University of Virginia. Alumni Association. University of Virginia Alumni Association miscellaneous papers [manuscript], 1897-1973.
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University of Virginia Alumni Association miscellaneous papers [manuscript], 1897-1973.
Miscellaneous papers consist of correspondence about the publication of "Alumni News"; Library correspondence pertaining the Association; form letters to alumni regarding annual fund drives, alumni days, a gift for Mac Luck, life insurance, Of interest are a letter soliciting membership in the "Charlottesville and Albemarle sponsors Committee of the Centennial and Alumni Endowment Funds, 1917, together with a sheet of "Special Information for Campaign Teams," "Instructions to Canvassing Committeemen" and a form letter and printed list of sponsors from Charlottesville mayor A. V. Conway; a fundraising letter/brochure, 1938, with phtographs of the new Alderman Library, a fundraising letter/brochure, circa 1939, with photographs of John Lloyd Newcomb, Ivey F. Lewis, Harry Clemons, and alumni officers asking questions about the Annual Alumni fund; and a fundraising letter/brocure, 1950, listing all donors for the year. The collection contains lists of active and inactive chapters, 1947, and their officers; by-laws, 1947; mailings, 1940-1941, from the Alumnae Association; and a receipt to Alderman Library, 1950, for loaned items to put on permanent display including a cup presented to President Alderman, a Board of Visitors corkscrew and J. B. O'Neill's 1917 bugle. The collection also contains invitations including three cartoon postcards, 1914, by Carl Zeisberg, and an invitation to the dedication of a memorial to Lewis Dabney Crenshaw; tickets, notices, pledge cards and envelopes; brochures of University of Virginia gift items for sale; advertisement for Miss Lucy's University White Fruit Cake (10% of proceeds to Alumni Association); a card sent on behalf of the Intercollegiate Intelligence Bureau, and a menu from a luncheon in honor of Theodore Roosevelt, 1903. Correspondents include John S. Battle, Francis L. Berkeley, Jr., I. B. Cauthen, Jr., W. Wright Harrison, Howard A. Holland, J. Malcolm Luck, D. R. McCormack, Murray M. McGuire, Margaret Martin, Edwin B. Meade, George C. Palmer II, Marvin Perry, Harrison M. Robertson, Jr., Louise Savage, Branch Spalding, Gilbert J. Sullivan, James L. Trinkle, John Cook Wyllie,
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