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 Segregation in education
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Charlottesville City Schools collection

10.25 Cubic Feet 21 document boxes, 1 small oversize box

The collection includes school census materials for the following years: 1910, 1915, 1916, 1920, 1925, 1930, 1935, 1940. The census materials are separated into the categories of Black children, with the term "colored" used on the forms, and White children.

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Charlottesville City Schools collection 10.25 Cubic Feet 21 document boxes, 1 small oversize box

The collection includes school census materials for the following years: 1910, 1915, 1916, 1920, 1925, 1930, 1935, 1940. The census materials are separated into the categories of Black children, with the term "colored" used on the forms, and White children.

University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Robert Brannum Robinson account book for the William McKinley Normal and Industrial School

0.03 Cubic Feet One letter-size file folder

This collection contains a manuscript account book kept by Reverend Robert Brannum Robinson during his tenure as Secretary and Treasurer of the William McKinley Normal and Industrial School in Alexandria, Virginia. The William McKinley Normal and Industrial School was originally founded in 1894 by Robert Brannum Robinson and his brother Magnus Robinson and re-incorporated in honor of William McKinley 1902. The school offered boys' and girls' normal, primary, and industrial departments, a chapel, and a kindergarten program. The account book primarily records philanthropic contributions to the school from 1903 to 1916 across fifty pages. Manuscript entries in the book list donor names and monetary contributions, interspersed with ephemeral items tipped or laid in, including partially printed receipts (many signed), typed and handwritten correspondence, four business cards, and a small printed broadside describing the school. Contributions are predominantly small donations of between $5 to $25. Notable donors recorded include William Payne Whitney, Alexander Graham Bell, Simon Guggenheim, Gifford Pinchot, Thomas Nelson Page, Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, Clara Hay, Secretary of State John Hay, and J.P. Morgan. International contributors include ambassadors and ministers from Mexico, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Haiti, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, and China.

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Robert Brannum Robinson account book for the William McKinley Normal and Industrial School 0.03 Cubic Feet One letter-size file folder

Joe Fay Company

This collection contains a manuscript account book kept by Reverend Robert Brannum Robinson during his tenure as Secretary and Treasurer of the William McKinley Normal and Industrial School in Alexandria, Virginia. The William McKinley Normal and Industrial School was originally founded in 1894 by Robert Brannum Robinson and his brother Magnus Robinson and re-incorporated in honor of William McKinley 1902. The school offered boys' and girls' normal, primary, and industrial departments, a chapel, and a kindergarten program. The account book primarily records philanthropic contributions to the school from 1903 to 1916 across fifty pages. Manuscript entries in the book list donor names and monetary contributions, interspersed with ephemeral items tipped or laid in, including partially printed receipts (many signed), typed and handwritten correspondence, four business cards, and a small printed broadside describing the school. Contributions are predominantly small donations of between $5 to $25. Notable donors recorded include William Payne Whitney, Alexander Graham Bell, Simon Guggenheim, Gifford Pinchot, Thomas Nelson Page, Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes, Clara Hay, Secretary of State John Hay, and J.P. Morgan. International contributors include ambassadors and ministers from Mexico, Costa Rica, Bolivia, Haiti, Colombia, Chile, Argentina, Switzerland, Germany, Japan, and China.

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