manuscripts (documents)
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Handwritten documents, particularly books and other documents created before the invention of the printing press. May also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
19th Century Legal Manuscripts
Collection
Identifier: MSS-89-2
Scope and Contents
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION & ARRANGEMENT
This collection contains documents - mostly letters - from a variety of Virginia and Maryland judges, Supreme Court personalities from the 19th century.
Dates:
1820-1859
Sarah A. C. Brown manuscript
Collection — Box BW 6, Folder: 1 [X031589275]
Identifier: MSS 16133
Scope and Contents
Sarah A. C. Brown manuscript (1851-1855; 0.03 cubic feet) includes copies of poetry, and cheerful passages belonging to Sarah Brown.
Dates:
1851-1855
C. Cowen manuscript The Three Sentimentalities, Love, Revenge, and Rivalry
Collection — Box BW 22, Folder: 1 [X032652609]
Identifier: MSS 16439
Scope and Contents Note
The three sentimentalities, love, revenge, and rivalry by C. Cowen manuscript (1867; 0.03 cubic feet) is in 3 parts in one vol., fashioned to look like a published work, complete with frontispiece and title page. A home-made book that reads like a gothic novel, full of adventure, romance, and drama.
Dates:
1867
Edna St. Vincent Millay papers--addition 16
Unprocessed — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2017-0157
Dates:
1921
Theodosia Garrow manuscript
Item — Box BW 21, Folder: [X031750307]
Identifier: MSS 16426
Content Description
The Theodosia Garrow manuscript ( 1840s; 0.03 cubic feet) documents Garrow's poem titled "The Doom of Cheynholme". The manuscript consists of 24 pages: 6 gatherings of 4 pages each, tipped to stubs of paper.
Dates:
circa 1840s
J. Calvitt Clarke papers--addition 4
Unprocessed — Box 1
Identifier: ViU-2018-0041
Dates:
1930s-1990s
James B. Lovelace Manuscript: Court Tales, Trials and Appeals
Collection
Identifier: MSS-94-1
Scope and Contents
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION & ARRANGEMENT
The manuscript of the book Court Tales, Trials and Appeals relates to the actual experiences of the author, a retired lawyer, and an alumnus of the University of Virginia Law School. He offers advice and points out pitfalls to the law student and young lawyer that they would not find in a textbook or case book. Although the cases were tried in North Carlolina, and involve North Carolina law, the procedure is identical to...
Dates:
1993-1994
Jorge Luis Borges papers--addition 33
Unprocessed — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2018-0097
Dates:
1924 - 1954
Jose Francisco Correia da Serra botanic garden at University of Virginia plan
Unprocessed — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2019-0024
Dates:
circa 1820
Joel Kovarsky papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 15845
Scope and Contents
Joel Kovarsky papers (2011-2013; 0.25 cubic feet) consist of drafts from his book, "The True Geography of Our Country," the book proposal, e-mail correspondence with his editor, Mark Mones, and the Virginia Press.
Dates:
2011-2013
Manuscript Style or Form Book of James Armour ca. 1698
Collection
Identifier: MSS-96-1
Scope and Contents
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION & ARRANGEMENT
This manuscript style or form book was created by James Armour of Edinburgh, from about 1698 to 1701. The work begins with a "Decreet Arbitrall," but marriage contracts predominate. In addition, there are forms for bonds, wills, a ship's sale, an indenture, a pension, and other matters.The first 287 pages are written in one hand, followed by several blank leaves and eleven pages in a different hand. An abbreviated, six page index is found at...
Dates:
ca. 1698
Medieval manuscript leaf
Collection — Box BW 19, Folder: 1 [X031589475]
Identifier: MSS 16390
Scope and Contents Note
The medieval manuscript leaf (circa1300-1500; 0.03 cubic feet) the text is not identified. It may be from a martyrology. Contains a chapter concerning Pope Callixtus I. Later used in a bookbinding perhaps. The margins have been trimmed, dampstained. It is on vellum and is rubricated in red.
Dates:
circa 1300-1500
Robert William Chambers manuscript "The Crime"
Unprocessed — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2017-0116
Dates:
1900
Ella F. Simon school newspaper
Collection — Box BW 6, Folder: 1 [X031589277]
Identifier: MSS 16137
Scope and Contents
Ella F. Simon school newspaper (1859; 0.03 cubic feet) contains eleven pages of handwritten articles, beginning with an "edatoreal" about the state of the nation, followed by articles with titles such as "Night," "The Poet," "Dear Emily," "A Ride," "Our Wreath," "Composition," "Sniff," and more.
Dates:
1859
Typed Manuscript for Justice Daniel Dissenting by John P. Frank
Collection
Identifier: MSS-90-5
Scope and Contents
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION & ARRANGEMENT
This collection contains a pre-edited manuscript of the book, Justice Daniel Dissenting: A Biography of Peter V. Daniel, 1784 - 1860. This manuscript contains a great deal of Virginia history, as well as many small details that did not make it into the final version of the book.
Dates:
undated