A Guide to the Papers of Louis I. Jaffé, 1914-1986 Jaffé, Louis I., Papers of 9924-l

A Guide to the Papers of Louis I. Jaffé, 1914-1986

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The Special Collections Department
Accession Number 9924-l


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Repository
Special Collections, University of Virginia Library
Accession number
9924-l
Title
Papers of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit, 1914-1986
Physical Characteristics
This collection consists of ca. 275 items.
Collector
Mrs. previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Papers of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit, 1914-1986, Accession #9924-l , Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was made a gift to the Library on December 2, 1986 by Mrs. previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit of Norfolk, Virginia.

Scope and Content Information

These additional papers consisting of ca. 275 items, chiefly covering the period 1914-1986, include correspondence, articles, speeches, newspaper clippings and other printed material, and photographs. Much of the material was collected by previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit in his capacity as editor of the Virginian-Pilot but there is also material saved by Mrs. previous hit Jaffé  next hit concerning his death and tributes to him. During the process of preparing her husband's papers for the Library, Alice R. previous hit Jaffé  next hit assembled electrostatic copies of previous hit Jaffé's  next hit speeches, articles, editorials, and other writings in a bound volume entitled "Articles and Speeches by previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit, Editor, Virginian-Pilot , 1919-1950."

Among the correspondence are two letters of introduction for previous hit Jaffé  next hit from Secretary of State Cordell Hull and Virginia Governor George C. Peery and autographed letters of Bruce Bliven, Gamaliel Bradford, and Struthers Burt. Topics covered in the newspaper clippings include John Garland Pollard's gubernatorial candidacy(1929), the merger of the Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Dispatch (1933), the death of previous hit Jaffé  next hit (1950), and various articles and editorials on a wide variety of subjects such as politics, the press, and racial problems. Photographs of the Balkans include one taken there of Archduke Francis Ferdinand during his visit to Sarajevo with his wife, Sophia, prior to their assassination on June 28, 1914.

An extensive description of the contents of this collection was prepared by Mrs. previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit, and can be found in the control folder.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged alphabetically.

Contents List

Topical
  • Box 1
    Anti-Lynching 1965-1978
  • Box 1
    Articles and Speeches by previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit 1926-1943
  • Box 1
    "Articles and Speeches by previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit, Editor, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot , 1919-1950" 1920-1975
    2 folders

    Chapters I- original file papers

  • Box 1
    Articles and Speeches kept by previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit 1924-1926, 1940
  • Box 1
    Biographical Sketches of Walter Lippmann 1933
  • Box 1
    Correspondence 1928-1943
  • Box 1
    Correspondence 1938-1943

    re Mural Project for the Virginian-Pilot building and solicitation of Thomas Hart Benton for the job

  • Box 1
    Correspondence 1929

    re Pulitzer Prize

  • Box 1
    "Days" and "Weeks" of Special Significance 1927
  • Box 1
    Letters to the Editor 1924-1928
  • Box 1
    Nineteenth Century Newspapers 1851, 1866, 1930-1931

    Harper's Weekly (1866) and New York Times Daily (1851 reproduction)

  • Box 1
    Norfolk and Western Railway Company's application to acquire control by lease of the Virginian Railway Company 1925
  • Box 1
    Tributes to previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit 1968-1969
  • Box 1
    Verses submitted to the Virginian-Pilot 1928-1935
Printed and Photographs
  • Box 1
    "Articles and Speeches by previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit, Editor, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot , 1919-1950" 1986
    Bound volume
  • Box 1
    Magazines kept by previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit 1927-1949
    2 folders
  • Box 2
    Newspaper Clippings and other papers 1950

    re the death of previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit

  • Box 2
    Newspaper Clippings and Reprints kept by previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit 1926-1950
  • Box 2
    Newpaper Clippings kept by previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé  next hit 1921-1935
  • Box 2
    Newspaper Clippings 1950-1970

    re Editorial Successors to previous hit Louis  next hit I. previous hit Jaffé

  • Box 2
    Pamphlets and Excerpts used for Editorials 1940-1942
  • Box 2
    Photographs of the Balkans ante 1914, 1919, n.d.