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Luray, Virginia: the Valley Land and Improvement Company. [Map of Shenandoah Valley]

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0051
Abstract

Map is part of a tourist brochure advertising the Luray Inn (the subject of an engraving at the top-center of the map) as well as the many historical attractions, mostly battlefields, in the Shenandoah Valley. Reverse of map contains advertisements for Luray tourism.

Dates: 1890

A. W. Luster Receipt,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-093
Abstract

The A. W. Luster Receipt describes food purchases by Luster in 1906. The author is presumed to be the same Luster--mentioned in Black, Kent, and Apperson family papers--who owned a local store in Blacksburg, VA.

Dates: 1906

Luther Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-014
Abstract

The collection includes church bulletins, newsletters, parish directories and other papers relating to the history of the Luther Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Dates: 1944 - 1970

Fred Lyman Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-043
Abstract

Letter from Fred Lyman, possibly of Company E, 14th New York Infantry, written at Miners Hill, Virginia, December 8-9, 1861, addressed to "Dear Brother and Sister," relating to the local Indian summer-like weather, the killing of a hog, and his desire for a lieutenant's commission and raise in pay.

Dates: 1861

Lynchburg, Virginia, Impressment Document for John, an Enslaved Person

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-048
Abstract

This collection consists of a receipt for the impressment of John, an enslaved person, in Lynchburg, Virginia, for work on the city's fortifications in October 1863.

Dates: October 1, 1863

Lynchburg, Virginia Mercantile Daybook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Ms-2017-024

Lyric Theatre Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-034
Abstract

The Lyric Theatre Collection contains lobby cards, event programs, film flyers, and several film-related newsletters, dating from 1922 to 2006. The majority of the collection consists of lobby cards (1936-1979) and film flyers (undated, but mostly c.1920s-1950s).

Dates: 1922 - 2006; Majority of material found within ( 1922-1979)

Duncan Alexander MacLeod Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-013

Macon County, Alabama, Household and Recipe Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-088
Abstract

The Macon County, AL household book keeps: a variety of recipes and outline of duties for enslaved people. Entires within the book range from 1858 to 1918. Within the pages of the book, there are also a variety of letters and clipped articles kept in a scrapbook fashion.

Dates: 1842 - 1918

Nelson M. Magee Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-055
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence and personal items belonging to Nelson M. Magee, a 1952 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Correspondence includes letters and cards sent to Magee while he was a V.P.I. student from 1948 to 1952.

Dates: 1948 - 1952

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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 1372
Civil War 813
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 812
University History 559
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Virginia -- Maps 411
Montgomery County (Va.) 401
Women -- History 303
Blacksburg (Va.) 289
University Archives 250
Faculty and staff 226
Students and alumni 200
History of Food and Drink 170
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields Maps 169
International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 150
Science and Technology 150
Railroad 96
Correspondence 90
History of Women in Architecture 77
Photographs 70
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries 68
Folk, historical, and patent medicine 55
Ledgers (account books) 50
Wythe County (Va.) 50
Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE) 48
Architects 47
Europe -- Maps 47
Diaries 46
Virginia -- History 46
Account books 45
African Americans -- History 45
Agriculture 43
Architectural drawings (visual works) 43
World War, 1939-1945 38
Coal mines and mining 36
Roanoke (Va.) 36
Virginia, Southwest 36
Medicine 34
Architectural drawing -- 20th century 33
Food Technology and Production 32
Cocktail History Collection 31
Pulaski County (Va.) 31
Cocktails -- History 29
Memorabilia 29
Carroll County (Va.) 28
World maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles 26
Architecture (discipline) 25
Christiansburg (Va.) 25
Politicians -- United States 25
Authors, American -- 20th century 24
Confederate States of America 22
Oral histories (literary works) 22
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Religion 21
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West Virginia 21
West Virginia -- Maps 21
World War, 1914-1918 21
Advertisements 20
Slavery -- United States 20
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Giles County (Va.) 19
United States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles 19
Women-owned architectural firms 19
Kentucky -- Maps 18
Roanoke County (Va.) 18
Scrapbooks 18
Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 17
Radford (Va.) 17
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British literature 15
Washington County (Va.) 15
Medicine, Military -- History 14
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United States -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees 14
Virginia 14
Botetourt County (Va.) 13
Home economics 13
Pamphlets 13
Washington (D.C.) -- Maps 13
Businesspeople 12
Railroad -- Maps 12
United States -- Maps 12
Ann Hertzler Children's Cookbooks and Nutrition Literature Collection 11
Culinary pamphlets 11
Record Group 2 11
Tazewell County (Va.) 11
Aerospace engineers 10
Agricultural extension work 10
Architects and community 10
Architecture -- Study and teaching 10
Authors, English -- 20th century 10
Education, Higher 10
Financial records 10
Floyd County (Va.) 10
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Legal instruments (Legal documents) 10
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 279
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 256
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 247
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 70
Geological Survey (U.S.) 61
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Commonwealth of Virginia. Department of Highways 33
Heilig, Vicki 30
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673 23
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 22
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 20
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 19
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 18
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 16
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
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Corps of Cadets 11
Bureau of the Census 10
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868 10
Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 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
Hopkins, Griffith Morgan 7
McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 7
Virginia Tech Alumni Association 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
Frazer, George Preston 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. College of Architecture and Urban Studies (1978-2022) 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 Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 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
McGill, William M. 4
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