William S. Graham Papers, 1918-1937 | Sargeant Memorial Collection

By Nichole Delasalas

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Collection Overview

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Biographical Note

Subject/Index Terms

Administrative Information

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Folder 1: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1918 December-January

Companies associated with this file include: Baldwin, Stribling & Co., United Fruit Company, S. W. Pannill Real Estate and Investments, Northwestern Realty Corporation, War Camp Community Service, Security Storage and Safe Deposit Company, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, The Arco, Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Crozer-Pocahontas Company, W. F. Lintz, R. A. Lumber, Atlantic Life Insurance Company, Old Dominion Steamship Company, Tazewell Taylor, Real Estate, Trust, and Insurance Company, Frank Brothers, Virginia Automobile Supply Station, The Boston Morris Plan Company, Hampton Roads Shippers Association, New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company, S. P. Burton and Company, Stonege Coke and Coal Company, Willcox, Cooke, and Willcox, C. B. Johnson, United War and Service and YMCA Campaign.

Folder 2: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1919 June-January

Companies associated with this file include: The M. Solmson Fly Screen Company, The Williams and McKeithan Lumber Company of Virginia, Jos. R. Ives and Company, C. D. Mahone and Company, Church of the Good Shepherd, Princess Anne Country Club, Trust Company of Norfolk, Industrial Department Navy Yard, The First National Bank, The Stribling Fuel Company, United States Railroad Administration, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, S. P. Burton and Company, Gordon and Hume, The Grimsom-Russell Company, W. T. Gregory, H. C. Hoggard and Company, Tidewater Insurance Company, Southern Bagging Company, The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, War Department, J. H. Coffer and Company, Baldwin, Stribling and Company, S. W. Pannill, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, United Fruit Company, Real Estate, Trust, and Insurance Company, M. T. Blassingham and Company, Inc., Old Dominion Steamship Company, Aetna Life Insurance Company, Diocese of Southern Virginia, Geo. F. Wilkinson and Company, Wm. A. Read and Company, John L. Roper Lumber Company, Southern Storage and Warehouse Company, Interlaken Inn.

Folder 3: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1919 December-July

Companies associated with this file include: The M. Solmson Fly Screen Company, The Williams and McKeithan Lumber Company of Virginia, Jos. R. Ives and Company, C. D. Mahone and Company, Church of the Good Shepherd, Princess Anne Country Club, Trust Company of Norfolk, Industrial Department Navy Yard, The First National Bank, The Stribling Fuel Company, United States Railroad Administration, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, S. P. Burton and Company, Gordon and Hume, The Grimsom - Russell Company, W. T. Gregory, H. C. Hoggard and Company, Tidewater Insurance Company, Southern Bagging Company, The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, War Department, J. H. Coffer and Company, Baldwin, Stribling and Company, S. W. Pannill, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, Norfolk and Western Railway Company, United Fruit Company, Real Estate, Trust and Insurance Company, M. T. Blassingham and Company Inc., Old Dominion Steamship Company, Aetna Life Insurance Company, Diocese of Southern Virginia, Geo. F. Wilkinson and Company, Wm. A. Read and Company, John L. Roper Lumber Company, Southern Storage and Warehouse Company, Interlaken Inn.

Folder 4: William S. Graham - Personal File, Miscellaneous Receipts, 1922-1919

Companies associated with this file include: Office of The High Constable, H. L. Page and Company, Norfolk City Water Department, L. B. Wilson, and E. Graham.

Folder 5: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1920 June-January

Companies associated with this file include: Central Pocahontas Coal Company, Farmers Manufacturing Company, Johnson Motor Corporation, J. Leon Wood and Company, New York Life Insurance Company, St. Luke's Church, Swan Island Club, Guaranty Title and Trust Corporation, Reliance Electric Company, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Pendleton Brothers, Inc., Princess Anne County Treasurer, Fisher, Watson and Company, Seaboard Supply Company, George McBlair and Company, White Hardware Company, Garnett, Taylor and Edwards, E. E. and L. P. Holland, William Ficklen and Company, Caskie and Caskie, T. C. Hurst and Son, E. C. Threadcraft, Norfolk Hardware and Company, Mitchell Vance Company, C. A. Nash and Son, The M. Solmson Fly Screen Company, United Fruit Company, Real Estate, Trust, and Insurance Company, The First National Bank, William F. Lintz, Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Norfolk Southern Railroad Company, Chesapeake Steamship Company, Frank Brothers, Merchants and Miners Transportation Company, Montague Manufacturing Company, A. A. Housman and Company, The Stribling Fuel Company, Miller Manufacturing Company, Storey, Thorndike, Palmer and Dodge, Joynes Tire Company, E. T. Burrowes Company, Crozer-Pocahontas Company, Wells Amusement Company, Southern Bagging Company, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Raabt Company, Atlantic Life Insurance Company, United States Railroad Administration, Atlantic Salvage Company, Harry E. McCoy Law, Robert S. Brittin, Virginia Insurance Agency.

