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Harrison, Gessner, 1807-1862. Papers of Gessner Harrison [manuscript], 1827-1862.

Title: Papers of Gessner Harrison [manuscript], 1827-1862.

The collection consists chiefly of letters, 1827-1838, from his father Peachy Harrison, discussing family and friends, U.S. and Virginia politics particularly the constitutional convention of 1829. People specifically mentioned include Briscoe G. Giles, William F. Gordon, Chapman Johnson, Benjamin Watkins Leigh, Charles Fenton Mercer, John Randolph, robert Stanard and Littleton Waller Tazewell. Letters, 1833-1838, from Henry Tutwiler discuss his professorship at the University of Alabama, riots there in 1837, and his position at the South Alabama Institute. The collection also contains Harrison's letters to professor Tutwiler at the University of Alabama on family affairs and matters relating to the University of Virginia. The collection also contains a letter from Mary Stuart Harrison Smith to Tutwiler, 1862 April 8, announcing the death of her father. The collection also contains a letter to his mother, 1853 September 6, describing his repugnance for the office of Chairman of the Faculty together with a typed copy of an obituary of Peachy Harrison. Additional correspondents include Harrison's wife Eliza Lewis Carter Tucker Harrison, his sister mary Jane harrison, George H. Gilmer, Robert M. T. Hunter, W. H. Hammet, Edward S. Joynes (who discusses studies at the University of Berlin), william Cabell Rives and Henry Tucker. With the collection are a pitcher, two goblets and a tray "Presented to Dr. Gessner Harrison by the students of the University of Virginia session 1858 & 9 as a memorial of their high regard and esteem." The collection also includes a framed portrait of Harrison by Lelia Smith Cocke after the original by L.M.D. Guillaume. The collection also contains Greek, Latin, and chemistry notebooks.

ArchivalResource: 218 items.

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University of Virginia. Chairman of the Faculty. Letterbooks of the official correspondence of the University of Virginia Faculty Chairman [manuscript] 1889-1903.

Title: Letterbooks of the official correspondence of the University of Virginia Faculty Chairman [manuscript] 1889-1903.

The volume contains letterpress copies of outgoing letters, 1889-95, 1896-97, 1899-1903, of the University of Virginia academic and administrative officer. Frequent topics include students' academic progress, publishing of annual catalogs, newspaper advertisements, recruitment of students, and withdrawal of students for academic or disciplinary reasons. Of interest are letters on the playing of non-student athletes (1895 November, 1896 August), off-grounds drinking (1899), typhoid fever caused by contaminated milk (1900), the decontamination of a janitor exposed to smallpox (1901), training of "colored" nurses (1901), Booker T. Washington (1901), libellous remarks by students of Gaulladet after a football game (1902), a visit by Theodore Roosevelt (1902-1903), a misunderstanding with Washington and Lee (1902), an account of city patients, chiefly African American, in the hospital (1902), football reporting in College topics (1902), publication of the Library's Lee Family letters (1903), and a football scholarship (1903). The last chairman of the faculty, Paul B. Barringer, also served as chairman of the [hospital] building committee and there are frequent references to the building including fund-raising by William M. Thornton, and payments to the architect Paul J. Pelz. Of interest is a copy of a 1903 promissory note bearing the embossed seal of the University and written on official stationery with a blue and orange logo conntaining a golden eagle or phoenix.

ArchivalResource: 3 volumes.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647930509 View

University of Virginia. Chairman of the Faculty. University of Virginia annual rolls of eighth session, 1831-1832 [manuscript], 1832, July 11.

Title: University of Virginia annual rolls of eighth session, 1831-1832 [manuscript], 1832, July 11.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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University of Virginia. Chairman of the Faculty. Statistics [manuscript], 1911.

Title: Statistics [manuscript], 1911.

Records on enrollment, attendance, tuition, home state, and religion of University of Virginia students from 1825-1906.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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University of Virginia. Board of Visitors. Resolutions for the attention of the Chairman of the faculty [manuscript] 1846-1872.

Title: Resolutions for the attention of the Chairman of the faculty [manuscript] 1846-1872.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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University of Virginia. Chairman of the Faculty. Report to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia by the Chairman of the Faculty, [manuscript], 1829 July 10.

Title: Report to the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia by the Chairman of the Faculty, [manuscript], 1829 July 10.

