An Appeal to the Women of Virginia to Assist in the Preservation of Historical Manuscripts

Title: An Appeal to the Women of Virginia to Assist in the Preservation of Historical Manuscripts

Author: Wyllie, John Cook

Publication: [Charlottesville, Va.]: [Historical Societies and Civic Clubs of Charlottesville], 1938.

Description: Appeal by John Cook Wyllie, curator of the University of Virginia’s Virginia Collection, to the women of Virginia to aid in the preservation of family papers, old letters, newspapers, and related historical manuscripts. Includes a reprint of a broadside that was mailed in 1930 to a few thousand Virginians seeking materials for the Virginia Collection. Undated, but 1938 based on internal evidence. Bifolium, folded to 9 x 5.75 inches; [4] pages. Moderate toning, multiple small edge tears and chips, and ink mark on p. [1]. Good only. Rare, with Worldcat showing one institutional holding. After serving as Curator of the Virginia Collection, Wyllie became UVA's Director of the Rare Book and Manuscript Division and Curator of the McGregor Library in 1938, Curator of Rare Books and Curator of the McGregor Library in 1950, and University Librarian in 1956.