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John Paul Jackson Papers
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Ms-2005-015
Scope and Contents
Student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the class of 1924. Papers consist of materials from John Paul Jackson's student days, including a Solar Ephemeris for 1922, a notebook for a course in Structures, Physical Laboratory Reports, and a color postal card of Shirley Mason.
Dates:
c.1922
Jacksonville School District Minute Book
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-008
Abstract
The collection contains a photocopy of the board minutes from the Jacksonville (now Floyd), Floyd County, Virginia, school district.
Dates:
1870 - 1886
Henry Morgan Jacocks Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-008
Abstract
This collection contains the papers of Henry Morgan Jacocks, graduate of Virginia Tech (class of 1900), assistant superintendent at Mathieson Alkali Works (Saltville, Virginia), independent businessman, and Virginia State Highway Department employee. Correspondence, trade catalogs, instructional booklets, blueprints, and drawings from Jacocks' years at Mathieson Alkali Works. Also includes a set of drafting standards for the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company and several photographs.
Dates:
1898 - 1919
Jaffe-Lankes Family Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-014
Abstract
This collection contains two main sets of materials: Correspondence between Louis I. Jaffe and J. J. Lankes from 1930 to 1942 and correspondence between Alice Jaffe (Louis' widow) and J. B. Lankes (J. J.'s son) from 1980 to 1985. In addition, there is a small folder of notes and letter excerpts created by J. B. Lankes in the early 1980s.
Dates:
1930-1942, 1980-1985
Jamerson-Webster-Basham Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-080
Abstract
The Jamerson-Webster-Basham Family Papers include receipts, deeds, land settlements, and correspondence from the Jamerson and other Franklin County families, including the Webster, Basham, Rayford, Akers, and Neff families.
Dates:
1792, 1803-1936
James Ewell Brown Stuart
Collection
Identifier: Art-334
Scope and Content
Inscribed and numbered 19/50.
Dates:
1989
Henry James Letters
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1974-008
Abstract
The collection consists of four letters, all written while Henry James was in England, one each to Lady Grace Baring, "Mrs. Sheridan," the Society of Authors, and writer George Gissing.
Dates:
1889 - 1909
Viola James Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-032
Abstract
The Viola James Collection contains membership cards for James as a member of the Clarksburg, West Virginia chapter of the Women of the Ku Klux Klan, which are in a wallet marked with the initials "KKK". The collection also has a blank application form and printed Christian literature related to the organization. It also includes a small framed tintype of two unidentified little girls.
Dates:
c. 1920s
James William McClelland V.P.I. Tableware
Collection
Identifier: Artifact-040
Abstract
The James William McClelland V.P.I. Tableware collection consists of one small plate, one medium sized plate, and a tea/coffee cup. The small plate is white with a maroon wreath in the center. In the middle of the wreath in yellow is a "VPI" overlapping letter logo with two crossing guns beneath it. Stamped into the bottom of the plate is "GREENWOOD CHINA TRENTON N.J." The medium sized plate is also white in color with "V.P.I.' printed on the rim of the plate in an...
Dates:
c.1902-1904
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