Box 2

Folder 1: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1920 December-July

Companies associated with this file include: Central Pocahontas Coal Company, Johnson Motor Corporation, J. Leon Wood and Company, New York Life Insurance Company, St. Luke's Church, Swan Island Club, Guaranty Title and Trust Corporation, Reliance Electric Company, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, Pendleton Brother, Inc., Princess Anne County Treasurer, Fisher, Watson and Company, Seaboard Supply Company, George McBlair and Company, White Hardware Company, Garnett, Taylor, and Edwards, E. E. and L. P. Holland, William Ficklen and Company, Caskie and Caskie, T. C. Hurst and Son, E. C. Threadcraft, Norfolk Hardware and Company, Mitchell Vance Company, C. A. Nash and Son, The M. Solmson Fly Screen Company, United Fruit Company, Real Estate, Trust, and Insurance Company, The First National Bank, William F. Lintz, Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Norfolk Southern Railroad Company, Chesapeake Steamship Company, Frank Brothers, Merchants and Miners Transportation Company, Montague Manufacturing Company, A. A. Housman and Company, Farmers Manufacturing Company, The Stribling Fuel Company, Miller Manufacturing Company, Storey, Thorndike, Palmer, and Dodge, Joynes Tire Company, E. T. Burrowes Company, Crozer-Pocahontas Company, Price-Reynolds Hardware Company, Southern Bagging Company, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Raabt Company, Atlantic Life Insurance Company, United States Railroad Administration, Atlantic Salvage Company, Harry E. McCoy Law, Robert S, Brittin, Virginia Insurance Agency, Wells Amusement Company.

Folder 2: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1921 December-January

Companies associated with this file include: Jefferson Loan Society, Tidewater Insurance Agency, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Country Club District, Norfolk and Western Railway, F. S. Royster Guano Company, The First National Bank, The Lorraine Hotel, John Hopkins Hospital, William Ficklen and Company, E. T. Burrowes Company, Trust Company of Norfolk, Stribling Fuel Company, Robert Clyde McKee and Norton Y. Bullock, Virginia Insurance Agency, New River Coal Company, H. L. Page and Company, Graham and Company, Aetna Life Insurance Company, J. Leon Wood and Company, Thos. F. Galvin, Inc., The National Bank of Commerce, The Equitable Life Assurance Society.

Folder 3: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1922 July-January

Companies associated with this file include: Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, S. P. Burton and Company, Dillion Read and Company, Real Estate, Trust, and Insurance Company, Southern Railway System, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Bonnie Tile and Fixture Corporation, Franklin Motor Car, Citizens Bank, F. S. Royster Guano Company, Farmers Manufacturing Company, Crozer-Pocahontas Company, B. Altman and Company, The Banks Supply Company, Trinity College, William Ficklen and Company, Commonwealth Coal Company, Pendleton Brothers, Inc., Grand Hotel and Grand Hotel Royal, City Gas Company of Norfolk, M. T. Blassingham and Company, Fowler Stove and Roofing Company, Stribling Fuel Company, A. F. Amory, Hotel Metz, Baldwin, Stribling, and Company, American Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, H. H. Franklin Automobile Manufacturing Company, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Frank Brothers, Crystal Block Coal and Coke Company, Tidewater Insurance Agency, T. C. Hurst and Son.

Folder 4: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1922 December-August

Companies associated with this file include: Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company, S. P. Burton and Company, Dillion Read and Company, Real Estate, Trust, and Insurance Company, Southern Railway System, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, Bonnie Tile and Fixture Corporation, Franklin Motor Car, Citizens Bank, F. S. Royster Guano Company, Farmers Manufacturing Company, Crozer-Pocahontas Company, B. Altman and Company, The Bankers Supply Company, Trinity College, William Ficklen and Company, Commonwealth Coal Company, Pendleton Brothers, Inc., Grand Hotel and Grand Hotel Royal, City Gas Company of Norfolk, M. T. Blassingham and Company, Fowler Stove and Roofing Company, Stribling Fuel Company, A. F. Amory, Hotel Metz, Baldwin, Stribling and Company, American Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company, H. H. Franklin Automobile Manufacturing Company, Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, Frank Brothers, Tidewater Insurance Agency, T. C. Hurst and Son.

