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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 2047 Collections and/or Records:

George W. Viar Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-036
Abstract

Three certifications of disability from medical examinations of George W. Viar, a soldier Company E, 24th Virginia Infantry at Dublin, Virginia during the American Civil War, accompanied by a note from an unidentified wounded soldier.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

Vine and Ashmead Patent

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-014
Abstract

This collection contains a patent awarded to William Vine (1798-ca. 1872) and James H. Ashmead (1810-1880) of Hartford, Connecticut, for "machines beating gold".

Dates: 1849 - 1850

William Vinson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-048
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from Virginia House of Delegates member William Vinson (1819=1883) to his family at home in Wayne County, (West) Virginia, discussing his attempts in the general assembly to secure roads and mail routes, his children's education, health and weather conditions in Richmond, and winning local lotteries.

Dates: 1854

Virginia Academy of Science Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1981-096
Abstract The Virginia Academy of Science (VAS) Records includes VAS publications dating from 1939-2004 and also includes manuscript and published versions of various Academy histories. The Academy Archives also includes correspondence, report, and minutes of section and of ad hoc and standing committees, annual financial statements, photographs and clippings, by-laws, and constitutions, records of special projects such as the visiting scientists program (supported by National Science Foundation...
Dates: 1920 - 2005

Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute Financial Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-012
Abstract

The collection includes ledgers and pages of ledgers with financial records of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. It contains a listing of receipts from 1901-1906, a listing of Bond Holders under the Act of March 5, 1900, a listing of expenditures from 1900-1908, and insurance records and valuations for policies commencing 1906-1914.

Dates: 1900 - 1914

Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station Farm Family Study (Grayson County, Virginia)

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-023
Abstract

The collection contains data from a cooperative study of Grayson County, Virginia, conducted by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Home Economics. The study includes raw and tabulated data on family members, education, health, income and expenditures, employment, housing, food, clothing, and household furnishings and supplies.

Dates: 1931

Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-077
Abstract

The collection contains letters to William S. Archer discussing his election as delegate to the July 1849 convention of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad Company. Correspondence also discusses the plan to connect the Atlantic and Pacific oceans via railroads.

Dates: 1849

Virginia Association for Biological Farming Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2016-009
Abstract

This collection contains records created and collected by the Virginia Association for Biological Farming (VABF) between the early 1990s and the mid-2010s.

Dates: 1990s-2014

Virginia Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel (VAEOPP) Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-003
Abstract

The collection is organized into seven series: Board and Administrative Records, Conference Material, Membership Material, Correspondence, Newsletters and Other Publications, Miscellaneous Material, and Media. The collection includes, but is not limited to, meeting minute and agendas, committee reports, conference planning documents and programs, forms, organizational correspondence, membership lists, publications, and memorabilia.

Dates: 1970 - 2015

Virginia Ball Invitations

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-103
Abstract

The three invitations represent events at the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, Yellow Sulphur Springs, and the Hancock House resorts.

Dates: 1870 - 1871