Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to search results
New Search
Search all record types where
  • keyword(s): map

Showing Results: 1 - 6 of 6

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
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries

Charles F. McKenna Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-031
Abstract

The collection contains diaries, papers, and published materials related to Charles F. McKenna's service in the 155th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers, during the Civil War.

Dates: 1861-1913, 1996-1998, n.d.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Charles F. McKenna Collection

Sigrid L. Rupp Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-006
Abstract Sigrid L. Rupp (1943-2004) was principal architect of her own firm, SLR/Architects in Palo Alto, California from 1976 to 1998. Born in Germany in 1943, she relocated to California with her family in 1953. She earned a B. Arch. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1966. SLR/Architects specialized in technical facilities and industrial work providing architectural services for many of the pre-eminent Silicon Valley firms in the 1980s and 1990s. The collection consists of...
Dates: 1950 - 2004
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Sigrid L. Rupp Architectural Collection

Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-034
Abstract

This diary contains a daily log on the weather and what this unnamed person did for the day. It usually ranges from doing household chores, helping the local women with shopping, where the author works, and other activities.

Dates: 1869
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Diary

2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Confederate Bugler Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-019
Abstract

This collection contains a photocopy of a diary from the American Civil War belonging to an unidentified soldier. The contents of the diary were written between 1862 and 1863 and describes what life was like for the author during the war. The author was a bugler in the 2nd Mississippi Calvary Regiment based on details from the account and the names of Generals and Officers that he served under.

Dates: 1862 - 1863
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry Confederate Bugler Diary

Diary, Jeffrey T. Wilson, 1913 (Ms2011-015)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2011-015_WilsonDiary1913
Dates: 1913
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Filtered By

  • Subject: Diaries X

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Type
Collection 5
Digital Record 1
 
Subject
Diaries 5
Civil War 4
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 4
African Americans -- History 2
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries 2
∨ more
Virginia -- History 2
Architects 1
Architectural drawings (visual works) 1
General stores 1
International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) 1
Photographs 1
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental Histories -- Pennsylvania Infantry -- 155th 1
Watercolors (paintings) 1
Women -- History 1
Women travelers -- Asia 1
Women travelers -- Europe 1
Women travelers -- South America 1
Women travelers -- United States 1
Women-owned architectural firms 1
+ ∧ less
 
Names
Wilson, Jeffrey Thomas, 1843-1929 2
McKenna, Charles F., 1844-1922 1
Rupp, Sigrid Lorenzen, 1943-2004 1
 

Staff Interface | Visit ArchivesSpace.org | v3.3.1 | Send Feedback or Report a Problem