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William G. Rogers Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-011
Abstract

This collection contains six letters of William G. Rogers, a mercantile businessman from Highland County, Virginia. The letters contain the correspondence between Rogers and the businessmen that he was doing dealing with.

Dates: 1856-1861, undated

Roll of Prisoners of War Paroled at Richmond

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-102
Abstract

The Roll of Prisoners of War Paroled in Richmond identifies Union soldiers who were released from a Confederate prisoner of war camp in 1865. It conatins the names of 47 soldiers and provides their ranks, company, regiment, when and where they were captured, and their signature. They were likely held at Libby Prison, a Confederate prison in Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1865

Roller Valley Mill [Craig County, Virginia] Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-019
Abstract

The Roller Valley Mill [Craig County, Virginia] Scrapbook contains a handwritten survey of the abandoned flour mill done for the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (Montgomery County Branch).

Dates: 1986

Carl Rollinson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-017
Abstract

This collection contains two works about the American Civil War by Dr. Carl Rollinson, The Civil War: A Portfolio of Fabulous Facts, Extrodinary Events, Inspiring Incidents, Piquant Personalities and Chemistry in the Civil War.

Dates: 1978, undated

Franklin D. Roosevelt Inauguration Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-004
Abstract

This collection contains materials from the third inauguration of the 32nd U.S. President, Franlin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), on January 20, 1941. The materials include an invitation, a program, a "card of admission" with envelope, and the enclosing envelope for the event.

Dates: 1941

Judith (Dita) Roque-Gourary Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-074
Abstract

Born in 1915 in St. Petersburg, Russia; Architect and founder of the Union of Women Architects in Belgium. Studied in Germany and Austria before emigrating to Belgium at the onset of World War II. She specialized in remodels of 19th century residences. Outspoken advocate for women in the profession. Collection consist of drawings, personal journals, business records, as well as published articles about the Union of Women Architects of Belgium and Roque-Gourary.

Dates: 1926 - 1981

Rosedale Corporation Boundary

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0458
Abstract

A map of Rosedale, West Virginia, showing the extent of the town's incorporated borders at the time the map was created, 1915. The map is also stamped with the words "Official Map 1930," seeming to indicate that little had changed and the map was still accurate at the later date. The map is heavily marked up with colored marker notations.

Dates: 1915

Rosemont Corporation Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-029
Abstract

This collection contains sales and expense ledgers of Rosemont Corporation, a Marion, Virginia, manufacturer and seller of textiles.

Dates: 1939 - 1960

Alice Ross Culinary Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-008
Abstract

The Alice Ross Ephemera Collection includes more than 2,000 pieces of ephemera related to food & culinary history, advertising/marketing, food production, agriculture, holidays and celebrations, and domestic culture, dating from the mid-19th to the mid/late 20th century.

Dates: c.1860s-1960s

Margaret S. K. Ross Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-092
Abstract This collection contains the diary of Margaret Selden Kennedy Ross (1902-1982) of Warrenton, Virginia. The diary dated February-September 1915 depicts the daily life of a young girl in the early 20th century. Ross mostly talks about school, teachers, and classmates, with whom she spent most of her time. Her great-grandfather was Maryland Senator Anthony Kennedy, and her grandmother was Mary Selden Kennedy, author of the book Seldons of Virginia and Allied...
Dates: 1915

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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 1363
Civil War 804
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 804
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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
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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
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African Americans -- History 44
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World War, 1939-1945 36
Coal mines and mining 35
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Roanoke (Va.) 34
Virginia, Southwest 34
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Pulaski County (Va.) 30
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Food Technology and Production 29
Carroll County (Va.) 28
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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
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Railroad -- Maps 11
Tazewell County (Va.) 11
United States -- Maps 11
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 265
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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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