MSS16692Isaac, Rhys lecture and letterGuide to the Rhys Isaac lecture and letter MSS 16692Rose Oliveira, Accessioning ArchivistAlbert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

27 July 2022

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:
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MSS 16692, Rhys Isaac lecture and letter, Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

 Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

 Content Description

This collection consists of Rhys Isaac's 1987 Thomas Jefferson Memorial Lecture at the University of Virginia. The lecture is titled "The Virginia Enlightenment: Construction in Time and Space" with annotation from Isaac to Gayle Cooper, Rare Book cataloger at the University of Virginia. Also included is a letter from Isaac to Gail [sic] and a list of Sabine Hall books requested for priority cataloging.

 Biographical / Historical

Rhys Llywelyn Isaac (1937–2010) was a South African-born Australian historian of American history who also worked in the United States. Isaac won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for History for his book "The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790" (1982).

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a gift from Gayle Cooper to the Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia on 28 June 2022.

 Architecture -- Virginia Enlightenment