Box BW 41
Container
Contains 7 Results:
King Construction of Greenhouses promotional materials
Collection — Box: BW 41, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16681
Dates:
1910 to 1930
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
George D. Greenia research papers
Collection — Box: BW 41, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16672
Content Description
This collection contains the Dr. George D. Greenia research papers archive on a medieval Iberian manuscript, the Privilego de 1295 (no.138), in the Rosenthal Medieval Manuscript collection (MSS 9772-a) at the University of Virginia. The items in this collection include correspondence, twenty-five 35mm slides, wax sleeves with one negative and two photographs, photocopies of newspaper articles, two newspaper clippings, and a manuscript about the document in Spanish. Materials are in English...
Dates:
1995-1997
The Rainy Day manuscript newspaper
Collection — Box: BW 41, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16725
Content Description
This collection contains three illustrated and handwritten manuscripts that are newspapers dated February 11, 1880, March 24, 1880 and April 8, 1889 by a child in Jacksonville, Florida. B. Blair (probably the child's parent) is identified as the editor. The newspaper reports on the news of the Blair family as well as noting current events in Jacksonville including mumps outbreaks, steamers and schooners who came to port, and election day results. The re-election of General...
Dates:
1880-02-11 - 1880-04-08
Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands orders
Collection — Box: BW 41, Folder: ViU-2020-0064-001
Identifier: MSS 16726
Content Description
This collection contains four items from the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands in Virginia. It consists of three written and signed orders and one printed circular detailing the rudimentary justice system to be established (September 27, 1865). Two of the orders are addressed to Lieutenant Thomas W. Goring (1840-1926) of New Hamburg, New York who was serving as the assistant superintendent in the Freedman Bureau (both dated October 10, 1865). One order, sent from...
Dates:
1865 September-October
John H. Bloce account book
Collection — Box: BW 41, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16722
Content Description
This collection contains the account book believed to be of John H. Bloce, a farmer and book peddler. Genealogical records show that some of the uncommon names listed in the account book are from Rockingham County, Virginia, bordering Shenandoah County. The account book details schoolbooks such as readers, geography and spelling along with other transactions such as selling apple, corn, oats, horse collars, etc.
Dates:
1856 - 1857
Virgil Maxwell Ward letters
Collection — Box: BW 41, Folder: VIU-2022-0038-001
Identifier: MSS 16678
Content Description
This collection contains four letters from a formerly enslaved person, Virgil M. Ward to his former Philadelphia employer, Edward Morris Davis, referred to as "Dear Friend " in the letters. Ward was born in Virginia in 1827, and it is unknown how he escaped enslavement. He worked in Philadelphia for Davis at $15.00 per month from April 1st, 1855 to April 13th, 1857. He moved to Ypsilanti, then Canada, and finally to Michigan. The letters are from the year 1860. The first letter...
Dates:
October 25, 1860 - December 16, 1860.