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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 2045 Collections and/or Records:

Virginia Central Railroad Company Rental Receipt,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-043
Abstract

This collection contains a rental receipt for the labor of Isaac, an enslaved man. The receipt was issued by the Virginia Central Railroad Company in 1855 to Mrs. Elisabeth S. Lindsay and promises a payment of $175 to Lindsay after the one year rental period ends.

Dates: 1855 - 1857

Virginia Commission on Constitutional Revision Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1972-002
Abstract

The collection contains the records of the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Revision, including articles of the constitution, minutes and summaries of actions, reports of subcommittees, correspondence and memoranda, commentary, drafts, and galley proofs of revised constitution.

Dates: 1968 - 1969

Virginia Confederate Election Ticket

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-004
Abstract

The collection contains a Virginia election ticket for the November 6, 1861, Confederate election. It includes the names of candidates for sixteen districts; Jefferson Davis for President, and A.H. Stephens for Vice President; and state representative candidates, John R. Edmunds and Allen T. Caperton.

Dates: 1861

Virginia Congress on Hunger 1988 Report Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-050
Abstract

This collection contains the final and draft versions of a 1988 report from the Virginia Congress on Hunger detailing the extent of hunger and poverty in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a news release about the report, and the 1985 report about hunger and poverty.

Dates: 1985 - 1988

Virginia Department of Education, Technology Education Service Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-027
Abstract

The Virginia Department of Education, Technology Education Service Records include correspondence, newsletters, reports, minutes, and other items concerning industrial arts education in Virginia, including records from the Virginia Industrial Arts Association (1968-1980); correspondence, newsletters, reports, and minutes of the Virginia Vocational Association (1959-1979); and video tapes and slide shows concerning Industrial Arts.

Dates: 1956-1987, n.d.

Virginia Elections Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-060
Abstract

The Virginia Elections Collection contains United States polls and ballots collected from Amelia County, Virginia, from 1804, 1808, and 1865. Some of the material pertains to election polls in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. One of these is the ballot for an amendment to the Virginia Constitution, allowing former Confederate government officials to serve in the Virginia government.

Dates: 1804, 1808, 1865

Virginia Extension Homemakers Council Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-090
Abstract

This collections includes institutional records, photographs, publications, yearbooks, slides, videos, and artifacts from the Virginia Extension Homemakers Council (currently named the Virginia Association for Family and Community Education). Materials in the collection date from 1948 to 2007.

Dates: 1948 - 2007

Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-020
Abstract

The Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs Records contains program papers, correspondence, and publications relating to the VFGC from 1942-2003.

Dates: 1942 - 2003

Virginia General Assembly Bill No. 233,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-022
Abstract

Virginia General Assembly Bill No. 233 contains several amended versions of Bill No. 233. Each of the bills lists the rights and privileges given to free African-Americans living with in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The bill also discusses the process by which a free person can be sold into slavery if they have been convicted of a crime.

Dates: c. 1859-1861

Virginia General Assembly Transportation Bills

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-064
Abstract

The Virginia General Assembly Transportation Bills contain five bills from the Virginia General Assembly relating to the construction of turnpikes around Wythe and Grayson counties, Virginia and the associated companies.

Dates: 1848, 1858