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University of Virginia -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

Summerfield Smith autograph album

 Collection — Box BW 59: [Barcode: X031674512], Folder: 001
Identifier: MSS 16879
Content Description This collection contains the autograph album of Summerfield Smith (1836-1864), compiled while he was a student at the University of Virginia. Smith collected fifty-eight autographs of peers and professors at the University between 1856 and 1858. The red leather-bound autograph book contains entries that list a student’s name, the date of entry, their location, where they lived away from the University, the “session” (i.e. 1857-58), and a personal note to Summerfield (referred to as...
Dates: 1856 - 1858
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

The Papers of John Ritchie III

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-78-11
Abstract

Collection of miscellaneous professional papers, mainly of correspondence concerning legal education and the publication of his texts on Decedents’ States and Trusts and the history of the University of Virginia School of Law: The One Hundred Years. Also, there are files related to his deanships at Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Wisconsin, Northwestern University, and some memorabilia.

Dates: 1971 - 1988
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Theodore Jackson Wool and Darius Todd Wool Memorabilia Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-2021-03
Abstract

Small collection of personal memorabilia. Contains programs, catalogue, certificates, family tree.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1868 - 1969
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Theta Kappa Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority scrapbooks and paddle

 Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2024-0159
Dates: 1974 - 1985
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University Library/University Librarian/Deputy University Librarian-addition 1

 Unprocessed Material — Box ViU-2022-0124_001: [Barcode: X031579416]
Identifier: ViU-2022-0124
Dates: Majority of material found within 1960-1987
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

University of Virginia Demolitions map

 Unprocessed Material — Oversize_flat_file_folder Viu-2022-0079_001: [Barcode: X031750354]
Identifier: ViU-2022-0079
Dates: March 6, 2008
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

UVA Administrative photographs of final exercises, dedications, Founders Day, Olympic torch lighting, and other events

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: X031579321]
Identifier: RG-30/10
Content Description

This transfer primarily includes photographs spanning from 1995 to 1999 of events at the University. Photograph subjects include Final Exercises, Reunion Weekends, a 1996 Olympic Torch Lighting ceremony, Founder's Day celebrations, Cauthen and Bice House dedications, and special events involving President John T. Casteen. Casteen served as President of the University of Virginia from 1990 to 2010. He is seen in many photographs in this collection.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1995-1999
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

UVA photographs of graduation and other events; an assessment of Carr's Hill, and a letter from the State Department about exchange/visitor program (from Decorative Arts Collection files)

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1: [Barcode: X031579321]
Identifier: ViU-2022-0136
Dates: Majority of material found within 1995-2006
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

John Walter Wayland collection on Henry Martin

 Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: X032669194]
Identifier: MSS 16677
Content Description John Walter Wayland collection of correspondence,notes,photographs, and newspaper clippings about Henry Martin who was the bell ringer for the University of Virginia from 1868-1909. “Henry Martin rang the bell at dawn to awaken the students, and rang it during the day to mark the hours and the beginning and ending of class periods. He was beloved by generations of faculty, students, and alumni, and he remembered them all when they returned for visits.” Dr. Wayland, a former University of...
Dates: 1909-1965
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Women Students Association records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: RG 23/3
Scope and Contents The collection contains two minute books and three folders of loose papers taken from the minute books, a copy of the Constitution of the Women's Students Association, a letter from Dean of Women Robert Hollingsworth and Peggy Thompson, Acting President, to the Women Students of the University of Virginia, 1946, enclosing a copy of the Constitution, and explaining various regulations and describing organizations that welcome women, and in what capacity. It also includes papers regarding...
Dates: 1948-1967
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library