Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections LibraryP.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
URL: https://small.library.virginia.edu/
Rose Oliveira, Accessioning Archivist. Ellen Welch
Biographical / Historical
Caroline Brandt (nee Yarnall Casey) was born in Philadelphia on March 9, 1928. In 1951 Caroline married C. Coleman McGehee, who died in 1995. In 1999 she married Bohn C. Lindemann, who died in 2003. Brandt, a collector of miniature books, has been collecting miniature books for almost as long as she can remember.Brandt is a charter member of the Miniature Book Society, an international group that she co-founded in 1983. The McGehee Miniature Book Collection, named after her first husband,an alumnus of the University of Virginia, came to Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library in 2005.
Content Description
This collection contains correspondence, clippings, newsletters, photographs, certificates, broadsides, catalogs, notes, lectures, appraisals, articles, DVDs, audio cassettes, and VHS tapes related to the Caroline Brandt's building of The McGehee Miniature Book Collection. The bulk of the collection is reference materials on the miniature books as well as appraisals documenting the collection and its value. Brandt spent most of her life building a collection of 15,000 miniature books, which now reside in the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library. The McGehee Miniature Book Collection, named after her first husband, C. Coleman McGehee, a UVA alumnus, came to the library in 2005.
Container List
- Mixed Materials [X032669271] box: 1 folder: 1
Correspondence2018-2020
- Mixed Materials [X032669271] box: 1 folder: 2
Correspondence Miniature Books 2020-2020
- Mixed Materials [X032669271] box: 1 folder: 3
Correspondence- International Space Station Miniature Book2021
- Mixed Materials [X032669271] box: 1 folder: 4
Mark Twain 2 Correspondence2013-2016
- Mixed Materials [X032669271] box: 1 folder: 5
Miniature Book Appraisal1996-2009
- Mixed Materials [X032669271] box: 1 folder: 6
Miniature Book Appraisal (folder 1 of 4)2004-2013
- Mixed Materials [X032669271] box: 1 folder: 7
Miniature Book Appraisal (folder 2 of 4)2004-2013
- Mixed Materials [X032669271] box: 1 folder: 8
Miniature Book Appraisal (Folder 3 of 4)2004-2013
- Mixed Materials [X032669272] box: 2 folder: 1
Miniature Book Appraisal (folder 4 of 4)2004-2013
- Mixed Materials [X032669272] box: 2 folder: 2
Robert C. Bradbury appraisal2005
- Mixed Materials [X032669272] box: 2 folder: 3
Appraisals 2014 (folder 1 of 2)2014
- Mixed Materials [X032669272] box: 2 folder: 4
Appraisals 2014 (folder 2 of 2)2014
- Mixed Materials [X032669272] box: 2 folder: 5
Appraisals and inventory (book titles and images)2015-2016
- Mixed Materials [X032669272] box: 2 folder: 6
Miniature Books Inventory (2017-2018 and 2019 edition)2017-2019
- Mixed Materials [X032669272] box: 2 folder: 7
Miniature book acquisitions (folder 1 of 2)circa 1964-1994
- Mixed Materials [X032669272] box: 2 folder: 8
Miniature book acquisitions (folder 2 of 2)circa 1964-1994
- Mixed Materials [X032669273] box: 3 folder: 1
Invoices2019
- Mixed Materials [X032669273] box: 3 folder: 2
Articles by and reference to Caroline Y. McGehee Lindemann and other personal material to miniature books (folder 1 of 5)undated
- Mixed Materials [X032669273] box: 3 folder: 3
Articles by and reference to Caroline Y. McGehee Lindemann and other personal material to miniature books (folder 2 of 5)undated
- Mixed Materials [X032669273] box: 3 folder: 4
Articles by and reference to Caroline Y. McGehee Lindemann and other personal material to miniature books (folder 3 of 5)undated
- Mixed Materials [X032669273] box: 3 folder: 5
Articles by and reference to Caroline Y. McGehee Lindemann and other personal material to miniature books (folder 4 of 5)undated
- Mixed Materials [X032669273] box: 3 folder: 6
Articles by and reference to Caroline Y. McGehee Lindemann and other personal material to miniature books (folder 5 of 5)undated
- Mixed Materials [X032669273] box: 3 folder: 7
McGehee, Caroline Y. Lectures and Talks1978-1992
- Mixed Materials [X032669274] box: 4 folder: 1
McGehee, articles, exhibitions, talks (folder 1 of 2)1990-2019
- Mixed Materials [X032669274] box: 4 folder: 2
McGehee, articles, exhibitions, talks (folder 2 of 2)1975-1988
- Mixed Materials [X032669274] box: 4 folder: 3
Articles- Miniature Book News, Julian T. Edison, editor, numbers 109-123Jul 2001- Oct 2004
- Mixed Materials [X032669274] box: 4 folder: 4
Article about Meteorite Book Binding and the International Space Station Mini Bookundated
- Mixed Materials [X032669274] box: 4 folder: 5
Miniature Book Society newsletter "Collecting Miniature Book" (Robert C. Bradbury)2004-2008
- Mixed Materials [X032669274] box: 4 folder: 6
Miniature Book Society- Bylaws2000-2019
- Mixed Materials [X032669274] box: 4 folder: 7
Mini-Book References (folder 1 of 5)2000
- Mixed Materials [X032669275] box: 5 folder: 1
Mini-Book References (folder 2 of 5)2000
- Mixed Materials [X032669275] box: 5 folder: 2
Mini-Book References (folder 3 of 5)2000
- Mixed Materials [X032669275] box: 5 folder: 3
Mini-Book References (folder 4 of 5)2000
- Mixed Materials [X032669275] box: 5 folder: 4
Mini-Book References (folder 5 of 5)2000
- Mixed Materials [X032669275] box: 5 folder: 5
References- Catalogs (folder 1 of 2)undated
- Mixed Materials [X032669275] box: 5 folder: 6
References- Catalogs (folder 2 of 2)undated
- Mixed Materials [X032669276] box: 6 folder: 1
Reference- Catalog Karen Nyman2019-2020
- Mixed Materials [X032669276] box: 6 folder: 2
Reference- Checklists: publishers and series (folder 1 of 3)undated
- Mixed Materials [X032669276] box: 6 folder: 3
Reference- Checklists: publishers and series (folder 2 of 3)undated
- Mixed Materials [X032669276] box: 6 folder: 4
Reference- Checklists: publishers and series (folder 3 of 3)undated
- Mixed Materials [X032669276] box: 6 folder: 5
Reference- Libraries (folder 1 of 2)undated
- Mixed Materials [X032669276] box: 6 folder: 6
Reference- Libraries (folder 2 of 2)undated
- Mixed Materials [X032669277] box: 7 folder: 1
References library and others (folder 1 of 3)2000-2015
- Mixed Materials [X032669277] box: 7 folder: 2
References library and others (folder 2 of 3)2000-2015
- Mixed Materials [X032669277] box: 7 folder: 3
References library and others (folder 3 of 3)2000-2015
- Mixed Materials [X032669277] box: 7 folder: 5
AV materials1983-2006Scope and Contents
AV material included: "Neale Albert Miniature Books" (Sunday Morning 4/2/2006) "Valentine Poska Miniature Books" (1987) "Caroline McGehee Class of 1949 Spring Friends 1983 Lecture "Many Littles Make A Much" Miniature Books and Collecting" (1983) "C.Y.M Tuckahoe W.C." (19/XI/87)
- Mixed Materials [X032669277] box: 7 folder: 6
AV material- Caroline Y. Brandt "Ellos son Gigantes (They are Giants)" minibook documentary2009