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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 2023 Collections and/or Records:

Virginia Nurserymen's Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1968-001
Abstract

This collection contains a photograph, magazine clippings, a exhibit brochure, a survey and a meeting transcript from the conventions of the Virginia Nurserymen's Association.

Dates: 1961 - 1965

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Dance Cards

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-2002-023
Scope and Contents

Collection includes dance cards for various dances, including ring dances and dances sponsored by the German Club, Cotillion Club, and sectional clubs.

Dates: 1909 - 2002

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Postal Card Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-025
Abstract

This collection includes eighty postcards. Dated cards range from 1906 through 1995, but many cards are not dated. Cards depict various subjects including campus views, campus buildings, football, Corps of Cadets, and Blacksburg views. Some of the postcards are postmarked and addressed to recipients, while some are blank.

Dates: 1906-1995, undated

Virginia Public School Register for Blacksburg White School No. 14

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-076
Abstract

The Virginia Public School Register contains the names, ages, and attendance records of students attending Blacksburg White School No. 14. Entries date from October 1896 through March 1900.

Dates: 1896 - 1900

Virginia Receipts for Enslaved Persons

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-038
Abstract

This collection contains nineteenth century financial documents, including tax records for various Virginia residents. Also included are several hand-written receipts mentioning the sale or labor of enslaved people, including a Black child named Peter and a Black man named Bob.

Dates: 1823 - 1865

Virginia Republican Party Flyer

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-058
Abstract

The Virginia Republican Party Flyer lists the African American Republican candidates for Virginia elected offices in 1921 and includes Maggie L. Walker, the first American female bank president, as the candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction and John Mitchell, Jr., the editor of the Richmond Planet, as the candidate for Governor.

Dates: 1921

Virginia Social Science Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1964-004
Abstract

This collection contains the records of the Virginia Social Science Association, including correspondence, minutes, programs, committee reports, working files for annual meetings, financial and membership records.

Dates: 1927 - 1991

Virginia Tax Receipt

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-009
Abstract

The Virginia Tax Receipt includes a pre-printed tax receipt for Peter Logan, dated 1859, from Chesterfield, Virginia. There is a handwritten tax on one free person of color. Almost all printed categories except "Clock" and "Furniture" have been crossed out.

Dates: 1859

Virginia Tech Black History Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-011
Abstract

This collection includes oral history transcripts and cassette tapes from various African Americans with experience at Virginia Tech and/or in the Blacksburg area between the 1950s and the early 2000s.

Dates: 1996 - 2003

Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-014
Abstract

The collections consists of records and scrapbooks from the Virginia Tech Faculty Women's Club.

Dates: 1965 - 2008