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Baughman Family Papers 1.9 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

Baughman, Charles C. (Charles Christian), 1842-1908
The Baughman Family Papers contain correspondence between members of the Baughman family of Richmond, Virginia, as well as with friends, written from 1837 to 1957 (bulk, 1837-1907). The second part of the collection is family papers from about 1859 to the 1940s. This includes military documents, estate papers, legal documents, Confederate society papers, poetry, and photographs.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Cora M. Aldridge scrapbook 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.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Earl and Jewell Ratliff Collection 4.5 Linear Feet

Ratliff, Earl Gordon, 1926-2013
This collection contains ephemera, University of Richmond memorabilia, service awards, photographs, and postcards representing the life of Earl and Jewell Ratliff and their service to the University of Richmond, volunteer organizations, and their love of travel.
  1. University of Richmond

Erbie Claire Albright (d. 1964) Papers 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Albright, Erbie Claire, 1897-1964
Correspondence, business papers, educational records of a home economics teacher and supervisor who graduated from West Virginia University, attended Chicago and Columbia universities, taught home economics at Morgantown High School, and was supervisor of home economics for the Monongalia County School System. The papers cover: family affairs; schools in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and New York; West Virginia Home Economics Association; National Education Association department of home economics; World War I letters commenting on conditions at Camp Taylor, Kentucky, Camp Lee, Richmond, Virginia; and World War II material on civilian support activities.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) Papers 7 Linear Feet Summary: 7 ft. (16 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 document case 2 1/2 in.); (1 large flat storage box, 1 1/2 in.)

Pierpont, Francis Harrison, 1814-1899
Papers of Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899) of Monongalia and Marion Counties, West Virginia, who served as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia during the Civil War. Includes manuscripts, typescripts, printed materials, and photocopies consisting of genealogies, correspondence, college essays, speeches, official messages, articles prepared for newspapers, legal documents, pamphlets, scrapbooks, and ephemera. Topics include Pierpont's education; his career as governor of the Restored Government of Virginia at Wheeling, Alexandria, and Richmond; the West Virginia statehood movement; politics; and his later work in the Methodist Protestant Church. Notable series include Pierpont's personal and professional correspondence; his writings and speeches, which include several drafts of his reminiscences on Lincoln; correspondence and notes of Charles H. Ambler, biographer of Pierpont, in the Subject Files series; and a series of several hundred telegrams related to statehood and the Civil War. Pierpont's correspondents include Gordon Battelle, Arthur I. Boreman, John S. Carlile, Abraham Lincoln (copies), Waitman T. Willey, and others. For civil war telegrams related to this collection, go to wvhistory.org.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Francis Harrison Pierpont (1814-1899), Siviter Papers 0.8 Linear Feet Summary: 10 in. (2 document cases, 5 in. each)

Siviter family
Anna Pierpont Siviter's notes and typescript draft with holograph notes of Recollections on Civil War (Recollections of War and Peace, 1861-1868). Also includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, unpublished poems, and genealogy of the Pierpont, Siviter, and Pryor families.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Gresham Correspondence Collection .25 Linear Feet

Dew Gresham, William, 1925-1986
The Gresham Correspondence Collection consists of a variety of correspondence between William Gresham and several poets, authors, and playwrights. The majority of the correspondence is invitations, made by Gresham, to speak and read for the Poetry Society of Virginia. The collection contains two booklets, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and a poem written by Gresham entitled Dewey Beach. The majority of the collection was found within the multitude of books that Gresham owned. Many of these books, including signed and first edition copies, are housed in the Galvin Rare Book Room in Boatwright Memorial Library.
  1. University of Richmond

Henry H. Hibbs papers 9.92 Linear Feet 10 legal document boxes, 2 half-size legal document boxes, 3 custom boxes for printer's plates, 2 scrapbook boxes, and 1 oversize box for academic regalia.

Hibbs, Henry H. (Henry Horace), 1887-1977

The Henry H. Hibbs papers contains correspondence, photographs, news clippings, scrapbooks, articles, book drafts, and other materials relating to Hibbs's personal and professional life, as well as the publishing of his book History of Richmond Professional Institute: From Its Beginning in 1917 to Its Consolidation With the Medical College of Virginia in 1968 to Form Virginia Commonwealth University.

  1. Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library

Herbert R. Davis photograph albums 0.6 Cubic Feet Two custom made medium oversize flat boxes

This collection contains two photo albums of Herbert R. Davis of Richmond, Virginia that document Black pre-World War II life in Richmond; Davis's service in the South Pacific (Guam, Guadalco, and Peleliu) as a Black Marine; and Davis's family life upon his return from combat during the early 1930's to the late 1940's.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Jefferson Wallace collection 0.6 Cubic Feet 1 letter size document box and 1 half-width letter size document box

Wallace, Jefferson, 1864-1951

This collection contains typescript and manuscript books, all richly illustrated with watercolor paintings and illuminations by commercial artist and Richmond resident, Jefferson Wallace. These include The Fairy Book, The Story Teller, Anthology of English poetry, The Virginia Text Book: Containing a history of Masonic Grand Lodges and The Book of Myths. The content mainly focuses on mythological stories, fairy tales, original stories and selections from English

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

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