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Charles B. J. F. de Saint-Memin, portraits of St. George Tucker and Thomas Tudor Tucker

 Collection — Box: BW 18, Folder: 1 [X030899266]
Identifier: MSS 16366
Scope and Contents

MSS 16366, Charles B. J. F. de Saint-Memin portraits of St. George Tucker and Thomas Tudor Tucker which are described as two circular portraits: egraved portrait of Thomas Tudor Tucker, and a salted paper print [photograph?] of an engraved portrait of St. George Tucker.

Dates: 1810

Sanjay Suchak photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16926
Content Description The Unite the Right rally was a white supremacist rally that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, from August 11 to 12, 2017. Some groups chanted racist and antisemitic slogans and carried weapons. The organizers' stated goals included the unification of the American white nationalist movement and opposing the proposed removal of the statue of General Robert E. Lee from Charlottesville's former Lee Park. The rally sparked a national debate over Confederate iconography, racial violence,...
Dates: 2017 - 2021

Secretariat photograph

 Collection — Box: BW 6, Folder: 1 [X031589267]
Identifier: MSS 16116
Scope and Contents

Secretariat photograph, Triple crown winning horse, with his groom, Eddie Sweat, at New York's Aqueduct race track in 1973 consists of 0.03 cubic feet. The horse was greeted by a crowed of 32,990 cheering fans as he paraded through the stretch between races.

Dates: 1973

Sharp family history papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16822
Content Description

Sharp family papers that include correspondence, documents, diagrams, architecture and photographs of the Limestone farm which was built by his ancestor in the eighteenth century. William McQuiddy family letters and images, cased photographs, a photo album, carte-de-visites, and family bible records. Sharp family genealogy and court records in Virginia.

Dates: 1980s-2010s

Frank Shay photograph

 Item — Box: BW 12, Folder: 1 [X031589474]
Identifier: MSS 16389
Scope and Contents

Frank Shay photograph (1935; 0.03 cubic feet)contains one black and white promotional photograph.

Dates: 1935

John Shepherd West Main Street, Charlottesville, Va. images

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 16152
Scope and Content Note

This collection consists of 288 black and white slides and 142 scanned images from the slides as well as notes that accompany the slide show. Mr. Shepherd took these images in 1976 and states that he created the images "just as construction on the mall was beginning." The images were shot on 35mm Panatomic X. The scanned images appear to duplicate the physical slides, and there is some be duplication among the physical slides.

Dates: 1976

Charles Shoffner slides

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 15676

Addison H. Smith papers

 File
Identifier: MSS 15056
Scope and Contents The Addison H. Smith papers (1917-1970; 1.6 cubic feet) includes many letters between 1917 and 1919 to Addison Smith’s mother and his battlefield diary from 1918, which describes in vivid detail the voyage to Europe and his work as an ambulance driver in France. It also includes his certificates of discharge and service in the United States Army Ambulance Service, photographs, postcards, and newspaper clippings. The majority of the collection dates between the years of 1917 to 1922, and...
Dates: 1917-1922; 1970; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1922

Christine Smith Files Concerning Conservation of the Wills of George Washington and Martha Washington

 File
Identifier: MSS 16289
Scope and Contents Note The Christine Smith Conservation files (1945-2016; 2.69 cubic feet) concern the conservation of the wills of George Washington and Martha Washington. The files contain slide photographs of each page of each will, usually with additional detail photos. Each set of before-treatment slides represents the wills as they appeared in 1998, approximately nine decades after manuscript restorer William Berwick preserved them; the after-treatment slides document the appearance of each will in...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1945-2016

E.W. Smith photograph album

 Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16020
Scope and Contents Note

The E.W. Smith photograph album (1917-1921; 0.2 cubic foot) documents Smith's service in Battery A of the United States Army's 148th Field Artillery at the end of World War I. The bulk of the photographs document Smith's travels in Germany in 1918 and 1919, with other subjects ranging from training at Camp Mills, New Jersey and Camp Merritt, New York to postwar family vacations.

