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Small Collections Box 120

 Container

Contains 12 Results:

Photograph and Program, 1921 July 4

 File — Container: Small Collections Box 120
Scope and Contents

2 programmes. Photograph of the pageant, cut into 7 pieces. Additional rolled photograph added in 2011 (could not find in 2022).

Dates: 1921 July 4

Photographic Negatives

 File — Container: Small Collections Box 120, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Seventy-eight film negatives in individual sleeves. Images from Dr. Hondelink's travels.

Dates: 1906 - 1908

Diary

 File — Container: Small Collections Box 120, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

A 396 page line diary kept by Dr. Hondelink during his travels in Japan.

Dates: 1906 - 1908

Barnett Family Letters, 1946 - 1966

 File — Container: Small Collections Box 120, Folder: 1
Content Description From the Collection:

Nineteen letters with envelopes, and seven Christmas cards. This group of letters are primarily addressed to Reginald E. Barnett. Other addressees are Gwendolyn Barnett and Mrs. John W. Barnett. With two exceptions, letters to Reginald are from women with whom he had relationships.

Dates: 1946 - 1966

Reginald "Reggie" Barnett Letters , 1951 - 1954

 File — Container: Small Collections Box 120, Folder: 2
Content Description From the Collection:

Nineteen letters with envelopes, and seven Christmas cards. This group of letters are primarily addressed to Reginald E. Barnett. Other addressees are Gwendolyn Barnett and Mrs. John W. Barnett. With two exceptions, letters to Reginald are from women with whom he had relationships.

Dates: 1951 - 1954

Reginald "Reggie" Barnett Letters, 1955 - 1965

 File — Container: Small Collections Box 120, Folder: 3
Content Description From the Collection:

Nineteen letters with envelopes, and seven Christmas cards. This group of letters are primarily addressed to Reginald E. Barnett. Other addressees are Gwendolyn Barnett and Mrs. John W. Barnett. With two exceptions, letters to Reginald are from women with whom he had relationships.

Dates: 1955 - 1965

Henry Clay Silk Bookmark

 Collection — Container: Small Collections Box 120
Identifier: SC 01742
Content Description

A silk bookmark printed with an image and a quote of Henry Clay.

Dates: Record Keeping: February 9th, 2022

John W. McCalley Letter Regarding an Escaped Slave

 Collection — Container: Small Collections Box 120
Identifier: SC 01743
Content Description

A letter from John W. McCalley to someone named William. The three page letter describes the circumstances around the escape of George, a person enslaved by McCalley.

Content warning: Contains language that is derogatory toward people enslaved, as well as towards people of color.

Dates: August 20th, 1851

George G. York Letter

 Collection — Container: Small Collections Box 120
Identifier: SC 01744
Content Description

An eight page letter with envelope from George G. York, a senior corporal stationed at Camp Alger, to his wife and child. York writes about a visit to the camp by President McKinley, the moral of the soldiers, his experience with military rations, and his thoughts on the Spanish-American war.

Dates: May 29th, 1898

Barnett Family Papers

 Collection — Container: Small Collections Box 120
Identifier: SC 01739
Content Description

Nineteen letters with envelopes, and seven Christmas cards. This group of letters are primarily addressed to Reginald E. Barnett. Other addressees are Gwendolyn Barnett and Mrs. John W. Barnett. With two exceptions, letters to Reginald are from women with whom he had relationships.

Dates: 1946 - 1966

G. B. Keeler Diary

 Collection — Container: Small Collections Box 120, Folder: 1
Identifier: SC 01755
Content Description

A hundred page handwritten diary kept by G. B. Keeler. Keeler worked and lived in Petersburg, VA. The diary contains details of his home life and mentions of his work as a contractor and mason.

Content warning for derogatory language directed towards Black individuals.

Dates: 1879 - 1887

Brenda Lee Holloway Scrapbook

 Collection — Container: Small Collections Box 120, Folder: 1
Identifier: SC 01756
Content Description

One scrapbook bound in black pleather with a gold design of a woman and man on the front cover. Inside there are nine photographs, two are of Holloway, the rest are of her family and friends. Twenty-nine name cards are held in the back of the book, along with Holloway's last report card from George Wythe High School, and autographed messages from her classmates.

There is also a certificate of award for typewriting awarded to Brenda H. Baylor with the scrapbook.

Dates: 1974