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Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-037
Scope and Content
The Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project consists of oral history interviews, transcripts, field notes, and other assorted documents produced by the students of Professor David Cline in the the Fall of 2012 in association with interviews conducted with former students of the Christiansburg Industrial Institute about their childhoods, the African-American community in Southwest Virginia, the student experience at Christiansburg Industrial Institute, the quality of the...
Dates:
2012
Christiansburg Presbyterian Church Minute Book
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-179
Abstract
The Christiansburg Presbyterian Church Minute Book contains the minutes of sessions and a list of members with the membership and death dates.
Dates:
1869 - 1897
Christiansburg, Va. (Reproduction)
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0246
Abstract
Insurance map shows part of Christiansburg, Virginia. Reproduction is in the negative.
Dates:
1885
Christiansburg, Virginia Store Ledger
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: Ms-2017-025
Abstract
Ledger maintained by unidentified store in ante bellum Christiansburg, Virginia. Entries include customer names and transaction amounts. .
Dates:
1856
City of Williamsburg, Virginia (reproduction)
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0165
Abstract
Map shows layout of and buildings of interest in colonial Williamsburg. Reproduction created 1974.
Dates:
18th century
Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-2003-014
Abstract
This contains a collection of small (1- to 2-folder) manuscripts related to various aspects of the American Civil War and obtained from various sources.
Dates:
1861 - 1996
Civilian Conservation Corps and Family Photograph Collection,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-073
Abstract
The collection includes CCC photographs from camps (at least some are in Virginia), as well as a number of family photographs. Most items are not dated, but some images come from the 1920s and 1930s.
Dates:
1925, 1936, n.d.
Allen C. Clark Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-018
Abstract
The collection includes two letters written to Allen C. Clark (1858-1943), president of the Historical Society of Washington, D. C. One letter, dated October 1920, is from C. S. Lashhorn detailing contact information for his family as requested by Clark. The other letter in the collection, dated February 1924, is from William Tyler Page, a clerk of the House of Representatives, and includes information on women who were granted pensions.
Dates:
1920, 1924
W. Graham Claytor Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1981-095
Abstract
This collection includes business and personal papers of W. Graham Claytor, a 1906 graduate of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Virginia Polytechnic Institute) and an executive overseeing the operations of a number of American Gas and Electric Company subsidiaries during the 20th century. It includes correspondence, reports, and printed materials relating to personal financial matters, business operations, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and ham radio.
Dates:
1912 - 1964
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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 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
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- Radford (Va.) 16
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- Oral histories (literary works) 14
- Religion 13
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- United States -- Maps 8
- Alleghany County (Va.) 7
- Cocktails -- History 7
- Iron foundries -- Virginia 7
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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
- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Wise County (Va.) 4
- Abingdon (Va.) 3
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- Financial records 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
- 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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