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Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections
Arthur J. Morris Law Library580 Massie Road
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
archives@law.virginia.edu
URL: http://archives.law.virginia.edu/
Administrative Information
Conditions Governing Use
Because of the nature of this collection, copyright status varies across the materials. Copyright is assumed to be held by the original creators of the content until it passes into the public domain.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on access to the items in this collection.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Virginia Law Chapter donated most of the items in this collection to the University of Virginia's Arthur J. Morris Law Library at various dates. More information about the immediate source of acquisition of particular items is noted in other parts of this finding aid.
Accruals
The Arthur J. Morris Law Library expects that it will continue adding items to this collection.
Biographical / Historical
On October 16, 1970, students at the University of Virginia founded the Virginia Law Chapter of the Black Law Students Association. The Chapter's initial and continuing goals are to recruit Black law students and faculty, open a candid forum between UVA Law's Black and non-Black students, assist underserved populations in the Charlottesville community, and facilitate inter-school communication between other BLSA chapters.
Scope and Contents
The administrative records, scrapbooks, websites, newsletters, and artifacts in this collection document the history of the Virginia Law Chapter of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA).
Related Material
The Arthur J. Morris Law Library produced an online exhibit about the history of the Virginia Law Chapter of BLSA to commemorate the organization's 50th anniversary. Researchers can view the exhibit either online or at the Library.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Students
- University of Virginia. School of Law
Container List
This series contains some of the Virginia Law Chapter's administrative records. These may include meeting agendas and minutes, procedural documents, and other materials that document operations, planning, and decision-making in the organization.
There are no restrictions on access to the items in this series
Officers of the UVA chapter of BLSA donated and transferred the items in this series to the University of Virginia Law Library at various times noted in other parts of this finding aid.
The administrative records are arranged into sub-series by the date BLSA transferred them to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library.
This series consists of scrapbooks, yearbooks, and picture books that document the experiences and work of the Virginia Law Chapter. The content in these resources vary from year to year, but they generally include information about organization officers, photographs of chapter members, event photographs, and event announcements.
The Arthur J. Morris Law Library has digitized some of the print resources in this series.
Members of the Virginia Law Chapter produced the scrapbooks, yearbooks, and picture books in this series and donated them to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library at different times.
There are no restrictions on access to the materials in this series.
- Mixed Materials [35007008628913] box: 2
Scrapbook2000-2001Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Virginia Law Chapter of BLSA donated this scrapbook to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library in 2018.
- Mixed Materials [35007008628921] box: 3
Scrapbook2001-2002Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Virginia Law Chapter of BLSA donated this scrapbook to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library in 2018.
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Digital yearbook.215875584 Gigabytes2001-2002Scope and Contents
This is a directory that contains a collection of various digital files. Together, the files constitute a digital yearbook that documents the history of the University of Virginia's BLSA chapter in the 2001-2002 academic year.
Immediate Source of AcquisitionThese files came to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library on an optical disk found in a collection of design files produced by the University of Virginia Law School's Communiucations department. The Communications department transferred these design files to the Library in 2009. The original optical disk is part of the archvial collection RG-32-314.
- Mixed Materials [35007008628939] box: 4
Scrapbook2003-2004Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Virginia Law Chapter of BLSA donated this scrapbook to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library in 2018.
- Mixed Materials [35007008628947] box: 5
Scrapbook2004-2005Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Virginia Law Chapter of BLSA donated this scrapbook to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library in 2018.
- Mixed Materials [35007008628962] box: 7
Scrapbook2006-2007Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Virginia Law Chapter of BLSA donated this scrapbook to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library in 2018.
- Mixed Materials [35007008628954] box: 6
Scrapbook2008-2009Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Virginia Law Chapter of BLSA donated this scrapbook to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library in 2018.
- Mixed Materials [35007008628962] box: 7
Scrapbook2009-2010Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Virginia Law Chapter of BLSA donated this scrapbook to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library in 2018.
