Correspondence regarding choice of first president, proposed merger of Medical School with Medical College of Virginia, and Co-ordinate College for women [manuscript] 1902-1916.

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Correspondence regarding choice of first president, proposed merger of Medical School with Medical College of Virginia, and Co-ordinate College for women [manuscript] 1902-1916.

Correspondents include: Archibald M. Aiken, Edwin A. Alderman, Paul B. Barringer, Allen Caperton Braxton, Jonathan Bryan, Joseph Bryan, Walter Coles Cabell, John Staige Davis, George H. Dewey, Edward Echols, Carter H. Fitzhugh, Thomas Fitzhugh, Carter Glass, Armistead C. Gordon, R. Tate Irvine, Dr. George Ben Johnston, Charles Pinckney Jones, Stuart McGuire, George W. Miles, John Bassett Moore, R. Walton Moore, Dean James M. Page, Col. William E. Peters, Dr. Christopher Tompkins, Robt. B. Tunstall, Oscar W. Underwood, Francis P. Venable, Hugh N. White, William H. White, Richard H. Whitehead. Other subjects treated: Controversy regarding T. Roosevelt's ride to Monticello in letter of Charles Noble to Andrew J. Montague; intercollegiate sports opposed by John S. Mosby; petition for steam heat on West Lawn.

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University of Virginia. Dept. of Medicine.

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University of Virginia. Co-ordinate College for Women.

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Barringer, Paul B. (Paul Brandon), 1857-1941

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Medical College of Virginia

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Venable, F. P. (Francis Preston), 1856-1934

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Francis P. Venable, son of Charles Scott Venable, aid-de-camp to General Robert E. Lee, 1862-1865, and professor of mathematics, University of Virginia, 1865-1896, was born 17 November 1856 in Farmville, Virginia. In 1893 Venable identified calcium carbide, thereby laying the foundation for the success of the Union Carbide Corporation--but was never financially rewarded for this discoverry. From 1900-1914 he served as president of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In 1930 Venable ...

Cabell, Walter Coles,

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Davis, John Staige, 1866-1933

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Gordon, Armistead C. (Armistead Churchill), 1855-1931

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Armistead Churchill Gordon, a Virginia native, attended schools in Charlottesville and later became a successful attorney and historian in Staunton, Va. From the description of Papers, 1868-1875. (Virginia Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 34272410 Rector of the University of Virginia. From the description of Papers of Armistead Churchill Gordon [manuscript], 1887-1922. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647884483 Attorney ;Rect...

Bryan, Jonathan, 1708-1788

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Tunstall, Robert B. (Robert Baylor), 1880-1956

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Echols, Edward

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McGuire, Stuart, 1867-1948

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Noble, Charles, 1930-

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Page, James Morris, 1864-1936.

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Peters, William E. (William Elisha), 1829-1906

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Peters was a student and then a professor (1866-1902) of Latin at the University of Virginia. From the description of Latin Case Relations, 1885. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 38744846 ...

Tompkins, Christopher R.

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Underwood, Oscar Wilder, 1862-1929

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Oscar Wilder Underwood (1862-1929) served Alabama for many years in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Known best for his extensive knowledge of and authorship of a sweeping tariff reform act, he was also a Democratic candidate for president in 1912 and in 1924, which saw the longest convention in U.S. history. He has been described as a conservative politician who opposed suffrage for women, Prohibition, and rights for organized labor. Underwood was born on May 6, 1862, i...

University of Virginia. West Lawn.

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Moore, R. Walton (Robert Walton), 1859-1941

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Congressman from Virginia, 1919-1931, and member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Moore was Assistant Secretary of State, 1933-1937, and Counselor of the Dept. of State, 1937-1941. From the description of Papers, 1922-1941. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155524243 ...

Dewey, George G. (George Goodwin), -1963

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Biographical Note 1837, Dec. 26 Born, Montpelier, Vt. 1854 M.M.S., Norwich University, Northfield, Vt. 1858 Graduated, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. 1858 1861 ...

Irvine, R. Tate,

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Miles, George M., 1854-1935

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White, Hugh N.,

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Mosby, John S., 1950-

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Jones, Charles Pinckney,

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Montague, Andrew Jackson, 1862-1937

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Montague (1862-1937) held public office most of his adult life, serving as U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Virginia (1893-1898), Attorney General of Virginia (1898-1902), Governor of Virginia (1902-1906), and U.S. Representative for the Third District of Virginia (1913-1937). In addition, he headed the Law Department at Richmond College, now the University of Richmond, and served in various positions with numerous non-profit organizations. See William Larsen's Montague of Virginia (Lou...

Fitzhugh, Thomas, 1862-1957

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White, William H., 1854-1938

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Glass, Carter, 1858-1946

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Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, on 4 January 1858. Member of Virginia State Senate, 1898-1906; member of U.S. House of Representatives. 1902-1918; Secretary of the Treasury, 1918-1920, Member of U.S. Senate, 1920-1946. Died in Washington, D.C. on 28 May 1946. From the description of Letter : from Horace Mann Towner, 1925 Apr. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122701025 Virginia statesman; Secretary of the Treasury. From the description of Letter, 1933 February, Uni...

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...

Whitehead, Richard H. (Richard Henry), 1865-1916

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Moore, John Bassett, 1860-1947

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Lawyer, educator, and jurist. From the description of Papers of John Bassett Moore, 1866-1949 (bulk 1885-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79455667 ...

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...

Fitzhugh, Carter H.,

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Braxton, A. Caperton (Allen Caperton), 1862-1914

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Bryan, J. 1904-,

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Johnston, George Ben, 1853-1916

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Aiken, Archibald M.,

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