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Alexander Gilliam diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS 16134
Scope and Contents
This collection of Alexander Gordon Gilliam diaries contains three journals, two folders, and 0.25 cubic feet chronicling personal accounts of his work and travels in the United States Commission of Typhus, including medical reports of conditions observed, and treatment of patients. There is also a biographical sketch by his son Alexander G. Gilliam, Jr. titled "The war diary (1943) of Alexander G. Gilliam, M. D."
Dates:
1943
Alexander G. Gilliam collection of University of Virginia history papers
File
Identifier: MSS 15240
Content Description
This collection contains essays and papers related to the history of the University of Virginia compiled by Alexander G. “Sandy” Gilliam, a University of Virginia alumnus, administrator, and historian. The content dates range from 1921 to 2019. Correspondence and greeting cards between Gilliam and University administrators, historians, and alums are present, as are forty special interest essays written by Gilliam on obscure University of Virginia historical subject matter. The essays discuss...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1921-2019
Alexander "Sandy" Gilliam papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: RG 2/6/1
Content Description
This collection contains materials collected by Alexander "Sandy" Gilliam in his role as University of Virginia Historian. Included are professional and personal correspondence, lectures, notes, letters, clippings, and promotional material. This addition pertains to committee's he served on, lectures and papers he produced about the University of Virginia, correspondence with guests to the university, correspondence to Gilliam on a variety of topics including his retirement, recipients of...
Dates:
1985 - 2016
Margaret Shelton Gillis papers
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16178
Scope and Contents Note
The Margaret Shelton Gillis papers (1936-1975; 0.9 cubic feet) document the education and personal life of Virginia teacher Margaret Gillis. The collection contains school ephemera and letters, the former including handwritten notes from high school, newspapers, programs from various events, tests, student photographs, a Westhampton College handbook, printed cards, invitations, and broadsides.Of particular note within the collection are letters from two soldiers during WWII....
Dates:
1936 - 1975
Ann Gilman album
Collection — Box: BW 38, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16310
Content Description
This collection contains the memory album of Ann Gilman. The octavo album, restored, with original light blue-green paper covered boards and new black leather spine. 71 pages, including 3 of the 5 engravings, were used for written verse and inscriptions dating from 1835-1839. Inscriptions are signed from Dover, New Hampshire and Bangor, Maine. Two inscriptiosn have small drawings. One page has a page of verse secured with pins. New front and rear end-papers. Album has 76 unnumbered pages and...
Dates:
1835-1839
Girls' reward of merit ephemera
Collection — Box: BW 56, Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16785
Content Description
This collection features seventeen merit reward cards given to girls and women in the late nineteenth century. These cards are printed on one side and have "Reward of Merit" printed at the top, accompanied by a decorative illustration, the handwritten student's name, and the teacher's signature. Six cards are addressed to Martha Warren, three to Nelly Whitenack, two to Florence Pomery, and other cards are addressed to presented to Cynthia Williams, Elizabeth Brookholder, Ida Meckly, Beatie...
Dates:
Majority of material found within c. 1872-1876
Gitchell's Studio collection (accession 2017-0077)
Collection
Identifier: MSS 11567
Content Description
This collection contains an estimated nine hundred thousand printed photographs, negatives, and slides captured by professional photographers at Gitchell’s Studio in Charlottesville between 1972 and 2016. The collection provides provides a photographic history of the Charlottesville, Virginia including the University of Virginia and includes printed photographs, negatives, slides, and photographs saved on CD-Rs and DVD-Rs. The collection is organized by year and event. Most of the content is...
Dates:
1972-2016; Majority of material found within 1990 - 2014
Ellen Glasgow papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 5060
Content Description
This collection contains letters including a handwritten receipt, a note, and a postcard from the Richmond Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The postcard is a Richmond S.P.C.A. report that documents the progress made in 1942, outlining the success of fieldwork and administrative efforts. The letters are sent to Marguerite Ravenscroft and are written by Ellen Glasgow, serving as President, and Mrs. Randolph Maynard, the Secretary, discussing the organization's functions and...
Dates:
1943
Carter Glass Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2913
Scope and Contents
The Carter Glass papers, 1820-1946, 141 cubic feet, consist of correspondence, manuscripts, newspaper articles, photographs, speeches, and printed materials from his work in the Banking and Currency Committee, the Secretary of the Treasury (1918-1920), and the United States Senate (1920-1946). Subjects include: The Federal Reserve Banking Act of 1913, the Federal Reserve system, and the Banking Act of 1933 (1932 Glass-Steagall Act). Other topics include international, national...
