope and Contents

    See also Microfilm

  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id148266
    Weaver, John D. Scrapbook of xerox copies of articles and columns in the Kansas City Star , Vol. III
    1938
    Scope and Contents

    See also Microfilm

  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id148267
    Weaver, John D. Scrapbook of xerox copies of articles and columns in the Kansas City Star , Vol. IV
    1939-1940
    Scope and Contents

    See also Microfilm

  • Mixed Materials Box: 14 id148268
    Articles about and material on Thomas Mann
    1938
    Scope and Contents

    1 volume

Mixed Materials Box: 15 id148269
Informative publications about the Huntington Library, art gallery and botanical gardens, and special collections at the University of California at Los Angeles
Scope and Contents

Miscellaneous & photos. 16 items.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 1 id148270
    Box 15: Huntington Library
    Scope and Contents

    3 items.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 1 id148272
      Fascimile copy of Declaration of Independece printed by the Huntington Library
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 1 id148273
      Olmert, Michael. "Truth and Beauty Flower at the Huntington." Smithsonian Magazine , Vol. 12, No. 11., pg. 64
      1982 February
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 1 id148274
      Olmert, Michael. "The Huntington Botanical Gardens." Horticulture Magazine , Vol. LXI, p. 56
      1983 February
  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 2 id148271
    UCLA Libraries
    Scope and Contents

    Publications about special collections at the University of California at Los Angeles. 7 items.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 3 id148275
    Miscellaneous
    Scope and Contents

    4 items.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 3 id148276
      Weaver, John D. "Bibliography," for Earl Gregg Swem Library, The College of William and Mary.
      1935-1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 3 id148277
      Johnson, Stewart. "Mrs. Julia Wolfe." The New Yorker
      1958 April 12
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 3 id148278
      Encyclopedia Britannica Yearbook, Japanese Edition
      1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 3 id148279
      Weaver, John D. "Los Angeles Ephemera," Los Angeles, California
      undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 4 id148280
    Photographs of John D. Weaver
    circa 1915
    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 4 id148281
      Photographic prints of full view of John D. Weaver (left) and his older brother Henry B. Weaver Jr.
      circa 1915
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents 3 3/8" x 5 3/8" black and white. Both are wearing heavy winter coats, hats and sturdy shoes. No background. 1 item Ph.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 4 id148283
      Photographic prints showing John D. Weaver (closest to camera) and unidentified child (brother Hank?) riding ponies at their summer home 'Gooney' in Front Royal, Va.
      circa 1915
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents 2 3/4" x 4 7/16" black and white. Background view of trees and fence. John wearing a cap, baggy clothes and no shoes. 1 item Ph.

    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 12 Folder: 1 id148284
      Signed archival print of photograph of John D. Weaver by Marilyn Sanders.
      1980
      Scope and Contents

      (Not to be reproduced without permission of Marilyn Sanders.) (See medium oversize file.)

    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 12 Folder: 2 id148285
      Two signed portraits of Caskie Stinnett and John Weaver, commissioned by John Weaver and photographed by Marilyn Sanders who retains copyright.
      1989
      Scope and Contents

      8 x 10 black and white printed on 11 x 14 paper and 8 x 10 ektacolor print Not to be reproduced without Ms. Sanders permission. Deposited in memory of their William and Mary professor Glenwood Clark.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 15 Folder: 5 id148286
    Two Glendwood Clark letters; two letters by Althea Hunt; one letter by Grace Warren Landrum - all relating to John Weaver's writing particularly his first book Wind Before Rain .
    1941 December 23-1948 May 23
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents Glenwood Clark letters dated December 23, 1941 and April 11, 1942 Althea Hunt letters dated June 13, 1942 and May 23, 1948 enclosing radio script prepared by William and Mary student Grace Warren Landrum letter dated Mar 15, 1942 Includes John Weaver's newsletter "The Old Year" (telling of the unveiling of a tablet to Harriet Weaver) and "The New Year" (telling of his marriage to Chica Nimocks and their plans to settle in Durham, N.C.).

