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African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia
This collection contains six black and white photographs of a tenant farm in Clarksville, Virginia.
Blacksburg [Virginia] Odd Fellows Records
The Blacksburg [Virginia] Odd Fellows Records consist of financial records, correspondence, minute books, brochures of several annual conferences, by-laws and odd issues of the Odd Fellows Journal for the men's lodge, Tadmore Light Lodge No. 6184 of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. The collection also contains correspondence, minutes and financial records for the women's group, the Household of Ruth.
Robert Chirver Registration
This collection contains one "free man of color" registration for Robert Chirver or Chirves, a resident of Petersburg, Virginia. Signed and dated May 4, 1841, at Petersburg, this form was proof of Chirver's status as a free man.
William H. Collier Ledger
The collection contains a farm and household expense ledger of William H. Collier of Northampton County, North Carolina.
Thomas Dickerson Ledger
This ledger includes notes and business transactions of the plantation owner Thomas Dickerson (also Dickenson and Dickinson), of Nottoway County, Virginia. The plantations grew tobacco, wheat, and corn. Entries include sale of these goods, purchase of others, purchase of medical services for enslaved persons, and cash loans.
Hard Times Blues Collection
Charles W. Hardin Collection
This collection contains professional records and personal correspondence of Charles W. Hardin, a physician from Augusta County, Virginia.
Hidden History: The Black Experience in the Roanoke Valley Cassette Tapes and Transcripts
Oral history project designed to interview African-American residents of Roanoke, Virginia, on the cultural, social, and political history of blacks in the city. Collection consists of approximately fifty-five interviews. Transcripts are available for thirty-six of the interviews.
Independent Order of St. Luke Records
The bulk of the materials in the Independent Order of St. Luke Records, a social-welfare organization for African Americans, consist of handbooks, correspondence, receipts, programs, membership records, annual reports, and assessment reports of the Order, collected primarily from members in Blacksburg, Virginia. Also includes the minutes (1920-1938) of the Blacksburg chapters of the Busy Bee and Maggie L. Walker (Secretary of the Independent Order of St. Luke) Circles.
National Association of Ministers' Wives Handbill
This collection contains a fundraising handbill for the National Association of Ministers' Wives.
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- Hammet, James Preston, d. 1879 1
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- Payne, Solomon Gomarah, Pfc., 1895-1962 1
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- Roberts, George E. , 1834-1887 1
- Rogers, James (Jimmy) Lester, Pfc. (1920-1945) 1
- Scott, Charles W. 1
- Sherman, Jacob, b. 1781 1
- Stribling, Francis T. (Francis Taliaferro), 1810-1874 1
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 1
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