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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Primary Collecting Areas:
American literature, antiquarian and contemporary, American history (Southeastern United States), Virginiana, British literature, Sporting books and manuscripts, World War I, Bibliography, the book arts, history of the book and typography
Fine press and artist’s books, Pop-up books, Victorian publishers bindings, Typography, Archives of the University of Virginia
Description:

The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library administers over 13 million manuscripts, 3.6 million items in the University archives, and 325,000 rare books, as well as approximately 5,000 maps, over 4,000 broadsides; more than 250,000 photographs and small prints; over 8,000 reels of microfilm; and substantial holdings of audio recordings, motion picture films, and ephemera.

The major emphasis of the Department’s collections are American history and literature, with additional substantive collections in Virginiana, British literature, African-American history, book arts, the history of sporting and World War I, among others. In addition, the library serves as the University Archives, holding records of historic significance to UVA.

POC: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Start Over Repository University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept. Subjects Scrapbooks
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Agnes Patone scrapbook, 1944/1945

0.25 Cubic Feet 1 volume

The Agnes Panton scrapbook (1944-1945; 0.25 cubic feet) is a World War II scrapbook documenting a female marine's experiences. It contains memorabilia, invitations, greeting cards, and newspaper clippings. Also included are shoulder stripe patches for a male and female officer. Second Headquarters Battalion stationed in Washington D.C. area.

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Agnes Patone scrapbook, 1944/1945 0.25 Cubic Feet 1 volume

The Agnes Panton scrapbook (1944-1945; 0.25 cubic feet) is a World War II scrapbook documenting a female marine's experiences. It contains memorabilia, invitations, greeting cards, and newspaper clippings. Also included are shoulder stripe patches for a male and female officer. Second Headquarters Battalion stationed in Washington D.C. area.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Alois Neumayer World War I memoir, 1914/1915

0.15 Cubic Feet 1 volume

Alois Neumayer World War I memoir (1914-1915; 0.15 cf) is a hand-written documentation of his service in the German army during World War I. Neumayer came from the town of Cham, along the Czech border. He served in the 3rd Bavarian Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment, and saw action on both the Western and Eastern fronts. The volume is illustrated throughout with around 700 pieces of contemporary ephemera including postcards, photographs, maps, original artwork, clippings, letters, newspapers, song cards, etc. Neumayer's account details both the historical events leading up to the outbreak of war and his service in 1914 and 1915.

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Alois Neumayer World War I memoir, 1914/1915 0.15 Cubic Feet 1 volume

Alois Neumayer World War I memoir (1914-1915; 0.15 cf) is a hand-written documentation of his service in the German army during World War I. Neumayer came from the town of Cham, along the Czech border. He served in the 3rd Bavarian Reserve Foot Artillery Regiment, and saw action on both the Western and Eastern fronts. The volume is illustrated throughout with around 700 pieces of contemporary ephemera including postcards, photographs, maps, original artwork, clippings, letters, newspapers, song cards, etc. Neumayer's account details both the historical events leading up to the outbreak of war and his service in 1914 and 1915.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Arthur J. Morris memorabilia, 1884/1992

2 Cubic Feet

This collection contains diplomas, certificates, photographs, newspaper clippings, a gold watch and a gold medal, a scrapbook, and many other pieces of memorabilia that belonged to Arthur J. Morris, class of 1901 and a benefactor of the University of Virginia Law Library.

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Arthur J. Morris memorabilia, 1884/1992 2 Cubic Feet

This collection contains diplomas, certificates, photographs, newspaper clippings, a gold watch and a gold medal, a scrapbook, and many other pieces of memorabilia that belonged to Arthur J. Morris, class of 1901 and a benefactor of the University of Virginia Law Library.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Bernard Proctor Black History Scrapbook, 1949/1950

.375 Cubic Feet 1 flat-box

This collection contains a homemade Black history notebook of clippings and illustrations compiled by Bernard S. Proctor, (a Tuskegee Airman). The notebook is a green cloth 3-ring binder, with "Negro History" written on the spine, containing newspaper clippings from the Pittsburgh Courier, illustrations from a syndicated cartoon Your History, by J.A. Rogers, and illustrations from Negroes in the Halls of Congress" by James M. Rosbrow, both drawn by A.S. Milai.

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Bernard Proctor Black History Scrapbook, 1949/1950 .375 Cubic Feet 1 flat-box

Langdon Manor Books

This collection contains a homemade Black history notebook of clippings and illustrations compiled by Bernard S. Proctor, (a Tuskegee Airman). The notebook is a green cloth 3-ring binder, with "Negro History" written on the spine, containing newspaper clippings from the Pittsburgh Courier, illustrations from a syndicated cartoon Your History, by J.A. Rogers, and illustrations from Negroes in the Halls of Congress" by James M. Rosbrow, both drawn by A.S. Milai.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Bessie Marie Africa scrapbook, 1923/1927, bulk 1925

0.04 Cubic Feet 1 folder

High school memory scrapbook and photo album of Bessie Marie Africa of Kanawha, Iowa from 1923 to 1927. The scrapbook is in a "School Friendship Book binding" assembled by Bessie Marie Africa documenting her high school years at Sanborn High School. It includes correspondence, programs, and mementos from theater, basketball, and football, and a declamatory contest. There are two large dolls created out of crepe paper.

