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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. Names Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow Level Item

Paul Hamilton Hayne, Copse Hill, Georgia, to [ Erastus Brainerd], [ London], 1878 3 p.

[Includes penciled note "To Brainerd, 1878"; thanks him for acquainting him with the workings of the English magazine system; asks if [Theodore Dunton] Wattswould refuse his " Sonnet" if he sent it to the editors of The Examineror The Athenaeum; says he is astonished that [Brainerd] is not English but a fellow country man; says he would like to send him a poem, dedicated to Oliver Wendell Holmesfor his aid during the yellow fever pestilence, but has no copy; sends instead, [" Hiram Benner"], a poem by [ Henry Wadsworth] Longfellow; describes the condition the country is in, the restlessness of the people, his own hopelessness in regard to the government, the country's desire to obtain recognition in Great Britain; says he has given up the dream of ever visiting England; asks if [Brainerd] is a permanent resident of London; asks if he know Captain Randolph Hamilton; expresses pleasure at [Brainerd's] kind words regarding " Muscadines. "]

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