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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 2050 Collections and/or Records:

Marjorie Rhodes Townsend Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-003
Abstract Marjorie Rhodes Townsend (1930-2015) was the first women to earn an engineering degree at George Washington University, receiving her Bachelor of Electrical Engineering in 1951. After eight years at the Naval Research Laboratory, she moved to National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Goddard Space Flight Center in 1959, where she worked until 1980. Townsend was project manager for three Small Astronomy Satellites (SAS, 1966-1975) and for Applications Explorer Missions...
Dates: 1960-1994, n.d.

Olive Treat Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-114
Abstract

This collection contains the diary of Olive Treat, a resident of Chicago and New York, and wife of mining venture capitalist Harry W. Treat. Entries focus on trips to New York and British Columbia, social activities, and husband's mining business

Dates: 1897

Clarence Trent Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-010
Abstract

The collection comprises the papers of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) alum and professor Clarence E. Trent (1904-1991), having to do with his involvement in American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Lutheran Campus Ministry at VPI, and his engineering education.

Dates: 1958 - 1991

Tiffany Trent Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-026
Abstract

This collection contains materials from author Tiffany Trent, including unpublished manuscripts, drafts, personal papers, and correspondence from 1996-2018.

Dates: 1996 - 2018

Tri-State Tobacco Growers Association Study

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1957-001
Abstract

This collection contains a typescript draft of a study and history of the Tri-State Tobacco Growers Association, written by S. D. Frissell and B. D. Tillett, including general background history of tobacco and agricultural cooperative efforts, together with research data on tobacco farming statistics.

Dates: 1925-1927, n. d.

True & Blanchard Receipt

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-004
Abstract

The True & Blanchard Receipt addressed to E. T. Goodnough is dated Febuary 26, 1894. The receipt includes a list of items and their prices bought over the course of a year, it records the payment date of April 16th.

Dates: 1894

Henry Clay Trumbull Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-018
Abstract

This collection includes photocopies of Trumbull's American Civil War letters and diaries.

Dates: 1863 - 1865

Edward F. Tubbs Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-030
Abstract

The collection consists of seven letters written by Edward F. Tubbs, Company I, 14th Regiment, Pennsylvania Cavalry (159th Volunteers) to his mother and siblings at home in Albion, Erie County, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1858 - 1864; Majority of material found within 1863 - 1864

Mattie Lamb Tucker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-176
Abstract

This collection includes certificates, newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence and miscellaneous printed material of Mattie Lamb Tucker, a Red Cross volunteer and community service worker in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1945 - 1984

Tuesday Afternoon Book Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-052
Abstract

This collection includes records--including programs, minutes books, a club chronology, and a list of checked out books--belonging to the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club, a Blacksburg, Virginia group that met to discuss books and current affairs.

Dates: 1933 - 1989