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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 1869 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscript Recipe Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-131
Abstract

The Manuscript Recipe Book is undated, possibly from the 19th century. It contains recipes and home remedies in both English and French. The back of the book contains an essay about the origin and meaning of Feudal law and government. The author is unknown.

Dates: undated

Manuscript Recipe Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-050
Abstract

The collection contains a half-filled manuscript recipes for baked goods, vegetables, main dishes, desserts, and candies.

Dates: undated

Manuscript Recipe Book/Scrapbook,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-019
Abstract

The collection consists of a book, repurposed as a combination scrapbook and recipe book, probably created in the late 19th or early 20th century. There are newspaper clipped recipes, handwritten recipes, trade cards, calling cards, and index cards laid in throughout the book.

Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

"Many More: Women in Architecture, 1978-1988," Exhibit Files and Panels

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2000-084
Abstract

The "Many More: Women in Architecture, 1978-1988," Exhibit Files and Panels contain correspondence, announcements, clippings, release forms, transcripts of the Exhibit Committee Meeting and an index of the accepted entries, regarding the preparation and organization of the exhibit. The physcial exhibit is also present.

Dates: 1987 - 1988

Map of 1937 Merrimac Community

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-012
Abstract

The Map of 1937 Merrimac Community is a map of the Merrimac coal mining community in Montgomery County, Virginia, as it was in 1937. It was produced by the Appalachian Studies Program and the Landscape Architecture Program at Virginia Tech in 1996.

Dates: 1996

Marching Virginians' April 16, 2007 Condolence Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-084
Abstract

The collection contains the condolence materials received by the Marching Virginians after April 16, 2007. Much of the material pertains to Ryan "Stack" Christopher Clark, baritone and student leader in the Marching Virginians. This collection incorporates a variety of materials and artifacts, including correspondence, posters, banners, an American flag flown on the USS Constitution, scrapbooks, and a band uniform.

Dates: 2007 - 2007

Marion, Virginia, Quarry Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-082
Abstract

This photograph depicts several men working at a quarry–possibly near Marion or Wytheville, Virginia.

Dates: [c.1900-1920]

Maritime Bills of Lading

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-035
Abstract

The collection consists of coastal trade bills and freight receipts, most engraved with vignettes of sailing ships. Items includes names port from which ship sailed, the name of the ship, the consignor, goods consigned, and the port to which goods were bound.

Dates: 1830 - 1869

Bishop William H. Marmion Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-013
Abstract Bishop William H. Marmion, born 1907, was Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia from 1954 to 1979. The papers document the forty-seven year ecclesiastical career of William H. Marmion. Materials include booklets, church bulletins, correspondence to and from Marmion, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, and reports generated by the Bishop in his service to the Episcopal Church. Topics of interest to the researcher cover Marmion's interest in the civil rights...
Dates: 1932 - 1981

Robert E. Marshak Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-060
Abstract The collection consists of Marshak's professional and personal papers, detailing his career as university professor in physics at the University of Rochester and Virginia Tech, member and leader in several scientific institutions, and president of the City College of New York. Materials include Marshak's files on the Shelter Island Conferences (1947-1949) and his administrative and correspondence files on the Rochester Conferences on High-Energy Physics (1950-1957), which he founded. The...
Dates: 1933 - 1995