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Lewis, Ivey Foreman, 1882-1964. History of Biology at the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1948.

Title: History of Biology at the University of Virginia [manuscript], 1948.

Typescript of a 16-page informal talk before the biological seminar, with corrections, discussing the development of science programs at the University of Virginia. Included as an afterword is an account of the informal discussion that extended beyond the prepared speech.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Page, John R. (John Randolph), 1830-1901. Proceedings, Convention of Agriculturalists at the USDA [manuscript] 23-29 Jan. 1883.

Title: Proceedings, Convention of Agriculturalists at the USDA [manuscript] 23-29 Jan. 1883. 1883.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Page, John R. (John Randolph), 1830-1901. Papers of John Randolph Page [manuscript], 1880 December 9.

Title: Papers of John Randolph Page [manuscript], 1880 December 9.

Page writes to his friend, John L. Williams, concerning the appointment of a chaplain at the University of Virginia "from the Methodists." He mentions that he has nominated Rev. J. T. Whitely, and that Prof. Francis H.. Smith is chairman of the faculty selection committee.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647903199 View

Adams, Stephen, 1835-. Papers of the Barbour family [manuscript], 1793-1941.

Title: Papers of the Barbour family [manuscript], 1793-1941.

The collection consists chiefly of the personal and financial papers of James Barbour, his son, Benjamin Johnson Barbour, and granddaughter Caroline Homassel Barbour Ellis. Topics of interest include complaints of extravagance by a Harvard student, 1815; the War of 1812; slaves and slavery (including an 1854 inventory); genealogy; the American Party and its opposition to Roman Catholics as office holders; rail travel from Virginia to Florida in 1857; cotton; Orange County court house construction; and Reconstruction, the Republican Party, and the Virginia Convention of 1867. Also the Immigration Society; the shooting of General Thompson by Osceola at Ft. King; William Mahone's political activities; a St. Paul law practice in 1886; the Minneapolis exposition, 1886; the destruction of Madison letters by a gardener; a building for the Library of Congress; Fitzhugh Lee as governor; Thomas L. Rosser's political opinions; and Russian and Polish affairs, 1889. Also James Barbour's orations, 1890; race relations in 1891; the Boer War; the San Francisco earthquake; a 1917 poetry reading by Robert Frost; Red Cross Work; Catherine Booth; the Yorktown Sesquecentennial; and Garden Week. University of Virginia topics include the Student Infirmary Fund, 1867; Washington Hall, 1869; renovations and additions, 1869; astronomical observations, 1869; a department of agriculture, 1870; and the detrimental effect of politics on the University, 1884. Also the selling of the Lee family papers to the Library of Congress, 1886; the resevoir and dam, 1886; reorganization of various schools, 1887; recasting of the bell; the hiring and resignation of professors; Dr. Harrison's affair; and Presbyterian influence. The collection also contains ballot sheets for the election of Zachary Taylor; a William Henry Harrison political cartoon; U.Va. Board of Visitors resolutions, 1850-1865, on faculty salaries; minutes and membership lists, 1876-1879, of the Lay Association Virginia Diocese of the Episcopal Church; minutes, 1892, of the U.Va. Society of Alumni; photographs of Barboursville; slave inventories; and copies of General orders, August - November 1861, issued by Generals Banks, and McClellan, U.S. Army of the Potomac.

ArchivalResource: 3 feet.

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Williams, Thomas Jefferson. Papers of Thomas Jefferson Williams [manuscript], 1869 (ca.)-1890.

Title: Papers of Thomas Jefferson Williams [manuscript], 1869 (ca.)-1890.

The papers contain miscellaneous business papers and broadsides of T.J. Williams, superintendent of Charlottesville's gas works and chief of the city's fire department.

ArchivalResource: 22 items.

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Light, Robert C. (Robert Chambliss). Oral history interview of B.F.D. Runk by Robert C. Light, 1973 March 14.

Title: Oral history interview of B.F.D. Runk by Robert C. Light, 1973 March 14.

Runk discusses briefly the abolishment of the School of Forestry after the retirement of Chapin Jones; the Miller Fund and School of Agriculture, naming the former Miller professors John R. Page, Albert Tuttle, Ivey Lewis, Ralph Singleton; Runk's tightening of fraternity rushing regulations when he was dean under President Darden; "Pete" the bell ringer and Rotunda janitor; Charley Hopkins, the baggage man; "Cap" Schydeimer, the paper man; Charlie and Willie Brown, the barbers; Buckie [Slon?], East Lawn janitor; Mrs. Gwathmey's opinon of co-education; criticism of Honor System; and selection of Edgar Shannon as President. Runk also very briefly answers questions about people he knew from his college days includiing Bill Hallowes, Elliott Randolph, Harry Flippin, Harry Buck, and Gus Kaminer. Runk continues with an account of the Ku Klux Klan contributing towards the construction of Memorial Gymnasium and a student cross burning in imitation of the Klan; living quarters as a student particularly the boarding house and dining room of Mrs. E.M. Page and the Commons in Garrett Hall; dislike of the University of Wisconsin which had no honor system; Easters week (lengthier account); William Faulkner; students misbehaving at football games after World War II; formality of academic processions and administrative leniency towards informally attired or demonstrating students("run the bums off"); role of secret societies diminished, particuarly the Raven Society; informal dress in the 1970s; Dean Page and permission to leave University for hunting and trips; Dean Page and "pledges" for good behavior; and Ed Stettinius as a poor student.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

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Smith, Francis H. (Francis Henry), 1829-1928. Papers regarding John Henry Bryson [manuscript] 1831-1837.

Title: Papers regarding John Henry Bryson [manuscript] 1831-1837.

Collection includes a sketch of Bryson's life -- Letters, 1886, recommending Bryson for the presidency of the University of Alabama, written by U. Va. professors Francis Henny Smith, James Lawrence Cabell, William Elisha Peters & John Randolph Page -- Passport, 1877, of Bryson -- Diary, 1877, recording Bryson's voyage to Europe & the Near East -- Address, 1894, on Scotch-Irish Presbyterianism delivered by Bryson -- Essays, ca. 1920 by Henry Knox Bryson including an anecdote regarding William Holmes McGuffey.

ArchivalResource: 6 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647930933 View