Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 441 - 460 of 954

Ellie F. Keen friendship album

 Collection — Box: BW 32, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16554
Content Description This collection contains a large, stamped friendship album dedicated to Ellie F. Keen of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from her father. The album contains a color title page, twelve romantic themed color plates throughout the album, over fifty poems and personal notes, and a full-page watercolor of lovers embracing in the moonlit night. Most inscriptions are signed with a first name only or initials; although, there are some exceptions with the writer’s full name. Predominately written between...
Dates: 1848 - 1856

Helen Keller letter to Margie Bourne

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16844
Content Description This collection contains a single letter, typed to Miss Margie Bourne from Helen Keller. Dated November 25, 1944, the content of the letter is soliciting funds for the American Foundation for the Blind. The leader's header is printed and reads "Helen Keller, 15 West 16th Street, New York 11, N.Y." The letter is signed by Keller in pencil at the bottom right.The letter is intriguing–particularly when you consider that Keller had to develop the skills to type without the ability to see the...
Dates: November 25, 1944

Greg Antrim Kelly papers

 File
Identifier: MSS 15545
Scope and Contents The Greg Antrim Kelly papers consist of typescripts, manuscripts, drawings, artwork, and studies for works entitled "Pigeon," "Linen Finish," and "Writings." "Pigeon" has been described as a "self portrait comprised of 3 volumes of illustrated cards spanning 10 years of drawings, writings and appropriated images." This quote was taken from:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1067756127/pigeonThe first edition of 100 copies was self-published and...
Dates: circa 2002-2012

Edward M. Kennedy letter and Kennedy family photograph

 Collection
Identifier: RG-2/1/9
Content Description

This collection contains a letter and photograph from Edward M. Kennedy regarding the first annual Law Day. The photograph includes Edward Kennedy, Jaqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy. The letter is a reminisce of his appreciation and good memories attending the Law School at UVA.

Dates: 1958 - 2006

Florynce Kennedy photographs

 Collection — Box: BW 53, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16784
Content Description This collection contains four black and white photographs (roughly trimmed to 8 x 10 inches or slightly larger) featuring Florynce 'Flo' Kennedy (1916-2000) speaking. Kennedy was an American lawyer, feminist, and activist who founded the Feminist Party in 1971. Each photograph is stamped in red ink with the Examiner Reference Library. The stamps are dated 1973-1976. Three photos include a newspaper clipping of the same image pasted onto the verso, with "Examiner" captioning the photo and...
Dates: c.1973-1976

James Kent and Mr. Parrish slave valuation documents

 Collection — Box: BW 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 15974
Scope and Contents

This collection of James Kent and Mr. Parrish slavery valuation documents is 0.03 cubic feet, and consists of five signed slave receipts and a deed from businessman James Kent and his partner Mr. Parrish of Kent's Store, Virginia, 1856.

Dates: 1856

Kents Store, Va. receipts and documents

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16089
Scope and Contents

Kent's store receipts and documents, 1850's, 0.06 cubic feet contain detailed documents with names, dates, and financial accounts, line items, and descriptions of goods or services rendered. Included are a Fluvanna County Sherrif's receipt which includes a tax category for "Slaves" at 60 cents each and "whites" at 40 cents each; also a medical related receipt to Mrs. Betsy Ham "To visit little negro & prescrition," for the fee of 2.00.

Dates: 1850's

Thomas Kern mathematics exercise book

 Collection — Box: BW 41, Folder: ViU-2022-0090-001
Identifier: MSS 16707
Content Description This collection contains a mathematics exercise book from the mid-1800s belonging to Thomas Kern. The notebooks contains exercises and solutions for simple mathematics concepts, such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Towards the end of the notebook, two pages contain longer writings of a religious nature written by Kern. The headings of each page contain many calligraphic flourishes and ornate touches. It is unclear if Kern was enrolled in a school or if this was his...
Dates: ca. 1856 - 1871

Ravindra S. Khare papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16428
Content Description Ravindra S. Khare papers (1938-2017; 13.40 cubic feet) include correspondence, course notes and syllabi, meeting minutes and agendas, reprints, and drafts of articles related to Ravindra S. Khare, Professor of Anthropology, and Khare's teaching, research, and service. In particular, the materials document international commission work, UVA committees, and Khare's teaching and research on social inequalities, globalization, the anthropology of food, and social and political topics and...
Dates: 1936-2017

