University of Virginia Library

100 Scrapbooks

According to Edmund Berkeley, Jr., curator
of manuscripts at Alderman Library, "One of
the most valuable helps to the student of
Virginia history will be the 100 scrapbooks of
clippings from newspapers all over the nation,
covering every aspect of the senator's career."

The Byrd archive contains all the senator's
speeches since 1920 and correspondence
including letters from such public figures as
former presidents Harry S. Truman, John F.
Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

One 1958 letter from Sen. Barry Goldwater
discusses the future for political conservatives,
such as Sen. Byrd and himself:

"It is going to be a lonesome road you and I
and the other Conservatives are going to travel
in the coming years," Sen. Goldwater wrote,
"but I think that if we stick together a little
better than we have in the past, we can give
those Liberals. . .something to think about.