Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1952 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Otis Waldrop Photographs
The collection contains photographs of Post Offices and other Government buildings collected by Otis Waldrop (1901-1990), who graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) and served as chief of design and construction for the U. S. General Services Administration region 3.
Walker and Caldwell Papers
The collection contains the papers of Manley Morrison Caldwell, an attorney in Wytheville and Roanoke, Virginia, and his law partner and father-in-law, James A. Walker, consisting largely of Caldwell's professional legal and business papers and documents gathered and created by him in the course of acting as the executor of Walker's will.