Collections

The Unite the Right rally was a white supremacist rally that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, from August 11 to 12, 2017. Some groups chanted racist and antisemitic slogans and carried weapons. The organizers' stated goals included the unification of the American white nationalist movement and opposing the proposed removal of the statue of General Robert E. Lee from Charlottesville's former Lee Park. The rally sparked a national debate over Confederate iconography, racial violence, and white supremacy. The event had hundreds of participants.

The records of the Mason School of Business at the College of William and Mary include correspondence, reports, publications, photographs, and other material. These records originated in the Office of the Dean as well as other units of the school.

The collection consists of organizational files, which includes agendas, minutes, reports, training materials, policy manuals, financial records, and correspondence; outreach and education materials, which includes newsletters, info sheets, event ephemera, and Rainbow Minute broadcast transcripts and index; photos from events; and news clippings about Side by Side activities and some coverage of LGBTQ+ issues in local and national papers.

Records of the West Virginia Chapter of the Sierra Club, an American environmental preservation organization. Records include minutes, reports, ephemera, newsletters, correspondence, and other material regarding particular areas of interest (specifically the Monongahela National Forest), the formation of the West Virginia Chapter, and other topics. Also includes minutes and correspondence of the Potomac Chapter.

Sold Property Files, 1912-1921, consist of documentation on state owned properties that were sold between 1947 and 2001. This series may include correspondence, deeds, environmental assessments, appraisal reports, leases, clippings and various other reports and related materials. Includes properties owned by the Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC), Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), Dept. of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS), Dept. of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), Dept. of Corrections (DOC), Dept. of Forestry (DOF), Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF), Dept. of General Services (DGS), Dept of Health (VDH), Dept. of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), Marine Resources Commission (MRC), Mary Washington College (MWC), Dept. of Military Affairs (DMA), Dept. of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME), Old Dominion University (ODU), Dept. of Transportation (VDOT), Radford College, University of Mary Washington (UMW), University of Virginia (UVA), Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Virginia Employment Commission (VEC), Virginia Museum of Fine Art (VMFA), Virginia Port Authority (VPA), Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind (VSDB), Virginia State Police (VSP), Virginia Tech, Visually Handicapped Commission (VHC) and the College of William and Mary, among others.

Collection includes minutes, yearbooks, photographs, printed matter and organizational files of the Williamsburg Chapter of the Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. The collection also includes 5 CDs of digital files.

This collection consists of materials that document the work of the State and Local Government Policy Clinic at the University of Virginia School of Law. These materials include websites and publications. The collection also contains items documenting the clinic's participation in major projects including the Commission to Examine Racial and Economic Inequality in Virginia Law (2019-2022).

Photographs, ephemera, and other material from the early twentieth century, including two postcards albums, black and white photographs, a concert program, greeting cards, postcards, calling cards, recipe pamphlets, and a calendar. This collection also includes publications of the Hill and Dale Private Press and Type Foundry of Terra Alta, West Virginia (1975-1994); the first published catalog of West Virginia books (1963); seed and plant catalogs (1934-1948); two Victorian scrapbooks (ca. 1885-1900); as well as various books, publications, and ephemera. This material was acquired in the Morgantown, West Virginia area.