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Sources consulted for the biography of:Colgate Whitehead Darden (1897–1981)
Biographies
- Robert C. Glass and Carter Glass Jr., Virginia Democracy (1937), 2:50–53.
- Guy Friddell, Colgate Darden: Conversations with Guy Friddell (1978), with second quotation on 164.
- Stuart I. Rochester and Jonathan J. Wolfe, "Colgate W. Darden, Jr.: The Noblest Roman of Them All," in Edward Younger and James Tice Moore, eds., The Governors of Virginia, 1860–1978 (1982), 291–305.
Primary Sources
- Darden's military service record questionnaire in Virginia War History Commission, Individual Service Records (Questionnaires), 1919–1924, Accession 37219, Library of Virginia.
- Colgate Whitehead Darden Executive Papers, 1942–1946, Record Group 3, Accession 23566, Library of Virginia.
- Papers of the President and Darden correspondence in numerous other collections, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
- Darden sound recordings in WRVA Radio Collection (esp. WRVA–221), Accession 38210, Library of Virginia.
- Oral History Interviews:
- Interviews by John T. Mason Jr. (typescript), 1969, United States Naval Institute, Annapolis, Md., published as Mason, The Reminiscences of the Honorable Colgate W. Darden, Jr. (1984).
- Interview by Ann L. S. Southwell and Michael F. Plunkett (typescript), ca. 1972, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
Secondary Sources
- Jonathan J. Wolfe, "Virginia in World War II" (Ph.D. diss., University of Virginia, 1971).
- Virginius Dabney, Mr. Jefferson's University: A History (1981), first quotation on 283.
- Ronald L. Heinemann, Harry Byrd of Virginia (1996).
Newspapers
- Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 3 Dec. 1927
- Richmond Times-Dispatch, August 6, 1941; January 22, 1942 (includes text of gubernatorial inaugural address); January 10, 1946; January 13, 1946
- Washington Post, September 28, 1941; June 22, 1958 (third quotation); February 13, 1969
- Charlottesville Daily Progress, June 14, 1958; June 15, 1959
Obituaries and Editorial Tributes
- Norfolk Ledger-Star, June 9, 1981; June 10, 1981
- Richmond News Leader, June 9, 1981
- New York Times, June 10, 1981
- Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, June 10, 1981
- Richmond Times-Dispatch, June 10, 1981; June 11, 1981
- Washington Post, June 10, 1981; June 15, 1981
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