Finding Aid to the Herbert Bouldin Hawes Papers

JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
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LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA 24501
(434) 846-0501
HERBERT BOULDIN HAWES (1872-1966) PAPERS
In 1937, Herbert Bouldin HAWES was selected by publishers GARRETT and
MASSIE of Richmond, Virginia, to write a history of the City of Lynchburg, Virginia.
This collection includes the research notes of Mr. HAWES concerning the history of
Lynchburg and concerning the people living in and around Lynchburg. The history was
never published. Also included in the collection are letters concerning the research.
BOX 1

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1-2
1-3
1-4
1-5
1-6

Index "Notes of Lynchburg"
Correspondence
Attorneys Who Qualified to Practice in Lynchburg
"Lynchburg Eighty Years Ago [ca.1851]" (John Meem PAYNE)
"Lynchburg Men of the Confederacy" (Arthur H. JENNINGS)
"Samuel MILLER As Seen Through the Eyes of His Friend and
Physician" (Vera THOMAS)
1-7 "Facts Concerning New London, Bedford County, Virginia..."
1-8 "Excerpts of the Early History and Reminiscences of First
Presbyterian Church Schools"

BOX 2 History of Lynchburg
(Chapters 1-15)
BOX 3 History of Lynchburg
(Chapters 16-20)
BOX 4 History of Lynchburg
(Chapters 21-24)
BOX 5 History 1770-1785
BOX 6 History 1786-1804
BOX 7 History 1805-1818
BOX 8 History 1819-1831
BOX 9 History 1853-1865

BOX 11 Notes A/1-169
BOX 12 Notes A/170-261
BOX 13 Places
BOX 14 Miscellaneous Notes
BOX 15 Families A-C
BOX 16 Families D-H
BOX 17 Families I-M
BOX 18 Families N-R
BOX 19 Families S-Z

BOX 10 History 1865-1871

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JONES MEMORIAL LIBRARY
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HERBERT BOULDIN HAWES (1872-1966)
Herbert Bouldin HAWES, son of Herbert Henry HAWES and Harriette Ann
BOULDIN, was born 19 November 1872 in Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia.
He was educated at Hampden-Sydney College and received his law degree from
Washington and Lee University in 1895. He practiced law in Bluefield, Mercer County,
Virginia, and became city attorney. He was later employed by publishers in Minnesota,
New York and Virginia, to write for law publications. He returned to Virginia in ca.
1933, where he worked for H. H. ECKENRODE, state historian in Richmond. He moved
to Lynchburg in ca. 1935.
Herbert B. HAWES married Bessie PRINCE, daughter of Burk PRINCE and Belle
HILL, of Hinton, Summers County, West Virginia.
In December 1936, the Board of Directors of the Lynchburg Sesqui-centennial
Commission voted to publish a history of the City of Lynchburg "as a memorial to the
150th anniversary celebration held in October." The Board contracted with publishers,
GARRETT and MASSIE, of Richmond, Virginia, for the production of the volume. The
publishers agreed that the first edition would be limited to one thousand copies. Herbert
Bouldin HAWES was selected by the publishers for the writing of the history and began
work on the project in 1937. By April 1938, he had completed the outline of the
manuscript and was scheduled to begin the writing of the text in May 1938, with the
finished work to be delivered to the publishers by 1 July 1938. The volume was never
published.
Herbert Bouldin HAWES died 2 February 1966 at his home in Lynchburg. He was
buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery.
[Obituary of Herbert B. Hawes, Lynchburg News, 3 February 1966, Sect. B, p. 4, col. 1; Washington and
Lee University Alumni Directory 1749-1949 (Lexington: W&L Alumni Inc., 1949), p. 119; Burial record,
Herbert Bouldin Hawes, Diuguid Funeral Home, Lynchburg, VA, Book 55, p. 210; Hill's Lynchburg City
Directory, 1935 (Richmond: Hill Directory Co., 1935), p. 199; "Publishers select Hawes," Lynchburg
News, 20 April 1937, p. 8 col. 6; "Publishers delay fixing deadline," Lynchburg News, 1 April 1938, p. 8
col. 1; "History promised in fall," Lynchburg News, 5 April 1938, p. 8 col. 3; Obituary of Bessie Prince
Hawes, Lynchburg News, 12 October 1977, Sect. B, p. 3 col. 1; Burial record, Bessie Prince Hawes,
Diuguid Funeral Home, Lynchburg, VA, Book 67, p. 94.]

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