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The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

The Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

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Manuscripts and Pamphlets

University Cafeteria

This collection includes a 5p typescript of "A Brief History of the University Cafeteria" written by Cleveland G. Webber, Manager of the University Cafeteria.

The Records of Old Charlottesville, Inc.

The collection contains meeting minutes, newspaper clippings, correspondence, and legal papers relating to the organization of Old Charlottesville, Inc.

Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County Scrapbooks

This scrapbook contains newspaper clippings from the Charlottesville Daily Progress concerning the activities of the Civic League of Charlottesville and Albemarle County.

Meriwether Lewis Letter

This is a photocopy of an ALS from Meriwether Lewis to Major William Preston, St. Louis, 25 July 1808, discussing marriages, naming a surveyor, government agents, and the advantages of making a livelihood in the Louisiana Territory.

Genealogy of the Dudley and Related Families

This is a collection of bible records, family group sheets, and will transcriptions of the Dudley family and related families primarily in Augusta County, Virginia.

Seamons and Simmons Families

This collection contains family groups sheets and short biographies of members of the Seamons and Simmons families in Virginia and Illinois.

Clara Robertson Papers

This is a collection of family genealogies compiled by Clara Robertson.

Monticello after 1826

This is a typescript photocopy of an incomplete draft of "Monticello after 1826," by James A. Bear, Jr., relating the history of the house through the Randolph, Barclay, and Levy families and the present owners.

Paramount Theatre Newspaper Clippings

These are pages of a scrapbook volume of Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia) newspaper clippings about live stage performances at the Paramount Theatre between 1931 and 1936.

Memoirs of Mrs. Edith Elizabeth Gentry Hill

This is a photocopy of a handwritten memoir in 1964 by Edith Elizabeth Gentry Hill (1880-1968).

William A. Horsley Gantt letter

This is a photocopy of a TSL from W. Horsley Gantt to Clara Hamlett Robertson, 23 January 1969, giving his curriculum vitae and references to the Miller School, Albemarle County, Va.

Blacks and the University of Virginia: an Overview, 1819-1987

Blacks and the University of Virginia: an Overview, 1819-1987 by Ervin L. Jordan, Jr., is a compilation of background information and examples of participation by Blacks in the history of the University of Virginia.

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200 Second Street, NE
Charlottesville, Virginia 22902

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