Box 3

Folder 1: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1924 June-January

Companies associated with this file include: J. Leon Wood Company, The Recreation Centre, The American Oil Company, New River Coal Company, Mexican Petroleum Corporation, Virginia National Guard, Pan American Petroleum and Transportation Company, New Process Company, The North Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank of Durham, Union Clothing Company, Agnes Scott College, Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company, William and Lee University, The Equitable Life Assurance Society, Southern Railway System, Blaire Graham Construction Company, Farmers Manufacturing Company, McDowell and Company, Fentress and Sons, Shoreham Hotel, H. B. Smith Company, Motor Vehicle Commissioner, Virginia Railway and Power Company, F. M. Sheffield and Company, W. J. Messick, Baltimore Steam Packet Company, Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, Panama Railroad Company, Virginian Pilot Publishing Company, Jefferson Loan Society.

Folder 2: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1924 October-July

Companies associated with this file include: J. Leon Wood Company, The Recreation Centre, The American Oil Company, New River Coal Company, Mexican Petroleum Corporation, Virginia National Guard, Pan American Petroleum and Transportation Company,  New Process Company, The North Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank of Durham, Union Clothing Company, Agnes Scott College, Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company, William and Lee University, The Equitable Life Assurance Society, Southern Railway System, Blaine Graham Construction Company, Farmers Manufacturing Company, McDowell and Company, Fentress and Sons, Shoreham Hotel, H. B. Smith Company, Motor Vehicle Commissioner, Virginia Railway and Power Company, F. M. Sheffield and Company, W. J. Messick, Baltimore Steam Packet Company, Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, Panama Railroad Company, Virginian Pilot Publishing Company, Jefferson Loan Society.

Folder 3: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1924 December-November

Companies associated with this file include: J. Leon Wood and Company, The Recreation Centre, The American Oil Company, New River Coal Company, Mexican Petroleum Corporation, Virginia National Guard, Pan American Petroleum and Transportation Company, New Process Company, The North Carolina Joint Stock Land Bank of Durham, Union Clothing Company, Agnes Scott College, Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company, William and Lee University, The Equitable Life Assurance Society, Southern Railway System, Blaine Graham Construction Company, Farmers Manufacturing Company, McDowell and Company, Fentress and Sons, Shoreham Hotel, H. B. Smith Company, Motor Vehicle Commissioner, Virginia Railway and Power Company, F. M. Sheffield and Company, W. J. Messick, Baltimore Steam Packet Company, Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, Panama Railroad Company, Virginian Pilot Publishing Company, Jefferson Loan Society.

Folder 4: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1928 May-January

Companies associated with this file include: W. Ludwell Baldwin and Company, Inc., Livingston and Company, The Koppers Coal Company, Tidewater Automobile Association of Virginia, S. L. Nusbaum and Company, The Virginian Pilot, Macy and Klaner, Inc., Provident Mutual, Farmers Manufacturing Company, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, The First National Bank, Phi Chapter Corp of Delta Tau Delta, Post and Flagg, General Motors Acceptance Corporation, Seaboard Citizens National Bank, Nottingham Hauling Company, Florida New Process Laundries, Inc., Fort Dearborn Fuel Company, Delco-Light Products, Maryland Casualty Company, Bell Telephone Securities Company, Sunshine Laundry Company, Theo H. Price Publishing Corporation, Sun Coal Company, Norfolk National Bank of Commerce and Trusts, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, Perfection Home Strop Company, Miami Beach Laundry Company, C. P. Brown.

Folder 5: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1928 December-June

Companies associated with this file include: W. Ludwell Baldwin and Company, Inc., Livingston and Company, The Koppers Coal Company, Tidewater Automobile Association of Virginia, S. L. Nusbaum and Company, The Virginian Pilot, Macy and Klaner, Inc., Provident Mutual, Farmers Manufacturing Company, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, The First National Bank, Phi Chapter Corp of Delta Tau Delta, Post and Flagg, General Motors Acceptance Corporation, Seaboard Citizens National Bank, Nottingham Hauling Company, Florida New Process Laundries, Inc., Fort Dearborn Fuel Company, Delco-Light Products, Maryland Casualty Company, Bell Telephone Securities Corporation, Sunshine Laundry Corporation, Theo H. Price Publishing Corporation, Sun Coal Company, Norfolk National Bank of Commerce and Trusts, The Northwestern Mutual life Insurance Company, Perfection Home Strop Company, Miami Beach Laundry Company, C. P. Brown.

