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Sherwood Anderson Correspondence with Llewellyn Jones
This collection consists of eight letters written by American author Sherwood Anderson to Llewellyn Jones between 1916 and 1924 with three undated (but likely from the same period). Jones was the literary editor for the Chicago Evening Post. The correspondence primarily discusses the reviews of Anderson's works by Jones and other critics.
William Roane Aylett Letters
The collection contains seven letters written to William Roane Aylett between 1852 and 1887, as well as five undated letters and four envelopes. The collection includes letters from family and friends, as well as business correspondence.
Bassett Furniture Company Letters to Richardson Electric Co.
This collection includes two letters from the Bassett Furniture Company to Richardson Electric Co. in 1922. The first letter from J. D. Bassett, President, is in regards to a burned out motor, and the second letter from J. C. Hooker, Secretary and Treasurer, is in regards to the installation of a hot air furnace.
Dean Carter Papers
This collection contains administrative and teaching records, such as art course materials, departmental correspondence, photographs, and art exhibition materials from Dean Carter (1922-2013), professor and former head of the Art Department at Virginia Tech from 1950-1992.
Nat Goldman Correspondence
Henry C. Wysor Family Papers
Mary Sinton Leitch Correspondence with J. J. Lankes
The collection includes 27 letters (some with covers and envelopes) written by Mary Sinton Leitch to J. J. Lankes between 1932 and 1950. Introduced by a mutual friend, Leitch and Lankes maintained a more than 18-year correspondence that contained conversations of personal news & friends, the Virginia literary and art scene, and their own writing and artistic efforts (including Lankes collaborations with poet Robert Frost).
James R. Perdue Family Collection
This collection includes the papers of James R. Perdue and his family. Items include a program for the Battle of the Crater reunion, a Sunday School concert flyer, seven obituaries for Perdue, a letter from J. R. Perdue, Jr., and two ledgers. Perdue (1837-1915) was a banker from Manchester, Virginia, and served as a Confederate soldier in the Otey Battery, Virginia Artillery during the American Civil War.
G. E. Roberts Letter
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.
Shugart Family Papers,
This collection contains papers from the Shugart Family of Southwest Virginia, created between 1811 and 1876.
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- Anderson, Sherwood (Sherwood Berton), 1876-1941 2
- Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960 2
- Anderson, Eleanor Copenhaver, 1896-1985 1
- Anderson, Robert Lane, 1907-1951 1
- Aylett, William Roane, 1833-1900 1
- Bassett Furniture Company (Bassett, Virginia) 1
- Bassett Furniture Industries 1
- Bassett, J. D. (John David), 1866-1965 1
- Carter, Dean, 1922-2013 1
- Charley (Union soldier during the American Civil War) 1
- Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 1
- Goldman, Nat (Nathan), b. 1919 1
- Hammet, James Preston, d. 1879 1
- Hooker, J. C. 1
- Jaffe, Louis I. (Louis Isaac), 1888-1950 1
- Jones, Llewellyn, 1884-1961 1
- Leitch, Mary Sinton, 1876-1954 1
- Perdue, James Robert, 1837-1915 1
- Richardson Electric Co. (Martinsville, Va.) 1
- Roberts, George E. , 1834-1887 1
- Shugart family (Southwest Virginia) 1
- Taylor, Welford Dunaway 1
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of Art and Art History 1
- Wysor, Henry C., 1847-1927 1 + ∧ less