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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
Primary Collecting Areas:
American literature, antiquarian and contemporary, American history (Southeastern United States), Virginiana, British literature, Sporting books and manuscripts, World War I, Bibliography, the book arts, history of the book and typography
Fine press and artist’s books, Pop-up books, Victorian publishers bindings, Typography, Archives of the University of Virginia
Description:

The Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library administers over 13 million manuscripts, 3.6 million items in the University archives, and 325,000 rare books, as well as approximately 5,000 maps, over 4,000 broadsides; more than 250,000 photographs and small prints; over 8,000 reels of microfilm; and substantial holdings of audio recordings, motion picture films, and ephemera.

The major emphasis of the Department’s collections are American history and literature, with additional substantive collections in Virginiana, British literature, African-American history, book arts, the history of sporting and World War I, among others. In addition, the library serves as the University Archives, holding records of historic significance to UVA.

POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Start Over Repository University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept. Subjects African Americans

African American Nurses and Children photograph from the children's clinic at the Ridge Avenue dispensary in Philadelphia (Addition 5) 2023-0099 0.04 Cubic Feet Box 2, Folder 7

Addition 5 of MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains a single press photograph from the children's clinic at the ridge avenue dispensary in Philadelphia in the 1930s. The photograph is a group photograph of Black nurses and children in a clinical setting. A typed caption is affixed to the top right edge of the picture. No photographer or studio is noted.

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  2. The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building.
  3. Series 3. 1900-1980

Collection of photographs of African American Men and Boys from New Orleans .03 Cubic Feet 1 letter-sized folder

This collection contains three photographs with captions on the verso, "Black children and men taken in or near New Orleans." These images were taken "en route" to New Orleans, possibly from a train, in the 1930s. One photograph shows a group of young boys on a street with an inscription on the reverse that says "New Orleans." Another depicts three boys and one older man singing on train tracks with an inscription that reads "En Route to New Orleans/ Kids singing." The last is a photograph of three boys tumbling on train tracks, with the inscription "En route to New Orleans/ scrambling for money." The photographs are black and white gelatin silver measuring 3 x 5.5 inches

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Ernie McClintock papers 24.44 Cubic Feet 40 document boxes, 1 cubic of awards, and several cubics of A-V materials 0.0093 Gigabytes 1 PUB file

McClintock, Ernie

This collection contains the papers of Ernie McClintock (1937-2003), an American director, producer, actor, writer, teacher, and theatre artist who was a major force in the Black Arts Movement. He taught acting to hundreds of students across the country and directed award-winning plays in Harlem, New York (1960-1989), and Richmond, Virginia (1989-2003). The McClintock papers are a living archive for future drama students and communities interested in Black theatre. They represent the works and dreams of a Black and Gay theatre director who persisted in giving voice to the Black and multicultural communities where he lived. His work spanned beyond one dimensional categories, and he was well-known behind the scenes with famous actors, directors, and playwrights, and was the recipient of seven prestigious Audelco awards for excellence in Black theater. He worked with Tupac Shakur, Ossie Davis, James Earl Jones, Felicia Rashad, Morgan Freeman, Lou Gossett, Jr., Dr. Walter Turnbull, Woody King, Jr. and others. McClintock was committed to world class excellence in theatre and to introducing more Black theatre productions to the community. He directed over two hundred performances from classics like A Raisin in the Sun to Tupac Shakur's Rose Grew Out of Cement, and new plays written by young playwrights and actors like Derome Scott Smith in R.I.O.T. or Jerome Hairston. His personal papers and theatre papers are combined because his life and family were inseparable from the theatre. He also won the Billy Graham artistic excellence award in 2002. (There are two scripts in the collection written by Billy Graham about Martin Luther King, Jr. in Memphis). Too expansive to put in one category, anyone studying Black Theatre Arts will repeatedly come across the exemplary work of Ernie McClintock.

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Explorations in Black Leadership project papers 9.0 Cubic Feet Nine boxes 120 items 29 VHS, 52 DVCAMs, 29 optical disks, 2 DVs, 8 Betacam SPs

Bond, Julian, 1940-2015

This collection contains briefings with preparatory materials, questions and notes for oral histories conducted as part of the Explorations in Black Leadership project. The briefings were often compiled by interns with the Institute for Public History and included interview questions, possible answers prepared for Julian Bond (the primary interviewer), biographical information, handwritten notes, and correspondence. The collection also includes audio and video cassettes, CDs, and DVDs of interviews and other project related materials.

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Jean Schroeder papers .6 Cubic Feet

Max Rambod

This collection contains letters and paper ephemera written to Jeanie Schroeder, a young, white woman who fell in love, got pregnant during her pre-med studies at Northwestern University, and secretly married a young Black musician identified as Keith "Tiny" Leighton in the letters. The bulk of the collection dates from the 1940s to the 1950s. The content centers Jeanie Schroeder's courage in facing the difficulties of being seen as an unwed mother in the 1940's; young men going off to World War II, and women obtaining new careers and exploring the work place that was previously unavailable to them.

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Judy's Neighbors: Negro Family: set of wooden African American figures and stands (Addition 26) 2023-0195 1.28 Cubic Feet Extra large OS box 23x31x3 Flat_Box 2

This addition to MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains a game titled "Judy's Neighbors: Negro Family." It includes two dimensional pressed wood figures of an African-American family including mother, father, daughter, and two sons. There are also stands for the figures. Judy's Neighbors was released sometime between 1963 and 1964.This was part of a series and was sold individually and in sets. Teachers used the game to encourage racial diversity.

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  2. The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building.
  3. Series 4. 1950-2014

Nydrie and Algoma related papers 1 Cubic Feet 1 legal document box and 1 over size small flat box

This collection consists of papers relating to Nydrie and Algoma, consisting chiefly of photographs and articles pertaining to the family homes of the Logan and Forsyth families. Included is a scrapbook of articles by Lily Logan Morrill.This collection contains material from around 1880, when the homes were built, to about 1960, when the Forsyth family, which owned "Nydrie" at the time, started a discussion about what to do with the house due to its dilapidated conditions. This collection focuses on two families, the Logans who owned "Algoma," and the Forsyths who owned "Nydrie."

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Stephen Railton collection of Uncle Tom's Cabin ephemera 2 Cubic Feet One legal-sized document box, one letter document box, three medium oversized folders, one large oversized folder; Vinyl records, wax cylinders, grooved analog discs, and open reels. 2 grooved analog discs 3 open reel videotapes 15 vinyl recordings

Railton, Stephen, 1948-

This material contains racist imagery of Black people. This note aims to give users the opportunity to decide whether they need or want to view these materials, or at least, to mentally or emotionally prepare themselves to view the materials.

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Two African American women tintype 0.03 Cubic Feet One letter-sized folder

Max Rambod

This collection features an undated tintype photograph of two unidentified African American women dressed in Victorian-style dresses and hats. One of the women holds a bouquet that drapes over a bridge made of branches that the two figures are posed on in a photography studio. It measures 2.5 X 3.5 ".

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