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William R. Altizer Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-099
Abstract

The collection includes a letter by William Altizer to Virginia Governor Letcher in 1862, requesting to be detailed as a blacksmith in his home town.

Dates: 1862

William Bradford Alwood Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1960-003
Abstract

William Bradford Alwood was a professor of horticulture, entomology, and mycology at Virginia Tech (1891-1904) and fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His collection includes research papers, theses, brochures, and notebooks on such subjects as cider, wine making, grapes, and pellagra.

Dates: 1854 - 1927

Ambler Johnston Hall

 Collection — Frame: 1
Identifier: Art-060

Ambushed

 Collection
Identifier: Art-255

America

 Collection — Frame: 1
Identifier: Art-119
Scope and Contents

photo of original; artist from Amsterdam?

Dates: 1606

America With Those Known Parts in That Unknowne Worlde Both People and Manner of Buildings Discribed and Inlarged (Reproduction)

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0530
Abstract

Reproduction of map of North and South America, dated 1626. Lightly tinted. Text in English. Cartouches around border show illustrations of native peoples, and major settlements and forts. Reproduced under the title "The Western Hemisphere in 1626," from a copy in the collection of Historic Urban Plans.

Dates: 1626

Americae Nova Tabula (Reproduction)

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0492
Abstract

Reproduction of map of the Americas, by Dutch cartographers Willem and Joan Blaeu, dated 1635. Colored, text in Latin. Map is surrounded on borders by small illustrations of important geographical locations, cities, and illustrations of various Native American tribes and indigenous peoples.

Dates: 1635

Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio (Reproduction)

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0521
Abstract

Reproduction of map of the Western Hemisphere by Abraham Ortelius, dated 1570. Caption Title: "The New World by Abraham Ortelius, 1570." 1 of 6 in a portfolio, published by Rand McNally. Portfolio accompanied by cover sheet entitled "A Portfolio of Six Antique Maps."

Dates: 1570

American Association of Retired Persons, Blacksburg [Virginia] Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-007
Abstract

This collection contains the records of the Blacksburg Chapter of the American Association of Retired Persons.

Dates: 1981-1983, n. d.

Records of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), Virginia Tech Chapter

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-30-05a
Abstract

This collection consists of official records and periodicals from the AAUW, Virginia Tech Chapter and the National AAUW including minutes, administrative records, state and national convention programs, awards and scholarships, publications, and other materials concerning community outreach from 1926-2008.

Dates: 1926 - 2008

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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 1360
Civil War 809
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 808
University History 513
Maps (documents) 508
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Virginia -- Maps 406
Montgomery County (Va.) 400
Blacksburg (Va.) 288
Women -- History 280
Faculty and staff 222
University Archives 210
Students and alumni 188
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields Maps 168
History of Food and Drink 165
Science and Technology 147
International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 121
Railroad 94
Correspondence 90
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries 68
Photographs 67
History of Women in Architecture 62
Folk, historical, and patent medicine 55
Ledgers (account books) 50
Wythe County (Va.) 50
Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE) 48
Europe -- Maps 47
Diaries 46
Virginia -- History 46
Account books 45
African Americans -- History 44
Agriculture 43
Architects 39
World War, 1939-1945 37
Architectural drawings (visual works) 36
Coal mines and mining 35
Virginia, Southwest 35
Medicine 34
Roanoke (Va.) 34
Food Technology and Production 32
Pulaski County (Va.) 31
Cocktail History Collection 30
Cocktails -- History 29
Architectural drawing -- 20th century 26
Carroll County (Va.) 26
Christiansburg (Va.) 25
Politicians -- United States 25
World maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles 25
Authors, American -- 20th century 24
Confederate States of America 22
Oral histories (literary works) 22
Ephemera 21
West Virginia 21
West Virginia -- Maps 21
Advertisements 20
Slavery -- United States 20
World War, 1914-1918 20
Architecture (discipline) 19
Giles County (Va.) 19
Kentucky -- Maps 18
Roanoke County (Va.) 18
Scrapbooks 18
Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 17
Radford (Va.) 17
Religion 17
Textiles (visual works) 17
Virginia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimilies 17
Women-owned architectural firms 17
Authors 16
Letters 16
British literature 15
United States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles 15
Washington County (Va.) 15
Cookbooks 14
Medicine, Military -- History 14
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United States -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees 14
Virginia 14
Home economics 13
Pamphlets 13
Botetourt County (Va.) 12
Businesspeople 12
Washington (D.C.) -- Maps 12
Ann Hertzler Children's Cookbooks and Nutrition Literature Collection 11
Culinary pamphlets 11
Memorabilia 11
Railroad -- Maps 11
Tazewell County (Va.) 11
Aerospace engineers 10
Agricultural extension work 10
Authors, English -- 20th century 10
Education, Higher 10
Financial records 10
Floyd County (Va.) 10
Grayson County (Va.) 10
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New Jersey -- Maps 10
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Women architects -- California 10
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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-) 236
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 68
Geological Survey (U.S.) 61
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Commonwealth of Virginia. Department of Highways 33
Heilig, Vicki 30
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673 22
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
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 15
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 14
Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1896-1982) 14
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
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 5
Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.) 5
Hotel Roanoke 5
Kunstler, Morton, b.1931 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
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
Dunay, Donna 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
Preston, William, 1729-1783 4
Price, Harvey Lee, 1874-1951 4
Project Apollo (U.S.) 4
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