Collections : [University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.]

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
170 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: Special Collections Public Services & Reference Staff
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Start Over Repository University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept. Subjects Philosophy

Biographic Sketch of Henry Rose Carter for theNational Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1931 2 pages Box 13, Folder 8

A biographical sketch, with corrections [by Laura Armistead Carter?], describes H.R. Carter's family, education, career, and character.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series II. Henry Rose Carter, 1880/1932, bulk 1883/1932
  4. Correspondence of Laura Armistead Carter, 1931

Book reviews forWilliam Crawford Gorgas: His Life and WorkinThe Panama Times, 1925 1 page Box 30, Folder 65

This review, by an unnamed critic, concentrates on the claims surrounding Gorgas' yellow fever work.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series III. Walter Reed, 1806/1955, bulk 1874/1936
  4. Book reviews forWilliam Crawford Gorgas: His Life and Workand clippings related to William Crawford Gorgas, 1925/1949

Branch J. Epes lecture notebook, 1850/1853 .2 Cubic Feet 1 half-width letter sized document box

Epes, Branch J. (Jones), 1832-1911

This collection contains one notebook with handwritten notes on lectures at the University of Virginia Law School, with some earlier lectures during his enrollment at Hampden-Sydney College. These notes seem to be lectures on philosophy and ethics rather than law, perhaps taken at different stages of Epes's matriculation, with reference to Locke, Hobbes, Bentham, and Stewart. One early lecture may be attributed to "McGuffie" suggesting possibly William Holmes McGuffey (of McGuffey Reader fame), who finished his career as an educator as a professor at UVa. With various ink ownership inscriptions to the front endpaper and miscellaneous attempts at a fancy signature, notes, and scribbles in the rear pages.

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Carter. Henry Rose (August 25, 1852 - September 14, 1925), Sanitarian and Epidemiologist, 1927 4 pages Box 13, Folder 2

Phalen's biographical sketch describes H.R. Carter's family, education, career, appearance, and personality.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series II. Henry Rose Carter, 1880/1932, bulk 1883/1932
  4. Correspondence of Laura Armistead Carter, 1927

Control of Malaria by Control of the Human Host, by [Henry Rose Carter], 1921 9 pages Box 9, Folder 24

[Carter] details various methods of controlling malaria. He discusses segregation, screening, mosquito bars, and the use of quinine. [Carter] favors mosquito control because it does not require modification of human behavior.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series II. Henry Rose Carter, 1880/1932, bulk 1883/1932
  4. Articles relating to malaria and impounded waters, 1921

Draft ofDr. Jesse Lazear and his Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, 1940 23 pages Box 36, Folder 38

This is the text of Hench's speech, which was given at the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench, 1850/1966, bulk 1837/1960
  4. Drafts ofDr. Jesse W. Lazear and His Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, a speech by Philip Showalter Hench, 1940

Draft ofDr. Jesse Lazear and his Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, 1940 18 pages Box 36, Folder 38

This is the text of Hench's speech, which was given at the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench, 1850/1966, bulk 1837/1960
  4. Drafts ofDr. Jesse W. Lazear and His Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, a speech by Philip Showalter Hench, 1940

Draft ofDr. Jesse Lazear and his Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, 1940 14 pages Box 36, Folder 38

This is the text of Hench's speech, which was given at the dedication of the Lazear Memorial Building at Washington and Jefferson College.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
  2. Philip S. Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, 1800/1998, bulk 1863/1974
  3. Series IV. Philip Showalter Hench, 1850/1966, bulk 1837/1960
  4. Drafts ofDr. Jesse W. Lazear and His Contribution to the Conquest of Yellow Fever, a speech by Philip Showalter Hench, 1940

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