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The collection contains a broadside announcing the auction of Nelson R. Wilson home and farm in Bedford County, Virginia.

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The Sallie Wilson Recipe Book is a collection of recipes compiled by a woman in Liberty (Bedford County), Virginia.

Abstract Wilson (1918-1996) an architect in Ojai, CA was born in New York City but later relocated to Southern California. She studied at the University of California, Berkeley, 1937-1940; later the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1941; and graduated with a B. Arch from University of Southern California in 1947. Wilson’s collection encompasses three decades of work that range from her academic through professional career—including her experience of operating her own firm. Her...

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The collection includes two letters and their original envelope from Jacob S. Winans to his father Dr. Isaac Winans. Both letters were sent in the same envelope. They were written after Winans's return to Camp Tennally (Tennallytown, Maryland) after serving picket at Great Falls, Virginia from September 9-16, 1861.

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The collection includes a compiled recipe book with recipes dated from 1918 to 1974. The recipes were most likely collected by Marion Windle, whose name is found on the cover.

Abstract This collection contains an original poem written in the hand of Theodore Winthrop, the first Union officer killed in the American Civil War. Verses describe the great importance and coming destruction and suffering that the war will bring. This collection also includes Winthrop's original signature and a period envelope that depicts his memorial. Born in 1828 and a graduate of Yale, Winthrop volunteered in 1861 with the 7th New York Regiment. After being made a major on the staff of...

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The Owen Wister Papers consist of a poem, "King's Cap," by Wister with his signature and notes, and four letters.

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Letters addressed to Eben P. Wolcott, of Company E, 28th Connecticut Infantry, during the American Civil War, written from family members at home and discussing personal news and such war-time events as the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862), the death of Stonewall Jackson (May 1863), and the inflation caused by the war.

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This collection contains two scrapbooks of photographs and ephemera compiled by DeWitt Clinton Wolfe, Jr., a 1921 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a member of the VPI Corps of Cadets. The materials document Wolfe's experiences as a student in the Cadet Corps from about 1919 to 1921, including sporting events, camping excursions, "rat parades" and as a trumpet player in the Cadet Corps band. The collection also contains a CD with selected scanned photographs from the albums.

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The collection contains three flyers for the national and Virginia branches Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), dating from about 1929.