University of Virginia Rotunda (Charlottesville, Va.)

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This collection consists of one postcard sent to Louise Davis from a new student (Margaret?) living in McKim Hall at the University of Virginia, dated September 19, 1934. Margaret was possibly a student in the Nursing program as the address on the program notes " McKim Hall, University Hospt." Women were only able to attend the University of Virginia in one of the professional schools or graduate programs at that time. The postcard is a winter scene of the Rotunda.

Content Description This collection documents the work of Susan Tyler Hitchcock, writer, editor, and former faculty member at the University of Virginia. This collection includes Hitchcock's correspondence, notes, photographs, research, and drafts of manuscripts. The bulk of the materials focus on the work surrounding her book The University of Virginia: A Pictorial History published by the ...

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This collection contains pamphlets, brochures, fliers, photographs, clippings, posters, event information, speeches, and prints documenting McDonald's work as a historical preservationist and involvement with the University of Virginia School of Architecture.

Scope and Contents The architectural drawings document building projects at the University of Virginia designed by Stanford White following the fire of 1895, including: the rebuilding of the Rotunda, the construction of the Academical Building (Cabell Hall), the Mechanical Laboratory (Cocke Hall), the Physical Laboratory (Rouss Hall), a Boiler House, the Refectory (Garrett Hall), the President's House (Carr's Hill) and a proposed dormitory that was never built. With these are copies of letters pertinent to the...

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The collection includes both colored and black-and-white prints of etchings, woodcuts, and linocuts by Werner K. Sensbach, depicting various University of Virginia buildings and a couple of landscapes. Also includes twelve preliminary sketches done by Sensbach of scenes from the University of Virginia and one for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

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This collection consists of reproductions of bronze plaques that served as a memorial to University of Virginia alumni that died in the Civil War fighting for the Confederacy.