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Charles Goodsell Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2004-012
Abstract
This collection includes photographs and negatives of public buildings--mostly within the United States--produced by Charles Goodsell for use in two of his books, The Social Meaning of Civic Space: Studying Political Authority through Architecture and The American Statehouse. Also includes published copies of the books.
Dates:
1982 - 2001
W. O. Goodwin & Company Account Books
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-012
Abstract
The collection contains account books that provide names of customers and descriptions of items purchased from W. O. Goodwin & Company, a general mercantile store in Glenvar (Roanoke County), Virginia, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Dates:
1896 - 1920
David H. Gordon Papers,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-019
Abstract
This collection consists of a Confederate pay and discharge certificate and short biography of David Harrison Gordon. He enlisted as a private in Company L of the Confederate Army's 4th Virginia Infantry on April 16, 1861, in Blacksburg, Virginia, and was discharged after his death due to disease at Staunton on April 18, 1862.
Dates:
1863, undated
Abbye A. Gorin Architectural Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-009
Abstract
Abbye A. Gorin is an architectural researcher and writer of Metairie, Louisiana. Her collection contains a six-minute film entitled "The Rivergate, 1968-1995," produced by Barbara Coleman and written by Gorin and Betty Moss. The film was created as a tribute to the building and as a protest to its demolition. Also present are a 42-page "Catalog of Work," various magazines with articles about or written by Gorin, an audiocassette interview with the sculptor Angela Gregory, and a DVD...
Dates:
1940 - 2006; Majority of material found within 1995 - 2006
Lois Davidson Gottlieb Architectural Collection,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-003
Abstract
This collection includes the papers of Lois Davidson Gottlieb, architectural designer, author, and lecturer. It includes photographs, writings, storyboards, and printed material relating to her various professional activities as an author and lecturer, as well as some drawings from her work as an undergraduate and graduate student. Also includes files and drawings relating to her work on various residential design projects dating from 1951 to 2002.
Dates:
1945 - 2009
Melvin N. Gough Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-057
Abstract
The Melvin N. Gough Papers span from 1919 to 1971 and include a wide variety of materials reflecting Gough's career as a test pilot, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) administrator, and flight safety investigator. Types of materials include NACA and Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development (AGARD) reports and documents, articles, correspondence, notes and speeches, and newspaper and magazine clippings. Gough (1906-1994) was an engineer, pilot, and administrator...
Dates:
1919 - 1973
Governors' Conference State Dinner Menu
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-047
Abstract
The collection contains the menu from a state dinner of the National Governors' Conference of 1950, held at the Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Autographed for John Britton Jr. by Tennessee Governor Gordon Browning and others.
Dates:
1950
Graduation Gown/Hat with Tassel and Hood,
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Textile-1993-020
Scope and Content
Item: Graduation gown/hat with tassel/ and [hood]
Date: ?
Desc: PHDHAT
Color: black with yellow tassel
Condition: good, some discoloring on inside
Special Markings: inside reads: Oak Hall Cap and Gown Co. Roanoke, Virginia, 7 5/8 in front of capGOWN
Color: black
Material: [cotton]
Condition: good
Special Markings: black [velvet] strip on either side of opening, three black velvet strips on each sleeve, velvet strips come to a point in the back. Material...
Dates:
n.d.
Robert F. Graeff Papers,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-012
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Robert F. Graeff a professor of architecture at Virginia Tech. The papers include photographs, handbooks, and design plans/instructions for design primarily relating the bathroom facilities.
Dates:
ca. 1970s-1980s
Grafton County, New Hampshire, General Store Daybook
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-107
Abstract
This collection includes a daybook maintained by an unidentified mid 19th-century general mercantile store, likely conducting business in Grafton County, New Hampshire. Entries record sales of foodstuffs, tobacco, and hardware items.
Dates:
1856
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