Collections : [University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.]

This collection contains correspondence, other documents, and photographs pertaining to Dr. Beverley Randolph Tucker, his son Beverley Randolph Tucker II, and their families, most prominently being Elizabeth Sloan Tucker Cann, wife of Beverley Randolph Tucker II.

This collection contains a rare letter written by a woman named Isabella, and her children, Jumain, Miriam, and Rosa, to her unnamed husband describing their attempts to sail from Galveston, Texas, to join him in Havana, Cuba. Their passage was on a blockade runner that failed as they could not pass through the Union ships. The back of the letter contains short notes from each of the children addressed to their father.

Charlottesville Woolen Mills, Charlottesville, VA. Business records, 1868-1956. Incorporated 1868 by H.C. Marchant; operated until 1962.

This addition to the Cumming family papers, includes correspondence, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, memorabilia, and certificates related to members of the Cumming family, with most pertaining to United States Surgeon General, Hugh S. Cumming, Sr. (1869-1948) and his son, AmbassadorHugh S. Cumming, Jr. (1900-1986). Items include materials related to Hugh Cumming, Jr.'s service in the United States Department of State, and to Hugh S. Cumming, Sr.'s study at the University of Virginia, as well as Hugh S. Cumming, Jr.'s study at the Virginia Military Institute.

This collection contains a letter from Edward Hugh Boscawen (1744-1774), eldest son of Admiral Edward Boscawen, to John Nichols (1745-1826), an English printer and author. Boscawen writes to the Nichols about a forthcoming edition of John Evelyn's Sylva, the first of several to be edited by the Scottish physician, Alexander Hunter, then resident in York. Boscawen is soliciting Nichols' help in finding qualified engravers to work on the plates for the volumes. He notes that he has tried calling at Nichols' house several times but has not found him at home. It is believed that the author of this letter is Edward Hugh Boscawen, as he is writing from Audley Street, and it appears that Admiral Edward Boscawen and his family were the only members of that family to live on Audley Street.

This collection contains letters, Christmas cards, a magazine, a family genealogy, a book, and other ephemera relating to Robert Frost, compiled by his cousin, George Frost, and his wife, Ellen. The content spans the period from 1919 to 1962. There are four manuscript letters sent by Robert Frost to either Ellen or George: Robert to Ellen, 1919; Robert to George, 1938; Robert to Ellen, 1951; Robert to "Mrs. Frost," 1939. The envelope for a 1938 letter to George Frost from Robert is included, but contains no letter. Also present is a 1939 letter to Ellen Frost from Kathleen J. Morrison, who was charged with "taking care of Robert's letters for him [that] winter" and an undated and unmarked postcard of the Frost family farmhouse in New Hampshire. In addition to the correspondence, there is a Dartmouth College Alumni Magazine dated March 1959 featuring Robert Frost on its cover, sixteen printed Christmas greeting poems by Frost, dating from 1934 to 1962, a funeral notice for Elinor Frost, letters from publishers inviting George and Ellen to readings of Frost's poetry, a handwritten Frost family genealogy, and a signed copy of "New Hampshire," a 1955 poem by Frost.

This addition to MSS 6245, James Fenimore Cooper papers, contains a one-leaf, signed autograph letter from Cooper to Armand Carrel (1800–1836), editor of the Paris daily newspaper, Le National. The letter requests copies of magazine issues containing his letters to the paper regarding the then-ongoing Finance Controversy of 1831–1832 and a duplicate of the issue containing his fourth letter. The letters he requests concern Cooper's views on the Finance Controversy, a debate regarding the cost of government, during which he publicly sided with and defended the Marquis de Lafayette. Lafayette argued against the claims of Sebastien Louis Saulnier, a journalist at the Revue Britannique, that a limited monarchical government was more financially efficient than a republic. Cooper had published a "Letter to General Lafayette" in December 1831 and subsequently contributed a series of letters to Le National between February 24 and March 7, 1832. These are the letters Copper was referring to in his letter. Cooper, who was residing in Paris at the time, stated his intention to "send the whole controversy to America" and requested the magazines for the purpose of publishing a pamphlet.

The Jan Karon papers (66 cubic feet; 1918-2018) contain Mitford book typescripts and galleys; materials related to Ms. Karon's publishing career and her relationship with her agent and publisher; letters and fan mail from readers, arranged by month and year only; memorabilia; professional and personal correspondence; reviews and press publicity; research related to Karon's novels; files related to charitable organizations and boards; architectural drawings of Esmont Farm; files and journals related to the purchase, restoration, and running of historic Esmont Farm, Albemarle County, Virginia, by Karon; personal and family papers; files pertaining to Jan Karon's advertising career, particularly the North Carolina tourism campaign for McKinney and Silver; photographs; artifacts; audiovisual material; and born-digital material, including disks and hard drives.

This collection includes general and constituent correspondence, office files, speeches, appointment books, photographs, scrapbooks, and clippings documenting Senator Warner's life and career.

This collection includes general and constituent correspondence, office files, speeches, appointment books, photographs, scrapbooks, and clippings documenting Senator Warner's life and career.