Papers, 1897 - 1936

This collection contains correspondence and ephemera of Virginia Governor James Hoge Tyler; his wife Sue Hammet Tyler; several of their children (Lucy Belle Norwood Tyler McConnell, Henry Clement ("Hal") Tyler, James Hoge Tyler Jr., Stockton Heth Tyler, and Lily Tyler Wilson); and grandchild Lily Norwood Wilson.

Much of the collection consists of postcards addressed to various family members. A few of these are illustrated greeting cards for Christmas and Easter. Others show images of West Side School (Johnson City, Tennessee), Watts Hall and Spence Library at Union Theological Seminary, Roanoke Country Club, and the cafe-bar at Hotel Martinique, New York City. Also included in the correspondence is a letter of sympathy from William Sulzer following the death of J. Hoge Tyler; a letter from C. F. Ward of Roanoke, regarding a case against Eli Sohn and expressing anti-Semetic sentiments; a letter from the Virginia Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, inviting (Lucy) Belle Tyler to appear at an upcoming reunion as maid of honor to the 9th Congressional District sponsor; a letter from J. H. Hoge regarding repairs to the grave of Col. Jospeh Tyler; letters from the Clapp Stove Company regarding goods purchased by J. Hoge Tyler; and a letter from O. Bence Ross, an army trainee at Ft. Thomas, Kentucky, to Mrs. H. E. McDonald of Roanoke. (The relationship of Ross or McDonald, if any, to the Tylers is unknown.)

Several pieces of ephemera, consisting largely of commercial promotional materials, complete the collection. Included are materials promoting Leonard's White-tipped Scarlet Turnip Radish / Jones Mercantile Co. (East Radford, Virginia); Red Cross Shoe / Johnson Bros. (Radford, Virginia); Armstrong Manufacturing Company (Huntington, West Virginia); and Crown Sea Food Company (Gloucester, Massachusetts). Also included are two invitations to events connected to the 300th anniversary celebration of the founding of Jamestown, Virginia.