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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
William Smith Account Book
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-103
Abstract
Account book maintained by William Smith, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, documenting purchases of groceries and other household goods.
Dates:
1907 - 1908
Smithey & Boynton, Architects & Engineers Records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-027
Abstract
The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey & Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957.
Dates:
1922 - 1985
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
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- Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 15
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- 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
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- McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 7
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. Corps of Cadets (1872-1896) 7
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Architecture and Urban Studies (1978-2022) 7
- Wall, W. F. 7
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- Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 6
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- Confederate States of America. War Department 5
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- Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.) 5
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- Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 5
- International Union of Women Architects 5
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- Matsukawa-Tsuchida, Junko 5
- O.W. Gray & Son 5
- Rand McNally and Company 5
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- 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. 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
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- Chace, George 4
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- Chester, W. 4
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- Everett Waddey Company 4
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- Foster, A. G. 4
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- Kent family 4
- Kraft, Christopher C. (Christopher Columbus), 1924-2019 4
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