University of Virginia Archives Reference File 1924, 1953-2008

Access and use

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
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968

Summary

Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains files (ca. 800 items) on reference topics researched for patrons and University offices by the staff of Special Collections.

Among the many topics are administrative committees; affirmative action for employees; African Americans at the University, including a report by Ervin L. Jordan, Jr., and a 1929 master's thesis "The Negro in Charlottesville and Albemarle County," by Marjorie Irwin; art; athletics in 1951 and 1978 (Gooch and Corrigan reports); Beta Bridge; Blandy Farm; a selective U. Va. bibliography; buildings; the cemetery; Center for Advanced Studies in the Sciences; co-education (including the Woody report); cheers, fight songs, colors, legends, mace, motto and traditions; report on education and employment opportunities, obligations and rights (Rotch report); fraternities and societies including Seven Society; origin of various schools; student radicals and student strike; the University Cafeteria on "The Corner"; the White Burkett Miller Center; and World War II.

People include: Mitzi Clark, Betty Cocke, Sarah Ruth Dean, James Mercer Garnett, Alexander Garrett, Gessner Harrison, James Hay, Jr., "Pop" Lannigan, James Rogers McConnell, Dumas Malone, Arthur J. Morris, Georgia O'Keeffe, William Howard Perkinson, Angelika Powell, Harry Rogers Pratt, University of Virginia Presidents Edwin A. Alderman, John Lloyd Newcomb, Colgate Darden and Edgar Shannon, Albert Tuttle, Charles Scott Venable and Woodrow Wilson.

Acquisition information:
The collection was an internal archival transfer made on February 20, 2008.
Arrangement:

The files are arranged alphabetically by topic.

Physical description:
ca. 800 items