Content Description This collection consists of materials acquired by Elizabeth Smith and includes a large quantity of materials created by or concerning the Virginia Equal Rights Amendment Ratification Council. Also included within this collection are items from a number of other organizations such as the National Organization for Women (NOW), American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Homemakers for the ERA (HERA), the National Women’s Party (NWP) and many other pro-ERA organizations of the time. The collection...

Scope and Content This collection consists of correspondence, clippings, presentations, publications, photographs, speeches and other related materials. The items span Emswiller's 38 year career in pharmacy. There is a great deal of personal correspondence written to Emswiller by his colleagues and friends upon receipt of his many awards. The materials in the collection also provide insight into the evolvement of office-based, patient-centered pharmacy practices. This was a very innovative approach which...

Scope and Contents Special Collections and Archives began collecting records of the Encampment for Citizenship (EFC) in the spring of 2010, and it is expected that the burgeoning collection will become more comprehensive as the procurement of materials continues. As of December 2010, donations have been made by: Margot Gibney, former EFC National Executive Director; Marion Silverbear [who donated materials that were compiled and collected by Margot Gibney], former EFC Alumni Coordinator and Development...

Scope and Contents The Equality Virginia records collection includes materials created and acquired by the organization in the course of carrying out its administrative, outreach, and advocacy activities. Materials include minutes, reports, correspondence, bylaws, clippings, newsletters, pamphlets, electronic records, and audio visual materials. The collection is of value as it includes legislative materials and news clippings pertaining to the Bottoms v. Bottoms case, news clippings documenting the HIV/AIDS...

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The collection is comprised of copies of the author's books, scrapbooks, and personal correspondence.

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The collection includes copies of FANFARE, beginning with issues from 1964 and continuing through 2012. Agendas, minutes, and correspondence date primarily from 1983 through 1994. Bylaws, treasurer and committee reports are included in the collection, as well as a 1981 history of the organization, which includes historic information about the Fan District.

Scope and Contents The collection includes correspondence, memorabilia, videotapes, newspaper clippings, numerous photographs, various organizational minutes and reports, Fan Free Clinic newsletters, posters, and advertisements, and other published materials on Fan Free Clinic. The collection dates from the early 1970s to 2006. Within the collection there is an extensive amount of newspaper clippings focusing on the role of the clinic in Richmond, videotapes and photographs focusing on the Fan Free Clinic...

Scope and Contents The Patricia Fishback papers, 1973-2009, is a collection of feminist literature and materials used by Patricia Fishback during her career advocating for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) in the 1970s and 1980s. The materials consist of correspondence with state officials, news clippings, ERA promotional materials, and general feminist materials. The collection provides insight into the efforts of second-wave feminists in their fight to ratify the ERA in Virginia. The bulk...

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The papers of Edgar J. Fisher, Jr. contain materials related to Fisher's work as director of the Virginia Council on Health and Medical Care (VCHMC) from 1948-1984. The majority of the papers are articles and editorials about or by the VCHMC that appeared in newspapers, medical publications, and other magazines. Additional items in the collection include VCHMC annual reports, awards and honors, pamphlets, periodicals, Fisher's presentations, and other related materials.

Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection consists of materials and publications created by members of the Richmond Chapter of the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), which aimed to improve the school environment of LGBT children. The materials include meeting minutes, organizational records, publications, outreach materials, and audiovisual materials dating from 2000 to 2005. The remaining items in the collection include newspaper clippings and emails collected by GLSEN dealing with LGBT...

Scope and Contents The Joan Girone papers, 1970-2012, is a collection of materials used by Chesterfield County, VA politician Joan Girone. The papers provide insight into the administrative duties of local government in the Richmond area during the 1970s and 1980s. The collection also includes senate and supervisor campaign files which deliver a unique look into the logistical and political mechanisms for running a local or state campaign. Additionally, the general Republican campaign files highlight the...

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The ledger consists of approximately thirty pages detailing the accounts of John Glassell, a merchant in Fredericksburg. Most of the pages have been pasted over with nineteenth century clippings from newspapers.

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This collection consists of approximately 117 files in 21 folders detailing the history of the Goochland County Rosenwald Schools. The majority of the collection is directly related to the oral history interviews taken to tell the story, while the remainder is materials that support the oral histories. The interviews were conducted during 2013-2014, and all the images and other footage were collected between September 2013 and April 2015. File formats include .mov,.pdf/a, and .jpeg.

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The collection consists of news clippings about Fulton Hill, Fulton Hill Civic Association newsletters, and two papers (written by students of Virginia Commonwealth University's Urban Studies and Planning graduate program, in association with the Civic Association), that outline plans for the revitalization of Fulton Hill.

Scope and Contents The Ernest Gunzburg papers, 1915-1989, bulk 1955-1989, is a collection of materials used by Ernest Gunzburg in his community activities during his time in Richmond, Virginia. The papers provide insight into how Gunzburg engaged with the local community and organizations to promote cooperation and unity ideals. Correspondence in this collection is primarily with family and Richmond community members regarding a variety of topics. Early outlying correspondence in the collection...

