Collections : [University of Richmond]

University of Richmond

Rare Books and Special Collections
Boatwright Library
University of Richmond
28 Westhampton Way
Richmond, VA 23173
Primary Collecting Areas:
The University of Richmond's collections are eclectic and wide-ranging, but areas of particular strength include: Richmond and Virginia history; the Civil War; historic children's literature, civil rights, and the history of the book. Also included are collections related to the history of the University of Richmond, including student, faculty, staff, and alumni materials.
Description:
The University of Richmond's collections are eclectic and wide-ranging, but areas of particular strength include: Richmond and Virginia history; the Civil War; historic children's literature, civil rights, and the history of the book. Also included are collections related to the history of the University of Richmond, including student, faculty, staff, and alumni materials.
POC: Lynda Kachurek
Phone: (804) 289-8458
Fax: (804) 287-1840
Start Over Repository University of Richmond Date range 1936
University of Richmond

W. H. Brown Botanical Drawings Collection, 1930/1939

13 Linear Feet
This collection contains more than 2000 original botanical drawings primarily completed in the 1930s and identified by their scientific names.
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Carl Van Vechten - Mark Lutz Collection, 1881/1980

18 Linear Feet 15 archival boxes, 1 oversized archival box.
This collection contains materials relating to the life and writings of Carl Van Vechten and Gertrude Stein as shared and collected by Mark Lutz. Materials include correspondence and a variety of printed materials including programs, catalogs, reviews, and clippings as well as a substantial number of photographs taken by Van Vechten.
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Carl Van Vechten, 1903/1980

Series 1, Carl Van Vechten, contains personal materials in relation to Van Vechten. Beginning with a typescript manuscript of a description of a theater fire in Chicago in 1903, these materials include notices, programs, letters, newspaper clippings, and exhibition catalogs and announcements. Also included are writings by Van Vechten.

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Earl and Jewell Ratliff Collection, 1860/2013, bulk 1920/1990

4.5 Linear Feet
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.
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Earl and Jewell Ratliff Collection, 1860/2013, bulk 1920/1990 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.
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Civil War Collection, 1860/2012

1.5 Linear Feet
This collection contains a sampling of Civil War correspondence referencing both Union and Confederate soldiers fighting throughout Virginia at various points during the Civil War. Individually acquired, the collection was created by a private collector, so the items were brought together as a collection by his design.
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Civil War Collection, 1860/2012 1.5 Linear Feet

This collection contains a sampling of Civil War correspondence referencing both Union and Confederate soldiers fighting throughout Virginia at various points during the Civil War. Individually acquired, the collection was created by a private collector, so the items were brought together as a collection by his design.
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Edward H. Peple Collection, 1891/1953

7 Linear Feet 8 boxes
Edward Henry Peple was a popular playwright, short story and novel writer in the late 19th and early 20th century. This collection contains copies of his plays, poems, and novels, in various forms. There are letters to and from family, colleagues, agents, and other individuals. There are also contracts, copyright certificates and behind the scenes theater lore, including pictures. The negotiations for movie rights hold interest especially when talking pictures come along and studios need to renegotiate for sound.
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Harleigh Bridges Schultz Collection, 1876/1991

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This collection began as a scrapbook of papers related to Harleigh Bridges Schultz, 1883-1958. It contains some of his school records, newspaper clippings about his life and death, newspaper articles that he wrote during his career as a newspaper man, letters, and photographs. Items of note include a two-page biography written by his niece, Evelyn Boschen, and signed photos of Cecil DeMille, Clark Gable, Van Johnson, Jean Harlow, and Walter Pidgeon.
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Correspondence, 1936/1958 Box 1 MS-28, Folder 5

Files 4 and 5, Correspondence, contain two folders of correspondence. Most of these letters were written by Harleigh Schultz, his first wife Natalie, or his second wife Alice, to Harleigh's sisters Louise and Maude or other relatives. The letters are mostly type-written on company letterhead from the Boston American or the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corporation. For the most part, these letters consist of kind words for Schultz's relatives, as well as news about the family.

