A Guide to the University of Virginia Archives Reference File, ca. 1996-2002 #RG-12/12/1.071

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University of Virginia Archives Reference File, ca. 1996-2002, #RG-12/12/1.071, Special Collections, University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Info

This collection was an internal archival transfer, September 10, 2007.

Scope and Content

The collection contains files on reference topics researched for patrons and University offices by archives assistant Jeanne Pardee. Each file of material includes the accession number and title of collections searched for answers.

Topics include the Lacy Withers Armour portrait; Arthur Ashe; Harry Clemons in China; Peabody Hall; Guy Lombardo and "Auld Lang Syne" at the University of Virginia; first medical graduates; 1998 visit of the Office of Civil Rights; 1979 visit of the Dalai Lama; Walter Reed professorship in pathology; African American professor Nathan Johnson; University of Virginia myths, legends and superstitions; 1963 visit of Martin Luther King, Jr.; Franklin D. Roosevelt's "The Hand that Held the Dagger" speech, 1941; James R. McConnell at the University of Virginia; McGregor Room gates; and the 1917 platinum theft.

With these is Pardee's compilation of useful Archives reference sources; a list of Virginia Colleges, 1880; and a list of Commencement Speakers, 1908-1988.

Contents List

Folder 1

Box-folder 1:1

Lacy Withers Armour portrait

Arthur Ashe

Auld Lang Syne

Harry Clemons in Nanking, China in 1927

Confederate Flag

Consultative Resource Center on School Desegregation

Dalai Lama Visit in 1979

Nathan E. Johnson

Martin Luther King speech, March 25, 1963

Folder 2

Box-folder 1:2

Henry "Pop" Lannigan

Evelina Magruder

First Medical Graduate of the University of Virginia, in 1828

Office of Civil Rights Visit to the University of Virginia in 1998

Georgia O'Keeffe

Parking

Peabody Hall and the Stars of David

Edgar A. Poe pane of glass

Platinum theft at the University of Virgina in 1917

Folder 3

Box-folder 1:3

Rotunda, cow on roof incident

Dr. Seuss and Hooville

Dr. Edgar Shannon speeches

University Hall

University Judiciary Committee

University of Virginia, establishment by Legislative Act instead of Charter

University of Virginia Library, iron gates in McGregor Room and the Stettinius Gallery

University of Virginia Politics during the pre-Civil War period (Valentine Wood Southall letter, copy)

University of Virginia Record Online - Plans

Walter Reed Fellowship in Pathology

World War II School of Military Government at the University of Virginia