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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 1990 Collections and/or Records:

Maude E. Wallace Letter to Sarah Pitts

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-019
Abstract

This letter was written by Maude E. Wallace of Virginia Cooperative Extension Service, Blacksburg, VA, to Sarah Pitts of George Peabody College, Nashville, TN, on 14 August 1929. Ms. Pitts had been hired to work as an Extension agent, but had not yet begun her duties.

Dates: 1929 - 1929

Samuel Wallace Deed

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-050
Abstract

The collection contains an 1832 contract between Samuel Wallace, of Scott County, Virginia, and John Allan of Tazewell County, Virginia, for sale of land.

Dates: 1832

Charles Walls Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-001
Abstract

Photocopies of magazine articles and other sources relating to the American Civil War, with particular emphases on Long Island, New York, during the war, African-American history, and the Ku Klux Klan.

Dates: 1882 - 2003

H. D. Walters Flyer

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-059
Abstract

The H. D. Walters Flyer is an advertisement for rings from a jeweler in Christiansburg, Virginia, likely dating from the late nineteenth century.

Dates: n.d.

Henry J. Walters Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-003
Abstract

This collection contains a letter from Henry J. Walters to an unnamed person on his having written a recommendation for the person's promotion.

Dates: 1863

James Glen Walthall Daybook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-030
Abstract

The James Glen Walthall Daybook details a Montgomery County, Virginia general mercantile business, recording customer names, goods purchased, and prices paid.

Dates: ca. 1906

Robert Walton Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-104
Abstract

The collection contains a single letter written by Robert Walton of Augusta, Georgia, to his sister, Elizabeth McClanahan, in Botetourt County, Virginia.

Dates: 1813

Sephas (Cephas) L. Walton Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1955-001
Abstract

This folder contains eighteen letters and one envelope to and from Sephus (Cephas) L. Walton. These letters are to and from his Mother, Father, Brother, Wife and other relations while he was in the 1st Virginia Battalion, Company A and 42nd Infantry Virginia Regiment, Company B.

Dates: 1861-1865, 1884

William C. Wampler Congressional Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-003
Abstract

William C. Wampler, Sr. (1926-2012) was a U.S. Congressman from Virginia's 9th District in the 1950s through 1980s. His papers primarily document his tenure in the House of Representatives during the 1970s and 1980s, including correspondence with constituents, committees, and government departments, legislative files, public relations and campaign materials, and photographs.

Dates: 1953 - 1990; Majority of material found within ( 1967-1982)

War of 1812 Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-013
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence and military documents relating to the War of 1812, including materials before, during, and after the war, with a particular emphasis on activities in Virginia between 1806 and 1823.

Dates: 1806 - 1823