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William Cabell Rives letter

 Collection — Box: BW 9, Folder: 1 [X031589330]
Identifier: MSS 16235
Scope and Contents

William Cabell Rives letter to Congressman Benjamin C. Howard, 1838 October 15, autograph signed letter from Castle Hill, Virginia totaling 0.03 cubic feet, and discussing the election of Hugh Swinton Legare of South Carolina to the House of Representatives and other political matters. Legare, who was a friend of both of them, is losing the election to their disappointment. Also mentioned are charges made by Daniel O'Connell against the United States minister to England, Andrew Stevenson.

Dates: 1838 October 15
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Madeleine Coleman Roach papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16869
Content Description This material contains references to offensive and harmful language and crimes involving racism. The purpose of this note is to give users the opportunity to decide whether they need or want to view these materials, or at least, to mentally or emotionally prepare themselves to view the materials. This collection contains photographs, diaries, a memory book, a prayer book, witness reports, scrapbook pages, photographs, certificates, newsletters, telegrams, menus, and ephemera...
Dates: 1942-1945
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Roanoke Virginia Baseball teams, photographs

 Collection — Box: BW 13, Folder: 1 [X031589403]
Identifier: MSS 16036
Scope and Contents

Roanoke Virginia Baseball teams, photographs, [1890-1900], 0.03 cubic feet, contains three photographs mady by Davis Photo Co. made circa 1890-1900. Teams shown are the Roanoke [Magicians?] of the Virginia League circa 1896, Edward Christopher "Pop" Tate manager; the Old Dominion team; and the Roanoke Machine Works team, circa 1887-1888. All players ictured in the Roanoke Machine Works photograph are identified.

Dates: [1890-1900]
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Robert Chambliss Light article, "Rotunda Renovated, Controversy Resolved"

 Collection — Box: BW 12, Folder: 1 [X031589379]
Identifier: MSS 16292
Scope and Contents

Robert Chambliss Light article, "Rotunda Renovated, Controversy Resolved", 2002, 0.03 cubic feet, about the controversy surrounding planned ses of the Rotunda folloiwng its renovation, 1973-1976. There is also a letter dated 2002 April 8 from Larry J. Sabato to Robert Light thanking him for sending a copy of his article.

Dates: 2002
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Robert Clark papers

 Collection — Box: BW 26, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16497
Content Description This collection contains 14 fourteen letters written during the Civil War to Robert Clark (48th Infantry Illinois) by three Union soldiers: William B. Oliphant (6 letters) (a Sergeant in Company E, 51st Infantry Regiment Illinois), John R. Oliphant (4 letters) (Illinois E Company), Henry Willett (2 letters), and 2 unidentified letters/writings, including a leather pouch in which the letters were discovered. The letters were written primarily from Tennessee and Mississippi.The...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1863 - 1864
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

William Roberts "The Slave Stealer" screenplay

 Collection — Box: BW 39, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16632
Dates: 1968-10-28
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Mattie Robertson commonplace book

 Collection — Box: BW 39, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16629
Dates: 1859 - 1863
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Sarah Jane Robertson album

 Collection — Box: BW 11, Folder: 1 [X031589373]
Identifier: MSS 16284
Scope and Contents

Sarah Jane Robertson album, 1830's, Augusta County, Virginia 0.03 cubic feet,in original black boards with floral decorative rule, green endsheets, and lithographs. Several newspaper clippings and cut dried flowers are laid in.

Dates: 1830's
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Armstead L. Robinson papers

 File
Identifier: MSS 12836
Scope and Contents The Armstead L. Robinson papers(1848-2001; 43 cubic feet) consist of audiotapes; book reviews; census material; computer printouts; conference papers; correspondence; biographical information; instructional material; lectures and speeches; manuscripts and original writings by Robinson, his colleagues and students; maps; memorabilia; microfilm; organizational and professional files; photographs; printed items, and research and topical files. Most of the nineteenth century material is in...
Dates: 1848-2001; Majority of material found in 1967-1992
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Charles M. Robinson and Principals Architectural Records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16518
Scope and Contents The Charles M. Robinson and Principals Architectural Records consist of materials about Charles M. Robinson, and the office records, architectural and design plans, and project photograph files of the Charles M. Robinson, Architect firm and successor firms. The materials document the business operations of the firms, as well as their role in developing the city of Richmond, VA, and in developing various institutions and organizations across the state of Virginia. The works in this collection...
Dates: Circa 1855-2012
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Leonard H. Robinson memories photo album

 Collection — Box: BW 52, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16772
Content Description This collection contains one photo album documenting the late adolescence and early adult years of Leonard H. Robinson from 1913 to 1919. Robinson, a Black man, was born and raised in Ohio. Robinson was light-skinned, which allowed him to be a part of the black and white communities of Marietta, Ohio, where he was raised, and his life in Akron, Ohio, where he lived for a short time. The album documents himself and his life, including pictures of his family and friends of both races, him as a...
Dates: 1913-1919
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Maria K. Robinson Scrapbook