Mixed Materials Box: 16 id148287
Box 16: Bellamy Partridge and John D. Weaver Correspondence
1942-1960
Scope and Contents

Collections no longer restricted or closed.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id148288
    Correspondence. Bellamy Partridge and John D. Weaver. Vol. I.
    1942-1945
    Scope and Contents

    No longer restricted.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id148289
    Correspondence of Bellamy Partridge and John D. Weaver. Vol. II
    1946-1949
    Scope and Contents

    No longer restricted

  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id148290
    Correspondence of Bellamy Partridge and John D. Weaver. Vol. III
    1950-1960
    Scope and Contents

    No longer restricted.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 16 id148291
    Collection of correspondence and clippings of John D. Weaver. Vol I.
    circa 1934-1959
    Scope and Contents

    No longer closed.

Mixed Materials Box: 17 id57385
Box 17: Mss. Acc. 1991.41a - 1998.17
1932-1997
  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id57406
    1991.41a
    Scope and Contents

    One notebook entitled "Collection No. 1206: Writings and Correspondence, Civic activities."

  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id57407
    1995.59
    Scope and Contents

    Copy of John Weaver's article on Dr. Earl Gregg Swem, from the Kansas City Star, June 16, 1938.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id57408
    1997.57
    Scope and Contents

    10 folders. Literary manuscripts: working draft, 1992 of book THE SENATOR AND THE SHARECROPPER'S SON; 1995 draft; reviews, etc. Published book transferred to Archives.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id148292
      Drafts and review of John Weaver's book The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 1 id148293
      Review of The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son p. 13 in the Texas A&M University Press
      1997 Spring-Summer
      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 1 id148294
        Xerox copy of review of The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son in the Amarillo Sunday News-Globe by Mary Kate Tripp
        1997 August 10
      • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 1 id148295
        "Writing a Wrong," Las Vegas Sun
        1997 September 16
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 2 id148296
      Xerox copies of articles collected by John Weaver relating to The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 3 id148297
      Working draft entitled Exoneration
      1992
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 4 id148298
      Working draft entitled Exoneration
      1992
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 5 id148299
      Working draft entitled Exoneration
      1992
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 6 id148300
      Working draft entitled Exoneration: The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son
      1992
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 7 id148301
      Working draft entitled Exoneration: The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son
      1992
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 8 id148302
      Working draft entitled Exoneration: The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son
      1992
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 9 id148303
      Working draft entitled Exoneration: The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son
      1992
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 10 id148304
      Working draft entitled Exoneration: The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son
      1992
  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id57409
    1998.06
    Scope and Contents

    35 folders. Material relating to THE BROWNSVILLE RAID and THE SHARECROPPER'S SON AND THE SENATOR, both written by John Weaver, correspondence with his sister Jane Poulton, 1993-1997, and copies of letters to his first wife Harriet Weaver, 1943. 250 items.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 1 id148305
      Copies of letters from John D. Weaver chiefly at Camp Crowder, Missouri, to his wife Harriet S. Weaver
      1943
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 2 id148306
      Correspondence between John D. Weaver and his sister Jane W. Poulton
      1993-1995
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 3 id148307
      Correspondence between John D. Weaver and his sister Jane W. Poulton
      1996
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 4 id148308
      Correspondence between John D. Weaver and his sister Jane W. Poulton
      1997-1998
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id148309
      Press release for The Brownsville Raid by John D. Weaver
      undated
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 6 id148310
      "The Brownsville Raide"
      Scope and Contents

      Contents: Senate Debate, Foraker and the Presidency, Mingo Sanders Testimony, Boyd Conyers Testimony and Roosevelt and the Press.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 7 id148311
      "The Brownsville Raid"
      Scope and Contents

      Contents: Senate Debate, Foraker and the Presidency, Mingo Sanders Testimony, Boyd Conyers Testimony and Roosevelt and the Press.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 8 id148312
      The Brownsville Raid Chronology: Foraker's Senate Seat and "Conyer's Confession" (1906-1090)
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 9 id148313
      The Brownsville Raid Notes for Robert Anderson
      1987 July 10
      Scope and Contents

      Contents: Blockson Report, Chronology, Nick & Alice Longworth, and Chronology: Foraker, Roosevelt, Taft, 1846-1892 (draft)

