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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.

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

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

Woman Playing Basketball, V.P.I.

 Collection — Frame: 1
Identifier: Art-139
Scope and Contents

artist Alen Roth? A. Enroth?

Dates: n.d.

Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-055
Abstract

The collection contains three flyers for the national and Virginia branches Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), dating from about 1929.

Dates: c.1929

Woman's Missionary Union Minute Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-073
Abstract

The Woman's Missionary Union Minute Book contains the minutes of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Liberty Hill Baptist Church in Grayson County, Virginia. The minute book includes meeting minutes dating from 1907 through 1929. The minute book also includes limited financial records including dues collected to support the group and funds collected for various charitable causes and support for other churches in the area.

Dates: 1907 - 1929

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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 1385
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 826
Civil War 824
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Montgomery County (Va.) 405
Women -- History 305
Blacksburg (Va.) 296
University Archives 258
Faculty and staff 228
Students and alumni 210
History of Food and Drink 197
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Battlefields Maps 169
International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 155
Science and Technology 149
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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
Archives of American Aerospace Exploration (AAAE) 47
Europe -- Maps 47
Virginia -- History 47
African Americans -- History 46
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Architectural drawings (visual works) 45
Agriculture 43
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
Architectural drawing -- 20th century 34
Medicine 34
Memorabilia 32
Cocktails -- History 31
Pulaski County (Va.) 31
Carroll County (Va.) 28
World maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles 26
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Christiansburg (Va.) 25
Politicians -- United States 25
Authors, American -- 20th century 24
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West Virginia 22
World War, 1914-1918 22
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Giles County (Va.) 19
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Women-owned architectural firms 19
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Radford (Va.) 18
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Botetourt County (Va.) 13
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United States -- Maps 13
United States -- National Aeronautics and Space Administration -- Officials and employees 13
Washington (D.C.) -- Maps 13
Ann Hertzler Children's Cookbooks and Nutrition Literature Collection 11
Businesspeople 11
Culinary pamphlets 11
Record Group 2 - Office of the President 11
Tazewell County (Va.) 11
Agricultural extension work 10
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 290
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 266
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
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
Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885 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
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
Kurtz, Louis, 1835-1921 4