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Dean Carter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-046
Abstract

This collection contains administrative and teaching records, such as art course materials, departmental correspondence, photographs, and art exhibition materials from Dean Carter (1922-2013), professor and former head of the Art Department at Virginia Tech from 1950-1992.

Dates: 1950 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1964 - 1982

Cavalryman's Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-020
Abstract

The collection consists of two letters written by "Mark," a Confederate cavalryman, to his father in 1861.

Dates: 1861

Mary Brown Channel Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2007-030
Abstract After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1929, Mary Ramsay Brown Channel earned her degree in architecture at Cornell University in 1933. She returned to her hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia, and worked at a firm for two years before opening her own office as the first registered woman architect in Virginia. She became known for her residential and church designs. Her collection includes sketches and drawings for about 160 mostly residential projects in the Portsmouth area....
Dates: 1936 - 2002; Majority of material found within 1936 - 1950

Charleston, West Virginia Account Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-070
Abstract

Collection consists of a ledger listing accounting information for an unidentified business located in the Charleston, West Virginia area.

Dates: February 23, 1885 - September 3, 1885

Charlottesville, Virginia in 1856 (reproduction)

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0143
Abstract

Engraving shows birds-eye view of Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1856, largely focusing on the University of Virginia. Reproduction was made in 1973.

Dates: 1856

Chesapeake Bay

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0681
Abstract

"Coast Chart No. 31: Chesapeake Bay, Sheet No. 1, York River Hampton Roads Chesapeake Entrance. From a Trigonometrical Survey Under the Direction of A. D. Bache, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States." Coastal Survey map of portions of Chesapeake Bay, including York River, Hampton Roads, Chesapeake entrance. Dated 1863.

Dates: 1863

Christiansburg Quadrangle

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0798

Christiansburg, Va. (Reproduction)

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0246
Abstract

Insurance map shows part of Christiansburg, Virginia. Reproduction is in the negative.

Dates: 1885

City of Bluefield W. Va.

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0451
Abstract

Map is dated 1922 but contains extensive markings in colored pen and rubber stamp, including city ward boundaries for 1930 and 1934. A note on the reverse states that the map was transferred to the U. S. Census Bureau on May 17, 1938.

