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Records of the 4-H All Stars, Virginia Chapter

 Record Group
Identifier: RG-26-04-01
Abstract Founded in 1922, the Virginia 4-H All Stars are the highest honor for the Virginia 4-Hers, and membership is based on leadership, service, and activities. The records of the Virginia Chapter of the 4-H All Stars span the years 1964-2014. The collection includes minutes, correspondence, financial reports, bylaws and policies, membership rosters, and photographs. It also includes the organization's mission statement, constitution, and 75th anniversary materials. The collection also contains...
Dates: 1964 - 2014

Agricultural Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-053
Abstract

The Agricultural Ephemera Collection was established in 2015. The collection consists of materials in a variety of formats (advertisements, order forms and blanks, postcards, clippings, and more) that relate to agriculture, farming, livestock, and poultry & fowl, dating from the late 19th century to the present.

Dates: c.1900s-present

Annotated List of Virginia Flora

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-005
Abstract

This collection contains a typed list of Virginia flora, with handwritten annotations, processed for the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, possibly by A. B. Massey.

Dates: undated

John W. Barnett Patent,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-002
Scope and Contents

Broadside entitled "Instructions for Using John W. Barnett's Patent Process for Curing Leaf Tobacco. Patented January 7th 1879." Barnett is identified as a resident of Big Spring, Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: 1879

J. A. Brown Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-072
Abstract

This collection contains an Internal Revenue collections account book kept by J. A. Brown of Martinsville, Virginia, from 1889-1892.

Dates: 1889 - 1892

Burnett's Wheat Fan Instructions,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-078
Abstract

Burnett's Wheat Fan Instructions was printed in Salem, Virginia in September 1851, and it contains directions on how to use C. M. Burnett's patent beveled wheat fan.

Dates: 1851 - 1851

W. Atlee Burpee & Company Leaflets

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-010
Abstract

This collection contains numerous leaflets from the W. Atlee Burpee & Company from 1899-1915. The leaflets discuss planting, seed growing, and other agriculture strategies, and other gardening strageties for American garderners, farmers, and planters.

Dates: 1899 - 1915

C. E. Sydnor & Co. Letters to Tarter Bros.

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-071
Abstract

This collection contains three letters from Richmond merchant C. E. Snydor & Co. to the Tarter Brothers of Wythe County, primarily related to the purchase and shipment of cabbages.

Dates: 1898

William H. Collier Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-027
Abstract

The collection contains a farm and household expense ledger of William H. Collier of Northampton County, North Carolina.

Dates: 1856 - 1887

Catlett Conway Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-014
Abstract

Ledger of Catlett Conway (1786-1839), owner of "Spring Hill," an estate in Greene County, Virginia.

Dates: 1816 - 1839

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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 5
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