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Jennie M. Bromley Butler diary
Collection — Box: BW 59, Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16884
Content Description
This collection contains the diary of Jennie M. Bromley Butler (1860-1948) who lived in Rockville, Connecticut. The diary documents her life after returning from her honeymoon with her husband, Edward Butler, and their first decade of marriage. The entries are dated from 1887 to 1898. She records her traveling experiences, including their honeymoon trip to Montreal, other trips to New York and Philadelphia, and summer and weekend trips. She also records her day-to-day life, which includes...
Dates:
1887-1898
Climate Capsule journals
Record Group — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 6/14/7
Content Description
Twenty-seven "climate capsule" journals created as part of the 2019 Spring semester English course “Climate Fiction” taught by Professor Mary Kuhn (2019; 0.6 cubic feet). The journals consist of weekly observations and reflections from either specific routes or locations at the University of Virginia and Charlottesville, along with comments on cultural pieces regarding climate issues. The climate capsule journals are sealed until 2030.
Dates:
2019
Mary Helen Detmer journal
Collection — Box: BW 12, Folder: 1 [X030899230]
Identifier: MSS 16372
Scope and Contents
Mary Helen Detmer journal (0.04 cubic feet), 1996 May 23 - December 10, containing entries related to her garden and her life at the University of Virginia Pavilion I.
Dates:
1996
DeWitt Clinton Gallaher scrapbook and diary transcript
File — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 15598
Scope and Contents Note
The DeWitt Clinton Gallaher scrapbook and diary transcript (1863-1925; 0.25 cubic feet) consists of a travel diary of New England and Europe (1869-1870), chronology of Civil War battles (October 1863- April 1865) and an album of newspaper clippings on general topics including the University of Virginia and Professor Basil Gildersleeve (1915-1925). The transcript of his travel diary contains vivid descriptions of his travels.
Dates:
1863 - 1925
Howard University student diary
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16847
Content Description
This collection contains a diary from an unknown female student attending Howard University in 1915. It measures 9 X 6 inches, and the pages are hole-punched and tied with a ribbon. The diary includes one tipped-in item and twenty-eight leaves with thirty-three of the pages written on. Most of the diary documents the last few days of May 1915, covering the writer's final days at Howard and reminiscing about her time at the university. She discusses attending the annual play by...
Dates:
1915
Jethro Meriwether Hurt papers
Collection
Identifier: MS-86
Content Description
This collection consists of the personal papers of Jethro Meriwether Hurt, a former UVA School of Medicine student, related to his medical practice in Blacktone, Virginia in the 1800s. There are two items in this collection: a handwritten medical casebook dating from the 1840s in Jethro Meriwether Hurt's medical practice in Blackstone, Virginia; and a handwritten diary from the 1860s documenting patient visits, medical charges, and other expenses related to Jethro Meriwether Hurt's medical...
Dates:
circa 1840-1860
Found in:
Claude Moore Health Sciences Library
William S. Kibler papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 15270
Scope and Contents
The collection contains the papers of William S. Kibler (1911-2002), a high school teacher and educator, Stanley, Virginia, ca. 1925-2002, 23,684 items (103 Hollinger boxes; 43 linear feet) including his diaries, 1936-2002 April, recording in detail Kibler's daily activities as well as his impressions of events, travel journals and manuscripts for chiefly foreign trips, slides, postcards, and photographs, chiefly concerning his trips, both high school and college papers, literary work, and...
Dates:
1925-2002
Betty White Loving diaries
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 16055
Content Description
Betty White Loving chronicles her years as a teenager and student at Scottsville High School, and writes about events, names of people, and places she has visited.
Dates:
1941 - 1942
Sir Fitzroy Maclean papers
File
Identifier: MSS 11487
Scope and Contents Note
This Fitzroy Maclean papers consist (1827-1996; 44 cubic feet) of the professional and personal papers of Scottish soldier, diplomat, politician, author, and traveler, Sir Fitzroy Hew Maclean (1911-1996) of Dunconnel. It includes correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, typescripts, newspaper and magazine articles, book reviews, lectures, speeches, photographs, memorabilia, and research material pertaining to his military, diplomatic, political and literary career as well as family and...
Dates:
1827-1996
Thomas Moody journal
Collection — Box: BW 58, Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16881
Content Description
This collection contains the journal of Thomas Moody (1772-1811), a farmer and cobbler in York, Maine. The diary is generally set up by month and year (for example, "Journal November Anno Domino 1796"), with line entries for the days below. The journal entries date from January 1, 1796, to August 1810. Not all months or dates are recorded.His journal entries touch on political matters of the day. For example, he notes George Washington's death, “December 31, 1799, Great...
Dates:
1796-1810
Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS -16476
Content Description
This collection documents Thomas Nelson Berkeley Noland's time in Peru, and contains his journal, a typed transcript of the journal by Mary Noland Young, photographs (chiefly albumen prints) of items, places, and peoples in the Amazon, correspondence (including drafts and translations), and legal documents. Also present are oversize blueprint maps of the Peruvian Amazon region drawn by Noland, a "Map of a Section of South America - Peru, a Vertical Cross Section of the Continent...
Dates:
1872 - 2020; Majority of material found in 1872-1906, 1964, 2020
Papers of Garrard Glenn, 1901-1951
Collection
Identifier: MSS-78-1
Abstract
Small collection of professional correspondence, UVA Law School memorabilia and personal diaries.
Dates:
1901 - 1951
Personal Papers of Richard J. DeMartino as History Consultant to the International Military Tribunal for the Far East
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2017-02
Abstract
Interesting historical chronology related to the IMTFE. Includes many Japanese documents and photographs.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1936 - 1948
John William "John Billy" Peyton diaries and account books
Collection
Identifier: MSS 4944
Content Description
Peyton's diaries cover the Civil War and Reconstruction periods and frequently mention conflicts, specifically the Yankees and how many people were killed on both sides of battlefields. His diary entries describe the Yankees being at his home and near his neighbors in Rapidan, Virginia. Many southern generals are mentioned including General (Stonewall Thomas) Jackson, General (J.E.B.) Stuart, and General (Richard S.) Ewell. There are also references to President (Andrew) Johnson. ...
Dates:
1862 - 1911
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
John G. Staysa Civil War Diary
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16812
Dates:
January 25 - June 2, 1862
The Homan W. Walsh Diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS-78-5
Abstract
Thirty four agenda notebooks (1930-1963).
Dates:
1930-1963
Petra Vogt papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS -16480
Content Description
This collection contains journals, artworks, correspondence, and photographs that illuminate the life and work of Petra Vogt, a poet, actress, artist, and model, known for her involvement with the Living Theatre, Ira Cohen, and the Bardo Matrix Press during the 1960s and 1970s. Of particular interest are thirty-four journals, chiefly by Petra Vogt, with poetry, prose works, diary entries, and intricate rapidograph drawings along with collage, paintings, and other artworks within; about 150...
Dates:
1966 - 1978
World War I soldier diary and papers
Collection — Box: BW 49, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16717
Content Description
A concisely written diary documenting the realities of life on the Western Front as experienced by chemical warfare soldiers in the British Army. The diarist makes his first proper entry upon being transferred from the Machine Gun Section to the Chemical Section in September 1915, only a few weeks before the first British mobilization of chemical weapons during the Battle of Loos. Following his month-long training at Helfaut, he is attached to the 15th section of the 187th Company, first...
Dates:
1915-09 - 1917-04