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MSS. Manuscript Collections

 Record Group
Identifier: MSS

Found in 2044 Collections and/or Records:

Clement M. Adkisson Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-001
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1859 - 1861

Thomas Adriance Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-003
Abstract

The collection consists almost exclusively of performance programs, playbills, and other threater literature of theater, dance, and music performances attended by Adriance.

Dates: 1957 - 1996

African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-110
Abstract

This collection contains six black and white photographs of a tenant farm in Clarksville, Virginia.

Dates: c.1920-1930

Ella G. Agnew Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-026
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1914 - 1916

Agrico Farmer's Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-085
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1939 - 1941

Agricultural Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-053
Abstract

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.

Dates: c.1900s-present

Robert J. Aker/William H. Goodpasture Deed

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-115
Abstract

This written agreement is for the sale of one-half acre of land to Robert J. Aker by William H. Goodpasture.

Dates: 1873

Alabama Great Southern Railroad Company Agreements

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-074
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1887 - 1890

Kathryn Clarke Albright Architectural Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2025-021
Abstract The Kathryn Clarke Albright (1960- ) Architectural Papers include design projects she developed while she was an undergraduate student at Virginia Polytechnic Insitute and State University (1978-1982), professional projects from her career at Daniel Solomon & Associates (1986-1993), including project descriptions, drawings, and progress photographs, professionial recognitions & awards. Papers also include travel sketches, and her personal statement and other application materials for...
Dates: 1978 - 2001

Velma H. Alderman Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-089
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1941 - 1981