Jaffe, Alice Rice A Guide to the Alice Rice Jaffe Papers RG 17-2B1

A Guide to the Alice Rice Jaffe Papers RG 17-2B1


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Special Collections and University Archives Staff

Repository
ODU University Archives
Identification
RG 17-2B1
Title
Alice Rice Jaffe Papers 1807-1950, undated 1919-1950 Date acquired: 06/01/1977
URL:
https://archivesguides.lib.odu.edu/repositories/3/resources/261
Quantity
0.80 Linear Feet
Quantity
2 Hollinger document cases boxes
Creator
Jaffe, Alice Rice (1888-1950)
Language
English
Abstract
Includes assorted reports, newspaper articles and correspondence, etc. relating to Hampton Roads history and Old Dominion University's early history as Norfolk Division of William and Mary College. Contains material from Jaffe's family including her husband, journalist Louis I. Jaffe, her father, Colonel Henry Rice and ancestor, Captain Samuel Davis.

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, and the holder of the copyright, if not Old Dominion University Libraries.

Conditions Governing Access

Open to researchers without restrictions.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Box [insert number], Folder [insert number and title], Alice Rice Jaffe Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Old Dominion University Libraries.

Source of Acquisition

Alice R. Jaffe

Method of Acquisition

Gift. Accession #A77-41

Accruals and Additions

Additional accessions made in March 1980 and May 1981.


Biographical or Historical Information

Alice Rice Jaffe was an art teacher at Old Dominion College/Old Dominion University in the 1960s and 1970s. Jaffe received her A.B. from Vassar College. She was married to the late Louis I. Jaffe, editor of the Virginian Pilot from 1919 to 1950.

Note written by Special Collections Staff

Scope and Contents

The material in this collection relates to people in Alice Jaffe's life, rather than to Alice Jaffe personally. These persons include: Louis I. Jaffe, her husband and editor of the Virginian-Pilot from 1919 to 1950; Colonel Henry Rice, her father; and Captain Samuel Davis, an ancestor and ship's captain. A part of the collection includes materials on the first two decades of growth of the Norfolk Division of William and Mary which later became Old Dominion College and then Old Dominion University.

Arrangement Note

The collection is organized into five series: Series I: Norfolk Division of William and Mary; Series II: Col. Henry Rice; Series III: Captain Samuel Davis; Series IV: Louis I. Jaffe; Series V: Miscellaneous.

Subjects and Indexing Terms


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Container List

Series I
Series I: Norfolk Division of William and Mary
1938-1948, undated
Scope and Contents

This series includes correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and brochures regarding the early formation and growth of the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary from 1938 to 1948. Many of the documents are addressed to or copied to Mr. Louis Jaffe, Alice Jaffe's husband and editor of the Virginian Pilot at the time. Materials are arranged chronologically.

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Series II
Series II: Col. Henry Rice
1936
Scope and Contents

This series relates to the building of a house for year round occupancy at Virginia Beach in 1936 by Alice Jaffe's father, Col. Henry Rice. Included are price estimates, brochures, bills, construction plans, and other related materials. This series is arranged alphabetically.

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Series III
Series III: Captain Samuel Davis
1807-1817
Scope and Contents

This series relates to Captain Samuel Davis, a ship's captain, citizen of Norfolk, Virginia, and an ancestor of Alice Jaffe. The series is broken into two sub-series: A. Correspondence and B. Legal Documents.

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Series IV
Series IV: Louis I. Jaffe
1919-1950
Scope and Contents

This series contains a booklet with a compilation of articles and speeches by Alice Jaffe's husband, Louis Jaffe who was the editor for the Virginian Pilot from 1919 until his death in 1950. He won the Pulitzer Price for Editorial Writing in 1929 for An Unspeakable Act of Savagery, which condemned lynching. This compilation includes this editorial, and his other famous editorial The Baby Magnolia (1920). Other topics include: the press, the Virginian Pilot, Norfolk, anti-lynching laws and race relations, and introductions of speakers such as Robert Frost, World War II.

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Series V
Series V: Miscellaneous
1938, undated
Scope and Contents

This series contains a birthday card with an illustrated map of Virginia, a portrait of the presentation of the Norfolk Mace to the Corporation of Norfolk by Robert Dinwiddie, Governor of Virginia in 1754, and sheet music from the records of the ODU School of Arts and Letters. Material is arranged alphabetically.

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