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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 2045 Collections and/or Records:

Max Weber Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-027
Abstract

Letter from Colonel Max Weber (1824-1901), of the 20th New York Infantry during the American Civil War, to Major General Benjamin F. Butler, September 5, 1861, describing the capture of Fort Hatteras, North Carolina, on August 28, by Weber's troops.

Dates: 1861

David A. Weed Manuscript

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-086
Abstract

This manuscript is a personal history by David A. Weed of the 6th New York Heavy Artillery from his entrence into the American Civil War until the date he mustered out to return home.

Dates: 1865

Kendall Weisiger Speech

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-055
Abstract

The collection contains an excerpt from a speech given by Kendall Weisiger to the faculty at the University of Georgia, c. 1930s.

Dates: c. 1930s

Captain Isaiah A. Welch Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-094
Abstract

This letter from Captain Isaiah A. Welch to Captain Crispin Dickenson details Welch's desire to get back in touch with Dickenson, following their American Civil War service together. A shopping list of Captain Crispin Dickenson's is also included.

Dates: 1866 - 1867

Wells Branch Coal Company Stationary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-039
Abstract

This collection contains undated, blank stationary paper and empty envelopes from the Wells Branch Coal Company located in Philadephia, Pennsylvania.

Dates: undated

Robert J. Wells Civil War Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-066
Abstract

Letter is written by Robert J. Wells, who enlisted on June 5, 1861 at Lynchburg, Virginia as a Private in Company H of the 24th Virginia Infantry during the American Civil War. The letter is written to "Cousin Louise" and dates from November 30, 1864.

Dates: 1864

James R. Werth Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1957-003
Abstract

This collection contains two letters to James R. Werth from friends in 1902 and 1903.

Dates: 1902 - 1903

West Iron Gate Land Company Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-012
Abstract

This collection includes the accounts and correspondence of West Iron Gate Land Company (successor of Hileman, Waring & Company), a pig iron manufacturer in Clifton Forge (Allegany County), Virginia.

Dates: 1879 - 1902

O. Waldo West Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-066
Abstract

Three letters from Oliver Waldo West, a lieutenant in the 1st New York Dragoons during the American Civil War, written between January and July 1864 to friend Sarah L. (Lyra) Stilson of Corning, New York.

Dates: 1864

Ruby Bishop West Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-002
Abstract

This is a collection of materials related to Floyd County, Virginia history, particularly--but not limited to--church and education history, as well as materials related to the county's general history and its sesquicentennial celebration in 1981. Also includes personal materials, consisting of school records and diplomas from Radford College, personal photographs and ephemera, and sheet music from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Dates: 1858 - 1981