MSS. Manuscript Collections
Found in 2026 Collections and/or Records:
Virginian Railway Company, Amonate, Virginia, Photographs
The collection contains several photographs from the Virginian Railway Company (later Norfolk and Western Railway—a major midwestern railroad company which operated out of Norfolk, VA).
Virginian Railway Photographs,
The collection contains 85 photographs of the Virginian Railway and 2 images from the Virginian Railway Company's Annual Report. Photograph subjects include locomotives, people (none identified), and railway accidents.
Felix Voltz Letters
The collection contains six letters from Felix Voltz to his family in Elmira, New York, written during the American Civil War.
Maria von der Weppen Architectural Collection
Born in 1952 in Gdynia, Poland, Maria von der Weppen studied in Poland and Norway before beginning her career in Germany. She specialized in reconstructing buildings in East Germany damaged by the war as well as new residential and office construction. This collection consist of drawings, project records, photographs, and articles relating to von der Weppen's work.
VPI Chemical Engineering Class Project Reports
This collection contains four group project reports for experiments completed between August and September 1954. The projects were completed for Chemical Engineering 401, a class at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI). R. H. Crewdson acted as the foreman of the group, which also included R. S. Luttrell and N. N. Bakhshi.
VT Stories Oral History Collection
A collection of oral history interviews with Virginia Tech's alumni, faculty, and staff, focusing on the Hokie community and alumni involvement. Orginally initiated in 2015 and managed by faculty and staff across the university, the core of the project was student involvement, Hokies interviewing Hokies, to document past experiences that created enduring connections between alumni and university.
Wabash Railway Timetables
This collection contains two timetables of the Wabash Railway, serving the upper mid-central United States.
Jane Wade Letter
The collection contains a photocopy of a letter from Jane Wade in Christiansburg, Virginia, written on May 15, 1864, to her husband John, a soldier in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War.
John D. Wagg Papers
The John D. Wagg Papers, 1849-1894, documents the career and religious thoughts of Methodist preacher John D. Wagg and his fellow preachers, as well as the lives of his daughter Bettie Wagg, their family, and their friends. The collection contains correspondence, diaries and notebooks, sermons, church documents, and miscellaneous writings.
Myriam Waisberg Architectural Papers
Myriam Waisberg was a Chilean architectural historian. This collection contains a number of publications, research papers, books and articles written by Waisberg during her career in Chile. Most of her work is dedicated to religious architecture in the cities of Santiago and Valparaiso in Chile and her work with the University of Chile.