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Marvin Kent Curtis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 15719
Scope and Contents Marvin Kent Curtis papers (1910-1959; 6 cubic feet) consist of materials relating to his service in World War I, his work as a counselor and co-owner of Camp Mishawaka, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, as an author of boy's adventure stories, and plays, and his competitive sailing in the Florida Keys. Included are his novels including extracts from them in periodicals such as the American Boy, Outers Recreation, and correspondence from F. Scott Fitzgerald. There are four series Correspondence,...
Dates: 1910-1959
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Lewis M. Dabney III papers on Edmund Wilson; William Faulkner and the Yoknapatawpha; and Crystal Ross and John Dos Passos.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16566
Content Description The Lewis M. Dabney III papers consist of manuscripts, notes, transcripts, articles, reviews, personal journals, bibliographic sources, audio cassettes, and compact discs, relating primarily to his research on the life and works of Edmund Wilson, an American writer and critic in the twentieth century. In addition to copies and transcripts of Wilson's writing journals, there is correspondence across a large network of intimate relationships, friends, and acquaintances of Wilson. The...
Dates: 1895 - 2005
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Daily Courier mimeograph newspaper

 Collection — Box: BW 51, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16744
Content Description This collection contains nine issues of an amateur newspaper created by two brothers, Harold and Arthur Rowley, ages fifteen and eleven, from Springfield, Massachusetts. They were the children of H.C. Rowley, head of the G & C Merriam Company, a well-known publishing and bookselling business. The newspapers are one page printed broadsides using a late 19th century mimeograph process. The brothers hand wrote these newspapers and likely printed them using their father's...
Dates: 1894
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Dakota Language Roman Catholic Catechism

 Collection — Box: BW 53, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16778
Content Description This collection contains a small (14 x 22 cm) typescript book titled Dakota Language Roman Catholic Catechism circa 1920. The book is constructed in two parts: part one titled Woonspekiye Wakan gusina, The Small Catechism, consisting of about seventy-three pages, and part two, Waceghiya-Prayers, consisting of about forty-three pages. The book is primarily written in the Dakota language with occasional titles in English. This catechism or summary of doctrine, of the Roman Catholic...
Dates: c.1920
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr. letter to Murat Williams

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 9829
Content Description

ALS from Arthur Kyle Davis, Jr., to Murat Williams about Davis' review of "Man from the Valley," written by Francis Pickens Miller but edited by Williams.

Dates: 1971-07-16
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

George C. Davis studio photograph

 Collection — Flat_Box: Archival Oversized Box S 4, Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1
Identifier: MSS 16642
Content Description

This collection contains a single black and white photograph of a street with a Liberty Loan mural in Roanoke, Virginia from the George C. Davis studio.

Dates: ca. 1941-1945
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Herbert R. Davis photograph albums

 Collection — Flat_Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 16840
Content Description This collection contains two photo albums of Herbert R. Davis of Richmond, Virginia that document Black pre-World War II life in Richmond; Davis's service in the South Pacific (Guam, Guadalco, and Peleliu) as a Black Marine; and Davis's family life upon his return from combat during the early 1930's to the late 1940's. Many of Davis's fellow soldiers in the 11th Marine Depot Company, 16th Field Depot are posed in photographs. The 11th Company, who fought at the Battle of Peleliu,...
Dates: c. 1930-1950
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Jefferson Davis comic carte de visite engravings

 Collection — Folder: MSS16816_001
Identifier: MSS 16816
Content Description This collection contains five comic carte de visite engravings illustrating Jefferson Davis's capture. Davis, president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1861–1865), was captured on May 10, 1865, by Union cavalry near Irwinville, Georgia. It was rumored that Davis disguised himself in a woman's dress when caught. The titles and printing information include: "How do you like it, Jefferson D.?," Kellogg Brothers, Hartford, CT, 1865; "The last ditch of the...
Dates: 1865
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Louise Davis postcard

 Collection — Box: BW 56, Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16800
Content Description

This collection consists of one postcard sent to Louise Davis from a new student (Margaret?) living in McKim Hall at the University of Virginia, dated September 19, 1934. Margaret was possibly a student in the Nursing program as the address on the program notes " McKim Hall, University Hospt." Women were only able to attend the University of Virginia in one of the professional schools or graduate programs at that time. The postcard is a winter scene of the Rotunda.

