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Winston Family Letters
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-004
Abstract
Letters (photocopies of transcripts) of brothers Ambrose Whitlock Winston (Company E, 58th Virginia Infantry), Charles Jones Winston (Company G, 11th Virginia Infantry), and William Henry Harrison Winston (Company G, 11th Virginia Infantry) written during the American Civil War to Clark family relatives in Campbell County, Virginia.
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 (1828-1861), 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...
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
Wishbone Christmas Card
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2025-084
Abstract
The collection consists of a Christmas card commissioned by the Chas. Lawrence and Co.Cigar company (Boston Ma.) to send out to their dealers.
Dates:
c. 1900s
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
This collection contains two scrapbooks of photographs and ephemera compiled by DeWitt Clinton Wolfe, Jr., a 1921 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a member of the VPI Corps of Cadets. The materials 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. The collection also contains a CD with selected scanned photographs from the albums.
Dates:
1919 - 1921
Tom Wolfe Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-003
Abstract
Letter from American novelist Tom Wolfe, dated December 29, 1988, to Frances Hutcheson Russell of Blacksburg, Virginia, regarding mutual acquaintance Mike Kipps and their ties to the Hutcheson family.
Dates:
1988
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