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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Box BW 33

 Container

Contains 8 Collections and/or Records:

Piney Pond School photograph

 Collection — Box: BW 33, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16508
Content Description This collection contains a gelatin silver photograph of about fifty Black students, parents, and faculty in front of a rustic schoolhouse. About two-thirds of the participants are students with the rest either faculty or parents. Caption on label reads: "La Crosse, Va. Piney Pond School April 3, 1914."
Dates: 3 April 1914
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Piney Pond School photograph

Maria Saporta photographs of the Southern Christian Leadership Civil Rights March

 Collection — Box: BW 33, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16500
Content Description This collection contains six black and white photographs of members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) marching in Richmond, Virginia in 1963. Maria Saporta is identified as the photographer in the photographs.The SCLC's seventh annual convention occurred from September 24 to September 27 at Virginia Union University in Richmond. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the organization's founding members and acted as president until his 1968 assassination. He spoke...
Dates: September 24-27, 1963
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Maria Saporta photographs of the Southern Christian Leadership Civil Rights March

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

Hampton Institute student photograph album

 Collection — Box: BW 33, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16525
Content Description This collection contains a photograph album of a student from Hampton Institute. The original photo album, measuring 7' x 10' with 24 pages, contains 44 black and white photographs of an unidentified young Black woman, approximately 20 years old, as well as cut newspaper images and a photo postcard. She is seen at Hampton Institute, a historically Black University, in Hampton, Virginia, posing in front of school buildings, clowning around with friends, and preparing for graduation. Also...
Dates: undated
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Hampton Institute student photograph album

B.H. Winston report card

 File — Box: BW 33, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16532
Dates: 1844 - 1845
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / B.H. Winston report card

Manuscript fragment

 Collection — Box: BW 33, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16541
Content Description 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.
Dates: Undated
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Manuscript fragment

George Buckston Browne collection on Down House

 Collection — Box: BW 33, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: MSS 16562
Dates: 1929 - 1939
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / George Buckston Browne collection on Down House

E. Randolph invitation

 Collection — Box: BW 33, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16542
Content Description This collection contains an invitation to E. Randolph asking him to join Bramham and Wolfe at their rooms "tomorrow evening at 1/2 past 6 o'clock P.M."
Dates: undated
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / E. Randolph invitation