Papers of the Proctor of the University of Virginia, 1817-1828 (Arthur Spicer Brockenbrough) 1817-1828

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

Summary

Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains the papers of the first proctor Arthur S. Brockenbrough and his successors including Thomas H. Carter and Major Green Peyton. The earliest papers include 57 letters from Thomas Jefferson to Arthur S. Brockenbrough mainly concerning construction of the University buildings. The collection also includes an enclosure "A view of the whole expenses of the Funds of the University," [1821 September 30] copies of which were also sent to John H. Cocke and Joseph C. Cabell by Jefferson.

Among the correspondents are: Nelson Barksdale, A.H. Brooks, Joseph C. Cabell, John Hartwell Cocke, Joseph Coolidge, Gen. Henry A. S. Dearborn, Robley Dunglison, John Patten Emmet, Albert Gallatin, Alexander Garrett, John B. Gordon, Washington Irving, James Leitch, Dolley Madison, James Madison, Peter Maverick, Peter Minor, John Patterson, Bernard Peyton, Chapman Reynolds, Coleman Sellers, St. George Tucker.

The collection also contains a letter from Andrew Carnegie to President Edwin A. Alderman, 1905, and 15 medals and relics including Alderman's Phi Beta Kappa pin, a lock of George Washington's hair and the pen used by Andrew Jackson Montague to encorporate the Alumni Society in 1903.

A construction drawing of a detail of a modillion for the Rotunda by John Neilson, [ca. June/July 1825], was removed from this collection and filed in the Thomas Jefferson papers by date

Acquisition information:
This record group was recompiled from accessions MSS 2737 and MSS 3730
Arrangement:

The contents of the folders containing miscellaneous bills and receipts have been arranged chronologically in three groups: 1. full-sheet or half-sheet documents; 2. small items for which the versos are blank or only contain docketing that repeats information on the recto; 3. small items for which the versos contain docketing that differs from the information on the recto.

Physical description:
This collection consists of ca. 883 items.