Dates: September 19, 1934
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Mattie Davis friendship album

 Collection — Box: BW 56, Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16789
Content Description This collection contains a friendship album belonging to Mattie Davis given to her by her father on Christmas Eve, 1861. The album entries date from 1861 to 1867 and the majority of entries are poetry or short verses with themes of morality and friendship. There is no identification of Davis location; however, most entries are from Taylorsville, Indiana, so it is likely she is from that area. In addition to Taylorsville, there are several entries from Dupont, Indiana and Wilmington, Ohio....
Dates: c.1861-1867
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Roy Davis collection of African American masonic programs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 16493
Content Description This collection contains thirty-two programs of Masonic related events. Twenty-seven are souvenir programs from African American Masonic meetings and events belonging to Roy Davis, a resident of Norwalk, Connecticut who was active in the Prince Hall Grand Chapter of New England. In addition to these are five programs for miscellaneous African American society events in the Northeast. Most of the programs were for events taking place in Connecticut between the late 1960s and early 1980s....
Dates: 1960 - 1981
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Lorey Clifford Day papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 16680
Content Description This collection contains manuscripts of journal newspapers, titled "United States Journal" and "Once-In-a-While", written by Lorey Clifford Day from 1894 to 1910 when he was a young child and teenager. The series of 45 newspapers are written and hand printed by L.C. Day, including over 415 pages of content. At the end of 1906, he announced the Christmas number as his final printing of the U.S. News. Starting in 1907, he started the "Once-In-a-While" publication, which appeared on...
Dates: 1894-1970
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

J. D. Deacon store ledger

 Collection — Box: BW 18, Folder: 1 [X030899265]
Identifier: MSS 16367
Scope and Contents

J. D. Deacon store ledger, MSS 16367, 1902, 0.03 cubic feet, consists of his ledger from Oakdale, Gloucester County, Virginia.

Dates: 1902
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

John William DeForest papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 7179
Content Description The papers in this Clifton Waller Barret Collection of John William Deforest papers contain a manuscript of a short poem beginning "You ask a thought . . . " There are letters, 1855-1856, from John William DeForest to publishers Dix and Edwards hich discuss the publication and format of "Oriental acquaintance" and send a receipt for "Experiences in Mount Lebanon." A letter, 1876, to Mrs. [Johnson T.?] Platt doubts that Frances Burney was only sixteen when she wrote "Evelina" and gives his...
Dates: 1901-03-25
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Delius, Gloystein, Nolting, and Brydon business letters

 Collection — Box: BW 5, Folder: 1 [X031589256]
Identifier: MSS 16100
Scope and Contents

Delius, Gloystein, Nolting, and Brydon business letters, 1826-1827, 0.03 cubic feet, in which Delius and Gloysein announce expiration of their business while Nolting and Brydon announce that they are the successors to this business. The letter is addressed to Enoch Silsbee of Boston, Massachusetts.

Dates: 1826-1827
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

George E. Dennis Confederate letter

 Collection — Box: BW 7, Folder: 1 [X031589288]
Identifier: MSS 16169
Scope and Contents

George E. Dennis Confederate letter, 1862, in which he describes camp conditions and troop movements consisting of 0.03 cubic feet.

Dates: 1862
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Julia A. Dennison memory album

 Collection — Box: BW 49, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16700
Content Description Julia A. Dennison memory album, 1862-1866, Milan, Indiana, in red morocco "The Pet Album" binding, published by Leavitt and Allen with black and white printed illustrations of children and their mother in activities such as bathing or playing. The album, which is a gift from her brother, contains personal advice about keeping the young mind pure and other sentimental notes from her brothers. There are signatures of acquaintainces from Indiana and Ohio, including Civil War infantry in the...
Dates: 1862 - 1866
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Mary Helen Detmer journal

 Collection — Box: BW 12, Folder: 1 [X030899230]
Identifier: MSS 16372
Scope and Contents

Mary Helen Detmer journal (0.04 cubic feet), 1996 May 23 - December 10, containing entries related to her garden and her life at the University of Virginia Pavilion I.

Dates: 1996
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Alfred E. Dickinson letters

 Collection — Box: BW 12, Folder: 1 [X031589386]
Identifier: MSS 16311
Scope and Contents

Alfred E.Dickinson letters, April 2017, 0.03 cubic feet, are a collection of letters by a Richmond pastor and editor of the noted Baptist newspaper, "The Religious Herald." The letters are written to J. H. Cogshill, a New York based Richmond College graduate, soliciting donations and discussing the purposes to which those donatons are put to use (printing tracts for distribution, helping the rural poor and orphans, etc..)