Scope and Contents The Haddock papers were generated in the late 1940's and early 1950's as teaching aids and in preparation for a master's thesis and publication of a textbook. The collection contains information on Virginia authors, musicians and history. The extensive bibliography and comprehensive notes listing research material in these areas allow researchers to work from an established guide to reference materials examined by Haddock. The collection represents a necessary starting point for those...

Content Description The Etuy Elizabeth Hall papers primarily consists of correspondence and photographs created between 1927 and 1986. The correspondence portion of the collection includes letters and cards written to Hall while she was a student at Blue Ridge Sanatorium and Johnston-Willis Hospital School of Nursing, and during her time as director of the nursing school at Piedmont Sanatorium. These letters and cards are primarily from her mother, friends, and colleagues. Topically, the letters discuss...

Scope and Content The papers of Dr. William Taylor Ham, Jr., contain both personal and professional materials, but are primarily composed of items relating to his work as a biophysist and as a professor at the Medical College of Virginia (MCV). The collection includes accounts, correspondence, lecture and conference materials, notebooks, his journal articles, research reports, unpublished works, and papers relating to his tenure as a professor and chair of the Department of Biophysics at MCV. Series...

Scope and Contents Cathryn Hankla's collection contains her poetry, short stories, plays, and novels from 1971 to 1992. The material documents the development and maturation of Hankla from the age of 13. The bulk of Hankla's collection is in her poetry drafts (1971-1989) and her published work (1980-1992). There are no significant gaps in her collection since its contents are spread out evenly throughout its 21 year period.Another strength of Hankla's papers is in her poetry. Containing the poems that she has...

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The collection contains federal applications for redevelopment loans and grants, project reports and plans, and published reports on various areas of Richmond.

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The collection focuses on Hellebrandt's work with the Baruch Center for Physical Medicine. It contains annual reports, course descriptions, and documents related to the operation of the Center. Also included are several reprints of articles written by Hellebrandt and her staff on the subject of physical medicine. The collection does not contain any information regarding Hellebrandt's research or work apart from the Center.

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The collection includes minutes, correspondence, reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings, various publications and other materials related to the attempt to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in Virginia and other women's issues. The materials date from the late 1970s until the early 1990s. A significant portion of the collection is comprised of materials of the Virginia ERA Ratification Council.

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This collection is primarily correspondence from Windsor Castle and the British Museum to Robert F. Hester concerning materials for his thesis; 12 items; 1961-1962 and one letter from Mrs. Jessie Hibbs (1977).

Content Description The Henry H. Hibbs papers contains correspondence, photographs, news clippings, scrapbooks, articles, book drafts, and other materials relating to Hibbs’s personal and professional life, as well as the publishing of his book History of Richmond Professional Institute: From Its Beginning in 1917 to Its Consolidation With the Medical College of Virginia in 1968 to Form Virginia Commonwealth University. The first series, Personal and family life, primarily...

Scope and Content The Historic Fulton Oral History Project contains 17 interviews with 32 named interviewee participants. The interviewees are teachers, activists, clergy, and community leaders who grew up in the predominantly African-American Historic Fulton community from the 1930s through the 1950s. The interviewees were also witness to the City of Richmond's 1970s urban renewal plan that permanently changed the landscape of Historic Fulton. These interviews allow the members of the community...

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This collection contains reprints of several of Hoff's articles, speeches and books. There is no personal correspondence or original material.

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The collection contains domestic and foreign automobile catalogs from most of the major automobile manufacturing companies from the years 1960 through today. The collection also contains: issues of Consumer Reports magazine focusing on automobiles from 1987 through 2002; car buying guides, 1974-2002; gas mileage guides, 1997 - 2002; correspondence, mainly from car manufacturers; and newspaper clippings.

Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection includes correspondence in the form of letters, mail art, and poetry to and from Davi Det Hompson from 1969 through 1988. The inclusion of typed copies of letters from Hompson adds a dimension of exchange to the correspondences in the collection. Notable exchanges are documented between Davi Det Hompson and artists, Anna Banana, Fletcher Copp, David Sucec, and Alice Aycock; and poets, Madeline Gins, Lyn Hejinian, Richard Craven, and Dick Higgins. The content of the...

Content Description The materials were created by those connected with the “Illusion vs. Reality” project in 1991-1992, predominantly in Richmond, Virginia and the surrounding counties of Henrico and Chesterfield. The collection contains interviews, releases and transcripts, reports and syllabi from the courses, and the original grant application. These interviews discuss the African American, Black Islamic, Asian, and Native American experience in Richmond, dealing with religion, education, literature, and...

Scope and Contents This collection is composed of materials collected by Dr. Inge relating to his academic studies of the comic arts, popular culture, and American literature. The bulk of the collection is dated from the 1950s onward and is made up of many unique items collected by Inge covering the history of the comic arts. Manuscripts by Inge and other writers are also included. The collection contains correspondence with a number of noted artists and writers, including Art Spiegelman, Mort Walker, Bruce...