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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

 File
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

Sarah Lewis common place book.

 Collection — Box: BW 38, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16611
Dates: 1841 - 1854
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

LGBTQ Student Center records

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: RG 18/12/4
Content Description

This addition contains includes T-shirts, committee reports, proposals, surveys, petitions, clippings from various newspapers including The Cavalier Daily, brochures, a letter from Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida regarding the Unite the Right Rally in 2017, and a floppy disk documenting the work of the LGBTQ student center. Also included are two signs/posters and a flyer.

Dates: 1990 - 2017
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Liber regalis dispositio

 Collection — Box: BW 42, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16716
Content Description This collection is a handwritten fragment from Liber regalis dispositio (book of royal dispositions about the practices of health for the mind and body and islamic science) written by Al-Majusi (Hali Abbas) a Persion physician and psychologist from the Islamic Golden Age. His work consists of twenty treatises on the theory and practice of medicine. This fragment comes from the first book of the Practica (translated by Stephen of Antioch in 1127) and discusses the benefits of wine in...
Dates: 1523
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Cuff Liberty pay voucher

 Collection — Box: Currency, Stamps, and Miscellany Box, Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16821
Content Description This collection contains one Revolutionary War pay voucher to Cuff Liberty, an African American soldier from Middletown, Connecticut, who was one of approximately 300 enslaved or freemen from Connecticut who fought for the Continental Army. The government-issued vouchers promised full payment by a certain date and paid interest until the full amount was collected. The voucher, measuring 8" X 4", is printed on laid paper with a black decorative border, numbered in ink "3958" for £13,6,7 1/2."...
Dates: 1782 - 1789
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Library Advancement files

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: RG 12/43
Content Description

Includes photographs (including a CD) and programs.

Dates: circa 1996-2019
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Library Advancement records-addition 4

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: RG-12/43
Content Description

This collection contains printed ephemera regarding events, dinners, lectures, and fundraising from 1988 to 2000 both at and for the library. Also included are received rsvps for a few of the events.

Dates: 1988-2000, undated
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Library Development Office - addition

 Collection
Identifier: RG-12
Content Description This addition to RG 12 University Library includes clippings, university and student magazines about student life, faculty, alumni and UVA athletics, promotional cards and event ephemera about UVA and Special Collections exhibits and dinners, and a file on "Wednesdays in Mississippi" movement with a recording on CD of Dorothy Height at the University of Virginia, and a VHS tape of a Local PBS station's story on Lewis and Clark. The magazines include The Virginia Spectator, Crust Magazine,...
Dates: c. 1946-2016
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Therese Lieske scrapbook

 Collection — Ledger: 1
Identifier: MSS 16695
Dates: 1917
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Lincoln's gun at Fort Monroe photograph

 Collection — Box: BW 1, Folder: 1 [X031589188]
Identifier: MSS 15970
Scope and Contents

This collection is a photograph of Lincoln's gun at Fort Monroe (undated) and is one folder (0.03 cubic feet).

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

Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets extracts

 Item — Ledger: 1
Identifier: MSS 16401
Scope and Contents Note

The handwritten copy of extracts (1796; 0.15 cubic feet) from the "Lives of the most eminent English poets: with critical observations on their works" by Samuel Johnson, originally published in 1783. Copy was transcribed in 1796 and includes a table of contents and index.

Dates: 1796
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Livre des merveilles du monde facsimile

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 16558
Content Description This collection consists of a print on demand facsimile of Livre des merveilles du monde (BNF FR2810)based on the Marco Polo - The Book of Wonders. This one-of-a-kind reproduction is the only numbered large size format Book of Wonders in genuine calf skin leather." (with certificate of authenticity).It is an illuminated manuscript made in France between 1410 to 1412 containing several texts regarding commercial, religious, and diplomatic contact between Europe and Asia. The authors of these...
Dates: c. 1410-1412; Publication: 2021
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute 1
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Clanton , Vera Lee , 1916-2013 1
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