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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 108 Collections and/or Records:

Charles McCoy letter

 Collection — Box BW 6, Folder: 1 [X031589278]
Identifier: MSS 16140
Scope and Contents

Charles McCoy letter (1839; 0.03 cubic feet) is a six page, hand-written letter from University of Virginia student Charles McCoy about family, friends, activities at the University of Viginia, including students and professor Albert Taylor Bledsoe and professor Mankin.

Dates: 1839
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Mead family papers--addition 2

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1: [Barcode: X032669199]
Identifier: ViU-2020-0014
Dates: 1821 - 1884
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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,...
Dates: 1861 - 1876
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

John L. Nau III Civil War History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16459
Scope and Contents The John L. Nau III Civil War History Collection (1806-1988, bulk 1861-1865; 133 cubic feet) contains Civil War-era correspondence, service records, pension records, artifacts, photographs, military records (including orders, requisitions, and correspondence), currency, newspapers, and other print materials. The collection primarily contains the correspondence, records, and photographs of white soldiers and officers who fought in the Civil War, including white officers serving in...
Dates: 1806-1988; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1865
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Ned Berkeley Jr. and Doug Bakken correspondence

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2020-0100
Dates: 1966 - 2019; Majority of material found within 1966 - 1983
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Noland family papers--addition

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2018-0123
Dates: 1801 - 1956
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Noland family papers--addition

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2019-0093
Dates: 1786 - 1895
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Nunnally Johnson collection of Nathalia Crane papers

 Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2016-0070
Dates: 1923-1925
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

William Oxley letter

 Collection — Box BW 20, 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
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Page-Nelson Society of Virginia historic documents

 Item
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...
Dates: 1790 - 1805
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Papers of E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-86-5
Dates: 1944 (1953-1955)-1982
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

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
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Coventry Patmore letter to Trubner and Co.

 Collection — Box BW 20, 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
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Pierre and Amelie Troubetzkoy letters--addition

 Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2020-0018
Dates: circa 1910s
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Private Riley Carpenter Letters

 Unprocessed Material — Folder ViU-2023-0025_001: [Barcode: X031579399]
Identifier: ViU-2023-0025
Dates: 1862-1864
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

P.T. Henshaw letter to his father

 Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2018-0009
Dates: 1868 December 6
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

R. W. N. Noland letter to John A. Washington

 Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2018-0020
Dates: 1858 June 23
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library