 Collection — Flat_Box: MSS 16842
Identifier: MSS 16842
Content Description Scrapbook assembled by African-American woman, Maria Kathleen Robinson while she was attending historically-Black college Prairie View A&M University in Texas. Maria graduated high school in 1970 and briefly attended junior college in Temple, Texas. She majored in Business Education (accounting) at Prairie View A&M in the early 1970's, pledged to the Zeta Phi Beta sorority, whose Greek letters decorate the cover of the scrapbook. Maria participated in the Blue Dynamics dance line,...
Dates: 1973-1974
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Rockbridge Alum Springs, Virginia copper printing plate

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS-16961
Content Description

This collection contains a copper plate engraved with a scene from Rockbridge Alum Springs. The resort name is diplayed in script at the top of the plate. It shows the main pavilion of the Alum Spring resort, built to supply spring water and various visitors to the springs, including horse-drawn carriages, ladies with parasols, and men loading crates of "Alum water" onto wagons.

Dates: undated, c.mid-late 19th Century
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

James Roebuck diplomas and memorabilia

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16937
Content Description This collection contains the University of Virginia diplomas and memorabilia of James Randolph Roebuck, Jr. (1945-2024), politician and UVA alumnus. The collection contains Roebuck’s two University of Virginia diplomas, a printed copy of a 2019 article commemorating fifty years since his History in 1969 and a Doctor of Philosophy in History in 1977. In 1969, while a student at the University of Virginia, Roebuck became the first Black member of the Student Council. Following his...
Dates: 1969-2019
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Kate B. Rogers letter to Joseph A. Rogers

 Collection — Box: BW 15, Folder: 1 [X030899215]
Identifier: MSS 16361
Dates: 1853 June 12
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Rose, Redd, and Claiborne family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-16944
Content Description This collection contains correspondence, deeds, estate indentures, account books, receipts notebooks, photographs, carte-de-visite, genealogical research and trees, clippings, a tintype, and ephemera, including wallets, a metal box, and a lock of hair documenting the Rose, Redd, and Claiborne families of Virginia. Names frequently appearing in papers include Eugene M. Redd and his son James Redd. Also included are Ezra Morrison, Mattie Tompkins, Clarence Redd, Jessie Redd McCarthy, Rachel...
Dates: c. 1771-2007
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Rotunda photograph

 Collection — Box: BW 13, Folder: 1 [X031589408]
Identifier: MSS 16084
Scope and Contents

Rotunda photograph, circa 1875, 0.03 cubic feet, carte-de-visite photograph of the south facade of the Rotunda, printed on verso of mount: J. D. Merritt Practical Photographer (at Frayzer's old stand)Charlottesville Virginia.

Dates: [1875]
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Route 250 Bypass Interchange at McIntire Road Project, Charlottesville, Virginia, Documentation Packets

 File
Identifier: MSS 15464
Content Description This collections consists of Historic American Landscapes Survey documentation packets for the Rock Hill Landscape and McIntire Park in preparation for the work on the Route 250 Bypass Interchange at McIntire Road Project. The reports were prepared by Dovetail Cultural Resourse Group and the black-and-white photographs were taken by Rob Tucher.The collection include two spiral bound volumes containing the Historic American Landscapes Survey written documentation; 40...
Dates: 2010-2012
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Harriet S. Rowley commonplace books

 Collection — Box: BW 23, Folder: 1-2
Identifier: MSS 16472
Content Description This collection consists of three commonplace books belonging to Harriet "Hatty" S. Rowley, of Utica, New York. The books are nicknamed the Books of Wisdom and ignorance in part because one notebook was titled "Ignorance Book," by Rowley, while the other two books were labeled with the following note, “Aunt Harriet’s books of wisdom.” These books hold recordings of quotes from famous authors and orators of the late 19th century, and as such they are full of "wisdom" and advice on life. ...
Dates: 1872 - 1888
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Dr. Agnes Maude Royden letter to Mrs. Bird

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16845
Content Description This collection contains one typed letter from Dr. Agnes Maude Royden (1876-1956) to Mrs.Bird. In the letter, she asks after a newborn, discusses the cold weather, her move from Sevenoaks to London, her loss of hearing, and updates on mutual acquaintances. Royden was a British suffragist, preacher, and lecturer who founded the Church League for Women's Suffrage in 1909 and founded the ecumenical Guildhouse in 1921, which became a cultural hub in London for fifteen years.Royden...
Dates: July 6, 1953
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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Baumgartner, M. P. (Baumgartner, Mary Pat), 1953- 1
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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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