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Papers, chiefly 1847-1887, of James Barron Hope. Correspondence includes letters to his mother Jane A. Barron Hope while on a naval cruise to the Caribbean and letters to his wife, Annie Beverley Whiting Hope written during the Civil War. There are letters between Jane A. Barron Hope and her friend, Caroline Matilda Campbell. Prominent correspondents in the collection include Jubal A. Early, Benjamin S. Ewell, Hugh Blair Grigsby, Fitzhugh Lee, W. H. F. Lee, Thomas Nelson Page, John Tyler and Robert Charles Winthrop. The collection also includes editorials, atories, a play, manuscript poems of Hope including his address at the Yorktown Centennial, as well as articles and letters concerning his death and his involvement in dueling.

This collection consists of the official records of the Charlottesville School Board from 1869 to 2006, including information about events that occurred during the desegregation of the schools in Charlottesville, Virginia from 1954 to 1964. There is extensive correspondence, as well as legal documents, petitions from Oliver W. Hill to end segregation, an order from the Governor of Virginia to close the schools (1958 September), a report by Booker T. Reaves on the attitudes regarding desegregation, and transcripts of the major desegregation cases in Charlottesville: Doris Marie Allen et al., v. Fendall R. Ellis and the City of Charlottesville School Board, (1956 July 12), Caroline M. Dodson v. Fendall R. Ellis and the City of Charlottesville School Board, (1961 April 14), and Doris Dillard v. Fendall R. Ellis and the City of Charlottesville School Board, (1962 September 17).

The Louis Arthur Johnson Papers, ca. 1930-1964, consist of ca. 56 linear feet of correspondence, memoranda, appointment schedules, speeches, press releases, photographs, phonograph records, films, scrapbboks, and printed material, resulting from Johnson's career as Assistant Secretary of War, 1937 to 1940, as President Roosevelt's personal representative to India, 1942, and as Secretary of Defense, 1949 to 1950. His lifelong interest in the American Legion is also represented in the correspondence. Only a small amount of material from th eyears preceding his tenure in the War Department, from the years following his resignation as Assistant Secretary of War, and from the years following his term as Secretary of Defense is contained in this collection.

This collection contains the correspondence of Leven Powell, James Madison, Charles Leven Powell, Charles Leven Powell, Jr., Selina Powell Hepburn, and others. Recipients include Burr Powell, Cuthbert Powell, Sewell Stavely Hepbron [Hepburn] and others. First 30 years of correspondence is mainly written by or addressed to Leven Powell, detailing his involvement in the Revolutionary War, the Virginia House of Delegates, and the United State Congress, including letters about the Election of 1800. After 1810, letters are primarily correspondence between various members of the Powell family, including some letters about the Civil War. Includes family tree of the Hepburn Family.

Papers, 1923-1962, of E. Griffith Dodson, including correspondence, as well as files relating to his work on several books on Virginia history. The CORRESPONDENCE FILES contain incoming and copies of outgoing correspondence. Correspondents include Arthur Bevan, R. E. Burson, Harry F. Byrd, A. C. Carson, William E. Carson, Colgate W. Darden, Hamilton J. Eckenrode, Elmer O. Fippin, Junius Fishburn, Richard A. Gilliam, Chapin Jones, Lee Long, Thomas W. Ozlin, George C. Peery, John Garland Pollard, Rufus G. Roberts, and Coleman Wortham. There is a substantial amount of correspondence between Dodson and Harry F. Byrd. When Byrd ran for Governor of Virginia in 1925 against G. Walter Mapp of Accomack County, Dodson served as his campaign director in Norfolk. The correspondence in this portion of the collection documents Byrd's stance on campaign issues such as liquor law enforcement, voter registration procedures, revisions of the fee system, tax equalization, road building and the gas tax, and Byrd's votes on the 1916 Vice Bill and Bible Bill while serving in the Virginia General Assembly, as well as machine politics, and economy, efficiency, and simplicity in state government. The correspondence between Byrd and Dodson continued while Byrd was Governor, and later United States Senator. Most of the correspondence from this time period focuses on state and national issues, and political appointments.

The Governor Timothy M. Kaine, Executive Office-Chief of Staff, Records are housed in 13 boxes. The collection is arranged into two (2) series. Series have been designated for: I. General Files of the Chief of Staff and Deputy Chief of Staff and; II. Cabinet Meeting Journal. These records include agreements, reports, correspondence, memorandums, budget documents, agendas, handouts, and invitations. This collection documents the actions of Governor Kaine's Chief of Staffs: William Leighty (2006-2007), Wayne Turnage (2007-2010) and Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Harmes (2007-2010).

The Edward E. Younger papers consist of ca. 38,500 items (77 Hollinger boxes, 32 shelf feet) covering the years 1937-1979. The collection is divided into the following nine series: 1) Younger manuscripts and related material, 2) personal papers, 3) general correspondence, 4) history department papers, 5) papers relating to the University of Virginia, 6) student academic papers, 7) photographs, 8) student subject files, and 9) tape recordings. There is also a folder of oversize material. The first two series reflect Younger's personal research, his memberships in professional organizations, and his work in India and at the Naval War College. The remaining series deal chiefly with his roles as professor of history, chairman of the history department, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and member of various committees at the University of Virginia. Information on Younger's career can be found in the folder of "Biographical and Professional Information" in box 17.

A collection of personal, official, legal and business papers of the Perkins family of Cumberland, Buckingham and Powhatan counties, and later of Richmond and Charlottesville, all in Virginia. The relatively small amount of personal correspondence consists of letters of the 18th century to William Perkins of Buckingham county, a few of the early 19th century to George Perkins (d. 1834), and to Mrs. Eliza Perkins, widow of George Perkins. A considerable part of the collection consists of George Perkins' records as deputy sheriff; execution books, tax books, tax registers, lists of fees and fines, various ledgers, and numerous receipts to Perkins and copies of orders to him from various county courts all of the period 1800-1820. A number of account books and letter books, 1816-1825, were kept by a merchant George Perkins of Richmond, perhaps the aforementioned sheriff. Smaller groups of items include accounts, correspondence and financial documents of Dr. Robert Henderson, father-in-law to one of the Perkins men, ca. 1810-1860, and correspondence and papers of William A. Perkins, notably advertisements of sales of property to be held in Cumberland County, suggesting that he was at the time, 1860-1872, a sheriff or deputy sheriff. The Perkins papers also include notebooks of George Perkins (1846-1918) and William Merry Perkins (b. 1844) kept at the University of Virginia from 1865-1869, and large group of letter books of George Perkins; personal correspondence 1883-1918; legal correspondence as attorney for the City of Charlottesville, 1869-1914; legal correspondence representing his law practice as a member of the firm of Perkins and Perkins, 1903-1915. Additional items include account books of John T. Seabrook and Co. of Smithville in Powhatan County, 1842-1874, as well as the accounts of a blacksmith, 1849-1866, and a number of unidentified account books for the period 1835-1891. Other papers concern the Guthery, Henderson, Saunders, and Smith families.

The Libertarian Party Papers consist of ca. 3500 items (11 boxes, 3.5 linear shelf feet), 1973-1980, correspondence, party papers, printed material, and memorabilia of the Libertarian Party at state and national levels. The collection is comprised primarily of material relating to the 1976 Presidential campaign of Roger Lea MacBride; papers of the Wisconsin Libertarian Party from Alyn Hess, president of the Wisconsin Gay Peoples Union; printed material of Ed Clark's 1980 presidential campaign as the Libertarian Party candidate; and state and national newsletters, as well as circular letters of the Libertarian Party.