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Cocktail Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-027
Abstract

The Cocktail Ephemera Collection is a collection that was created in 2013. The collection consists of materials in a variety of formats (i.e., postcards, pamphlets, and adverstising ephemera) relating to the history of the cocktails, spirits, and wine, dating from the about the 1870s to the present.

Dates: c.1870s-2000s

James H. Cronkhite Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-062
Abstract

Four letters written by James H. Cronkhite (1827-1873), serving in Company I, 4th Minnesota Infantry during the American Civil War, to wife Jennie in Warsaw (Rice County), Minnesota, from camps and a division hospital in Mississippi.

Dates: 1862

Culinary Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-028
Abstract

The Culinary Ephemera Collection was established in 2013. The collection consists of materials in a variety of formats (postcards, menus, children's activities, advertising pamphlets, and more) that relate to food, nutrition, and medicine, dating from the early 19th century to the present.

Dates: c.1900s-2000s

Culinary Pamphlet Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-002
Abstract

The collection includes small publications and pamphlets created and distributed by culinary, appliance, and food-related companies from about the 1870s to the 1990s. Most pamphlets contain advertisements, recipes, product information, testimonials, or some combination of all four.

Dates: c. 1870s-1990s

Guy Di Carlo, Jr., Civil War Research Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-015
Abstract

The Guy Di Carlo, Jr., Civil War Research Papers consist of newsletters, newspapers clippings, photographs, newspapers articles, photocopies from published literature, maps, and calendars, related to American Civil War topics.

Dates: 1862-2002, n.d.

Dickinson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-094
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of the Dickinson family of Smyth County, Virginia, consisting of letters from U. S. Army officer Ralph Dickinson and the medical account books and diploma of Dr. S. W. Dickinson.

Dates: 1871 - 1931

Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil Trade Card

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-064
Abstract

The Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil trade card is an advertisement for a cure-all serum marketed most popularly during the Victorian era. This particular trade card was distributed by James H. S. Aumann, M.D., a druggist and chemist from Wytheville, Virginia.

Dates: [c.1875-1940?]

Robert Ellett Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-006
Abstract

This collection contains an account book of Dr. Robert Thadeus Ellett, a physician residing and practicing in Montgomery County, Virginia during the latter 19th century. The account book includes patient names, dates of visits, and fees.

Dates: 1867 - 1873

English Receipt and Home Remedy Manuscript Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-073
Abstract This collection contains a leather bound English receipt and home remedy book, dating 1665-1704. The book's contents include food recipes for various wines, desserts, and meals, as well as treatment for agues, pains, and various illnesses. Loose papers within the collection contain more recipes and a love poem. Several names inside the front cover, along with different handwritings, suggest the book may have at least two owners: "Madam White" and Mrs. Ashworth. A typed transcription of the...
Dates: 1665 - 1704

English Receipt/Home Remedy Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-013
Abstract

The collection contains a handwritten book of English recipes and home remedies, with the last few pages devoted to a description of quilting designs and a "list of plate in use" for 1838.

Dates: c.1830s-1840s?

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Aumann, James H. S. 1
Barnett, William W., 1840-1876 (8th Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserve Infantry (37th Volunteers)) 1
Billings, Elden E. 1
Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913 1
Bishop, Erastus R. , b. ca. 1828 1
Black family 1
Black, Kent, active 1876-1890 1
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Ellett, Robert Thaddeus, 1836-1904 1
Eubank, Charles D., Dr. 1
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Hauser Institute of New York City 1
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Marion Foundry and Machine Works (Marion, Va.) 1
Martha L. Johnson family 1
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Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium (Burkeville, Va.) 1
Pitts, W. H. 1
Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Roanoke Hospital Association, Roanoke, Va 1
Robinson, J. R. (27th Regiment, Kentucky Infantry) 1
Rock, George W. (22nd Regiment, Virginia Infantry (1st Kanawha Regiment)) 1
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Scott, Charles W. 1
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Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia (1887-1935) 1
Starbird, Daisy B. (Brunswick, Maine) 1
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Stribling, Francis T. (Francis Taliaferro), 1810-1874 1
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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 1
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