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Stories of Segregation in Bluefield, Virginia Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-076
Scope and Content

This collection was donated as a research project on the personal significance of the historically segregated neighborhoods of Bluefield, West Virginia, and Bluefield, Virginia. Gregory Galford, Vonnia Davis, Micaela Appelbaum, and Jessica Taylor interviewed residents and former residents of these segregated neighborhoods to reconstruct a previously unrecorded history of how segregated space in this regional hub has changed over time.

Dates: 2023

Storming of Fort Wagner

 Collection — Frame: 1
Identifier: Art-017

Stranger's Guide to Washington, D.C. : The City as Mr. Lincoln Knew It (historical map)

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0423
Abstract

Map shows Washington, D.C. as it was in 1865, with annotations concerning specific locations and items of historical interest.

Dates: 1965

Despina Stratigakos Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-062
Abstract

The Despina Stratigakos Architectural Collection comprises her vita and published works including her dissertation and articles exploring the public image of women architects in Wilhelm, Germany (early 20th century), the contributions of women in re-building of Berlin, Germany, and exiled Jewish women architects in America. The collection also contains a 2011 Architect Barbie from Mattel and press releases concerning her creation.

Dates: 1998 - 2013

Albert O. Stratton Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-012
Abstract This collection contains journal of Corporal Albert O. Stratton, that he kept while serving with Company D, 37th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry, during the 1864-1865 Siege of Petersburg, Virginia, during the American Civil War. The contents describe daily life as a soldier well and notes on contemporary 19th century society. Albert O. Stratton (1839-1915) was born in Leominster, Massachusetts. During the American Civil War he enlisted as a private in 1862, and was promoted to the rank of...
Dates: 1865

Edward L. Stratton Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-003
Abstract

The Edward L. Stratton Diary was written by an American Civil War soldier who was in the 122nd Company of Pennsylvania, and it covers military action, army medicine, battle wounds, and hospital life and work.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

William Avery Stratton Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-114
Abstract The collection contains correspondence to William Avery Stratton from friends and family. Letters date from as early as the American Civil War (1864) to the year after Stratton's death (1940). For the most part, letters are about social and family news, though some of the early letters contain Civil War and post-bellum news from the South. Letters from friends in Oregon, Colorado, and Nevada also provide details on Indian affairs, railroad growth, and cattle in the West. The collection also...
Dates: 1864 - 1940; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1880

Strawn Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1994-006
Abstract

Papers (consisting largely of correspondence) of the extended Strawn and Bumbarger families of Madison County, Iowa, with letters written from Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, and Wyoming.

Dates: 1862 - 1942

Street Map and Guide to Blacksburg, Virginia

 Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0269
Abstract

Map shows streets of Blacksburg, Virginia, with local businesses advertised around the border. Document also contains index for main buildings of VPI.

Dates: 1956

Erasmus Stribling and David Fultz Indenture

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-033
Abstract The Erasmus Stribling and David Fultz Indenture, dated September 21, 1830, is between Stribling of Augusta County, Virginia, and Fultz of Bath County for the "term yet to come" for the work of enslaved people who Stribling "hired" from other enslavers. Some of the enslaved people named in the document include George Hodge, Sam Hamilton, Morriss, Sam McClintick, Big James, and Little James. They are listed as "employed on the Jackson River Turnpike in the possession and under the management...
Dates: 1830

