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Ellis, Charles, 1817-1900. Diary [manuscript] 1835 March 10-June 25.

Title: Diary [manuscript] 1835 March 10-June 25.

Diary kept by a University of Virginia student in which he comments on his lectures and student life, Charlottesville, the Jefferson Society, Monticello, and residents of town esp. young ladies. Persons mentioned frequently are: George Blaettermann, Charles Bonnycastle, Gessner Harrison, Alden Partridge, Edgar Allan Poe, William Cabell Rives, Sir Walter Scott and Henry Tutwiler.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647931997 View

Tutwiler, Henry, 1807-1884. Address to the freedmen of Alabama and correspondence, [1868], 1869, 1912, 1916.

Title: Address to the freedmen of Alabama and correspondence, [1868], 1869, 1912, 1916.

In his [1868] address [1 page fragment], Tutwiler begins to discuss the privilege of voting, and recounts how he always treated his own slaves justly. A typed transcript of the address is included. The collection also contains a letter, 1869 April 8, Lexington, Va. from Robert E. Lee to Tutwiler concerning a note of thanks to George Long for a presentation copy of his translation of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Antonius, a 1912 letter from John Shelton Patton to Thomas McCovey thanking him for his paper on Tutwiler and two 1916 letters from Thomas Fitzhugh concerning the loan of Tutwiler's letters and the use of an article on Tutwiler.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29733914 View

Tutwiler, Henry, 1807-1884. Letters concerning Henry Tutwiler of the University of Virginia and the University of Alabama [manuscript] 1830-1875.

Title: Letters concerning Henry Tutwiler of the University of Virginia and the University of Alabama [manuscript] 1830-1875.

Letters written by R.M. Patterson, Gessner Harrison, Daniel Bryan, R.M.T. Hunter, John H. Cocke, John P. Emmet, George Tucker, and Robley Dunglison. Letters to James G. Birney, Stephen VanRenssalaer, and Allen C. Bryan.

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647967024 View

McCorvey, Thomas Chalmers, 1851-1932. Henry Tutwiler and the influence of the University of Virginia on education in Alabama [manuscript], 1899.

Title: Henry Tutwiler and the influence of the University of Virginia on education in Alabama [manuscript], 1899.

The typescript was probably copied from the article published in The Methodist Review.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (24p.) : typescript.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647841834 View

Long, George, 1800-1879. Papers, 1831-1879.

Title: Papers, 1831-1879.

Letters from Long to friend Henry Tutwiler of Alabama. The first three, written in the 1830s, request articles for the Quarterly Journal of Education, and the remainder, written in the years 1873-1879, discuss the social and economic changes through which the South was passing. There are comments on the status of education for women in England, on the similarities and dissimilarities of American and English life, and on Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe.

ArchivalResource: 26 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19902988 View

Smith, Mary Stuart Harrison, 1834-1917. Letter to T.C. McCorvey, concerning his sketch of Henry Tutwiler of the faculty of the University of Virginia and University of Alabama, and concerning her son, Duncan Smith [manuscript] 19 Jan. 1900.

Title: Letter to T.C. McCorvey, concerning his sketch of Henry Tutwiler of the faculty of the University of Virginia and University of Alabama, and concerning her son, Duncan Smith [manuscript] 19 Jan. 1900. 1900.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647960493 View

Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Title: Letters to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1761-1904 (inclusive), 1820-1888 (bulk)

Letters to American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

ArchivalResource: 36 linear feet (73 boxes)

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/ead/hou00355/catalog View

Robert M. (Robert Maskell) Patterson papers, 1775-1853, 1775-1853

Title: Robert M. (Robert Maskell) Patterson papers, 1775-1853 1775-1853

Robert Maskell Patterson (1787-1854, APS 1809) was a professor of chemistry and natural philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania (1812-1828) and professor of natural philosophy at the University of Virginia (1828-1835). He was director of the U.S. Mint from 1835 to 1851. His father, Robert Patterson, was a revolutionary soldier, professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania (1779-1814), and director of the U.S. Mint (1805-1824).

ArchivalResource: 0.5 Linear feet; Ca. 450 items.

http://www.amphilsoc.org/mole/view?docId=ead/Mss.B.P274-ead.xml View

Minor, John B. (John Barbee), 1813-1895. Letter, University of Virginia to Henry Tutwiler [manuscript] 1876 June 24.

Title: Letter, University of Virginia to Henry Tutwiler [manuscript] 1876 June 24. 1876.

