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Rural Retreat Water Mills Ledger,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-010
Abstract

Rural Retreat Produce & Milling Company until 1911, then Rural Retreat Water Mills. Ledger begins in 1915 and includes more than 200 customer names and accounts, plus records of items purchased.

Dates: 1892 - 1920

William Henry Ruse Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-068
Abstract

Four letters from William Henry Ruse (1841-1912), of Company E, 97th Ohio Infantry and 11th Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps during the American Civil War, written from a Nashville, Tennessee hospital and from regimental headquarters in Point Lookout, Maryland to Maggie Stewart of Adamsville, Ohio.

Dates: 1863 - 1865

Russell Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-121
Abstract The Russell Family Correspondence Collections consists of postcards and letters from 1927-1943 written by Edgar V. "Buck" Russell and Alice Elizabeth Russell Duke. Most letters were written to their mother and father. Throughout the letters, Edgar and Alice discuss their lives and time in college. The letters provide many details into their daily lives and can be viewed as letters and diary entries. Their letters also demonstrate how the family struggled with two children in...
Dates: 1927 - 1943

Lynne L. Rust Letter to Bernice Thies

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-061
Abstract

This collection contains a World War I era letter from Norfolk, Virginia, dated May 7, 1918. The letter is from Lynne L. Rust (1897-1964) to his future wife Bernice Thies (1899-1964) of Sioux City, Iowa. Rust was stationed on the USS Montana from Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and discusses his experiences in the war and Navy.

Dates: 1918

Minnie Lee Ryan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-021
Abstract

The Minnie Lee Ryan Collection contains a May 28, 1922, letter from Jack to Ryan about their relationship as well as a 1922 newspaper clipping entitled Blacksburg High School Graduates listing Ryan, amongst others.

Dates: 1922

J. W. Ryland Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-011
Abstract

The J. W. Ryland Diary consists of a single Civil War diary kept by J. W. Ryland between September 1863-1865. In his diary, Ryland records activities from September 1863 – January 1866. His entries include the topics of the creation of the Confederate States of America, rail cars, and battles such as the Siege of Charleston, SC, the Siege of Petersburg, the Battle of Sailor’s Creek, the surrender at Appomattox Court House, and the weary Confederate trek home following April 9, 1865.

Dates: 1863 - 1865

Saffa 58 Architectural Drawings

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Identifier: Ms-1998-019
Abstract

The SAFFA was a Swiss fair exhibition on women in Zurich, Switzerland, that was built by Swiss women architects. The Saffa 58 Architectural Drawings consist of sixty-three drawings of the buildings for the 1958 fair, including the collaborative work of Claire Rufer-Eckmann, Beate Billeter, Verena Fuhrimann, Jetti Judin-Mutzenberg, and Annemarie Hubacher-Constam.

Dates: 1958

Records of the Division of Outreach and International Affairs, Sahel Regional Financial Management Project

 Collection
Identifier: RG-35-01-01c
Abstract

This collection consists of the records of the Sahel Regional Financial Management Project that was organized to improve the financial management of Sahelian institutions that manage funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development. The collection includes correspondence, telefaxes, reports, evaluations, financial and legal records, and more. The countries involved were the United States, Senegal, Gambia, Chad, Burkina Fasa, Mali, and Niger.

Dates: 1982 - 1986

Sailing Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-109
Abstract

Accounts of two sailing trips taken by an unknown man, one from New York City to Liverpool via Newfoundland in 1857 and the other down the east coast of the United States, into the Gulf of Mexico, bound for New Orleans in 1872.

Dates: 1857-1872

Salem Movie Theater

 Collection — Frame: 1
Identifier: Art-062
Scope and Contents

""Louis Philippe Smithey, A.I.A. Architect, Roanoke, Virginia""

Dates: 1930

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International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 148
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 264
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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
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 15
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 15
Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1896-1982) 13
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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