Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation

MSS 16317, G. F. Holland letter, Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was a gift from Vesta Gordon to the Small Special Collections Library at the University of Virginia on March 23, 2015.

This collection was originally part of a group of various Virginia items dating from 1888 to 1944, such as a Dabney Stewart Lancaster guest book; a Bob Goodman scrapbook; Virginia and Confederate States of America currency; a Mary Ella Parker Berkeley carte-de-visite; a Bridgewater letter, a Samuel Hannah letter; a printed menu card from the Southern Philatelic Association convention; and a printed broadside, captioned "Private stock" humorously describing the labeling on a bottle of alcohol.

Scope and Contents

G. F. Holland letter, November 7, 1892, 0.03 cubic feet, from the Normal School, Hampton Institute to a Miss Parrish breaking off their relationship because she is not coming back to school.

Related Material

MSS 16317, MSS 16318, MSS 16329, MSS 16330, MSS 16343, MSS 16343, MSS 16344, and MSS 16345. These collections were originally part of a group of various Virginia items dating from 1888 to 1944, including a G. F. Holland letter, a Dabney Stewart Lancaster   guestbook, Virginia and Confederate States of America currency; a Mary Ella Parker Berkeley carte-de-visite; a Bob Goodman scrapbook, Justus E. Glick letter, a Samuel Hannah letter; a printed menu card from the Southern Philatelic Association convention, and a printed broadside, captioned "Private stock" humorously describing labeling a bottle of alcohol.