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Blacksmith Ledger,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-049
Abstract

The Blacksmith Ledger is from Rural Retreat, VA c. 1928 and features approx. 200 pages of local customer order logs.

Dates: c.1928

Daniel Blain Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-002
Abstract

Four wartime letters and a post-war diary of Daniel Blain, a Confederate soldier in the 1st Rockbridge Artillery during the American Civil War and later a Presbyterian minister in Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Dates: 1864 - 1870

Blair-Weindel-Schrader Family Papers

 Class
Identifier: Ms-2023-120
Abstract

The Blair-Weindel-Schrader Family Papers include nearly 100 letters to and from letters of the three families, all based in Marion, Virginia, from about 1958-1998. Many of the letters are typed, but include handwritten addenda. The letters, written to relatives in and around other parts of Virginia, contain substantial detail on family members and local/regional activities.

Dates: 1943-1998, undated

Bland County. Round Mountain Property--Prospectus

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0210
Abstract

Map centers on Burks Garden in Bland County, Virginia, and shows ores of mineral deposit in the region. Document contains handwritten note commenting on the text that accompanies the map.

Dates: ca. 1885

Bland Quadrangle

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0811

Marvin Blecher Oral History Interview

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-017
Abstract

Oral history interview conducted by Virginia Tech student Christina Roemer with Marvin and Freda Blecher of Blacksburg, Virginia, regarding Blacksburg's Jewish community, the Hillel student organization at Virginia Tech, and other Jewish communities in the region.

Dates: 1998

Milka T. Bliznakov Papers and Architectural Drawings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1991-025
Abstract

Milka Bliznakov was a Bulgarian architect, architectural historian, and professor who practiced in Bulgaria, France, and the United States. The collection consists of her publications, research, correspondence, professional documentation of her practice, conference participation materials, teaching materials, and documents related to her involvement as the founder of the International Archive of Women in Architecture.

Dates: 1946 - 2010

Block Plan of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va., Showing the Proposed Layout of the Evans-Almirall Hot Water Heating Mains

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0358
Abstract

Map shows the plan for heating mains at VPI in 1909.

Dates: Sept. 14, 1909

Mildred Blokker Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-042
Abstract

The collection contains eighteen photographs of exhibits and events around Virginia collected by Mildred Blokker (1919-1993) from about 1912-1919. The collection also includes photos of Cadets involved with the athletics department at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI). Blokker graduated from and worked at VPI.

Dates: c. 1912-1919

Blue Ridge Discovery Center Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-004
Abstract

Educational/informational materials published by the Blue Ridge Discovery Center.

Dates: 2011

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Nirenstein's National Realty Map Company 7
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Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company (Roanoke, Va.) 4
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Virginian Railway 4
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American Publishing Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 3
Appalachian Trail Conference (1993-2005) 3
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Rand McNally and Company 3
Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee 3
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