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Smithfield Plantation House Architectural Drawings,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-053
Abstract
Smithfield Plantation is the historic home of the Preston family, one of the founding families of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. In November 1958 the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) authorized the organization of the Montgomery County branch for the specific purpose of acquiring and restoring Smithfield Plantation. Restoration of the building was begun in 1962 when the APVA's Montgomery County Branch raised the funds for renovation and...
Dates:
n.d.
Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-002
Abstract
The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Dates:
1784-1881, n.d.
Smithfield Property,
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0095
Abstract
Collection consists of two items that show numbered sections of the Smithfield property adjacent to Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Dates:
October 1966
Smith's 1853 Map of Henrico County, Virginia (reproduction)
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0118
Abstract
Map shows Henrico County with an inset that details the city of Richmond. It also contains several illustrations of points of interest in the county. Reproduction was published in 1994.
Dates:
1853
Smyth and Wythe Counties, Virginia, Ledger
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-029
Abstract
The ledger contains entries apparently made in Smyth and Wythe counties, Virginia. Includes records of sales of iron, wood, groceries, and tobacco and labor records--including an entry for labor performed by a free Black woman and enslaved men and boys hired out. Also included are estate appraisements for J. J. and Mary Snavely.
Dates:
1852 - 1865
Ellison A. Smyth, Sr. Papers,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1981-098
Abstract
The Ellison A. Smyth, Sr. collection contains papers including his correspondence with professional and amateur scientists, collectors, dealers and suppliers around the world concerning entomology and zoology, his publications, and field journals from his entomological work.
Dates:
1859 - 1927
James Adger Smyth Memoir
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-010
Abstract
The collection contains an original typescript memoir of James Adger Smyth (1837-1920) of Charleston, SC, as well as a transcript of the memoir and an introduction/brief biography by a descendant.
Dates:
1917, 2010
Aaron Snavely Poem
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-001
Abstract
The collection contains a poem by Aaron Snavely, titled "Remember Sarah Jane," lamenting the recent death and burial of Snavely's wife.
Dates:
[1863?]
Ambrose L. Snavely Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-014
Abstract
This collection includes diaries, financial records, and farm records of Ambrose L. Snavely, a farmer in Crockett (Wythe County), Virginia, during the first half of the 20th century.
Dates:
1903 - 1952
J. A. Snavely Letter,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-040
Abstract
The collection includes a letter written by J. A. Snavley, its envelope, and an advertisement postcard/mailer for Scientific American publications. The letter describes attempts to gain a patent for acetylene gas light and other inventions.
Dates:
1899 - 1899
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