Dates: 1880's
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Lady Theresa Anna Marie (Fox-Strangways) Digby riddle book

 Collection — Box: BW 33, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16510
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a handmade riddle book created and used for the children of Lady Digby.

This book contains 124 riddles and answers each within decorative borders and frames. Many are typical word play riddles; others include topical and racist riddles on the anti-slavery movement. There is Uncle Tom's Cabin and other enslavement-related content. There are questions such as "Who is Uncle Tom's Aunt?"

Dates: 1862
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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diaries 14
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Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 12
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African American families 10
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African American Women Authors 3
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Hebrew 1
Hungarian 1
Japanese 1
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Nepali 1
Persian 1
Portuguese 1
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Thai 1
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Max Rambod 12
James Arsenault and Co. 10
Langdon Manor Books 6
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 4
University of Virginia. Library 4
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Barrett, Clifton Waller, 1901-1991 3
Randolph family 3
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 2
Bond, Julian, 1940-2015 2
Edgehill (Albemarle County, Va. : Estate) 2
Faulkner, William, 1897-1962 2
Hampton Institute 2
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 2
Karon, Jan (Janice), 1937- 2
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 2
Kurt A Sanftleben, LLC 2
McClintock, Ernie 2
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 2
Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803 2
University of Virginia. Board of Visitors 2
University of Virginia. Office of the President 2
W.S. Cotter Rare Books 2
A.B. Dick Company 1
Abbit, John R. 1
Accomack County (Va.) 1
Ackerson, John Thaddeus, 1898-1975 1
Alaska 1
Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal Company 1
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. Gamma Chi Omega Chapter (Morgantown, WV) 1
Alson, Roy L. 1
American Colonization Society 1
American Field Service 1
American Foundation for the Blind 1
American Rhododendron Society 1
Amherst (Va.) 1
Armstrong, Philippa Alexander Bruce Shepperson, 1934- 1
Asia 1
Assarotti, Ottavio Giovanni Battista, 1753-1829 1
Auger Down Books 1
Azher, Hira 1
Bailey, Rufus William, 1793-1863 1
Baptiste, Jean 1
Barber , John, 1893-1965 1
Bardo Matrix (Firm) 1
Barrett, Janie Porter, 1865-1948 1
Baumgartner, M. P. (Baumgartner, Mary Pat), 1953- 1
Beaumont, Charles, 1929-1967 1
Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986 1
Bednar, Michael J. 1
Benton, Joy Kime 1
Berkeley, William , Sir, 1605-1677 1
Black, Donald J., 1941- 1
Bligh, William, 1754-1817 1
Blote, Harold C. 1
Bluestone Baptist Association 1
Bluestone Harmony Association 1
Bluestone-Harmony Academic and Industrial School 1
Brown, James, 1933-2006 1
Bruce, Elizabeth Tunstall Taylor Newton, 1856-1940 1
Bruce, Lucy Bradbury, 1830-1902 1
Bruce, Philip Alexander, 1856-1933 1
Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 1
Buck, John Newton, 1820-1875 1
Buck, Walker Davison, 1856-1910 1
Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute 1
Burke , John William, 1826-1898 1
Burley Varsity Club (2007-) (Charlottesville, Va.) 1
Burnett, Allison L. 1
Butler, Anna Land 1
Butler, Ernest 1
Cabell, Nicholas Jr., 1780-1809 1
Cabet, Étienne, 1788-1856 1
Call family 1
Call, William Denison 1
Cann, Elizabeth Sloan (Elizabeth Sloan Tucker Cann), 1917-2002 1
Caryll, John, 1667-1736 1
Chandler, Devin Keith, 2022-2022 1
Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991 1
Chivers, T.H. (Thomas Holley), 1809-1858 1
Clanton , Vera Lee , 1916-2013 1
Clanton, Berry 1
Clark, Robert S., 1845-1916 1
Clemm, Maria Poe, 1790-1871 1
Cocke, John Hartwell, 1780-1866 1
Cohen, Ira 1
Cohen, Ralph, 1917-2016 1
Coleman, Madeleine, 1920- 1
Colette, 1873-1954 1
Connecticut. Treasury Department 1
Cooke, John Esten , 1830-1886 1
Crane, Nathalia, 1913-1998 1
Cridland, Frederick J. 1
Cullen, Mary Butler 1
Dabney, Crystal Ray (Ross), 1900-1995 1
Dabney, Lewis M. 1
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 1
Davis, Lavel , Jr, 2002-2022 1
Davis, Roy 1
De Forest, John William, 1826-1906 1
Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854 1
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