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Sarah E. Jackson letters

 Collection — Box: BW 9, Folder: 1 [X031589316]
Identifier: MSS 16211
Scope and Contents

Sarah E. Jackson letters, MSS 16211, dated 1877, 1895, 0.03 cubic feet, from her son and his cousin who were students at the University of Virginia. They mention "the Lawn", Monticello, the Medical School, and the "Chemical laboratory which is just about completed." There is also a letter from a cousin of General Stonewall Jackson, P. Lafford, and a University of Virginia class photograph taken in front of what is now Alderman Library. (1877)

Dates: Majority of material found in 1877, 1895

Edward L. Jameson letters

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 12123

Jamestown Ter-Centennial Commemorative pin

 Collection — Box: BW 13, Folder: 1 [X031589406]
Identifier: MSS 16051
Scope and Contents

Jamestown Ter-Centennial Commemorative pin, [1907], 0.03 cubic feet, depicts the United States flag on a gold background surrounded by the legend "Jamestown Exposition 1607-1907 Hampton Roads, Virginia", on a blue backgrounds, within an ornamental border of gold and white.

Dates: [1907]

Jane's album

 Collection — Box: BW 25
Identifier: MSS 16538

Edmund W. Janss papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 15905
Scope and Contents

The Edmund W. Janss papers consist of one half-size document box, 11 items, and 1 cubic foot of promotional materials for his book "Yankee Si" a biography of J. Calvitt Clarke. There are newspaper clippings, typesettings for the title page, graphics for the cover, manuscript chapters, and galley proofs.

Dates: 1961

Jefferson Cable Corporation collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 11458
Scope and Contents The majority of the collection is composed of videotape recordings of local-origination programming aired on the Jefferson Cable Corporation, including City Council Meetings and local news specials. The collection includes approximately 300 color slides used in productions; color slides of a University of Virginia baseball game, 1970; photographic negatives of Lawrence Halpin's model of the Downtown Mall; Charlottesville City Council agenda, 1971 October 4, with an item...
Dates: 1885-1982

Jefferson Davis monument photographs

 Collection — Box: BW 13, Folder: 1 [X031589395]
Identifier: MSS 16028
Scope and Contents

Jefferson Davis monument photographs,1930, 1957, undated, 0.03 cubic feet, of various events at the monument including workers installing a Confederate battle flag, and groups placing wreaths in honor of Jefferson Davis birthday.

Dates: 1930, 1957, undated

Jefferson Society records

 File
Identifier: RG 23/50/2

The University of Virginia Jefferson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Jefferson Papers
Scope and Contents This collection consists of letters written by and addressed to Thomas Jefferson, as well as architectural plans and studies that were created or endorsed by Jefferson, created by other individuals associated with him, deeds, plats, and maps, some of which pertain to the subjects of the architectural studies, and other miscellaneous materials.All of the Architectural Drawings and Other Oversized & Miscellaneous Materials listed in the Jefferson Papers Calendar are fully...
Dates: 1751 - 1898

Pamelia Jenne friendship album

 Collection — Box: BW 32, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16555
Content Description

This collection contains a friendship album belonging to Pamelia Jenne of Charlton, Massachusetts. The album, a copybook, "Sold by Samuel Wood & Sons, New York," is here used as a friendship album. It contains thirty-eight pages of manuscript and one watercolor of flowers. Included are original and copied verse by a series of friends, many with several entries.

Dates: 1826

Daniel Jennings land document in Fairfax County, Virginia

 Collection — Box: BW 10, Folder: 1 [X031589368]
Identifier: MSS 16274
Scope and Contents

Daniel Jennings land document in Fairfax County, Virginia,1747, 0.03 cubic feet, pertains to the case of Thomas Marshall v. Sampson Darrell regarding 1125 acres of land formerly granted to Col. Nicholas Spencer and Col. John Washington. Signed by Daniel Jennings, surveyor of Fairfax County

Dates: 1747

John Washington papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 15000

Nunnally Johnson collection of Nathalia Crane papers

 Collection — Box: BW 15, Folder: 1 [X030899232]
Identifier: MSS 16374
Scope and Contents

The Nunnally Johnson collection of Nathalia Crane papers (1923-1926; 0.03 cubic feet) collection contains correspondence of Nunnally Johnson relating to Nathalia Crane, a child author whose authenticity was questioned. There are 14 letters from Nathalia Crane to Nunnally Johnson; 1 letter from HM Crist to Johnson, and 1 letter from Clarence Crane. Also included is a typescript poem "The First Writer," two photographs of Crane, and one graphite self-portrait by Crane.

Dates: 1923-1926

Susan Arabella Kennerly Johnson letter

 Collection — Box: BW 3, Folder: 1 [X031589230]
Identifier: MSS 16061
Scope and Contents

Susan Arabella Kennerly Johnson letter to her aunt, .03 cubic feet, 1863, about a raid by the 1st Virginia Cavalry, Company E, in which two of her brothers, John Thomas Kennerly (1837-1882) and James William (Willie) Kennerly (1843-?) participated with Fitzhugh Lee. She also mentions that two of her father's (the Reverend Samuel Kennerly) slaves were sent to Richmond to work on earthen defenses.