The report by Chairman Robley Dunglison compliments the improvement in behavior by the students, noting that only two serious punishments were inflicted by the Faculty: a parent was asked to withdraw her son "in consequence of improper conduct towards one of the hotelkeepers," and another student was dismissed for "drunken, disorderly and indecent conduct." Dunglison suggests that if the "uniform law" is strictly enforced, it will reduce the expenses of the students; however, he does not believe it will be possible to enforce the dress code "unless it be required that no other clothing be worn outside the dormitory." Dunglison comments on the typhoid epidemic that has plagued the University and suggests that the Board convert one of the hotels into an infirmary.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Thornton, William M. (William Mynn), 1851-1935. William Mynn Thornton papers [manuscript], 1868-1933.

Title: William Mynn Thornton papers [manuscript], 1868-1933.

The papers pertain to thornton's career as a University of Virginia professor of applied mathematics and engineering and as chairman of the faculty. Correspondence and reports cover administrative matters of the University and the School of Engineering including a University needs assessment, the proposed women's coordinate college, President E. A. Alderman's plans for the University, the establishment of a separate Department of Engineering, a history of botanical plantings on the grounds, curriculum reform, increasing enrollment, scholarships, and engineering courses. There is also a manuscript of a textbook on "High School Algebra" together with a 17-page typescript of the first portion; a manuscript entitled "Generalized Arithmatic," possibly an earlier version of the high school algebra book; and a manuscript in a casebound notebook entitled "Elementary Lessons in the Infintesimal Calculus, for Students of Engineering." Other academic material includes exams, notebooks, and loose notes covering math and engineering courses. In addition there are addresses and essays on a variety of subjects, generally related to education, and a personal account book of household expenses, 1896-1897. An account book contains a diagram and figuraes for an unidentified bridge, and a dial slide rule calculator. Four typescript lecture notebooks including on on "Railroad curves and earthwork" were believed to have been prepared by Thornton and subsequently used by John L. Newcomb and Edward Watts Saunders, Jr.

ArchivalResource: 150 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647915030 View

Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882. William B. Rogers letter to Mrs. P. C. Shields [manuscript], 1844 Nov 1.

Title: William B. Rogers letter to Mrs. P. C. Shields [manuscript], 1844 Nov 1.

Rogers, Chairman of the Faculty, sends the monthly report on attendance, absences and performance for student Thomas P. Shields.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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University of Virginia. Chairman of the Faculty. Letter to V. H. Gardner [manuscript] 1856 Jan. 1.

Title: Letter to V. H. Gardner [manuscript] 1856 Jan. 1.

Form letter listing class absences of student Alfred Virgil Gardner, with the printed signature of Socrates Maupin, Chairman of the Faculty, sent to Gardner's father in Selma, Alabama.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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University of Virginia. Chairman of the Faculty. Letter and reports received by Paul B. Barringer and John W. Mallet [manuscript], 1897-1906.

Title: Letter and reports received by Paul B. Barringer and John W. Mallet [manuscript], 1897-1906.

Correspondence consists chiefly of routine letters of inquiry about the University, requests for catalogs, recommendations of prospective students, advertisements for the University in publications, and the Alumni Bulletin. Topics of interest include an outbreak of typhoid fever and Virginia Military Institute; an incorrect smallpox diagnosis of a Charlottesville resident; proposals by photographers Rhodes & Carter, R. W. Holsinger, and J. F. Wampler to provide photographs of the University; and a resolution in honor of Walter Reed. There are also rough drafts of statistics, possibly used for the compilation of the annual report to the state; advertising contracts; draft of a faculty resolution; the Law School report for Sept./ Oct., 1902; and a draft of a faculty address on the use of space in the new buildings: "no amount of architectural beauty will atone for lack of adaptation to the purposes for which these buildings are erected." Correspondents include H. C. Marchant, John S. Patton, Paul J. Pelz, John J. Moran, James M. Page, Harrison Randolph, and Edward L. Stone.

ArchivalResource: 108 items.

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University of Virginia. Chairman of the Faculty. Student roster [manuscript] 1895-1898.

Title: Student roster [manuscript] 1895-1898.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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University of Virginia. Dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Papers of William Mynn Thornton, Chairman of the Faculty, 1887-95, and Dean of the Engineering School, 1903-25 [manuscript] 1880-1930.

Title: Papers of William Mynn Thornton, Chairman of the Faculty, 1887-95, and Dean of the Engineering School, 1903-25 [manuscript] 1880-1930.

ArchivalResource: 16 boxes.

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University of Virginia. Office of the President. Special Record Files of Paul B. Barringer as Chairman of the Faculty, University of Virginia [manuscript], 1887-1903.

Title: Special Record Files of Paul B. Barringer as Chairman of the Faculty, University of Virginia [manuscript], 1887-1903.

Special record files of Paul B. Barringer concerning actions of the Board of Visitors together with some confidential correspondence concerning the School of Medicine.

ArchivalResource: 1 box.

