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Virginia Tax Receipt
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-009
Abstract
The Virginia Tax Receipt includes a pre-printed tax receipt for Peter Logan, dated 1859, from Chesterfield, Virginia. There is a handwritten tax on one free person of color. Almost all printed categories except "Clock" and "Furniture" have been crossed out.
Dates:
1859
Henry M. Warren Letter,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-017
Abstract
The collections consists of a letter from Union soldier Henry M. Warren, Private of the 18th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, to his brother Nathaniel in Massachusetts.
Dates:
1861
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
World War I Camp Community Service Song Sheet
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-047
Abstract
This collection contains a World War I era song sheet printed by C.C. Cappel in Roanoke, Virginia. The purpose of this song sheet was so that the community could sing songs together at events in Southwest Virginia. Cappel (1887-1948) was a musical manager for the National Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore Orchestra, as well as working with the U.S. Marine Band and Army Band, war camp community service during World War I, and the USO in World War II.
Dates:
c. 1917-1919
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- Dickenson, Richard B., 1930-2006 1
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- Dillard, Terisha Washington, 1817-1863 1
- Dix, George S. 1
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- Edwards, Clarke S. (Clarke Swett), 1824-1903 1
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- Evans, Rosa Belle Kirk, 1879-1970 1
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- Martin, Thomas R., b. abt. 1848? 1
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