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D. M. Henkel letter
Collection — Box: BW 8, Folder: 1 [X031589298]
Identifier: MSS 16186
Scope and Contents
D. M. Henkel letter to his cousin, Samuel G. Henkle, February 5, 1841, 0.03 cubic feet, printed in ink and sends news of D. M. Henkel's father's death.
Dates:
1841 February 5
P. T. Henshaw letter to his father
Collection — Box: BW 15, Folder: 1 [X030899214]
Identifier: MSS 16360
Mrs. G. B. Herbert Electric carriage permit for Central Park
Collection — Box: BW 22, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS-16461
Content Description
This collection contains the typed permit allowing Mrs. G.B Herbert, a resident of the Waldorf-Asoria, to enter upon and pass over the drives of Central Park in an "electric pleasure wagon" operated by an experienced motor man. This permit, number 64, was issued by the Department of Parks signed by George C. Clausen, park commissioner for Manhattan.
Dates:
1900-09-18
Noblet Herbert, Jr. letter to Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington
Collection — Box: BW 9, Folder: 1 [X031589318]
Identifier: MSS 16214
Scope and Contents
Noblet Herbert, Jr. letter to his aunt Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington, January 25, 1852, 0.03 cubic feet, and one of the last letters during his life. He wrote during his trip to California with an expedition of about 80 Jefferson County men participating in the California "Gold Rush" with descriptions of the land and the costs of various livestock. Also included is an article in the California Historical Society Quarterly v. 29 no. 4 regarding a different letter from Noblet dated...
Dates:
1852 January 25
Dr. Edwin A. Hering real estate ledger
Collection — Box: BW 28, Folder: 1 [X032669070}
Identifier: MSS 16505
Content Description
This collection contains the ledger of Edwin A. Herring of Harrisonburg, Virginia, recording his real estate holding and investments in Virginia including Waynesboro, Salem, and Harrisonburg. Approximately 26 pages have been filled out with manuscript, generally a few lines to a half page of text. Dr. Edwin A. Hering recording his real estate holdings and investments in Salem, Waynesboro, and Harrisonburg, Virginia. Nine pages relate to his owning of Blue Rock Farm, which he purchased from...
Dates:
1875 - 1890
Mary Ann Heston album
Collection — Box: BW 54, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16786
Content Description
This collection contains the autograph album of Mary Ann Heston of Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The manuscript title page reads "Mary Ann Heston's Album" and contains twenty-three pages of calligraphically rendered manuscript poetry dedicated to Mary from her friends and family, together with three laid-in leaves of manuscript poetry. There are not many locations identified with the entries. One gives a location of Pineville, [Pennsylvania], and another is dated at "Warner's Point Academy."...
Dates:
1825-1826
Hidden book titles game
Collection — Box: BW 27, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16457
Dale Hill Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 16583
Content Description
The Dale Hill Papers contain recordings, notes, research material, forms, consent waivers, articles, and photographs all relating to the beginning of co-education at the University of Virginia. The bulk of the materials are the audiovisual content, which were maintained previously on and digitized or transferred from audio cassette, DVD, CD, and flash drive carriers at the time the collection was donated to the Library.The...
Dates:
1970s - 2010s
Hillsboro, Virginia store ledger
Item — Ledger: 1
Identifier: MSS 16410
Scope and Contents Note
Hillsboro, Virginia store ledger (1836-1850; 0.44 cubic feet) is comprised of approximately 200 pages filled out or partially filled out. Names of customers include Dettor, Wayland, Bowen, Ramsey, etc., whose properties surrounded Hillsboro (now Yancey Mills). The store was owned or funded by James Gunstead and Alexander K. Yancey. In addition to the usual store items, this shop handled a lot of fancy goods. Some include pink silk, velvet ribbons, Irish linen, Tuscan bonnets, palm leaf...
