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"Whitethorne Photographs of Kentland for Margaret K. Cowan" Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-020
Abstract

This collection contains a spiral bound photo book that contains photographs of Kentland Plantation and surrounding areas. This collection also contains a sheet of paper, probably from a scrapbook, with photographs of Kentland and Walnut Spring. Kentland Farm is located in nothern Montgomery County, Virginia, and was formed in the early 1800s by James Randal Kent.

Dates: ca. 1900s

Henry Whitman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-003
Abstract

This collections contains papers and letters addressed to Henry Whitman, the Justice of the Peace for Wythe County, Virginia, in the mid-1800s. Most documents contain information about different legal dispitutes and issues. Two relate to the purchasing of a bridle and of leather, and another letter relates information about the American Civil War.

Dates: 1827 - 1864

Erwin Hoge Will Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1974-004
Abstract

The collection consists of materials regarding the professional, civic, and personal activities of Erwin Hoge Will.

Dates: 1918 - 1973

Evan J. Will Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-030
Abstract

Papers of Dr. Evan J. Will (sometimes identified as Evan J. Wills) (1869-1961), a veterinarian of Harrisonburg, Virginia, including reports, invoices, correspondence, and ephemera.

Dates: 1905 - 1909; 1905 - 1909

Dr. John M. Williams Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-071
Abstract

Ledger contains the accounting records of Dr. John M. Williams, a physician practicing in Rocky Mount, Virginia. Entries date from 1878 to 1882.

Dates: 1878 - 1882

Lewis Williams Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-032
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from Lewis Williams in Washington, D.C., to Andrew Rincoinnon (?) in Wythe County, Virginia, concerning the postal service in Virginia.

Dates: 1835

Samuel Williams Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-055
Abstract

The Samuel Williams Ledger contains a "Memorandum of the amount Paid to Each of my Children Toward Their Legacies" with accompanying pages identifying ten children by name along with associated inheritance. The names of 18 men, women, and children enslaved by Williams are listed as well as property such as horses, cows, beds, and land.

Dates: c. 1839-1840

Samuel W. Williams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-012
Abstract

This collection includes the papers of Samuel W. Williams, an attorney in Bland County, Virginia. It includes three notebooks from Williams's law education at the University of Virginia, a receipt book, four ledgers, and numerous notes concerning his law practice.

Dates: 1868 - 1919

Williamsburg in the Revolutionary Decade

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0168
Abstract

Includes reproduction of "Carte des Environs de Williamsburg en Virginie ou les Armees Francoise et Americaine Ont Campe's en Septembre 1781" ("Map of the Environs of Williamsburg, Virginia Where the French and American Armies Camped in September, 1781"), together with a legend and information concerning the context of the map. Reproduction created in 1975.

Dates: 1781

Wills Family Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-008
Abstract

The collection contains photocopies of American Civil War correspondence to and from members of the Wills family.

Dates: 1860 - 1865

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Maps (documents) 400
Montgomery County (Va.) 394
Virginia -- Maps 373
Blacksburg (Va.) 278
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 166
Women -- History 111
University History 94
Railroad 52
Faculty and staff 47
Wythe County (Va.) 47
Students and alumni 42
Ledgers (account books) 34
Photographs 33
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Carroll County (Va.) 28
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African Americans -- History 25
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American Literature -- Virginia 3
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 84
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 71
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 64
Geological Survey (U.S.) 47
Commonwealth of Virginia. Department of Highways 33
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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 22
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 12
Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899 11
Bureau of the Census 10
Hildebrand, J. R. 9
Murrill, A. 9
Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 9
Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1896-1982) 8
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
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
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
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
Wysor, Henry C., 1847-1927 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
Christiansburg Industrial Institute 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
McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 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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