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Jefferson Wallace collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-16338

Content Description

This collection contains typescript and manuscript books, all richly illustrated with watercolor paintings and illuminations by commercial artist and Richmond resident, Jefferson Wallace. These include The Fairy Book, The Story Teller, Anthology of English poetry, The Virginia Text Book: Containing a history of Masonic Grand Lodges and The Book of Myths. The content mainly focuses on mythological stories, fairy tales, original stories and selections from English

Dates

  • Creation: 1890-1950

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Biographical / Historical

Jefferson Wallace (1864-1951) was A commercial artist from Richmond, Virginia. Wallace was born in Richmond on August 8, 1864, to Charles M. and Joyce W. Clopton Wallace. He was active in state and city politics. He was the Secretary of Richmond's Democratic Committee and challenged Joseph Bryan, an American publisher and industrialist from Richmond to a duel in 1894. Bryan refused him publicly in The Richmond Times, effectively ending the practice in Virginia, saying that duels were uncivilized.

Wallace went on to study commercial art in New York and returned to Richmond to work. He was active in fraternal organizations and served as a Master Mason of Dove Lodge for nearly 52 years. He served as a high priest of the Temple Chapter No 32, Temple Chapter No 32, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons (AF&AM), and an honorary member of Fraternal Lodge No 53. He married Anne Wynn Hawthorn in 1906 in Lunenburg, Virginia. They had one child, Anne Wallace, and would divorce. He died in Richmond on March 31, 1951, and is buried in Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.

Full Extent

0.6 Cubic Feet (1 letter size document box and 1 half-width letter size document box) : typescript books and unbound pages; Virginia text-book unbound

Language of Materials

English

Metadata Rights Declarations

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was purchased from Black Swan Books by the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library in July and August 2017. An addition to the collection was purchased from Charles Agvent on February 17, 2026.

Title
Jefferson Wallace collection
Author
Ellen Welch; Eric Willersdorf processed addition ViU-2026-0025
Date
13 April 2026
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States