Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1972 Collections and/or Records:
[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.
David N. Walker Business Records
The business records of David N. Walker of Richmond, Virginia, consist mostly of papers relating to Walker's role as treasurer of the St. Paul's Church Home, Richmond.
Alexander Floyd Wall Correspondence
This collection consists of letters from Alexander Floyd Wall to Waddy Thompson James, describing conditions on his farm during the American Civil War, prices of crops, problems of getting supplies to soldiers, and the transfer of people who were enslaved. The collection also includes one letter from James to his wife Jennie, written from Camp Belcher in Richmond, Virginia, on October 4, 1861, and biographical and military information about James and his career as a soldier.