Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1953 Collections and/or Records:
Elva Curl Wilson Diaries
The collection includes the diaries of Elva Curl Wilson (1911-2006), resident of Hampton, Virginia and future wife of Rev. James C. Richardson, describing the very active social life of a young woman in Hampton, Virginia during her late teens and early twenties.
Fenner Wilson Letter
Letter written by Fenner Wilson, a private in Company D, 45th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War, to his brother, B. G. (Basley Graves) Wilson. Writing from Danville, Virginia, Wilson discusses sickness in his company and other camp matters.
Nelson R. Wilson Auction Notice
The collection contains a broadside announcing the auction of Nelson R. Wilson home and farm in Bedford County, Virginia.
Winston Family Letters
Letters (photocopies of transcripts) of brothers Ambrose Whitlock Winston (Company E, 58th Virginia Infantry), Charles Jones Winston (Company G, 11th Virginia Infantry), and William Henry Harrison Winston (Company G, 11th Virginia Infantry) written during the American Civil War to Clark family relatives in Campbell County, Virginia.
Wise County, Virginia, Showing Primary and Secondary Highway Systems
Map shows primary and secondary roads in Wise County, Virginia, and it includes an explanatory legend.
Henry H. Wiss Papers
Professor of Architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1947 to 1983. Collection consists of twelve architectural drawings and four photographs of Wiss's private residence in Blacksburg, Virginia, designed by him in 1960.
Woman's Missionary Union Minute Book,
The Woman's Missionary Union Minute Book contains the minutes of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Liberty Hill Baptist Church in Grayson County, Virginia. The minute book includes meeting minutes dating from 1907 through 1929. The minute book also includes limited financial records including dues collected to support the group and funds collected for various charitable causes and support for other churches in the area.
Women's Biography Project Records
Women's Home & Foreign Mission Society of Luther Chapel Ledger,
Ledger contains the treasurer's reports and financial records of the Women's Home and Foreign Mission Society of Luther Chapel in Washington County, VA. Entries date from 1907 through 1922.
A. E. Wood Letter
Letter from two young women, A. E. Wood and M. [Jones?], living in Virginia during the American Civil War, written to "Aunt Ann" and relating to local depredations of Union soldiers and news of family and neighbors.