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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 2050 Collections and/or Records:

Gabriel C. Wharton Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-012
Abstract

The collection contains three post-Civil War letters addressed to former Confederate General Gabriel C. Wharton: one regarding potential locations for a blast furnace, one relating to fees for the use of two horses, and one about a petitition on some property in Blacksburg.

Dates: 1869 - 1875

Gabriel C. Wharton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-106
Abstract

This collection contains materials from Civil War General Gabriel C. Wharton. The materials are largely concerned with financial records of the Richmond and Louisville and the Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio Railroad Companies. Materials also include correspondence, maps, and ephemera.

Dates: 1877 - 1893

Whisner Memorial Methodist Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1964-003
Abstract

This collection consists of records generated by the Whisner Memorial Methodist Church located in Blacksburg, Virginia, from 1857 through 1975.

Dates: 1857 - 1975

Isaac White Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-013
Abstract

The collection consists of letters written mostly by Isaac White (1837-1889) to his wife, Mary Virginia "Jinnie" Day White, while he served with the Confederate Army as an assistant surgeon during the American Civil War. Many of the letters are written while encamped along the Shenandoah Valley. Other papers include literature gathered by Bess Duvall White Snead, White's grand-daughter, in her search for military information about Isaac White.

Dates: 1861 - 1938

William Allen White Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1973-003
Abstract

The collection consists of a brief letter to William Allen White on December 2, 1920, from Mary Ethel McAuley of The Wanderer of the Pittsburgh Dispatch, with White's response on the same letter.

Dates: 1920

William C. White Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-098
Abstract

Letter from William C. White of Company I, 69th Pennsylvania Infantry during the American Civil War, written to his parents, noting the desertion of several from his company due to the lack of whiskey, the availability of fresh bread, and the "awful price" charged by the sutler.

Dates: 1861

Oscar L. Whitelaw Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-045
Abstract

This collection contains a letter written by Private Oscar L. Whitelaw of the 15th Vermont Infantry Regiment of the Union Army on December 20, 1862, during the American Civil War. Whitelaw describes the march from Camp Vermont to the Fairfax County Courthouse, as well as camp life, Confederates in Richmond, and his feelings about the war.

Dates: 1862

"Whitethorne Photographs of Kentland for Margaret K. Cowan" Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-020
Abstract This collection contains a spiral bound photograph album entitled "Whitethorne Photographs of Kentland for Margaret K. Cowan" that contains photographs of Kentland Plantation and surrounding areas. This collection also contains a sheet of paper, probably from a scrapbook, with photographs of Kentland and Walnut Spring. Kentland Farm is located in northern Montgomery County, Virginia, and was formed in the early 1800s by James Randal Kent. Margaret Kent Cowan (1905-1992) was the...
Dates: ca. 1900s

F. B. Whitings Reference Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-016
Abstract

This collection contains a reference book that was owned by F. B. Whitings in 1821. The reference book contains a Virginia-related almanac and reference guide.

Dates: 1821

O. Gaines Whitley, Sr., Photograph Albums

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-021
Abstract

The O. Gaines Whitley, Sr., Photograph Albums contain photographic materials from the

Dates: c. 1912, 1995