George Wilson and Elizabeth Dent Wilson family photos and memorabilia
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs of George Dent's realtives; Elizabeth Dent Wilson's relatives on her mother's side, including Alabama judge Jonathan Haralson, his wife Lida, and other members of the Haralson family; and miscellaneous unidentified subjects. The collection also includes morabilia consists largely of George Dent's certificates, diplomas, certificates, and licenses, as well as Elizabeth Dent's art school diploma.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1870 - 1969
Creator
- Wilson, George, 1895-1967 (Person)
Biographical / Historical
George Wilson was born in Richmond, VA, in 1895. He joined the New York firm of Breed, Abbott and Morgan (now Whitman, Breed, Abbott and Morgan) upon graduation from the Law School in 1920. He became a partner in 1928 and remained with the firm until his death in 1967. When he died, his will stipulated that a trust be established for Elizabeth, which should pass on to the Law School when she died. In turn, Mrs. Wilson chose to leave the Law School the residual of her own estate. Those two bequests total more than six million dollars for unrestricted use, the largest estate gift ever received by the Law School.
Full Extent
143 items (135 photographs and 8 certificates and diplomas)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated by the estate of Elizabeth Dent Wilson in the fall of 2000.
Subject
- Wilson, George, 1895-1967 (Person)
- Wilson, Elizabeth Dent, 1902-1995 (Person)
- Dent family (Family)
- Haralson family (Family)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
580 Massie Road
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22903 United States
archives@law.virginia.edu