Dates:
1836 - 1850
Hiram L. Swick papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS15409
Susan Tyler Hitchcock papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 16729
Content Description
This collection documents the work of Susan Tyler Hitchcock, writer, editor, and former faculty member at the University of Virginia. This collection includes Hitchcock's correspondence, notes, photographs, research, and drafts of manuscripts. The bulk of the materials focus on the work surrounding her book The University of Virginia: A Pictorial History published by the ...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1990-1999
William and Lucinda Hogan Letters
Collection
Identifier: MSS-16960
Content Description
This collection primarily contains Civil War-era letters from William Hogan to his wife, Lucinda, from 1862 to 1864. In addition to the letters, there is a single, undated, photograph of three family members, Lucinda James and Mollie Hogan. Letters between William and Lucinda discuss Confederate camp life, operations on the Hogan family’s farm in McDowell County, North Carolina, William’s participation in the Battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg, observations of Virginia and North...
Dates:
c. 1862-1910
Reverend Moses Drury Hoge Presbyterian ledger
Collection — Box: BW 18, Folder: 1 [X030899263]
Identifier: MSS 16369
G. F. Holland letter
Collection — Box: BW 12, Folder: 1 [X031589460]
Identifier: MSS 16317
Scope and Contents
G. F. Holland letter, November 7, 1892, 0.03 cubic feet, from the Normal School, Hampton Institute to a Miss Parrish breaking off their relationship because she is not coming back to school.
Dates:
November 7, 1892
Harry H. Holman correspondence about dog breeding
Collection — Box: BW 7, Folder: 1 [X031589290]
Identifier: MSS 16173
Scope and Contents
Harry H. Holman correspondence about dog breeding, 1944-1954, 0.03 cubic feet. Correspondents include Frank E. Mueller, Randolph Thomas, M. E. Blanton, Mr. Roseman, Roger Williams, James M. Ford, A. W.White, Louise De Hart, Thomas F. Walker, and Major J. Russell Bohn. Companies include Blue Ridge Wholesale Grocery Co., Hercules Powder Company, Field Dog Stud certified, Howard's Neck Farm, and Skyrocketts Starpoise.
Dates:
1944-1954
Holmes family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS15167
Captain Frank Holsinger muster roll
Collection — Oversize_Flat_File_folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16083
Scope and Contents
Captain Frank Holsinger muster roll, .03 cubic feet, of Company I, 19th regiment United States Colored Troops, f From the 31st of December 1864, when last mustered, to the 28th of February 1865, while stationed at Chapin's Farm, Virginia.
Dates:
1864-1865
Holsinger Studio portrait on Rotunda steps
Collection — Flat_Box: Archival Oversized Box M 1, Oversize_Flat_File_folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16892
Content Description
This collection contains a single black-and-white photograph of young men and women formally dressed and posed on the University of Virginia Rotunda steps. The men are likely UVa students and faculty. The photograph is dated about 1896 and has a Holsinger, Charlottesville stamp on the left corner. Scaffolding is in the photograph's background, erected during the Rotunda restoration efforts. The exposed fluted columns of the Rotunda's front facade lack plaster in this scene, a result of the...
Dates:
circa 1896
Julia Hooper's Rose Leaves: A Manuscript Magazine
Collection — Box: BW 35, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16600
Content Description
Julia Hooper's Rose Leaves: A Manuscript Magazine is a handmade manuscript album styled in the format of a magazine. (September 1896, London England) The cover features a water color floral illustration with a decorative border and has the name R. G. Hooper below it. There is one grey and white watercolor used as the frontispiece that is credited as original art by W. H. Overend, who was one of the foremost maritime artists of his era. This watercolor apeared in the September 1894 edition of...
Dates:
1896-09
Gustavus Richard "Brown" Horner papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 379
Scope and Contents
This collection contains over 4,000 letters to Dr. Gustavus Richard Brown Horner (from family members and colleagues as well as a letterbook containing copies of letters from Dr. Horner in Warrenton, Virginia, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1824 to 1892. (The collection totals 41 document boxes). The letters chronicle the historical and political events of the time including enslavery, violence against indigenous persons, the Civil War, post war conditions, westward...
Dates:
1820-1892 (1920)