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Named/Individual Photograph Collections
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.
Virginian Railway Photographs,
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.
Norfolk & Western Railway Company Construction Site Photographs
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.
Robert Selph Henry Papers,
Spanning 1861 to 1971, The Robert Selph Henry Papers consist of correspondence, subject files, photographs, and clippings concerning Henry's research on the Civil War, focusing on the Confederacy and Nathan Bedford Forrest, and also railroad history. This collection also contains Henry's Southern Historical Association (SHA) and Association of American Railroads papers.
Huron, Ohio, Railroad Construction Photographs
This collection contains photographs of the construction of the railroad in Huron, Ohio, and images of the finished product. The photographs also include images of electrical substations. Some of the photos say W. & L. E. R. R., presumably the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad (also Railway).
Virginian Railway Company, Amonate, Virginia, Photographs
The collection contains several photographs from the Virginian Railway Company (later Norfolk and Western Railway—a major midwestern railroad company which operated out of Norfolk, VA).
Preston Leech Glass Slides and Cassette Tape
Union Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft Company Photographs
Photograph album contains 202 images from the Union Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft Company factory in Berlin, Germany, showing factory interior and exterior views, a cable car, and various company products, including meters and generators.
Robert E. Hord, Jr., Papers
J. C. Porter Photograph Album
Photographic album containing approximately 240 photographs (all c. 1890) of structures and scenes in several southwestern Virginia counties, including Bland, Craig, Giles, and Smyth.
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- Civil War 1
- Craig County (Va.) 1
- Giles County (Va.) 1
- Marion (Va.) 1
- Smyth County (Va.) 1
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1944-1970) 3
- Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (1881-1896) 2
- Norfolk and Western Railway Company (1896-1982) 2
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944) 2
- Virginian Railway 2
- Appalachian Electric Power Company (1926-1958) 1
- Appalachian Power Company 1
- Claytor, W. Graham (William Graham), 1886-1971 1
- Fish, Floyd Hamilton, Jr. 1
- Henry, Robert Selph, 1889-1970 1
- Hord family (Richmond, Va) 1
- Hord, Robert E., Jr., 1920-2010 1
- Leech, Preston 1
- Porter, J. C. 1
- Roanoke Railway and Electric Company (1901-1948) (Roanoke, Va.) 1
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896) 1
- Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1896-1944) 1
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-) 1
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Corps of Cadets 1
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Board of Visitors 1
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Corps of Cadets (1944-1970) 1
- Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company 1
- Whitley, O. Gaines, Sr. 1 + ∧ less