Black-and-white photographs
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to a broad class of photographs having images in gray tones, black, and white, and sometimes one hue (which can result from chemical processes used, including toning, or from aging).
Found in 54 Collections and/or Records:
E.W. Smith photograph album
Item — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 16020
Scope and Contents Note
The E.W. Smith photograph album (1917-1921; 0.2 cubic foot) documents Smith's service in Battery A of the United States Army's 148th Field Artillery at the end of World War I. The bulk of the photographs document Smith's travels in Germany in 1918 and 1919, with other subjects ranging from training at Camp Mills, New Jersey and Camp Merritt, New York to postwar family vacations.
Dates:
1917 - 1921
Somerville family papers
Box
Identifier: MSS 16201
Scope and Contents
The Somerville family papers (1821-2013) consists of correspondence, photographs, printed materials, and extensive genealogical files. The papers and research detailing the history of the Somerville family, mainly in America, range from its colonial background to contemporary times. The extensive genealogical research is comprised of notes and charts, along with correspondence, photographs, military records, personal notes, clippings, and printed materials. The collection also includes...
Dates:
1821 - 2013
University of Virginia Newcomb Hall Bookstore photographs
Collection — Box BW 56, Folder: 001
Identifier: 16801
Content Description
Two black and white photographs of the interior of the University of Virginia Newcomb Hall bookstore. One photograph may be of Eleanor (Joyner) Gibson who was a graduate of UVA and started the bookstore (1960's).
Dates:
circa 1963
University of Virginia Rotunda photograph
Collection — Box BW 39, Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 16634
Dates:
circa 1910s
U.S. soldier Vietnam War photographs
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: X030869181]
Identifier: MSS 16269
Scope and Contents Note
The U.S. soldier Vietnam War photographs album (196-1968; 0.2 cubic feet) contains 288 black and white or color photographs with captions on the verso of some photographs. Creator is unidentified, but served as a mechanic in the 19th Maintenance Co. at Long Binh. Creator served approximately one year, departing for home on February 6, 1968. The majority of the photos were taken in Vietnam, but some photos document the soldier's home leave and trip to Hawaii. Photograph subjects include USO...
Dates:
1967-1968
UVA football photograph-addition
Unprocessed Material — Folder ViU2021.0147_001
Identifier: ViU-2021-0147
Dates:
July 23, 1940
Virginia Folklore Society records
Series
Identifier: MSS 9936
Scope and Contents
Virginia Folklore Society records (1913-1967; 22.7 cubic feet) consist chiefly of songs collected by the society's fieldworkers in the 1930s under the direction of society archivist Arthur Kyle Davis. Sheet music, folklore, newsletters and photographs are also included, as are recordings of many of the songs.Regarding boxes 6-10 and 21-24: These boxes contain the correspondence of C.A. Smith and Arthur K. Davis dealing primarily with folksong and ballad collecting. Some of this...
Dates:
1905 - 2007
Virginia, Washington, D.C., Maryland, and New York photographs
Item — Ledger 1
Identifier: MSS 15684
Scope and Contents Note
The photo album (circa 1880s-1910s; 0.15 cubic feet) contains scenes of ships in Hampton Roads including the U.S.S. San Francisco, U.S.S. Brooklyn, the Cape Charles light ship, the Princess Anne, and the St. Louis. There are scenes of the seashore at Virginia Beach and Richmond. Beyond Virginia, scenes include monuments in Baltimore, Maryland, various streets and historical sites in New York City, and the United States Capitol. The album consists of a total of 50 pages, 8 of...
Dates:
circa 1900
Petra Vogt papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS -16480
Content Description
This collection contains journals, artworks, correspondence, and photographs that illuminate the life and work of Petra Vogt, a poet, actress, artist, and model, known for her involvement with the Living Theatre, Ira Cohen, and the Bardo Matrix Press during the 1960s and 1970s. Of particular interest are thirty-four journals, chiefly by Petra Vogt, with poetry, prose works, diary entries, and intricate rapidograph drawings along with collage, paintings, and other artworks within; about 150...
Dates:
1966 - 1978
Booker T. Washington photograph
Item — Box BW 20, Folder: 1 [X031677118]
Identifier: MSS 16446
Scope and Contents Note
The Booker T. Washington photograph (1902; 0.03 cubic foot) documents Washington wearing a cap and gown.
Dates:
1902-04-12
Otto Herman Weiss photographs
Collection — Box 1: [Barcode: X030869182]
Identifier: MSS 16422
Scope and Contents Note
The Otto Herman Weiss photographs (circa 1900-circa 1950; 0.4 cubic feet) document Virginian buildings, streetscapes, and landscapes in the early to middle twentieth century. The collection contains approximately 150 gelatin silver print photographs by Weiss. Subjects include extensive images of Norfolk, Fredricksburg, and Williamsburg, along with aerial photographs of Richmond, Norfolk, and Washington, D.C.
Dates:
circa 1900-circa 1950
William Faulkner papers--addition
Unprocessed Material — Multiple Containers
Identifier: ViU-2019-0119
Dates:
1950s-1970s
World War I soldier diary and papers
Collection — Box BW 49, Folder: 1/1
Identifier: MSS 16717
Content Description
A concisely written diary documenting the realities of life on the Western Front as experienced by chemical warfare soldiers in the British Army. The diarist makes his first proper entry upon being transferred from the Machine Gun Section to the Chemical Section in September 1915, only a few weeks before the first British mobilization of chemical weapons during the Battle of Loos. Following his month-long training at Helfaut, he is attached to the 15th section of the 187th Company, first...
Dates:
1915-09 - 1917-04
Kathleen Bonnie Crispin Worsham papers
File
Identifier: MSS 16435
Scope and Contents Note
The Kathleen Bonnie Crispin Worsham papers (1860s-2018; 1.35 cubic feet) document Worsham's historical research on the unincorporated community of Cifax in Bedford County, Virginia. Materials include family histories, photocopies of municipal documents, photographs of residents past and present, building floor plans, topographical maps, application materials for the National Register of Historic Places, and architectural surveys. Worsham's research places special emphasis on The Cedars, the...
Dates:
1860s-2018