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John P. Sheffey Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-060
Abstract
This collection includes the letters of a Confederate cavalry officer to his wife in Wytheville, Virginia, together with other Civil War and family correspondence, military documents, writings, printed material and ephemera.
Dates:
1853 - 1989
Shell Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1959-001
Abstract
Materials document the history of the Shell family of Montgomery County, Virginia.
Dates:
1871 - 1932
Shell Official Road Map of Delaware - Maryland - Virginia - W. Virginia; Shell Official Road Map of Kentucky - Tennessee
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0061
Abstract
Item is a color road map of the states in the title, with index of cities and towns. Reverse shows a map of Kentucky and Tennessee, with a mileage table and a list of radio stations in the geographic region.
Dates:
1938
Billy G. Shelton Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1961-004
Abstract
The collection includes two photographs from 1962 of Shelton receiving an "Outstanding Trainee" certificate for his basic training company at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. It also includes a letter from the Fort Jackson Commanding General to VPI President Walter S. Newman about Shelton's award.
Dates:
1962
Farrar Shelton Paper
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1962-006
Abstract
This paper describes the early meetings which lead to the creation of the farm demonstration work program. Farrar Shelton attended one of these early meetings as an eighth grader. Shelton later attended VPI and graduated with the class of 1915 with a degree in agriculture, he went on to become a county demonstration agent.
Dates:
1960
Shenandoah County Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-010
Abstract
Letter from an unidentified, presumed Confederate soldier in Shenandoah County, Virginia, written on October 11, 1864, to his wife and children, providing his sons with instructions for sowing wheat and rye and describing a recent battle, probably the Battle of Tom's Brook.
Dates:
1864
Mary Anne Shephard Manuscript
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-013
Abstract
The Mary Anne Shephard Manuscript is a manuscript titled, "Principles and Illustrations of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture", created by Shephard, possibly from England, in 1847 that details gothic architecture through descriptions and drawings, with an additional focus on churches and ministers. This may be based on Matthew Holbrech Bloxam's The Principles of Gothic Ecclesiastical Architecture (London, 1829). While the majority of the document...
Dates:
1847-1850, 1950, 2016
Harvey E. Shepherd Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-020
Abstract
The collection consists of a scrapbook prepared by Harvey E. Shepherd, class of 1932, as a Cadet and graduate student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Also included are loose materials and a white belt with no buckle marked H.E. Shepherd Co. B, which were in the scrapbook.
Dates:
1928 - 1932
Jacob Sherman Legal Documents
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-027
Abstract
The Jacob Sherman Legal Documents contain a complaint of Jacob Sherman and the testimony of Burgess R. Linkous regarding the sale of an enslaved person in Western Virginia in 1858.
Dates:
1858
Hamilton Leroy Shields Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-072
Abstract
The Hamilton Shields Letter is a missive from a homesick cadet at the United States Military Academy (also known as West Point) in 1842. The letter discusses Shields's studies, professional plans, social life, and desire for a wealthy wife.
Dates:
1842
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