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Leonard A. Slater Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-052
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter written by Dr. Leonard A. Slater to his father, John Slater, on October 10, 1862. At the time of the letter Leonard A. Slater was serving as a surgeon in the 15th Virginia Calvary at General Hospital No. 23 in Richmond, Virginia.

Dates: 1862

Southwest Virginia Counties Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2000-092
Abstract

The Southwest Virginia Counties Collection includes correspondence, manuscript memoranda and recipe books, and family papers from the Godwin, Young, Trevey, Williams and other families of Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Roanoke Counties.

Dates: 1824 - 1885

Daisy Starbird Manuscript Cookbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-003
Abstract

The collection includes a manuscript cookbook containing recipes, home remedies, and crochet instructions written in several different hands.

Dates: c. 1905

Edward L. Stratton Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-003
Abstract

The Edward L. Stratton Diary was written by an American Civil War soldier who was in the 122nd Company of Pennsylvania, and it covers military action, army medicine, battle wounds, and hospital life and work.

Dates: 1862 - 1864

James Tarter Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-061
Abstract

This collection contains financial documents, personal records, and ephemera related to the medical practice of Dr. James E. Tarter of Wytheville, Virginia, from about 1879 to 1941.

Dates: 1879 - 1941

George Tully Vaughan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-023
Abstract

George Tulley Vaughan was an American Surgeon who was born in 1859 and lived until 1948. This collection contains multiple articles that Dr. George Tully Vaughan published. Each publication has something to do with the medical field, and most are about surgery. Also contained in the collection is a copy of The Youth's Companion from 1908. The Youth's Companion is a magazine that was first issued in 1827.

Dates: 1896 - 1908

Western Lunatic Asylum [Staunton, Virginia] Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2016-021
Abstract

The Western Lunatic Asylum Collection includes correspondence written to the Western Lunatic Asylum in Staunton, Virginia, dating from 1840 through the late 19th century, as well as annual reports from the 1860s and 1900s.

Dates: 1840 - 1903; Majority of material found within 1840 - 1868

Isaac White Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-013
Abstract

The collection consists of letters written mostly by Isaac White (1837-1889) to his wife, Mary Virginia "Jinnie" Day White, while he served with the Confederate Army as an assistant surgeon during the American Civil War. Many of the letters are written while encamped along the Shenandoah Valley. Other papers include literature gathered by Bess Duvall White Snead, White's grand-daughter, in her search for military information about Isaac White.

Dates: 1861 - 1938

Evan J. Will Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-030
Abstract

Papers of Dr. Evan J. Will (sometimes identified as Evan J. Wills) (1869-1961), a veterinarian of Harrisonburg, Virginia, including reports, invoices, correspondence, and ephemera.

Dates: 1905 - 1909; 1905 - 1909

Dr. John M. Williams Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-071
Abstract

Ledger contains the accounting records of Dr. John M. Williams, a physician practicing in Rocky Mount, Virginia. Entries date from 1878 to 1882.

Dates: 1878 - 1882

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Billings, John Shaw, 1838-1913 1
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