Various Hardware and Insignias relating to Cadet Uniforms.

Papers associated with William Addison "Add" Caldwell (1856-1910) of Craig County, Virginia, first student enrolled at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC, later Virginia Tech). Includes a letter written by Caldwell in 1910; his 1875 VAMC report card; a Caldwell family photo portrait; Caldwell's obituary; and a Bible given to Caldwell by Mrs. William C. McKemey.

Letter from Edward Travis Clark, a student at the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech), written to friend Wm. B. Sims (Alexandria, Virginia) in 1875, discussing Clark's recent illness and the lapse of his studies.

The collection includes a love token, reading "Birdie Thomas, Blacksburg, Va., 1882" on one side and "Nelson Conrad VAMC 1882" on the other side.

Thomas Nelson Conrad (1837-1905) served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War and as President of Virginia Tech. The collection consists of the original manuscript of The Rebel Scout: A Thrilling History of Scouting Life in the Southern Army, written by Conrad from 1891 to 1893, and published in 1904.

The Dr. W. B. Conway and Julia Ellen Thomas Correspondence contains letters exchanged between the couple from 1869 to 1870 before they were married.

Morning report of the post of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, in Blacksburg, Virginia, from March 10 to 16, 1890.