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Green, Julien, 1900-1998. Papers of Julien Green, 1948-1977.

Title: Papers of Julien Green, 1948-1977.

The collection contains 11 letters from Green to Bernard Sheehan about Sheehan's study of Green and his work, particularly Moira. The largest segment of the collection consists of 41 letters and cards from Walter Hartridge to Sheehan about his memories of Green and the author's family and Savannah background. Memories of Green or persons and events in Moira and Terre Lointaine were also collected by Sheehan in letters from William Henry Laird and Thaddeus Braxton Woody. Haley Fiske Thomas discusses their mutual work on Green, and the above books as well as a symposium on Julien Green and the American South held in Savannah in 1973. Sheehan's notes from a Green interview, several studies of Moira including The creation of Julien Green's Moira: autobiographical and psychological considerations, clippings and articles about Green and photographs complete the collection.

ArchivalResource: 150 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30793437 View

Light, Robert C. (Robert Chambliss). Oral history interview of T. Braxton Woody by Robert C. Light, 1973 March 27.

Title: Oral history interview of T. Braxton Woody by Robert C. Light, 1973 March 27.

Woody relates very brief anecdotes about Dr. Paul Barringer; Miss Nancy Gordon; billiards tournaments among faculty; Miss Mary Proffitt; titles of professors; chemistry professor nicknamed Dicky Bird; decline of honor system; "in grown" faculty of Virginia gentlemen vs northern faculty who do not know Virginia traditions; admission of women and the honor system; honor system in the Big Ten schools particularly Indiana and Northwestern; admiration of Virginia's honor system; opposition to co-education in the 1920s and "appalling lack of courtesy" to women students; holdouts against women included Dean Runk and how his own mind changed when he observed women excelling as language students; Dr. Metcalf's Bible class; formality and reservation of students; Ed Stettinius; clubs; the "terrifying Yellow Journal"; "Pete" the bell ringer; Captain S the newspaper seller; insularity of students in the 1920s; "The Corner"; boxing teams and tournaments; "greasy grind" in his student days; requirements more difficult in the 1920s; and student spirit in the 1920s, particularly Virginia gentleman tradition, pride in honor system, andabsurdly rigid formality.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/62777594 View

Woody, Thaddeus Braxton, 1901-. Oral history interview of T. Braxton Woody by Robert L. Crist [manuscript], January 10, 1994.

Title: Oral history interview of T. Braxton Woody by Robert L. Crist [manuscript], January 10, 1994.

ArchivalResource: Transcript.2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647920701 View

Rotch, William. University of Virginia Archives authority file, 1924, 1953-2008.

Title: University of Virginia Archives authority file, 1924, 1953-2008.

The collection contains files on reference topics researched for patrons and University offices by the reading room staff. Among the many topics are administrative committees;affirmative action for employees; African Americans at the University, including a report by Ervin L. Jordan, Jr., and a 1929 master's theses "The Negro in Charlottesville and Albemarle County," by Marjorie Irwin; art; athletics in 1951 and 1978 (Gooch and Corrigan reports); Beta Bridge; Blandy Farm; a selective U. Va. bibliography; buildings; the cemetery; Center for Advanced Studies in the Sciences; co-education (including the Woody report); cheers, fight songs, colors, legends, mace, motto and traditions; report on education and employment opportunities, obligations and rights (Rotch report); fraternities and societies including Seven Society; origin of various schools; student radicals and student strike; the University Cafeteria on "The Corner"; the White Burkett Miller Center; and World War II. People include Betty Cocke, James Mercer Garnett, Alexander Garrett, Gessner Harrison, James Hay, Jr., "Pop" Lannigan, James Rogers McConnell, Dumas Malone, Arthur J. Morris, Georgia O'Keeffe, William Howard Perkinson, Angelika Powell, Harry Rogers Pratt, Presidents Alderman, Newcomb, Darden and Shannon, Albert Tuttle, Charles Scott Venable and Woodrow Wilson.

ArchivalResource: 838 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/260339582 View

Runk, B. F. D. (Benjamin Franklin Dewees), 1906-1994. Letters of B.F.D. Runk, [manuscript], 1968.

Title: Letters of B.F.D. Runk, [manuscript], 1968.

In a postcard, 1968, John Morris writes to Runk to postpone their meeting until he has received a reply from the Seven Society. In a letter, 1968, William L. Montague writes to Richard B. Gwathmey, Jr., editor of the Cavalier Daily, offering his views on the subject of coeducation at the University of Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 2 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647809534 View

Woody, Thaddeus Braxton, 1901-. T. Braxton Woody letter on fraternity housing [manuscript], 1961 May 5.

Title: T. Braxton Woody letter on fraternity housing [manuscript], 1961 May 5.

Woody writes concerning an inspection that revealed substandard fraternity housing, including structural faults and inadequate wiring and plumbing.

ArchivalResource: 1 item.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/648006656 View

Woody, Thaddeus Braxton, 1901-. Oral history interview of T. B. Woody by Ann L. S. Southwell [manuscript], August 8, 1972.

Title: Oral history interview of T. B. Woody by Ann L. S. Southwell [manuscript], August 8, 1972.

ArchivalResource: Index.3 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647920703 View