African-American owned Virginia businesses letters and ephemera

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

Email: bg9ba@virginia.edu

Phone: (434) 924-1037

Phone: (434) 243-1776

Fax: (434) 924-4968

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections

Web: library.virginia.edu/special-collections/services/reference-request

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred citation:

MSS 16290, African-American owned Virginia businesses letters and ephemera, Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia

Summary

Extent:

0.03 Cubic Feet One folder in a legal document box BW 12.

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

MSS 16290, African-American owned Virginia businesses letters and ephemera, Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia

Background

Scope and content:

African-American owned Virginia businesses letters and ephemera, 1919-1933, 0.03 cubic feet, includes A. W. Holmes, Grand Master of the National Ideal Benefit Society, Maggie L. Walker, W. J. Craig, C. M. Burt, Ellen B. Talor, Edward B. Taylor, James T. Carter and many others representing passenger traffic committees and banks.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard