Barrett Minor Authors Literary Collection Index cards

Access and use

Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

This index is open for research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Preferred citation:

Barrett Minor Authors Literary Collection Index cards, MSS 16730, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Summary

Extent:
.5 Cubic Feet five card file boxes (3"x5")
Creator:
Barrett, Clifton Waller, 1901-1991
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Barrett Minor Authors Literary Collection Index cards, MSS 16730, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

When the Barrett Minor Authors Literary Collection came to Special Collections in 1968, the entire group of hundreds of authors was given the accession number MSS 9040. Around the time the department moved into its new facility in 2004 through 2012, the individual authors in this collection were each given their own manuscript numbers and were cataloged in Virgo. The work of the Barrett volunteers formed the basis of much of the work of description.

The index itself was kept with other card files in a card catalog in Room 138. When this card catalog was removed, the Barrett Minor index card files were boxed and given a new manuscript number (MSS 16730).

Acquisition information:
This index was given to the University of Virginia Special Collections on December 12, 1968 by Clifton Waller Barrett as part of the Barrett Minor Authors Literary Collection.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard