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Frederick Lawrence papers and copy of The Life of Henry Fielding

 Item — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 16142
Scope and Contents Note The Frederick Lawrence papers and copy of The Life of Henry Fielding (1855-1863; cubic feet) consists of a contemporary half calf, rebacked volume. Cloth case with leather and gilt label. Author Frederick Lawrence's copy of The Life of Henry Fielding, interleaved with his annotations throughout on some 120 pages. Annotations include both handwritten notes and corrections as well as the occasional newspaper clipping.Collection also contains four loose pages of notes by Lawrence,...
Dates: 1855 - 1863
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Lawrenceville, Virginia photographic images

 Collection
Identifier: MSS11546
Dates: circa 1890's
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

League of Women Voters of Fluvanna County records or LWV of Charlottesville, Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16811
Content Description This collection comprises records of the League of Women Voters of Fluvanna County, Virginia, and documents the organization's work to protect and expand voting rights. The records include meeting minutes, dues and expense ledgers, newsletters, guidebooks for voting rights, meeting minutes and reports, photographs, buttons, and nametags. A list of members and an official request for League recognition that includes bylaws is also present. The League of Women Voters Fluvanna Chapter (VA-128)...
Dates: 1981-2012
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

David H. Leake address "The Romance of Goochland"

 Collection — Box: BW 15, Folder: 1 [X030899211]
Identifier: MSS 16357
Scope and Contents

David H. Leake address, The Romance of Goochland" before the Parent-Teacher Association of Sandy Hook School on November 20, 1952, 0.04 cubic feet, typescript.

Dates: 1952 November 20
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Reverend W. T. Leavell letters

 Collection — Box: BW 7, Folder: 1 [X031589289]
Identifier: MSS 16172
Dates: 1846
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Leaves from the War Diary of a Cootie

 Collection — Box: BW 57, Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16863
Content Description This collection contains an illustrated manuscript by John R. Abbit that tells the comic story of a mother louse and her children traveling across the bodies of American soldiers in the First World War. The manuscript measures 6 X 5 inches and contains thirty-one pages in its original blue wrappers. The spine is punched with grommets and bound with red ribbon. The dedication page is typed in red ink, and the volume contains fifteen pen-and-ink drawings initialed...
Dates: undated, c.1918
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Ledger Bethel Amateur Literary and Dramatic Club and Westview Farm

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 10702
Dates: 1885-1933
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Leigh Hanes papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 15015
Dates: 1923-1965
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

T. R. Leigh letter to Brevet Brigadier General Benjamin Chambers Ludlow

 Collection — Box: BW 10, Folder: 1 [X031589361]
Identifier: MSS 16258
Scope and Contents

T. R. Leigh letter to Brevet Brigadier General B. C. Ludlow, 1865 June 13, 0.03 cubic feet, requesting the retention of two Negro boys so that he can raise them. An answer from Ludlow appears on the verso, stating that he should be able to keep them but he will need written authority from "Mr. Thompson."

Dates: 1865 June 13
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Charles Godfrey Leland poetry scrapbook

 File — Box: 2
Identifier: MSS 16531
Dates: 1859
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Auguste Leroux original watercolors

 Collection — Oversize_Flat_File_folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16346
Scope and Contents

Auguste Leroux original watercolors,.03 cubic feet, illustrating the Gold Bug by Edgar Allan Poe, executed by Leroux for his 1933 edition of Poe's Histoires Extraordinaires, published in Paris by Javal et Bordeaux.

Dates: 1933
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Malcom Lester papers

 Collection — Flat_Box: Archival Oversized Box L 2, Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1
Identifier: MSS 16673
Content Description This collection includes University of Virginia memorabilia from alumni Malcom Lester, who was a historian at Davidson College where he was a Chair of the History Department and Director of the Davidson College program at Cambridge University.The collection contains Lester's certificate of membership in Phi Beta Kappa at the University of Virginia, dated June 12, 1954; a scroll dedicated to the University of Virginia and its faculty, one of twelve institutions selected nationwide...
Dates: 1946 - 1954
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Jacques Letellier script for film, "The Lottery in Babylon"

 Collection — Box: BW 8, Folder: 1 [X031589307]
Identifier: MSS 16194
Scope and Contents

Jacques Letellier script for film, "The Lottery in Babylon" 1960's, .03 cubic feet, a typed draft for an unproduced film based on the 1941 short story by Jorge Louis Borges.

Dates: 1960's
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Letters From Members of the Eighth Evacuation Hospital, USA, in North Africa, to Dr. Lentz

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2836
Dates: 1942 - 1943
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Leukhardt family Civil War letters

 Collection — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 15155
Scope and Contents Leukhardt family letters (1862-1865; 0.25 cubic feet) consist of letters from Captain Gottfried Leukhardt and his family while he and his son Andrew are fighting for the Union army from 1862 to 1865. They mention several important battles including the Seven Days Battle (Malvern Hill 1862) and Bermuda Hundred, Manchester and Varina, Virginia (1864). General George B. McClellan and General Fitz John Porter are also mentioned. There are different spellings of their names, including...
Dates: 1862-1865
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Maurice Lévy papers

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Identifier: MSS 15822
Scope and Contents Note The Maurice Lévy papers (1952-2012; 3.25 cubic feet) document the research, professional career, and personal life of Maurice Lévy. The bulk of the collection consists of research papers and publications, with subjects ranging from gothic literature to William Faulkner to H.P. Lovecraft. The collection also contains conference talks given by Lévy, correspondence with universities and grant agencies, publications from Lévy's organization CERLI (Centre d’Études et de Recherches sur les...
Dates: 1952 - 2012
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

George Washington Lewis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16413
Content Description

The George Washington Lewis papers consists chiefly of correspondence to and from George Washington Lewis and between other family members, but also includes a few photographs of the Lewis family and the homes of "Claymont", "Shellfield" and "Marmion"; a plat of "Claymont"; newsclippings; notes on Lewis family history and genealogy; and a few financial and legal documents.

Dates: Majority of material found in 1805-1906, 1966
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Lawrence Lewis letter to Edward George Washington Butler -addition

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2988
Scope and Contents

This collection is an addition to the Lawrence Lewis papers and contains one letter from Lawrence Lewis to Edward George Washington Butler dated 1837, June, 18, about family news and the whereabouts of George Strickler and the payment for Butler land.

Dates: 1837-06-18
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Private Nathaniel Lewis letters

 Collection — Box: BW 3, Folder: 1 [X031589220]
Identifier: MSS 16025
Scope and Contents

Private Nathaniel Lewis letters to his brother-in-law Petter [sic?] Bailey and sister Jane Bailey, 0.03 cubic feet, about a skirmish at Hurricane Bridge, West Virginia in 1863 April 1. Mention of John Moore and General Albert G. Jenkins. Also included is a letter from Hannah Lewis to Jane Bailey.

Dates: 1863 April
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Richard Lewis Last will and testament

 Collection — Box: BW 3, Folder: 1 [X031589232]
Identifier: MSS 16063
Scope and Contents

Richard Lewis, a wealthy and influential land owner in Northern Virginia, left instructions in his will about his land and that four "Negro girls" be purchased and divided by lot among his daughters, 0.03 cubic feet, 1777.

Dates: 1777
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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Barber , John, 1893-1965 1
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Bluestone Baptist Association 1
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Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute 1
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