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Call family papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 13421

Dates: 1917-1919

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Content Description These additions of MSS 10204 Warren Chappell papers contain letters, drawings, photographs, ephemera, and publications documenting the life and work of Warren Chappell from roughly 1929 to 2000. Janet Anderson, Shelah Kane Scott, and Calvin Otto were recipients and owners of the collections. The bulk of the collection is correspondence with colleagues, family, and friends including his wife Lydia Chappell. There is significant amounts of correspondence with Rafael Fernandez, Curator of...

Dates: 1929-2000

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Eugene Edward Chiles papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 14439

Scope and Contents Note Eugene Edward Chiles papers, (3 cubic feet, 1915-1922) contain love letters from his girlfriend, Eugenie O'Neill who is traveling in European circles with wealthy and or famous acquaintances, while he is working as a realtor in Pittsburgh, PA. and Stephens City, Virginia, after the war. Her letters mostly describe her feelings for him and mention (briefly) famous places, people, and events from the Twenties. Topics consist of post war conditions, unemployment, strikes, feminism, racism, and...

Dates: 1915-1922

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Chisholm Foundation collection on Frank Gardiner Wisner

File

Identifier: MSS 16333

Scope and Contents

Chisholm Foundation collection on Frank Gardiner Wisner (1900-2001; 2 cubic feet) consists of letters, newspaper clippings,scrapbooks, and photographs from the life of Frank Gardiner Wisner including his intelligence career, track achievements and scholarship at the University of Virginia, 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, and his family.

Dates: 1909 - 1997

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Coleman, Bromm, Kirschmann family papers

Collection — Box: 19

Identifier: MSS 16418

Dates: 1861 - 2018

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Lewis M. Coleman, Jr. papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 16419

Scope and Contents Note The Lewis M. Coleman, Jr. papers (circa 1870-1926; 0.05 cubic feet) document Coleman's studies and travels to Richmond, VA and Charleston, SC. Collection materials include eleven letters Coleman wrote from Hanover Academy, VA to his mother Mary. Among other topics, Coleman discusses his friend Richard Henry Jesse (1853-1921), who briefly attended the University of Virginia. Collection materials also include two photographs, one of which depicts Coleman's son Lewis III among other University...

Dates: circa 1870-1926

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Collection of photographs of African American Men and Boys from New Orleans

Collection — Box: BW 51, Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 16760

Content Description This collection contains three photographs with captions on the verso, "Black children and men taken in or near New Orleans." These images were taken "en route" to New Orleans, possibly from a train, in the 1930s. One photograph shows a group of young boys on a street with an inscription on the reverse that says "New Orleans." Another depicts three boys and one older man singing on train tracks with an inscription that reads "En Route to New Orleans/ Kids singing." The last is a photograph...

Dates: c.1930

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Collection of Battle of Rio Hill papers

Collection — Box: BW 13, Folder: 2 [X031589428]

Identifier: MSS 15898

Scope and Contents

The collection of Battle of Rio Hill papers ( 1992, 0.03 cubic feet) consists chiefly of photographs and negatives and includes an image of the site of Rio Hill Shopping Center being searched for Civil War artifacts, the marker commemorating the skirmish, and the honor guard at the dedication of the marker. The collection also includes press releases, a letter from Charlottesville mayor Elizabeth "Bitsy" Waters, and an audiocassette recording of the dedication ceremony.

Dates: 1992

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Colleton estate photographs

Collection — Box: BW 20, Folder: 1 [X031688129]

Identifier: MSS 16440

Scope and Contents Note The Colleton estate photographs (circa 1890s-1910; 0.04 cubic foot) document the appearance of Colleton, a Cabell family estate in Nelson County. Materials include ten mounted photographs of the Colleton house and one photograph of the nearby James River. Colleton photograph subjects include rooms like the ballroom and library, along with a childhood portrait of Evelyn Byrd Robinson on the building's porch.The collection also contains a copy of Robinson's will, where she divides...

Dates: circa 1890s-1910

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Joyce Crary show horse photo album

Item — Ledger: 1

Identifier: MSS 16300

Content Description The Joyce Crary show horse photo album (1940s; 0.2 cubic feet) contains photographs labeled by hand in white ink. 10 x 13 with 35 leaves containing around 120 black and white photographs, and a few pieces of ephemera, inserted into corner mounts. Photographs feature Joyce Crary, her family, and her friends and horses at the family ranch near Chico, California. Horses and riders are shown jumping, racing, and performing trick riding of various types. One image is of Joyce, her father, and a...

