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Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-015
Abstract The collection consists of two diaries (1913, 1928) written by Jeffrey T. Wilson (1843-1929). Wilson was a former enslaved person who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He worked as a bailiff in the Norfolk courts after leaving the U. S. Navy and wrote a column, "Colored Notes," for The Portsmouth Star from 1924 until his death in 1929. He outlived four wives and had at least twelve children. Wilson's diaries...
Dates: 1913, 1928

"You Must Shun Ole Satan" Sheet Music

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-048
Abstract

This collection contains sheet music to the spiritual "You Must Shun Ole Satan", and artwork from similar songs.

Dates: 1881

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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 24
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 2
Banks family 1
Banks, (William) Andrew (1903-1945) 1
Banks, Nannie Mae (Rice) (1895-2000) 1
Black Organizations Council 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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