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Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection
The Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection includes materials from 1847-1907. The collection contains information relating to the Croy Dawson Family and supposedly the only woman-run business in Blacksburg, VA at that time.
Royall Family Papers
Court documents relating the estate of William Royall, of what is today Monroe County, West Virginia, including two bonds signed by his widow, Anne Royall, and a the verdict of a jury called to determine the legitimacy of the will.
Eulalie Salley Letter,
The collection contains a letter written by Eulalie Salley, of Aiken, South Carolina, to Frances Bear, of Roanoke, Virginia, on January 12,1974 about Salley's role in the suffrage movement.
Carrie T. Sibold Family Papers
The collection consists of scrapbooks, journals, V.P.I. reunion materials, photograph albums, family diplomas, and the diary of Nannie V. Sibold. As a whole, the collection dates from 1912 to 1990. However, Carrie T. Sibold's scrapbook journals, which run from 1974 to 1990, constitute the the bulk of the collection material.
Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers
The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Southside Garden Club Records
Materials in the collection include newspaper clippings, minutes and yearbooks from the Blacksburg Woman's Club and organization reports, minutes, pressbooks, yearbooks, and scrapbooks from the Southside Garden Club.
Southwest Virginia Counties Collection
The Southwest Virginia Counties Collection includes correspondence, manuscript memoranda and recipe books, and family papers from the Godwin, Young, Trevey, Williams and other families of Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Roanoke Counties.
Southwest Virginia Vertical Files (List of Subjects),
In general, vertical files at Special Collections and University Archives include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to the New River Valley and counties and locations throughout Southwest Virginia. Each topic below has at least one folder and many include cross references.
Mrs. Springer Memoranda Book,
The collection consists of a memorandum book presented by A. Rosenstock of Petersburg, Virginia, and used by a Mrs. Springer, probably of Washington County, Virginia.
Elizabeth Stanford Scrapbooks, Galax Retail Merchants Association,
The collection consists of two scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and photographs from 1946-1962 related to Galax Retail Merchants Association compiled by Elizabeth Stanford, office manager and secretary for the RMA.