MSS15986Photographs Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Monticello, and the University of VirginiaPhotographs Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Monticello, and the University of Virginia MSS 15986Ellen WelchAlbert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library

2025-06-30

Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110University of VirginiaCharlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110URL:

MSS 16015 and MSS 16054 were merged into this collection since they came from the same individual who sold them to Vesta Gordon in lots over the course of a year or so.

This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-03-05 17:46:49 +0000.Description is written in: English, Latin script. Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Photographs Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Monticello, and the University of Virginia MSS 15986 Archival Resource Key /repositories/3/resources/1793 1.5 Cubic Feet 3 legal size document boxes, 1 half-size legal document box 1918-1962 English 1 2 3 4 Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a purchase from The Book Broker to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia Library in 2015.

 General

Conservation review: E. Gilligan approved foldering and housing in stacks. 2/21/2017.

 Preferred Citation

MSS 15986, Photographs Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Monticello, and the University of Virginia, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia Library.

 Scope and Contents

Box 1: Photographs: President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at Monticello; wreath laying at Lafayette's Tomb and Thomas Jefferson grave; Monticello renovations (Milton Grigg); historical pageant on the Lawn at the University of Virginia 1918; an unidentified group including University of Virginia President Edwin A. Alderman and Virginia Senator, Harry F. Byrd, Sr. in the Rotunda library, before 1938; the University of Virginia Grounds in snow, 1948 February; football at Scott Stadium, 1948? and a portrait of Edwin A. Alderman, undated.

Box 2-3 contains photographs from the Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce, The Dogwood Festival, and local estates including Keswick Hunt Club, Ashlawn, Morven, Monticello, Michie Tavern, Tallwood, scenic properties, statues, and local businesses. There are also photographs of Armistice Day in New York and American legion drills. Photographers include: Del Ankers Photographers, Washington, D.C.; Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce; Holsinger's Studio; Parker Studio, Roanoke, Va.; Rip Payne; Ed Roseberry; Ralph Thompson; University of Virginia Information Service; and, Virginia State Chamber of Commerce.

Box 4: contains approx. 50 black and white photos of local historic sites such as Montpelier, Moore's Creek Bridge, Castle Hill, Morven, City Hall, Skyline Drive, and the United States Rubber Company. The photographs also include many local people, local school bands, and Lion's Club members.

 University of Virginia Rotunda (Charlottesville, Va.) -- photographs Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931 Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966 Grigg, Milton L. (Milton LaTour), 1905-1982 Jefferson, Thomas Charlottesville (Va.) Albemarle County (Va.) -- Photographs. Monticello (Va.) -- photographs