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Virginiæ Partis australis, et Floridæ partis orientalis, interjacentiumque regionum Nova Descriptio (reproduction?),

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0007
Abstract

Map comes from Arnoldus Montanus' De Nieuwe en onbekend Weereld, published in 1671 by Jacob Meurs. Contains hand-colored illustrations of native peoples, with title and scale incorporated into the natives' actions. Map encompasses the region from Virginia to northern Florida.

Dates: [1638?]

Virginian Railway Company, Amonate, Virginia, Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-113
Abstract

The collection contains several photographs from the Virginian Railway Company (later Norfolk and Western Railway—a major midwestern railroad company which operated out of Norfolk, VA).

Dates: 1942

Virginian Railway Photographs,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-015
Abstract

The collection contains 85 photographs of the Virginian Railway and 2 images from the Virginian Railway Company's Annual Report. Photograph subjects include locomotives, people (none identified), and railway accidents.

Dates: 1945-1959, undated

V.P.I. Campus and Farm

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0361
Abstract

Map shows VPI campus and farm, circa 1908.

Dates: 1908

V.P.I Diploma

 Collection — Frame: 1
Identifier: Art-077
Scope and Contents

For Cecil Henry Fisher

Dates: 1908

V.P.I "Gobblers"

 Collection — Frame: 1
Identifier: Art-074
Scope and Contents

VMI vs VPI, Roanoke, Va. Thanksgiving (wooden board with pictures of athletes)

Dates: 1929

[VPI Housing Group and War Memorial Developments]

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0346
Abstract

Map is an illustration of the VPI campus in 1922.

Dates: 1922

V.P.I President and Faculty

 Collection — Frame: 1
Identifier: Art-076
Scope and Contents

*see picture file

Dates: 1907

Jane Wade Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-049
Abstract

The collection contains a photocopy of a letter from Jane Wade in Christiansburg, Virginia, written on May 15, 1864, to her husband John, a soldier in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War.

Dates: 1864

John D. Wagg Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-048
Abstract

The John D. Wagg Papers, 1849-1894, documents the career and religious thoughts of Methodist preacher John D. Wagg and his fellow preachers, as well as the lives of his daughter Bettie Wagg, their family, and their friends. The collection contains correspondence, diaries and notebooks, sermons, church documents, and miscellaneous writings.

Dates: 1849 - 1894

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Maps (documents) 401
Montgomery County (Va.) 395
Virginia -- Maps 374
Blacksburg (Va.) 280
Civil War 168
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 168
Women -- History 112
University History 100
Railroad 53
Faculty and staff 51
Wythe County (Va.) 48
Students and alumni 44
Ledgers (account books) 36
Photographs 33
Account books 32
Roanoke (Va.) 32
Science and Technology 31
Correspondence 30
Virginia, Southwest 29
Carroll County (Va.) 28
Pulaski County (Va.) 28
African Americans -- History 25
History of Food and Drink 24
University Archives 24
Christiansburg (Va.) 23
Folk, historical, and patent medicine 22
Virginia -- History 21
Coal mines and mining 19
Virginia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimilies 19
Politicians -- United States 18
Slavery -- United States 18
Agriculture 16
Medicine 16
Radford (Va.) 16
Giles County (Va.) 15
Roanoke County (Va.) 15
Oral histories (literary works) 14
Religion 13
West Virginia 13
Washington County (Va.) 12
Botetourt County (Va.) 11
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Tazewell County (Va.) 10
Legal instruments (Legal documents) 8
United States -- Maps 8
Alleghany County (Va.) 7
Cocktails -- History 7
Iron foundries -- Virginia 7
Patrick County (Va.) -- History 7
Rockbridge County (Va.) 7
Scrapbooks 7
Smyth County (Va.) 7
World War, 1914-1918 7
Bath County (Va.) 6
Bland County (Va.) 6
Cocktail History Collection 6
Craig County (Va.) 6
Diaries 6
Education, Secondary 6
Letters 6
Architectural drawing -- 20th century 5
Bedford County (Va.) 5
Confederate States of America 5
Marion (Va.) 5
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs (Va.) 5
Postcards 5
Railroad -- Maps 5
Receipts (financial records) 5
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries 5
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 5
Virginia 5
West Virginia -- Maps 5
World War, 1939-1945 5
American Literature -- Virginia 4
Architectural drawings (visual works) 4
Augusta County (Va.) 4
Authors, American -- 20th century 4
Community theater 4
Food Technology and Production 4
Genealogy 4
General stores 4
Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) 4
Salem (Va.) 4
Staunton (Va.) 4
Traditional medicine 4
Wise County (Va.) 4
Abingdon (Va.) 3
Campbell County (Va.) 3
Cemeteries 3
Financial records 3
Football 3
Galax (Va.) 3
Geology 3
Health 3
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Louisa County (Va.) 3
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 83
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 72
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 66
Geological Survey (U.S.) 47
Commonwealth of Virginia. Department of Highways 33
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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 22
Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899 11
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 11
Bureau of the Census 10
Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 10
Hildebrand, J. R. 9
Murrill, A. 9
Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1896-1982) 9
Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.) 8
Nirenstein's National Realty Map Company 7
Bien, Morris, 1859- 6
Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914 6
Historic Urban Plans (Firm) 6
Preston, John, 1764-1827 6
Roanoke Historical Society 6
Thompson, Gilbert, 1839-1909 6
United States. War Department. Corps of Engineers 6
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 6
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 5
Boyd, Charles Rufus, 1841-1903 5
Henry Wysor family 5
Hotel Roanoke 5
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868 5
O.W. Gray & Son 5
Virginia. State Highway Commission 5
Wall, W. F. 5
Wysor, Henry C., 1847-1927 5
Anderson, Sherwood (Sherwood Berton), 1876-1941 4
Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 4
Chace, George 4
Chace, Jacob 4
Everett Waddey Company 4
Foster, A. G. 4
Ireland, E. I. 4
Kent family 4
McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 4
McGill, William M. 4
Michie, P. S. 4
Preston, William, 1729-1783 4
Smith, George Otis, 1871-1944 4
Smithey & Boynton, Architects and Engineers (1935-1992) (Roanoke, Va.) 4
Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company (Roanoke, Va.) 4
Tyler, James Hoge, 1846-1925 4
Virginian Railway 4
A. Hoen & Co. 3
American Publishing Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 3
Appalachian Trail Conference (1993-2005) 3
Beyer, Edward, 1820-1865 3
Black, Harvey, 1827-1888 3
Blacksburg (Va.). Town Council 3
Chester, W. 3
Conway, Julia Ellen Thomas, 1848-1916 3
Conway, William Buchanan, 1845-1920 3
Episcopal Church. Diocese of Southwestern Virginia 3
Fletcher, L. C. 3
Gamble, W. H. (William H.) 3
Gannett, Samuel S. (Samuel Stinson), 1861-1939 3
Geological Survey. Water Resources Division (U.S.) 3
Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.) 3
Hall, Childress 3
Hall, W. J. 3
Ivanhoe Mining and Smelting Corporation 3
Kentland Farm 3
Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960 3
Manning, Warren H. (Warren Henry), 1860-1938 3
McKinley, W. K. 3
Montgomery White Sulphur Springs (Va.) 3
Payne, John Barton, 1855-1935 3
Pike, Albert 3
Preston family (Solitude, Blacksburg, Va.) 3
Preston, Francis, 1765-1835 3
Preston, Susanna Smith, 1740-1823 3
Preston, William Ballard, 1805-1862 3
Price family 3
Price, Harvey Lee, 1874-1951 3
Rand McNally and Company 3
Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee 3
Sanborn-Perris Map Co. 3
Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 3
Solitude (Blacksburg, Va. : Historic building) 3
Stribling, Francis T. (Francis Taliaferro), 1810-1874 3
United States. Department of Agriculture 3
Vandenberg, H. P. C. 3
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station 3
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of Civil Engineering 3
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 3
Virginia. General Assembly 3
Western Lunatic Asylum (Va.) 3
Wilson, Eliza (Lily) Tyler 3
Worley, Charles S., Jr. 3
Yeates, Chas. M. 3
Adams Express Company (1854-2015) 2
Anderson, C. B., of Newbern, Va. 2
Anderson, Eleanor Copenhaver, 1896-1985 2
Appalachian Power Company 2
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