Dates: 1831-1833

Collection Number: MS 220

Physical Location: Archive Room File Cabinet

Extent: 1 folder.

Creators/Collectors: Coleman, Ethelbert Algernon--1812-1892

Access Restrictions: Collection is open for research.

User Restrictions: No restrictions.

Preferred Citation: Typescript of Diary from the Papers of Ethelbert Algernon Coleman (UVA MSS 7014), MS 220, Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information: Gift of Nancy Brydon, January 1991.

Scope and Content: From UVA MSS 7014 finding aid: "A diary, 1831-1833, of Ethelbert Algernon Coleman kept while a student at the University of Virginia medical school, 1831-1832, and the University of Pennsylvania medical school, 1832-1833, describes student life, studies, Robley Dunglison, and visits with John Randolph of Roanoke and Thomas Jefferson Randolph; a typescript copy of the diary has genealogical data at end."

Persons: Coleman, Ethelbert Algernon--1812-1892

Family Names: Coleman family.

Subjects:

  • Diaries--Virginia--19th century
  • University of Virginia--Students--Diaries

Record Types: Books.