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Howard Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-067
Abstract
This collection contains a diploma and certificates given to Warren Weston Howard (1889-1970), who graduated from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) in 1912 and from the National Guard of the United States Army and of the State of Florida in the 1920s. The collection also contains a certificate to Vada Howard (1905-1980) for her service to the United States Army in 1946 and an undated crest from Virginia Military Institute. Warren Howard graduated...
Dates:
1912 - 1946
Thomas Henry Howard Manuscript Account Book
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-007
Abstract
The Thomas Henry Howard Manuscript Account Book was written by Dr. Thomas Henry Howard, a doctor in Floyd, VA who served as a Confederate doctor. The book is filled with names of patients, the services performed, and the payment received for each entry before, during, and after the Civil War.
Dates:
1860-1868
Charles Henry Howe Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-022
Abstract
This collection contains a letter with envelope from Charles Henry Howe to his parents on November 22, 1862. The letter updates his parents on his condition, informs them of his movements, and discusses supply requests. This collection also contains five souvenirs collected by Howe in White Sulphur Springs and identified in the letter.
Dates:
1862, undated
Henry Howland Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-016
Abstract
This collection includes an American Civil War letter of Henry Howland, quartermaster of the 51st Illinois Infantry, to his mother in Chicago.
Dates:
1862
Alice Langley Hsieh Papers,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1979-004
Abstract
The Alice Langley Hsieh collection consists of three parts: (1) the personal papers and publications of Alice Langley Hsieh (1922-1979), a U.S. State Department, RAND corporation, and Institute for the Defense Analyses specialist on the military of the People's Republic of China; (2) the manuscripts of books written by her spouse, C. Kien Hsieh, himself an authority on Communist China; and (3) collateral publications from A. L. Hsieh's library on the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA),...
Dates:
1943 - 1978
Albert N. Hubbard Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-034
Abstract
The Albert N. Hubbard Letter is a diary-style letter that contains information pertaining to fighting and traveling through the Shenandoah Valley, including New Market, Woodstock, Harrisonburg, and Staunton. The letter was written in Martinsburg, Virginia, and sent back to Hubbard's home in Windsor, Massachusetts.
Dates:
1864-04-27 - 1864-06-07
Benjamin Huddle Diary
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-015
Abstract
The Benjamin Huddle Diary consists of a photocopy and transcript of the diary, which describes his experience as a Confederate soldier in the 29th Virginia Infantry during the American Civil War. The transcript was produced by his decendent Randal Huddle.
Dates:
1861-1865, 1987, 2006, undated
Huddle Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-084
Abstract
This collection primarily contains papers associated with Charles Huddle and his son Charles Huddle who were mining engineers in Ivanhoe, Virginia, and served in various capacities with the National Carbide Company; Ivanhoe Mining and Smelting Corporation (formerly the Ivanhoe Furnace Company); New River Mineral Company; and Sand Mountain Sand Corporation. In addition, the collection contains some personal correspondence, memorabilia, and business papers of the family. Materials date from...
Dates:
1854 - 1983
Huff-Hylton Families Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-001
Abstract
The Huff-Hylton Families Papers consists of items from the early 1800s through the American Civil War pertaining to the business and personal lives of Samuel Huff, Lorenzo Dow Hylton, and their families in Montgomery (now Floyd) County, Virginia. Materials include promissory notes, correspondence, an indenture for land, and genealogical information.
Dates:
1803-1816, 1858-1882, 1975, n.d.
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