Minor writes to Tutwiler regarding the latter's A.M. degree, and comments on state appropriations to the University of Virginia and the attempt of denominational colleges in Virginia to gain state financial aid for themselves.

ArchivalResource: 4 p. ; 21 cm.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647960993 View

Long, George, 1800-1879. Letters of George Long [manuscript], 1862-1868.

Title: Letters of George Long [manuscript], 1862-1868.

A letter, 14 July 1862, George Long, Brighton, England to Henry Tutwiler, Greene Springs, Ala., concerns the Civil War and Virginia's role in the war; a letter, 27 August 1868, George Long, Brighton, England to Henry Tutwiler, discusses slavery, the freedman's future, British opinion about the Civil War and other social and family issues.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647847635 View

Tutwiler, Henry, 1807-1884. Letters, 1857-1880.

Title: Letters, 1857-1880.

Letters, 1857 May 2 - 1880 July 1, with the first letter from William A. Wright, in Princeton, N.J., to Tutwiler, in Greene Springs, Hale Co., Ala., in which he described the inauguration of President John Buchanan, including the eventful train trip, in which his train derailed in Pennsylvania while travelling from Princeton to Washington, D.C. Wright described the inauguration in some detail. The second letter, a photocopy of a typed transcript, 1861 Jan. 2, from J.A. Campbell, in Washington, D.C., to Tutwiler, in Havana, Greene Co., Ala., which discussed the opprobrium Campbell received for voicing unspecified political opinions, and his love of Ala. The third, and last, letter, 1880 July 1, from Tutwiler, in Greene Springs, to General H.D. Clayton, in which he discusses his son-in-law, Captain J.W.A. Wright, and also his academy in Greene Springs.

ArchivalResource: 1 folder.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122438726 View

Lester, Malcolm. University of Virginia memorabilia [manuscript], 1882, 1938-1954.

Title: University of Virginia memorabilia [manuscript], 1882, 1938-1954.

University of Virginia memorabilia of alumnus Malcolm Lester includes graduation and baccalauareate programs, 1946, 1954; Raven Society membership lists; John Lloyd Newcomb's V.J. Day announcement cancelling classes in celebration of the end of World War II;

ArchivalResource: 10 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/231753763 View

Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887. Letter to Professor H. Tutwiler 1875, 20 May.

Title: Letter to Professor H. Tutwiler 1875, 20 May.

Typed copy. Hunter discusses his contact with Edgar Allan Poe in Richmond when Poe was editor of the Southern literary messenger. Hunter states that he "frequently volunteered to correct the press when pieces were being published with classical quotations. Poe was the only man on White's staff capable of doing this and when occasionally drinking (the habit was not constant) he was incapacitated for the work. On such occasions I have done the work more than once to prevent a rupture between his employer and himself."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/48807262 View

Johnston, George Burke, 1907-1995. A book for General Lee [manuscript], 1980.

Title: A book for General Lee [manuscript], 1980.

Typescript essay concerning Professor George Long's translation, "Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius Antoninus," published in Great Britain with a dedication to Robert E. Lee, and published in the United States without Long's authorization and with an unauthorized dedication to Ralph Waldo Emerson substituted for Long's dedication to Lee.

ArchivalResource: 1 item. 18 p.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647875336 View

Fitzpatrick, Benjamin, 1802-1869. Benjamin Fitzpatrick papers, 1819-1892 [manuscript].

Title: Benjamin Fitzpatrick papers, 1819-1892 [manuscript].

The collection is chiefly papers of Benjamin Fitzpatrick, along with some papers of his son, Benjamin, Jr. (1854-1892). Papers of the elder Fitzpatrick consist of documents relating to his legal practice; plantation records, including receipts and bills of sale for slaves; material from his political career as governor of Alabama, 1841-1844, as U.S. senator and representative from Alabama, 1848-1860, as nominee for the Democratic vice- presidential candidacy in 1860, and attendance at the convention held in Baltimore, Md., that same year; and personal correspondence, including letters from political allies, such as Dixon Hall Lewis, and from Fitzpatrick, Sr., to his wife and son. There are also letters from other members of the Fitzpatrick family, including one describing West Texas in the 1840s. The papers of Benjamin Fitzpatrick, Jr., 1854-1892, consist of school compositions and essays he wrote while a student at the Greene Springs School, run by Henry Tutwiler, in Hale County, Ala.; letters to and from his mother, Aurelia Blassingame Fitzpatrick, and other family members; and financial and legal documents relating to his law career.

