Descriptive Summary
Title: Patrick Benson Withrow Collection
Span Dates: 1914-2005
Bulk Dates:
ID No: Ms2024-003
Creator: Patrick Benson Withrow
Extent: 1.08 linear feet, 1 document container
Language: English
Repository: West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV
Conditions on Use and Access: N/A
Copyright: Copyright restrictions may apply.
Administrative Information
Donor: This collection was donated to West Virginia Archives and History at The Cultural Center by Chuck Ocheltree in October 2023
Transfers:
Preferred Citation: [item, collection number], Patrick Benson Withrow Collection, West Virginia State Archives, Charleston, WV.
Processor: Processed by Chuck Ocheltree, October 2023 and Bethany Arbaugh, January 2024.
Processing Notes: Materials are arranged in original order, and then chronological.
Historical Note: Patrick Benson Withrow was born on October 9, 1880, in Rocky Fork, Kanawha, West Virginia. He was the son of Joseph Scott Withrow and Mary Jane Robinson. In 1902, he married Pearl Byers in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia. In 1911, Reverend Pat, also known as "Brother Pat," launched the Union Mission to serve the less fortunate of West Virginia. The Union Mission still exists in Kanawha County, West Virginia. Pat and Pearl were blessed with four children. Following the untimely death of Pearl, he entered into matrimony with Cora Hull in 1951. He passed away in 1957.
Sources of Information:
Ancestry.com. West Virginia, U.S., Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
"Rev Pat B. Withrow Sr. (1880-1957) - Find a Grave..." www.findagrave.com, www.findagrave.com/memorial/59364122/pat-b.-withrow. Accessed 10 Jan. 2024.
Scope and Content: Collection includes primarily correspondence, publications, and notes from Patrick Benson Withrow during his career at Union Mission.
Contents List:
Box 1
1:1 Clippings, 1914-2005
1:2 Union Mission Settlement annual report, 1915
1:3 Union Mission News publication, 1920-1921
1:4 Union Mission handbook, 1931
1:5 Union Mission handbook, 1936
1:6 Personal correspondence and notes, 1941-1942
1:7 Donation letters, 1942-1943 [original folder title]
1:8 Correspondence regarding engagements, 1942-1945
1:9 Engagements for Pat B. Withrow, 1943 [original folder title]
1:10 Pat B. Withrow personal file, 1943 [original folder title]
1:11 Correspondence regarding engagements, 1943
1:12 Union Mission Board of Directors scrapbook, 1944-1957
1:13 Union Mission Board of Directors scrapbook, 1944-1957
1:14 Union Mission money given, 1945
1:15 Record of marriages by "Brother Pat", 1945
1:16 34th Victory Celebration, Youth Rally Songs and Choruses publication, 1911-1945
1:17 Correspondence, Bro. Pat Withrow to General Dwight D. Eisenhower regarding visit, 1945-1948 [contains correspondence from Gen. Eisenhower and Sen. Chapman Revercomb]
1:18 "The Union Mission Story: A Pictorial View of the work of the Union Mission," publication, circa 1940s-1950s
1:19 Correspondence regarding meetings held, 1946-1947 (A-M)
1:20 Correspondence regarding meetings held, 1946-1947 (N-Z)
1:21 Correspondence regarding meetings canceled or rejected, 1946-1947
1:22 Letter to Pat B. Withrow from Robert C. Byrd, 1947 [1 print]
1:23 Correspondence, J. Edgar Hoover, 1949-1951
1:24 "Soup, Soap, and Salvation," compiled by Pat B. Withrow, 1952
1:25 Correspondence, meetings during trip to Europe, 1952-1953
1:26 Pat B. Withrow Union Mission correspondence, 1955-1957
1:27 "A Star of Hope: The Union Mission Story," publication, 1956
1:28 Pat Withrow's notes on the girl's shelter, 1958-1959