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Caperton Family Papers
Croy Family Papers
The papers of the Croy and related families (especially the Dawson and Pepper families) of Montgomery County, Virginia, include correspondence, financial records, diaries, artifacts and photographs.
Mary Fessler Papers
Ruth White Fisher Scrapbook
This collection includes a scrapbook compiled by Blacksburg, Virginia artist Ruth White Fisher, relating to her series of paintings titled "The Evolution of Creativity," donated to Virginia Tech. It includes photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera about the paintings and the donation ceremony.
Ruth G. Hale Papers
Photocopy of Montgomery County, Virginia cemetery readings compiled by Ruth G. Hale, a resident of Botetourt County, Virginia.
Olivia Tutwiler Hill Diary,
Diary of Olivia Tutwiler (later Olivia Tutwiler Hill), a young teacher living in Blacksburg and Childress, Virginia, in 1919. The focus is primarily on a crush that Tutwiler had on a Virginia Tech cadet, but entries also chronicle an active social life.
Historical Photograph Collection (List of Subjects)
The photograph collection at Special Collections and University Archives consists primarily of historical photographs of Virginia Tech, dating back to the 1890s. The collection is also home to historic images of Blacksburg, Montgomery County, the New River Valley, and Southwest Virginia in general. A photograph collection of faculty and staff from the university is maintained separately.
Virginia Hummel Papers
The Virginia Hummel collection consists of newspaper clippings, research notes, photographs, maps, and blueprints collected and created by Virginia Hummel of Blacksburg.
Patricia Givens Johnson Papers
This collection consists of papers of Patricia Givens Johnson, New River Valley local historian. It includes correspondence, subject files, printed materials and photographs. Also includes a scrapbook and a few other materials, scattered throughout the collection, which had belonged to Johnson's mother, Lula Porterfield Givens, also a local historian.
Anna Whitehead Kenney Papers
The Anna Whitehead Kenney Papers contains a collection of biographical information about local families compiled by Kenney during her time as a curator at Smithfield Plantation.
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- Lancaster, Lucy Lee, 1905-1989 1
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- Madison, Elizabeth Preston, 1762-1837 1
- Marion Foundry and Machine Works (Marion, Va.) 1
- McDowell family (Rockbridge County, Va.) 1
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- Preston, Francis, 1765-1835 1
- Preston, Hugh Caperton, 1856-1905 1
- Preston, James Francis, 1820-1862 1
- Preston, Sarah Caperton, 1826- 1
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- Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862 1
- Preston, William C. (William Campbell), 1794-1860 1
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- Sibold, Chloe M., 1899-1976 1
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- Sibold, Thomas W. (Thomas William), 1909-1930 1
- Southside Garden Club (1928/1930-) (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
- Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia (1887-1935) 1
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- Tucker, Henry, 1925-1945 1
- Tucker, Mattie Lamb, 1893-1967 1
- Tuesday Afternoon Book Club of Blacksburg (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
- United Daughters of the Confederacy. Dr. Harvy Black Chapter (1896-2009) (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
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