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University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

University of Virginia School of Medicine records, 1825/2020

71 Linear Feet 11 Records boxes, 76 document boxes, and (approximately) 22 linear feet of bound material.

The UVA School of Medicine records primarily document the history of the School at all levels of the organization during the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Film of 1946 University of Virginia Medical School Graduation, 1946 2 items Items are on their original metal reels in cardboard boxes. 0.089 Gigabytes The film reels were digitized for preservation in 2014.

These items consist of two (2) 16mm silent black and white film reels with a total amount of around 15 minutes of footage. The films seem to depict people exiting a building on the University of Virginia grounds after the 1946 School of Medicine commencement ceremonies.

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Virginia Military Institute Archives

Video Collections, 1930/1980

40 c.f. cubic feet

A collection of videos (some amateur, some professional) documenting special events such as matriculation, Ring Figure, graduation, speeches, and other topics relating to VMI activities and cadet life. The bulk of this collection dates from the 1980's forward, although a few date from an earlier period.

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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Louis H. Draper Artist Archives (VA-04), 1945/2005

37.5 Linear Feet 170 boxes; 6,605 items
The extensive collection documents the life and work of Richmond-born photographer and educator Louis Draper (1935–2002). Manuscript and photographic materials document Draper's experience and work as an African American photographer, including his recognition of his photography as a form of "engaged resistance" that not only bore witness to leaders of the civil rights movement, but also offered a richer and more diverse perspective of African American life than provided by the mainstream media. In 1963, he was a founding member of the Kamoinge Workshop, a collective of African American photographers, and the collection includes significant materials from the early years of the Kamoinge Workshop and document his perspective on the professional challenges that he and the collective confronted in the process of finding publications that would publish photographs of African Americans made by African Americans. His photographs of significant 20th-century artists, writers, musicians, and performers reflect the wide array of personal connections that Draper made after moving to New York from Richmond, Virginia in 1957. Printed photographs and contact sheets in Draper's archive show a broad view of city life and the everyday interactions between people and also offer a unique vision of African American neighborhoods in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Virginia Military Institute Archives

Giles Gunn papers, 1848/1854

5 items

This collection consists of five letters (dated 1848 to 1854) written by Giles Gunn while he was a schoolteacher in Lexington, Virginia. The letters, addressed primarily to his sister Mary (living at the Gunn home in Washington, Litchfield County, Connecticut), include discussions of interesting local events as well as references to family. Topics include:

  • VMI commencement
  • A detailed description of his school and his methods of instruction
  • A description of the communion service at a local church, including references to black communicants
  • References to the townspeople's reaction to a rumored slave insurrection
  • A discussion of the murder of VMI cadet Thomas Blackburn.

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Letter to Mary Gunn, 1848

Written from Lexington, Virginia. Letter regards commencement at the VMI and a speech by the governor of Virginia.

Virginia Military Institute Archives

Charles A. Derby papers, 1839/1891

0.25 cubic feet Approximately 80 items in 1 box

The bulk of the Charles A. Derby papers consists of Derby family correspondence. Approximately twenty-eight letters were written by Charles A. Derby (dated 1844-1862) and cover the period from late boyhood up to his death in battle in 1862. Included are letters (dated 1846-1847) written while he was a cadet at VMI, as well as correspondence dating from his careers as a teacher and Episcopal clergyman. Two items were written during his brief service in the Confederate Army.

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Virginia Military Institute Archives

Office of Communications and Marketing audio and video collections

ongoing items
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Virginia Military Institute Archives

Speeches and addresses delivered at VMI, 1843/1920

2 cubic feet

A topical and chronological file of pamplets containing the text of speeches and addresses delivered at VMI.

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Washington and Lee University, Leyburn Library

Academic Departments - Record Group 9

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This record group contains materials created by individual academic departments.

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