Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16419, Lewis M. Coleman, Jr. papers, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia.

Provenance

Accession Number 2019-0071, Purchased 16 October 2018.

Biographical Note

Lewis M. Coleman, Jr. attended the University of Virginia in the late 1870s, as did his father Lewis M. and his son Lewis M., III.

Source: Materials within collection.

Scope and Contents Note

The Lewis M. Coleman, Jr. papers (circa 1870-1926; 0.05 cubic feet) document Coleman's studies and travels to Richmond, VA and Charleston, SC. Collection materials include eleven letters Coleman wrote from Hanover Academy, VA to his mother Mary. Among other topics, Coleman discusses his friend Richard Henry Jesse (1853-1921), who briefly attended the University of Virginia. Collection materials also include two photographs, one of which depicts Coleman's son Lewis III among other University of Virginia students.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Black-and-white photographs
• letters (correspondence)