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John Thomas Ruff Martin Letter
The collection consists of a letter by student, John Thomas Ruff Martin, written from Salem. Virginia, March 4, 1861, to his father in Baltimore, Maryland.
Thomas R. Martin Letters
The collection contains two letters written by Pvt Thomas R. Martin, Company F, 10th Virginia Cavalry (1st Cavalry Regiment, Wise Legion) to his parents. One is dated September 22, 1861 and written from Sewell, VA (now WV), the second is from Gordonsville in May 1863.
Madison E. Marye Papers
This collection contains newspaper articles, papers, photographs, and posters relating to Madison E. Marye's years as a Virginia State Senator. Marye is a veteran of World War Two, Korea, and Vietnam, serving in the U. S. Army from 1944 to 1965. When Marye retired from the Army he had achieved the rank of Major. After leaving the Army, Marye began his political career representing parts of Southwestern Virginia as a Democrat. Marye served in the State Senate from 1973 to 2002.
New Alexandria Land and River Improvement Company Ledgers,
The collection includes two ledgers for the New Alexandria Land and River Improvement Company dated from 1892-1906. The ledgers contain documentation of transactions, land sales, commissions, and loans with detailed accounts of revenues and interest.
R.K. McCoy General Store
unframed picture; on back ""Main & Turner Campus Exxon""
G. E. Roberts Letter
The G. E. Roberts Letter contains information pertaining to an African American man shooting a white doctor, Dr. Hammet, in Christiansburg, VA. The letter is written to Walter J. Reeve in Central Depot, VA on February 8, 1874.
Charles W. Sleeper Letter,
The collection includes a letter from Charles W. Sleeper, private and later Quartermaster Sergeant with the 7th Independent Battery, Massachusetts Light Artillery, to his cousin, written from Yorktown, August 24, 1862.
Cyril H. Tyler Letter
Letter from Cyril H. Tyler (1841-1913) of Kalamazoo, Michigan, a sergeant in Company I, 7th Michigan Infantry during the American Civil War, written to his father following the Battle of Seven Pines and referring to skirmishes with the enemy, Rebel sharpshooters, and crossing the Chickahominy River.
Virginia Central Railroad Company Rental Receipt,
This collection contains a rental receipt for the labor of Isaac, an enslaved man. The receipt was issued by the Virginia Central Railroad Company in 1855 to Mrs. Elisabeth S. Lindsay and promises a payment of $175 to Lindsay after the one year rental period ends.
Virginia Ku Klux Klan Collection
This collection contains broadsides, booklets, flyers, short stories of the Virginia Ku Klux Klan in 1966. In addition, there are issues of The Fiery Cross (United Klans of America), published in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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- Ash, William (3rd Regiment, Vermont Infantry) 1
- Baskin, J. T. 1
- Blunt, Asa Peabody, 1826-1889 1
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- Brown, Alexander W. , 1878-? 1
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- Dickenson, Richard B., 1930-2006 1
- Dix, George S. 1
- Dixon, William D. 1
- Drake, Elias G. 1
- Edwards, Clarke S. (Clarke Swett), 1824-1903 1
- Evans, James Ransom, 1874-1952 1
- Evans, Rosa Belle Kirk, 1879-1970 1
- Farmer, James H. (54th Regiment, Virginia Infantry) 1
- Foster, Lewis M., b. abt. 1844 1
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- Gregory, W. B. (William Bartleman), 1829-1887 1
- Guion, J. Marshall, 1822-1891 1
- Hammet, James Preston, d. 1879 1
- Hanna, James W. 1
- Hart, Hector (126th Regiment, Ohio Infantry) 1
- Hersum, George L. (5th Regiment, New Hampshire Infantry) 1
- Hunt, Melvin (72nd Regiment, New York Infantry) 1
- Keyces (Keycas), Patrick 1
- Kingsbury, J. D. 1
- Ku Klux Klan (1915-) 1
- Kyger, Henry C. (5th Regiment, Wisconsin Infantry) 1
- Lacaster, G. W. 1
- Lewis, George (4th Regiment, Michigan Infantry) 1
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 1
- Lukens, Franklin B. (Company E, 3rd Regiment, New Jersey Infantry) 1
- Martin, Thomas R., b. abt. 1848? 1
- Marye, Madison E. (Madison Ellis), 1925-2016 1
- Massey, A. B. (Arthur Ballard) 1
- Miller, Henry 1
- New Alexandria Land and River Improvement Company (1888-1928) 1
- Nickerson, Melville P. (2nd Regiment, Maine Infantry) 1
- Penman, Abraham (12th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (41st Volunteers)) 1
- Peter (enslaved person) 1
- Rappleyea, Jeremiah C. (1st Regiment, New Jersey Infantry) 1
- Roberts, George E. , 1834-1887 1
- Sleeper, Charles W., abt. 1841-1893 1
- Stewart, Peter (79th NY Highland Guard) 1
- Stickely, Peter H. (1825-1861) 1
- Turrill, Reuben 1
- Tyler, Cyril H. 1
- Tyler, James Hoge, 1846-1925 1
- Van Fleet, Abraham 1
- Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station 1
- Virginia Central Railroad Company 1
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Library 1
- Warren, Henry M., 1837-1862 1
- Way, Alexander M. (Alexander Moore), 1826-1890 1
- Wilson, Eliza (Lily) Tyler 1
- Wilson, Jeffrey Thomas, 1843-1929 1
- Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924 1 + ∧ less