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Blacksburg Post Office Record Books
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1973-009
Abstract
The collection consists of five record books taken from the Blacksburg Post Office, dating July 1914 to April 25, 1922.
Dates:
1914 - 1922
Blacksburg Quadrangle
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0274
Abstract
Topographical map shows the area around Blacksburg, Virginia. The reverse discusses the geology of the region.
Dates:
1965
Blacksburg Sewage Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-012
Abstract
This collection contains documents and letters relating to the sewage system in Blacksburg, Virginia. The letters in this collection are all about the sewage system in Blacksburg and most were sent to Dr. Walter Newman, President of Virginia Tech, and John Barringer, Mayor of Blacksburg. The other documents in this collection include committee reports, information on sewage projects, a water ordinance, and other documents relating to the sewage system in Blacksburg. Also, a petition made to...
Dates:
1946-1948, n.d.
Blacksburg Study Group Records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-008
Abstract
The Blacksburg Study Group was funded by the Blacksburg Town Council under the aegis of the Townscape Committee to study the town's architecture and landscape, to inform town officials about present conditions, and to make recommendations for changes. The collection documents the group's activities and include architectural drawings, maps, diagrams, and photographs used in the book, Blacksburg - Understanding a Virginia Town: Town Architecture (1986) by...
Dates:
1984 - 1985
Blacksburg, Va. Zoning Map
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0258
Abstract
Map shows Blacksburg, Virginia, with a key to dining, churches, clothing stores, services, shops, and entertainment, and it is intended for student use.
Dates:
1970
Blacksburg Vertical Files (List of Subjects),
Collection
Identifier: VerticalFile-001
Scope and Content
In general, vertical files at Special Collections and University Archives include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to Blacksburg and its history. Each topic below has at least one folder and many include cross references.
Dates:
1960s-present
Blacksburg, Virginia
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0270
Abstract
Map shows Blacksburg, Virginia, with an index to streets and to primary buildings on the VPI campus.
Dates:
1959
Blacksburg, Virginia, Bank Embezzlement Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-080
Abstract
The eight documents (ca. 1865) within the collection detail a bank embezzlement case from the Blacksburg Branch of the Farmers Bank in Virginia. Nicholas M. Ronald, supposedly swindled patrons into writing him checks that would pay off their account deficits. Much of the collection consists of testimonials attesting to that suspicion.
Dates:
ca. 1865
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- Maps (documents) 401
- Montgomery County (Va.) 395
- Virginia -- Maps 374
- Blacksburg (Va.) 280
- Civil War 168
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 168
- Women -- History 112
- University History 99
- 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
- Christiansburg (Va.) 23
- University Archives 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
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- 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
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- Diaries 6
- Education, Secondary 6
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- Architectural drawing -- 20th century 5
- Bedford County (Va.) 5
- Confederate States of America 5
- Marion (Va.) 5
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- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries 5
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- Architectural drawings (visual works) 4
- Augusta County (Va.) 4
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- Genealogy 4
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- Authors, American -- 20th century 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-) 65
- Geological Survey (U.S.) 47
- Commonwealth of Virginia. Department of Highways 33
- 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 + ∧ less
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