William S. Kibler papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 15270
Scope and Contents The collection contains the papers of William S. Kibler (1911-2002), a high school teacher and educator, Stanley, Virginia, ca. 1925-2002, 23,684 items (103 Hollinger boxes; 43 linear feet) including his diaries, 1936-2002 April, recording in detail Kibler's daily activities as well as his impressions of events, travel journals and manuscripts for chiefly foreign trips, slides, postcards, and photographs, chiefly concerning his trips, both high school and college papers, literary work, and...
Dates: 1925-2002

Aldine S. Kieffer letter

 Collection — Box: BW 43, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16663
Content Description

This collection contains a single letter from Aldine S. Kieffer to an E.M.[?]dder on Kieffer's business letter head in Dayton, Virginia. Kieffer was a publisher, music teacher, and promoter of the use of Shape Note music. The letter states that he likes the tune and will place it in the Musical Million, a publication that was a leading tool to promote Shape Note music, that was edited by Kieffer. He also mentions a rude communication from a Mr. Robertson.

Dates: 1 August 1881

Joy Rebekah Kime Benton scrapbook

 Collection — Flat_Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 16843
Content Description This collection contains a scrapbook belonging to Joy Rebekah Kime Benton (1886-1957) of Burlington, North Carolina, an author, poet, painter, and weaver. The contents of scrapbook items are principally documents from 1905 to 1908, although some paste-ins are from the 1930s. There are 128 pages with photographs, clippings, drawings, and ephemera pasted and laid in. The album primarily documents her college days at the Salem Female Academy (later Salem College). It includes her...
Dates: c. 1905-1933

King Construction of Greenhouses promotional materials

 Collection — Box: BW 41, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16681

King Edward the Seventh manuscript of bible photographs

 Collection — Box: BW 9, Folder: 1 [X031589311]
Identifier: MSS 16202
Scope and Contents

King Edward the Seventh gift of a manuscript of bible photographs to the Bruton Church, Virginia, 1907, to commemorate the original gift of the bible from the King to the church in 1607, which marked the arrival of protestantism in North America. ).03 cubic feet.

Dates: 1907

Martin Luther King, Jr. press photographs

 Collection — Box: BW 5, Folder: 1 [X031589255]
Identifier: MSS 16096
Scope and Contents

Martin Luther King, Jr. press photographs, 1963-1965, 0.03 cubic feet, includes Dr. King's march on Washington D.C., Montgomery, Alabama march, Civil Rights protest march, Dr. King being struck in the head while trying to register at the Hotel Albert in Selma, Dr. King lying on a table recovering from an attack in Selma with a visitor, and Dr. King with several other distinquished African-American leaders.

Dates: 1963-1965

William T. King business journal (Grocer)

 Collection — Box: BW 17 , Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 14778
Scope and Contents William T. King (Grocer) business journal, 1859-1861, 0.03 cubic feet, contains record consignments, purchases from wholesalers, and shipments to other cities via the Virginia Central, Richmond and Danville, and Richmond, Frederick and Potomac railroads, Baltimore "boats" and New York steamers. Additional expenses recorded include gas, water, family, servants, insurance, licenses, advertising, and state and city taxes. In April, June and July, 1861, he notes the purchase of a pistol and two...
Dates: 1859-1861

Lucia Kingman friendship album

 Collection — Box: BW 8, Folder: 1 [X031589304]
Identifier: MSS 16190
Scope and Contents

Lucia Kingman friendship album, 1835-1840, 0.03 cubic feet, a commericial friendship album with red leather binding, and blind and gold stamped decoration. There is an unused decorated title page marked "Published by J.C. Riker, No. 15 Ann Street, New York." It is filled with poems titled "To Lucia" in similar and various hands from signers in Princeton, Ipsweich, North Bridgewater, Easton, Reading, and Wellfleet. [Ipswich Female Seminary] Some hand colored prints.

Dates: 1835-1840

Rudolf Koch cast metal type piece

 Collection — Box: BW 13, Folder: 1 [X031589416]
Identifier: MSS 15857
Scope and Contents

Rudolf Koch cast metal type piece (1930; 0.03 cubic foot) consists of a piece of brass, with the raised letter "H" and the letter "B" cut into the top surface in high relief, cut by Rudolf Koch or one of his students.

