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Jan Karon papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 16077
Scope and Contents Note
The Jan Karon papers (66 cubic feet; 1918-2018) contain Mitford book typescripts and galleys; materials related to Ms. Karon's publishing career and her relationship with her agent and publisher; letters and fan mail from readers, arranged by month and year only; memorabilia; professional and personal correspondence; reviews and press publicity; research related to Karon's novels; files related to charitable organizations and boards; architectural drawings of Esmont Farm; files and...
Dates:
1918-2018; Majority of material found within 1964 - 2018
Jerome Kass "My Old Man" teleplay
Collection — Box: BW 37, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16607
Dates:
1979-03-24
Mary Kean school scrapbook
Collection — Ledger: 1
Identifier: MSS 16701
Content Description
Mary Kean high school scrapbook from Lomita, California, 1925-1934; 1956. Album with ephemera and photographs in a "Memories of my school days" binding compiled by Mary Kean, at Narbonne High School in Lomita in Los Angeles County. Includes programs, a few photographs, certificates, and much more. Of special interest are a series of programs and ephemera for Girl's Athletic Association field days in Southern California. There is a license for a "back seat driver" which seems to be making a...
Dates:
1925-1934, 1956
Ellie F. Keen friendship album
Collection — Box: BW 32, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16554
Content Description
This collection contains a large, stamped friendship album dedicated to Ellie F. Keen of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from her father. The album contains a color title page, twelve romantic themed color plates throughout the album, over fifty poems and personal notes, and a full-page watercolor of lovers embracing in the moonlit night. Most inscriptions are signed with a first name only or initials; although, there are some exceptions with the writer’s full name. Predominately written between...
Dates:
1848 - 1856
Helen Keller letter to Margie Bourne
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16844
Content Description
This collection contains a single letter, typed to Miss Margie Bourne from Helen Keller. Dated November 25, 1944, the content of the letter is soliciting funds for the American Foundation for the Blind. The leader's header is printed and reads "Helen Keller, 15 West 16th Street, New York 11, N.Y." The letter is signed by Keller in pencil at the bottom right.The letter is intriguing–particularly when you consider that Keller had to develop the skills to type without the ability to see the...
Dates:
November 25, 1944
Greg Antrim Kelly papers
File
Identifier: MSS 15545
Scope and Contents
The Greg Antrim Kelly papers consist of typescripts, manuscripts, drawings, artwork, and studies for works entitled "Pigeon," "Linen Finish," and "Writings." "Pigeon" has been described as a "self portrait comprised of 3 volumes of illustrated cards spanning 10 years of drawings, writings and appropriated images." This quote was taken from:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1067756127/pigeonThe first edition of 100 copies was self-published and...
Dates:
circa 2002-2012
Letter from John Kendal, to enslaver Thomas Watters
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16902
Content Description
This collection contains a two-page letter written by John Kendal, a partially freed Black man from Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands, to his former enslaver, Thomas Watters. Watters was a British trader from Kendal in Cumbria who worked in the West Indies. Also included is a transcription of the letter provided by the dealer. Kendal writes to Watters so he may “fulfil the favor that you promised” and grant his full release from enslavement so he could receive payment for...
Dates:
September 8, 1816
Edward M. Kennedy letter and Kennedy family photograph
Collection
Identifier: RG-2/1/9
Content Description
This collection contains a letter and photograph from Edward M. Kennedy regarding the first annual Law Day. The photograph includes Edward Kennedy, Jaqueline Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy. The letter is a reminisce of his appreciation and good memories attending the Law School at UVA.
Dates:
1958 - 2006
Florynce Kennedy photographs
Collection — Box: BW 53, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16784
Content Description
This collection contains four black and white photographs (roughly trimmed to 8 x 10 inches or slightly larger) featuring Florynce 'Flo' Kennedy (1916-2000) speaking. Kennedy was an American lawyer, feminist, and activist who founded the Feminist Party in 1971. Each photograph is stamped in red ink with the Examiner Reference Library. The stamps are dated 1973-1976. Three photos include a newspaper clipping of the same image pasted onto the verso, with "Examiner" captioning the photo and...
