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W. Dexter Whitehead prints

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16431
Content Description

Prints of drawings by W. Dexter Whitehead, professor of physics and dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (1969-1989) and dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (1971-1972) (1962, 1985; 0.1 cubic feet). Drawing depict views on Grounds, including the Rotunda and Pavilions.

Dates: 1962, 1985
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Wickham family papers

 File
Identifier: MSS 15753
Scope and Contents The Wickham family papers (1704-1950; 9.5 cubic feet) consist of papers of Richmond, Virginia and “Hickory Hill” plantation in Hanover County, Virginia, including the families of John Wickham (1763-1839), his son, William Fanning Wickham (1793-1880), grandson, Williams Carter Wickham (1820-1888), and great-grandson, Henry Taylor Wickham (1849-1943). The collection contains business correspondence, chiefly concerning legal and agricultural pursuits; family correspondence with...
Dates: 1704-circa 1950
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Louise Collier Willcox papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 11390
Scope and Contents The papers of author, editor, and anthologist, Louise Price Collier Willcox (1865-1929), 1877-1933, chiefly consist of literary correspondence, personal correspondence, and family correspondence, mostly with her immediate family. The first series consists of correspondence from literary figures and publishers, including Henry M. Alden, James Lane Allen, Henry Charles Beeching, Hilaire Belloc, Arnold Bennett, A. C. Benson, Abbie Farwell Brown, Alice Brown, Trigant Burrow, H. Price...
Dates: 1877-1933
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Gilderoy Williams slave complaint

 Collection — Box: BW 1, Folder: 1 [X031589181]
Identifier: MSS 15963
Scope and Contents

Gilderoy Williams slave complaint against a slave named Daniel for using provokeying [sic] and insulting language, 1856, 0.03 cubic feet.

Dates: 1856
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Williamsburg, Virginia buildings photographs

 Collection — Box: BW 13, Folder: 1 [X031589397]
Identifier: MSS 16030
Dates: undated
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Nancy D. Willson friendship album

 Collection — Box: BW 40, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16648
Content Description

Includes 15 sentiments of good thoughts and wishes, each one or two pages in length. Locations of signers include Bellevernon, Loudonville, OH, Union City, Ashland, OH, Uniontown and West Alexander, PA.

Dates: 1848 - 1855
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Albert Frederick Wilson papers

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Identifier: MSS -16340
Content Description The papers chiefly consist of letters Albert Frederick Wilson (1883-1940) sent to his mother in New Jersey while a student at the University of Virginia. There is also some correspondence from Wilson's father and grandfather; family photographs; and unpublished manuscripts by Wilson. Most of the letters are handwritten. But starting in 1906, typewritten letters become more frequent. The roles of African Americans at the University of Virginia are mentioned several times in his...
Dates: circa 1840-1934
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Frank Owen Wilson and Susan Rinehart World War II correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16414
Content Description The collection contains more than 450 letters written between Lieutenant Frank Owen Wilson from Wilson, Arkansas, who was a University of Virginia graduate and his Charlottesville girlfriend, Susan Smith Rinehart (1925-1995), whose family lived on an estate called "Boxwood." There are 276 letters from Wilson and 180 letters from Rinehart. Wilson's early letters are from Saint Elmo Hall at the Univeristy of Virginia. His letters while in military service were not subject to censorship, yet...
Dates: 1921, 1941-1945
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

James Southall Wilson and Davison papers

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Identifier: MSS 6453
Scope and Contents Scrapbooks, photo albums, correspondence, travel diary, home movies of the Wilson and Davison families. 28 scrapbooks and loose correspondence related to three generations of the family of James Southall Wilson, with much material on the University of Virginia. Persons represented significantly include James Southall Wilson (1880-1963) and Julia Tyler Wilson (1881-1965);Charles Marshall Davison, Jr. (1914-1995) and Alida Wilson Davison (1913-1995); and Katharine "Kit" Stonestreet Davison...
Dates: 1898-1994
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Nanie Winfree membership certificate for the Juvenile Department of the Independent Order of St. Luke

 Collection — Box: BW 3, Folder: 1 [X031589229]
Identifier: MSS 16059
Scope and Contents

Nanie Winfree (of Morning Glory Circle, no. 33 Manchester, Virginia) membership certificate issued by the Juvenile Department of the Internal Order of St. Luke and signed by Maggie L. Walker and Emmeline Johnson, 0.03 cubic feet, 1903.