Dates:
1820-1946
Justus E. Glick letter
Collection — Box: BW 12, Folder: 1 [X031589460]
Identifier: MSS 16318
Scope and Contents
Justus E. Glick letter, 0.03 cubic feet, dated May 14,1923, from a student to Justus E. Glick at the University of Virginia. The student describes having to take care of her mother, study for classes, clean the house and asks him about friends and examinations.
Dates:
1923 May 14
Globe Office subscription form for John Millson speech
Item — Box: BW 20, Folder: 1 [X032652610]
Identifier: MSS 16442
Scope and Contents Note
The Congressional Globe manuscript order form (circa 1850s; 0.03 cubic feet) is an order form for the speech of Hon. John Singleton Millson of Virginia which lists members and how many copies they want. Among those named are Joshua Hill, (GA), William Porcher Miles, (SC), Thomas Bocock, (VA), and others.
Dates:
circa 1850s
Gloria Nuckles Papers
Collection
Identifier: 2022-083
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1950-1954
Naval Commander Louis Goldsborough letter
Collection — Box: BW 9, Folder: 1 [X031589313]
Identifier: MSS 16206
Scope and Contents
Naval Commander Louis Goldsborough letter to Lieutenant Commander Alexander Murray of the USS Sebago on June 5, 1862, 0.03 cubic feet, is an autograph letter signed by Goldsborough, as the Commander of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron and on U. S. Flagship "Minnesota" letterhead about munitions and supplies. Also included is a handwritten note from Alexander Murray on the verso.
Dates:
1862 June 5
Gooch family diaries
Collection
Identifier: MSS 16336
Scope and Contents
Gooch family diaries, 1909-1963 (not consecutive), .07 cubic feet, consists of fifteen diaries, some from Ellen Brooks (Aunt of Uly Harrison Gooch) when she was a young girl. She describes her work as a nurse (treating a man with face cancer) at the Earl Hopkins Institute in Washington D. C. and missing her family, and friends. The later diaries are from Uly Harrison Gooch while he was a student at St. Paul's School in Baltimore, MD. It is not clear who the last diary is from but it seems...
Dates:
1909, 1910, 1911, 1918, 1949, 1950, 1958, 1961, and 1963.
Goodman and Farrow family journal
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16482
Content Description
This collection consists of a family journal kept by the Goodman and Farrow families of Albemarle county. The journal includes five pages labeled “Black register of births” recording the first names and birth dates of more than 49 enslaved people. Also included are handwritten recipes, a few draft letters, and ancestral information.Warning: Content in the journal lists first names of enslaved persons, with their birthdates and notation of "Sold". The first name on the register is...
Dates:
1865 - 1889
Bob Goodman scrapbook
Collection — Box: BW 15, Folder: 1 [X031589470]
Identifier: MSS 16329
Scope and Contents
Bob Goodman scrapbook,Charlottesville, Virginia, 1931-1934, 0.03 cubic feet.
Dates:
1930-1940
David R. Goodman letter
Collection — Box: BW 5, Folder: 1 [X031589244]
Identifier: MSS 16087
Scope and Contents
David R. Goodman (Charlottesville) letter from "Minton" in Waynesboro, Virginia dated February 20, 1868, 0.03 cubic feet, about having trouble with his cook, hiring black women, a toothache, doctor visits, and foreigners in the area.
Dates:
1868
Goodpasture photo album
Collection — Box: BW 2, Folder: 1 [X031589215]
Identifier: MSS 16007
Goodykoontz family papers
Collection — Box: BW 6, Folder: 1 [X031589280]
Identifier: MSS 16143
Scope and Contents
Goodykoontz family papers (1895-1960,bulk 1912-1930) focus on Robert Goodykoontz (1884-1970), and his wife "Sara" Nelle Neal Goodykoontz (1926-1930; 0.03 cubic feet).There are 80 or more letters including 13 to Robert Goodykoontz from his sister-in-law Irene; 39 letters from his mother Lucinda Kathering Woolwine Goodykoontz; letters from family at Virginia College for Women, Harris Military Institute, Roanoke, Va., and a few letters from family members in Kansas City, Mo. Also included are...
Dates:
1895-1960
Gordon and Webster family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 14573