Box 2

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection contains scrapbooks and correspondence related to Governor Edwin Warfield’s career. The scrapbooks hold newspaper clippings, correspondence, and more about major issues Warfield faced as governor, especially on environmental issues such as oyster preservation and game and hunting laws. A large portion of correspondence is related to the proposed Poe Amendment, a voter disfranchisement bill, which Warfield did not support. Most of the letters praise Warfield for going against...