Dates: 1917 - 1921

Somerville family papers

 Box
Identifier: MSS 16201
Scope and Contents The Somerville family papers (1821-2013) consists of correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and extensive genealogical files. The papers and research detailing the history of the Somerville family, mainly in America, range from its colonial background to contemporary times. The extensive genealogical research is comprised of notes and charts, along with correspondence, photographs, military records, personal notes, clippings, and printed materials. The collection also includes...
Dates: 1821 - 2013

Thomas H. Brown Funeral Home ledger and photograph

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS-16474
Content Description This collection contains the manuscript ledger book, "Record of Deaths" kept by Thomas H. Brown's Funeral Home, 301 Gill Street, Petersburg, Virginia. This book detailed the funerals of approximately 500 African Americans during the last years of the Great Depression. The volume opens with a twenty-four page alphabetical index, listing the names of the deceased persons with the number of the page for further information about their funerals. Entries for each funeral appear in chronological...
Dates: 1935 - 1941

Tinsley, Edwards, and Rich family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16920
Content Description The collection MSS 16920 contains the Tinsley, Edwards, Rich family history (1795; 1820-1978) written by William George Rich III (1905-1988) about his great-great grandfather who called himself William Tinsley (born into enslavery in 1795,and freed in 1820), his great grandparents Nelson and Lauren Broady Tinsley, (an indigenous woman) and his grandparents Charles Robert Tinsley (1851-1919) and Betty Edwards Tinsley (1855-1924) (daughter of an indigenous woman Malinda Edwards)and their eight...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1870 - 1988; 1819-1820

Beverley R. Tucker papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 14791
Scope and Contents This collection contains correspondence, other documents, and photographs pertaining to Dr. Beverley Randolph Tucker, his son Beverley Randolph Tucker II, and their families, most prominently being Elizabeth Sloan Tucker Cann, wife of Beverley Randolph Tucker II. This collection also includes two 1886 business letters of Confederate veterans Robert Boyd and Andrew Easley. There is also a small group of World War II letters of Beverley Randolph Tucker II, including a fundraising...
Dates: 1886-1973

Unidentified woman photograph

 Collection — Box: BW 1, Folder: 1 [X031589175]
Identifier: MSS 15957
Scope and Contents

The unidentied woman photograph (circa 1824; 0.03 cubic feet) was taken by a photography studio named Davis on Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia.

Dates: circa 1860s

University of Virginia Newcomb Hall Bookstore photographs

 Collection — Box: BW 56, Folder: 001
Identifier: 16801
Content Description

Two black and white photographs of the interior of the University of Virginia Newcomb Hall bookstore. One photograph may be of Eleanor (Joyner) Gibson who was a graduate of UVA and started the bookstore (1960's).

Dates: circa 1963

University of Virginia Rotunda photograph

 Collection — Box: BW 39, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16634

U.S. soldier Vietnam War photographs

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 16269
Scope and Contents Note The U.S. soldier Vietnam War photographs album (196-1968; 0.2 cubic feet) contains 288 black and white or color photographs with captions on the verso of some photographs. Creator is unidentified, but served as a mechanic in the 19th Maintenance Co. at Long Binh. Creator served approximately one year, departing for home on February 6, 1968. The majority of the photos were taken in Vietnam, but some photos document the soldier's home leave and trip to Hawaii. Photograph subjects include USO...
Dates: 1967-1968

UVA Administrative photographs of final exercises, dedications, Founders Day, Olympic torch lighting, and other events

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: RG-30/10
Content Description

This transfer primarily includes photographs spanning from 1995 to 1999 of events at the University. Photograph subjects include Final Exercises, Reunion Weekends, a 1996 Olympic Torch Lighting ceremony, Founder's Day celebrations, Cauthen and Bice House dedications, and special events involving President John T. Casteen. Casteen served as President of the University of Virginia from 1990 to 2010. He is seen in many photographs in this collection.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1995-1999

Virginia Department of Education film strips and slides: of John White drawings of Algonquins in Roanoke, Virginia and the Jamestown Colony

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 16820
Content Description

Film strips and slides of John White's drawings of "Algonquins in Roanoke, Virginia and the Jamestown Colony.

Dates: circa 1953

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