Miscellaneous remnants from the desks of Special Collections Curators [manuscript], 1863-1986.

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Miscellaneous remnants from the desks of Special Collections Curators [manuscript], 1863-1986.

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The collection contains an unidentified watercolor of a country scene by J. [Barromvillo?], [1954?]. The collection also contains one, five and twenty peso notes issued by the state of Chihuahua in 1915, a Canandian twenty five cent note, 1900, and United States ten and fifteen cent notes1863, 1874, in a Borderland Coal envelope possibly indicating it was once part of the Stone collection. The collection also contains three unidentified photographs of black and white children playing in an urban setting in the [1890s?] and bowler hatted men outside an Italian restaurant. All three wrapped in a paper labelled "For the Court Martialing of Whisker." The collection also contains three colored snapshots of Brampton, 1970, Promfret, n.d., and George Washington's bath tub at Berkeley Springs, all three with annotations on verso and found in an envelope from Randolph Bryan Grinnan, Jr. to Julius Barclay, 1986. The letter also contains a thank you letter from Walter Johnson to Mr. and Mrs. John Cook Wyllie, 1951 September 6, recollecting work in the library and "Operation Stettinius." The collection also contains an engraved card from New York Governor Alfred Smith, 1928, to Mrs. Walter Watson, with a Virginia State Library stamp. The collection also contains an envelope addressed to General John E. Roller, 1896.

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Smith, Alfred Emanuel, 1873-1944

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Alfred Emanuel Smith (December 30, 1873 – October 4, 1944) was an American politician who served four terms as Governor of New York and was the Democratic Party's candidate for president in 1928. Smith was the foremost urban leader of the Efficiency Movement in the United States and was noted for achieving a wide range of reforms as governor in the 1920s. The son of an Irish-American mother and a Civil War veteran father, he was raised in the Lower East Side of Manhattan near the Brooklyn Bri...

Roller, John E. (John Edwin), 1844-1918

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John E. Roller, a general in the state militia, was a prominent Virginia attorney and businessman. He appears to have been a Republican. George B. Keezell and George N. Earman defeated Roller and T.A. Haas in the election of two members to represent Rockingham County in the Constitutional Convention of 1901-02. From the description of Papers, 1901. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 86172330 Resident of Harrisonburg, Va. From the description of Letter books, 1872-189...

Johnson, Walter, 1915-1985

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Walter Johnson served as co-chairman of the National Committee for Stevenson for President 1952, more popularly known as the Draft Stevenson Committee at the Democratic Convention From the description of Walter Johnson papers on Adlai Stevenson, 1952-1955. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 177444689 Historian and Chicago politician. From the description of Papers, 1939-1961 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 522474...

Wyllie, John Cook, 1908-1968

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Description of this Albemarle Co. lawyer. From the description of Biographical sketch of George Carr [manuscript] / drafted by J.C.W. for his grandson Mr. Charles Carr, 1967. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647936052 Wyllie was Director of Libraries, University of Virginia, and Book Review Editor of The Richmond News Leader. From the description of Letters : concerning his book reviews in The Richmond news leader, 1952-1963. (University of Virginia)...

Brampton (Madison County, Va. : Dwelling)

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Grinnan, Randolph Bryan, 1907-

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Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Pomfret (Norfolk, Va. : Dwelling)

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