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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 1994
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Rural Research Centers Papers, 1992/2010

2.5 Linear Feet Five standard manuscript boxes.

The Rural Research Centers Papers comprise materials from two different but related academic-public initiatives: the Southeastern Rural Mental Health Research Center (SRMHRC) and its successor, the Rural Health Care Research Center (RHCRC). The Centers coordinated interdisciplinary academic research projects from 1992 to 2000 (SRMHRC) and from 2004 to 2010 (RHCRC). Global research objectives for the SRMHRC centered on examinations of how rural poor, minority, and elderly patient groups living in the southeastern region of the United States accessed mental health care, specifically through formal and informal mental health care networks in addition to the primary mental health care system. Projects assessed use and success rates of various treatment modalities and services, both professional and non-professional. The RHCRC expanded the research mission to include rural populations nationwide, along with investigations of technological innovations that could increase access to care, and the study and development of new training methods for professionals, all housed in a dedicated facility in the University of Virginia School of Nursing. The Centers ultimately aimed to improve public policy, health care delivery, and treatment outcomes for rural populations who typically experience greater isolation from facilities and practitioners than do residents of urban areas, in aggregate, not only on account of geographic position but also as a result of the intersection of such additional factors as income, education, and race with the cultural conditions unique to rural areas.

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Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing Records (ASTDN), 1976/2014

3.0 Linear Feet 6 document boxes
Administrative documents of this independent organization of public health nursing directors in the states, territories, and Washington DC. Items include correspondence, reports, minutes, and newsletters, dating in general from 1975 to the formation of a new organization in 2012, the Association of Public Health Nurses. The organization shapes the roles and status of public health nurses.
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Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing Records (ASTDN), 1976/2014 3.0 Linear Feet 6 document boxes

Administrative documents of this independent organization of public health nursing directors in the states, territories, and Washington DC. Items include correspondence, reports, minutes, and newsletters, dating in general from 1975 to the formation of a new organization in 2012, the Association of Public Health Nurses. The organization shapes the roles and status of public health nurses.
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Loren Roth papers, 1950/2022, bulk 1974/2022

12.75 Cubic Feet 25 boxes 138.5775 Gigabytes

This collection is divided into two series. The first series, "abuse of psychiatry and psychiatrists", consists of subject files compiled by Dr. Loren Roth, Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh. They are evidence of Dr. Roth's efforts to stop the abuse of psychiatry and psychiatrists for political reasons, with an emphasis on the former Soviet Union. The subject files contain correspondence, articles, reports, evaluations, meeting minutes, agendas, planning materials, diaries, photographs, memoranda, handwritten notes, programs, books, videotapes, ephemera, and other items. Together, these materials date from around 1950 to 2008. However the bulk of them date from the 1970s to the 1990s, when Dr. Roth participated in U.S. delegations to the former Soviet Union and was part of the American Psychological Association's (APA) Committees on Human Rights and International Abuse of Psychiatry and Psychiatrists.

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Monroe Leigh papers, 1941/2001

22.4 Linear Feet 56 archival boxes
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11.0 Law Review Articles, 1988/1996 MSS 04-2, Box 21, Folder 3

Contains highlights, markings, correspondence, handwritten notes, 1. Bulletin of Human Rights, Special Issue: Fortieth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Centre for Human Rights, United Nations, 1988, 2. "Hearsay and the European Court of Human Rights, by Craig Osborne, The Criminal Law Review, 1993, 3. "Constitutional Cooperation" by Henry J. Reske, ABA Journal, October 1996, 4. "Victims and Voyeurs at the Criminal Trial" by Paul Gerwitz, Northwestern Univeristy Law Review, Spring 1996, 5. "Emphasizing Victims' Rights at the Sentencing Phase of Criminal Proceedings" by Ilana Subar, Maryland Law Review, 1996, 6. "Constitutional Amendment for Crime Victims Urged", The Wall Street Journal, June 26, 1996, 7. "Rule of Law: A Bill of Rights for Crime Victims" by Paul G. Cassell and Steven J. Twist, The Wall Street Journal, April 24, 1996, 8. "Making Amends" Transcript, Online News Hour, PBS, June 25, 1996, 9. "After White v. Illinois: Fundamental Guarantees to a Hollow Right to Confont Witnesses" by Patricia Bennett, Wayne Law Review, 1993

  1. International Criminal Court (ICC)
  2. ABA War Crimes Task Force - Yugoslavia
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Patrick Oliphant artwork and papers, 1947/2016

80 Cubic Feet

Drawings of varying size, political cartoons, sculpture, books, framed items, scrapbooks, sketchbooks, slides, video tapes, and news clippings.

