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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 79 Collections and/or Records:

Elizabeth Stoddard letters to Ella Farman

 Collection — Box BW 49, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 8266
Content Description

Three autograph letters of Elizabeth Stoddard signed, to Ella Farman, author and editor of Wide Awake discussing the literary periodical press, payments to authors, and other matters. Written legibly in ink on three folded sheets of "E.D.B.S." (Elizabeth Drew Barstow Stoddard) embossed stationary. This collection is an addition to Elizabeth Stoddard letters in the Barrett Collection (MSS 8266, 8266-a).

Dates: circa 1875

Stowe grocery store ledgers

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: X032652607]
Identifier: MSS 16433
Scope and Contents Note

The Stowe grocery store ledgers (1870-1934; 0.4 cubic feet) document the operation of the titular family's grocery store in Petersburg, Virginia. Ledgers document monthly expenses for items ranging from rent to flour to labor. The collection also contains a small file of personal letters and bills for appliances.

Dates: 1870 - 1934

Bennett Taylor papers--addition

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 9221
Content Description MSS 9221 Bennett Taylor papers consist of family correspondence with letters to and from Bennett about education at the University of Virginia, descriptions of United States Civil War battles including the 19th Virginia Regiment Company F, Picketts Divison at 2nd Manassas, a prisoner exchange for Lieutenant Colonel Bennett Taylor from Johnson Island in Lake Erie New York, and family news of descendants of Thomas Jefferson and local Charlottesville families from 1851-1894. Correspondence of...
Dates: 1851 - 1894

Eleanor Ross Taylor letters to Paul Collinge

 Collection — Box BW 47, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16687
Content Description

Letters and notes from Eleanor Ross Taylor to Paul Collinge and Mary Lyons (Heartwood Books). Also includes one program from Taylor's funeral and one from her husbands funeral (St Paul's Church, Charlottesville, Virginia) collected by Paul Collinge.

Dates: 1999-2012

The Papers of Charles O. Gregory

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-79-9
Abstract

Small collection (1937-1966) of legal correspondence between Prof. Gregory and Justice Frankfurter. Also memorabilia related to Robert and Edward Kennedy while students at the university.

Dates: 1937-1966

The Papers of Chief Justice Earl Warren

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-87-1
Abstract

Personal correspondence, photographs, memorabilia and a shotgun that belonged to Chief Justice Warren, 1951-1974.

Dates: 1951-1974

The Papers of George B. Eager, Jr.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-78-7
Abstract

Small collection of correspondence related to the University of Virginia (1933-1936).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1933-1936

The Papers of Henry S.K. Morison

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-78-8
Abstract

Three letters, responses from Socrates Maupin and John B. Minor to questions asked by the Morisons.

Dates: 1864-04-26 - 1874-02-11

The Papers of Herbert Johnson

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-82-4
Abstract

Small collection of correspondence between Herbert Johnson, Law ’27 and the University of Virginia School of Law and the Law School Alumni Association.

Dates: 1926-1977

The Papers of John Bassett Moore

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-78-9
Abstract

Small collection of correspondence, newspaper clippings and memorabilia.

Dates: 1894-1966

The University of Virginia Collection on the Events in Charlottesville, VA, August 11-13, 2017

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16386
Scope and Contents This collection contains offensive and harmful language and imagery including racist and violent references and imagery. The purpose of this note is to give users the opportunity to decide whether they need or want to view these materials, or at least, to mentally or emotionally prepare themselves to view the materials.  This collection documents the events of August 11 and 12, 2017 that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia, and the circumstances...
Dates: 2015-01-13 - 2020; Majority of material found within 2017-01-03 - 2020

Alexander Theroux letters to Judy Barnes

 Collection — Box BW 43, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16662
Content Description

11 letters from Alexander Theroux to Judy Barnes. Barnes, whose name is now Judith Music, describes the letters as such: “We had met in 1972 when he was on the faculty of Longwood College and I was a reference librarian there.” The dates of the letters are: 1 Letter (1973), 4 Letters (1974), 2 Letters (1978), 1 Letter (1979), 2 Letters (1980).

Dates: 1973 - 1980

Virginia Music Teachers Association records

 File
Identifier: MSS 15772
Scope and Contents Note Virginia Music Teachers Association records (1940-2018; 11 cubic feet) contain financial papers, agendas, contests, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, chapter reports and officer's reports totaling 11 cubic feet. There are also music performances and software programs on compact discs, floppy disk and audiocassette. Some areas of the collection are missing years from 1980 to 1990. The records are created by musicians and teachers in Virginia whose shared vision is furthering the art of...
Dates: 1940-2018

E. Warren letters from Virginia springs

 Collection — Box BW 15, Folder: 1 [X030899216]
Identifier: MSS 16362

Wesley Webster letter

 Collection — Box BW 39, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16635

Frank Owen Wilson and Susan Rinehart World War II correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16414
Content Description The collection contains more than 450 letters written between Lieutenant Frank Owen Wilson from Wilson, Arkansas, who was a University of Virginia graduate and his Charlottesville girlfriend, Susan Smith Rinehart (1925-1995), whose family lived on an estate called "Boxwood." There are 276 letters from Wilson and 180 letters from Rinehart. Wilson's early letters are from Saint Elmo Hall at the Univeristy of Virginia. His letters while in military service were not subject to censorship, yet...
Dates: 1921, 1941-1945

Colonel William Withers letters

 Collection — Box BW 6, Folder: 1 [X031589273]
Identifier: MSS 16126
Scope and Contents

Colonel William Withers letters (1883; 0.03 cubic feet)consist of letters about thoroughbred race horse breeding in 1883 on a farm in Lexington, Kentucky and include details about horse sales, racing times, specific horses.and is .03 cubic feet. There are also letters to Colonel Withers.

Dates: 1883

John Porter Woody letters

 File — Box 1: [Barcode: X032652593]
Identifier: MSS 16437
Scope and Contents Note The John Porter Woody letters (1888-1911; 0.5 cubic feet) document Woody's work on a section of the Pampatike farm in King William County, Virginia. The bulk of the letters to Woody are from Pampatike owner Thomas Henry Carter, who updates Woody on business matters including farm finances, equipment, and Carter's travels. Folder 1 contains a copy of Woody's lease from January 1, 1894. A small number of items in the collection are receipts for purchases of farm equipment, and the...
Dates: 1888 - 1911

World Encyclopedia business letters

 Collection — Box BW 16, Folder: 1 [X030899277]
Identifier: MSS 16364
Scope and Contents

World Book Encyclopedia business letters, MSS 16364, 1944, 0.03 cubic feet consisting of four letters from representatives of the World Book Encyclopedia, and Quarrie Corporation, regarding Lillie P. Woodson's work selling encyclopedias in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Dates: 1944