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John W. Barnett Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-002
Abstract

Broadside providing instructions for a leaf tobacco-curing process, patented by John W. Barnett of Big Spring (Montgomery County), Virginia, in 1879.

Dates: [1879?]

Blacksburg Electronic Village Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2006-018
Abstract

The collection includes papers, including correspondence, in-house publications, presentations, press clippings, and external reports, relating to Blacksburg Electronic Village, an experimental online community network connecting the town of Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1992 - 2006

Byllesby Dam, Carroll County, Virginia, Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-095
Abstract

This scrapbook page contains five photographs taken in and around the Byllesby Dam in Carroll County, Virginia.

Dates: [c.1912?]

Byllesby, Virginia, Dam Construction Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-028
Abstract

The Byllesby, Virginia, Dam Construction Photograph Album contains 110 silver gelatin prints in a black photograph album that documents the step-by-step construction of the Byllesby dam and associated power generating structures on the in Carroll County, Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Dates: undated

W. Graham Claytor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1981-095
Abstract

This collection includes business and personal papers of W. Graham Claytor, a 1906 graduate of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Virginia Polytechnic Institute) and an executive overseeing the operations of a number of American Gas and Electric Company subsidiaries during the 20th century. It includes correspondence, reports, and printed materials relating to personal financial matters, business operations, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and ham radio.

Dates: 1912 - 1964

Byron Nelson Cooper Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1973-004
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence; writings; research records; administrative, instructional, and consulting files; and photographs of Byron Nelson Cooper, professor of geology and head of Virginia Polytechnic Institute's Department of Geological Sciences from 1946 to 1971.

Dates: 1925 - 1971

Edward D'Invilliers Report

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1959-002
Abstract

The collection consists of a typescript carbon copy of a geological report on the Virginia Anthracite Coal Company property, Price and Brush Mountains in Montgomery County, Virginia by Edward d'Invilliers.

Dates: 1905

Richard Faraday Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-177
Abstract

The Richard Faraday Collection consists of photocopies of a formula book for making lead shot at the Shot Tower in Wythe County, Virginia. The collection also includes genealogical notes on Faraday's family.

Dates: 1816

Junius Blair Fishburn Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1958-001
Abstract

The papers include a typescript report on the Fishburn Price Mountain coal property in Montgomery County, Virginia, and a letter by Fishburn regarding the property.

Dates: 1940 - 1947

Harrison Hagans Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-057
Abstract

This collection includes the business ledgers--including a time book and three daybooks--attributed to Harrison Hagans, general store proprietor and iron furnace operator in Brandonville (Preston County), (West) Virginia.

Dates: 1836 - 1858

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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 10
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 3
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Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 1
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Appalachian Power Company 1
Barnett, John W. 1
Battle, John Stewart, 1890-1972 1
Bertha Mineral Company 1
Blacksburg Electronic Village 1
Bluefield College (Bluefield, Va.) 1
Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1886-1971 1
Cooper, Byron Nelson, 1912-1971 1
D'Invilliers, Edward 1
Drinkard, Alfred Washington, Jr. 1
Faraday, Richard 1
Fishburn, Junius Blair 1
Geological Survey. Water Resources Division (U.S.) 1
Hagans, Harrison, 1796-1867 1
Holden, Roy Jay, 1870-1945 1
Jacocks, Henry Morgan, 1878-1950 1
Johnson, William Martin, 1904-1991 1
Kessler, Clyde, 1953- 1
McGill, William M. 1
New Jersey Zinc Company 1
Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1896-1982) 1
Pandapas, James J. 1
Randolph, Lingan S., Sr., 1859-1922 1
Sanders, Harry W. (Harry Warinner), 1895-1984 1
Smyth, Ellison A. (Ellison Adger), 1863-1941 1
Trent, Clarence E. (Clarence Elmore), 1904-1991 1
Underhill, Grover W. (Grover William), 1888-1970 1
Union Lead Mining Company (Austinville, Va.) 1
Virginia Academy of Science 1
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station 1
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 1
Virginia Engineering Experiment Station 1
Virginia Nurserymen's Association 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Research Division 1
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Board of Visitors 1
Virginia Truck Experiment Station (1907-1967) 1
Virginia Veterinary Medical Association 1
Virginia. Department of Conservation and Economic Development 1
Virginia. Division of Water Resources 1
Virginia. Division of Water Resources and Power 1
Wallace, Donald S. 1
Will, Erwin Hoge, 1900-1989 1
Will, Evan J. 1
Wythe Lead and Zinc Mine Company 1
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