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Jacob S. Winans Correspondence,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-062
Abstract
The collection includes two letters and their original envelope from Jacob S. Winans to his father Dr. Isaac Winans. Both letters were sent in the same envelope. They were written after Winans's return to Camp Tennally (Tennallytown, Maryland) after serving picket at Great Falls, Virginia from September 9-16, 1861.
Dates:
September 17-18, 1861
Marion Windle Recipe Book,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-069
Abstract
The collection includes a compiled recipe book with recipes dated from 1918 to 1974. The recipes were most likely collected by Marion Windle, whose name is found on the cover.
Dates:
1918 - 1974
Winston Family Letters
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: Ms-1995-004
Scope and Contents
Copies of transcripts of various the Civil War letters of three brothers: Ambrose Whitlock Winston (1835-97), Charles James Winston (1837-87), and William Henry Harrison Winston (1841-1935), of Campbell County, Virginia, to their aunt, Mary Harris Clark. The brothers all served in Company G, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia. The letters were written between November 1861 and March 1865 from camps in Virginia and North Carolina. They write of mutual friends killed or...
Dates:
1861 - 1865
Theodore Winthrop Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-004
Abstract
This collection contains an original poem written in the hand of Theodore Winthrop, the first Union officer killed in the American Civil War. Verses describe the great importance and coming destruction and suffering that the war will bring. This collection also includes Winthrop's original signature and a period envelope that depicts his memorial. Born in 1828 and a graduate of Yale, Winthrop volunteered in 1861 with the 7th New York Regiment. After being made a major on the staff of...
Dates:
1861, undated
Wise County, Virginia, Showing Primary and Secondary Highway Systems
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0181
Abstract
Map shows primary and secondary roads in Wise County, Virginia, and it includes an explanatory legend.
Dates:
1947
Henry H. Wiss Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-013
Scope and Contents
Professor of Architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1947 to 1983. Collection consists of twelve architectural drawings and four photographs of Wiss's private residence in Blacksburg, Virginia, designed by him in 1960.
Dates:
1960, n.d.
Owen Wister Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-013
Abstract
The Owen Wister Papers consist of a poem, "King's Cap," by Wister with his signature and notes, and four letters.
Dates:
1900, 1925, n.d.
Eben P. Wolcott Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-033
Abstract
Letters addressed to Eben P. Wolcott, of Company E, 28th Connecticut Infantry, during the American Civil War, written from family members at home and discussing personal news and such war-time events as the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862), the death of Stonewall Jackson (May 1863), and the inflation caused by the war.
Dates:
1862 - 1863
Dewitt Clinton Wolfe, Jr. Scrapbooks,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-001
Abstract
Two scrapbooks of photographs and ephemera compiled by DeWitt Clinton Wolfe, Jr., a member of the cadet corps and graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, class of 1921. The photographs document Wolfe's experiences as a student in the Cadet Corps from about 1919 to 1921, including sporting events, camping excursions, "rat parades" and as a trumpet player in the Cadet Corps band. Clippings and pamphlets document various university events.
Dates:
1919 - 1921
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