06049cpcaa2200925 4500 mm 76045757 DLC 20260227111617.0 cr ||||||||||| 770929|||||||||||| eng mm 76045757 ms 78001772 DLC dacs DLC DLC R lcmd Willard family papers, 1800-1968 (bulk 1890-1954). 119,900 items. 522 containers plus 5 oversize. 180.8 linear feet. Open to research. Restrictions may apply to unprocessed material. Correspondence, letterbooks, notebooks, diaries, subject files, business and financial records, and other papers. Papers of Joseph Edward Willard reflect his activities as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates (1894-1902), member of the staff of Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, lieutenant governor of Virginia (1902-1906), and U.S. ambassador to Spain (1913-1921). Papers (1865-1955) of his wife, Belle Layton Wyatt Willard deal primarily with family matters, genealogies of the Anderson, Herbert, Randolph, and Wyatt families, and financial affairs and include letters (1922) from her daughter, Elizabeth Willard Herbert, relating to the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen by George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, earl of Carnarvon. Papers of his mother, Antonia Ford Willard, relate to her alleged espionage work for the Confederacy aiding Generals John S. Mosby and Jeb Stuart and her arrest by and subsequent marriage to Major Joseph Clapp Willard, whose papers document his Civil War experiences and business interests in Washington, D.C. Papers of Joseph W. Wyatt include extensive records of the Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., and the Virginia Hotel Company, a real estate holding company. Other records relate to the Fairfax Development Corporation, Rappahannock Land Development Corporation, and Richmond and Rappahannock River Railway Company. Correspondents include Hilaire Belloc, Henry F. Hollis, Edward M. House, Theodore Roosevelt, Elihu Root, Jr., Augusta Saint-Gaudens, Homer Saint-Gaudens, and Woodrow Wilson. Microfilm edition of bill book 3, 1860-1861, available, no. 16,415. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1975. Maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. Some photographs, negatives, architectural drawings, and other pictorial materials transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Family active in the social and political life of Virginia and Washington, D.C. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010061 Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953 Correspondence. Carnarvon, George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, Earl of, 1866-1923. Herbert, Elizabeth Willard Correspondence. Hollis, Henry French, 1869-1949 Correspondence. House, Edward Mandell, 1858-1938 Correspondence. Lee, Fitzhugh, 1835-1905. Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916. Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919 Correspondence. Root, Elihu, 1881-1967 Correspondence. Saint-Gaudens, Augusta Correspondence. Saint-Gaudens, Homer, 1880- Correspondence. Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864. Tutankhamen, King of Egypt. Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 Correspondence. Anderson family. Herbert family. Randolph family. Willard family. Wyatt family. Fairfax Development Corporation. Rappahannock Land Development Corporation. Richmond and Rappahannock River Railway Company. Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates. Virginia Hotel Company. Willard Hotel (Washington, D.C.) Espionage, Confederate. Hotels Washington (D.C.) Railroads Virginia. Real estate development Virginia. Real estate development Washington (D.C.) Spanish-American War, 1898 Campaigns Cuba. Spies Confederate States of America. Spain Foreign relations United States. Diplomatic and consular service, American Spain. United States Foreign relations Spain. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Women. Virginia Politics and government 1865-1950. Virginia Social life and customs. Washington (D.C.) Social life and customs. Willard, Antonia Ford, 1838-1871. Antonia Ford Willard papers. Willard, Belle Layton Wyatt, 1873-1954. Belle Layton Wyatt Willard papers. Willard, Joseph Clapp, 1820-1897. Joseph Clapp Willard papers. Willard, Joseph Edward, 1865-1924. Joseph Edward Willard papers. Wyatt, Joseph W. Joseph W. Wyatt papers. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010061 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms010061.3 39411 39411