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Linwood D. Keyser Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1972-006
Abstract

The collection contains the papers of Dr. Linwood D. Keyser, a urologist in Roanoke, Virginia, during the first half of the 20th century. It consists of diplomas, certificates, and photographs.

Dates: 1889 - 1944

Meade & Baker Apothecary Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-130
Abstract

The collection contains an accounts ledger for a pharmaceutical firm in Richmond, Virginia, including customer names, addresses and itemized lists of purchases.

Dates: 1861 - 1870

"Nye's Genuine Eye Water" Label

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-018
Abstract

This item is a bottle label for Nye's Genuine Eye Water, prepared by A. H. Nye of Emory, Virginia. The label states directions for proper use and storage of the product. Label also has a depiction of the product bottle on the left side of the paper.

Dates: n.d.

Earl Palmer Appalachian Photograph and Artifact Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-025
Abstract

This collection contains the photographs of Earl Palmer, an award-winning photographer from Cambria, Virginia, whose work depicted the landscape and traditional culture of rural Appalachia in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Materials date frome 1880 to 1989, but are primarily from the 1940s to the 1970s. The collection is divided among the following series: photographs, duplicate photographs, written materials, oversize photographs, and artifacts.

Dates: 1880 - 1989

James R. Perdue Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-060
Abstract

This collection includes the papers of James R. Perdue and his family. Items include a program for the Battle of the Crater reunion, a Sunday School concert flyer, seven obituaries for Perdue, a letter from J. R. Perdue, Jr., and two ledgers. Perdue (1837-1915) was a banker from Manchester, Virginia, and served as a Confederate soldier in the Otey Battery, Virginia Artillery during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1868 - 1919

Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-009
Abstract

The Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) Collection includes materials from 1926-1971. The collection contains information relating to the operation of the sanatorium from 1918-1965. The collection contains administrative papers, published works of doctors, ephemera, and images.

Dates: 1926 - 1971

Roanoke Hospital Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-037
Abstract

The collection consists of Roanoke Hospital Association administrative records.

Dates: c. 1931-1950

Southwest Virginia Counties Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2000-092
Abstract

The Southwest Virginia Counties Collection includes correspondence, manuscript memoranda and recipe books, and family papers from the Godwin, Young, Trevey, Williams and other families of Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Roanoke Counties.

Dates: 1824 - 1885

James Tarter Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-061
Abstract

This collection contains financial documents, personal records, and ephemera related to the medical practice of Dr. James E. Tarter of Wytheville, Virginia, from about 1879 to 1941.

Dates: 1879 - 1941

Western Lunatic Asylum [Staunton, Virginia] Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2016-021
Abstract

The Western Lunatic Asylum Collection includes correspondence written to the Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton, Virginia, dating from 1840 through the late 19th century, as well as annual reports from the 1860s and 1900s.

Dates: 1840 - 1903; Majority of material found within 1840 - 1868

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