Memorabilia and Awards, 1908-1949

The collection contains personal and administrative correspondence both to and from Virginia Gildersleeve, addresses delivered by Virginia Gildersleeve, and publications written by and about Virginia Gildersleeve. A large portion of the collection is comprised of ephemera, awards, memorabilia from various events honoring Gilderlseeve and from Gildersleeve's life. Of particular note is one box that contains notes and correspondence exchanged between Gildersleeve and Dorthea Setzer, Gildersleeve's biographer. Some Gildersleeve family materials including, the Gildersleeve family Bible and pieces of Alger C. Gildersleeve's correspondence, are included in the collection.