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manuscripts (documents)

 Subject

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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 34 Collections and/or Records:

Amate bark paper manuscript Historia de la curacion de Antigua de San Pablito

 Collection — Box BW 34, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16551
Dates: 1979
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Amate bark paper manuscript Tratamiento de una ofrenda pura pedir la lluvia

 File — Box BW 34, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16552
Scope and Contents

Handmade codex titled "Tratamiento de una ofrenda para pedir la lluvia."

Dates: 1978-08-10
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Ann Beattie papers--addition 59

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: ViU-2020-0042
Dates: 2019
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Barrett Minor Authors Literary Collection Index cards

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 16730
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of index cards, in alphabetical order, listing the hundreds of individual authors and manuscripts that form the Clifton Waller Barrett Minor Authors Literary Collection.

Dates: 1968 December 12
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Jorge Luis Borges papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 10155
Content Description New collection of eleven manuscripts by writer Jorge Luis Borges which have been combined with the Borges collection. The new acquisitions include Herrera y Reissig; Soneta Para un Tango en la Nochecita; La Cabala (1943), Los Espejos Velados; Prologo a Mester de Juderia, de Carlos Grunberg;El Milagro Secreto; Nota Sobre la Paz; De Alguien a Nadie; La Biblioteca Total; El Dios y el Rey; and Prose Poems for I. J.Other Borges manuscripts include : Juderia, Ciudad, Calle Desconocida,...
Dates: 1919-1978
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

"De Alguien a Nadie", [1950]

 File — Box 1, Folder: 25
Scope and Contents Holograph manuscript "From Someone to No One" by Jorge Luis Borges, signed in black ink on gridded notebook paper, numbered by Borges. With deletions and interpolations. The manuscript is an essay that first appeared in the march 1950 issue of Sur, reprinted in Borges's Otras Inquisciones (1952) and Antologia Personal (1961). It describes the paradox, which applies to gods as well as...
Dates: [1950]
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jorge Luis Borges papers / Manuscripts

"El Dios y Elrey", 1954

 File — Box 1, Folder: 26
Scope and Contents Jorges Luis Borges original holograph manuscript, "El Dios y Elrey" (God and the King)titled and signed, in black ink, 3 leaves numbered by Borges with deletions, corrections, and interpolations. The corrections on this manuscript and other manuscripts in the collection demonstrate his work toward a final publication. The original holograph manuscript of this story, first published in Buenos Aires newspaper, La Nacion in May 1954, and...
Dates: 1954
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jorge Luis Borges papers / Manuscripts

"El Milagro Secreto", [1942]

 File — Box 1, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents Holograph manuscript "The Secret Miracle" by Jorge Luis Borges titled and signed in black ink, and leaves numbered by Borges. Many deletions, variants, and interpolations. It offers an invaluable look at the changes he made to one of his favorite writings. The original holograph manuscript of this story was published in Sur no. 101 (February 1943), then reprinted in the first edition of Ficciones(1944)....
Dates: [1942]
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jorge Luis Borges papers / Manuscripts

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
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

George Washington Lewis papers

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: ViU-2018-0047
Dates: 1840s-1879
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

"Herrera Y Reissig", 1924

 File — Box 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

"Herrera Y Reissig" is an original holograph manuscript by Jorges Luis Borges about the Uruguayan Symbolist poet Julio Herra Y Reissig. 3 leaves titled and signed. It was published in the September 1924 issue of Inicial and then republished in in Borge's book Inquisiciones in [1925]. No other manuscript is known.

Dates: 1924
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library / Jorge Luis Borges papers / Manuscripts

J. Calvitt Clarke papers--addition 4

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: ViU-2018-0041
Dates: 1930s-1990s
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

James Armour form book

 Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MSS-96-1
Scope and Contents This manuscript style or form book was created by James Armour of Edinburgh, from around 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 the back of the book.The University...
Dates: circa 1698 - 1701
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

James B. Lovelace manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-94-1
Scope and Contents The manuscript of the book Court Tales, Trials and Appeals relates to the actual experiences of James B. Lovelace, a retired lawyer and 1926 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 Carolina, and involve North Carolina law, the procedure is identical to that used in code states, and...
Dates: 1993 - 1994
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

John P. Frank book manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-90-5
Scope and Contents

This collection contains a pre-edited manuscript of John P. Frank's 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: circa 1964
Found in: Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections

Jorge Luis Borges papers--addition 33

 Unprocessed Material — Box 1
Identifier: ViU-2018-0097
Dates: 1924 - 1954
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

Jose Francisco Correia da Serra botanic garden at University of Virginia plan

 Unprocessed Material — Folder 1
Identifier: ViU-2019-0024
Dates: circa 1820
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

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
Found in: Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library