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The collection includes papers from Frank L. Robeson's tenure as a student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, Columbia University, and Johns Hopkins University, as well as subject and research files from his nearly 50 years as an instructor and professor at VPI, dating from 1899 to 1954.

Abstract This collection contains a manuscript list of Company E, 4th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment, of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, written by David Tobias David T. Robinson, listing rank, age, eye and hair color, occupation, and other information about the men in the company. David Tobias Robinson was born October 8, 1845 and lived until June 16, 1925. Robinson enlisted in the Confederate Army in 1861 and joined Company E of the 4th Virginia Infantry. Robinson entered...

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Letter to S. C. Robinson, of Botetourt County, Virginia, from an unidentified slaveholder in Mount Airy, [Virginia], discusses the enslaved men recently hired out to Robinson and offering to hire out a young boy for the coming year.

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The S. C. Robinson Letter is an autograph letter signed by S. C. Robinson, the creator of the Confederate "Sharps" carbines, to James Albright of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Ocotber 24th, 1861. The letter contains information on Robinson's sentiment over the American Civil War, and an idea of Robinson's current situation at work in Richmond, Virginia.

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The collection consists of six letters from Pvt. George W. Rock to a "Miss Ardelia" written between December 1863 and February 1865.

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The collection contains a booklet promoting an insurance plan for employees of the Rock Island Lines.

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This legal document details the process by which Mary McDowell–an unmarried woman of color–names the father of her child. The Justice of the Peace orders the father to make payments in support of his child.

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This collection includes twenty-one booklets from the Collins General Aviation Division of Rockwell International contain information regarding products of the division, such as Electronic Flight Instrument system and Weather Radar systems. One booklet is from Dorne & Margolin, Inc., about their antennas and accessories.

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This collection contains a photocopy of a memoir written in 1909 by S. C. Roddy (1832-1918), who fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War in Company F of the 39th Georgia Infantry. Roddy's memoir primarily details his experiences during the war from 1862 to 1865.

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The Melita Rodeck Architectural Collection consist of architectural drawings designed by her while in private practice and as an employee of the U.S. federal government.