Family, 1876/1958 Box 1 MS-28, Folder 6

File 6, Family, spans the largest time span, though several items are undated. It begins with a photocopy of a photograph of August F. Schultz and Hanna Ernestine von Sauermann, Harleigh's paternal grandparents. Several pages of photocopies of photographs follow, including pictures of Harleigh's parents, Harleigh's sons, and other relatives. Notes to identify the people in the images were written by a relative. This series also includes a photocopy of Harleigh Schultz's Delayed Certificate of Birth, issued in 1942 and witnessed by his sister Maude Schultz McLelland. A marriage notice and obituaries for Harleigh's parents are included, as are notices of Harleigh's marriages and death. A hand-drawn coat of arms labeled with the name Schultz is also included in this series.

Harleigh Bridges Schultz Collection, 1876/1991 1 Linear Feet

Schultz Family
This collection began as a scrapbook of papers related to Harleigh Bridges Schultz, 1883-1958. It contains some of his school records, newspaper clippings about his life and death, newspaper articles that he wrote during his career as a newspaper man, letters, and photographs. Items of note include a two-page biography written by his niece, Evelyn Boschen, and signed photos of Cecil DeMille, Clark Gable, Van Johnson, Jean Harlow, and Walter Pidgeon.
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Marguerite Roberts Collection, 1924/1980

8.42 Linear Feet Collection is arranged in folders in 18 archival boxes.
Dr. Marguerite Roberts was a University of Richmond faculty member and dean of Westhampton College, and she was also a noted Thomas Hardy scholar. This collection includes years of research on Hardy and his contemporaries as well as his second wife, Florence Dugdale Hardy. Copies of Roberts' manuscripts for her dissertation, Thomas Hardy and the Theater; and her books, Tess and the Theater, Hardy's Poetic Drama and the Theater, and Florence Hardy and the Max Gate Circle, are included. The collection also contains Dr. Roberts' correspondence with publishers and her requests for permission to publish. She carried on a long correspondence with Mrs. Florence Hardy, Lady Tweedsmuir, and other Hardy scholars, in addition to letters from actors and producers.
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Photojournalism Collection, 1800/1899, bulk 1870/1989

? Linear Feet 5 boxes.
The collection documents various photographs from World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Civil Rights Era. Although there are many photographers involved in this collection, most notable are Paul Almasy, Leonard Freed, Dmitri Baltermants, and Horst Tappe. The focus of this collection is on what life looked like around the world during this period and the various hardships that were endured during wartime.
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Willis & Eleanor Shell Collection, 1952/1977

1.5 Linear Feet
The items within this collection pertain to Willis A. & Eleanor Shell. Both Willis and Eleanor were illustrators, and Willis specialized in designing and printing books and in miniature books.
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Ephemera, 1936/1979 Box 1, Folder 9

Folder 6 contains ephemera not directly related to Willis A. Shell. Included in this folder are the birth announcements for John Gregory Allen and Sarah Adams Hoover, as well as a Happy Groundhog Day card. One of the more interesting items included in these items is the Richmond News Leader Directory from March 1, 1936.

  1. Print Matters, 1936/1987

Print Matters, 1936/1987

Series II, Print Matters, focuses on the professional work of Eleanor and Willis Shell and their associates.

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Hazel Paris Cederborg Collection, 1893/1989

7.3 Linear Feet 12 boxes; 4 letter sized boxes, 3 legal sized, 1 small box, 1 medium box, 3 flat oversized boxes
This collection contains short story drafts, published articles focusing on children's stories or family life, and Storybook collections containing short children's stories or poems. Also located in the collection are individual family photographs and family photo albums documenting the childhood of Hazel Paris Cederborg and her children. Towards the end of the collection are scrapbooks created by Hazel that house her published articles and short stories on family life.
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Hazel Paris Cederborg Collection, 1893/1989 7.3 Linear Feet 12 boxes; 4 letter sized boxes, 3 legal sized, 1 small box, 1 medium box, 3 flat oversized boxes

Cederborg, Hazel Paris, 1892-1975
This collection contains short story drafts, published articles focusing on children's stories or family life, and Storybook collections containing short children's stories or poems. Also located in the collection are individual family photographs and family photo albums documenting the childhood of Hazel Paris Cederborg and her children. Towards the end of the collection are scrapbooks created by Hazel that house her published articles and short stories on family life.

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