Dates: 1903
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

B.H. Winston report card

 File — Box: BW 33, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16532
Dates: 1844 - 1845
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Lucy or Ella Winston letter

 Collection — Box: BW 44, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16669
Content Description This collection contains a letter from a young woman, either Lucy or Ella Winston, to her mother, Martha A. Winston. The letter, unsigned, describes her travel to and her experience of the Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute. The Buckingham Female Collegiate Institute, chartered in 1837, was the first college for women in Virginia and was attended by both Winston sisters. In the letter, the writer describes the sisters' trip to the institute, shares her first impressions, comments on...
Dates: February 16, 1852
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Pleasant Winston family account book

 Collection — Ledger: 1
Identifier: MSS 16627
Dates: 1816 - 1828
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Catherine G. Wirt letter

 Collection — Box: BW 7, Folder: 1 [X031589291]
Identifier: MSS 16174
Scope and Contents

Catherine G. Wirt letter, March 17, 1836, to Mrs. Matilda Crossitt of Princeton, Caldwell County, Kentucky, seeking to obtain letters that her father, William Wirt, had written to Mrs. Crossitt's father, makes up 0.03 cubic feet.

People associated with the letter include Mrs. Hester Edwards (nee Pope), Samuel L. Southard, and Mr. Green in Washington D. C.

Dates: 1836 March 17
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Frank Gardiner Wisner papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 15049
Scope and Contents

This collection of Frank Gardiner Wisner papers (1909-1997; 10.5 cubic feet) consists of business and personal papers of Frank Gardiner Wisner, who was a Director in the Central Intelligence Agency in the 1950's. Included is an autographed letter signed by John Edgar Hoover and a photocopy of a letter signed by Harry S. Truman.

Dates: 1909-1997
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Colonel William Withers letters

 Collection — Box: BW 6, Folder: 1 [X031589273]
Identifier: MSS 16126
Scope and Contents

Colonel William Withers letters (1883; 0.03 cubic feet)consist of letters about thoroughbred race horse breeding in 1883 on a farm in Lexington, Kentucky and include details about horse sales, racing times, specific horses.and is .03 cubic feet. There are also letters to Colonel Withers.

Dates: 1883
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Edmund Withers Parish register

 Collection — Box: BW 3, Folder: 1 [X031589218]
Identifier: MSS 16022
Scope and Contents

Edmund Wither parish register, 1843-1878, 0.03 cubic feet, is a half-leather book with green mottled paper sides and is a personal record book that chronicles his ministry in Virginia and North Carolina. Of interest are the records of African Americans in the register.

Dates: 1843-1878
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Evelyn and Viola Wolfe photograph albums

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 15547
Scope and Contents Note Evelyn and Viola Wolfe photograph albums (1920-1923; 1 cubic foot) consist of photographs of the sisters' three year trip around the world, two and a half years of which were spent in Japan. The photographs are beautifully arranged and labeled in albums that have a design of Japanese figures on the cloth covers. The photographs show the two sisters engaging with communities abroad and exploring historical sites, war memorials, and major tourist locations from Japan, China, Egypt,...
Dates: 1920 - 1923
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Women Students Association records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 23/3
Scope and Contents The collection contains two minute books and three folders of loose papers taken from the minute books, a copy of the Constitution of the Women's Students Association, a letter from Dean of Women Robert Hollingsworth and Peggy Thompson, Acting President, to the Women Students of the University of Virginia, 1946, enclosing a copy of the Constitution, and explaining various regulations and describing organizations that welcome women, and in what capacity. It also includes papers regarding...
Dates: 1948-1967
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Women's Global Leadership Forum ephemera

 Collection — Box: BW 32, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16559
Dates: 2017 November
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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