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Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets extracts
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.
Livre des merveilles du monde facsimile
Livre pour la remede pour les chevaux [Book of the remedy for horses]
Charles H. Lloyd to Samuel Breese Letter
Locust Street Literary and Athletic Club Constitution
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow letter
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow letter (1853; 0.03 cubic feet) to his English friend Miss Emma.
Betty White Loving diaries
Betty White Loving chronicles her years as a teenager and student at Scottsville High School, and writes about events, names of people, and places she has visited.
Luke family papers
Luke Family papers, MSS 14066, 1 cubic foot, contains family correspondence, financial, legal, and personal papers of a late Nineteenth century family from Berryville, Virginia. Topics include slavery, politics, farming, and the health of family and friends. There is also a brief mention of John Hopkins Hospital as well as World War I. There are a few items from other families including Frye, Zirkle, Geary, Rupp, and Harlow. They may have been friends or relatives of the Luke family.
Lydia commonplace book
"M. B. K." Civil War letter
"M. B. K." Civil War letter, and other family letters, 0.03 cubic feet. A sister writes to her brother, "Reynold" in the Confederate Army, near Yorktown, 1861, May 21 and June 25 , with a note from his mother, and another letter from a "fond sister" with detail about the fight in Virginia, including the "Company of Howitzers now at Manassas Gap" and mention of Colonel Francis Hennery Smith, (1812-1890) First Superintendent at Virginia Military Institute and his treatment of the cadets.
Charles Macalester and Robert Gilliam letters
Sir Fitzroy Maclean papers
H. Cabell Maddux, Jr. University of Virginia football scrapbook
Scrapbook containing clippings, photographs, memorabilia, and ephemera related to University of Virginia Cavaliers football program and the University of Virginia from 1935 to 1937.
Madison Friendship Lodge Grand United Order of Odd Fellows collection
The Madison Friendship Lodge Grand United Order of Odd Fellows collection (1880-1937; 3 cubic feet) contains minute books, financial records, correspondence, event programs, proceedings, a cemetary plot, a framed faternal collar, a fraternal apron, and a flag. Loose manuscripts, meeting minutes, and notes make up the remainder of the collection.
Mary Ann Magnoni Sabbath notebook
Anna Manahan newspaper clippings and photocopies
Newspaper clippings and photocopies regarding Anna Manahan who lived in Charlottesville, Virginia and purported to be Anastasia Nikolaevna, daughter of Tsar Nicholas II of Russia.
Manuscript facsimilie of Treatise on the state and origin of the Ancient French by Nicolas Vignier
Traicté de l'estat et origine des anciens françois par Nicolas Vignier. Manuscript in French, 168 leaves written in a single Batarde hand in brown ink, 17-19 lines per page, plus catchword. The manuscript closely imitates the printed edition by Nicolas Vignier, published by Chez Claude Garnier, A Troyes, 1582, from imprint and device motto to full transcription of the royal privilege and colophon at the end. 18th-century engraved armorial bookplate of Le Peletier in the quarto.
Manuscript fragment
This collection contains what appears to be the second page of a letter of recommendation or affirmation of someone's position. Initials on the letter include "P.M" and "P.O.B" but names are unclear.
Manuscript leaf with a miniature of St. Margaret
Leaf from a manuscript Book of Hours in Latin with a miniature of St. Margaret, France, late 15th century.