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Buchanan, Virginia, Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-024
Abstract

Eight photographs of Buchanan, Virginia, featuring views of Main Street and various buildings, taken around the 1890s.

Dates: c.1890s

Dale Belcher Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-021
Abstract

Photographs taken by Dale Belcher, depicting Appalachian culture, buildings, and people in southwestern Virginia; Kentucky; North Carolina; and West Virginia.

Dates: 1987 - 1994

Named/Individual Photograph Collections

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Photographs-002
Abstract

The Named/Individual Photograph Collections include images from alumni and former faculty and staff, or individuals with ties to campus and the New River Valley. Collections (c.1890-present) depict campus life and events, railroad history, agricultural extension research, Blacksburg and surrounding areas, and some local families.

Dates: 1890s-present

Historical Photograph Collection (List of Subjects)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Photographs-001
Abstract

The photograph collection at Special Collections and University Archives consists primarily of historical photographs of Virginia Tech, dating back to the 1890s. The collection is also home to historic images of Blacksburg, Montgomery County, the New River Valley, and Southwest Virginia in general. A photograph collection of faculty and staff from the university is maintained separately.

Dates: c. 1890s-present

Shaver and Schaeffer Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-097
Abstract The Shaver and Schaeffer Family Collection consists of a variety of materials, which range in dates from 1872 to 1977. The collection includes photographs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute memorabilia, printed materials, such as coupons, advertisements, and pamphlets, ledgers, scrapbooks, correspondences, diplomas, certificates, family papers, ephemera, publications, newspaper pages, newspaper clippings, calling cards, pay stubs, church offering stubs, and additional materials collected by the...
Dates: 1872-1977

Clement Dixon Johnston Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-012
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, and other memorabilia from Johnston's tenure and local and national politics and business.

Dates: 1939 - 1979; Majority of material found within 1942 - 1962

African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-110
Abstract

This collection contains six black and white photographs of a tenant farm in Clarksville, Virginia.

Dates: c.1920-1930

Byllesby Dam, Carroll County, Virginia, Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-095
Abstract

This scrapbook page contains five photographs taken in and around the Byllesby Dam in Carroll County, Virginia.

Dates: [c.1912?]

Henry H. Wiss Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-013
Scope and Contents

Professor of Architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1947 to 1983. Collection consists of twelve architectural drawings and four photographs of Wiss's private residence in Blacksburg, Virginia, designed by him in 1960. 

Dates: 1960, n.d.

Virginian Railway Photographs,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-015
Abstract

The collection contains 85 photographs of the Virginian Railway and 2 images from the Virginian Railway Company's Annual Report. Photograph subjects include locomotives, people (none identified), and railway accidents.