Box 4

Folder 1: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1930 July-January

Companies associated with this file include: The Koppers Coal Company, National Laundries, Glass Service Corporation, A. S. Nawlin and Company, Chas. D. Barney and Company, General Foods, Southern School of Beauty Culture, Inc., The Analysis Foundation, Camp Shawanogi, The Midland and Coal Company, Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills, Fort Dearborn Fuel Company, Norfolk National Bank of Commerce and Trusts, Provident Mutual, Farmers Manufacturing Company, The Equitable Life Assurance Society, Sinclair Consolidated Oil Company, Atlantic Life Insurance Company, Miller Trail Control Corporation.

Folder 2: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1930 December-August

Companies associated with this file include: Provident Mutual, Farmers Manufacturing Company, Fort Dearborn Fuel Company, Maryland Casualty Company, Norfolk National Bank of Commerce and Trusts, The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company, The Koppers Coal Company, National Laundries, Glass Service Corporation, A. S. Nowlin and Company, Chas D. Barney and Company, General Foods, Southern School of Beauty Culture, Inc., The Analysis Foundation, Camp Shawanogi, The Midland Coal Corporation, Riverside and Dan River Cotton Mills, Sinclair Consolidated Oil Corporation, Atlantic Life Insurance Company, Miller Train Control Company.

Folder 3: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1932 December-January

Companies associated with this file include: General Foods, Corroon and Reynolds, Ferlazzo's Southern Antique Shops, Inc., Spann and Hill, R. F. Trant, Chiles Coal Company, The Consolidation Coal Company, Hampton Roads Wholesale Coal Association, Odend'Hal - Monks Corporation, The West Virginia Coal Company, Burk and Company, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, Mass Mutual, The McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, Nansemond Brick Corporation, Investment Corporation of Norfolk, Myers Corporation of Norfolk, Tidewater Automobile Association of Virginia, Farmers Manufacturing Company, The Koppers Coal Company, Maryland Casualty Company.

Folder 4: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1933 December-January

Companies associated with this file include: Jefferson Coal Company, Hampton Roads Wholesale Coal Association, The Equitable Life Assurance Society, E. L. Cooke, Jr and Company, Tax Equalizing Association, Farmco Package Corporation, T. J. Pargoe, Pan American Union, A. S. Nawlin and Company, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, The Koppers Coal Company.

Folder 5: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1934 July-January

Companies associated with this file include: The Koppers Coal Company, Norfolk Country Club, Tunstall and Tunstall, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Granger Engineering, New England Coal and Coke Company, National Bank of Commerce, Virginia Smokeless Coal Company, The Virginian Railway Company, First Presbyterian Church, J. Southgate and Son, A. T. Massey Coal Company, Castnen, Curran, and Bullitt, Investment Corporation of Norfolk, Farmco Package Corporation.

Box 5

Folder 1: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1934 December-August

Companies associated with this file include: The Koppers Coal Company, Norfolk Country Club, Tunstall and Tunstall, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Granger Engineering, New England Coal and Coke Company, National Bank of Commerce, Virginia Smokeless Coal Company, The Virginian Railway Company, First Presbyterian Church, J. Southgate and Son, A. T. Massey Coal Company, Castnen, Curran, and Bullitt, Investment Corporation of Norfolk, Farmco Package Corporation.

Folder 2: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1936 December-January

Companies associated with this file include: Shulman and Company, Berry Burk Company, Federal Housing Administration, The Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Southern Storage Warehouse Corporation, J. H. Dillon Coal Company, New England Coal and Coke Company, Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada.

Folder 3: William S. Graham - Personal File, 1937 December-January

Companies associated with this file include: Virginia Episcopal School, General Exchange Insurance Corporation, General Motors Acceptance Corporation, J. H. Dillon Coal Company, The Perry Buick Corporation.

Folder 4: William S. Graham - Personal File, S. L. Nusbaum and Company, 1923-1919

Folder 5: William S. Graham - Personal File, S. L. Nusbaum and Company, 1925-1924