Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of one diary containing thoughts transcribed by an unknown author during a 1982 trip to Asia, with trips to Thailand, India, and Hong Kong. The author comments on the scenery and the locals. Much of the diary concerns Les — the author's significant other and travel companion who left as tensions rose between them. The author's travels, thoughts, and interactions with locals are increasingly bitter and lonely after Les departed. The seller of the diary alludes that...

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This collection consists of a diary compiled by Sharon O. Music from 1993-1997. In the diary, Sharon discusses several of her ex-lovers, working on home improvement projects, New Age thought, and the O.J. Simpson trial. The seller indicates that the author might be a lesbian but needs to be verified. The diary has a picture of Spock from "Star Trek" on the cover. The diary is appoximately 150 pages but only a third of the volume contains entries.

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Broadside, public notice of the desire of "several gentlemen" to establish a library association in Williamsburg (though unclear if the location is actually Williamsburg, Va.). The notice further states that the Association would secure a public library and public reading room, either by purchase or donation. The first public meeting was scheduled to occur in the lecture room of the Baptist Church.

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This collection consists of one letter written from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by N. Cairns to Hugh McCalmont of Belfast, Ireland concerning business conditions in Brazil, the effects of the suppression of slavery and the slave trade had in Brazil, and its effects on commerce.

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Seven letters written by Carleton Gates to his mother, Mrs. Martha Smith Gates, while he travelled the Middle East and Europe in 1857-1858.

This collection is unprocessed. More detail as to the content of the letters can be found in the collection control file. Please consult Special Collections staff for assistance.

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Produced circa 1942, this item reads, "Jap Hunting License, Good Until Extermination, Season Opened Dec. 7, 1941, (No Closed Season), On Yellow Belly Japs, Ammunition Furnished by 'Uncle Sam."  Hunting instructions appear on the back, "No closed season on athlete's foot, Tucko is the right ammunition, Your druggist sells Tucko on money back guarantee."

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of two ledgers belonging to Joseph C. Farrar, a doctor in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. The first ledger includes accounts from 1848-1849 while the second ledger includes accounts from 1856-1861. The ledgers contain lists of patients, treatments and prices, and expenditures, as well as entries for both enslaved persons and "free persons of color" who were treated. The 1856-1861 ledger was partially used by an unknown prior owner in 1852-1853, most likely...