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Geister’s Club House Havana cigars lithographic stone

 Collection — Flat_Box: 001
Identifier: MSS 16895
Content Description

This collection features one lithographic stone with printing samples for Geister’s Club House Havana cigars. The stone was used to produce cigar bands and box labels and dates to the 1920s. The stone is 14" x 10" X 3 1/2".

Dates: circa 1920
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Carol Gelderman record files of biography of Louis Auchincloss

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 14652
Scope and Contents

Carol Gelderman interview and research notes, reviews, articles, and information about Louis Auchincloss for her biography, "Louis Auchincloss A Writer's Life". She researched and wrote the book from 1989 to 1993. There is also audiovisual material.

Dates: 1929-2006
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Geology of the Narrows Region, Virginia, typed manuscript

 Collection — Box: BW 20, Folder: 1 [X031660929]
Identifier: MSS 16449
Scope and Contents Note

Geology of the Narrows Region, Virginia typed manuscript (1920s; 0.03 cubic feet)is a manuscript by Elizabeth Barbara Mohr.

Dates: 1920s
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

George family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 13543
Scope and Contents

The collection (1816-1963; 1 document box) contains receipts and miscellaneous papers of several businesses owned by the George family in Charlottesville, Virginia. The papers also contain correspondence between family members and friends, including James Alexander, publisher of the Jeffersonian Republican. There are also family photographs taken by Charlottesville photographers, and several photographs of buildings and streets in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Dates: 1816-1963
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

George Hazen Dana papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 5130
Dates: 1824-1914
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

George S. Hillard letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS14722
Dates: 1842-1876
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

German plant press

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: MSS 16498
Content Description

This collection contains a wooden German plant press with metal detailing. On the top of the press is the word Pflanzenpresse.

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

William Yates Gholson letters

 Collection — Box: BW 13, Folder: 1 [X031589392]
Identifier: MSS 16002
Scope and Contents

William Yates Gholson letters, 1864-1887, 0.03 cubic feet consist of three letters to William Gholson a letter received by M. Kaiser, a letter from a former slave named Rhody Kibble, a letter from Ed C. Fisher, Superintendent of the Savannah Insane Asylum, and [Josepha?] Erbe to M. Kaiser about family and money. (This letter is in German and has a transcription).

Dates: 1864-1887
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Basil L. Gildersleeve photograph

 Collection — Box: BW 13, Folder: 1 [X031589405]
Identifier: MSS 16045
Dates: undated
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

M. Gillett botanical plates

 Collection — Box: BW 59, Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16882
Content Description This collection contains a single-bound manuscript produced by an English student of botany, dated 1838 with the name and date "M.Gillet" inscribed on the front endpaper with "M. Gillet" stenciled with a floral wreath border in the front free endpaper. The book contains watercolor, pencil, and ink illustrations of plants. The manuscript opens with tissue-guarded images of common English plants, including a key to leaves ("roundish," "linear," "kidney-shaped," "trowel-shaped"). The text...
Dates: 1838
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Alexander Gilliam diaries

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16134
Scope and Contents

This collection of Alexander Gordon Gilliam diaries contains three journals, two folders, and 0.25 cubic feet chronicling personal accounts of his work and travels in the United States Commission of Typhus, including medical reports of conditions observed, and treatment of patients. There is also a biographical sketch by his son Alexander G. Gilliam, Jr. titled "The war diary (1943) of Alexander G. Gilliam, M. D."