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 10 id148314
      "The Brownsville Raid": Background chronology prepared by John D. Weaver
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 11 id148315
      The Brownsville Raid. Senate & House Debates. Part One.
      1906 December 3, 1907 January 26
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 12 id148316
      The Brownsville Raid. Senate & House Debates. Part One.
      1906 December 3, 1907 January 26
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 13 id148317
      The Brownsville Raid. Senate & House Debates. Part One.
      1906 December 3, 1907 January 26
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 14 id148318
      The Brownsville Raid. Senate & House Debates. Part Two.
      1908 March 11, 1909 February 27
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 15 id148319
      The Brownsville Raid. Senate & House Debates. Part Two.
      1908 March 11, 1909 February 27
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 16 id148320
      The Brownsville Raid. Senate & House Debates. Part Two.
      1908 March 1, 1909 February 27
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 17 id148321
      The Brownsville Raid. Senate & House Debates. Part Two.
      1908 March 11, 1909 February 27
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 18 id148322
      Draft of Exoneration
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 19 id148323
      Draft of Exoneration
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 20 id148324
      Draft of Exoneration
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 21 id148325
      Draft of Exoneration
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 22 id148326
      Draft of Exoneration
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 23 id148327
      Draft of Exoneration
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 24 id148328
      Draft with notations of "The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son: Exoneration of the Brownsville Soldiers" by John D. Weaver
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 25 id148329
      Draft with notations of "The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son: Exoneration of the Brownsville Soldiers" by John D. Weaver
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 26 id148330
      Draft with notations of "The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son: Exoneration of the Brownsville Soldiers" by John D. Weaver
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 27 id148331
      Draft with notations of "The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son: Exoneration of the Brownsville Soldiers" by John D. Weaver
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 28 id148332
      Draft with notations of "The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son: Exoneration of the Brownsville Soldiers" by John D. Weaver
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 29 id148333
      Draft with notations of "The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son: Exoneration of the Brownsville Soldiers" by John D. Weaver
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 30 id148334
      Index to "The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son."
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 31 id148335
      Index to "The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son."
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 32 id148336
      Index to "The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son."
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 33 id148337
      Index to "The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son."
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 34 id148338
      Index to "The Senator and the Sharecropper's Son."
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 Folder: 35 id148339
      John D. Weaver, The Brownsville Raid . New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.
      1973
      Scope and Contents

      Signed by the last survivor of the Brownsville raid and John D. Weaver.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id57410
    1998.11
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents 2 folders. Pencil sketch of the Wren Building with article by John Weaver taped to the back; copy of his birth record; copy of letter by John Holmes, 29 Sept. 1936 regarding book reviewing and copy of 1932 College of William and Mary's Dean's List showing John Weaver ranked as second.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id148340
      Pencil sketch of the Wren Building
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id148341
      Copy of birth certificate of John D. Weaver
      1912 February 18
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id148342
      Copy of Dean's List for second semester, College of William and Mary
      1931-1932 session
    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id148343
      Copy of TLS, John Holmes to John D. Weaver re. his book-reviewing in the Times.
      1936 September 26
      Scope and Contents

      1 p.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id148344
      Copy of "Challenge & Change," United States Civil Service Commission, Annual Report
      1968
      Scope and Contents

      2 pp.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id57411
    1998.16
    Scope and Contents

    2 folders. Copies of correspondence between John Weaver and the College of William and Mary regarding Glenwood Clark and Caskie Stinnett. Weaver and Stinnett were classmates and students of Professor Glenwood Clark. Dated 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 17 id57412
    1998.17
    Scope and Contents

    5 folders. One volume of letters entitled "Chica's Book," which contains correspondence with relatives and friends of John and Chica Weaver between 1989 and 1991. The book was privately published, 1991 and has an index of correspondents. Promiminent writers and authors number among the correspondents including his friend Caskie Stinnett, who was also a William and Mary alumnus, class of 1932.

