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Blue Ridge Springs Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-089
Abstract
The Blue Ridge Springs Correspondence contains two letters, a small note, and seven postcards. The seven postcards dated 1910-1942 are addressed to Elizabeth "Bettie" Gross (1875-1964) of Bedford County and her husband William "Bill" Gross (1865-1946), a merchant from Bedford County. The letters and the note are from Lucy M. Thomas (1865-1933), of Bedford County, Virginia, to Joseph Ferries (1865-1955), a farmer in Blue Ridge Springs, Botetourt County, Virginia. Thomas and Ferries later...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1895 - 1942
Asa P. Blunt Letter,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-010
Abstract
The collection consists of a letter from Union soldier Brigadier General Asa P. Blunt (1826-1889), written to an unidentified cousin, from Fort Monroe, Va., on June 10, 1864.
Dates:
1864
Board of Visitors Protest T-Shirt
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Textile-2014-001
Scope and Contents
Blue short sleeve t-shirt with black silk screened letters: "Virginia Tech Welcome to the 1950s" T-shirt was created by Laury Ward. In March 2003, the Board of Visitors eliminated Virginia Tech's affirmative action hiring practices for hiring and admissions, removed sexual orientation from Virginia Tech's non-discrimination policy, and passed a resolution barring anyone who had "participated in illegal acts of domestic violence and/or terrorism" from holding a meeting on campus unless he or...
Dates:
2003
Boating Access to Virginia Waters,
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0784
Abstract
Boating Access to Virginia Waters. Virginia Game Commission, 1979. 34 x 20 in. [FOLDER A-10]
Dates:
1979 - 1979
Cynthia Addington Boatwright Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-070
Scope and Content
The materials in this collection include correspondence, news clippings, photographs, programs, and files created and collected by Boatwright in her lifetime. The majority of the materials focus on Boatwright's tenure as President of the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs from 1941 to 1944.
Dates:
1930s-1990, undated
Bobbitt Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-096
Abstract
The Bobbitt Family Papers, 1825-1904, 1951, contains financial documents and letters created by the Bobbitt Family of Virginia, including numerous letters and documents for Greenberry G. Mc. Bobbitt in the 1800s.
Dates:
1825-1904, 1951
Dorothy H. Bodell Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-042
Abstract
The collection consists primarily of newspaper clippings, correspondence, research notes, photocopies of historical documents, and files Bodell compiled while writing her book.
Dates:
1850 - 1996
D. W. Bolen Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-084
Abstract
This collection contains correspondence between David Winton Bolen (1850-1932), a lawyer in Fancy Gap, Virginia, and R. E. Withers, Examiner of Records 21st Circuit. A letter dated April 12, 1904 requests all documentation from Bolen as of February 1st regarding a lawsuit he served as commissioner for. Notation from Bolen says "Nothing in my hands Feb 1st." An envelope is also enclosed to Withers from Bolen. D. W. Bolen is noted as the attorney for Floyd Allen in the Carroll County...
Dates:
1904
Henry M. Bond Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-075
Abstract
Letter from Henry M. Bond, of Company B, 45th Massachusetts Infantry (aka 45th Massachusetts Volunteer Militia) during the American Civil War. Bond describes his regiment's recent movements, to Trent, Pollacksville, and Young's; marching through the rain; and his opinion of North Carolina.
Dates:
1863
George W. Bonsall Diaries
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-015
Abstract
From Cincinnati, Ohio, George W. Bonsall (1845-1910) was a corporal in the 138th Regiment Ohio National Guard (originally formed as the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Reserve Militia) during the American Civil War. The collection consists of two volumes of a manuscript diary, copied in 1865 of entries Bonsall wrote between May 23, 1861 (his 16th birthday) and 1865. The diaries also contain sporatic entries dating through 1878.
Dates:
1861 - 1878
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- Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 18
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- Nirenstein's National Realty Map Company 15
- Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 15
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Alumni Association 9
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- Hubbell, Charles H., 1898-1971 8
- Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.) 8
- The University Press of Kentucky 8
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- Anderson, Sherwood (Sherwood Berton), 1876-1941 6
- Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 6
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- Confederate States of America. War Department 5
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- United States. Department of Agriculture 5
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 5
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- Wysor, Henry C., 1847-1927 5
- A. Hoen & Co. 4
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- Ballermann & Son a-s 4
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- Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010 4
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- Everett Waddey Company 4
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- Kurtz, Louis, 1835-1921 4
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