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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 1981 Collections and/or Records:

Yellow Sulphur Springs Sale Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-106
Abstract

The Yellow Sulphur Springs broadside advertises the sale of the mineral springs resort located in Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: 1943

Yonce Family Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-032
Abstract

The collection consists of one letter from Fannie (Francis Ann?) Yonce to her mother Mrs. Alfred Yonce in Wytheville, Virginia and two letters from William B. Yonce (the first is addressed to Mrs. Yonce and the second is addressed to Fannie).

Dates: 1851 - 1860

Yonson (Johnson) Family Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-020
Abstract

The collection consists of receipts dating from 1803-1859. The items in the collection include tax receipts, estate bills for clothes, machinery, auctions, and other ephemera, mostly belonging to Baltzer (Palser) Yonson (Johnson) and his wife, Mary Thompson.

Dates: 1803 - 1859

"You Must Shun Ole Satan" Sheet Music

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-048
Abstract

This collection contains sheet music to the spiritual "You Must Shun Ole Satan", and artwork from similar songs.

Dates: 1881

Harold N. Young Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1970-007
Abstract

The collection includes papers by Harold N. Young relating to education in Virginia, as well as an original poem.

Dates: 1938 - 1966

Jean Linden Young Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-022
Abstract Jean Alice Linden was born in Detroit, Michigan, on February 15, 1922. She became a registered architect of Washington state in 1955 and established her own private practice in 1976. Her designs were almost all private residences, apartment buildings, and small commercial structures in the Seattle area. The Jean Linden Young Papers consist of materials created and collected by Young during her lifetime. They include notes written as an instructor at the University of Kentucky, newspaper...
Dates: 1945 - 1997

Z Process Quick Freezing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-055
Abstract

The Z Process Quick Freezing Collection consists of pamphlets and a photograph album. The pamphlets contain information on the quick freezing method developed by Mikhail Trofimovich Zarochentsev. The photograph album consists of images related to the freezing methods and equipments. The quick freezing method acted as a sanitary method to freeze seafood, meats, fruits, and vegetables and to maintain their nutritional values and taste.

Dates: c.1917-1937

Doris Zallen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-032
Abstract The Doris Zallen Papers, Ms2018-032, contains meeting notes from the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee, Doris Zallen's professional papers, book reviews, and background on Zallen's published papers from 1960 to 2016. Doris Zallen attended Brooklyn College and Harvard University before becaming a professor of Science and Technolgy Studies and Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Science at Virginia Tech. This collection follows Zallen's acadamic work from the undergraduate to...
Dates: 1952 - 2016

Dr. Richard Zallen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-069
Abstract The Dr. Richard Zallen Papers document the research and professional development of a physics professor at Virginia Tech specializing in condensed matter research. Papers largely cover the second half of the twentieth century and include information on research at Xerox; professional correspondence; Virginia Tech lecture notes; drafts of published work; and documents concerning trips, sabbaticals, and conferences. Materials include hand-written documents, published material, flat plate...
Dates: 1940 - 2007

Czeslawa Zielinska Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-017
Abstract

Czeslawa Zielinska is a Polish-born Canadian architect and the inventor the GETSET Building System and, with her husband Zenon, of the UCOPAN, a pre-cast concrete building system. The collection includes promotional material, published articles, and booklets about UCOPAN as well as copies of landscape and building sketches drawn during her travels.

Dates: 1964 - 2005; Majority of material found within ( 1966-1979)