Mixed Materials Box: 18 id57386
Box 18: Mss. Acc. 1998.48 - 2000.28
1983, undated
  • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id57413
    1998.48
    Scope and Contents

    26 folders. Papers of Jesse Stuart, Appalachian writer and friend of John Weaver, books by Jesse Stuart and Caskie Stinnett. Part of this collection was formerly on deposit at UCLA library.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 1 id148345
      Xerox copies of letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1941-1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 2 id148346
      Xerox copies of letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1941-1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 3 id148347
      Xerox copies of letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1941-1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 4 id148348
      Xerox copies of letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1941-1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 5 id148349
      Xerox copies of letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1941-1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 6 id148350
      Xerox copies of letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1941-1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 7 id148351
      Xerox copies of letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1941-1984
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 8 id148352
      Chiefly letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1936 June-1942 July
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 9 id148353
      Chiefly letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1942 August-December
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 10 id148354
      Chiefly letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1943
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 11 id148355
      Chiefly letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1944 January-1945 July
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 12 id148356
      Chiefly letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1946 August-1949 September
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 13 id148357
      Chiefly letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1950-1956
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 14 id148358
      Chiefly letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1958-1959
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 15 id148359
      Chiefly letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1960-1969
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 16 id148360
      Chiefly letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1970-1979
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 17 id148361
      Chiefly letters from Jesse Stuart to John D. Weaver
      1980-1985
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 18 id148362
      Jesse Stuart obituaries
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 19 id148363
      Jesse Stuart obituaries
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 20 id148366
      Jesse Stuart photograph
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents 8 x 10", black and white

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 21 id148364
      Articles about and by Jesse Stuart
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 22 id148365
      Duplicates of copies of articles and letters by Jesse Stuart
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 23 id148367
      Richardson biography of Jesse Stuart
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 24 id148368
      "Jesse Stuart, a reference guide" by J.R. LeMaster
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 25 id148369
      Photographs of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Stuart and daughter, Jane
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents 7 7/8 x 7 7/8", color

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 26 id148370
      Letters from Jerry A. Herndon, Murray State University; David S. Ziedberg, University of California, Los Angeles; and John D. Weaver about the Jesse Stuart correspondence.
      Scope and Contents

      Also, the Jesse Stuart Foundation Newsletter, vol. I, no. I, and a brochure, maps, and postcards of Greenbo Lake State Resort Park.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id57414
    1998.52
    Scope and Contents

    Scope and Contents 3 folders. Copies of eight short stories and articles by John Weaver including "The Flesh is Heir", "Vital, Searching, Significant", "Artist in Exile: Thomas Mann", "Medicated Memoirs," "Studies in Success: Harlow Brooks," "Studies in Success: William N. MacCartney," "Kansas City as a Publishing Center," "Studies in Success: Chevalier Jackson," and "The Gravy Run." All published.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id57415
    1999.15
    Scope and Contents

    4 folders. Copies of news articles.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 1 id148371
      One volume of copies of new articles, columns, cartoons, and letters to the editor relating to "Tom and Sally and Bill and Monica,"
      1998-1999
      Scope and Contents

      1 item.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 2 id148372
      Copy of Nature magazine, English periodical which broke the story of Jefferson and DNA
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents (see pp. 13-14: "Founding Father" by Eric S. Lander and Joseph J. Ellis). 1 item.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 3 id148373
      Copies of correspondence between John Weaver and S.J. Perman
      Scope and Contents

      2 items.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 4 id148374
      Jesse Stuart inscribed copy of Adventures in Reading to John Weaver with a story by Jesse Stuart
      1958
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents see pp. 1-12: "Writing and reading and Jesse Stuart" and pp. 342-361: "The threat that runs so true." 1 item.

  • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id57416
    1999.29A
    Scope and Contents

    4 folders. Bibliography of John Weaver's writings by Dorothy Olding, 1968. Anthology of tenth grade Humanities Program, Edsel Ford High School, vol. I including short stories by Jesse Stuart and John Weaver.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 1 id148375
      Bibliography of John D. Weaver's writings done for Dorothy Olding, Harold Ober Associates, 40 East 49th Street, New York, N.Y. 10017
      1988
      Scope and Contents

      20 pp.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 2 id148376
      Anthology of 10th grade English humanities program, Edsel Ford High School, vol. III, including short stories by John D. Weaver and Jesse Stuart.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 3 id148377
      Anthology of 10th grade English humanities program, Edsel Ford High School, vol. III, including short stories by John D. Weaver and Jesse Stuart.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 4 id148378
      Anthology of 10th grade English humanities program, Edsel Ford High School, vol. III, including short stories by John D. Weaver and Jesse Stuart.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id57417
    1999.29B
    Scope and Contents