Dates: 1945-1959, undated

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Montgomery County (Va.) 59
Blacksburg (Va.) 42
Women -- History 37
University History 34
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Students and alumni 22
Civil War 20
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 18
Faculty and staff 16
Science and Technology 12
African Americans -- History 10
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Virginia -- Maps 9
Farm tenancy -- Virginia 8
Roanoke (Va.) 8
Sharecropping -- United States -- Virginia 8
University Archives 8
Politicians -- United States 6
Virginia, Southwest 6
Carroll County (Va.) 5
Correspondence 5
Folk, historical, and patent medicine 4
Scrapbooks 4
Medicine 3
Oral histories (literary works) 3
Religion 3
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Diaries 3
Agricultural extension work 2
Architects -- Virginia 2
Authors, American -- 20th century 2
Biographies (literary works) 2
Byllesby Dam (Va.) 2
Christiansburg (Va.) 2
Cloyds Mountain, Battle of, Va., 1864 2
Coal mines and mining 2
Diaries 2
Education, Secondary 2
Financial records 2
Galax (Va.) 2
Giles County (Va.) 2
Grayson County (Va.) 2
History of Food and Drink 2
Ledgers (account books) 2
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Legislators -- United States 2
Lynchburg, Battle of, Lynchburg, Va., 1864 2
Marion (Va.) 2
New River Bridge, Battle of, Va., 1864 2
Patrick County (Va.) -- History 2
Postcards 2
Presidents -- United States 2
Salem (Va.) 2
West Virginia 2
Winchester, 3rd Battle of, Winchester, Va., 1864 2
World War, 1914-1918 2
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Wythe County (Va.) 2
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American Literature -- Virginia 1
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April 16, 2007 shootings 1
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Art, American -- Virginia -- 20th century 1
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Bath County (Va.) 1
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Bland County (Va.) 1
Botetourt County (Va.) 1
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Businesspeople 1
Cartes de visite 1
Coal Strike, W. Va., 1920-1921 1
Cocktail History Collection 1
Cocktails -- History 1
Community organization 1
Community theater 1
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Confederate States of America 1
Country musicians 1
Country musicians -- United States 1
Country musicians -- United States -- Biography 1
Covington (Va.) 1
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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 24
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 17
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 16
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 6
Anderson, Sherwood (Sherwood Berton), 1876-1941 5
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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 5
Virginia. State Highway Commission 5
Black, Harvey, 1827-1888 4
Everett Waddey Company 4
Kent family 4
Tyler, James Hoge, 1846-1925 3
A. W. Luster 2
Amiss, Edwin 2
Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 2
Apperson, Alex 2
Apperson, Elizabeth Black 2
Apperson, Harvey Black, 1890-1948 2
Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1904 2
Apperson, Mary 2
Belle Tyler McConnell family 2
Black, Kent, active 1876-1890 2
Black, Mary Kent, b.1836 2
Caton, Louise 2
Christiansburg Industrial Institute 2
Cloyd family 2
Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade 2
Croy family (Blacksburg, Va.) 2
Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia 2
Episcopal Church. Diocese of Southwestern Virginia 2
Hammet family 2
Holliday, John (91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry) 2
Hotel Roanoke 2
J. Hoge Tyler family 2
J. Hoge Tyler, Jr. family 2
Kent, Germanicus, 1791-1862 2
Lemon, Lewis 2
Lily Tyler Wilson family 2
Marion Foundry and Machine Works (Marion, Va.) 2
Marmion, William H. (William Henry), 1907-2002 2
Marye, Madison E. (Madison Ellis), 1925-2016 2
Moore family 2
Nicolay, John 2
Nirenstein's National Realty Map Company 2
Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 2
Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1896-1982) 2
Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.) 2
Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 2
Sifford family 2
Smithey & Boynton, Architects and Engineers (1935-1992) (Roanoke, Va.) 2
Smithfield Plantation House (Blacksburg, Va.) 2
Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia (1887-1935) 2
Stockton Heth Tyler family 2
Sue Tyler Jopling family 2
Tyler, Edward H. (Edward Hammet), 1869-1939 2
Tyler, Henry C. (Hal) (Henry Clement), 1878-1941 2
United States. Congress. House 2
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Corps of Cadets 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. University Libraries 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Library 2
Virginian Railway 2
W. Stone & Son 2
Ware, Joseph F., 1880-1969 2
Ware, Susana Howe Robinson, b. abt. 1897 2
A. H. Plecker Photographic Art Studio (Lynchburg, Va) 1
A. M. Slushers Artistic Photography (Bluefield, WV) 1
Aaron family 1
Adams, Elizabeth Kent 1
Air Reduction Company (1915-1971) 1
Allen, Beulah O. (Beulah Oyama), 1905-1992 1
American Automobile Association (1902-1997) 1
American Library Association 1
Anchy (enslaved person) 1
Anderson, Eleanor Copenhaver, 1896-1985 1
Anderson, Robert Lane, 1907-1951 1
Appalachian Power Company 1
Apperson family 1
Asher, Anthony L. 1
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) (1889-2009) 1
Banks family 1
Banks, (William) Andrew (1903-1945) 1
Banks, Nannie Mae (Rice) (1895-2000) 1
Battle, John Stewart, 1890-1972 1
Bear, Vivian Coleman, 1888-1984 1
Belcher, Dale 1
Bell family 1
Beves family 1
Black family 1
Blacksburg (Va.). Town Council 1
Blacksburg (Va.). Townscape Committee 1
Blacksburg Study Group (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Blacksburg Woman’s Club (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Bliznakov, Milka T., 1927-2010 1
Blokker, Mildred Payne, 1919-1993 1
Blue Ridge Parkway Folklore Project 1
Board, Lillie May (Rice) (1899-1956) 1
Boatwright, Cynthia Ellen Elizabeth Virginia Addington, 1898-1973 1
Bodell, Dorothy H., 1931- 1
Boone, Betty Belle, 1865-1931 1
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