- Mixed Materials [35007008628905] box: 1 folder: 2
Class of 2010 3L Graduation Scrapbook2009-2010Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Virginia Law Chapter of BLSA donated this scrapbook to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library in 2018.
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Scrapbook2010-2011Immediate Source of Acquisition
In 2014, the Virginia Law Chapter of BLSA donated a digital copy of this scrapbook to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library.
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Scrapbook2012-2013Immediate Source of Acquisition
In 2014, the Virginia Law Chapter of BLSA donated a digital copy of this scrapbook to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library.
- Mixed Materials [35007008628962] box: 7
Picture book2014-2015Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Virginia Law Chapter of BLSA donated this picture book to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library in 2018.
There are no restrictions on access to the materials in this series.
This series consists on websites and social media pages that the Virginia Law Chapter created and shared on the Internet.
- Organization website.022267392 Gigabytes2023-2024Scope and Contents
This sub-series consists of captures archivists made of the Virginia Law Chapter's main organizational website. The chapter designed the site for a public audience and it shares information about their mission, membership, officers, events, and work.
AppraisalThe items in this sub-series initially existed online. Archivists strived to capture the organizational website in a state close to how it would have appeared to users when it was live. However, to overcome technological limitations and to allow for sustainable preservation, archivists made appraisal decisions that resulted in the creation of archival resources that might function and look different from the originals.
When using these copies of the organization's website, researchers should know that they are not identical to the originals. They are close representations shaped by the appraisal decisions of archivists.
Immediate Source of AcquisitionAt various times, archivists at the Arthur J. Morris Law Library captured this website with computer applications and transferred the resulting files to the Library's archive.
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.010756096 Gigabytes2023-03-30Immediate Source of Acquisition
In March 2023, Dan Cavanaugh, an archivist at the University of Virginia Law Library, created this using the Browsertrix application during a scheduled crawl of the main BLSA website. He transferred the files to the Library's archive in February 2024.
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.011511296 Gigabytes2024-02-26Immediate Source of Acquisition
In February 2024, Dan Cavanaugh, an archivist at the University of Virginia Law Library, created this using the Browsertrix application during a scheduled crawl of the main BLSA website. He transferred the digital files to the Library's archive that same month.
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This series consists of newsletters and other resources published by the Virginia Law Chapter of the Black Law Students Association.
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Newsletter2002Scope and Contents
The Virginia Law Chapter published this newsletter to share information with its active members and alumni.
- 2002-11
Immediate Source of Acquisition
In 2018, the Virginia Law Chapter of the BLSA donated this newsletter to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library.
- 2002-11
- Text [35007008628905] box: 1 folder: 3
1L Resource Guide: Navigating North Grounds and Beyond2009Immediate Source of Acquisition
In 2018, the Virginia Law Chapter of BLSA donated this item to the Arthur J. Morris Law Library.
This series contains collections of items that document the Virginia Law Chapter's participation in significant historical events and developments.
Materials are grouped into sub-series or files by event or development, which are then ordered chronologically.
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George Floyd Protest Movement0.000806912 Gigabytes2020Scope and Contents
These items document the Virginia Law Chapter's participation in and response to the George Floyd Protest Movement. They include an email message to the University of Virginia Law School community and an official statement commenting on events surrounding the movement. Included here, is also a call to action for Law School community to create "a more inclusive and dynamic environment for current and future Black students, faculty, and staff."
Immediate Source of AcquisitionIn 2020, Cecilia Brown, an archivist at the Arthur J. Morris Law Library downloaded these materials from the Internet and her work email account. In March 2024, the library formally accessioned them and transferred them to the archive.
The artifacts and ephemera in this series document the history of the Virginia Law Chapter of the Black Law Students Association.
There are no restrictions on access to the items in this series.
- Artifacts [35007008628905] box: 1 folder: 4
UVA BLSA stickercirca 1990-2020Immediate Source of Acquisition
Found in John Norton Moore papers in 2021.