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Albert O. Stratton Journal
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-012
Abstract
This collection contains journal of Corporal Albert O. Stratton, that he kept while serving with Company D, 37th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, during the 1864-1865 Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War. The contents describe daily life as a soldier well and notes on contemporary 19th century society. Albert O. Stratton (1839-1915) was born in Leominster, Massachusetts. During the American Civil War he enlisted as a private in 1862, and was promoted to the rank of...
Dates:
1865
Edward L. Stratton Diary
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-003
Abstract
The Edward L. Stratton Diary was written by an American Civil War soldier who was in the 122nd Company of Pennsylvania, and it covers military action, army medicine, battle wounds, and hospital life and work.
Dates:
1862 - 1864
William Avery Stratton Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-114
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence to William Avery Stratton from friends and family. Letters date from as early as the American Civil War (1864) to the year after Stratton's death (1940). For the most part, letters are about social and family news, though some of the early letters contain Civil War and post-bellum news from the South. Letters from friends in Oregon, Colorado, and Nevada also provide details on Indian affairs, railroad growth, and cattle in the West. The collection also...
Dates:
1864 - 1940; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1880
Strawn Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1994-006
Abstract
Papers (consisting largely of correspondence) of the extended Strawn and Bumbarger families of Madison County, Iowa, with letters written from Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, and Wyoming.
Dates:
1862 - 1942
Street Map and Guide to Blacksburg, Virginia
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0269
Abstract
Map shows streets of Blacksburg, Virginia, with local businesses advertised around the border. Document also contains index for main buildings of VPI.
Dates:
1956
Erasmus Stribling and David Fultz Indenture
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-033
Abstract
The Erasmus Stribling and David Fultz Indenture, dated September 21, 1830, is between Stribling of Augusta County, Virginia, and Fultz of Bath County for the "term yet to come" for the work of enslaved people who Stribling "hired" from other enslavers. Some of the enslaved people named in the document include George Hodge, Sam Hamilton, Morriss, Sam McClintick, Big James, and Little James. They are listed as "employed on the Jackson River Turnpike in the possession and under the management...
Dates:
1830
Strietmann Biscuit Co. Salesman Sample Catalogue
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-006
Abstract
This collection contains a salesman sample book displaying the products of Strietmann Biscuit Co. The book contains photos, both in color and in black and white, of the Strietmann factory and it's products. These products include a variety of cookies, biscuits, and crackers. The date of this item is unknown, but it likely dates from after 1943.
Dates:
after 1943
Charles S. Stringfellow Note
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-052
Abstract
The collection contains a note written by Major Charles S. Stringfellow at Christiansburg, Virginia, to Colonel W. L. Jackson on May 25, 1862.
Dates:
1862
Moses M. Strong Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-015
Abstract
This colelction contains an 1886 letter from Moses M. Strong, of Mineral Point, Wisconsin, to C. M. Woodman of Dover, New Hampshire, regarding a book written by Strong and mentioning mutual acquaintances.
Dates:
1886
Warren Strother Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2004-005
Abstract
The Warren Strother Collection contains official correspondence between Dr. T. Marshall Hahn and various Virginia Polytechnic Institute departments, 319 oral history interviews on cassette tapes, and 48 transcribed interviews. These materials focus on Dr. Hahn’s administration of VPI and were used to create a book entitled From VPI to State University: President T. Marshall Hahn, Jr. and the Transformation of Virginia Tech, 1962-1974 written by Warren...
Dates:
1964 - 1992
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