Dates: 1940s

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Cumming Family Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 6922

Scope and Contents This addition to the Cumming family papers, includes correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and certificates related to members of the Cumming family, with most pertaining to United States Surgeon General, Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and his son, Ambassador Hugh S. Cumming, Jr. (1900-1986). Items...

Dates: circa 1818 - 1992

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Clinton K. Curtis photograph albums

Item — Multiple Containers

Identifier: MSS 16404

Content Description

The Clinton K. Curtis photograph albums (1880s; 0.5 cubic feet) contain 76 photographs (albumen prints, most mounted, some hand-colored, probably commercially produced and sold) of views and people in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Thailand, and Burma, collected by U.S. Navy officer Clinton K. Curtis.

Dates: 1880s

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

George C. Davis studio photograph

Collection — Flat_Box: Archival Oversized Box S 4, Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1

Identifier: MSS 16642

Content Description

This collection contains a single black and white photograph of a street with a Liberty Loan mural in Roanoke, Virginia from the George C. Davis studio.

Dates: ca. 1941-1945

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Charles I. Eaton papers--addition 1

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 12204

Content Description

One carte de visite photograph of Union soldier Charles I. Eaton in uniform. This collection is an addition to MSS 12204 Journals of Charles I. Eaton. See external documentations below for a link to that collection.

Dates: circa 1864

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Bessie Emanuel photo album at Hampton Institute

Collection — Flat_Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 16823

Content Description This collection contains a brown faux leather photo album (7.25" X 11.25") belonging to Bessie Emanuel. Bessie (1902-1984) was raised in White Plains, New York. She was the first Black woman in her town to attend college, entering the Hampton Institute in Virginia in 1922. The photographs are dated from 1922 to 1924 and capture daily life at the Institute, sports events, friends, and family. Captions are found throughout the album. A picture of Bessie with her family in the Hampton...

Dates: 1922-1924

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Fallschirmjager [paratroopers] photograph album

Collection — Box: BW 30, Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 16579

Content Description

Comprises a photographic record of Wehrmacht Gebirgsjagerregiment (German Army Mountain Troops) and Luftwaffe Fallschirmjager training in and around the Berchtesgaden and Obersalzburg area in Bavaria prior to the second World War.

Dates: 1930s

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Farm life photograph album

Item — Ledger: 1

Identifier: MSS 16301

Scope and Contents The Farm Life photograph album (1910s; 0.2 cubic feet) depicts many children and family members with farm animals, mostly horses, but cats, dogs, chickens, and one elephant also appear in the images.One image depicts a horse wearing a covering labeled "Tom Mix's Tony". This is presumably Tony the Wonder Horse, the famous film companion of silent-film western star Tom Mix. Another image contains a street sign suggesting that this farm may have been located on or near...

Dates: 1910s

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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

Lesley Frost photograph

Collection — Box: BW 31, Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 16585

Dates: 1965-04-04

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Geology of the Narrows Region, Virginia, typed manuscript

Collection — Box: BW 22, Folder: 1 [X031660929]

Identifier: MSS 16449

Scope and Contents Note

Geology of the Narrows Region, Virginia typed manuscript (1920s; 0.03 cubic feet)is a manuscript by Elizabeth Barbara Mohr.

Dates: 1920s

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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Call family papers

Warren Chappell papers

Eugene Edward Chiles papers

Chisholm Foundation collection on Frank Gardiner Wisner

Coleman, Bromm, Kirschmann family papers

Lewis M. Coleman, Jr. papers

Collection of photographs of African American Men and Boys from New Orleans

Collection of Battle of Rio Hill papers

Colleton estate photographs

Joyce Crary show horse photo album

Cumming Family Papers

Clinton K. Curtis photograph albums

George C. Davis studio photograph

Charles I. Eaton papers--addition 1

Bessie Emanuel photo album at Hampton Institute

Fallschirmjager [paratroopers] photograph album

Farm life photograph album

Francis H. Fife papers

Lesley Frost photograph

Geology of the Narrows Region, Virginia, typed manuscript

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