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Unidentified woman photograph

Collection — Box: BW 1, Folder: 1 [X031589175]

Identifier: MSS 15957

Scope and Contents The unidentied woman photograph (circa 1824; 0.03 cubic feet) was taken by a photography studio named Davis on Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia.

Dates: circa 1860s

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia Rotunda photograph

Collection — Box: BW 39, Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 16634

Dates: circa 1910s

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

U.S. soldier Vietnam War photographs

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 16269

Scope and Contents Note The U.S. soldier Vietnam War photographs album (196-1968; 0.2 cubic feet) contains 288 black and white or color photographs with captions on the verso of some photographs. Creator is unidentified, but served as a mechanic in the 19th Maintenance Co. at Long Binh. Creator served approximately one year, departing for home on February 6, 1968. The majority of the photos were taken in Vietnam, but some photos document the soldier's home leave and trip to Hawaii. Photograph subjects include USO...

Dates: 1967-1968

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Virginia Folklore Society records

Series

Identifier: MSS 9936

Scope and Contents Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...

Dates: 1905 - 2007

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Virginia photography studios photographs

Collection

Identifier: MSS 14250

Scope and Content Note: The collection contains tintypes, cabinet cards, cartes-de-visite and photographs chiefly from studios in Staunton, Va. Studios in Bridgewater, Charlottesville, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg, and Richmond are also represented. Among the few identified subjects are Friends at Olivet Church, Staunton, Va.; D[avid] V. Ruckman Home, Long Glade, Va.; William Bedford Campbell, David Van Meter Ruckman, II, children of Uncle Glen Ruckman, Pauline Ruckman, James Buxton Perry, Sam Ruckman, Glen Huston Byrd,...

Dates: 1860s-1930s

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, and New York photographs

Item — Ledger: 1

Identifier: MSS 15684

Scope and Contents Note The photo album (circa 1880s-1910s; 0.15 cubic feet) contains scenes of ships in Hampton Roads including the U.S.S. San Francisco, U.S.S. Brooklyn, the Cape Charles light ship, the Princess Anne, and the St. Louis. There are scenes of the seashore at Virginia Beach and Richmond. Beyond Virginia, scenes include monuments in Baltimore, Maryland, various streets and historical sites in New York City, and the United States Capitol. The album consists of a total of 50 pages, 8 of which...

Dates: circa 1900

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

John W. Warner papers

Series

Identifier: MSS 10191

Scope and Content note This collection includes general and constituent correspondence, office files, speeches, appointment books, photographs, scrapbooks, and clippings documenting Senator Warner’s life and career.A note regarding consituent correspondence: only in rare instances did the Senator's office keep outgoing corespondence. The vast majority of what makes up the constituent correspondence are the incoming letters from his constituents. Original letters sent to the Senator were microfilmed and...

Dates: 1956-2009; Majority of material found in 1967-2008

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Booker T. Washington photograph

Item — Box: BW 22, Folder: 1 [X031677118]

Identifier: MSS 16446

Scope and Contents Note The Booker T. Washington photograph (1902; 0.03 cubic foot) documents Washington wearing a cap and gown.

Dates: 1902-04-12

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Otto Herman Weiss photographs

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 16422

Scope and Contents Note The Otto Herman Weiss photographs (circa 1900-circa 1950; 0.4 cubic feet) document Virginian buildings, streetscapes, and landscapes in the early to middle twentieth century. The collection contains approximately 150 gelatin silver print photographs by Weiss. Subjects include extensive images of Norfolk, Fredricksburg, and Williamsburg, along with aerial photographs of Richmond, Norfolk, and Washington, D.C.

Dates: circa 1900-circa 1950

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

World War I soldier diary and papers

Collection — Folder: 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

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Kathleen Bonnie Crispin Worsham papers

File

Identifier: MSS 16435

Scope and Contents Note The Kathleen Bonnie Crispin Worsham papers (1860s-2018; 1.35 cubic feet) document Worsham's historical research on the unincorporated community of Cifax in Bedford County, Virginia. Materials include family histories, photocopies of municipal documents, photographs of residents past and present, building floor plans, topographical maps, application materials for the National Register of Historic Places, and architectural surveys. Worsham's research places special emphasis on The Cedars, the...

Dates: 1860s-2018

Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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Unidentified woman photograph

University of Virginia Rotunda photograph

U.S. soldier Vietnam War photographs

Virginia Folklore Society records

Virginia photography studios photographs

Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, and New York photographs

Petra Vogt papers

John W. Warner papers

Booker T. Washington photograph

Otto Herman Weiss photographs

World War I soldier diary and papers

Kathleen Bonnie Crispin Worsham papers

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