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Zelma Wilson Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-046
Abstract Wilson (1918-1996) an architect in Ojai, CA was born in New York City but later relocated to Southern California. She studied at the University of California, Berkeley, 1937-1940; later the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1941; and graduated with a B. Arch from University of Southern California in 1947. Wilson’s collection encompasses three decades of work that range from her academic through professional career—including her experience of operating her own firm. Her...
Dates: 1940 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1991

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.

Wm. Gillette's Held By the Enemy

 Collection — Frame: 1
Identifier: Art-052

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

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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 1248
Civil War 747
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 741
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Virginia -- Maps 396
Montgomery County (Va.) 386
Women -- History 295
Blacksburg (Va.) 271
University Archives 201
Faculty 195
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields Maps 173
International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 141
Science and Technology 138
History of Food and Drink 134
Students and alumni 111
Railroad 92
Correspondence 79
History of Women in Architecture 72
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries 66
Photographs 62
Folk, historical, and patent medicine 53
Europe -- Maps 46
Wythe County (Va.) 45
Architects 44
Account books 43
Ledgers (account books) 43
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Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE) 37
Agriculture 35
Virginia -- History 34
Medicine 33
Coal mines and mining 32
Pulaski County (Va.) 32
African Americans -- History 31
Virginia, Southwest 29
Architectural drawing -- 20th century 28
Roanoke (Va.) 27
World War, 1939-1945 27
World maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles 26
Cocktail History Collection 24
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Christiansburg (Va.) 23
Food Technology and Production 23
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Carroll County (Va.) 22
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Confederate States of America 19
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Women-owned architectural firms 18
Petersburg (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 17
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Kentucky -- Maps 16
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Roanoke County (Va.) 16
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World War, 1914-1918 15
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Tazewell County (Va.) 11
United States -- Maps 11
United States -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees 11
Agricultural extension work 10
Financial records 10
Floyd County (Va.) 10
Grayson County (Va.) 10
Home economics 10
Legal instruments (Legal documents) 10
New Jersey -- Maps 10
Railroad -- Maps 10
Scrapbooks 10
Aerospace engineers 9
Ann Hertzler Children's Cookbooks and Nutrition Literature Collection 9
Architects and community 9
Architecture -- Study and teaching 9
Authors, English -- 20th century 9
Botetourt County (Va.) 9
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 254
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 230
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 225
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 66
Geological Survey (U.S.) 61
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Heilig, Vicki 30
Commonwealth of Virginia. Department of Highways 29
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 19
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 19
Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870 18
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 15
Nirenstein's National Realty Map Company 15
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 15
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 14
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 14
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 13
Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899 11
Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863 11
Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1896-1982) 11
Bureau of the Census 10
Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868 10
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Corps of Cadets 10
Historic Urban Plans (Firm) 9
Lesher, C. E. (Carl Eugene), b.1885 9
Murrill, A. 9
Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 9
United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics 9
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Alumni Association 9
Cook, George Hammell, 1818-1889 8
Hildebrand, J. R. 8
Hubbell, Charles H., 1898-1971 8
Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.) 8
The University Press of Kentucky 8
Frazer, George Preston 7
Hopkins, Griffith Morgan 7
Anderson, Sherwood (Sherwood Berton), 1876-1941 6
Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 6
Bien, Morris, 1859- 6
Brown, Ralph Minthorne, 1878-1958 6
Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914 6
Harvey, G 6
Newman, Walter S. (Walter Stephenson), 1895-1978 6
Preston, John, 1764-1827 6
Smock, John C. (John Conover), 1842-1926 6
Thompson, Gilbert, 1839-1909 6
United States. War Department. Corps of Engineers 6
Virginia Cooperative Extension (1995-) 6
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. College of Architecture and Urban Studies (1978-2022) 6
Virginia Tech Alumni Association 6
Wall, W. F. 6
Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 5
Bartholomew, John, 1831-1893 5
Boyd, Charles Rufus, 1841-1903 5
Dunay, Donna 5
Gilmer, Jeremy Francis, 1818-1883 5
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 5
Hotel Roanoke 5
International Union of Women Architects 5
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
Roanoke Historical Society 5
Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010 5
Smithey & Boynton, Architects and Engineers (1935-1992) (Roanoke, Va.) 5
Torre, Susana, 1944- 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
A. Hoen & Co. 4
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851 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
Confederate States of America. War Department 4
Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 4
Dwight, C. S. 4
Everett Waddey Company 4
Foster, A. G. 4
Gamble, W. H. (William H.) 4
Geological Survey. Water Resources Division (U.S.) 4
Greenbrier (White Sulphur Springs, W. Va.) 4
Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 4
Ireland, E. I. 4
Kent family 4
Kurtz, Louis, 1835-1921 4
Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960 4
Matsukawa-Tsuchida, Junko 4
Michie, P. S. 4
Preston, William, 1729-1783 4
Price, Harvey Lee, 1874-1951 4
Rasche, M. W. (Mary W.) 4
Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee 4
Sanborn Map Company 4
Smith, George Otis, 1871-1944 4
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