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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Lillian Thomas Pratt Personal Papers (SC-07), 1901/1947

1.5 Linear Feet 2 boxes (15 folders), 1 oversize item and 1 binder
The collection documents the formation of the Lillian Thomas Pratt Collection of Fabergé decorative artworks at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Bequeathed to the museum upon her death in 1947, Pratt's Fabergé collection consistently remains one of the highlights of the museum's permanent collection. Pratt purchased most of her Fabergé collection from the Schaffer Collection and Hammer Galleries, both of New York City, in the 1930s and 1940s. Comprised of correspondence, invoices, price tags, and detailed item descriptions, this collection illuminates Pratt's mind as a collector, as well as her relationship with one of her dealers, Alexander Schaffer.
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The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Historical Photograph Collection, 1850/2010

89 Linear Feet Variety of container sizes based on photograph sizes and material types. Over-sized items are housed in drawers.

The Historical Photograph Collection is largely comprised of materials created by or for the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. Some of the earliest photographs of the estate were created and sold to visitors by the Association as a means of income. Those efforts helped to establish an important collection of 19th century views. The collection spans the 1850s to 2000s and includes over 140 linear feet of analog material providing a visual history of the Mansion, outbuildings, tombs, grounds, events, visitors, collection objects, personnel, and changes throughout the estate.

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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Robert C. Fitzgerald papers, 1955/1989, bulk 1973/1988

9.7 Cubic Feet 24 archival boxes

These papers pertain to Robert C. Fitzgerald's (Law 1943) practice as an attorney counseling counties and cities in Virginia on issues of annexation and intergovernmental affairs. The most important and complete file is Pittsylvania County - City of Danville, a case that dealt with the annexation petition of Danville, VA, and the negotiations between the city of Danville and the county of Pittsylvania in which Fitzgerald served as legal counsel for the county's board of supervisors.

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Robert C. Fitzgerald papers, 1955/1989, bulk 1973/1988 9.7 Cubic Feet 24 archival boxes

Fitzgerald, Robert Clayton, 1921-2001

These papers pertain to Robert C. Fitzgerald's (Law 1943) practice as an attorney counseling counties and cities in Virginia on issues of annexation and intergovernmental affairs. The most important and complete file is Pittsylvania County - City of Danville, a case that dealt with the annexation petition of Danville, VA, and the negotiations between the city of Danville and the county of Pittsylvania in which Fitzgerald served as legal counsel for the county's board of supervisors.

George Mason University

Sallie Montgomery travel diary

0.25 Linear Feet
Travel diary of Sallie Montgomery of Fredericksburg, VA, who travelled to San Francisco by train in 1915 for the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
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Sallie Montgomery travel diary 0.25 Linear Feet

Montgomery, Sallie
Travel diary of Sallie Montgomery of Fredericksburg, VA, who travelled to San Francisco by train in 1915 for the Panama-Pacific Exposition.
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon

Robert Waldsmith Collection of stereographs and cabinet cards, 1856/1981

236 stereographs and 61 cabinet cards Photographic Prints

Views of Mount Vernon spanning more than 100 years. The Robert Waldsmith Collection consists of approximately 300 stereographs and cabinet cards by Alexander Gardner, N. G. Johnson, Luke D. Dillon, and others. Highlights of the collection include: several west front views of the Mansion, including the earlist known one by Frederick Langenheim, circa 1856; an early view of the tomb, circa 1857, and a collection of Washington statues and buildings honoring the first President.

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