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Henry Whitman Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-003
Abstract
This collections contains papers and letters addressed to Henry Whitman, the Justice of the Peace for Wythe County, Virginia, in the mid-1800s. Most documents contain information about different legal dispitutes and issues. Two relate to the purchasing of a bridle and of leather, and another letter relates information about the American Civil War.
Dates:
1827 - 1864
R. A. Williams Telegraph
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-023
Abstract
This collection contains a telegraph sent from Captain R. A. Williams, A.C.S. [Acting Commissary of Subsistence], in Wytheville, Virginia, to Captain Isaac Shelby in Abingdon asking for advice about an order that required Williams to send four soldiers elsewhere. Williams notes that the order would take "four of my most indispensable men and if persisted in will paralyze my operations".
Dates:
1864
Wilson Centennial Exhibit Materials
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1956-002
Abstract
This collection contains materials exhibited by Virginia Tech's Newman Library in 1956 to commemorate the centennial of the birth of President Woodrow Wilson.
Dates:
1948 - 1956
Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-015
Abstract
The collection consists of two diaries (1913, 1928) written by Jeffrey T. Wilson (1843-1929). Wilson was a former enslaved person who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He worked as a bailiff in the Norfolk courts after leaving the U. S. Navy and wrote a column, "Colored Notes," for The Portsmouth Star from 1924 until his death in 1929. He outlived four wives and had at least twelve children. Wilson's diaries...
Dates:
1913, 1928
Wise County, Virginia, Showing Primary and Secondary Highway Systems
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0181
Abstract
Map shows primary and secondary roads in Wise County, Virginia, and it includes an explanatory legend.
Dates:
1947
Woodstock, Virginia, Civil War Letter
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-047
Abstract
This collection includes a letter dated May 13, 1864, from a Union soldier named Charley at a camp near Woodstock, Virginia, during the American Civil War. He writes about plans to return to Martinsburg, Virginia, and about General Sigel.
Dates:
1864
World War I Camp Community Service Song Sheet
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-047
Abstract
This collection contains a World War I era song sheet printed by C.C. Cappel in Roanoke, Virginia. The purpose of this song sheet was so that the community could sing songs together at events in Southwest Virginia. Cappel (1887-1948) was a musical manager for the National Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore Orchestra, as well as working with the U.S. Marine Band and Army Band, war camp community service during World War I, and the USO in World War II.
Dates:
c. 1917-1919
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- Local/Regional History and Appalachian South 457
- Maps (documents) 411
- Virginia -- Maps 398
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- Civil War 31
- Virginia, Southwest 31
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 30
- Railroad 26
- West Virginia -- Maps 21
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- University Archives 9
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- Giles County (Va.) 7
- United States -- Maps 7
- Women -- History 7
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- Account books 4
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- International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 4
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- Marion (Va.) 2
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- Latin 5
- French 2
- Dutch; Flemish 1
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 45
- Geological Survey (U.S.) 39
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 30
- Commonwealth of Virginia. Department of Highways 23
- Hotchkiss, Jedediah, 1828-1899 11
- Bureau of the Census 10
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 10
- Murrill, A. 9
- Hildebrand, J. R. 8
- Nirenstein's National Realty Map Company 8
- Bien, Morris, 1859- 6
- Gannett, Henry, 1846-1914 6
- Historic Urban Plans (Firm) 6
- Thompson, Gilbert, 1839-1909 6
- United States. War Department. Corps of Engineers 6
- Bache, A. D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 5
- Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868 5
- O.W. Gray & Son 5
- Roanoke Historical Society 5
- Virginia. State Highway Commission 5
- Wall, W. F. 5
- Boyd, Charles Rufus, 1841-1903 4
- Chace, George 4
- Chace, Jacob 4
- Everett Waddey Company 4
- Foster, A. G. 4
- Ireland, E. I. 4
- Michie, P. S. 4
- Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 4
- Rand McNally and Company 4
- Sanborn Map Company 4
- Smith, George Otis, 1871-1944 4
- A. Hoen & Co. 3
- American Publishing Co. (Milwaukee, Wis.) 3
- Calver, James L. 3
- Dwight, C. S. 3
- Fletcher, L. C. 3
- Gamble, W. H. (William H.) 3
- Gannett, Samuel S. (Samuel Stinson), 1861-1939 3
- Gilmer, Jeremy Francis, 1818-1883 3
- Hall, Childress 3
- Hall, W. J. 3
- Lankes, Julius J., 1884-1960 3
- McKinley, W. K. 3
- Payne, John Barton, 1855-1935 3
- Pike, Albert 3
- Radford Land and Improvement Company 3
- Richmond Civil War Centennial Committee 3
- Sanborn-Perris Map Co. 3
- United States. Department of Agriculture 3
- Vandenberg, H. P. C. 3
- Yeates, Chas. M. 3
- Anderson, Sherwood (Sherwood Berton), 1876-1941 2
- Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 2
- Archer, S. R. 2
- Barnard, E. C. (Edward Chester), 1863-1921 2
- Bevan, Arthur, 1888-1968 2
- Blacksburg Colored Graveyard Association 2
- Blacksburg Engineering Dept 2
- Blunt, E. 2
- C. B. Malcolm and Son 2
- Campbell, Albert H. (Albert Henry), 1826-1899 2
- Clements & Draper 2
- Cooke, Chas. E. (Charles E.) 2
- Cowgill, Clinton Harriman, 1890-1975 2
- Crozet, Claudius, 1790-1864 2
- Desandroùˆins, Jean Nicolas, 1729-1792 2
- Dickinson, W. 2
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Southwestern Virginia 2
- Episcopal Church. Diocese of Southwestern Virginia. Standing Committee 2
- Faden, William, 1749-1836 2
- Faithorne, William, 1616-1691 2
- Fry, Joshua, approximately 1700-1754 2
- Gayetty, J. I. 2
- Geese, F. 2
- General Drafting Company 2
- Geological Survey. Water Resources Division (U.S.) 2
- Gore, J. H. 2
- Griswold, William Tudor, 1859-? 2
- Hackett, M. 2
- Harris, E. E. 2
- Harrison, D. C. 2
- Harrison, R. L. 2
- Hays, J. W. 2
- Herrman, Augustine, 1621-1686 2
- Hoffman, J. D. 2
- Howell, D. J. 2
- Jefferson, Peter, 1708-1757 2
- Kegley, F. B. (Frederick Bittle), 1877-1968 2
- Kegley, Mary B. 2
- Kerr, Washington Caruthers, 1827-1885 2
- Knight, F. J. 2
- Ku Klux Klan (1915-) 2
- Lane, Franklin K. 2
- Lesher, C. E. (Carl Eugene), b.1885 2
- Malcolm, C. B. 2
- Manning, Vannoy Hartrog, 1861-1932 2
- Manning, Warren H. (Warren Henry), 1860-1938 2
- Marshall, R. B. (Robert Bradford), 1867-1949 2
- McGill, William M. 2 + ∧ less
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