Harry Baker Cawley Collection
Scope and Content
This collection contains letters, cards, and envelopes, dated 1918-1926, to Harry B. Cawley from his parents Mary and Robert Cawley, his brothers Marvin and Raymond, and friends, including Eugenia Rea and Kathleen A. Turner. The collection also includes school notes, two writings by Cawley, and two undated photographs - one each of Paul Guthrie Jones and of Lyn Bunting, possibly schoolmates in the 1920s.
Dates
- 1918-1922, 1926, undated
Creator
- Cawley, Harry Baker, 1900-1946 (Person)
Language of Materials
The material in this collection is in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
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Biographical Note
Harry Baker Cawley was born on July 14, 1900, to Robert Lee and Mary Lynn Callahan Cawley in Lexington, Kentucky. He served in the United States Navy from 1918-1920. Cawley then studied at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) from 1920-1921. While at VPI, he was a member of the Episcopal Club. After school, he worked as a salesman. Cawley married Martha Lucille McDonald on April 7, 1942, in Duval, Florida, divorcing two years later. Cawley died on March 23, 1946, in Roanoke, and is buried alongside his family in Evergreen Burial Park in Roanoke.
External sources:
U. S. Census, 1910-1920
"Harry Baker Cawley", findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83829087/harry-baker-cawley/, accessed on June 28, 2023.
"Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014", ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/1934208:9278?tid=&pid=&queryId=49bd69b1853ecd14b66ef313ac9280b0&_phsrc=KIa72&_phstart=successSource, accessed on June 28, 2023.
"Harry B Cawley" in the Florida, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1823-1982, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/264476:61369, accessed on March 18, 2024.
"Harry Baker Cawley" in the Florida, U.S., Divorce Index, 1927-2001, ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/406948:8837, accessed on March 18, 2024.
Extent
0.8 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Abstract
This collection contains letters, cards, and envelopes, dated 1918-1926, to Harry B. Cawley from his parents Mary and Robert Cawley, his brothers Marvin and Raymond, and friends, including Eugenia Rea and Kathleen A. Turner. The collection also includes school notes, two writings by Cawley, and two undated photographs - one each of Paul Guthrie Jones and of Lyn Bunting, possibly schoolmates in the 1920s. Cawley (1900-1946) served in the U.S. Navy in the 1910s and attended Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute in the 1920s.
Arrangement
The material in this collection is arranged by material type into two series:
Series I: Correspondence, 1918-1926, undated, which is divided into two subseries.
Subseries A: Letters to Harry B. Cawley, 1918-1921, undated, which is arranged by correspondent and chronologically.
Subseries B: Other Correspondence, 1926, undated
Series II: Ephemera, 1918-1922, undated, which is arranged by material type.
Source of Acquisition
The Harry Baker Cawley Collection was purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in November 2018.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Harry Baker Cawley Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Harry Baker Cawley Collection was completed in June 2023. Additional processing, arrangement, and description was completed in March 2024.
- Title
- Harry Baker Cawley Collection, 1918-1922, 1926, undated
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- LM Rozema, Archivist, and Sterling Bryant, Student Assistant
- Date
- 2023 (CC0 1.0)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu