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Virginiæ partis australis, et Floridæ partis orientalis, interjacentiumque regionum Nova Descriptio,
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0005
Abstract
Map is likely illustrated by Joan Blaeu, though no name appears on the map itself. Contains two compass roses, three sailing ships, two cherubs holding a banner containing the map's scale, and illustrations of native peoples. On reverse, Latin text from unidentified book, from which the map was removed.
Dates:
c. 1662
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 — Box: 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
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