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Henry C. Wysor Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-012
Abstract This collection includes three series of papers of Henry C. Wysor and his family members. The first series comprises of personal correspondences sent to Henry C. Wysor, his wife Mary E. Wysor who is sometimes referred to as Mrs. Henry C. Wysor, and his daughter Mary S. Wysor. The second series consists of papers regarding Henry C. Wysor's two businesses, his Apple Orchard and Life Insurance Branch. The Apple Orchard papers include correspondences and ledger paper sheets. The Life Insurance...
Dates: 1869 - 1918

Madison T. Lawson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-057
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from Madison T. Lawson to his family, written in Lee County, Virginia, on March 28, 1864.

Dates: 1864

Mary Sinton Leitch Correspondence with J. J. Lankes

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-001
Abstract

The collection includes 27 letters (some with covers and envelopes) written by Mary Sinton Leitch to J. J. Lankes between 1932 and 1950. Introduced by a mutual friend, Leitch and Lankes maintained a more than 18-year correspondence that contained conversations of personal news & friends, the Virginia literary and art scene, and their own writing and artistic efforts (including Lankes collaborations with poet Robert Frost).

Dates: 1932 - 1950

William E. Moser Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-024
Abstract

Collected by William E. Moser (1945-2016), this collection contains a large number of personal letters sent to Anderson Alley from 1849 to 1885. This collection also contains the roster for Company F of the 11th Virginia Cavalry and several merchant bills.

Dates: 1849 - 1899

James R. Perdue Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-060
Abstract

This collection includes the papers of James R. Perdue and his family. Items include a program for the Battle of the Crater reunion, a Sunday School concert flyer, seven obituaries for Perdue, a letter from J. R. Perdue, Jr., and two ledgers. Perdue (1837-1915) was a banker from Manchester, Virginia, and served as a Confederate soldier in the Otey Battery, Virginia Artillery during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1868 - 1919

G. E. Roberts Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-026
Abstract

The G. E. Roberts Letter contains information pertaining to an African American man shooting a white doctor, Dr. Hammet, in Christiansburg, VA. The letter is written to Walter J. Reeve in Central Depot, VA on February 8, 1874.

Dates: 1874-02-08

Minnie Lee Ryan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-021
Abstract

The Minnie Lee Ryan Collection contains a May 28, 1922, letter from Jack to Ryan about their relationship as well as a 1922 newspaper clipping entitled Blacksburg High School Graduates listing Ryan, amongst others.

Dates: 1922

Eulalie Salley Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-079
Abstract

The collection contains a letter written by Eulalie Salley, of Aiken, South Carolina, to Frances Bear, of Roanoke, Virginia, on January 12,1974 about Salley's role in the suffrage movement.

Dates: 1974 - 1974

Letter to Ruth H. Shootman

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-037
Abstract

The collection consists of a three-page letter written December 5th, 1846, from Harriet of Sandy River Church, Virginia (a town in Prince Edward County) to "Miss Ruth H. Shootman, Big Lick, Roanoke, Va."

Dates: 1846

Shugart Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-013
Abstract

This collection contains papers from the Shugart Family of Southwest Virginia, created between 1811 and 1876.

Dates: 1811 - 1876

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Civil War 9
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 8
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History of Food and Drink 2
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Names
Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960 2
Alley, Anderson 1
Anderson, Eleanor Copenhaver, 1896-1985 1
Anderson, Robert Lane, 1907-1951 1
Anderson, Sherwood (Sherwood Berton), 1876-1941 1
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Atkins, Georgia (Skinnell), 1886-1968 1
Atkins, John G., 1884-1945 1
Bassett Furniture Company (Bassett, Virginia) 1
Bassett Furniture Industries 1
Bassett, J. D. (John David), 1866-1965 1
Bear, Frances 1
Beves family 1
Brady, Daniel C. E. (Daniel Charles Elliott), 1821-1878 1
Brown, Alice 1
Chase, Hattie 1
Clark, Allen C. (Allen Culling), 1858-1943 1
Crosby, John F. 1
Currier, Lottie (Charlotte?) Lewis 1
Dill, Joseph G., 1828-1886 1
Fergeson, Benjamin 1
Fergeson, Joseph 1
Foster, Cecilia, 1875-1944 1
Foster, Cora E. (Cora Elizabeth Beves), 1856-1931 1
Foster, Dora B. (Dora Branch), 1889-1920 1
Foster, Mary E. (Mary Eleanor Wiatt), 1812-1894 1
Foster, William Edward, 1795-1843 1
Foster, William Edward, 1843-1906 1
Foster, Willie D. 1
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 1
Hammet, James Preston, d. 1879 1
Heizer, James Francis, 1841-1930 1
Heizer, Phoebe Anne McCormick, 1845-1906 1
Hooker, J. C. 1
J. Hoge Tyler family 1
Jaffe, Louis I. (Louis Isaac), 1888-1950 1
Juliand, Sarah Stratton 1
Lawrence, Cecilia D. (Cecilia Dabney Foster), 1835-1894 1
Lawson, M. T. (Madison Thompson), 1827-1893 1
Leitch, Mary Sinton, 1876-1954 1
Lily Tyler Wilson family 1
MacFarland, Alice Stratton, b.1864 1
MacFarland, Ira 1
Moser, William E. 1
Perdue, James Robert, 1837-1915 1
Richardson Electric Co. (Martinsville, Va.) 1
Roberts, George E. , 1834-1887 1
Robinson, Charles L. 1
Salley, Eulalie 1
Shugart family (Southwest Virginia) 1
Stratton family (Oxford, New York) 1
Stratton, Edward L., b.1847 1
Stratton, George, 1823-1910 1
Stratton, Harvey J., b.1850 1
Stratton, Tracy Frink, b.1858 1
Stratton, William Avery, 1845-1939 1
Tarter Bros. (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1
Taylor, Welford Dunaway 1
Tyler, Edward H. (Edward Hammet), 1869-1939 1
Tyler, Henry C. (Hal) (Henry Clement), 1878-1941 1
Tyler, James Hoge, 1846-1925 1
Tyler, Sue Hammet, 1845-1927 1
Wiatt (Wyatt) family 1
William Edward Foster Family 1
Wilson, Eliza (Lily) Tyler 1
Wysor, Henry C. 1
Yancey family 1
Yarborough family 1
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