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G. C. Bales Tourist Camp Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-072
Abstract

The G. C. Bales Tourist Camp Collection contains tourist ledgers and ephemera related to the Southwest Virginia Co-op.

Dates: 1945 - 1960

R. M. Ballantyne Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-012
Abstract

The R. M. Ballantyne Letters includes two letters from Scottish novelist Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894) to his publishers and one to a close friend or relative. 

Dates: 1883 - 1884

Ballard and Ballard Company Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-032
Abstract

The collection includes a string of cardboard cut-out advertisements for Ballard's Obelisk Flour and a booklet with recipes and cooking tips from the Ballard and Ballard Company. In addition, it has a small pocket mirror with an advertisement on the back.

Dates: c.1925, n.d.

John Ballenger Bond

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-031
Abstract

Bond in which John Ballenger, of Pittsylvania County, Virginia, promises to pay the sum of 140 pounds to Andrew McMahan of Amherst County, unless Ballenger provides McMahan with lawful right to a tract of land in Pittsylvania County.

Dates: 1788

Diana Balmori Landscape Architectural Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2004-001
Abstract

This collections include the architectural drawings of Diana Balmori, landscape architect and design principal of Balmori Associates. It also includes schematic and construction drawings and presentation boards for three design projects.

Dates: 1990 - 1995

Baltimore, Maryland, Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-007
Abstract

Letter written by "N.R.W." in Baltimore, Maryland, on January 7, 1860, and addressed to Dr. Charles H. Moore in Louisiana, expressing his desire to secure a teacher's position in a wealthy Southern household and relaying personal news.

Dates: 1860

Bank of Blacksburg Minute Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1983-004
Abstract

The Bank of Blacksburg Minute Book collection consists of photocopies of the minutes of stockholders' and directors' meetings between the years 1892- 1903.

Dates: 1892 - 1903

John Barbour, Jr., Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-061
Abstract

The John Barbour, Jr., Letters are comprised of two missives from a Virginia senator and president of the Orange and Alexander Railroad Company to William M. Burwell, Esquire. Letters concern raising support in Albemarle County for the extension of the railroad between Charlottesville and Lynchburg.

Dates: 1854

Barclay Shipping Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-036
Abstract

The Barclay Shipping Ledger from Norfolk, Virginia, covers shipments going through Virginia from 1847-1878. The ledger includes records of auctioneers of enslaved persons.

Dates: 1847 - 1878

Bark Lorena Ship Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-036
Abstract

The collection contains papers related to the cargo ship Bark Lorena from Stockton, Maine, which carried goods to and from Europe and Cuba.

Dates: 1860 - 1871

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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 1362
Civil War 804
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Montgomery County (Va.) 397
Women -- History 301
Blacksburg (Va.) 286
Faculty and staff 221
University Archives 210
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History of Food and Drink 161
International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 149
Science and Technology 149
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History of Women in Architecture 76
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries 68
Folk, historical, and patent medicine 55
Ledgers (account books) 50
Wythe County (Va.) 49
Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE) 48
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Europe -- Maps 47
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African Americans -- History 44
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World War, 1939-1945 36
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Roanoke (Va.) 33
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Pulaski County (Va.) 30
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Carroll County (Va.) 28
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Ann Hertzler Children's Cookbooks and Nutrition Literature Collection 11
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 264
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 233
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 69
Geological Survey (U.S.) 61
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Commonwealth of Virginia. Department of Highways 33
Heilig, Vicki 30
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673 23
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 20
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 19
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 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
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 15
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 14
Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1896-1982) 14
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
Frazer, George Preston 7
Hopkins, Griffith Morgan 7
McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 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. College of Architecture and Urban Studies (1978-2022) 6
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. College of Architecture 6
Virginia Tech Alumni Association 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
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
Foster, A. G. 4
Gamble, W. H. (William H.) 4
Geological Survey. Water Resources Division (U.S.) 4
Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 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
Michie, P. S. 4
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