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Papers of the Harrison, Smith and Tucker families

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  • "Tucker family papers"
  • "Smith family papers"
  • "Harrison family papers"

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  • "Correspondence, diaries, account books, notebooks, lecture notes, literary manuscripts, and other papers, of three faculty families of the University of Virginia. Much of the correspondence deals with university life and personalities."
  • "Other topics include a survey of General Alexander Brown's lands in Nelson County, Va; a University of Virginia program for athletic events; an article by D.G. Harrison praising John E. Massey's stand on Virginia political issues; and an article concerning the life of Robert Emmet."
  • "Also prominent in the collection are Gessner Harrison's father, Dr. Peachey Harrison, and wife, Elizabeth Lewis Carter Tucker Harrison; their daughter, Mary Harrison Smith; and Betty Lewis Carter."
  • "Includes Professor Gessner Harrison's lecture notes and an account of his estate; Professor Francis Henry Smith's account books and natural philosophy notes; manuscript of Professor George Tucker's unpublished novel, "A Centry Hence" (1841), and his autobiography (1858); letters of Professor Charles W. Kent from Woodrow Wilson; and correspondence relating to the unveiling of a portrait of John R. Thompson and to Kent's position as literary editor of the Library of southern literature."

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  • "History"
  • "Portraits"
  • "Surveys"

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  • "Papers of the Harrison, Smith and Tucker families"

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