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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 2047 Collections and/or Records:

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Dr. Harvy Black Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-050
Abstract

This collection contains the records of Dr. Harvy Black Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. It contains files devoted to local Confederate veterans, as well as chapter financial records, minute books, membership records, printed materials and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1862 - 2010

United States Army Inspection Guides

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-049
Abstract

The collection includes inspection guides issued by the Office of the Inspector General, United States Army.

Dates: 1930

United States Bureau of Internal Revenue Distillery Forms

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-095
Abstract

The colletion contains a set of forms used by the United States Bureau of Internal Revenue in the regulation of distilled spirits.

Dates: 1902 - 1913

United States Hotel Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-117
Abstract

This collection contains a ledger maintained by the United States Hotel of Frederick Town, Maryland, later used as a scrapbook documenting national and international personalities and events.

Dates: 1844-ca. 1930

United States Internal Revenue Special Tax Stamps,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-061
Abstract

This collection includes a United States Internal Revenue Retail Liquor Dealer Stamp for Special Tax for the year 1876.

Dates: 1876 - 1876

United States Military Railroads Receipt

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-097
Abstract

The collection contains a United States Military Railroads receipt, issued to general freight agent William W. Tuttle at Nashville, Tennessee.

Dates: 1865

University Relations Slide Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-023
Abstract

The University Relations Slide Collection contains photographic slides from the Virginia Tech University Relations department. Photos are generally of events and people on campus from the 1980s through the 2000s.

Dates: ca. 1980s-2000s

Amon W. Updike Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-012
Abstract

The Amon W. Updike Correspondence consists of photocopies of five letters from Updike while camped in New Kent, Chesterfield, and Henrico counties, Virginia, to his sister, Phebe Arthur, during the American Civil War. Also included are photocopies of letters from Phebe Arthur to her husband Henry, letters from Henry to Phebe and to other family members, and a letter from J.O. Hensley, Arthur's captain, informing Phebe of her husband's death. 

Dates: 1861 - 1865

Martin Urner Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-041
Abstract

The collection contains a single ledger from Martin Urner’s harness and saddle-making business in New Market, Virginia. The ledger includes customer and payment information from 1867 to 1881.

Dates: 1867 - 1881

Lucy Dickinson Urquhart Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-046
Abstract

The Lucy Dickinson Urquhart Papers, 1865-1973, contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, and poetry and advertisements by Lucy Dickinson Urquhart (1881-1975), an advertising copywriter and local historian in Virginia. The collection also includes correspondence, papers, and other materials related to her family.

Dates: 1865 - 1973