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

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

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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.

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University of Virginia Rotunda (Charlottesville, Va.)

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O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986

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Georgia O’Keeffe is one of the most significant artists of the 20th century, renowned for her contribution to modern art.Born on November 15, 1887, the second of seven children, Georgia Totto O’Keeffe grew up on a farm near Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. By the time she graduated from high school in 1905, O’Keeffe had determined to make her way as an artist. She studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in New York, where she learned the techniques of traditional painting. Th...

Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924

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Woodrow Wilson (b. Thomas Woodrow Wilson, December 28, 1856, Staunton, Virginia-d.February 3, 1924, Washington, D.C.), was the twenty-eight President of the United States, 1913-1921; Governor of New Jersey, 1911-1913; and president of Princeton University, 1902-1910. Biographical Note 1856, Dec. 28 Born, Staunton, Va. 1870 ...

Trent, Robert H.

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Professor of Commerce at the University of Virginia. From the description of Oral history interview of Robert H. Trent by Robert L. Crist [manuscript], January 13, 1994. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920638 ...

University of Virginia. Honor Committee

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Perkinson, William Howard, 1861-1898.

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Lannigan, Henry Haden, 1865-1930.

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University of Virginia. Chapel

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Thornton, William M. (William Mynn), 1851-1935

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Chairman of the Faculty, 1887-95, and Dean of the Engineering School, 1903-25. From the description of Papers of William Mynn Thornton, [manuscript] 1880-1930. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 648004080 Professor of engineering, University of Virginia, 1875-1931. From the description of Notes on mechanical engineering [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647892193 Chairman of the faculty of the University of Virgi...

Malone, Dumas, 1892-1986

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American historian and editor. From the description of Address books [manuscript] ca. 1925-1934. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647963645 Historian, biographer, University of Virginia professor. From the description of Papers of Dumas Malone [manuscript], 1913-1986. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816236 Professor of History at the University of Virginia; Editor of the "Dictionary of American biography," and biographer of ...

McConnell, James R. (James Rogers), 1887-1917

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University of Virginia student; ambulance driver in France and aviator in the "Lafayette Escadrille"; author of "Flying for France"; killed in aerial combat above the Somme battlefields, March 19, 1917. From the description of Papers of James Rogers McConnell, 1915-1977 (bulk 1915-1917). (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 50861130 ...

University of Virginia. Center for Advanced Studies in the Sciences.

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Garrett, Alexander, 1778-1860

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Williams, Murat W. (Murat Willis), 1914-1994

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U.S. ambassador to El Salvador; state chairman: Virginians for McCarthy. From the description of Virginians for McCarthy papers [manuscript], 1968 January-November. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647816539 Career Diplomat and Virginia politician, involved with: World War II Naval Service; Foreign Service Office; Ambassador to El Salvador; diplomatic career in Spain, Romania and Israel; Richmond Times-Dispatch; University of Virginia; Oxford University; Virgini...

Palmer, 1914-

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Associated with the Southern Council on Human Welfare. From the description of Oral history interview of Palmer Weber by Linda Reed [manuscript], November 13, 1983. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920667 ...

Cocke, Betty Page, 1872-1973,

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Bosky, Richard.

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Powell, Angelika Schmiegelow

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Slavic and East European Bibliographer, University of Virginia. From the description of On the origins of slavic cultures [manuscript] = Aux origines des cultures slaves : a selective bibliography 1967-1987, presented to the International Colloquium organized by the Universite de Paris, Sorbonne, France, and held at the Werner-Reimers Stiftung, Bad Homburg, West Germany, December 14-18, 1987, 1988. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647844375 From the description ...

Baxter, R. C. (Robert C.)

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Robert Baxter is Special Assistant to the Chancellor, Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, 1974- From the description of Robert R. Baxter papers, 1935-1987, (bulk 1975-1987) (Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis). WorldCat record id: 22341366 ...

Pratt, Harry Rogers, 1886-

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University of Virginia. Blandy Experimental Farm

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Webber, Cleve G.

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University of Virginia

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University of Virginia student from Lexington, Ky.; afterwards a Presbyterian minister and missionary to Brazil. From the description of Diploma awarded to John Rockwell Smith [manuscript], 1866 June 29. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647905124 Lt., C.S.A.; teacher, Norwood School, Nelson County, Va.; principal Select School, New York, N.Y. From the description of Diplomas of Waller Holladay [manuscript], 1858-1872. (University of Virginia). WorldC...

King, Francis J.

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Vaughan, Joseph Lee

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Professor of Humanities in the School of Engineering; President of the Institute of Technology; Chancellor for Communitiy Colleges; Provost of the University of Virginia. From the description of Joseph L. Vaughan papers [manuscript], 1936-1991. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647907905 From the description of Papers of Joseph L. Vaughan, 1935-1975, 1996. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 59005790 University of Virginia professor. ...

