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Southwest Virginia Counties Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2000-092
Abstract

The Southwest Virginia Counties Collection includes correspondence, manuscript memoranda and recipe books, and family papers from the Godwin, Young, Trevey, Williams and other families of Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Roanoke Counties.

Dates: 1824 - 1885

Southwest Virginia Improvement Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-030
Abstract

Notes of the Southwest Virginia Improvement Company, founded in 1880 to develop the Pocahontas coalfields, from meetings held by the company's incorporators, held at New River Depot, Virginia in October and November, 1880.

Dates: 1880

Southwest Virginia: Mineral Resources and Railway Facilities

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0177
Abstract

Map shows mineral resource distribution and railways throughout southwestern Virginia. It also contains a legend of symbol explanation, as well as a table of distances, and an inset map shows the eastern seaboard of the United States.

Dates: 1883

Southwest Virginia Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-014
Abstract

This collection contains over one hundred photographs from a family that lived in southwest Virginia during the period of 1913 through 1917. Several pictures depict Virginia Tech (VPI) during this period. Other images show the family's travels throughout the American South.

Dates: ca. 1913-1917

Southwest Virginia Vertical Files (List of Subjects),

 Collection
Identifier: VerticalFile-003
Scope and Content

In general, vertical files at Special Collections and University Archives include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to the New River Valley and counties and locations throughout Southwest Virginia. Each topic below has at least one folder and many include cross references.

Dates: 1960s-present

Sovereignty and Mandate Boundry Lines in 1921 of the Islands of the Pacific

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0463
Abstract

Map of the Pacific Islands, showing the Mandate Boundries for all of the islands, indicated which colonial power is sovereign over them. Prepared by the National Geographic Society for the National Geographic Magazine.

Dates: 1921

Spahr Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-005
Abstract

The Spahr Family Collection contains records of rent payments at the Hilltop Gardens Trailer Park and clippings about Joel Bush Spahr's landscaping hobby. Hilltop Gardens Trailer Park, run by the Spahrs, operated from 1959 to 1999 on property to the northwest of Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1959 - 1991

Speedwell Quandrangle

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0801

George A. Spencer Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-100
Abstract

Three letters from George A. Spencer, of Company I, 7th Rhode Island Infantry during the American Civil War, written from points in Rhode Island, Maryland, and Kentucky, to his parents.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

Stephen Spender Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1973-008
Abstract

The Stephen Spender Papers includes correspondence to Stephen Wall, Graham Ackroyd, "Mr. Hamilton," and "Charles" and typescripts of poems, including "Middle East" and "Song."

Dates: 1951-1963, n.d.

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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 1361
Civil War 800
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 799
Maps (documents) 517
University History 516
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Virginia -- Maps 407
Montgomery County (Va.) 397
Women -- History 301
Blacksburg (Va.) 286
Faculty and staff 220
University Archives 210
Students and alumni 186
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields Maps 167
History of Food and Drink 160
Science and Technology 149
International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 148
Railroad 93
Correspondence 89
History of Women in Architecture 74
Photographs 70
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries 66
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
Account books 45
Virginia -- History 45
African Americans -- History 44
Agriculture 43
Architectural drawings (visual works) 43
Diaries 43
World War, 1939-1945 36
Coal mines and mining 35
Medicine 34
Roanoke (Va.) 33
Virginia, Southwest 33
Architectural drawing -- 20th century 32
Cocktail History Collection 30
Pulaski County (Va.) 30
Cocktails -- History 29
Food Technology and Production 29
Carroll County (Va.) 28
Architecture (discipline) 25
Politicians -- United States 25
World maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles 25
Christiansburg (Va.) 24
Authors, American -- 20th century 22
Confederate States of America 22
Ephemera 21
Oral histories (literary works) 21
West Virginia 21
West Virginia -- Maps 21
Religion 20
Slavery -- United States 20
Virginia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimilies 20
Advertisements 19
Giles County (Va.) 19
United States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles 19
Women-owned architectural firms 19
World War, 1914-1918 19
Kentucky -- Maps 18
Roanoke County (Va.) 18
Scrapbooks 18
Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 17
Radford (Va.) 17
Textiles (visual works) 17
Authors 16
Letters 16
British literature 15
Washington County (Va.) 15
Cookbooks 14
Medicine, Military -- History 14
Traditional medicine 14
United States -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees 14
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
Architecture -- Study and teaching 10
Authors, English -- 20th century 10
Education, Higher 10
Financial records 10
Floyd County (Va.) 10
Grayson County (Va.) 10
Legal instruments (Legal documents) 10
New Jersey -- Maps 10
Postcards 10
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Language
English 3560
French 21
German 16
No linguistic content; Not applicable 10
Latin 9
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 264
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 242
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 233
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
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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