Papers of Susan Colston Wilson [manuscript], 1862-1970 (bulk 1880-1945).

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Papers of Susan Colston Wilson [manuscript], 1862-1970 (bulk 1880-1945).

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The papers of Susan C. Wilson, her parents Susan Colston Minor Wilson and John Wilson, her grandfather John Barbee Minor, her aunt Nannie Jacquelin Minor, and her siblings Edmund Minor Wilson and Charlotte Miller Minor Wilson consist primarily of correspondence and photographs. There are also some financial and legal papers, clippings, art work, literary manuscripts and memorabilia. There is considerable material on life at the University of Virginia between 1880 and 1910 including a visit by Grover Cleveland in 1888. Other topics are fatherly advice to girls in the 1890s, World War I, particularly E. Minor Wilson's service in the artillery and Susan C. Wilson's work as an occupational therapist, life at Chatham Hall, 1915-1917, and at Episcopal High, 1914-1916, and Susan C. Wilson's summer as a volunteer with the International Grenfell Association in Labrador, 1931. The collection also contains reminiscences of Prospect Hill, and of family servant Uncle Sancho, a Christmas story of her childhood by Susan C.M. Wilson, a poem re the death of Susan C.M. Wilson, samples of Susan C. Wilson's art work, clippings about Susan C. Wilson's cousin Edmund Wilson as well as two letters to him and one from him, a Civil War soldier's devotional book, World War I postcards particularly from St.-Emilion, and a family silver inventory. There is also a letter from Albert Jeremiah Beveridge re his life of Marshall, one from Virginius Dabney re the Pulitzer Prize, one from Norman L. King, re Japan in 1868, and one from Wilfred Thomason Grenfell.

1,500 (ca.) items.

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University of Virginia. Faculty.

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Wilson, Edmund

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Edmund Wilson was an American novelist, poet, essayist, and literary critic. From the description of Edmund Wilson collection of papers, 1922-1978. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122596904 From the guide to the Edmund Wilson collection of papers, 1922-1978, (The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.) American author and critic. From the description of Typewritten letters signed...

Chatham Hall.

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United States. Army. Field Artillery

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Wilson, John, 1861-1899

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Pittsburg, Pa., attorney; son-in-law of University of Virginia professor John Barbee Minor. From the description of Scrapbook of John Wilson at Princeton, 1876-1883. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 52960602 ...

Wilson, Susan Colston Minor, 1864-1937

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Wilson, Charlotte Miller Minor, 1898-1923

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Cleveland, Grover, 1837-1908

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Grover Cleveland, born in Caldwell, NJ, 18 March 1837; moved to Buffalo, NY in 1855; Erie County Sheriff, 1871-1874; Mayor of Buffalo, 1882; Governor of New York, 1883-1884; President of the United States, 1885-1889, 1893-1897; married Frances Folsom, 1886; died at Princeton, NJ, 24 June 1908....

Wilson, Susan Colston, 1895-1981

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International Grenfell Association

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Canadian organization is "The Grenfell Labrador Medical Mission." The New England Grenfell Association (Boston) handles U.S. correspondence. The association aids philanthropic work among the deep sea fishermen of Labrador. From the description of Records of the International Grenfell Association, 1908-1931 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702152002 ...

Wilson, Edmund Minor, 1897-1935

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King, Norman Fitzgerald

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Dabney, Virginius, 1901-1995

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Newspaper editor. From the description of Reminiscences of Virginius Dabney : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513091 Virginia newspaper editor and author. From the description of Papers of Virginius Dabney [manuscript], 1926-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647806495 From the description of Papers, 1926-1987. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32958583 Editor...

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...

Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir, 1865-1940

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English medical missionary. From the description of Letter, 1914, Apr. 26 : Dr. Lee. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 31674044 Sir Wilfred Thomason Grenfell was a medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador. Horace Parker Chandler was a real estate broker, journalist, editor, and publisher, of Boston, Mass. From the description of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell letter and photographs, 1909 Dec. 25. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 7083...

Episcopal High School (Alexandria, Va.)

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United States. Navy. Hospital (Seattle)

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Beveridge, Albert J. (Albert Jeremiah), 1862-1927

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Lawyer; Indiana senator, 1899-1911; historian and author; Abraham Lincoln biographer. From the description of Correspondence, 1924-1928. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27159077 From the description of Letters: to Jesse W. Weik, 1924-1927. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27159080 Beveridge was an Indianapolis, Ind. lawyer, politician, and historical writer. He was elected to the U.S. Senate for two terms, and a...

Minor, John B. (John Barbee), 1813-1895

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University of Virginia professor. From the description of Letter, University of Virginia, to S.D. Cabaniss, Huntsville, Ala. [manuscript] 1867 April 3. 1867. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647960869 Professor of law at the University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of John B. Minor, 1843-1892. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 31254303 John B. Minor, b. Louisa County, Va. Attended University of Virginia, graduating ...

Minor, Nannie Jacquelin

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