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Francis H. Fife papers

File

Identifier: MSS 16075

Scope and Contents The Francis H. Fife papers (1947-2015; 168.4 cubic feet) document the personal and professional life of Mr. Fife with an emphasis on his civic and community interests. Types of materials include reports, meeting minutes, correspondence, memoranda, journals, and some family documents. The collection is organized into three series: Oak Lawn 1, Oak Lawn 2, and Westview.Please note, the file titles in this collection have been transcribed. The file titles were created by Mr. Fife...

Dates: 1785 - 2015; Majority of material found within 1940 - 2015

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

First day of issue cover Edgar Allan Poe bicentennial

Collection — Box: BW 13, Folder: 1 [X031589393]

Identifier: MSS 16017

Scope and Contents

First day of issue cover Edgar Allan Poe bicentennial, 2009, 0.03 cubic consists of two first day covers, postmarked at Richmond, Va. on decorative covers for the Library of Virginia exhibit "Poe: Man, Myth, and Monster."

Dates: 2009 January 16

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

First District of Accomack County (VA) voting certificate including African Americans

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 16832

Content Description This collection contains a certificate of a local Virginia election in the first district of Accomack County on October 22, 1867, preliminary voting for delegates for the upcoming Constitutional Convention, marking the first time African-Americans voted in the state. The October 22 election took place under Army supervision. Written entirely in manuscript ink on a sheet of lined paper folded to 4 unnumbered pages. Pages [2]-[4] are blank. The document certifies that:...

Dates: October 22, 1867

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Marshall W. Fishwick manuscripts

Collection

Identifier: MSS 10840

Content Description

Marshall Fishwick manuscripts, "Speaking of Virginia"; "Common Culture and The Great Tradition; "Searching for Cicero"; "Lady Eightball" (Four versions of Lady Eightball with varying paginations); and "Growing Up and Moving Out".

Dates: 1980s

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Fitzhugh family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS13482

Dates: 1861;1887-1948

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Flame & Frost poem

Collection — Box: BW 56, Folder: 001

Identifier: MSS 16750

Content Description

This collection contains a handwritten poem written by Joan St. C. Crane based on her experiences of compiling the works of poet Robert Frost. It was written at the University of Virginia in the Fall of 1971. Alongside the poem in the collection is a catalogue card outlining the work's title, author, and subject matter.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1971

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Flood damage Staunton Virginia photographs

Collection — Box: BW 13, Folder: 1 [X031589399]

Identifier: MSS 16032

Scope and Contents

Flood damage, Staunton, Virginia photographs, 1896 September 29, 0.03 cubic feet, titled "Murray Staunton", white buildings and gas works, a view of bridge near bark mill, view around gas house, B & O freight house, and ruins of Lushbaugh's factory.

Dates: 1896 September 29

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Henry D. Flood family papers

Collection — Box: BW 10, Folder: 1 [X031589359]

Identifier: MSS 16255

Scope and Contents

Henry D. Flood family papers, 1832-1960, 0.03 cubic feet, consists of approximately 25 letters and contracts, mostly related to tobacco. There is also one black and white photograph of Claude W. Smith, Appomattox County clerk, at the 1945 Centennial celebration, and a program for the event.

Dates: 1832-1960

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Florence Hauser Collection

Collection

Identifier: FHauser2017

Abstract

The Florence Hauser Collection is a digital archive of photographs and slides taken by Hauser in Giridih, India, in 2000. The images illustrate University of Virginia nurses involved with the Virginia Children's Connection plastic surgery project in rural India.

Dates: 1975-2000

Found in: The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry

Folk Art Herbarium album

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 16573

Content Description

Folk art herbarium album filled with many pages of paintings and drawings from edge to edge; other pages are filled with flower, leaf, and shrub cuttings with hand written captions.

Dates: 1907-1913

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 1910 Collection of Historical Photographs

Collection

Identifier: MSS-07-2

Abstract

Bureau of Chemistry copies of photographs from 1910 and one memorandum.

Dates: 1910

Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Bettie A. Ford friendship album

Collection — Box: BW 30, Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 16578

Content Description This collection contains a "The Forget Me Not Album" belonging to Bettie A. Ford, of Lynchburg, Virginia. The album contains a mix of hand-written sentiments, poems, and remembrances written to Ford. The entries are mostly signed by initial or first name and many are dated. A few of the entries have annotations with additional information about the creator. In addition to these entries, there appear to be journal type jottings, possibly written by Ford. Also included are printed poems,...

Dates: c.1857-1898

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Roxana Foreman scrapbook

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 16702

Content Description

Roxana Foreman high school scrapbook in "My Memory Book" binding from Harriman, and Lenoir City, Tennessee in 1927. It contains pasted-in colorful handmade and printed ephemera and letters, related to football, theater and school. There are also candy wrappers, ribbons, hats, Camel cigarettes, and many pages of hand-written text and sentimental authographs that provide a "diary" of Roxana's high school experiences.

Dates: 1927

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Forget Me Not album

Collection — Box: BW 50, Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 16724

Content Description This collection consists of a commonplace book featuring quotes and sayings from newspaper and magazine clippings from a variety of authors like Shakespeare, Goethe, Longfellow, Elliot, and Byron. Most are organized so the quotes from the same author are grouped on the same page. Also included are excerpts of poems handwritten into the album. There are six black and white engravings and have the following titles 'Moonlight', 'Sketching from Nature', The Dukes Daughter',...

Dates: c.1852

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Edward Granville Foss papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 16528

Content Description

This collection contains personal and professional correspondence, sketchbooks, exhibition booklets, book mockups, and news clippings of Edward "Ned" Granville Foss, the first graphic designer at the University of Virginia Press and a lectuer in Art History at the University of Virginia.

Dates: Circa 1962-1980

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Lucretia Foster friendship album

Collection — Box: BW 8, Folder: 1 [X031589308]

Identifier: MSS 16195

Scope and Contents

Lucretia Foster friendship album, 1843-1846, 0.03 cubic feet, contains personal heartfelt messages written by the friends and family of Lucretia Foster, of Brewster, Massachusetts in a red leather binding with blind and gold stamped designs. Commercial album, "Floral Album" published by J. Riker, New York, ca 1841. Verse and prose including an acrostic poem.

Dates: 1843-1846

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library