Dates: 1922

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

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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 474
Maps (documents) 420
Virginia -- Maps 407
Montgomery County (Va.) 141
Blacksburg (Va.) 120
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Virginia -- History 45
Virginia, Southwest 33
Civil War 31
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 31
Railroad 25
Coal mines and mining 21
West Virginia 21
West Virginia -- Maps 21
Pulaski County (Va.) 20
Virginia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimilies 20
University History 17
Virginia 14
Correspondence 13
Roanoke (Va.) 13
Radford (Va.) 12
Wythe County (Va.) 11
Roanoke County (Va.) 10
University Archives 10
Washington County (Va.) 8
Women -- History 8
Christiansburg (Va.) 7
Giles County (Va.) 7
Iron foundries -- Virginia 7
Politicians -- United States 7
Students and alumni 7
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African Americans -- History 6
American Literature -- Virginia 6
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Ledgers (account books) 6
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April 16, 2007 shootings 5
Architects -- Virginia 5
History of Food and Drink 5
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 5
Virginia Tech Shootings, Blacksburg, Va., 2007 5
Account books 4
Alleghany County (Va.) 4
Authors, American -- 20th century 4
Bland County (Va.) 4
Carroll County (Va.) 4
International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 4
Railroad -- Maps 4
Slavery -- United States 4
Tazewell County (Va.) 4
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Architectural drawing -- 20th century 3
Botetourt County (Va.) 3
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Craig County (Va.) 3
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History of Women in Architecture 3
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Smyth County (Va.) 3
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields Maps 3
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Architects 2
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Art, American -- Virginia -- 20th century 2
Bristol (Tenn.) 2
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Coal Strike, W. Va., 1920-1921 2
Cocktail History Collection 2
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Folk, historical, and patent medicine 2
Geology 2
Legal instruments (Legal documents) 2
Legislation 2
Legislators -- United States 2
Marion (Va.) 2
Maryland -- Maps 2
Ohio -- Maps 2
Oral histories (literary works) 2
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Patrick County (Va.) -- Maps 2
Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 2
Pulaski (Va.) 2
Russell County (Va.) 2
Salem (Va.) 2
Science and Technology 2
Sharecropping -- United States -- Virginia 2
Strikes and lockouts -- Coal mining -- West Virginia 2
Traditional medicine 2
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University -- Dances 2
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French 2
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 47
Geological Survey (U.S.) 39
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 32
Commonwealth of Virginia. Department of Highways 23
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 13
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Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899 11
Bureau of the Census 10
Hildebrand, J. R. 9
Murrill, A. 9
Nirenstein's National Realty Map Company 8
Bien, Morris, 1859- 6
Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914 6
Historic Urban Plans (Firm) 6
Roanoke Historical Society 6
Thompson, Gilbert, 1839-1909 6
United States. War Department. Corps of Engineers 6
Wall, W. F. 6
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 5
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868 5
O.W. Gray & Son 5
Virginia. State Highway Commission 5
Boyd, Charles Rufus, 1841-1903 4
Chace, George 4
Chace, Jacob 4
Everett Waddey Company 4
Foster, A. G. 4
Ireland, E. I. 4
Michie, P. S. 4
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 4
Rand McNally and Company 4
Sanborn Map Company 4
Smith, George Otis, 1871-1944 4
A. Hoen & Co. 3
American Publishing Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 3
Fletcher, L. C. 3
Gamble, W. H. (William H.) 3
Gannett, Samuel S. (Samuel Stinson), 1861-1939 3
Hall, Childress 3
Hall, W. J. 3
Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960 3
Malcolm, C. B. 3
McGill, William M. 3
McKinley, W. K. 3
Payne, John Barton, 1855-1935 3
Pike, Albert 3
Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee 3
Sanborn-Perris Map Co. 3
United States. Department of Agriculture 3
Vandenberg, H. P. C. 3
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of Civil Engineering 3
Yeates, Chas. M. 3
Anderson, Sherwood (Sherwood Berton), 1876-1941 2
Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 2
Archer, S. R. 2
Barnard, E. C. (Edward Chester), 1863-1921 2
Bevan, Arthur, 1888-1968 2
Blacksburg Colored Graveyard Association 2
Blacksburg Engineering Dept 2
Blunt, E. 2
Broyles, H. C. 2
C. B. Malcolm and Son 2
Calver, James L. 2
Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry), 1826-1899 2
Clements & Draper 2
Cooke, Chas. E. (Charles E.) 2
Cowgill, Clinton Harriman, 1890-1975 2
Crozet, Claudius, 1790-1864 2
Cumbow, A. L., Jr. 2
Desandroùˆins, Jean Nicolas, 1729-1792 2
Dickinson, W. 2
Dwight, C. S. 2
Episcopal Church. Diocese of Southwestern Virginia 2
Episcopal Church. Diocese of Southwestern Virginia. Standing Committee 2
Faden, William, 1749-1836 2
Faithorne, William, 1616-1691 2
Fry, Joshua, approximately 1700-1754 2
Gayetty, J. I. 2
Geese, F. 2
General Drafting Company 2
Geological Survey. Water Resources Division (U.S.) 2
Gilmer, Jeremy Francis, 1818-1883 2
Gore, J. H. 2
Griswold, William Tudor, 1859-? 2
Hackett, M. 2
Harris, E. E. 2
Harrison, D. C. 2
Harrison, R. L. 2
Hays, J. W. 2
Herrman, Augustine, 1621-1686 2
Hoffman, J. D. 2
Howell, D. J. 2
Ivanhoe Mining and Smelting Corporation 2
Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757 2
Kegley, F. B. (Frederick Bittle), 1877-1968 2
Kegley, Mary B. 2
Kerr, Washington Caruthers, 1827-1885 2
Knight, F. J. 2
Ku Klux Klan (1915-) 2
Lane, Franklin K. 2
Lesher, C. E. (Carl Eugene), b.1885 2
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