    9 folders. Correspondence and articles relating to Weaver's sister, Jane Poulton, Swem Library, and his former professor at William and Mary Glenwood Clark.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 1 id148379
      Correspondence and newspaper clippings relating to John Weaver's former professor at William and Mary, Glenwood Clark
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 2 id148380
      Correspondence of John Weaver and his sister Jane Poulton of Durham, North Carolina, and copies of newspaper clippings.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 3 id148381
      Correspondence of John Weaver and his sister Jane Poulton of Durham, North Carolina, and copies of newspaper clippings.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 4 id148382
      Correspondence of John Weaver and his sister Jane Poulton of Durham, North Carolina, and copies of newspaper clippings.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 5 id148383
      Miscellaneous material relating to the College of William and Mary
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 6 id148384
      Miscellaneous material relating to the College of William and Mary
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 7 id148385
      Miscellaneous material relating to the College of William and Mary
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 8 id148386
      Miscellaneous material relating to the College of William and Mary
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 9 id148387
      Miscellaneous material relating to the College of William and Mary
  • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id57418
    1999.52
    Scope and Contents

    4 folders. Duplicates of Caskie Stinnett correspondence and other letters including an original letter by Dean Charles Quittmeyer, July 30, 1983. Mimeographed copy of anthology including story by Jesse Stuart and one by John Weaver, in tenth grade English-Humanities course at Dearborn, Michigan High School.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 1 id148388
      Copies of John Weaver's correspondence with "Doc" Caskie Stinnett, John Cheever, Robert Anderson, Don and Katrina Ettlinger, Mary Cheever and Dorothy Olding
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 2 id148389
      Copy of ALS from Dean Charles Quittmeyer, School of Business Administration, College of William and Mary, to John Weaver
      1983 July 30
      Scope and Contents

      Cy of ALS. 1 p.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 3 id148390
      Mimeographed copy of anthology which includes two stories by Jesse Stuart and one by John Weaver for a tenth grade English humanities course at a Dearborn Michigan high school.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 Folder: 4 id148391
      Mimeographed copy of anthology which includes two stories by Jesse Stuart and one by John Weaver for a tenth grade English humanities course at a Dearborn Michigan high school.
  • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id57419
    2000.38
    Scope and Contents

    One folder. Five periodical writings by John Weaver including articles and fiction from The American, The Ego and It, Travel and Leisure, and Colliers.

    • Mixed Materials Manuscripts Oversize Box 12 Folder: 3 id148392
      "A Matter of Principle," Collier's Christmas Annual, pages 24-25, 73-75
      1949 December 24English.
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id148393
      "The Ego and I," pp. 88-92
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id148394
      "The Surprise," The American Magazine , pp. 46-47, 140-143
      1947 July
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id148395
      "The Immunization Controversy," pp. 14-ff
      October-November
    • Mixed Materials Box: 18 id148396
      Xerox copy of advertisement of California Coastal Access Guide
Mixed Materials Box: 19 id57387
Box 19: Mss. Acc. 1993.17
1941-1991
Scope and Contents

1993.17Correspondence between John Weaver and family members and friends about their lives and families. Genealogy work done by John Weaver. Printed material about and by John Weaver and his wife, Harriett Weaver.

  • id57388
    Series 2: Correspondence
    Mixed Materials Box: 19 1943-991
    Scope and Contents

    Correspondence with Bellamy and Helen Partridge, John Cheever, Jane Poulton and Harriett S. Weaver. Folder 9 has restriction by John Weaver: these letters are restricted. They cannot be copied, quoted or published, in part or in full, without permission of the authors or their estates.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 1 id57389
      Correspondence - John Cheever
      1947, 1953, 1976, 1978
      Scope and Contents

      Correspondence between John D. Weaver and John Cheever. Mention of William Weaver, John D. Weaver's brother, who moved to Italy.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 2 id57390
      Correspondence – Bellamy and Helen Partridge
      1943-1960
      Scope and Contents

