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Correspondence Files of the Special Collections Department, 1931-1990s

INVENTOR NAME: Correspondence Files of the Special Collections Department

REPOSITORY:
University of Virginia
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
Charlottesville VA 22904-4110
434-243-1776
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION:
300,000 items.
SUMMARY:
The papers in this collection consist chiefly of the general correspondence files of the Special Collections Department and like files of its predecessors, the Rare Book Department and the Manuscripts Department.

Included are patron use ledgers; patron request slips; Manuscripts Field Agent files; student assistant and employee files; dealer correspondence; thank you letters; and reference letters.

Includes information on Thomas Jefferson- Inventions Box: A28-13M

ACCESS:
FINDING AID: http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/uva-sc/vivadoc.pl?file=viu02299.xml
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