letters (correspondence)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.
Found in 101 Collections and/or Records:
Moore brothers Civil War letters and papers
File
Identifier: MSS 16441
Scope and Contents Note
The Moore brothers Civil War letters and papers (1861-1876; 0.2 cubic feet) consists of letters to family from two brothers serving on the Union side of the Civil War, one on the Eastern theatre, Albe Cady Barrett Moore in Company K, 5th Regiment Wisconsin volunteers, and John Wesley Moore, on the Western theater, in the Company B, 7th Regiment, Minnesota volunteers. Albe Moore fought with the Army of the Potomac and died from illness in 1862 at Harrison's Landing near Richmond, Va....
Dates:
1861 - 1876
John L. Nau III Civil War History collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 16459
Scope and Contents Note
John L. Nau III Civil War History collection (1846-1881; 202 cubic feet) consists of letters and transcriptions, photographs, currency, diaries and transcriptions, autographs, newspapers, photo albums, military orders, and requisitions.
Dates:
1846 - 1904; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1865
Ned Berkeley Jr. and Doug Bakken correspondence
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2020-0100
Dates:
1966 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1983
Noland family papers--addition
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2018-0123
Dates:
1801 - 1956
Noland family papers--addition
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2019-0093
Dates:
1786 - 1895
Norfolk Poet's Club records
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
Nunnally Johnson collection of Nathalia Crane papers
Unprocessed — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2016-0070
Dates:
1923-1925
William Oxley letter
Collection — Box BW 22, Folder: 1 [X032652611]
Identifier: MSS 16445
Scope and Contents Note
The William Oxley letter (1828; 0.03 cubic feet) was sent to William Thomas Shepherd, Petersburg, Virginia. The letter discusses issues with the tobacco industry.
Dates:
1828-07-01
Page-Nelson Society of Virginia historic documents
Item — Flat_box Oversized Box S-112, Oversize_Folder(Within_an_OSBox): 1 [X030899389]
Identifier: MSS 16454
Scope and Contents Note
Page-Nelson Society of Virginia Historic documents (1790-1805, 0.21 cubic feet) contain an autograph letter signed from John Page (1744-1808) to "Dear Sir," noting that he will be absent from Congress during January 1791 (dated 6 December, 1790); a printed commission on parchment, completed in manuscript, appointing John Preston as Major in the Third Division of the Virginia Militia, signed by Governor John Page (1744-1808), dated 24 December 1802; a printed land grant on parchment (oversize)...
Dates:
1790 - 1805
Papers of Ronald P. Sokol, 1959-2014
Collection
Identifier: MSS-2014-01
Abstract
Collection (1967-2014) of correspondence between Mr. Sokol, Hardy C. Dillard and Daniel J. Meador and of Mr. Sokol's student notes.
Dates:
1959 - 2014
Coventry Patmore letter to Trubner and Co.
Collection — Box BW 22, Folder: 1 [X031660928]
Identifier: MSS 16448
Scope and Contents Note
The Coventry Patmore letter to Trubner and Co. (1856; 0.03 cubic feet) was written during his time as printed book supernumary assistant at the British Museum, in regards to "The Espousals," book II of his poem, The Angel In the House.
Dates:
18 March 1856
William and Eula Phelps's papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 15787
Scope and Contents
The William and Eula Richardson Phelps letters (1895-1940; 2 cubic feet) relates the courtship and early marriage of William and Eula Richardson and their life with family members. William was a tobacco salesman for R. H. Fishburne and Company in Roanoke, Virginia and because he travelled across the mid-west for his living, there are frequent letters between the couple, that describe their life at the turn of the century.
There are also letters from Eula's family about her mother being...
Dates:
1895-1940
Pierre and Amelie Troubetzkoy letters--addition
Unprocessed — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2020-0018
Dates:
circa 1910s
Stella Pratt scrapbook
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16417
Scope and Contents Note
The Stella Pratt scrapbook (1883-1894; 0.4 cubic feet) contains correspondence, clippings, printed material, invitations, sketches, flowers, ribbons, photos, and a sketch of Stella herself. Pratt is from Longwood, Massachusetts, a neighborhood within Brookline.
Dates:
1867 - 1947
P.T. Henshaw letter to his father
Unprocessed — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2018-0009
Dates:
1868 December 6
R. W. N. Noland letter to John A. Washington
Unprocessed — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2018-0020
Dates:
1858 June 23
Robert Garlick Hill Kean papers--addition
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: ViU-2019-0059
Dates:
1848 - 1898
Armstead L. Robinson papers
File
Identifier: MSS 12836
Scope and Contents
The Armstead L. Robinson papers(1848-2001; 43 cubic feet) consist of audiotapes; book reviews; census material; computer printouts; conference papers; correspondence; biographical information; instructional material; lectures and speeches; manuscripts and original writings by Robinson, his colleagues and students; maps; memorabilia; microfilm; organizational and professional files; photographs; printed items, and research and topical files. Most of the nineteenth century material is in the...
Dates:
1848-2001; Majority of material found in 1967-1992