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Dana Harmon Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-013
Abstract

A collection of papers from Hon. Dana Harmon. They include corespondence, newspaper clippings, receipts, scrapbook, summons for the Grand Jury, and lists of supporters and people asked for support.

Dates: 1885 - 1916

Harold F. McCormick, Walnut Grove Farm, Va.

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0107
Abstract

Map showing buildings and property of McCormick's Walnut Grove Farms in Augusta and Rockbridge counties, Virginia.

Dates: n.d.

Harold F. McCormick Walnut Grove Farm, Virginia

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0057

Robert A. Harper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-010
Abstract

This collection consists of approximately 200 photographs of orchid specimens, together with a small number of various botanical notes and other materials belonging to Robert Almer Harper, head of Columbia University's botany department from 1911 to 1930.

Dates: c.1910-c.1930

Harper's Ferry

 Collection
Identifier: Art-180
Scope and Contents

As of December 2011, hanging in Kira's Office

Dates: n.d.

Harper's Weekly Civil War Illustrations

 Collection
Identifier: Art-426
Abstract

This collection includes six illustrations from the late 1800's from Harpers Weekly.

Dates: 1851 - 1864

Herbert Fletcher Harrelson Photograph Album,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-054
Abstract

The collection contains an unbound photograph album with 12 leaves, generally with photographs on both sides. The photographs show images from Herbert Fletcher Harrelson's time at the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, dating from 1919-1922.

Dates: 1919 - 1922

Alfred T. Harris Letter to Robert L. Brown

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-012
Abstract

This letter is written by Alfred T. Harris in Richmond, Virginia, on July 30, 1845, to Robert L. Brown in Variety Mills, Virginia. Harris discusses that he has not yet received a crop of tobacco and continues to describe tobacco in great detail, from the treatment to the cost. Harris (1799-1883) was a tobacco merchant in Richmond.

Dates: 1845

Jack Shelton Harris and Shirley Jean Schumann Harris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-066
Abstract The Jack Shelton Harris and Shirley Jean Schumann Harris Papers include letters, photographs, a scrapbook, and more. The subjects of the content include high school, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Jack Harris's service in World War II and the Korean War, and the Harris family. Jack Shelton Harris (1922-2014) graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and earned numerous medals during his service in World War II and the Korean War. His wife Shirley Jean Schumann Harris (1924-2014)...
Dates: 1924 - 2014

James W. M. Harris Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2000-085
Scope and Contents The James W.M. Harris Papers consist of over 200 letters written either from or to Harris or immediate members of his family between 1857 and 1909. The majority of the letters are from James to his wife Mary, written almost entirely during the Civil War. These letters contain descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg, life in Richmond, and first hand descriptions of African-Americans during the war. Harris also frequently recounts current events during the war, as well as encounters with Belle...
Dates: 1857 - 1900

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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 1380
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 824
Civil War 823
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Virginia -- Maps 412
Montgomery County (Va.) 404
Women -- History 305
Blacksburg (Va.) 296
University Archives 258
Faculty and staff 229
Students and alumni 210
History of Food and Drink 181
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields Maps 169
International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 155
Science and Technology 149
Railroad 97
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History of Women in Architecture 80
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries 68
Folk, historical, and patent medicine 55
Ledgers (account books) 52
Wythe County (Va.) 50
Architects 48
Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE) 47
Europe -- Maps 47
Virginia -- History 47
Diaries 46
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African Americans -- History 45
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Agriculture 43
World War, 1939-1945 39
Roanoke (Va.) 37
Virginia, Southwest 37
Coal mines and mining 36
Architectural drawing -- 20th century 34
Medicine 34
Cocktail History Collection 33
Food Technology and Production 33
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Pulaski County (Va.) 31
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Carroll County (Va.) 28
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Pamphlets 13
United States -- Maps 13
United States -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees 13
Washington (D.C.) -- Maps 13
Railroad -- Maps 12
Ann Hertzler Children's Cookbooks and Nutrition Literature Collection 11
Businesspeople 11
Culinary pamphlets 11
Record Group 2 11
Tazewell County (Va.) 11
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 290
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 266
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 262
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 73
Geological Survey (U.S.) 61
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Commonwealth of Virginia. Department of Highways 33
Heilig, Vicki 30
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 24
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673 23
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 21
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 20
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 18
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 17
Nirenstein's National Realty Map Company 15
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 15
Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1896-1982) 15
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 15
Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899 11
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 11
Bureau of the Census 10
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868 10
Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 10
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Corps of Cadets 10
Hildebrand, J. R. 9
Historic Urban Plans (Firm) 9
Lesher, C. E. (Carl Eugene), b.1885 9
Murrill, A. 9
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Alumni Association 9
Cook, George Hammell, 1818-1889 8
Hubbell, Charles H., 1898-1971 8
Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.) 8
The University Press of Kentucky 8
United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 8
Virginia Tech Alumni Association 8
Frazer, George Preston 7
Hopkins, Griffith Morgan 7
McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 7
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. Corps of Cadets (1872-1896) 7
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Architecture and Urban Studies (1978-2022) 7
Wall, W. F. 7
Anderson, Sherwood (Sherwood Berton), 1876-1941 6
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 6
Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893 6
Bien, Morris, 1859- 6
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 6
Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 6
Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914 6
Harvey, G 6
Henry Wysor family 6
Newman, Walter S. (Walter Stephenson), 1895-1978 6
Preston, John, 1764-1827 6
Roanoke Historical Society 6
Smock, John C. (John Conover), 1842-1926 6
Thompson, Gilbert, 1839-1909 6
United States. War Department. Corps of Engineers 6
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station 6
Virginia Cooperative Extension (1995-) 6
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 6
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. College of Architecture 6
Boyd, Charles Rufus, 1841-1903 5
Confederate States of America. War Department 5
Dunay, Donna 5
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 5
Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.) 5
Hotel Roanoke 5
Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 5
International Union of Women Architects 5
Kunstler, Morton, b.1931 5
Matsukawa-Tsuchida, Junko 5
O.W. Gray & Son 5
Rand McNally and Company 5
Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 5
Smithey & Boynton, Architects and Engineers (1935-1992) (Roanoke, Va.) 5
Torre, Susana, 1944- 5
United States. Department of Agriculture 5
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Architecture (1974-1978) 5
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Arts and Sciences (1970-2003) 5
Virginia. State Highway Commission 5
Wysor, Henry C., 1847-1927 5
A. Hoen & Co. 4
Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 4
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 4
Ballermann & Son a-s 4
Beyer, Edward, 1820-1865 4
Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010 4
Carneal and Johnston (Richmond, Va.) 4
Chace, George 4
Chace, Jacob 4
Chester, W. 4
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 4
Everett Waddey Company 4
Finch, Adam T., 1872-1933 4
Foster, A. G. 4
Gamble, W. H. (William H.) 4
Geological Survey. Water Resources Division (U.S.) 4
Ireland, E. I. 4
Kent family 4
Kraft, Christopher C. (Christopher Columbus), 1924-2019 4
Kurtz, Louis, 1835-1921 4
Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960 4
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