Collections : [University of Richmond]

University of Richmond

Rare Books and Special Collections
Boatwright Library
University of Richmond
28 Westhampton Way
Richmond, VA 23173
Primary Collecting Areas:
The University of Richmond's collections are eclectic and wide-ranging, but areas of particular strength include: Richmond and Virginia history; the Civil War; historic children's literature, civil rights, and the history of the book. Also included are collections related to the history of the University of Richmond, including student, faculty, staff, and alumni materials.
Description:
The University of Richmond's collections are eclectic and wide-ranging, but areas of particular strength include: Richmond and Virginia history; the Civil War; historic children's literature, civil rights, and the history of the book. Also included are collections related to the history of the University of Richmond, including student, faculty, staff, and alumni materials.
POC: Lynda Kachurek
Phone: (804) 289-8458
Fax: (804) 287-1840
Start Over Repository University of Richmond Date range 1952
University of Richmond

Carl Van Vechten - Mark Lutz Collection

18 Linear Feet 15 archival boxes, 1 oversized archival box.
This collection contains materials relating to the life and writings of Carl Van Vechten and Gertrude Stein as shared and collected by Mark Lutz. Materials include correspondence and a variety of printed materials including programs, catalogs, reviews, and clippings as well as a substantial number of photographs taken by Van Vechten.
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Articles About Gertrude Stein

Subseries 3.3 contains articles written about Gertrude Stein, including reviews, biographical pieces, and more general informational write-ups.

  1. Gertrude Stein

Carl Van Vechten

Series 1, Carl Van Vechten, contains personal materials in relation to Van Vechten. Beginning with a typescript manuscript of a description of a theater fire in Chicago in 1903, these materials include notices, programs, letters, newspaper clippings, and exhibition catalogs and announcements. Also included are writings by Van Vechten.

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American Association of University Professors at UofR

2.5 Linear Feet
This collection contains various letters, referendums, and paper documents relating to the University of Richmond chapter of the American Association of University Professors dated from 1947 to 2012.
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American Association of University Professors at UofR 2.5 Linear Feet

This collection contains various letters, referendums, and paper documents relating to the University of Richmond chapter of the American Association of University Professors dated from 1947 to 2012.

Virginia Conference AAUP Matters

This series includes various administrative documents from the Virginia Conference of the AAUP. Records include newsletters, conference notes, reports and resolutions, and general correspondence. Materials also relate to AAUP topics of interest including academic freedom, tenure, and constitutional resolutions.

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Perry Northern Jester Collection

7 Linear Feet
This collection contains documents and scrapbooks concerning Perry Northern Jester's time working in the United States Foreign Service between 1928 and 1963.
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Perry Northern Jester Collection 7 Linear Feet

This collection contains documents and scrapbooks concerning Perry Northern Jester's time working in the United States Foreign Service between 1928 and 1963.
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Willis & Eleanor Shell Collection

1.5 Linear Feet
The items within this collection pertain to Willis A. & Eleanor Shell. Both Willis and Eleanor were illustrators, and Willis specialized in designing and printing books and in miniature books.
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Attic Press Box 1, Folder 7

Folder 4 contains items pertaining to the Attic Press. These include items printed by the Attic Press, the certificate registering the Attic Press name, and newspaper clippings about Attic Press. These items also included an illustration from the book that Attic Press created as a gift for Prince Charles and Princess Anne.

  1. Print Matters

Christmas Cards

Series III, Christmas Cards, contain Christmas cards that were sent to Willis and Eleanor Shell from between 1952-1977, including many unique designs from illustrators and printers around the country.

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Gresham Correspondence Collection

.25 Linear Feet
The Gresham Correspondence Collection consists of a variety of correspondence between William Gresham and several poets, authors, and playwrights. The majority of the correspondence is invitations, made by Gresham, to speak and read for the Poetry Society of Virginia. The collection contains two booklets, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and a poem written by Gresham entitled Dewey Beach. The majority of the collection was found within the multitude of books that Gresham owned. Many of these books, including signed and first edition copies, are housed in the Galvin Rare Book Room in Boatwright Memorial Library.
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Gresham Correspondence Collection .25 Linear Feet

Dew Gresham, William, 1925-1986
The Gresham Correspondence Collection consists of a variety of correspondence between William Gresham and several poets, authors, and playwrights. The majority of the correspondence is invitations, made by Gresham, to speak and read for the Poetry Society of Virginia. The collection contains two booklets, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and a poem written by Gresham entitled Dewey Beach. The majority of the collection was found within the multitude of books that Gresham owned. Many of these books, including signed and first edition copies, are housed in the Galvin Rare Book Room in Boatwright Memorial Library.
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Earl and Jewell Ratliff Collection

4.5 Linear Feet
This collection contains ephemera, University of Richmond memorabilia, service awards, photographs, and postcards representing the life of Earl and Jewell Ratliff and their service to the University of Richmond, volunteer organizations, and their love of travel.
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Civil War Collection

1.5 Linear Feet
This collection contains a sampling of Civil War correspondence referencing both Union and Confederate soldiers fighting throughout Virginia at various points during the Civil War. Individually acquired, the collection was created by a private collector, so the items were brought together as a collection by his design.
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Civil War Collection 1.5 Linear Feet

This collection contains a sampling of Civil War correspondence referencing both Union and Confederate soldiers fighting throughout Virginia at various points during the Civil War. Individually acquired, the collection was created by a private collector, so the items were brought together as a collection by his design.
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Fred Morgan III Collection

2.27 Linear Feet

This collection is made up of three boxes, which contain books, scrapbooks, stickers, postcards, business cards, and other miscellaneous documents and correspondence relating to the Morgan Family and their roadtrips.

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Fred Morgan III Collection 2.27 Linear Feet

Morgan family

This collection is made up of three boxes, which contain books, scrapbooks, stickers, postcards, business cards, and other miscellaneous documents and correspondence relating to the Morgan Family and their roadtrips.

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Marguerite Roberts Collection

8.42 Linear Feet Collection is arranged in folders in 18 archival boxes.
Dr. Marguerite Roberts was a University of Richmond faculty member and dean of Westhampton College, and she was also a noted Thomas Hardy scholar. This collection includes years of research on Hardy and his contemporaries as well as his second wife, Florence Dugdale Hardy. Copies of Roberts' manuscripts for her dissertation, Thomas Hardy and the Theater; and her books, Tess and the Theater, Hardy's Poetic Drama and the Theater, and Florence Hardy and the Max Gate Circle, are included. The collection also contains Dr. Roberts' correspondence with publishers and her requests for permission to publish. She carried on a long correspondence with Mrs. Florence Hardy, Lady Tweedsmuir, and other Hardy scholars, in addition to letters from actors and producers.
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Photojournalism Collection

? Linear Feet 5 boxes.
The collection documents various photographs from World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Civil Rights Era. Although there are many photographers involved in this collection, most notable are Paul Almasy, Leonard Freed, Dmitri Baltermants, and Horst Tappe. The focus of this collection is on what life looked like around the world during this period and the various hardships that were endured during wartime.
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