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Bigler-Sessler-John Family Papers,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-011
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, legal documents, and accounting receipts and records relating to the Bigler, Sessler, and John families of southwest Virginia.
Dates:
1752 - 1924
Ruth White Fisher Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-058
Abstract
This collection includes a scrapbook compiled by Blacksburg, Virginia artist Ruth White Fisher, relating to her series of paintings titled "The Evolution of Creativity," donated to Virginia Tech. It includes photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera about the paintings and the donation ceremony.
Dates:
1966 - 1978
Hoge Family Papers
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Ms-1992-045
Scope and Contents
Early Southwest Virginia settlers. Papers consist of a letter (n.d.) from James Hoge (1732-1812) to John Preston (1764-1827) of Richmond and later Montgomery County, concerning the settlement of an account, and a certificate, dated September 10, 1781, entitling Hoge to 130 acres of land in Montgomery County that he settled on in 1769. Also includes a letter, dated March 6, 1817, to Hoge's son, General James Hoge (1783-1861) concerning land in Russell County to be sold for non-payment of...
Dates:
1781, 1817, 1848, n.d.
Smithey & Boynton, Architects & Engineers Records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-027
Abstract
The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey & Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957.
Dates:
1922 - 1985
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