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Virginia -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 94 Collections and/or Records:

Henry M. Warren Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-017
Abstract

The collections consists of a letter from Union soldier Henry M. Warren, Private of the 18th Regiment, Massachusetts Infantry, to his brother Nathaniel in Massachusetts.

Dates: 1861
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Henry M. Warren Letter,

Wilson Centennial Exhibit Materials

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1956-002
Abstract

This collection contains materials exhibited by Virginia Tech's Newman Library in 1956 to commemorate the centennial of the birth of President Woodrow Wilson.

Dates: 1948 - 1956
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Wilson Centennial Exhibit Materials

Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-015
Abstract The collection consists of two diaries (1913, 1928) written by Jeffrey T. Wilson (1843-1929). Wilson was a former enslaved person who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He worked as a bailiff in the Norfolk courts after leaving the U. S. Navy and wrote a column, "Colored Notes," for The Portsmouth Star from 1924 until his death in 1929. He outlived four wives and had at least twelve children. Wilson's diaries...
Dates: 1913, 1928
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries

World War I Camp Community Service Song Sheet

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-047
Abstract

This collection contains a World War I era song sheet printed by C.C. Cappel in Roanoke, Virginia. The purpose of this song sheet was so that the community could sing songs together at events in Southwest Virginia. Cappel (1887-1948) was a musical manager for the National Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore Orchestra, as well as working with the U.S. Marine Band and Army Band, war camp community service during World War I, and the USO in World War II.

Dates: c. 1917-1919
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / World War I Camp Community Service Song Sheet

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