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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

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

Civilian Conservation Corps and Family Photograph Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-073
Abstract

The collection includes CCC photographs from camps (at least some are in Virginia), as well as a number of family photographs. Most items are not dated, but some images come from the 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: 1925, 1936, n.d.

Earl Palmer Appalachian Photograph and Artifact Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-025
Abstract

This collection contains the photographs of Earl Palmer, an award-winning photographer from Cambria, Virginia, whose work depicted the landscape and traditional culture of rural Appalachia in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Materials date frome 1880 to 1989, but are primarily from the 1940s to the 1970s. The collection is divided among the following series: photographs, duplicate photographs, written materials, oversize photographs, and artifacts.

Dates: 1880 - 1989

Charles S. Worley, Jr., Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-017
Abstract

The Charles S. Worley, Jr., Collection consist of architectural drawings of designs by Worley, done from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s, with several designs undated. The collection also includes a small group of photographs and negatives of Worley and his own residence in Blacksburg, as well as an extensive collection of slides documenting Worley's student and professional work, work of his students, his travels, nature, and images that were likely used as part of lectures.

Dates: 1950-1982, undated

U. S. Army Air Corps Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-058
Abstract

The collection includes 7 photographs showing U. S. Army Air Corps bombers and group bombing exercises. The photographs were taken during inspection and training exercises based out of Langely Field, near Hampton, Virginia, during March and April 1928.

Dates: 1928

Huddle Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-084
Abstract This collection primarily contains papers associated with Charles Huddle and his son Charles Huddle who were mining engineers in Ivanhoe, Virginia, and served in various capacities with the National Carbide Company; Ivanhoe Mining and Smelting Corporation (formerly the Ivanhoe Furnace Company); New River Mineral Company; and Sand Mountain Sand Corporation. In addition, the collection contains some personal correspondence, memorabilia, and business papers of the family. Materials date from...
Dates: 1854 - 1970

Patricia Givens Johnson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-007
Abstract

This collection consists of papers of Patricia Givens Johnson, New River Valley local historian. It includes correspondence, subject files, printed materials and photographs. Also includes a scrapbook and a few other materials, scattered throughout the collection, which had belonged to Johnson's mother, Lula Porterfield Givens, also a local historian.

Dates: 1920 - 1986

Norfolk & Western Railway Company Construction Site Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-027
Abstract

The Norfolk & Western Railway Company Construction Site Photographs includes approximately 360 photographs (and in some cases, photocopies of photographs) of railroad construction in Southwest Virginia. The majority of images date from 1967-1981.

Dates: 1967-1981, n.d.

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

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Montgomery County (Va.) 61
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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 25
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 17
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 7
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 Baptist Church (Blacksburg, Va) 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
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