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Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 16527
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
Collection — Box: BW 9, Folder: 1 [X031589309]
Identifier: MSS 16196
Scope and Contents
John A. Nolf daily jottings about local news, 1903 August 31-December 10, and 0.03 cubic feet. The collections consists of a handwritten journal mimicking the standard news style of the times and stories from John Nolf's life on the farm, his travels, visits with family members, school events, and random notes about food he ate or work he did.
Dates:
1903 August 31-December 10
File
Identifier: MSS 14245
Scope and Contents Note
Norfolk Poet's Club Records (1912-1983; 2 cubic feet) include manuscripts of Josephine Johnson and Margaret Haley Carpenter; and correspondence of Mary Sinton Leitch, Josephine Johnson, Julia Johnson Davis, and William Stanley Braithwaite. There are also press releases, newspaper clippings, printed items, and scrapbooks about these poets and editors and their colleagues as well as their poetry and the creative writing process.
Dates:
1896; 1912-1983
Collection
Identifier: MSS12758
Collection — Box: BW 3, Folder: 1 [X031589216]
Identifier: MSS 16013
Scope and Contents
North Anna railroad bridge original pen sketch by C. A. Manning, 1863, May 16, 0.03 cubic feet, mounted with glued tabs in an ivory colored mat, with beveled windows.
Dates:
1863 May 16
Collection
Identifier: RG-32-221-20
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of memorabilia: uniform, sweatshirt, etc.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 2002 - 2005
Collection — Box: BW 10, Folder: 1 [X031589367]
Identifier: MSS 16273
Scope and Contents
Notebook about greyhounds, 1835-1837, 0.03 cubic feet, from Shropshire or Berkshire, United Kingdom, listing the names and pedigrees of the hounds, date of litters, note of purchase, state of health, and qualities of the dogs. There is also information about breeding, whelping, and ownership details of notable greyhounds such as Hippogriff and Lyster's Lucifer.
Dates:
1835-1837
Collection — Box: BW 4, Folder: 1 [X031589237]
Identifier: MSS 16073
Scope and Contents
[James Nounnan] General Store business ledger in Putnam County, West Virginia, 0.03 cubic feet, 1834-1836. The leder was used to record sales and expenses, credit transactions and all other kinds of business common to a general store. The store sold a lot of whiskey and coffee, indicating this establishment was also a local tavern. The ledger contains over 470 pages of entries with many references to James Nounnan, who appears to be the owner or scrivener.
Dates:
1834-1836
Collection — Flat_Box: Archival Oversized Box S 5, Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1
Identifier: MSS 16670
Content Description
This collection contains a photograph of the Nu Charge of Theta Delta Chi fraternity that appeared in the 1928 edition of Corks and Curls. The photograph was taken by Gitchell's Studio, the yearbook photographer at the time. The framing label lists a "Mr. Ruffin," who is thought to be Robert DeJarnette Ruffin, a student in the College at the University of Virginia at the time.
Dates:
circa 1928
Collection — Box: BW 54, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16782
Content Description
This collection contains a photo album of an unidentified African American U.S. Army soldier in Nürnberg during the post-WWII Allied occupation of West Germany. The album includes photographs of fellow squadron members stationed at Merrell Barracks. The album's compiler was a car enthusiast, and several pictures depict a German soap box derby. Subjects of the photographs also include shots of the town and environs, animals at a zoo, soldiers in uniform, tanks, jeeps, a baseball...
Dates:
Undated, c.1950s
Collection
Identifier: 2022-007
Abstract
Keepsakes from various classes.
Dates:
1940-2018
Collection
Identifier: 2022-104
Abstract
Established at the University of Virginia in 1999 to support global public health initiatives in underserved communities. Contains miscellaneous materials (including digital) documenting administrative activities and the following initiatives: El Salvador (2000–01); Migrant Health in Albemarle and surrounding counties (2001); St. Petersburg, Russia (2001, 2002); South Africa (2004).
Dates:
1999-2007
Collection — Box: BW 48, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16667
Content Description
This collection contains a letter from Alice E. Nutt to her cousin, Kate, that discusses various personal matters before querying Kate on her impressions of Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). Nutt, whose father was an ardent Virginia secessionist, articulates an unfavorable reaction to the recently published work and also addresses her disdain for the abolitionist efforts of English noblewomen. The letter measures 7.75" X 6.25" and is four pages in length. Some parts of the fourth page are written...
Dates:
1853 January 12
Collection — Box: BW 52, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16770
Content Description
This collection contains a speech by Dr. Rush Nutt delivered in Greenville, Mississippi Territory on March 4, 1809. Nutt celebrates the just-concluded Jefferson Administration and commemorates the inauguration of James Madison. The address, fifteen and one-half pages in length, celebrates the accomplishments of Thomas Jefferson and attacks the preceding Adams administration which Nutt believed brought the Nation to the brink of tyranny and despotism. Dr. Rush Nutt, planter,...
Dates:
March 4, 1809
Collection — Box: BW 43, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16664
Content Description
This collection is a friendship album of Julia Nutter. The album is approximately less then a quarter filled. Entries are mostly poems or short notes and date from 1855 to 1863. Locations are those around the Boston area. The album is inscribed as follows: "Presented to Mrs. Julia M. Nutter by her friend Fannie A. Bradbury, December 25th, 1855." Later in the book Fannie also provides a poem in the shape of a diamond. In addition to entries from friends and albums, there are tipped in...
Dates:
1855 - 1863
Collection
Identifier: MSS -14956
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of papers relating to Nydrie and Algoma, consisting chiefly of photographs and articles pertaining to the family homes of the Logan and Forsyth families. Included is a scrapbook of articles by Lily Logan Morrill.This collection contains material from around 1880, when the homes were built, to about 1960, when the Forsyth family, which owned “Nydrie” at the time, started a discussion about what to do with the house due to its dilapidated conditions. This collection...
Dates:
circa 1862-2003
Collection
Identifier: MSS 16349
Scope and Contents Note
Susan Oberman papers (1960's-2017, 7 cubic feet) documenting her negotiation practice (Common Ground Negotiation Services, her activism in women's issues in Nassau County, New York (1972-1989) and her support for women, social justice, and race relations in Charlottesville, Virginia (1990-2013). Of interest is information about the history of African American life in Charlottesville including questions about the racial background of Queen Charlotte. There are also three...
Dates:
1960's-2017
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2019-11
Abstract
WWII incomplete of daily newspapers published in Tokyo, during the American occupation: 1946 -1951.
Dates:
1946 - 1951
Collection
Identifier: MSS 15866
Scope and Contents
The ODYSSEY records (2000-2013; 2 cubic feet) consist of directories, meeting minutes, program planning, by-laws, member lists, news clippings, photographs, president's notebooks,folio scrapbooks, and miscellaneous printed materials.
Dates:
2000-2013