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University of Virginia. Chairman of the Faculty. University of Virginia correspondence [manuscript] 1897-1925.

Title: University of Virginia correspondence [manuscript] 1897-1925.

Chiefly correspondence concerning the chairman, but addressed to various members of the faculty, incl. many requests for catalogs, and some general correspondence of William Minor Lile, James Morris Page, John Shelton Patton, and Paul Brandon Barringer ca. 300 items. Letter, 1903 June 6, Woodrow Wilson, Princeton to Patton, Ch'ville declining an invitation [1 l. 27 cm. typescript signed] -- Student examination papers, 1904 Nov. 19, on real property [7 items] -- List, 1925 compiled by Adam George Albert Balz of books on philosophy in U. Va. Library [ca. 50 p. typescript] -- Minutes, 1890-99, of the U. Va. Board of Visitors, and its executive committee [ca. 15 items].

ArchivalResource: 400 items.

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University of Virginia. Board of Visitors. Resolutions passed by the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia [manuscript], [1829 July?].

Title: Resolutions passed by the Board of Visitors of the University of Virginia [manuscript], [1829 July?].

Resolutions passed by the Board include: the appointment of Thomas Jefferson Randolph to the Executive Committee; the appointment of Gessner Harrison as Professor of Antient [sic] Languages; installation of iron railings over the gymnasia; the appointment of a committee to study the School of Modern Languages; directing additions to Professor Tucker's Pavilion; authorizing payment of James Oldham's bills; repealing a section of the code on student uniforms; creating the office of Assistant Proctor and reducing the salary of the Proctor; commending the Chairman and Faculty for their handling of the epidemic; remitting three months rent to the hotelkeepers.

ArchivalResource: 24 items.

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University of Virginia. Chairman of the Faculty. Student records of the University of Virginia Faculty Chairman [manuscript] 1881-1904.

Title: Student records of the University of Virginia Faculty Chairman [manuscript] 1881-1904.

Records of student class absences, 1881-1903 [2 v.]--Class book, 1903-04, listing students enrolled in each class [1 v.].

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

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University of Virginia. Chairman of the Faculty. Lists of students attending the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1874-1884, 1884-1894, 1894-1904.

Title: Lists of students attending the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1874-1884, 1884-1894, 1894-1904.

The lists give the student's home town, periods of attendance, etc., with occasional notes about his career after leaving the University.

ArchivalResource: 3 v.

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University of Virginia. Chairman of the Faculty. Letter and reports received by Paul B. Barringer and John W. Mallet, 1899-1904.

Title: Letter and reports received by Paul B. Barringer and John W. Mallet, 1899-1904.

Correspondence consists chiefly of routine letters of inquiry about the University, requests for catalogs, recommendations of prospective students, advertisements for the University in publications, and the Alumni Bulletin. Topics of interest include an outbreak of typhoid fever and Virginia Military Institute; an incorrect smallpox diagnosis of a Charlottesville resident; proposals by photographers Rhodes & Carter, R.W. Holsinger, and J.F. Wampler to provide photographs of the University; and a resolution in honor of Walter Reed. There are also rough drafts of statistics, possibly used for the compilation of the annual report to the state; advertising contracts; draft of a faculty resolution; the Law School report for Sept./ Oct., 1902; and a draft of a faculty address on the use of space in the new buildings: "no amount of architectural beauty will atone for lack of adaptation to the purposes for which these buildings are erected." Correspondents include H.C. Marchant, John S. Patton, Paul J. Pelz, John J. Moran, James M. Page, Harrison Randolph, and Edward L. Stone.

ArchivalResource: ca. 75 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59227454 View

University of Virginia. Chairman of the Faculty. Manuscript notes of Dr. Socrates Maupin, Chairman of the Faculty of the University of Virginia [manuscript] 1861-1864.

Title: Manuscript notes of Dr. Socrates Maupin, Chairman of the Faculty of the University of Virginia [manuscript] 1861-1864.

Given in his memory by the Baltimore chapter No. 8, United Daughters of the Confederacy.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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University of Virginia. Chairman of the Faculty. Journals of the Chairman of the Faculty [manuscript], 1827-1864.

Title: Journals of the Chairman of the Faculty [manuscript], 1827-1864.

