University of Virginia Library

EXPLANATORY NOTES

MOST ENTRIES describe the manuscripts of a single acquisition, all the items
in such a group being usually the papers of the single individual or family
whose name is given.

Dates in parentheses following names are birth and death dates. Dates not in
parentheses indicate inclusive years of the manuscripts, with an occasional added
date in parentheses to show the period covered by the bulk of the material. Thus
1725(1900)-1928 means that while the earliest manuscript is dated 1725, the majority
of papers fall in the period after 1900; 1805-(1850)1910 means that the body of the
material ends in 1850, with a few scattered items up to 1910; and 1791(1840-1860)1902
means that the bulk of the papers fall between 1840 and 1860.

Abbreviations, MS for manuscript, ALS for autograph letter signed, etc., are those
in common use. Numbers which appear at the end of each heading are accession
numbers, included for their convenience to the library staff.

As used in this report, "manuscripts" are the handwritten letters or other personal
papers of individuals or families; "papers" are the manuscripts of a public officer,
and are official or semi-official in character; "archives" are the official records of an
institution; and "collections" are deliberately assembled groups, such as autograph
collections.

Non-manuscript material, other than books, acquired for the historical collections
will be found under the following headings: Broadsides, Maps, Newspapers, and
Prints and Pictures (in this report an unusual archive of original drawings is entered
under the name of the artist, Frederick Otto Seibel). Under University of Virginia a
statement regarding the University's archives is given.

The names of depositors of manuscripts on loan to the University are not included;
it should be understood that while the majority of such manuscripts are
accessible for research, all are subject to such restrictions as the depositor has made,
and none may be reproduced without consent of the owner.