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Judith Fenner Barnard Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-056
Abstract

This collection includes a memobook and journal owned by Judith Fenner Barnard (1896-1984), a teacher in Roadsville, Virginia, and Prince George County, Virginia. The memobook, dated July 1964, contains recipes, addresses, hospital records, and a seating arrangement for a dinner party. The journal, 1914-1972 includes journal entries about the Barnard family's lives and handwritten recipes.

Dates: 1914 - 1974

Bassett Furniture Company Letters to Richardson Electric Co.

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-049
Abstract

This collection includes two letters from the Bassett Furniture Company to Richardson Electric Co. in 1922. The first letter from J. D. Bassett, President, is in regards to a burned out motor, and the second letter from J. C. Hooker, Secretary and Treasurer, is in regards to the installation of a hot air furnace.

Dates: 1922

Greer and Emilius Baughman Civil War Letters to Mary Jane Baughman

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-037
Abstract

The collection contains two letters written by brothers and Confederate soldiers Greer and Emilius Baughman. The letters were written April 5, 1862, by Greer and July 26, 1863, by Emilius. Both letters were written to their mother, Mary Jane Greer Baughman, at home in Richmond.

Dates: 1862 - 1863

Bedford County, Virginia (reproduction),

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0091
Abstract

Map is a 1986 reprint, with the full title "Bedford County Virginia, Reprint of the 1931 Map by S. S. Lynn, Amended to show modern routes and sights." Includes illustration of the Peaks of Otter and indexes of towns and schools.

Dates: 1931

Francis Bell Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-088
Abstract

This collection contains a letter from Francis Bell (1820-1893), a cattle dealer from Augusta County, Virginia, to Major James R. Kent, a plantation owner in Montgomery County, Virginia. In the letter dated October 18, 1860, Bell asks Kent to sell him his stock of cattle directly rather than going through the firm of Crouse and [Sons?].

Dates: 1860

Big Sandy & Cumberland R.R. Map, Showing the Right of Way through the Riley Lester et al ... on Waters of Knox Creek in Buchanan Co., Virginia

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0554
Abstract

Full title is as follows: "Big Sandy & Cumberland R. R. Map Showing the Right of Way through the Riley Lester et al 50 Ac. & 25 Ac. Tract Parcel No. 1, through the Riley Lester et al 2.8 Ac. Tract Parcel No. 2 and Tract Owned Jointly by Riley Lester et al & W. M. Ritter Lumber Co. Parcel No. 3 & 4 on Waters of Knox Creek in Buchanan Co. Virginia."

Dates: 1921

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

Birds Eye View of Alexandria, Va.

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0144
Abstract

Color image of Alexandria, Virginia, with key that identifies locations of interest.

Dates: 1864

[Bishop Madison, Map of Virginia (Southwest sheet only)]

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0824
Abstract

Southwest Virginia sheet only of "A Map of Virginia / Formed from Actual Surveys, and the / Latest as well as most accurate observations, By James Madison, D.D. / Late President of Wm. & Mary College," dating to 1807.

The full map was originally printed in six separate sections and then assembled, includes State of Ohio, State of Kentucky and portion of Michigan Territory. The Southwest Virginia sheet includes several counties in Virginia and contemporary West Virginia.

Dates: 1807

Black Cemetery Map (Blacksburg, Virginia)

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0300
Abstract

Map shows identified plots in the Black Cemetery in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1972 (revised 1983)

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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
United States -- Maps 7
African Americans -- History 6
American Literature -- Virginia 6
Faculty and staff 6
Ledgers (account books) 6
Photographs 6
Religion 6
April 16, 2007 shootings 5
Architects -- Virginia 5
History of Food and Drink 5
Letters 5
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
Agriculture 3
Architectural drawing -- 20th century 3
Botetourt County (Va.) 3
Bristol (Va.) 3
Craig County (Va.) 3
Diaries 3
Grayson County (Va.) 3
History of Women in Architecture 3
Kentucky -- Maps 3
Receipts (financial records) 3
Smyth County (Va.) 3
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields Maps 3
United States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles 3
Architects 2
Architectural drawings (visual works) 2
Art, American -- Virginia -- 20th century 2
Bristol (Tenn.) 2
Cemeteries 2
Coal Strike, W. Va., 1920-1921 2
Cocktail History Collection 2
Cocktails -- History 2
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
Patrick County (Va.) -- History 2
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
Virginia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University -- Dances 2
Washington (D.C.) -- Maps 2
Women architects -- Virginia 2
4-H clubs 1
Abingdon (Va.) 1
Aeronautics 1
Airports 1
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Language
English 577
Latin 5
French 2
Dutch; Flemish 1
 
Names
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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