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West Virginia Daybook,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-078
Abstract

Daybook containing listings of names and dollar amounts for supplies sold from January 1936 to December 1940. Supplies sold appear to be related to coal mining and the daybook is believed to originate in Mingo County, West Virginia.

Dates: January 1936 - December 1940

Western Half of Virginia and West Virginia

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0370
Abstract

Map comes from an Index to Virginia, and it shows various railroads that run through the western half of Virginia and West Virginia. It contains an explanatory legend as well as an index to other maps in the volume.

Dates: 1900

Gabriel C. Wharton Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-012
Abstract

The collection contains three post-Civil War letters addressed to former Confederate General Gabriel C. Wharton: one regarding potential locations for a blast furnace, one relating to fees for the use of two horses, and one about a petitition on some property in Blacksburg.

Dates: 1869 - 1875

White Sulphur Springs, Greenbrier County, West Virginia (1927)

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0460
Abstract

This is a blueprint style map of the town of White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., location of the renowned resort hotel, The Greenbrier. The original map is from 1927, but some notations on the map indicate this is a copy from 1945.

Dates: 1927

F. B. Whitings Reference Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-016
Abstract

This collection contains a reference book that was owned by F. B. Whitings in 1821. The reference book contains a Virginia-related almanac and reference guide.

Dates: 1821

Henry Whitman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-003
Abstract

This collections contains papers and letters addressed to Henry Whitman, the Justice of the Peace for Wythe County, Virginia, in the mid-1800s. Most documents contain information about different legal dispitutes and issues. Two relate to the purchasing of a bridle and of leather, and another letter relates information about the American Civil War.

Dates: 1827 - 1864

R. A. Williams Telegraph

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-023
Abstract

This collection contains a telegraph sent from Captain R. A. Williams, A.C.S. [Acting Commissary of Subsistence], in Wytheville, Virginia, to Captain Isaac Shelby in Abingdon asking for advice about an order that required Williams to send four soldiers elsewhere. Williams notes that the order would take "four of my most indispensable men and if persisted in will paralyze my operations".

Dates: 1864

Williamsburg in the Revolutionary Decade

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0168
Abstract

Includes reproduction of "Carte des Environs de Williamsburg en Virginie ou les Armees Francoise et Americaine Ont Campe's en Septembre 1781" ("Map of the Environs of Williamsburg, Virginia Where the French and American Armies Camped in September, 1781"), together with a legend and information concerning the context of the map. Reproduction created in 1975.

Dates: 1781

Wilson Centennial Exhibit Materials

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1956-002
Abstract

This collection contains materials exhibited by Virginia Tech's Newman Library in 1956 to commemorate the centennial of the birth of President Woodrow Wilson.

Dates: 1948 - 1956

Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-015
Abstract The collection consists of two diaries (1913, 1928) written by Jeffrey T. Wilson (1843-1929). Wilson was a former enslaved person who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He worked as a bailiff in the Norfolk courts after leaving the U. S. Navy and wrote a column, "Colored Notes," for The Portsmouth Star from 1924 until his death in 1929. He outlived four wives and had at least twelve children. Wilson's diaries...
Dates: 1913, 1928

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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 18
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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
Faculty and staff 7
Giles County (Va.) 7
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African Americans -- History 6
American Literature -- Virginia 6
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April 16, 2007 shootings 5
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Virginia Tech Shootings, Blacksburg, Va., 2007 5
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Alleghany County (Va.) 4
Authors, American -- 20th century 4
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Carroll County (Va.) 4
International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 4
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Tazewell County (Va.) 4
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Architectural drawing -- 20th century 3
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Craig County (Va.) 3
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Smyth County (Va.) 3
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Architects 2
Architectural drawings (visual works) 2
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
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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
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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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