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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. Date range 1911

Silas Weir Mitchellto William Morton Payne, 1911 3 p.

[Wonders about the rooms that were engaged for them in Chicago; sends a list of people he wants to see, especially Dr. Billings and [Patriott]; hopes a lot of doctors will attend his lecture; promises it will be brilliant and original; asks for travel expenses only because he never takes a fee for lectures.]

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  2. Silas Weir Mitchell Collection 1870-1911
  3. Letters

Sir Fitzroy Maclean papers, 1827/1996 44 Cubic Feet 102 document boxes, 2 os folders

Maclean, Fitzroy, 1911-1996

This Fitzroy Maclean papers consist (1827-1996; 44 cubic feet) of the professional and personal papers of Scottish soldier, diplomat, politician, author, and traveler, Sir Fitzroy Hew Maclean (1911-1996) of Dunconnel. It includes correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, typescripts, newspaper and magazine articles, book reviews, lectures, speeches, photographs, memorabilia, and research material pertaining to his military, diplomatic, political and literary career as well as family and personal affairs.

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Six pamphlets and one poster related generally to child care (Addition 66) ViU-2024-0135. Titles included are "Trimble Helps For Mothers", "Narcotics and the Family", "What your neighbors say: dream book compliments of World's Dispensary Medical Association,"How to take care of the baby: treatise on the care and feeding of infants", "Your Baby" ,"Baby Feeding Without Tears", and "Correct posture guide", 1905/1970 0.21 Cubic Feet 6 pamphlets and on oversize poster Box 13, Folder 3-4, Flat_Box ACC_BW_005

This addition to MSS 16758, UVA History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building contains six pamphlets and one poster related generally to child care. Titles included are 1. "Trimble Helps For Mothers," 1940; 2. "Narcotics and the Family,"c.1970; 3."What your neighbors say: dream book compliments of World's Dispensary Medical Association, c.1910s; 4."How to take care of the baby: treatise on the care and feeding of infants," 1905; 5. "Your Baby," 1942; 6. "Baby Feeding Without Tears,"c.1940s and 7."Correct posture guide," c.1955.

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  2. The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building., 1700/2014
  3. Series 3. 1900-1980

Small Collections, Series 1: Professional,Organizations, Standards, and Licensing, 1898/2000 1.0 Linear Feet

The Small Collections consist of varied small manuscript donations to the Bjoring Center, each one too limited in quantity to warrant cataloguing individually. These donations have been ordered in eight discrete series, by subject, as follows: 1) Professional Organizations, Standards, and Licensing, 2) Nursing Procedures and Manuals, 3) Nursing Education, Schools, and Hospitals, 4) Nursing Student Notes, Essays, and Examinations, 5) Specialty Nursing, 6) Military Nursing, 7) Persons, and 8) History of Nursing.

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