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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 1878 Collections and/or Records:

Blacksburg Study Group Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-008
Abstract The Blacksburg Study Group was funded by the Blacksburg Town Council under the aegis of the Townscape Committee to study the town's architecture and landscape, to inform town officials about present conditions, and to make recommendations for changes. The collection documents the group's activities and include architectural drawings, maps, diagrams, and photographs used in the book, Blacksburg - Understanding a Virginia Town: Town Architecture (1986) by...
Dates: 1984 - 1985

Blacksburg, Virginia, Bank Embezzlement Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-080
Abstract

The eight documents (ca. 1865) within the collection detail a bank embezzlement case from the Blacksburg Branch of the Farmers Bank in Virginia. Nicholas M. Ronald, supposedly swindled patrons into writing him checks that would pay off their account deficits. Much of the collection consists of testimonials attesting to that suspicion.

Dates: ca. 1865

Blacksburg, Virginia, General Store Day Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1968-010
Abstract

The collection contains a ledger recording daily transactions of an unidentified Blacksburg, Virginia general mercantile business, possibly that of James P. Harvey.

Dates: 1894 - 1895

Blacksburg [Virginia] High School Band Boosters Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1994-031
Abstract

This collection conains a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs of the Blacksburg High School Warrior Band and the Band Boosters, created by Frances Hutcheson Russell.

Dates: 1972 - 1975

Blacksburg, Virginia, Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-087
Abstract

This collection contains an account book, possibly from a Blacksburg, Virginia business.

Dates: 1866 - 1881

Blacksburg [Virginia] Odd Fellows Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-009
Abstract

The Blacksburg [Virginia] Odd Fellows Records consist of financial records, correspondence, minute books, brochures of several annual conferences, by-laws and odd issues of the Odd Fellows Journal for the men's lodge, Tadmore Light Lodge No. 6184 of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. The collection also contains correspondence, minutes and financial records for the women's group, the Household of Ruth.

Dates: 1902 - 1969

Blacksburg - Virginia Polytechnic Institute Civilian Defense Council Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1979-005
Abstract

This collection contains records--including correspondence, reports, and printed materials--of a local civilian defense council organized in Blacksburg, Virginia during World War II.

Dates: 1942 - 1945

Blacksburg [Virginia] Regional Art Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-045
Abstract

The Blacksburg [Virginia] Regional Art Association Records contains materials from the community art club formed as a chapter of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, including programs and letters to members from the 1960s and 1970s.

Dates: 1960 - 1971

Town of Blacksburg, [Virginia], Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-003
Abstract

The Town of Blacksburg, [Virginia], Collection consists of a variety of Blacksburg town documents and reports collected by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University librarians. Materials include financial statements (1927-1951), a typescript annual report (1954), a population study (1944), Chamber of Commerce brochures, By-Laws and Ordinance of Blacksburg (1885), and information on elections (1936-1968).

Dates: 1885 - 1968

Blacksmith Ledger,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-049
Abstract

The Blacksmith Ledger is from Rural Retreat, VA c. 1928 and features approx. 200 pages of local customer order logs.

Dates: c.1928