MSS. Manuscript Collections

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Collection includes dance cards for various dances, including ring dances and dances sponsored by the German Club, Cotillion Club, and sectional clubs.

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This collection contains 32 postal cards from the early 1900s.

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This collection contains approximately 250 postcards. Dated cards range from 1906 through 1995, but many cards are not dated. Cards depict various subjects including campus views, campus buildings, football, Corps of Cadets, and Blacksburg views. Some of the postcards are postmarked and addressed to recipients, while some are blank.

Abstract Iris Alex was the Development Administrator for Facilities Development Corporation of the State of New York, building consultant for the Young Women's Christian Association, and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Active from the 1950s until 1991. The collection includes both volumes of A Building Manual for the YWCA, written by Alex as well as some biographical information and articles about her work. Also contains correspondence between Alex...

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Rutsu Tanimura is an architect in Nagoya City, Japan. The collection comprises two drawing panels for Asahidai House by Tanimura. The panels demonstrate the design for a house on a sloping site in Aichi-pre.

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This collection contains an account book kept by J. M. Tise, manager of the Floyd County Electric Company at Sower's Mill Dam in Floyd County, Virginia, from 1923 to 1934. This collection also contains receipts kept by the Tise family from 1825 to 1865.

Abstract The Robert E. Lee Collection comprises one personal letter, one portrait, and two reproduced photographs. The letter is from Lee to Reverend W. H. Braddus of Lexington, Virginia, regarding Lee's check for $30.00, which he wants Braddus to accept as payment of tuition for a member of Lexington's Craig family. Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and he served as president of Washington College (presently Washington & Lee University) in...

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This collection consists of a poster memorializing the Farmville Guard (Company A, 2nd Virginia Infantry), including a roster of the company during World War I.

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The Maria Letizia Conforto Architectural Papers consist of drawings of Museo Nazionale Romano Crypta Balbi, slides, articles, and a brief biographical sketch. Conforto is an architect in Rome, Italy.

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A photo album featuring images of the Roanoke Railway and Electric Company buildings and lines, as well as scenic views in the Roanoke area.