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J. Christopher Jones Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-023
Scope and Content
This collection contains photocopies of the compiled writings of designer J. Christopher Jones. The collection includes copies of published articles, unpublished manuscripts, internal reports, and proposals concerning such subjects as streamlining, implications of automation, human error and accidents, and mechanization and design. The fifth volume in the series, titled "Dear Architects," consists of a set of open letters in which Jones addresses questions raised by students during his time...
Dates:
1950 - 1975
J. T. Jones Ledger
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-018
Abstract
Ledger of James Taswell Jones (1890-1945), a Blacksburg, Virginia meat cutter, containing payment transactions on accounts of customers, including C. W. Black, C. E. Bodell, F. B. Eames, J. K. Groseclose, Y. B. Keister, and H. L. Price.
Dates:
1925 - 1926
James Bernard Jones Memorabilia
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1968-006
Abstract
The James Bernard Jones Memorabilia contains several pieces of ephemera related to Virginia Polytechnic Institute: a pamphlet on the programs of study available at VPI (ca. 1913), a Thanksgiving menu (1917), and a commencement program (1922). It also includes a certificate of Jones' Sunday school attendance (1916).
Dates:
1913 - 1922
Samuel D. Jones Letter to Henry C. Wysor
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-051
Abstract
The Samuel D. Jones Letter to Henry C. Wysor is a letter written on March 10, 1893, from Jones (1856-1930) in Glade Spring, Virginia, to Wysor (1847-1927) in Dublin, Virginia. The letter details a payment for an insurance policy and is written on Southwest Virginia Institute for Young Ladies letterhead. Jones was principal of the institute, and Wysor was an agent for the New-York Life Insurance Company.
Dates:
1893
Joseph Funk & Sons Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-074
Abstract
The Joseph Funk & Sons Correspondence predates the American Civil War and includes two letters from a Mennonite hymnbook publisher in Rockingham County, Virginia, to a client in Lewisburg, Virginia [now West Virginia]. The letter discusses book shipments, the settlement of accounts, and the unreliability of shipping to the western counties via the railroad.
Dates:
1858 - 1860
Joseph Lonsdale Hunter Mechanical Drawing Set
Collection
Identifier: Artifact-032
Abstract
The Joseph Lonsdale Hunter Mechanical Drawing Set collection is housed in a small wooden box with a key hole. On the top of the box is a small gold plate, likely meant to be engraved but never was. Inside the box is a blue velvet lined tray that holds eight mechanical drawing tools. The lid of the box is lined with purple velvet. On the sides of the tray are two purple ribbons that lift the tray out of the box. Under the tray are two booklets, "Tables for Measuring Timber" and "Log Rule and...
Dates:
c. 1900
Noemi Judkovski Exhibit Panels
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-054
Abstract
Noemi Judkovski is an architect in Israel. The collection consists of photographs of Judkovski's designs, mostly exteriors, of kibboutzes in Israel attached to three wooden panels.
Dates:
1991
George W. L. Kabrich Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-013
Abstract
The George W. L. Kabrich Family Papers, 1850-1947 [bulk 1850-1904], contain correspondence, legal records, financial records, and religious documents. The collection documents the personal and professional life of George W. L. Kabrich, who taught school and Sunday school, worked as Overseer of the Poor for Blacksburg Township, and was on church councils for local Lutheran churches. Items also relate to George’s father-in-law John Surface, his daughter Effie Kabrich, and others. An item of...
Dates:
1850 - 1947; Majority of material found within ( 1850-1904)
Kagey, Rosenberger & Co. Ledger
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-051
Abstract
This collection consists of the collection book of Kagey, Rosenberger & Co. Ledger, a banking firm in Luray (Page County), Virginia, during the late 19th century.
Dates:
1886 - 1887
Kammerer Family Business Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-079
Abstract
This collection consists of the family business papers, primarily of John Kammerer and his son, Joseph Kammerer. In addtion, there is material from George W. Jones (likely a business parter or associate) and genearl corresponse relating to the family businesses. Materials date from 1842 to 1914, thought most items are from before 1900.
Dates:
1842 - 1914
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- A. Hoen & Co. 4
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- Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010 4
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- 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
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