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Bessie Marie Africa scrapbook, 1923/1927, bulk 1925 0.04 Cubic Feet 1 folder

High school memory scrapbook and photo album of Bessie Marie Africa of Kanawha, Iowa from 1923 to 1927. The scrapbook is in a "School Friendship Book binding" assembled by Bessie Marie Africa documenting her high school years at Sanborn High School. It includes correspondence, programs, and mementos from theater, basketball, and football, and a declamatory contest. There are two large dolls created out of crepe paper.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Bruce family papers, 1880/1951

10.6 Cubic Feet 2 legal size document boxes in Series 1. 10 legal document boxes in Series 2. One letter document box and one small flat box in Series 3. One legal document box and one small flat box in Series 4.
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Bruce family papers, 1880/1951 10.6 Cubic Feet 2 legal size document boxes in Series 1. 10 legal document boxes in Series 2. One letter document box and one small flat box in Series 3. One legal document box and one small flat box in Series 4.

Bruce, Philip Alexander, 1856-1933
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Chisholm Foundation collection on Frank Gardiner Wisner, 1909/1997

1.5 Cubic Feet 1 document box, 1 half-width document box, 1 flat box, and oversize folders

Chisholm Foundation collection on Frank Gardiner Wisner (1900-2001; 2 cubic feet) consists of letters, newspaper clippings,scrapbooks, and photographs from the life of Frank Gardiner Wisner including his intelligence career, track achievements and scholarship at the University of Virginia, 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, and his family.

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Chisholm Foundation collection on Frank Gardiner Wisner, 1909/1997 1.5 Cubic Feet 1 document box, 1 half-width document box, 1 flat box, and oversize folders

Wisner, Frank, 1909-1965

Chisholm Foundation collection on Frank Gardiner Wisner (1900-2001; 2 cubic feet) consists of letters, newspaper clippings,scrapbooks, and photographs from the life of Frank Gardiner Wisner including his intelligence career, track achievements and scholarship at the University of Virginia, 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, and his family.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Civil War patriotic envelopes scrapbook, 1861/1865

0.25 Cubic Feet 1 scrapbook

A scrapbook containing 670 unused Civil war patriotic envelopes with decorative designs, some printed in multiple colors, and eight Confederate engraved banknotes, all pasted down onto the scrapbook leaves.

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Civil War patriotic envelopes scrapbook, 1861/1865 0.25 Cubic Feet 1 scrapbook

A scrapbook containing 670 unused Civil war patriotic envelopes with decorative designs, some printed in multiple colors, and eight Confederate engraved banknotes, all pasted down onto the scrapbook leaves.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Cora M. Aldridge scrapbook, 1926/1956

0.04 Cubic Feet One letter-sized file folder changed to legal size folder because letter inside scrapbook is legal size.

This collection contains the college scrapbook of Cora M. Aldridge, an African American student at Hartshorn Memorial College in Richmond, Virginia. Hartshorn Memorial College was a private college for African American women in Richmond, Virginia, active from 1883 until 1932, when it merged with Virginia Union University. The cover is titled "My Memories of School Days" in gilt. Alridge's name and her Vauxhall, New Jersey, address are written on the first endpage, as is the date of June 14, 1926. The content of the scrapbook chronicles Alridge's final year at Hartshorn. A photograph of Hartshorn, social and academic event programs, graduation cards, a flower, and newspaper clippings are tipped in and pasted throughout. The signatures of Cora's classmates, many with greetings and well wishes, are also present throughout the scrapbook. Cora describes her love for dancing, taking the streetcar, stealing food, going to shows in town, and other activities forbidden for students at the College. A tipped-in handwritten essay by Aldrige is titled "Do not simply be good – be good for something." There is a letter from 1956 relating to the 30th anniversary of the Class of 1926's graduation.

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Cora M. Aldridge scrapbook, 1926/1956 0.04 Cubic Feet One letter-sized file folder changed to legal size folder because letter inside scrapbook is legal size.

Aldridge, Cora M.

This collection contains the college scrapbook of Cora M. Aldridge, an African American student at Hartshorn Memorial College in Richmond, Virginia. Hartshorn Memorial College was a private college for African American women in Richmond, Virginia, active from 1883 until 1932, when it merged with Virginia Union University. The cover is titled "My Memories of School Days" in gilt. Alridge's name and her Vauxhall, New Jersey, address are written on the first endpage, as is the date of June 14, 1926. The content of the scrapbook chronicles Alridge's final year at Hartshorn. A photograph of Hartshorn, social and academic event programs, graduation cards, a flower, and newspaper clippings are tipped in and pasted throughout. The signatures of Cora's classmates, many with greetings and well wishes, are also present throughout the scrapbook. Cora describes her love for dancing, taking the streetcar, stealing food, going to shows in town, and other activities forbidden for students at the College. A tipped-in handwritten essay by Aldrige is titled "Do not simply be good – be good for something." There is a letter from 1956 relating to the 30th anniversary of the Class of 1926's graduation.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

C. W. J. Phelps International Military Tribunal for the Far East collection, 1945/1948

2 Linear Feet 2 oversized archival boxes, each containing one scrapbook

Two scrapbooks containing official documents, newspaper clippings, photographs, and ephemera collected by C. W. J. Phelps during the Tokyo War Crimes Trial.

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