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Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers
This collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson.
Dorothy H. Bodell Papers,
The collection consists primarily of newspaper clippings, correspondence, research notes, photocopies of historical documents, and files Bodell compiled while writing her book.
Caperton Family Papers
Lucy Lee Lancaster Papers
Newlee Family Papers
The collection includes a paper on the history of Smithfield Plantation, the Preston family, and Virginia Newlee (Col. Robert Newlee's daughter) written by George Shackelford in 1980. In addition, there is an obituary of Colonel Newlee, and a newspaper clipping from 1916 with the muster roll of the Company of Virginia Volunteers in the Mexican War. Also the collection includes a muster roll of Company L, Fourth Virginia Regiment, of which Newlee was captain.
Preston Family Correspondence
The Preston Family Correspondence consists of two letters. The first is written by James Francis Preston to his wife, Sarah Caperton Preston; he details the events of and his involvement in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War. The second letter is written by Sarah to Colonel Grabowski and discusses her son’s (Hugh Caperton Preston) failure to follow an order at Preston and Olin Institute (now Virginia Tech).
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Dr. Harvy Black Chapter Records,
This collection contains the records of Dr. Harvy Black Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. It contains files devoted to local Confederate veterans, as well as chapter financial records, minute books, membership records, printed materials and scrapbooks.
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- Bodell, Dorothy H., 1931- 1
- Caperton family 1
- Caperton, George Henry (Nelson County, Va.) 1
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- Kent, Germanicus, 1791-1862 1
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- Lancaster, Lucy Lee, 1905-1989 1
- Lemon, Lewis 1
- Marion Foundry and Machine Works (Marion, Va.) 1
- Newlee family (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
- Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
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- Preston, Hugh Caperton, 1856-1905 1
- Preston, James Francis, 1820-1862 1
- Preston, Sarah Caperton, 1826- 1
- Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 1
- Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia (1887-1935) 1
- United Daughters of the Confederacy. Dr. Harvy Black Chapter (1896-2009) (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 1
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