      Weaver-Partridge Correspondence, Volume II and III. A synopsis, from 1946 to 1958. Appears to be a chronology of the events in John D. Weaver's life, taken from his correspondence. Copies of letters from John D. Weaver to Bellamy and Helen Partridge. January 26, 1943 – Enlisted in the army and assigned to Frank Capra's unit of signal corps, which is making morale shorts. May 15, 1943 – Moved from signal corps to another unit. December 8, 1943 – To be stationed in New York, New York. January, 1946 – Promoted to technical sergeant in the Army. January 20, 1947 - Harriett's mother dies. February 25, 1946 – Implies that John Weaver is now a civilian. December 2, 1948 – Sold "Christmas Story" for $50,000 to RKO. March 1949 - Bought their first house on Hillside Avenue, Los Angeles, California. October 1956 – John Weaver's Father died. July 5, 1960 – Telegram from Helen Partridge saying Bellamy died.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 3 id57391
      Correspondence – Bellamy and Helen Partridge - Duplicates
      1943-1960
    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 4 id57392
      Correspondence – Jane Poulton
      1969
    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 5 id57393
      Correspondence – Jane Poulton
      1972-1979
      Scope and Contents

      Discuss where their Mother should live. Talks about Harriett's melanoma and other health issues. Copies of articles and discussion of writing projects. March 23, 1973 - Weaver family moves from Beverly Grove Drive, Beverly Hills, Cal. to Whites Speak Drive, Sherman Oaks, Cal. July 1975 - Weaver family moves from White Peaks Drive to Deervale Drive. August [1978] - "...I've finished the first draft of the 2-hour teleplay on Jamestown, 1607-1646..." September 1978 - John Weaver's Mother dies. Mention of family conflict.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 6 id57394
      Correspondence - Jane Poulton
      1980-1984
      Scope and Contents

      Scope and Contents Copies of original correspondence with some original letters from Jane Poulton. Jane W. Poulton lives in Durham, North Carolina. Topics include the adaptation of "Brownsville" into a play, articles and published material written by John D. Weaver and Jane Poulton, health of Harriett , Harriett's community involvement with banning fireworks and clearing of chaparral in the Santa Monica Mountains, The College of William and Mary, disposition of family papers, and genealogy. January 1980 – Moving from Sherman Oaks, California to Encino, California. August 6, 1981 – John mentions his 50th anniversary at William and Mary, "have no intention of going near the place. I wouldn't want to be around so many old people." September 28, 1981 - William & Mary publishes a calendar with a write up and photograph of John Weaver. January 24, 1984 - Jane Poulton writes some biographical and work history of herself. November 9, 1981 - "Tom Graves, the president of W&M, is coming to town Thursday and we're to have drinks and dinner with him…" December 24, 1981- Includes Newsletter sent to family and friends. February 1983 - John resigns from Travel and Leisure. June 6, 1983 - Gives suggestions to Jane about how to handle her papers, such as putting full name of newspaper where an article is published. "I am very conscious of that sort of thing just now because the two scrapbooks that Harriett kept of our Kansas City Star years are in sad shape. The clippings tear at the slightest touch, so I'm having them microfilmed and will get two copies, one for UCLA and the other for William and Mary." Mentions article he wrote on Los Angeles in William and Mary's Alumni Gazette. February 24, 1984 - "…gift we're making to the Swem Library…book I treasure and it seemed to me that it belonged in Virginia…"

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 7 id57395
      Correspondence - Jane Poulton
      1985-1987
      Scope and Contents

      Copies of original correspondence with some originals from Jane Poulton. Topics include family matters, family history, computers, concerns about Harriett and other family members' health with details about Harriett's health problems and how it affects John and Jane's difficulty getting her dog book published. Includes writings and published material by both Jane Poulton and John Weaver. March 10, 1987 - Jane's husband, Jack Poulton, dies.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 8 id57396
      Correspondence - Jane Poulton
      1988-1991
      Scope and Contents

