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Bear Family Papers
Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers
This collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the American Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson.
Jane Rhodes Brewer Diary
The Jane Rhodes Brewer Diary contains entries of her daily activities with a focus on health, family, and religion in 1882.
Alfred Washington Drinkard, Jr. Diary
Daily 1947 diary of Alfred Washington Drinkard, Jr., assistant director of Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1946-1948 (and previous director, 1916-1946), mentioning people and events associated with the experiment station, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and Blacksburg, Virginia.
Jeremiah White Graves Diary
Jeremiah White Graves was a farmer in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The collection consists of a microfilm copy of Graves' extensive diary and a typescript manuscript of selected transcribed passages from that diary.
John Holliday Diaries and Photographs,
The collection consists of two diaries written by John Holliday between May 1864 and July 1865, and five undated photographs (four believed to be of Holliday and one of his wife).
Benjamin Huddle Diary
The Benjamin Huddle Diary consists of a photocopy and transcript of the diary, which describes his experience as a Confederate soldier in the 29th Virginia Infantry during the American Civil War. The transcript was produced by his decendent Randal Huddle.
Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection
The Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection includes materials from 1847-1907. The collection contains information relating to the Croy Dawson Family and supposedly the only woman-run business in Blacksburg, VA at that time.
Elva Curl Wilson Diaries
The collection includes the diaries of Elva Curl Wilson (1911-2006), resident of Hampton, Virginia and future wife of Rev. James C. Richardson, describing the very active social life of a young woman in Hampton, Virginia during her late teens and early twenties.
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- Apperson, Elizabeth Black 1
- Apperson, Harvey Black, 1890-1948 1
- Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1904 1
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- Bear family (Augusta County, Va.) 1
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- Black, Harvey, 1827-1888 1
- Black, Kent, active 1876-1890 1
- Black, Mary Kent, b.1836 1
- Brewer, Jane E. Rhodes, 1830-1904 1
- Caton, Louise 1
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- Croy family (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
- Drinkard, Alfred Washington, Jr. 1
- Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia 1
- Graves, Jeremiah White (Pittsylvania County, Va.) 1
- Holliday, John (91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry) 1
- Huddle, Benjamin, 1840-1916 1
- Huddle, Randal 1
- Kent family 1
- Kent, Germanicus, 1791-1862 1
- Kent, Lewis (enslaved person) 1
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- Marion Foundry and Machine Works (Marion, Va.) 1
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- Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
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