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Lucy Lee Lancaster Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-069
Abstract Lucy Lee Lancaster was born in Blacksburg, Virginia in 1905 and lived there until she died in 1989. She was one of the first women admitted to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (popularly known as VPI), and after graduating in 1925, she went on to earn her MLS from Columbia University Library School. She worked at the VPI library for the rest of her career. The Lancaster papers contain biographical materials, family papers, genealogy research,...
Dates: 1915 - 1989

John Holliday Diaries and Photographs,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-028
Abstract

The collection consists of two diaries written by John Holliday between May 1864 and July 1865, and five undated photographs (four believed to be of Holliday and one of his wife).

Dates: 1864-1865, undated

Dorothy H. Bodell Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-042
Abstract

The collection consists primarily of newspaper clippings, correspondence, research notes, photocopies of historical documents, and files Bodell compiled while writing her book.

Dates: 1850 - 1996

Tyler-Ellis-Marye Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-067
Abstract The Tyler-Ellis-Marye Family Collection contains the family papers of President John Tyler, his second wife, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and descendants, mostly through the couple's daughter, Pearl Tyler Ellis. The collection includes letters written to the Tylers from family and friends; a letter written by the Tyler's son, David G. Tyler; an autograph book used at the 1868 Democratic National Convention; a published memorial to Mary L'Hommedieu Gardiner Horsford; photographs of Pearl Tyler...
Dates: 1848 - 1939

Hickman Family Newsletters and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-007
Abstract

Six issues of "Hickman Family History Newsletter," published by H. William Gabriel, focusing on descendants of the Roger Hickman family of Back Creek (Bath County), Virginia, together with photos and brief biographical information on various Hickman family members, and a typescript draft of Gabriel's article, "William P. Hickman in the New River Valley, 1852-1864."

Dates: 1995 - 1998

Moore Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-033
Abstract

A collection of photographs, correspondence, and other documents created by members of the Moore family spans three generations between 1847 and 1948. Most of this collection is comprised of letters that relate family news.

Dates: 1847 - 1948

Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1974-003
Abstract

This collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson.

Dates: 1779 - 1984

William Edward Foster Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2016-006
Abstract The William Edward Foster Family Papers includes correspondence to and from various members of the Foster family, especially William E. Foster and wife, Cora, as well as several members of the Wiatt family (William E. Foster's mother's maiden name) from about 1800-1920 (the bulk of the materials are from 1850-1884). The collection also contains a group of family papers and genealogy materials, mostly undated.Please note: The majority of this collection relates to William...
Dates: 1820-1931, n.d.

Mr. & Mrs. O. S. Pence Carte de Visites,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-034
Abstract

The collection includes two carte-de-visites of Mr. & Mrs. O. S. Pence, taken at Rees studio in Richmond, Virginia, c.1861-1865. Each is posed beside photographer's stock background and chair.

Dates: c.1861-1865

Sutton-Martin-Mason Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-013
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of a Pulaski County, Virginia family, largely consisting of letters received by Rachel Louisa Sutton (later married to David H. Martin) from friends and family during the 1860s. Also contains deeds, family financial records, poetry, photographs and assorted ephemera. A small collection of materials belonging to the Martins' granddaughter, Elinor Mason, completes the collection.

Dates: 1861 - 1968

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Names
A. W. Luster 2
Amiss, Edwin 2
Apperson, Alex 2
Apperson, Elizabeth Black 2
Apperson, Harvey Black, 1890-1948 2
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Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1904 2
Apperson, Mary 2
Black, Harvey, 1827-1888 2
Black, Kent, active 1876-1890 2
Black, Mary Kent, b.1836 2
Caton, Louise 2
Confederate States of America. Army. Stonewall Brigade 2
Eastern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia 2
Holliday, John (91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry) 2
Kent, Germanicus, 1791-1862 2
Lemon, Lewis 2
Marion Foundry and Machine Works (Marion, Va.) 2
Marye, Madison E. (Madison Ellis), 1925-2016 2
Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.) 2
Southwestern Lunatic Asylum of Virginia (1887-1935) 2
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 2
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 2
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 2
W. Stone & Son 2
Anchy (enslaved person) 1
Apperson family 1
Beves family 1
Black family 1
Bodell, Dorothy H., 1931- 1
Brown, Alice 1
Chase, Hattie 1
Currier, Lottie (Charlotte?) Lewis 1
Earhart, David G., 1834-1863 1
Ellett family 1
Ellett, Robert Thaddeus, 1836-1904 1
Ellis family 1
Foster, Cecilia, 1875-1944 1
Foster, Cora E. (Cora Elizabeth Beves), 1856-1931 1
Foster, Dora B. (Dora Branch), 1889-1920 1
Foster, Mary E. (Mary Eleanor Wiatt), 1812-1894 1
Foster, William Edward, 1795-1843 1
Foster, William Edward, 1843-1906 1
Foster, Willie D. 1
Green (enslaved person) 1
Hill, Henry Harris, 1880-1954 1
Janney family 1
Janney, John, 1798-1872 1
Jeff (enslaved person) 1
Juliand, Sarah Stratton 1
Kent family 1
Kent, Lewis (enslaved person) 1
Lancaster, Lucy Lee, 1905-1989 1
Lawrence, Cecilia D. (Cecilia Dabney Foster), 1835-1894 1
MacFarland, Alice Stratton, b.1864 1
MacFarland, Ira 1
Martin family (Pulaski County, Va.) 1
Marye family 1
Mason family (Pulaski County, Va.) 1
Moore family 1
Nancy (enslaved person) 1
Pence, O. S. 1
Pence, O. S., Mrs. 1
Perry, Thomas David 1
Rees, Charles R. (Photographer) 1
Richards-Woody family 1
Robinson, Charles L. 1
Stratton family (Oxford, New York) 1
Stratton, Edward L., b.1847 1
Stratton, George, 1823-1910 1
Stratton, Harvey J., b.1850 1
Stratton, Tracy Frink, b.1858 1
Stratton, William Avery, 1845-1939 1
Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864 1
Susan (enslaved person) 1
Sutton family (Pulaski County, Va.) 1
Tyler family 1
Tyler, John, 1790-1862 1
Tyler, Julia Gardiner, 1820-1889 1
Wash (enslaved person) 1
Wiatt (Wyatt) family 1
William Edward Foster Family 1
Yarborough family 1
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