A Collection in
The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 10200-ae
Acquisition Information
This collection was given to the Library by Elizabeth
Ann [Mrs. Norman C.] Scott, sister-in-law of Hugh Scott, on
September 24, 1994.
This collection consists of ca. 1,000 items, ca. 1905-1994,
pertaining to the life and career of Hugh Scott, and including
biographical and personal information on Scott and his wife
Marian Huntington Chase Scott. Included are correspondence,
notes and other papers, magazine and newspaper clippings,
printed documents and other material, and photographs.
Correspondence, 1915-1926, includes letters between Hugh
Scott, his brother Norman C. Scott and sister
Alice Mitchell
Scott, and their father, Hugh Doggett Scott, and his wife whom
they address as "mother." The family letters are heartfelt and
loving and usually concern news of the family and personal
matters; the father's letters to his son are full of praise
and show great pride. A letter, January 29, 1922, from Hugh
Scott, 24 East Lawn, University of Virginia, comments on
various topics: Hugh Black, the evangelist, speaking to the
students; Melissa Bradford's graduating from Randolph Macon
Women's College and visiting him at the university; and,
twenty-five inches of snow in Charlottesville. Other topics
mentioned include: a visit from Lloyd George and his family
(November 5, 1923); the movie filmed in Fredericksburg, the
"Steadfast Heart" (November 10, 1923); the upcoming marriage
of Hugh Scott and Marian Huntington Chase (February 18, 1924);
Hugh Scott's mother, Scott's intentions to marry Marian
Huntington Chase, and movie actors at the Kiwanis Club (May
23, 192[ ]); and, mid-winters at the University of Virginia
(Wednesday).
Correspondence, 1935-1986, includes letters between Hugh
Scott, his brother Norman C. Scott and his wife Elizabeth Ann
Scott, and the Scott brothers' parents. These letters contain
discussion of Scott's career and travel activities. A letter,
September 9, 1935, discusses a sensational investigation of
the magistrates of the city of Philadelphia by the district
attorney's office. A letter, May 21, 1939, on letterhead
"Cunard White Star 'Georgic,'" details the travel plans of
Hugh and Marian Scott and their daughter "Marnie" in and
around Europe, and mentions stays in various cities of
England, Scotland, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Yugoslavia. There
are three letters, July-August 1941, from Scott onboard the
U. S. S. New Mexico, mentioning
various activities on the ship, a ride in a seaplane, and the
probability of being transferred to the
Mississippi. Two letters in
1945 from Scott discuss activities in the Pacific. The letter
of July 5, 1945 discusses an impending operation in which
Scott will have several vessels under his charge as press
boats and his philosophical thoughts on the war. The letter of
November 9, 1945, "en route Yokohama to Oahu," discusses his
future plans including a brief stay in Pearl, [Hawaii] and
doing a job in Washington at the request of the admiral;
mentions his thoughts on the tour and the ship
Calvert; and mentions a trip
into unoccupied Japan and thoughts on the Japanese people and
their attempts to re-build. There is a brief letter, November
24, 1955, from Hugh and Marian Scott, written on a
"Thanksgiving Day Menu/Military Sea Transportation
Service/Pacific Area," mentioning their crossing the
International Date Line and staying in Japan, Bangkok,
Hongkong, and Hawaii. A January 19, 1961 letter encloses a
copy of a letter from Admiral Clifton and an article
concerning a downed U. S. Navy transport plane in Shikoku,
Japan. In a November 26, 1964 letter, Scott writes from
Honolulu, Hawaii, relating his and Marian's travel plans for
New Zealand and Fiji and mentioning a dinner with
governor-elect of Washington state, Dan Evans, and his wife.
Letters of February 3, May 31, and August 10, 1967 mention
various subjects: meeting Priscilla Holcombe Hall, wife of the
Consul General at Jerusalem, at the American Club in Tokyo;
the offer of a Fellowship at Balliol [College at Oxford
University, England]; plans to attend a dance at the Nelson
Rockefellers on June 9th; and, writing books. There is a
letter, n.d. [early 1970s?] from Alice Mitchell Scott Hill on
letterhead "Crosley Broadcasting of Atlanta, Inc.," discussing
some of her activities in children's television and mentioning
her husband T. Gardner Hill and son Richard being loved by the
family. A letter of December 8, 1975 from Scott to his brother
and wife, Norman and Beth, encloses the congressional record
and a statement concerning Scott's retirement at the end of
the term. A letter, "Tuesday," from
Alice Mitchell Scott Hill,
discusses politics and the 'Hugh Scott Republicans.'
There are photographs of Hugh Scott at various stages of
his life, including childhood pictures and with his wife
Marian. He is also pictured with political figures including
Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Barry
Goldwater, and others. There is an autographed photograph of
Dwight D. Eisenhower and a copy of an autographed photograph
of Hugh Scott and George Bush, 1993, inscribed "To my
respected friend Sen. Hugh Scott with lasting pride in you.
Your friend, George Bush." One of the oversize group
photographs also includes Pat Nixon, Betty Ford, Marian Scott,
and the Nixon children.
The political papers, 1939-1990, contain printed materials
on the legal and political career of Scott, and includes
newsletters, congressional records, and campaign material.
Attached to a June 21, 1972 letter are Scott's reports on the
China trip and a "Statement of Senator Mike Mansfield (D.,
Montana)/Journey to the New China." There is a typed draft of
a statement, August 1974, by Scott concerning Watergate and
the resignation of President Richard Nixon. Two leather bound
copies of "Tributes to the Honorable Hugh Scott of
Pennsylvania in the United States Senate/Upon the Occasion of
his Retirement from the Senate," September 22, 1976, are
contained.
The travel notes contain detailed writings and letters on
naval, political, and personal trips from 1941-1972. There are
"diary notes" of Scott during incognito service, onboard the
U. S. S. New Mexico, July- August 1941; these detail chiefly
social and naval activities en route to and in Iceland and the
Arctic Circle. There is a printed Navy Day Pictorial,
Octopuss, October 27, 1945.
Notes on a trip to England and Normandy during service,
June-July 1944, chronicle daily activities. There are a group
of letters, October 17, October 21, and November 4, 1945, from
Scott in Japan to his wife while awaiting orders near the end
of the second world war; these letters discuss social and
naval activities, Douglas Southall Freeman being in Tokyo, and
being ordered to Pearl, Hawaii, and describe in detail a
harrowing trip to Southern Honshu. There are letters and
notes, November-December 1959, concerning travel to Australia;
Bangkok, Thailand; Bombay and Calcutta, India; Tokyo, Japan;
Hong Kong and Taiwan, Asia; Saigon, Vietnam; Cairo,
Egypt;Jerusalem, Israel; Kenya, Africa; Salisbury, Rhodesia;
and, Capetown, South Africa. Letters and writings while on a
fellowship at Balliol College at Oxford University, England in
October-November 1967 are quite descriptive and entertaining.
There are copies of letters, April 1972, concerning the trip
to China.
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