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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. Collection William W. Abbot Papers
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

William W. Abbot Papers

The collection contains the professional, academic and personal papers of William W. Abbot, James Madison Professor of History and Editor of the Papers of George Washington at the University of Virginia. The collection is from 1953 to 1996 and is about 8,150 items, 26 hollinger boxes, and 10 linear feet. It consists of department and personal correspondence with historians, university colleagues, students, friends and academic organizations throughout the United States and around the world. There are also financial papers, lecture notes, reviews, speeches, organization records associated with Abbot's activities while at William and Mary and the University of Virginia, a typescript of his writing, "The Colonial Beginnings of the United States 1607-1763," and communications with publishers relating to books and articles he authored.

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10 March 1971; n.d. Papers Box-folder 19:5

Papers titled, "Religion and the Republic: The Search for Religious Liberty in a Christian Commonwealth, 1776-1854" by W. G. McLoughlin and "The Legitimizing of Violence in the Revolutionary Era: The American Revolution and American Violence" by Richard Maxwell Brown (including comments from Professor Abbot).

18 July 1986 Manuscript- Dumas Malone Box-folder 18:6

Typescript of the manuscript" My Long Journey with Mr. Jefferson" by Dumas Malone.

1943-1961 US Navy Box-folder 12:4

Included is an an Honorable Discharge Certificate, Annual Qualifications Questionnaires, Officer's Qualification Reports, and an Appointment Acknowledgement to the permanent rank of Lieutenant.

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