Earlier volumes discuss a variety of University business involving the Board of Visitors, proctors, janitors, patrons, and hotel keepers. The earliest contain verbatim transcripts of the chairman's correspondence, student petitions, etc. Later volumes focus on student affairs. The chairman recorded faculty resolutions, withdrawals, dismissals and leaves of absence for students; refunding of fees; dispersal of monies for student purchases; admonishments to individual students for poor academic work and improper behavior (drinking, gambling, swearing, chewing, flute and horn playing, lighting fire crackers, food throwing, brandishing pistols and knives, cock fighting, appearing out of uniform, keeping dogs, playing ball on the Sabbath, firing tar barrels on the Lawn, failing to rise early, etc); student disturbances and disciplinary measures; course changes; student complaints, chiefly concerning food and lodging; names of ministers invited to preach; disrepair of facilities; a bequest of books by Christian Bohn, 1838; and Jefferson birthday and 4th of July celebrations. Specific incidents of student disturbances include: shooting dogs, 1831; the stealing of horses from worshippers at the Baptist Church for a race; attacking a local bookseller, 1831; hazing of new matriculates and exploding gunpowder at a professors' window 1833; visiting a house of prostitution, 1833; an altercation involving future Congressman A. H. Buckner, 1833; averting a duel involving future C.S.A. general Louis Wigfall, 1835; the non-fatal shooting of a student following a drunken party, 1837; the horsewhipping of Gessner Harrison by two former students, 1839 and the subsequent shooting of one of the two by a constable; and the setting of a fire by an insane student, 1863. There are frequent mentions of students' and professors' "servants" [i.e. slaves] in the earlier volumes and occasional mention of "University hands" in the later ones. Some of the incidents recorded include the flogging of "Thornton" for stealing, 1829; an assault on a female slave of Professor Patterson's, 1830; a free black washerwoman of bad character, 1830; "Thornton" and "Albert" gambling, 1831; Lewis Commodore, the bell ringer, "having proved a most valuable servant " was purchased by the University after he was "exposed to public sale in Charlottesville," 1832; student Merrit M. Robinson's Jefferson's Birthday oration mentioning abolition viewed unfavorably by students and faculty, 1832; student mistreatment of slaves, 1835-36; slaves supplying alcohol to students, 1837; dispute over hotel slaves doing errands in town for students, 1837; the beating of Lewis [Commodore] during a student prank, 1837; illegal keeping of hogs, 1838; ill slave necessitated student making own fire and carrying own water, 1838; the beating of "Fielding" for insolence by three students who also restrained Professor Bonnycastle from interfering, 1839; and the removal from the grounds of "Jackson," who had a white wife. Topics of interest in the history of the University include the Mosby-Turpin affair, 1853; attendance at Presidential inaugurals, 1856, 1860; typhoid epidemics of 1829 and 1857; deaths and funerals of faculty, officers and board members; denial of public space for Clay and Jackson political rallies, 1832; selection of chaplains, 1833; brawl between students and wagoneers, 1833; efforts to shut down Keller's, a confectionary that sold liquor to students, 1835; objections to a Christmas recess and to allowing preaching by a Baptist minister, 1835; formation of a military company and student possession of firearms, followed by a general student "rebellion," 1836; a legislative committee's investigation of affairs at the University, particularly in regard to student riots, admission of students expelled elsewhere and the keeping of student money by the Patron, 1846; and the death of a student in a brawl during a wild animal show, 1846. Civil War events include students volunteering in defense of the state after John Brown's Harper's Ferry raid, 1859; formation of the "Sons of Liberty" and "Southern Guard," 1860; Professor Holcombe's resignation to serve in the Virginia Secession Convention, 1861; raising the Confederate flag over the Rotunda; the expedition to seize the arsenal at Harper's Ferry with a listing of the rolls of the Sons of Liberty and Southern Guard, 1861; granting of Rober E. Lee, Jr., permission to form a military company and later permission to withdraw; attending the inauguration of Jefferson Davis; granting of leave to students to volunteer in the Confederate Army; storm damage to roofs and inability to repair from lack of tin; Confederate companies occupying the East Range and Observatory Mountain; rumor of a Federal advance on Stuanton, 1862; interments of Turner Ashby and Carnot Posey in the University Cemetery; wounded from the battle of Port Republic; submitting to the Secretary of War, statistics on the age and military status of the 45 students on the grounds; and the unauthorized leave of disabled officer and student Everett W. Early with seven other students to participate in the battle of Spotsylvania, 1864.

ArchivalResource: 12 v.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647976188 View

University of Virginia. Faculty. Papers of faculty at the University of Virginia [manuscript] 1853-1960.

Title: Papers of faculty at the University of Virginia [manuscript] 1853-1960.

Minutes, 1853-54 [4 p. ms.] -- Correspondence, 1904, of James Morris Page, chairman of the faculty [ca. 300 items. ms., typescript, typescript (carbon copy) and reproduced from typescript -- Correspondence, memoranda and reports, 1934-60, of the faculty committees [ca. 160 items. reproduced from typescript].

ArchivalResource: 450 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647929209 View