Dates:
c.1973-1976
James Kent and Mr. Parrish slave valuation documents
Collection — Box: BW 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 15974
Scope and Contents
This collection of James Kent and Mr. Parrish slavery valuation documents is 0.03 cubic feet, and consists of five signed slave receipts and a deed from businessman James Kent and his partner Mr. Parrish of Kent's Store, Virginia, 1856.
Dates:
1856
Kents Store, Va. receipts and documents
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16089
Scope and Contents
Kent's store receipts and documents, 1850's, 0.06 cubic feet contain detailed documents with names, dates, and financial accounts, line items, and descriptions of goods or services rendered. Included are a Fluvanna County Sherrif's receipt which includes a tax category for "Slaves" at 60 cents each and "whites" at 40 cents each; also a medical related receipt to Mrs. Betsy Ham "To visit little negro & prescrition," for the fee of 2.00.
Dates:
1850's
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
Ravindra S. Khare papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 16428
Content Description
Ravindra S. Khare papers (1938-2017; 13.40 cubic feet) include correspondence, course notes and syllabi, meeting minutes and agendas, reprints, and drafts of articles related to Ravindra S. Khare, Professor of Anthropology, and Khare's teaching, research, and service. In particular, the materials document international commission work, UVA committees, and Khare's teaching and research on social inequalities, globalization, the anthropology of food, and social and political topics and...
Dates:
1936-2017
William S. Kibler papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 15270
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the papers of William S. Kibler (1911-2002), a high school teacher and educator, Stanley, Virginia, ca. 1925-2002, 23,684 items (103 Hollinger boxes; 43 linear feet) including his diaries, 1936-2002 April, recording in detail Kibler's daily activities as well as his impressions of events, travel journals and manuscripts for chiefly foreign trips, slides, postcards, and photographs, chiefly concerning his trips, both high school and college papers, literary work, and...
Dates:
1925-2002
Aldine S. Kieffer letter
Collection — Box: BW 43, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16663
Content Description
This collection contains a single letter from Aldine S. Kieffer to an E.M.[?]dder on Kieffer's business letter head in Dayton, Virginia. Kieffer was a publisher, music teacher, and promoter of the use of Shape Note music. The letter states that he likes the tune and will place it in the Musical Million, a publication that was a leading tool to promote Shape Note music, that was edited by Kieffer. He also mentions a rude communication from a Mr. Robertson.
Dates:
1 August 1881
Florence Masao Kikuchi papers (Other name Florence Masao Kikuchi Toy)
Collection
Identifier: MSS 16905
Content Description
This collection contains three photograph albums, about 600 loose photographs, some annotated, thirty-eight studio photographs, many in their original housing, postcards with written messages, various greeting cards, two diplomas, report cards, newspaper clippings and a deed of Florence Masao Kikuchi Toy (1920-1988), a first-generation Japanese American Mormon living in Utah during the mid-twentieth century. The albums document Florence's life from 1934 to the 1950s. One...
Dates:
1934-1975
Joy Rebekah Kime Benton scrapbook
Collection — Flat_Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 16843
Content Description
This collection contains a scrapbook belonging to Joy Rebekah Kime Benton (1886-1957) of Burlington, North Carolina, an author, poet, painter, and weaver. The contents of scrapbook items are principally documents from 1905 to 1908, although some paste-ins are from the 1930s. There are 128 pages with photographs, clippings, drawings, and ephemera pasted and laid in. The album primarily documents her college days at the Salem Female Academy (later Salem College). It includes her...
Dates:
c. 1905-1933
King Construction of Greenhouses promotional materials
Collection — Box: BW 41, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16681
Dates:
1910 to 1930
King Edward the Seventh manuscript of bible photographs
Collection — Box: BW 9, Folder: 1 [X031589311]
Identifier: MSS 16202
Scope and Contents
King Edward the Seventh gift of a manuscript of bible photographs to the Bruton Church, Virginia, 1907, to commemorate the original gift of the bible from the King to the church in 1607, which marked the arrival of protestantism in North America. ).03 cubic feet.
Dates:
1907