Collections : [University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.]

University of Virginia School of Law Communications Office records

William F. Long papers

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The practice of Long and Sadler, as documented in this collection, was characteristic of legal work in a small town in the early twentieth century. The cases are virtually all civil, primarily trusts and estates, real estate, insurance, torts, and divorce. From the earliest period of Long's practice, there are very few documents: one case file, two bound abstracts of title, and a ledger book dating from the early 1900s. After 1914, Long's time was apparently taken up primarily by his duties as Commissioner of Accounts, although he also served as attorney in trust and estate cases, and handled some divorces. The bulk of the cases documented here, therefore, are Sadler's.

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University Relations Office of Information Services, Press Releases from William H. Wranek, Jr. 1921-1961, n.d.

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This collection consists of the Office of Information Services, Press Releases from William H. Wranek, Jr.

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Cocke Family Papers, 1725-1939

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The papers of the Cocke family of Fluvanna County, Virginia, and related Barraud family, Faulcon family, and other families, consist of ca. 25,000 items, (194 Hollinger boxes, ca. 64.5 linear shelf feet), 1725- 1939, and contains correspondence, legal and financial papers, diaries of John Hartwell Cocke, Louisa Maxwell Holmes Cocke, and Lucy Cocke, minutes of the Board of Visitors of the University ofVirginia, diagrams and sketches concerning the University, bound volumes, sketches and drawings, college and school notes, poetry, orations and speeches, essays, genealogy, and lists pertaining to agriculture, music and other subjects.

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Washington Irving Collection 1813-1919, n. d.

Papers of Joseph Miller 1815-1907

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This addition to the Papers of Stephen Philip Holt, 1815-1907, consists of ca. 790 items (1.3 shelf feet) concerning Joseph Miller's machinery manufacturing business in London, from 1815-1860, and Mrs. Mary Ann (Miller) Harper's domestic correspondence and business papers, from ca. 1820-1875, from Albemarle County and London. Also included are correspondence and business papers of Mrs. Harper's children, Warner Wood and Lucilla Wood, both of Farmington, Albemarle County. Of possible interest to those researching the history of machines are sixteen engravings, n.d., produced by Sharp, Stewart and Company, Atlas Works, Manchester, England.

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Papers of the President of the University of Virginia, Office Administrative Files 1991-1992

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These files constitute the major record series generated by John Thomas Casteen, the president of the University of Virginia. The records consist chiefly of correspondence, but also include reports, minutes, clippings, memoranda, and related papers concerning all areas of business of the president's office.

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Sherwood Anderson Collection 1923-1941

Commonplace Book of Early American Poems 1777-1788

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The compiler of this 382-page manuscript volume was Hugh McConnelof Fisk Kill Landing, New Jersey. (See "author's inscription" on page 34, etc. The compiler docketed several of the entries "Fish Kill," "Landing," or alternatively, "Fish Kill Barricks," "Barricks," "Barr-s," or "B.") The volume was evidently compiled 1777-1788, but includes items originating at earlier dates. Few of the entries are attributed to other authors. While some of the unattributed entries (such as the anecdotes) may simply have been recorded by the compiler, it appears that a majority of the entires may be Hugh McConnel's original composition.

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People's Bank Building, Harrisonburg, Va., Blueprints 1916 & 1949

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This collection is comprised of thirty blueprints, 1916 & 1949, of the People's Bank Building in Harrisonburg, Virginia (now the Rockingham County Office Building). The bank was designed by architect Alfred C. Bossom. The blueprints chiefly illustrate full scale details of interior and exterior views of the bank and its structural plans as well as alterations and plans for the entrance vestibule and lobby, cellar plans, the directors' room, a marble drinking fountain, and various grille work in addition to other details.

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