Dates: 1943
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Alexander G. Gilliam collection of University of Virginia history papers

 File
Identifier: MSS 15240
Content Description This collection contains essays and papers related to the history of the University of Virginia compiled by Alexander G. “Sandy” Gilliam, a University of Virginia alumnus, administrator, and historian. The content dates range from 1921 to 2019. Correspondence and greeting cards between Gilliam and University administrators, historians, and alums are present, as are forty special interest essays written by Gilliam on obscure University of Virginia historical subject matter. The essays discuss...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1921-2019
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Alexander "Sandy" Gilliam papers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: RG 2/6/1
Content Description This collection contains materials collected by Alexander "Sandy" Gilliam in his role as University of Virginia Historian. Included are professional and personal correspondence, lectures, notes, letters, clippings, and promotional material. This addition pertains to committee's he served on, lectures and papers he produced about the University of Virginia, correspondence with guests to the university, correspondence to Gilliam on a variety of topics including his retirement, recipients of...
Dates: 1985 - 2016
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Margaret Shelton Gillis papers

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16178
Scope and Contents Note The Margaret Shelton Gillis papers (1936-1975; 0.9 cubic feet) document the education and personal life of Virginia teacher Margaret Gillis. The collection contains school ephemera and letters, the former including handwritten notes from high school, newspapers, programs from various events, tests, student photographs, a Westhampton College handbook, printed cards, invitations, and broadsides.Of particular note within the collection are letters from two soldiers during WWII....
Dates: 1936 - 1975
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Ann Gilman album

 Collection — Box: BW 38, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16310
Content Description This collection contains the memory album of Ann Gilman. The octavo album, restored, with original light blue-green paper covered boards and new black leather spine. 71 pages, including 3 of the 5 engravings, were used for written verse and inscriptions dating from 1835-1839. Inscriptions are signed from Dover, New Hampshire and Bangor, Maine. Two inscriptiosn have small drawings. One page has a page of verse secured with pins. New front and rear end-papers. Album has 76 unnumbered pages and...
Dates: 1835-1839
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Girls' reward of merit ephemera

 Collection — Box: BW 56, Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16785
Content Description This collection features seventeen merit reward cards given to girls and women in the late nineteenth century. These cards are printed on one side and have "Reward of Merit" printed at the top, accompanied by a decorative illustration, the handwritten student's name, and the teacher's signature. Six cards are addressed to Martha Warren, three to Nelly Whitenack, two to Florence Pomery, and other cards are addressed to presented to Cynthia Williams, Elizabeth Brookholder, Ida Meckly, Beatie...
Dates: Majority of material found within c. 1872-1876
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Gitchell's Studio collection (accession 2017-0077)

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 11567
Content Description This collection contains an estimated nine hundred thousand printed photographs, negatives, and slides captured by professional photographers at Gitchell’s Studio in Charlottesville between 1972 and 2016. The collection provides provides a photographic history of the Charlottesville, Virginia including the University of Virginia and includes printed photographs, negatives, slides, and photographs saved on CD-Rs and DVD-Rs. The collection is organized by year and event. Most of the content is...
Dates: 1972-2016; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2014
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Ellen Glasgow papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 5060
Content Description This collection contains letters including a handwritten receipt, a note, and a postcard from the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The postcard is a Richmond S.P.C.A. report that documents the progress made in 1942, outlining the success of fieldwork and administrative efforts. The letters are sent to Marguerite Ravenscroft and are written by Ellen Glasgow, serving as President, and Mrs. Randolph Maynard, the Secretary, discussing the organization's functions and...
Dates: 1943
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Carter Glass Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2913
Scope and Contents The Carter Glass papers, 1820-1946, 141 cubic feet, consist of correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper articles, photographs, speeches, and printed materials from his work in the Banking and Currency Committee, the Secretary of the Treasury (1918-1920), and the United States Senate (1920-1946). Subjects include: The Federal Reserve Banking Act of 1913, the Federal Reserve system, and the Banking Act of 1933 (1932 Glass-Steagall Act). Other topics include international, national...
Dates: 1820-1946
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Justus E. Glick letter

 Collection — Box: BW 12, Folder: 1 [X031589460]
Identifier: MSS 16318
Scope and Contents

Justus E. Glick letter, 0.03 cubic feet, dated May 14,1923, from a student to Justus E. Glick at the University of Virginia. The student describes having to take care of her mother, study for classes, clean the house and asks him about friends and examinations.

Dates: 1923 May 14
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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