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Edward Miller Letter to James Shaw, Jr.

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-079
Abstract

The Edward Miller Letter to James Shaw, Jr. is a written correspondence regarding business matters, as well as Miller's distate for black citizens living in bigger cities.

Dates: 1854

George Mills / Albert Burch Evidence of Title

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-027
Abstract

Application of Albert Burch, of St. Mary's County, Maryland, requesting compensation for the military service of George Mills (or Miles), an enslaved man who served in Company B, 38th U. S. Colored Troops during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1864

National Association of Ministers' Wives Handbill

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-086
Abstract

This collection contains an undated fundraising handbill for the National Association of Ministers' Wives, listing Mrs. E. C. Bouey as president and Mrs. W. L. Ransome as secretary. The association was founded by Elizabeth C. Bouey, who served as its president from its founding in 1941 until her death in 1957, and it is now called International Association of Ministers’ Wives and Ministers' Widows, Inc.

Dates: undated

New Farmers of America, Maryland Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1980-002
Abstract

This collection mostly comprises photographs dating from the 1920s-1960s concerning the activities of the New Farmers of America, Maryland Association.

Dates: 1928 - 1960

Robert Younger Norman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-058
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Robert Younger Norman, a singer, laborer, and veteran. Most materials relate to the Pilgrim Gospel Singers, a Black gospel choir active in Virginia from 1951 through the 1970s, of which Norman was a member.

Dates: 1956 - 1976

John W. Norwood Letter to Francis T. Stribling

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-038
Abstract

The John W. Norwood Letter to Francis Stribling discusses the mental health of Norwood's wife and her paranoia torward the people they enslave.

Dates: 1851

Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-009
Abstract

The Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Virginia) Collection includes materials from 1926-1971. The collection contains information relating to the operation of the sanatorium from 1918-1965. The collection contains administrative papers, published works of doctors, ephemera, and images.

Dates: 1926 - 1971

Lucy Randolph Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-031
Abstract

Two-page letter from Lucy Randolph of New Market, Virginia, to Patsy, a woman she formerly enslaved.

Dates: n.d.

Rice Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-021
Abstract The Rice Family Papers include decades of letters to and from four generations of the decendents of Jerry Rice of Campbell County, Virginia. The majority of the letters were sent to Nannie Mae (Rice) Banks but there are also letters addressed to her father, Fletcher, her mother, Georgianna, and other members of the family. These letters document the experiences of this family from Southwest Virginia as they lived through, fought, and died in, World War I, the Great Depression, and World War...
Dates: 1892 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1917 - 1962

G. E. Roberts Letter

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Identifier: Ms-2019-026
Abstract

The G. E. Roberts Letter contains information pertaining to an African American man shooting a white doctor, Dr. Hammet, in Christiansburg, VA. The letter is written to Walter J. Reeve in Central Depot, VA on February 8, 1874.

Dates: 1874-02-08

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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 2
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Banks, (William) Andrew (1903-1945) 1
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Blackwell, Jacquelyn Butler 1
Board, Lillie May (Rice) (1899-1956) 1
Bob (enslaved person) 1
Bouey, Elizabeth Coles, ca. 1890-1957 1
Burton, Owen 1
Carter, Elaine D. 1
Carter, H. G. (Harry Gilmore), 1886-1926 1
Chirver, Robert 1
Collier, William H., 1822-1906 1
Currin, Lynch Alexander, 1812-1871 1
Davis, Marva Lajeune Felder Carter 1
Day, Idella (Rice) (1910-1963) 1
Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties 1
Dickerson, Thomas (Nottoway County, Va.) 1
Foster, Jack 1
Frazier, Wilse, c.1840-1949 1
Fulcher, Victoria 1
Fulgham, Robert 1
Fulton, Andrew Steele, 1800-1884 1
Gilmer, W. B. (Louisa, Va.) 1
Giovanni, Gary Ann, 1940-2005 1
Giovanni, Nikki 1
Gowens, Cynthia 1
Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America. Tadmore Light Lodge #6184 (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Gregory, Helen 1
Hammet, James Preston, d. 1879 1
Hardin, Charles W., c. 1823-1899 1
Harry, freedman 1
Higgins, LaVerna (Fredi) Hairston 1
Hite, William R., Jr. 1
Holmes, Michele 1
Howard, Thomas Henry, 1834-1910 1
Hoyle, Linda Paulette Adams 1
Independent Order of St. Luke (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Kennelly, Tamara 1
King, Loretta 1
Kinzer, Edward Hower, 1831-1866 1
Knights of Pythias 1
Lee, Hyo Keun 1
Libby Prison 1
Linkous, Burgess Riley, 1827-1902 1
Logan, Peter 1
MacDonald, Cheryl Butler 1
McDuffie, William, d. 1901? 1
Miller, Edward 1
Moody family (Northampton County, NC) 1
National Association of Ministers' Wives 1
Negro Reformatory Association of Virginia 1
New Farmers of America. Maryland Association 1
Norman, Robert Younger, 1913-1977 1
Norwood, John W. (John Wall), 1803-1885 1
Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883 1
Pack, Cora McDamel 1
Patsy (enslaved person) 1
Payne, Solomon Gomarh, Pfc. (1895-1962) 1
Peter (enslaved person) 1
Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Va.) 1
Pilgrim Gospel Singers (Promise Land Baptist Church, Moneta, Va.) 1
Randolph, Lucy 1
Ransome, Mary M., 1899-1968 1
Rice family (Jerry Lee Rice, ca.1831-1854) 1
Rice, Fletcher Roland, Sr. (1866-1966) 1
Rice, Georgianna "Anna/Annie" (Jennings) (1881-1928) 1
Rice, Gracie G. (Baldwin) (1897-1979) 1
Rice, James Cornelius, Pvt. (1916-1963) 1
Rice, Naymon Eddieray, Sr., Pfc. (1914-1955) 1
Roberts, George E. , 1834-1887 1
Rogers, James "Jimmy" Lester, Pvt. (1920-1945) 1
Rogers, Rhonda Miller 1
Roy, Lucinda 1
Scott, Charles W. 1
Scott, Marguerite Harper 1
Sherman, Jacob, b. 1781 1
Stribling, Francis T. (Francis Taliaferro), 1810-1874 1
Turner, Linda Edmonds 1
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 1st (1863-1865) 1
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 41st (1864-1865) 1
United States. Army. Corps, 24th (1864-1865) 1
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 1
Virginia Tech Hokies (Football team) 1
Watts, Laura B. (Rice) (1897-1958) 1
Welles, Thomas G., 1846-1892 1
Western Lunatic Asylum (Va.) 1
Williams, Samuel, 1769-1840 1
Wilson, Barbary, d. ca. 1822 1
Wilson, Jeffrey Thomas, 1843-1929 1
YMCA at Virginia Tech 1
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