MSS. Manuscript Collections
Found in 1981 Collections and/or Records:
Clement M. Adkisson Account Book
Thi collection contains a ledger from Halifax County, Virginia general mercantile store, with entries listing customer names, together with descriptions of items purchased and dates and prices of purchases.
African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia
This collection contains six black and white photographs of a tenant farm in Clarksville, Virginia.
Ella G. Agnew Papers
Papers of educator Ella G. Agnew (1871-1958), home demonstration agent for Virginia Tech (1914-1919), consisting of six weekly field reports completed by Avie E. Phillips of Evington (Campbell County), Virginia; a monthly library report for Virginia Tech; a 1914 Virginia Tech commencement program; a receipt for an American School of Home Economics correspondence course; and a brief letter about a financial matter.
Agrico Farmer's Account Book
The Agrico Farmer's Account Book contains handwritten notes throughout from an unidentified farmer. The entries include documentation of cattle birth and sales. The book was published by the American Agricultural Chemical Company to advertise Agrico fertilizer.
Agricultural Ephemera Collection
The Agricultural Ephemera Collection was established in 2015. The collection consists of materials in a variety of formats (advertisements, order forms and blanks, postcards, clippings, and more) that relate to agriculture, farming, livestock, and poultry & fowl, dating from the late 19th century to the present.
Robert J. Aker/William H. Goodpasture Deed
This written agreement is for the sale of one-half acre of land to Robert J. Aker by William H. Goodpasture.
Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company Agreements
The collection contains five legal agreements of the Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company, relating to the use of routes and facilities and the issue of joint passenger traffic rates.
Velma H. Alderman Scrapbook
This collection contains a scrapbook and newspaper clippings created by Velma H. Alderman, mother of former Virginia Tech professor Nancy Orange. Most news clippings are from the 1950s and pertain to Radford, Virginia.
Richard Aldington Book Typescripts
The collection consists of two typescripts--one the original and the other a carbon--both revised, of English novelist Richard Aldington's Women Must Work (1934).