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Blacksburg - Virginia Polytechnic Institute Civilian Defense Council Records
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1979-005
Abstract
This collection contains records--including correspondence, reports, and printed materials--of a local civilian defense council organized in Blacksburg, Virginia during World War II.
Dates:
1942 - 1945
Porterfield Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-077
Abstract
Materials associated with the William and Florence Mae Wren Porterfield family of Giles County, Virginia, consist of World War II ration stamps, Office of Price Administration ration point tokens, Selective Service classification notices, and receipts.
Dates:
1942 - 1945
Red Cross Surgical Dressings Unit [Pikeville, Kentucky] Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-092
Abstract
This collection contains a scrapbook with pictures relating to the Red Cross Surgical Dressing Unit during World War II, newspapers, and genealogical records from Pikeville, Kentucky.
Dates:
1942 - 1945
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
Roanoke Committee for Clothes Collection Flyer,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-077
Abstract
The collection includes a flyer (c.1945) advertising the collection of clothes and shoes for World War II efforts.
Dates:
c.1945
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- Rice, Fletcher Roland, Sr. (1866-1966) 1
- Rice, Georgianna "Anna/Annie" (Jennings) (1881-1928) 1
- Rice, Gracie G. (Baldwin) (1897-1979) 1
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