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Ralph H. Whitacre World War II correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16263
Scope and Contents

Ralph H. Whitacre World War II correspondence, 1944-1945, .08 cubic feet, to his family and includes letters from his friends and some military and insurance papers. Included is one issue of the Trailblazer Magazine Volume III, No. 4, April 5, 1945. PFC Whitaker mentions that he was right behind the front line at the capture of Saarbrucken.

Dates: 1944-1945
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

White family papers

 Collection — Box: BW 29, Folder: 1-3
Identifier: MSS 16507
Content Description This collection contains correspondence, documents, and ephemera belonging to the White family of Beaver Dam, Hanover County, Virginia. The bulk of the materials date from 1867 to 1898, and includes a document from 1854 and a few early 20th century documents. 110 letters sent to Malmon White, a farmer in Beaver Creek, as well as Harriet White, his mother, Elvira Terrell White, his wife, and Alice White, his daughter. Subject matter includes correspondence about family inheritances, some...
Dates: 1854 - 1935; Majority of material found within 1867 - 1898
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

White Flint Farm records

 File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16271
Scope and Contents Note

The White Flint Farm records (1861-1969; 1.5 cubic feet) document the titular farm's business purchases and tobacco sales. Materials primarily consist of account ledgers and various receipts of purchase and sale, all primarily from the Danville area.

Dates: 1861 - 1969
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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

Joan Williams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 9394
Scope and Contents The Joan Williams Papers (1950-1988; 7 cft) primarily contains materials (e.g., manuscripts, typescripts, setting copy, and galley proofs) relating to Williams’s publications County Woman, The Morning and Evening, Pariah, Pay the Piper, Old Powder Man, and The Wintering. This collection also...
Dates: 1950-1988
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

 Collection
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

 Collection
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

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