Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 2931 - 2940 of 3730

Abel Smith Jr. Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-070
Abstract

Official communication from Abel Smith Jr. (1839-1863), lieutenant colonel commanding the 165th New York Infantry during the American Civil War, written on March 20, 1863, to Captain Felix Agnus, demanding an explanation for allowing a first lieutenant to hold a subordinate position to a second lieutenant during the morning battalion drill.

Dates: 1863

Augustus Smith Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-017
Abstract

The Augustus Smith Family Collection consists of two letters--one (1864) from Smith in Greenville, Tennessee, to his mother, and another (1866) to General Alex E. Smith, his father, in Rural Mount, Virginia, from an unknown person, as well as newspaper clippings and genealogy materials concerning the American Civil War and other topics.

Dates: 1864 - 1926

F. H. Smith Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1964-002
Abstract

This collection contains a carbon copy of a 1867 letter written to Captain M. F. Maury from Francis Henney Smith at Virginia Military Institute, describing his time in Richmond and discussing a state agricultural and mechanical arts school.

Dates: 1867

Smith Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-018
Abstract

The collection contains forty-nine Civil War-era letters written by four brothers of Carroll County, Virginia: James R., Stephen Mitchell, William Alexander, and Barton Pierce Smith. All four served in Confederate units from Virginia. The collection also includes a family history and notes by Frederick R. Smith.

Dates: 1861-1865, 1912-1996, n.d. ; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1865

Frank Smith Research Paper

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-006
Abstract

Typescript photocopy of Frank Smith's essay, "The Bridge at Tyrone," regarding the construction and history of the railroad bridge at Tyrone, Kentucky, owned by the Louisville Southern Railroad, and later Norfolk Southern.

Dates: 1989

Hampton D. Smith Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-079
Abstract

The Hampton D. Smith Collection, consists of a collection of papers, raw data, presentations, and laboratory notes pertaining to Dr. Hampton D. Smith's work in the Virginia Tech Chemistry Department from 1974 to 1990.

Dates: 1974 - 1990

Larkin Smith Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-024
Abstract

The collection contains a letter written by Larkin Smith from Drake's Branch, Charlotte County, Virginia to Union Brigadier General Marsena Patrick, Provost Marshal of the Army of the Potomac, undated. The letter is a request from Smith for Patrick to provide safe escort for Smith's daughter and niece while they are in Richmond.

Dates: c.1865

Merritt Hager Smith Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-037
Abstract

This collection contains the American Civil War diary of Private Merritt Hager Smith of Company G, 97th New York Infantry, serving with the regimental quartermaster.

Dates: 1863

Riley Smith Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-017
Abstract

Letter from Riley Smith, a soldier in the 3rd Michigan Infantry during the American Civil War, written to "Dear Cousin Erma" from camp on March 7, 1864, focusing on his reasons for reenlistment and prospects for the war's end.

Dates: 1864

Sue Smith Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-024
Abstract

The Sue Smith Letters are two letters by Smith in Purcellville, Virginia, to Anna Panevast in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated May 2, 1885 and December 2, 1886. Smith notes that she misses Panevast and describes personal and familial life updates, such as traveling and moving plans, an engagement rumour, and illnesses.

Dates: 1885 - 1886

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 1372
Civil War 813
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 812
University History 563
Maps (documents) 522
∨ more
Virginia -- Maps 411
Montgomery County (Va.) 401
Women -- History 304
Blacksburg (Va.) 289
University Archives 254
Faculty and staff 226
Students and alumni 204
History of Food and Drink 170
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields Maps 169
International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 150
Science and Technology 150
Railroad 96
Correspondence 90
History of Women in Architecture 78
Photographs 70
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries 68
Folk, historical, and patent medicine 55
Ledgers (account books) 50
Wythe County (Va.) 50
Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE) 48
Architects 47
Europe -- Maps 47
Diaries 46
Virginia -- History 46
Account books 45
African Americans -- History 45
Agriculture 43
Architectural drawings (visual works) 43
World War, 1939-1945 38
Coal mines and mining 36
Roanoke (Va.) 36
Virginia, Southwest 36
Medicine 34
Architectural drawing -- 20th century 33
Food Technology and Production 32
Cocktail History Collection 31
Pulaski County (Va.) 31
Cocktails -- History 29
Memorabilia 29
Carroll County (Va.) 28
World maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles 26
Architecture (discipline) 25
Christiansburg (Va.) 25
Politicians -- United States 25
Authors, American -- 20th century 24
Confederate States of America 22
Oral histories (literary works) 22
Ephemera 21
Religion 21
West Virginia 21
West Virginia -- Maps 21
World War, 1914-1918 21
Advertisements 20
Slavery -- United States 20
Virginia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimilies 20
Giles County (Va.) 19
United States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles 19
Women-owned architectural firms 19
Kentucky -- Maps 18
Roanoke County (Va.) 18
Scrapbooks 18
Textiles (visual works) 18
Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 17
Radford (Va.) 17
Authors 16
Cookbooks 16
Letters 16
British literature 15
Washington County (Va.) 15
Medicine, Military -- History 14
Traditional medicine 14
United States -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees 14
Virginia 14
Botetourt County (Va.) 13
Home economics 13
Pamphlets 13
Washington (D.C.) -- Maps 13
Businesspeople 12
Railroad -- Maps 12
United States -- Maps 12
Ann Hertzler Children's Cookbooks and Nutrition Literature Collection 11
Culinary pamphlets 11
Record Group 2 11
Tazewell County (Va.) 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
+ ∧ less
 
Language
English 3661
French 22
No linguistic content; Not applicable 17
German 16
Latin 10
∨ more  
Names
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 281
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 258
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 249
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 70
Geological Survey (U.S.) 61
∨ more
Commonwealth of Virginia. Department of Highways 33
Heilig, Vicki 30
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 24
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673 23
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 20
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 19
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 18
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 17
Nirenstein's National Realty Map Company 15
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 15
Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1896-1982) 15
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 15
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
Virginia Tech Alumni Association 8
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
Frazer, George Preston 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 Agricultural and Mechanical College. Corps of Cadets (1872-1896) 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
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
Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 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
Finch, Adam T., 1872-1933 4
Foster, A. G. 4
Gamble, W. H. (William H.) 4
Geological Survey. Water Resources Division (U.S.) 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
+ ∧ less