Alice Rice Jaffe Papers, 1807-1950 | Special Collections and University Archives

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Series I: Norfolk Division of William and Mary, 1938-1948

This series includes correspondence, reports, newspaper clippings, and brochures regarding the early formation and growth of the Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary from 1938 to 1948. Many of the documents are addressed to or copied to Mr. Louis Jaffe, Alice Jaffe's husband and editor of the Virginian Pilot at the time. Materials are arranged chronologically.

Arrangement: Chronological

Box 1

Folder 1: Pamphlet: Some Facts about The Norfolk Division, College of William and Mary, and its Services to Parent College and Community, 1938

Folder 2: Miscellaneous news articles on William and Mary, 1939

Folder 3: Letter from Public Welfare Director H. G. Parker to Louis Jaffe, William D. Fawcett, and Col. James Mann, April 29, 1941

Folder 4: Letter from City Manager Charles B. Borland to Norfolk Council President Joseph D. Wood, with attached copy of committee report, 1941

Folder 5: Report of Charles J. Duke, Jr. to President John Stewart Bryan of the College of William and Mary, September 5, 1941

Folder 6: Booklet: Programs for Training the High School Graduate in Skills Valuable in Time of War, Norfolk Division, January 1942

Folder 7: Letter from Charles J. Duke, Jr. to Louis I. Jaffe, February 18, 1942, with accompanying report of Mr. Duke to President John Stewart Bryan of the College of William and Mary, February 5, 1942

Folder 8: News release on the establishment of a vocational school at the Norfolk Division, October 1, 1944

Folder 9: News release on appointment of Lewis Webb as Director of the Norfolk Division, May 27, 1946

Folder 10: Memorandum on the Progress of the Norfolk Division since June 1941, Presented to the Board of Visitors, June 4, 1946

Folder 11: Letter from Charles Duke to Governor William Tuck regarding the consolidation of the educational facilities of the St. Helena Extension and the Norfolk Division, March 22, 1948

Folder 12: Report of committee to study Extensions, to the Rector and The Board of Visitors, College of William and Mary, n.d.

Folder 13: Bulletin of Present Facilities and Plans for Future Development, Norfolk Division of the College of William and Mary and Virginia Polytechnic Institute, n.d.

Series II: Col. Henry Rice

This series relates to the building of a house for year round occupancy at Virginia Beach in 1936 by Alice Jaffe's father, Col. Henry Rice. Included are price estimates, brochures, bills, construction plans, and other related materials. This series is arranged alphabetically.

Arrangement: Alphabetical

Box 1

Folder 14: Construction Papers- Brochures

Folder 15: Construction Papers- Materials

Folder 16: Construction Papers- Methods of Construction and Plans

Folder 17: Construction Papers- Price Estimates & Bills

Series III: Captain Samuel Davis

This series relates to Captain Samuel Davis, a ship's captain, citizen of Norfolk, Virginia, and an ancestor of Alice Jaffe. The series is broken into two sub-series: A. Correspondence and B. Legal Documents.

Sub-Series A: Correspondence - Captain Samuel Davis, 1810-1817

This sub-series contains correspondence regarding U.S. trade with Britain and France. Material is arranged chronologically and dates from 1810 to 1817.

Arrangement: Chronological

Box 2

Folder 1: Correspondence - Captain Samuel Davis, 1810

Folder 2: Correspondence - Captain Samuel Davis, 1815

Folder 3: Correspondence - Captain Samuel Davis, 1817

Sub-Series B: Legal documents, 1807-1810

This sub-series contains legal documents including a ship's roster for the American Barque Petersburg, a letter from the Collector of Norfolk requesting safe overseas passage for Captain Davis, and a document regarding the sale of a slave to Samuel Davis. Material is arranged chronologically, and dates from 1807 to 1810.

Arrangement: Chronological

Box 2

Folder 4: Sale of Slave to Samuel Davis, September 22, 1807

Folder 5: Letter from the Collector of Norfolk requesting safe overseas passage for Captain Samuel Davis, January 14, 1809

Folder 6: Ship's Roster for the American Barque Petersburg, March 8, 1810

Series IV: Louis I. Jaffe, 1919-1950

This series contains a booklet with a compilation of articles and speeches by Alice Jaffe's husband, Louis Jaffe who was the editor for the Virginian Pilot from 1919 until his death in 1950. He won the Pulitzer Price for Editorial Writing in 1929 for An Unspeakable Act of Savagery, which condemned lynching. This compilation includes this editorial, and his other famous editorial The Baby Magnolia (1920). Other topics include: the press, the Virginian Pilot, Norfolk, anti-lynching laws and race relations, and introductions of speakers such as Robert Frost, World War II.

Arrangement: Chronological

Box 2

Folder 7: "Articles and Speeches by Louis I. Jaffe, Editor, Norfolk Virginian-Pilot", 1919-1950

Series V: Miscellaneous, 1938

This series contains a birthday card with an illustrated map of Virginia, a portrait of the presentation of the Norfolk Mace to the Corporation of Norfolk by Robert Dinwiddie, Governor of Virginia in 1754, and sheet music from the records of the ODU School of Arts and Letters. Material is arranged alphabetically.

Arrangement: Alphabetically

Box 2

Folder 8: Birthday card with illustration of the map of Virginia

Folder 9: Photo of Norfolk Mace, 1938

Folder 10: Sheet Music Covers

Folder 11: Sheet Music