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Joseph F. Ware Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-022
Abstract

The collection contains 102 letters from Joseph F. Ware to his wife, Susie, in Blacksburg, Virginia, while he was serving overseas during and after World War I. The other significant portion of this collection contains nearly 200 photographs.

Dates: 1900 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1915 - 1920

Warm Hearth Village Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2007-002
Abstract

This collection contains documents related to the establishment and building of Warm Hearth Village, a retirement community in Blacksburg, Virginia, founded by former Virginia Tech professor Wybe Kroontje and his wife Marietje.

Dates: 1974 - 1982

Watershed Envelope [Prices Fork Vicinity Plat Map]

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0307
Abstract

Map shows the watershed envelope in the vicinity of Price's Fork, near Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: nd

Lindsay West Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-013
Scope and Contents The Lindsay West Papers span the years 1975-1996. The bulk of the collection is comprised of subject files West kept while she was serving on the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors in southwest Virginia. These files contain inter- and intra- office county government correspondence and memos, legal opinions, government documents, reports and studies, many of which include maps; and clippings. Most of the correspondence and documents are photocopies of county government documents...
Dates: 1975 - 1996

Whisner Memorial Methodist Church Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1964-003
Abstract

This collection consists of records generated by the Whisner Memorial Methodist Church located in Blacksburg, Virginia, from 1857 through 1975.

Dates: 1857 - 1975

Raymond L. Willard Shelter Management/Civil Defense Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2025-056
Abstract

The collection contains materials collected by Raymond L. Willard (1924-1994) in the 1960s, including instructional pamphlets on how to construct community and family shelters in case of a nuclear attack. There are notes from the University of Virginia and Virginia Polytechnic Institute for a class for shelter managers and instructions for rations, work schedules, and community entry for the shelters.

Dates: 1961 - 1965

Henry H. Wiss Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-013
Scope and Contents

Professor of Architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1947 to 1983. Collection consists of twelve architectural drawings and four photographs of Wiss's private residence in Blacksburg, Virginia, designed by him in 1960. 

Dates: 1960, n.d.

Dewitt Clinton Wolfe, Jr., Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-001
Abstract

This collection contains two scrapbooks of photographs and ephemera compiled by DeWitt Clinton Wolfe, Jr., a 1921 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a member of the VPI Corps of Cadets. The materials document Wolfe's experiences as a student in the Cadet Corps from about 1919 to 1921, including sporting events, camping excursions, "rat parades" and as a trumpet player in the Cadet Corps band. The collection also contains a CD with selected scanned photographs from the albums.

Dates: 1919 - 1921

Charles S. Worley, Jr., Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-017
Abstract

The Charles S. Worley, Jr., Collection consist of architectural drawings of designs by Worley, done from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s, with several designs undated. The collection also includes a small group of photographs and negatives of Worley and his own residence in Blacksburg, as well as an extensive collection of slides documenting Worley's student and professional work, work of his students, his travels, nature, and images that were likely used as part of lectures.

Dates: 1950-1982, undated

Anne Price Yates Papers II

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-065
Abstract

The collection contains manuscript materials, notes, and correspondence related to Anne Price Yates' research on the Price family after the publication of her book, Increase in Prices.

Dates: 1898 - 2005

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 67
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 52
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 38
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 11
Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 8
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Murrill, A. 7
Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.) 7
Wall, W. F. 5
Preston, John, 1764-1827 4
Price, Harvey Lee, 1874-1951 4
Black, Harvey, 1827-1888 3
Blacksburg (Va.). Town Council 3
Kent family 3
Manning, Warren H. (Warren Henry), 1860-1938 3
McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 3
Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823 3
Preston, William, 1729-1783 3
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 3
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of Civil Engineering 3
Worley, Charles S., Jr. 3
Blacksburg Colored Graveyard Association 2
Blacksburg Engineering Dept 2
Blacksburg Woman’s Club (Blacksburg, Va.) 2
Bodell, Dorothy H., 1931-2008 2
Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 2
Broyles, H. C. 2
Christiansburg Industrial Institute 2
Clements & Draper 2
Cowgill, Clinton Harriman, 1890-1975 2
Croy family (Blacksburg, Va.) 2
Dickinson, W. 2
Elarth, Herschel Anderson, 1907-1988 2
Foster, A. G. 2
Gray, Davis 2
Hill, Henry Harris, 1880-1954 2
Hill, Olivia Tutwiler, 1889-1974 2
Kentland Farm 2
McGauhey, P. H. (Percy Harold) 2
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs (Va.) 2
National Bank of Blacksburg (1922-) (Blacksburg, Va.) 2
Noonkester Real Estate 2
Patton, James, 1692-1755 (Preston family, Montgomery County, Va.) 2
Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.) 2
Preston family (Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.) 2
Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 2
Solitude (Blacksburg, Va. : Historic building) 2
Southern Anthracite Coal Company 2
Vandenberg, H. P. C. 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Alumni Association 2
Walker, J. H. 2
Wiley & Wilson, Inc 2
A. W. Luster 1
Ackler, Bryan 1
Adams, Elizabeth Kent 1
Adriance, Thomas 1
Alexander, Henrie H., d.1916 1
Alfred Hopkins & Associates 1
Allen, Beulah O. (Beulah Oyama), 1905-1992 1
American Association of Retired Persons. Blacksburg Chapter 1
Amiss, Edwin 1
Anderson, George 1
Anderson, Sarah 1
Appalachian Student Organizing Committee. Virginia Tech Chapter 1
Appalachian Trail Conference (1993-2005) 1
Apperson family 1
Apperson, Alex 1
Apperson, Elizabeth Black 1
Apperson, Harvey Black, 1890-1948 1
Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1904 1
Apperson, Mary 1
Association for the Advancement of Engineering 1
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) (1889-2009) 1
Baber, Jerry 1
Bank of Blacksburg (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Bartholomew, M. J. 1
Black family 1
Black, Alexander 1
Black, Kent, active 1876-1890 1
Black, L. K. 1
Black, Mary Kent, b.1836 1
Blackford, W. W. (William Willis), 1831-1905 1
Blacksburg (Va.). Townscape Committee 1
Blacksburg - Virginia Polytechnic Institute Civilian Defense Council (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Blacksburg Baptist Church (Blacksburg, Va) 1
Blacksburg Community Concert Association (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Blacksburg Community Federation (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Blacksburg Electronic Village 1
Blacksburg Federated Council (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Blacksburg Lions Club (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
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Blacksburg Realty Corporation and Reliance Mills 1
Blacksburg Regional Art Association 1
Blacksburg Study Group (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Blacksburg Sun 1
Blecher, Freda 1
Blecher, Marvin 1
Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010 1
Boyd, S. M., Jr. 1
Boynton, Henry B., 1899-1991 1
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