Dates: 1930

Joel Kovarsky papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 15845
Scope and Contents

Joel Kovarsky papers (2011-2013; 0.25 cubic feet) consist of drafts from his book, "The True Geography of Our Country," the book proposal, e-mail correspondence with his editor, Mark Mones, and the Virginia Press.

Dates: 2011-2013

Jerzy J. Kromolowski and Mary Olson-Kromolowski screenplay As I Lay Dying

 Collection — Box: BW 38, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16609

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
letters (correspondence) 69
commonplace books 64
Women's Scrapbook/ Commonplace Book Collections (University of Virginia) 49
Scrapbooks 35
Black-and-white photographs 32
∨ more
University of Virginia 30
Ledgers (account books) 21
Photographs 21
Poetry 17
Photograph albums 16
United States History Civil War 1861-1865 16
Student life 14
clippings (information artifacts) 14
diaries 14
Friendship booklets 13
Screenplays 12
Virginia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 12
manuscripts (documents) 12
University of Virginia -- Alumni 11
Women students 11
newspapers 11
Enslaved persons 10
African American families 9
African American students 9
African Americans 9
Authors and publishers 9
Student organization 9
University of Virginia -- History 9
correspondence 9
women--education -- Virginia 9
African Americans -- Photographs 8
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives 8
Women -- United States 8
notebooks 8
African American fraternal organizations 7
African Americans -- Virginia 7
Enslaved laborers 7
Slavery--United States -- Virginia 7
Student activism 7
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence 7
University of Virginia -- Faculty 7
authors 7
Autograph albums. 6
Drawings (visual works) 6
Horses 6
School notebooks 6
Slavery--United States--History--19th Century 6
University of Virginia -- Library 6
University of Virginia Rotunda (Charlottesville, Va.) 6
Women in higher education 6
World War, 1914-1918 6
World War, 1939-1945 6
magazines (periodicals) 6
African American women 5
African American young men 5
African Americans -- Civil rights 5
Family papers 5
Poets 5
United States. Navy 5
University of Virginia -- Buildings -- Pictorial works 5
cartoons (humorous images) 5
human hair 5
illuminated manuscripts 5
minutes (administrative records) 5
politics and government 5
Abolitionists 4
African American soldiers 4
American Literature--19th Century--History and Criticism 4
American Literature--20th Century--History and Criticism 4
Architecture -- Virginia -- Charlottesville. 4
Cabinet photographs 4
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs) 4
Civil rights -- Virginia 4
Color photographs 4
Enslavers 4
Friendship 4
Love letters 4
Memorials 4
Slides (photographs) 4
Soldiers -- United States -- Correspondence 4
Tintypes (prints) 4
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans 4
University of Virginia -- Co-education 4
University of Virginia -- School of Architecture 4
University of Virginia Lawn (Charlottesville, Va.) 4
University of Virginia Rotunda (Charlottesville, Va.) -- photographs 4
World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American 4
posters 4
reports 4
Account books 3
Aerial photographs 3
African American Women Authors 3
African American business enterprises 3
African American women teachers 3
African Americans -- Education 3
African Americans -- History -- 1863-1877 3
Architecture -- Virginia -- Albemarle County. 3
Architecture, Domestic -- Designs and plans. 3
Art, Modern--20th Century 3
Botany 3
+ ∧ less
 
Language
English 926
French 11
German 10
Latin 5
Spanish; Castilian 5
∨ more  
Names
Max Rambod 11
James Arsenault and Co. 9
Langdon Manor Books 5
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 4
Barrett, Clifton Waller, 1901-1991 3
∨ more
Randolph family 3
University of Virginia. Library 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
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
American Colonization Society 1
American Field Service 1
American Foundation for the Blind 1
American Rhododendron Society 1
Amherst (Va.) 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
Brown, James, 1933-2006 1
Bruce, Lucy Bradbury, 1830-1902 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
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
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
Derringer Books 1
Digby, Theresa Anna Maria (Fox-Strangways), 1814-1874 1
Dos Passos, John, 1896-1970 1
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963 1
Dufief, N. G. (Nicolas Gouin), 1776?-1834 1
Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878 1
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC 1
Ellett, Loftin N., 1797-1865 1
Epes, Branch J. (Jones), 1832-1911 1
Eveleth, George Washington, 1819-1908 1
+ ∧ less