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James Randal Kent Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-031
Abstract

James Randal Kent was a wealthy land owner and enslaver in Montgomery and Pulaski counties, Virginia. The collection includes court records, correspondence, titheables to the Sheriffs of Montgomery and Pulaski counties, photographs, court summons, a letter, and other notes concerning Kent's property (Kentland), his business affairs, and estate.

Dates: 1825 - 1887

Mattie Lamb Tucker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-176
Abstract

This collection includes certificates, newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence and miscellaneous printed material of Mattie Lamb Tucker, a Red Cross volunteer and community service worker in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1945 - 1984

Henry H. Hill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1980-003
Abstract

The Henry H. Hill collection consists of historical and genealogical research compiled by Hill during his lifetime in southwest Virginia. Hill (1880-1954) was an alumni and professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Dates: 1893-1963, n.d.

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1962-001
Abstract

The records largely document the recent history of Smithfield Plantation, ancestral home of the Preston family, focusing particularly on its restoration beginning in 1962. While much of the renovation occurred in the 1960s, many of the records detail other renovation projects done in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection also includes historical and other related documents dating from before the original Preston family's residence at Smithfield.

Dates: 1754 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1958 - 1983

Ruth White Fisher Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-058
Abstract

This collection includes a scrapbook compiled by Blacksburg, Virginia artist Ruth White Fisher, relating to her series of paintings titled "The Evolution of Creativity," donated to Virginia Tech. It includes photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera about the paintings and the donation ceremony.

Dates: 1966 - 1978

Colonel William Christian Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2014-013
Abstract

The Colonel William Christian Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records contain administrative papers, memorabilia, documents relating to community work, and correspondence from the now disbanded Christiansburg, VA, chapter. Papers date from the mid 1930s to the 1990s.

Dates: 1935-1990s

Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-045
Abstract The collection contains the papers of Elizabeth Kent Adams (1908-1994), resident of Radford, Virginia and local historian. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, genealogical charts, essays, and other materials related to the history of Southwest Virginia and of her ancestral lines, especially the Cloyd, Kent, McGavock and Putnam families. Includes photocopy of the handwritten autobiography of A. W. Putnam, photocopies of James Randal Kent's will and inventory of debts, and photocopies and...
Dates: 1922 - 1987

David Earhart Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-017
Abstract This collection consists of thirty letters written by David Earhart while serving in the Stonewall Jackson Brigade, 4th Virginia Infantry, Company L. Correspondents include his wife Mary Elizabeth Caddell Earhart, his parents, people he enslaved, and his sister Mag. Also included are a letter to Mary Earhart after David Earhart was killed at Chancellorsville, images (probably ambrotypes) of Mary and David Earhart), a later cartede visite of Mary Earhart, and additional family...
Dates: 1862 - 1863

Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black

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Identifier: Ms-2009-084
Abstract

The collection contains a bill detailing medical service provided to the family of Rev. William A. Wade by Dr. Harvey Black. The bill includes the cost of services, as well as a note from Black forgiving payment.

Dates: 1865-1867, 1879

Southside Garden Club Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2007-032
Abstract

Materials in the collection include newspaper clippings, minutes and yearbooks from the Blacksburg Woman's Club and organization reports, minutes, pressbooks, yearbooks, and scrapbooks from the Southside Garden Club.

Dates: 1914 - 2009

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Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 14
Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 13
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 13
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 5
Black, Harvey, 1827-1888 4
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Kent family 4
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 4
A. W. Luster 2
Amiss, Edwin 2
Apperson, Alex 2
Apperson, Elizabeth Black 2
Apperson, Harvey Black, 1890-1948 2
Apperson, John Samuel, 1837-1904 2
Apperson, Mary 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
Kent, Germanicus, 1791-1862 2
Lemon, Lewis 2
Marion Foundry and Machine Works (Marion, Va.) 2
Marye, Madison E. (Madison Ellis), 1925-2016 2
Nicolay, John 2
Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.) 2
Preston family (Montgomery County, Va.) 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
W. Stone & Son 2
Ware, Joseph F., 1880-1969 2
Ware, Susana Howe Robinson, b. abt. 1897 2
Adams, Elizabeth Kent 1
Allen, Beulah O. (Beulah Oyama), 1905-1992 1
Anchy (enslaved person) 1
Apperson family 1
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) (1889-2009) 1
Belcher, Dale 1
Bell 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
Bodell, Dorothy H., 1931- 1
Boynton, Henry B., 1899-1991 1
Currie, Leonard J. (Leonard James), 1913-1996 1
Daughters of the American Revolution. Alleghany Chapter (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Daughters of the American Revolution. Colonel William Christian Chapter (Christiansburg, Va.) 1
Earhart, David G., 1834-1863 1
Ellett family 1
Ellett, Robert Thaddeus, 1836-1904 1
Ellis family 1
Givens, Lula Porterfield, 1906-1987 1
Gray, Elizabeth Preston, 1868-1956 1
Green (enslaved person) 1
Hager, Anne Judkins 1
Hill, Henry Harris, 1880-1954 1
Hotel Roanoke 1
Hummel, Virginia, 1916-1998 1
Hutcheson, Eleanor Parrott 1
Hutcheson, John Redd, 1886-1962 1
Jeff (enslaved person) 1
John R. Hutcheson family 1
Johnson, Patricia Givens, 1932-1996 1
Kent, James Randal 1
Kent, Lewis (enslaved person) 1
Kentland Farm 1
Lancaster, Lucy Lee, 1905-1989 1
Magill, Orrin R. (Orrin Rankin), 1887-1976 1
Marye family 1
McBryde, James Bolton, 1866-1925 1
McGavock family 1
Michael, Rudolph Dixon, 1904-1994 1
Nancy (enslaved person) 1
Palmer, Earl, 1905-1996 1
Pendleton, Lee, 1893-1977 1
Preston family (Abingdon, Va.) 1
Price family 1
Price, Della Mae Hickman 1
Price, Samuel Winston, 1871-1911 1
Sanders, Harry W. (Harry Warinner), 1895-1984 1
Solitude (Blacksburg, Va. : Historic building) 1
Southside Garden Club (1928/1930-) (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Sullivan family (Virginia) 1
Sullivan, Margaret M., 1926-2013 1
Susan (enslaved person) 1
Taylor, Robert Creede, 1866-1915 1
Tucker family (Blacksburg, Va.) 1
Tucker, Henry, 1925-1945 1
Tucker, Mattie Lamb, 1893-1967 1
Tyler family 1
Tyler, John, 1790-1862 1
Tyler, Julia Gardiner, 1820-1889 1
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service 1
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