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William Faulkner Collection, 1824/2006

150 Cubic Feet
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A. E. Dick Howard papers, 1928/2017

34.5 Cubic Feet 82 archival boxes

The papers of A. E. Dick Howard reflect his academic and professional endeavors. The archives have received five installments of papers from Professor Howard, plus an entire collection: The Papers of A. E. Dick Howard for the Virginia Commission for Constitutional Revision, received in 1981, MSS 81-4. Papers related to the nomination of Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court: these files consist of some reports and statements in relation to the nomination of Judge Robert H. Bork to the Supreme Court. Professor Howard was a commentator on the McNeil/Lehrer NewsHour during the confirmation hearings. Bill O'Brien, a student assistant, helped him to collect all of the information. Addendum [a]: Central and Eastern European New Constitutions: these files relate to Howard's involvement on the writing of new constitutions in Central and Eastern Europe at the collapse of the Soviet Union. The files were processed trying to convey their original organization and consist of correspondence, memoranda, working papers and numerous printed materials.

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15th Tanner Lecture on Human Values, University of Utah (Salt Lake City, Utah) – correspondence and papers. Includes Howard's lecture "Toward the Open Society in Central and Eastern Europe, " (1994); draft of Prof. Howard's paper; Webster, David: "Building Free and Independent Media, " Freedom Papers (August 1992); Koven, Ronald: "Media Laws in Eastern Europe: The Meddler's Itch", Uncaptive Minds 6, no. 2 (Summer 1993); Schauer, Frederick and Virginia J. Wise: "Press, Press Law, and Press Freedom in Estonia" (undated); "A Report on Freedom of the Media in Eastern Europe & in the Countries of the Former Soviet Union: A Work in Progress", The Transatlantic Dialogue on European Broadcasting (November 1993); schedule, handwritten notes, 1994 Box MSS 2013-1a, Box 3

(2 folders)

  1. Addendum to The Papers of A. E. Dick Howard [a] - re Central and Eastern European new constitutions, 1986/1999
  2. Central and Eastern Europe

ACLS [American Council of Learned Societies] Working Papers: "Latin American Regional Institute on Comparative Constitutionalism, " working papers prepared for the Latin American Regional Institute of the American Council of Learned Societies Comparative Constitutionalism Project, held in collaboration with the Centro de Informaciones y Estudios del Uruguay, Punta del Este, Uruguay (Oct. 31 –Nov. 4, 1998), 1988/1998 Box MSS 2013-1a, Box 26

  1. Addendum to The Papers of A. E. Dick Howard [a] - re Central and Eastern European new constitutions, 1986/1999
  2. Central and Eastern Europe
  3. Miscellaneous Documents
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Sheeran Architects records, 1980/2010

9.4 Cubic Feet 9 cubic foot boxes, 1 document box 250 Gigabytes

The Sheeran Architects records (1980-2008; 9.4 cubic feet plus 250 gigabytes) include drawings and office files relating to projects by Peter L. Sheeran and members of his firm, financial records, correspondence, notes and sketches. Materials are organized by project name, and then by date. Other records included are projects dating from Sheeran's time as principal of Cleveland Sheeran Architects, AIA (1980-1989) and as project architect for Jack L. Rinehart Architect (1977-1980).

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Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport Projects, 1990/2007 Box 8, Folder 21-41, Box 9, Folder 1-17, Oversize_Flat_File_folder 1, Oversize_Flat_File_folder 2, Oversize_Flat_File_folder 3, Oversize_Flat_File_folder 4, Oversize_Flat_File_folder 5, Oversize_Flat_File_folder 6, Oversize_Flat_File_folder 7, Oversize_Flat_File_folder 8, Oversize_Flat_File_folder 9, Oversize_Flat_File_folder 10, Oversize_Flat_File_folder 11, Oversize_Flat_File_folder 12, Oversize_Flat_File_folder 13, Oversize_Flat_File_folder 14

  1. Public projects
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Maurice Lévy papers, 1952/2012

3.25 Cubic Feet 6 legal document boxes, 1 legal half-width document box

The Maurice Lévy papers (1952-2012; 3.25 cubic feet) document the research, professional career, and personal life of Maurice Lévy. The bulk of the collection consists of research papers and publications, with subjects ranging from gothic literature to William Faulkner to H.P. Lovecraft. The collection also contains conference talks given by Lévy, correspondence with universities and grant agencies, publications from Lévy's organization CERLI (Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur les Littératures de l'Imaginaire), and a few photographs of Lévy with family members.

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University of Virginia School of Nursing Alumni Association Collection, 1916/2007

7.4 Linear Feet

This collection consists of 17 boxes. The main characteristics of this collection are extensive correspondence, organizational papers including Board of Directors and various committee minutes and financial reports. Another strong characteristic of this collection are papers and photographs representing the social events within the Alumni Association and those sponsored by the Alumni Association involving the School of Nursing. Awards and Scholarships sponsored and presented by the Alumni Association are also represented in this collection.

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