ArchivalResource: About 200 items (0.5 linear ft.)

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24678723 View

Brockenbrough, Arthur Spicer, 1780-1832. John Meem Payne collection [manuscript], 1825-1921.

Title: John Meem Payne collection [manuscript], 1825-1921.

John Meem Payne collection of papers concerning the University of Virginia, 1825-1921: 1825 Feb. 28, A. S. Brockenbrough's newspaper announcement of the opening session of University--1826 Dec. 8; Robley Dunglison's report of the first public examinations of the University of Virginia; 1875 July 3 (from Richmond Dispatch of July 5, 1875); George Long's letter to Henry Tutwiler, giving his recollections of Jefferson and the early years of the University; 1921 June 30th, Capt. Jno. M. Payne to John S. Patton, Librarian.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647890024 View

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.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647887791 View

Hunter, R. M. T. (Robert Mercer Taliaferro), 1809-1887. R. M. T. Hunter letter to Professor H. Tutwiler [manuscript], 1875 May 20.

Title: R. M. T. Hunter letter to Professor H. Tutwiler [manuscript], 1875 May 20.

Hunter discusses his contact with Edgar Allan Poe in Richmond when Poe was editor of the Souther literary messenger. Hunter states that he "frequently volunteered to correct the press when pieces were being published with classical quotations. Poe was the only man on White's staff capable of doing this and when occasionally drinking (the habit was not constant) he was incapacitated for the work. On such occasions I have done the work more than once to prevent a rupture between his employer and himself."

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/181372057 View

Alabama. Governor (1831 : S. Moore). Administrative files, 1831.

Title: Administrative files, 1831.

This series consists of the administrative files of Governor Samuel B. Moore, containing authorizations, warrants, accounts, receipts, reports and correspondence. The series is somewhat limited and most of the items concern internal improvements and the Board of Internal Improvements. A number of items relate to the survey of the Coosa River performed by J.A. Dumeste. Also included are warrants relating to road work on the Greensboro to Mobile road. Of particular interest is a report prepared by Henry Tutwiler, secretary of the University of Ala., listing students enrolled in the University from Apr. to Dec. 1831.

ArchivalResource: Copies: One microfilm reel.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/78323443 View

Tutwiler, Henry, 1807-1884. Bond of Henry Tutwiler et al. to the Court of Rockingham County, Va. [manuscript] 1827 Apr. 3.

Title: Bond of Henry Tutwiler et al. to the Court of Rockingham County, Va. [manuscript] 1827 Apr. 3. 1827.

For management of the body and estate of Catharine Tutwiler, a person of unsound mind.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647955547 View

Tutwiler, Henry, 1807-1884. Papers : of Henry Tutwiler, 1838-1947.

Title: Papers : of Henry Tutwiler, 1838-1947.

The collection contains Tutwiler's account, 1838, of his brother Peyton's death; a letter, 1851, from John Gregg discussing secessionists in Alabama; letters, 1900, from Mary Stuart Harrison Smith; a letter, 1903, from J.C. Stephenson about LaGrange College; a letter, 1921, Henry A. Tutwiler to Margaret T. Hazard about his father, his family, servants, and Greene Springs School; and letters from Thomas Fitzhugh about Tutwiler correspondence. There are also announcements, 1877 and 1884, of Tutwiler's Greene Springs School; recollections of Legrand Tutwiler, a former slave; Legrand Tutwiler's obituary; a diary and commonplace book, 1882-1883, of Tutwiler, a diary, 1884, of Henry A. Tutwiler written during his father's last illness; recollections, 1900 of the Tutwiler family by J.R. Jones; and a genealogy, 1947.

ArchivalResource: 19 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/29733913 View

Henry Tutwiler Letter MSS. 2044., 1834 June 17

Title: Henry Tutwiler Letter 1834 June 17

A letter from Tutwiler recommending a student for a teaching position at an unidentified school in Cahaba, Alabama

ArchivalResource: 0.1 linear foot; 1 Letter

http://acumen.lib.ua.edu/u0003_0002044 View

Carmichael, Emmett B. Pamphlets vertical file--persons, [ca.1835]-[ca.1835]-

Title: Pamphlets vertical file--persons, [ca.1835]-[ca.1835]-

The Pamphlets vertical files--persons consists of pamphlets about individuals or families from Alabama primarily. In portraying the lives of these individuals, aspects of the political, social, and military history of the state are also discussed.

ArchivalResource: 2 cubic ft. (5 archives boxes).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122330822 View