Dates: 1863

Eliza Ellen (Davidson) Johnston commonplace book

 Collection — Box: BW 28, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16513
Content Description This collection contains a bound volume of manuscript poems written and compiled by Eliza Ellen [Davidson] Johnston. The presentation page is inscribed as folllows " A common place book presented to Eliza Ellen Davidson by her Affectionate Mother on the 4th of June 1826, Greenbrier Virginia." A bound volume of unlined pages divided into two sections, hand-paginated with exception of final 30+ pages. This volume contains many poems written by Davidson, with her name and date at the end of...
Dates: 1826 - 1827

Frances Benjamin Johnston photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16666
Content Description This collection contains prints of photographs by Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952). In the 1930s, Frances Benjamin Johnston photographed Colonial and early Republic architecture under the auspices of the Carnegie Survey of the Architecture of the South in nine southern states. The majority of the collection focuses on Virginia towns and counties. The collection presents buildings in close to their original state, during a time when architectural alteration or restoration were not as...
Dates: undated, ca. 1900s

Sarah Littlefield Johnston album

 Collection — Box: BW 6, Folder: 1 [X031589277]
Identifier: MSS 16139
Scope and Contents

Sarah Littlefield Johnston album (1845-1856; 0.03 cubic feet) containing poems, illustrations of flowers, and sentiments from friends and family in Maine and Massachusetts.

Dates: 1845-1856

David A. Jonah and Clifton Waller Barrett correspondence about a tribute to John Winterich

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6526
Content Description

Correspondence between David A. Jonah and C. Waller Barrett about Barrett writing an article honoring John Winterich and including a typescript of the Winterich bibliography.

Dates: 1957; 1961

John Jones letter to William Massie

 Collection — Box: BW 56, Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16808
Content Description This collection contains one autograph letter dated September 14, 1852, signed by John Jones of Richmond, Virginia, to William Massie, Piedmont Post Office, Nelson County, Virginia. In the letter, Jones wishes success to Massie's attempts to locate the home where he was born. Jones discusses his family's health, noting that his daughter, wife, and grandchild will return from a hot spring trip to improve their health, a discussion on seed wheat, and a request for Massie to tell Mrs. Barbara...
Dates: September 14, 1852

Margaret Warther Jones and Thomas T. Ammons family scrapbooks of World War I and World War II

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16236
Scope and Contents World War I and II scrapbooks containing correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, military orders, promotions, certificates, and ephemera (songs, flags, pins) relating to the Ammons family in 1917-1918 and 1942-1945. There are also some photographs from the Mexican Border Service in 1916-1917.The World War I scrapbook contains many newspaper clippings documenting the military life of General Pershing and the political and military events of the war. Included are medals...
Dates: 1917-1918; 1943-1945; 1969

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University of Virginia. Board of Visitors 2
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University of Virginia. Office of the President 2
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Barber , John, 1893-1965 1
Bardo Matrix (Firm) 1
Barrett, Janie Porter, 1865-1948 1
Bartlett, Ellen Strong, 1848-1940 1
Baugnet, Julie 1
Baumgartner, M. P. (Baumgartner, Mary Pat), 1953- 1
Beaumont, Charles, 1929-1967 1
Bednar, Michael J. 1
Bellamy, Wes 1
Benton, Joy Kime 1
Berkeley, William , Sir, 1605-1677 1
Black, Donald J., 1941- 1
Bligh, William, 1754-1817 1
Blote, Harold C. 1
Bluefield State College 1
Bluemango Books and Manuscripts 1
Bluestone Baptist Association 1
Bluestone Harmony Association 1
Bluestone-Harmony Academic and Industrial School 1
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Brooks , Jeida 1
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Bryant, William Cullen, 1794-1878 1
Buck, John Newton, 1820-1875 1
Buck, Walker Davison, 1856-1910 1
Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute 1
Burke , John William, 1826-1898 1
Burke, Alison K. 1
Burley Varsity Club (2007-) (Charlottesville, Va.) 1
Burnett, Allison L. 1
Butler, Anna Land 1
Butler, Ernest 1
Butler, Jennie M. Bromley, 1860-1940 1
Cabell, Nicholas Jr., 1780-1809 1
Call family 1
Call, William Denison 1
Camp Travis (Tex.) 1
Cann, Elizabeth Sloan (Elizabeth Sloan Tucker Cann), 1917-2002 1
Caryll, John, 1667-1736 1
Chandler, Devin Keith, 2022-2022 1
Chappell, Warren, 1904-1991 1
Chivers, T.H. (Thomas Holley), 1809-1858 1
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1
Clanton , Vera Lee , 1916-2013 1
Clanton, Berry 1
Clark, Robert S., 1845-1916 1
Clarke, McDonald, 1798-1842 1
Clemm, Maria Poe, 1790-1871 1
Cocke, John Hartwell, 1780-1866 1
Cohen, Ira 1