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Velma H. Alderman Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-089
Abstract
This collection contains a scrapbook and newspaper clippings created by Velma H. Alderman, mother of former Virginia Tech professor Nancy Orange. Most news clippings are from the 1950s and pertain to Radford, Virginia.
Dates:
1950 - 1981
Richard Aldington Book Typescripts
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1976-006
Abstract
The collection consists of two typescripts--one the original and the other a carbon--both revised, of English novelist Richard Aldington's Women Must Work (1934).
Dates:
c. 1934
Iris Alex Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-026
Abstract
Iris Alex was the Development Administrator for Facilities Development Corporation of the State of New York, building consultant for the Young Women's Christian Association, and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Active from the 1950s until 1991. The collection includes both volumes of A Building Manual for the YWCA, written by Alex as well as some biographical information and articles about her work. Also contains correspondence between Alex...
Dates:
1959 - 2002
Dorothy Alexander Architectural Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-089
Abstract
Dorothy Alexander was educated at the McGill University Architectural School in Montreal. She worked for several firms including Wurster, Bernardi, and Emmons Architects before starting her own firm in 1961. The collection consists primarily of drawings, sketches, and building specifications for buildings designed by the architect Dorothy Alexander. Projects include remodeling work for the Arriflex Corporation, Lowel-Light Manufacturing, as well as several houses designed and built in...
Dates:
1939 - 1994
Henrie H. Alexander Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1960-002
Scope and Content
The collection consists of a letter written June 10,1862, from Alexander in Blacksburg, to Captain W. G. Price in Wytheville, Virginia, about a recent skirmish with the Union soldiers at Salt Sulphur Springs, Virginia (now West Virginia).
Dates:
1862
M. Clair Alexander Diary
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-102
Abstract
Diary of Major Clair Alexander (1858-1933), a carpenter in North Easton, Massachusetts, and later a carpet cleaner in Brockton, chronicling daily work life as a carpenter as well as social events in North Easton, Massachusetts.
Dates:
1880
Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-029
Abstract
The Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence consists of 40 letters by 31 soldiers, dated between 1861 and 1862. Letters were written by soldiers stationed in and around Alexandria and Fairfax counties and Washington, D.C., in the first 12-16 months of the American Civil War.
Dates:
1861 - 1862
William J. Alford, Jr., Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-007
Abstract
Spanning from 1951-1988, the William J. Alford, Jr., Papers contains NACA and NASA research memoranda and reports; publication drafts; a Langley working paper with associated research notes and patent details; correspondence; award certificates; AIAA (American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics) conference programs; and personnel papers pertaining to William J. Alford's career as an aeronautical engineer. A detailed schematic drawing of "the variable sweep wing configuration tested...
Dates:
1951 - 1988
Alleghany Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-019
Abstract
The Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) was formed in 1890 as an organization to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American Indepedence, to encourage historical research in relation to the Revolution, and to promote the celebration of all patriotic anniversaries. The records consist of rosters, D.A.R. magazines, contitutions and by–laws, minutes and membership ledgers, yearbooks, scrapbooks, news bulletins, obituaries of members, and the original...
Dates:
1890 - 2016
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- Nirenstein's National Realty Map Company 15
- Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 15
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- Cook, George Hammell, 1818-1889 8
- Hubbell, Charles H., 1898-1971 8
- Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.) 8
- The University Press of Kentucky 8
- United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 8
- Frazer, George Preston 7
- Hopkins, Griffith Morgan 7
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- Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 6
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- Bien, Morris, 1859- 6
- Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 6
- Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 6
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- Harvey, G 6
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- Preston, John, 1764-1827 6
- Roanoke Historical Society 6
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- Thompson, Gilbert, 1839-1909 6
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- Boyd, Charles Rufus, 1841-1903 5
- Confederate States of America. War Department 5
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- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 5
- Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.) 5
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- Ivanhoe Mining and Smelting Corporation 5
- Kunstler, Morton, b.1931 5
- McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 5
- O.W. Gray & Son 5
- Rand McNally and Company 5
- Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 5
- Smithey & Boynton, Architects and Engineers (1935-1992) (Roanoke, Va.) 5
- Torre, Susana, 1944- 5
- United States. Department of Agriculture 5
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Architecture (1974-1978) 5
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Arts and Sciences (1970-2003) 5
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 5
- Virginia. State Highway Commission 5
- Wysor, Henry C., 1847-1927 5
- A. Hoen & Co. 4
- Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 4
- Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 4
- Ballermann & Son a-s 4
- Beyer, Edward, 1820-1865 4
- Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010 4
- Carneal and Johnston (Richmond, Va.) 4
- Chace, George 4
- Chace, Jacob 4
- Chester, W. 4
- Christiansburg Industrial Institute 4
- Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 4
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- Everett Waddey Company 4
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- Geological Survey. Water Resources Division (U.S.) 4
- Gilmer, Jeremy Francis, 1818-1883 4
- Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 4
- Ireland, E. I. 4
- Kent family 4
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