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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 1388
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 831
Civil War 829
University History 586
Maps (documents) 528
Virginia -- Maps 412
Montgomery County (Va.) 405
Women -- History 305
Blacksburg (Va.) 296
University Archives 270
Faculty and staff 231
Students and alumni 217
History of Food and Drink 198
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields Maps 169
International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 156
Science and Technology 149
Railroad 98
Correspondence 92
History of Women in Architecture 81
Photographs 72
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries 68
Folk, historical, and patent medicine 55
Ledgers (account books) 52
Wythe County (Va.) 50
Architects 48
African Americans -- History 47
Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE) 47
Europe -- Maps 47
Virginia -- History 47
Diaries 46
Account books 45
Architectural drawings (visual works) 45
Agriculture 44
World War, 1939-1945 40
Roanoke (Va.) 37
Virginia, Southwest 37
Coal mines and mining 36
Cocktail History Collection 35
Food Technology and Production 35
Medicine 35
Architectural drawing -- 20th century 34
Memorabilia 32
Cocktails -- History 31
Pulaski County (Va.) 31
Carroll County (Va.) 28
Politicians -- United States 26
World maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles 26
Architecture (discipline) 25
Christiansburg (Va.) 25
Authors, American -- 20th century 24
Confederate States of America 23
Oral histories (literary works) 23
Advertisements 22
West Virginia 22
World War, 1914-1918 22
Ephemera 21
Religion 21
West Virginia -- Maps 21
Slavery -- United States 20
Virginia -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimilies 20
Giles County (Va.) 19
United States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles 19
Women-owned architectural firms 19
Kentucky -- Maps 18
Radford (Va.) 18
Roanoke County (Va.) 18
Scrapbooks 18
Textiles (visual works) 18
Cookbooks 17
Authors 16
Letters 16
Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 16
Works of art 16
British literature 15
Home economics 15
Washington County (Va.) 15
Medicine, Military -- History 14
Traditional medicine 14
United States -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees 14
Virginia 14
Botetourt County (Va.) 13
Pamphlets 13
Railroad -- Maps 13
United States -- Maps 13
Washington (D.C.) -- Maps 13
Presidents -- United States 12
Agricultural extension work 11
Ann Hertzler Children's Cookbooks and Nutrition Literature Collection 11
Businesspeople 11
Culinary pamphlets 11
Floyd County (Va.) 11
Record Group 2 - Office of the President 11
Tazewell County (Va.) 11
Architects and community 10
Architecture -- Study and teaching 10
Authors, English -- 20th century 10
Education, Higher 10
Grayson County (Va.) 10
Legal instruments (Legal documents) 10
New Jersey -- Maps 10
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 290
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 267
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 262
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 73
Geological Survey (U.S.) 61
Commonwealth of Virginia. Department of Highways 33
Heilig, Vicki 30
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 24
Blaeu, Joan, 1596-1673 23
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 21
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 20
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 18
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 17
Nirenstein's National Realty Map Company 15
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 15
Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1896-1982) 15
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 15
Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899 11
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 11
Bureau of the Census 10
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868 10
Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 10
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Corps of Cadets 10
Hildebrand, J. R. 9
Historic Urban Plans (Firm) 9
Lesher, C. E. (Carl Eugene), b.1885 9
Murrill, A. 9
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Alumni Association 9
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
Virginia Tech Alumni Association 8
Frazer, George Preston 7
Hopkins, Griffith Morgan 7
McBryde, John McLaren, 1841-1923 7
Preston, John, 1764-1827 7
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College. Corps of Cadets (1872-1896) 7
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Architecture and Urban Studies (1978-2022) 7
Wall, W. F. 7
Anderson, Sherwood (Sherwood Berton), 1876-1941 6
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 6
Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893 6
Bien, Morris, 1859- 6
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 6
Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 6
Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914 6
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 6
Harvey, G 6
Henry Wysor family 6
Newman, Walter S. (Walter Stephenson), 1895-1978 6
Roanoke Historical Society 6
Smock, John C. (John Conover), 1842-1926 6
Thompson, Gilbert, 1839-1909 6
United States. War Department. Corps of Engineers 6
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station 6
Virginia Cooperative Extension (1995-) 6
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 6
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. College of Architecture 6
Boyd, Charles Rufus, 1841-1903 5
Confederate States of America. War Department 5
Dunay, Donna 5
Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.) 5
Hotel Roanoke 5
Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 5
International Union of Women Architects 5
Kunstler, Morton, b.1931 5
Matsukawa-Tsuchida, Junko 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
Tyler, James Hoge, 1846-1925 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. State Highway Commission 5
Wharton, Gabriel C. (Gabriel Colvin), 1824-1906 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
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 4
Everett Waddey Company 4
Finch, Adam T., 1872-1933 4
Foster, A. G. 4
Gamble, W. H. (William H.) 4
Geological Survey. Water Resources Division (U.S.) 4
Ireland, E. I. 4
Kent family 4
Kraft, Christopher C. (Christopher Columbus), 1924-2019 4