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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 1982 Collections and/or Records:

Robert E. Wysor Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-057
Abstract

The Robert E. Wysor Account Book is an account book from 1891-1914 that includes receipts, correspondence, and more. The documentation of the account book appears to be both personal and business related. Wysor (1862-1936) was a civil engineer and farmer from Dublin, Virginia.

Dates: 1891 - 1914

Rufus J. Wysor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1968-008
Abstract

The collection includes two letters from his father, Henry C., written in 1889 and 1904, as well as two forms from the VPI Military Department, dated 1905 and signed by Rufus J. Wysor.

Dates: 1889, 1904-1905

Wythe County, Office of Subsistence Order,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-107
Abstract

The collection contains one Confederate subsistence order for Joseph Ferdinand Kent, Commander of the Wythe County Home Guards.

Dates: 1864

Wythe County, Virginia Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-028
Abstract

Ledger containing entries apparently made in Wythe County, Virginia, including records of labor expenses and income derived from sales of goods.

Dates: 1870 - 1881

Wythe County, Virginia, Soldier Benefit Receipts,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-028
Abstract

The collection contains four receipts from Wythe County [Virginia] Court for funds paid to the families of 3 soldiers: William Ayers, Andrew Aker, and Wiliam Landers.

Dates: 1863 - 1863

Wytheville Telephone Company Summons,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-049
Abstract

The collection contains a summons to the sheriff of Bland County for the Wytheville Telephone Company for trespassing on the property of R. C. Green from 1889.

Dates: 1889 - 1889

Yancey Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-059
Abstract

The Yancey Family Papers contains correspondence between members of the Yancey and Everett families, accounts, receipts, the will of Christopher Taliaferro, and a facsimile Confederate Ten Dollar note. The material dates from 1808 to 1912.

Dates: 1808-1912, n.d.

Anne H. Price Yates Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-087
Abstract

The collection includes correspondence, charts, notes and source material relating to the genealogy of the Price, Harless and related families and compiled by Anne H. Price Yates and her father, William Conway Price, while writing the book Increase in Prices: Some Descendents of David and Agnes (Hoffman) Price of 17th Century Germany.

Dates: 1904 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1985

Anne Price Yates Papers II

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-065
Abstract

The collection contains manuscript materials, notes, and correspondence related to Anne Price Yates' research on the Price family after the publication of her book, Increase in Prices.

Dates: 1898 - 2005

James E. Yates Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-032
Abstract

This collection consists of an account book maintained by James E. Yates, a livestock trader in Rappahannock County, Virginia, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Dates: 1874 - 1910