Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1954 Collections and/or Records:
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.
V.P.I. Campus and Farm
Map shows VPI campus and farm, circa 1908.
V.P.I Diploma
For Cecil Henry Fisher
V.P.I "Gobblers"
VMI vs VPI, Roanoke, Va. Thanksgiving (wooden board with pictures of athletes)
VPI Housing Group and War Memorial Developments
Map is an illustration of the VPI campus in 1922.
V.P.I President and Faculty
*see picture file
Jane Wade Letter
The collection contains a photocopy of a letter from Jane Wade in Christiansburg, Virginia, written on May 15, 1864, to her husband John, a soldier in the Confederate Army in the American Civil War.
John D. Wagg Papers
The John D. Wagg Papers, 1849-1894, documents the career and religious thoughts of Methodist preacher John D. Wagg and his fellow preachers, as well as the lives of his daughter Bettie Wagg, their family, and their friends. The collection contains correspondence, diaries and notebooks, sermons, church documents, and miscellaneous writings.
Wake Forest Community Cemetery Collection
Document by Carmen Clad-Jones about cemetery including names on stones--2 paper copies and digital copy also received.