Armistead C. Gordon Letters 1919-1931

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Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
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POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
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Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

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See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Armistead C. Gordon Letters, Accession 38-145-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

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Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Armistead C. Gordon Letters, Accession 38-145-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of three letters from Armistead C. Gordonof Staunton, Virginia, an alumnus of the University of Virginia, 1873-1875, and Rector, Board of Visitors, to Dr. William E. Dold(1856-?), an alumnus of the University of Virginia, 1878-1879, and a prominent physician of River Crest Sanitarium, Astoria, Long Island, New York, and one letter from George Fawcett, an alumnus of the University of Virginia, 1875-1879, to Dr. William E. Dold, May 8, 1931.

In the letters, Gordon thanks Dold for his favorable comments concerning the verses he wrote about the McConnell statue at the University of Virginia, "The Aviator," (July 30, 1919); expresses his appreciation for a short story, "The Isle of Blood," written by Dold's son, Dr. Douglas Meriweather Dold(who served on the Columbia University Relief Mission to Serbia in 1915); mentions that his Men and Events: Chapters of Virginia Historyis at the bindery; and shares his interest in William Cabell Bruce's biography John Randolph of Roanoke(March 15, 1923); and writes concerning the publication of his daughter's manuscript in the magazine of one of Dold's sons (February 21, 1928).

A fourth letter from George Fawcettto Dold refers to the death of President Edwin A. Aldermanand a visit to the University of Virginia(May 8, 1931).

Acquisition information:
These letters were purchased by the Library on June 1, 1989.
Processing information:

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

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4 items