Morris, Arthur J., 1881-1973

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Banker and lawyer. From the description of Arthur J. Morris papers, 1888-1976 (bulk 1914-1960). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982100 Biographical Note 1881, Aug. 5 Born, Tarboro, N.C. 1899 B.A., University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. 1901 ...

Irwin, Marjorie Felice.

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Corrigan, Gene.

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Hay, James, 1881-1936

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Morea (Charlottesville, Va. : Estate)

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Rotch, William.

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Hereford, Frank L. (Frank Loucks), 1923-2004

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University of Virginia Professor of Physics, Department Head, Graduate Dean, Provost, Vice-President; Chairman of the Committee on the Future of the University and President of the University. From the description of Oral history interview of Frank L. Hereford, Jr. by Lisa G. Guernsey [manuscript], April 12, 1993. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920270 ...

Venable, Charles S. (Charles Scott), 1827-1900

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Confederate officer, aide to Robert E. Lee, and professor of mathematics at South Carolina College (1857-1862) and at the University of Virginia following the Civil War until retirement in 1893; author of several mathematics text books; born at "Longwood", in Prince Edward County, Va.; husband of Margaret Cantey McDowell. From the description of Charles S. Venable papers, 1858-1934. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 43541303 Confederate officer, aide to Rob...

Garnett, James Mercer, 1840-1916

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C.S.A. Captain, Ordnance Officer, Grimes Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia; University of Virginia alumnus; later President St. John's College, Annapolis, Md. From the description of James Mercer Garnett return for Grimes' division [manuscript], 1865 April 10. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647975899 Professor of English, University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of James Mercer Garnett, 1861-1919. (University of Virginia)...

Alderman, Edwin Anderson, 1861-1931

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Educator and orator. From the description of Letter to a former student [manuscript], 1920 June 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647976354 From the description of Edwin Anderson Alderman papers [manuscript], 1881-1950. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647925708 University of Virginia president. From the description of Sketch of Edwin Anderson Alderman [manuscript], ca. 1925. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 64781...

White Burkett Miller Center

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The White Burkett Miller Center of Public Affairs is a non-partisan research center at the University of Virginia, established in 1975, that studies the national and international policies of the United States, with a special focus on American presidents and the presidency. (per Miller Center website). The Presidential Oral History Program, a public service, invites members of former presidential administrations to spend a day or two of quiet time with small groups of sc...

Harrison, Gessner, 1807-1862

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University of Virginia professor of ancient languages. From the description of Papers of Gessner Harrison [manuscript], 1827-1862. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647887791 Professor of ancient languages at the University of Virginia. From the description of Letter to a publishing firm [manuscript], 1855 May 3. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647838967 From the description of Letter to a publishing firm, 1855 May 3. (Universit...

Shannon, Edgar Finley, 1918-1997

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President Emeritus of the University of Virginia. From the description of Remarks at the funeral of Clifton Waller Barrett, 1991 November 11 [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647829572 Fourth President of the University of Virginia; graduated from Washington and Lee University; Rhodes Scholar, Merton College, Oxford, PhD; U.S. Naval Officer, WWII; Central Intelligence Agency; Domestic Activities Investigating Committee; established Foundation for Ex...

Woody, Thaddeus Braxton, 1901-

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Professor of Romance Languages (Spanish and French) at the University of Virginia (1919-1971). From the description of Oral history interview of T. B. Woody by Ann L. S. Southwell [manuscript], August 8, 1972. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920703 From the description of Oral history interview of T. Braxton Woody by Robert L. Crist [manuscript], January 10, 1994. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920701 Chairman of the University of ...

Darden, Colgate W. (Colgate Whitehead), 1897-1981

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President of the University of Virginia, 1947-1959; former Governor of Virginia; Lawyer; Farmer; Teacher; Businessman; United States House of Representatives; member of the United States Delegation to the U.N. during the Eisenhower Administration. From the description of Oral history interview of Colgate W. Darden by Ann L. S. Southwell and Michael F. Plunkett [manuscript], [1972?]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647920804 University of Virginia president, Gov...

Seven Society (University of Virginia)

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Ramsey, D. Hiden.

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Tuttle, Albert H. (Albert Henry), 1844-

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Newcomb, John Lloyd, 1881-1954

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Professor of Engineering, University of President; 2nd President, University of Virginia. From the description of John Lloyd Newcomb papers [manuscript], 1875-1947 (bulk 1899-1947) (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 226293709 ...

Jordan, Ervin L., Jr

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Mr. Jordan attended the convention as an elected Albemarle County delegate pledged to Lieutenant Governor John Hager. Mr. Hager eventually lost the gubernatorial nomination to then Attorney General Mark Early. From the description of Papers of Ervin L. Jordan, Jr., 1999, 2001 June 1-2. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 63166180 ...