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S. C. Robinson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-133
Abstract

The S. C. Robinson Letter is an autograph letter signed by S. C. Robinson, the creator of the Confederate "Sharps" carbines, to James Albright of Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Ocotber 24th, 1861. The letter contains information on Robinson's sentiment over the American Civil War, and an idea of Robinson's current situation at work in Richmond, Virginia.

Dates: 1861

George W. Rock Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-027
Abstract

The collection consists of six letters from Pvt. George W. Rock to a "Miss Ardelia" written between December 1863 and February 1865.

Dates: 1863 - 1865

Rock Island Lines Insurance Booklet

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-041
Abstract

The collection contains a booklet promoting an insurance plan for employees of the Rock Island Lines.

Dates: 1926

Rockbridge County (Reproduction)

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0683
Abstract

Reproduction of hand-drawn Civil War-era map of Rockbridge County, VA. Undated.

Dates: Undated

Rockbridge County, Virginia, Legal Document for Bastardy

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-093
Abstract

This legal document details the process by which Mary McDowell–an unmarried woman of color–names the father of her child. The Justice of the Peace orders the father to make payments in support of his child.

Dates: 1873

Rockwell International, Collins General Aviation Division Publications

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1994-012
Abstract

This collection includes twenty-one booklets from the Collins General Aviation Division of Rockwell International contain information regarding products of the division, such as Electronic Flight Instrument system and Weather Radar systems. One booklet is from Dorne & Margolin, Inc., about their antennas and accessories.

Dates: 1979 - 1984

S. C. Roddy Civil War Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-022
Abstract

This collection contains a photocopy of a memoir written in 1909 by S. C. Roddy (1832-1918), who fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War in Company F of the 39th Georgia Infantry. Roddy's memoir primarily details his experiences during the war from 1862 to 1865.

Dates: 1909

Melita Rodeck Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-028
Abstract

The Melita Rodeck Architectural Collection consist of architectural drawings designed by her while in private practice and as an employee of the U.S. federal government.

Dates: 1931 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1990

Alfred S. Roe Report

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-108
Abstract This 1865 report by Alfred Seelye Roe (1844-1917) details his experience as a prisoner of war (POW) during the American Civil War. The document is a questionnaire from the Office of War Prisoners' Division of the New York Bureau of Military Record. Roe discusses his capture and general experience as a Union POW in Confederate prisons, primarily at Danville, Virginia. Roe served in Company A, 9th New York Heavy Artillery, in the Union Army and following the war was a school teacher,...
Dates: 1865

John C. Rogers Photographs and Letters

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Ms-2001-010
Scope and Contents

Virginia writer, artist, and political activist. Collection includes letter from Dee Brown (September 10, 1975) and photographs, including photographs of Zora Neale Hurston at New York Times Book Fair (November 1937); Dee and Sally Brown; Jack Rogers in Harper's Ferry, West Virginia by Carl Nyquist; 1930s Hunger Marchers in Washington, D. C.; and Spanish Civil War demonstration in Lafayette Park, Washington, D.C.

Dates: c.1930-1975

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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 1363
Civil War 804
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 804
University History 519
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Virginia -- Maps 407
Montgomery County (Va.) 397
Women -- History 301
Blacksburg (Va.) 286
Faculty and staff 222
University Archives 211
Students and alumni 187
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields Maps 167
History of Food and Drink 161
International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 149
Science and Technology 149
Railroad 94
Correspondence 90
History of Women in Architecture 76
Photographs 70
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
Architects 47
Europe -- Maps 47
Virginia -- History 46
Account books 45
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African Americans -- History 44
Agriculture 43
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World War, 1939-1945 36
Coal mines and mining 35
Medicine 34
Roanoke (Va.) 34
Virginia, Southwest 34
Architectural drawing -- 20th century 32
Cocktail History Collection 30
Pulaski County (Va.) 30
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Food Technology and Production 29
Carroll County (Va.) 28
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Politicians -- United States 25
World maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles 25
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West Virginia 21
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Washington County (Va.) 15
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Virginia 14
Pamphlets 13
Washington (D.C.) -- Maps 13
Botetourt County (Va.) 12
Businesspeople 12
Home economics 12
Ann Hertzler Children's Cookbooks and Nutrition Literature Collection 11
Culinary pamphlets 11
Memorabilia 11
Railroad -- Maps 11
Tazewell County (Va.) 11
United States -- Maps 11
Aerospace engineers 10
Agricultural extension work 10
Architects and community 10
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 265
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 242
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 234
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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