      Topics include Harriet's health, computers, taxes, genealogy, family matters, Jane's published material, and John's projects, particularly "Brownsville." May 31, 1988 - Handwritten note: "brought Harriet home from the hospital." June 1988 - Possibility of Harriet and John moving to Durham, North Carolina area. June 1988 - Wrote letter to his brother, Hank, and wife, Kitty July 5, 1988 - Includes attached letter John Weaver wrote to Scott Donaldson, English professor at William and Mary, about his (Donaldson's) new biography of John Cheever that contained snide remarks attributed to John Weaver. August 25, 1988 - Harriett is in a nursing home. October 31, 1988 - Mention of family matters concerning their sister, Ann and other family members. November 15, 1988 - Jane writes about John's stress and depression as result of harriett's illness. November 24, 1988 - Jane appears to be offering him comfort because Harriett died. November 25, 1988 - Los Angeles Times Obituary of Harriett Weaver. December 12, 1988 - Jane talks of their sister Ann's well being, and her husband, Hugh who is trying to help. December 30, 1988 - Jane tells of visit to Ann's home. Obituary of Harriett S. Weaver in the Los Angeles Firefighter, January/February 1989 March 17, 1989 - Los Angeles Timse article about a memorial gathering for Harriett Weaver for her work with fire safety laws for hillside communities. Attached tribute by Jerry Fields, Fire Station #99. May 13, 1989 - Poem by Harriet. "How dear the framework of our little world..." May 16, 1989 - John writes, "...I am seeing Marilyn again from time to time, but I go to her now as a friend rather than a suitor. Our Lady of Hemet is a different proposition." October 18, 1989 - Doc Stinnett writes about the note he received from John telling him that he and Chica are married. William and Mary Magazine, Winter 1991, article about John Weaver, class of 1932

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 9 id57397
      Correspondence – Harriett S. Weaver
      1943-1944
      Scope and Contents

      Per note by John Weaver, these letters are restricted. They cannot be copied, quoted or published, in part or in full, without permission of the authors or their estates. Correspondence between John and Harriett Weaver while he is stationed in New York City and she is in Los Angeles. Topic include news of friends, activities, John Weaver's job in the Army and details of Harriett's preparations to move to New York. John Weaver's mailing address in New York is: Sgt. John D. Weaver, Special Coverage Section, Screen Magazine, Signal Corps Photographic Center in Long Island City, new York. December 17, 1943 - letter from John Weaver, "...film on Negro troops building a road... said i was the 'minorities' expert... I told him two things... 2) troops should not be referred to as Negroes, but simply as American troops."

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 10 id57398
      Correspondence – John D. Weaver and Harriett S. Weaver
      1946
  • id57399
    Series 3: Genealogy
    Mixed Materials Box: 19
    Scope and Contents

    Also includes copies of Love letters from Rose Davisson, Hillborough, Virginia to John F. Poulton, of Petersburg, Virginia, dated 1857-1858

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 11 id57404
      Genealogy – Poulton Family
      1986-1987, undated
      Scope and Contents

      Correspondence between Jane Poulton and John Weaver about research in Virginia and California. Copies of census reports and notes.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 12 id57405
      Genealogy – Poulton Family - Transcriptions of Love Letters from Rose Davisson to John F. Poulton
      1857-1858
      Scope and Contents

      Copies of Love letters from Rose Davisson, Hillsborough, Virginia to John F. Poulton, of Petersburg, Virginia, dated 1857-1858.

  • id57400
    Series 4: Printed Material
    Mixed Materials Box: 19 1942, 1969, 1984, 1989
    Scope and Contents

    Printed material either written by or about John D. Weaver or Harriett S. Weaver.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 13 id57401
      Newsday and Congressional Record
      1969-1984
      Scope and Contents

      "At the Chelsea, Artists Do Their Thing", Article from Newsday by Paul D. Colford, January 1, 1984. Congressional Record, June 24, 1969 with a reference to John D. Weaver.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 14 id57402
      Saturday Evening Post
      1942 July 25
      Scope and Contents

      Saturday Evening Post, July 25, 1942. Includes article by John D. Weaver, "While Lions Roar." Signed: To the Mother of John D. Weaver, Mrs. Beatrice Weaver, with best regards. Ben Hibbs.

    • Mixed Materials Box: 19 Folder: 15 id57403
      Harriett S. Weaver.  Collection No. 1447
      1989
      Scope and Contents

      Harriett S. Weaver (1913-1988) Collection No. 1447"Residential Development and fire-Flood-Landslide Management in the Santa Monica Mountains.  Special Collections, University Research Library, University of California at Los Angeles.  Published 1989, The Encino Press, Encino California