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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

John W. Warner papers

 Series
Identifier: MSS 10191

Scope and Content note

This collection includes general and constituent correspondence, office files, speeches, appointment books, photographs, scrapbooks, and clippings documenting Senator Warner’s life and career.

A note regarding consituent correspondence: only in rare instances did the Senator's office keep outgoing corespondence. The vast majority of what makes up the constituent correspondence are the incoming letters from his constituents. Original letters sent... to the Senator were microfilmed and then destroyed.

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Dates

  • Creation: 1956-2009
  • Creation: Majority of material found in 1967-2008

Creator

Language of Materials

The collection is in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Please note, the -By series is stored offsite. Please allow at least 72 hours for transportation to the reading room.

Physical Access

Items on digital or audio-visual carriers will need to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis before digital transfer occurs. Allow at least two weeks for the evaluation phase. Digitization may take between two and four weeks.

Conditions Governing Use

Some material in this collection is protected by copyright and/or related rights; the University does not hold these rights and cannot grant (or withhold) copyright permissions. The donor has retained any copyrights in any portion of the collection created or authored by him. You are free to use materials in the collection in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use, including fair use. For... other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). More information about permissions to publish Special Collections material is available here.

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Biographical Note

John William Warner (born February 18, 1927) is an American Republican politician who served as Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as a five-term United States Senator from Virginia from January 2, 1979, to January 3, 2009. He did not seek reelection in 2008 and has rejoined the law firm of Hogan and Hartson, where he worked before joining the Department of Defense.

He grew up in Washington D.C. and joined the Navy shortly after graduating... from high school, leaving as a Petty Officer 3rd Class. He then did his undergraduate studies at Washington and Lee University and began post-graduate studies at University of Virginia Law School.

With the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, Warner joined the Marine Corps, first in active duty and then as a reserve, finally earning the rank of Captain. He resumed his studies at George Washington University and received his law degree in 1953.

He has been married three times. His first marriage was to Catherine Conover Mellon in 1957; they divorced in 1973. He was married to actress Elizabeth Taylor in 1976; they divorced in 1982. Since 2003, he has been married to Jeanne Vander Myde. He has three children, all from his first marriage.

In 1987, he was one of few Republicans to reject the nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court. He would later break with Virginia Republicans, refusing to support the campaigns of Mike Farris and Oliver North. In 1996, he was one of ten Republican Senators voting against the charge of perjury in the attempted impechment of President Bill Clinton.

His committee memberships included the Environment and Public Works Committee, the Committee on the Armed Services, the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, the Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.

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Extent

756 Cubic Feet (Approximately 730 cubic foot boxes, 42 document boxes, and oversize scrapbooks and folders.)

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