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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 1869 Collections and/or Records:

"Stories and Plays Owned by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation" Summaries

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-018
Abstract

Three binders containing typescript summaries of stories owned by 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, each summary including information on production status, genre, production and release title, names of writers, and year of production (when applicable).

Dates: [1936?]

Despina Stratigakos Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-062
Abstract

The Despina Stratigakos Architectural Collection comprises her vita and published works including her dissertation and articles exploring the public image of women architects in Wilhelm, Germany (early 20th century), the contributions of women in re-building of Berlin, Germany, and exiled Jewish women architects in America. The collection also contains a 2011 Architect Barbie from Mattel and press releases concerning her creation.

Dates: 1998 - 2013

Albert O. Stratton Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-012
Abstract This collection contains journal of Corporal Albert O. Stratton, that he kept while serving with Company D, 37th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, during the 1864-1865 Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War. The contents describe daily life as a soldier well and notes on contemporary 19th century society. Albert O. Stratton (1839-1915) was born in Leominster, Massachusetts. During the American Civil War he enlisted as a private in 1862, and was promoted to the rank of...
Dates: 1865

Edward L. Stratton Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-003
Abstract

The Edward L. Stratton Diary was written by an American Civil War soldier who was in the 122nd Company of Pennsylvania, and it covers military action, army medicine, battle wounds, and hospital life and work.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

William Avery Stratton Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-114
Abstract The collection contains correspondence to William Avery Stratton from friends and family. Letters date from as early as the American Civil War (1864) to the year after Stratton's death (1940). For the most part, letters are about social and family news, though some of the early letters contain Civil War and post-bellum news from the South. Letters from friends in Oregon, Colorado, and Nevada also provide details on Indian affairs, railroad growth, and cattle in the West. The collection also...
Dates: 1864 - 1940; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1880

Erasmus Stribling and David Fultz Indenture

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-033
Abstract The Erasmus Stribling and David Fultz Indenture, dated September 21, 1830, is between Stribling of Augusta County, Virginia, and Fultz of Bath County for the "term yet to come" for the work of enslaved people who Stribling "hired" from other enslavers. Some of the enslaved people named in the document include George Hodge, Sam Hamilton, Morriss, Sam McClintick, Big James, and Little James. They are listed as "employed on the Jackson River Turnpike in the possession and under the management...
Dates: 1830

Moses M. Strong Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-015
Abstract

This colelction contains an 1886 letter from Moses M. Strong, of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, to C. M. Woodman of Dover, New Hampshire, regarding a book written by Strong and mentioning mutual acquaintances.

Dates: 1886

Warren Strother Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2004-005
Abstract The Warren Strother Collection contains official correspondence between Dr. T. Marshall Hahn and various Virginia Polytechnic Institute departments, 319 oral history interviews on cassette tapes, and 48 transcribed interviews. These materials focus on Dr. Hahn’s administration of VPI and were used to create a book entitled From VPI to State University: President T. Marshall Hahn, Jr. and the Transformation of Virginia Tech, 1962-1974 written by Warren...
Dates: 1964 - 1992

Letters to W. A. Stuart,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-041
Abstract

The collection contains two letters addressed to W.A. Stuart (also spelled Stewart in one letter) dated August 8, 1891 and August 21, 1891. The letters concern developments with White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

Dates: 1891 - 1891

Albert L. Sturm Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-019
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Albert L. Sturm, professor of political science at Virginia Tech and a noted expert on state constitutions and constitutional revision. Included are correspondence, reports, and printed materials relating to academic instruction, administration, and consultation; Sturm's books, articles, and public addresses; and topical files on politics and constitutionalnoal development and revision.

Dates: 1904 - 1988