Milton Burr Collection

Archive

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Jefferson County Museum

Name/Title

Milton Burr Collection

Entry/Object ID

ARC190

Scope and Content

Fifty-five telegrams sent to Milton Burr from February 25 to March 10, 1920, in support/opposition to women's suffrage, including one from Woodrow Wilson. Fifteen of the fifty-five telegrams were scanned. Among the Jefferson County residents sending telegrams were: S. K. Dandridge, John T. Porterfield, A. P. Thomson, H. L. Lyne, Frank Line (or Lyne ?), C. D. Wysong, E. E. Cooke, F. W. Brown, W. F. Alexander, J. B. Huyett, F. E. Cooke, J. W. Strider, H. C. Page, Alexander Spotswood Dandridge, E. L. Goldsborough, Charlotte Pendleton Goldsborough, E. T. Reinhard, T. B. Line, G. W. Billmyer, H. M. Turner, J. L. Osburn, G. W. Banks, J. H. Hill, G. W. Ferrell, J. W. Gardner, R. C. Grove, C. N. Whiting, Harrison Schley, A. S. Dandridge, R. J. Hamrick, C. J. Cavalier, Virginia Lucas, Mrs. George W. Knott, Fanny B. Loman, Melvin T. Strider, Frank Bushong, C. H. Strider, H. Clay Getzendanner, and H. K. Dandridge. Also included is a letter from Miss Florence Hoge regarding suffrage, a $3 check to J. Frank Myers, and three documents regarding fire insurance for the M.E. Church at Bardane, West Virginia (July 1931). A cut-out piece from a newspaper regarding the death of President Milton Burr of the Bank of Charles Town. Milton Burr was a Jefferson County businessman and state senator.

Acquisition

Accession

145

Source or Donor

Cassell, Sarah Burr

Acquisition Method

Gift

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

1920 - 1931

Archive Size/Extent

One folder containing 55 telegrams and 6 other pieces of ephemera.