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Women -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 403 Collections and/or Records:

Sutton-Martin-Mason Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-013
Abstract

This collection consists of the papers of a Pulaski County, Virginia family, largely consisting of letters received by Rachel Louisa Sutton (later married to David H. Martin) from friends and family during the 1860s. Also contains deeds, family financial records, poetry, photographs and assorted ephemera. A small collection of materials belonging to the Martins' granddaughter, Elinor Mason, completes the collection.

Dates: 1861 - 1968

Kimiko Suzuki Architectural Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-089
Scope and Content

The collection contains 3 sets of drawings and a publication for the Susume Abe residence completed in 1967. Abe was a famous education critic in Japan.

Dates: 1963-1967, 2013

Talking About Work Oral History Interview Project,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-005
Abstract

Oral history interviews conducted by students of Dr. Emily Satterwhite's HUM 2504 Introduction to American Studies class with interviewees who work on or near the Virginia Tech campus. Interviews explore the particular jobs of the interviewees and the issues related to working for these interviewees. The collection also contains annotated bibliographies and reflections papers created by students about their interview experience. There are images of some of the interviewees.

Dates: 2008 - 2011

Rutsu Tanimura Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-032
Abstract

Rutsu Tanimura is an architect in Nagoya City, Japan. The collection comprises two drawing panels for Asahidai House by Tanimura. The panels demonstrate the design for a house on a sloping site in Aichi-pre.

Dates: n.d.

Martha Ann Hite Tant Genealogy Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-040
Abstract

Photocopies of genealogical research and records, including family Bible records, family group sheets, and pedigree charts relating to ancestors of Martha Ann Hite Tant, including the Agee, Brown, Davenport, Davidson, Floyd, Haden, Harman, Hite/Hight, Linkous, Marrs, May, Mills, Owen(s), Preston, Salmon(s), Scott, Shelton, and Trollinger families, of Henry, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, and Tazewell counties, Virginia, and elsewhere.

Dates: 1991, n.d.

Mildred Tate Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1952-002
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter from Mildred Tate to Mrs. Gillette inviting her to a dinner at the Hillcrest Dormitory on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Dates: 1940

"That Exceptional One: Women in American Architecture, 1888-1988," Exhibition

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-041
Abstract

This collection includes a traveling exhibit created by the American Architectural Foundation of the American Institute of Architects about women in American architecture. The exhibit starts with Louise Bethune, who in 1888 was the first woman to join the AIA. Materials include exhibit panels, planning documents and research for the creation of the exhibit.

Dates: 1988

The Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Richard Eugene Hager (Anne Peyton Judkins Hager) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-008
Scope and Contents The materials in the The Reverend Dr. and Mrs. Richard Eugene Hager (Anne Peyton Judkins Hager) Collection consists of book manuscripts and unpublished essays, newspaper clippings, land deeds, correspondence, receipts, notes, and copies of wills. Also included are books belonging to the Preston family which include a family Bible, a children's poetry book, and many others. Of particular interest is an 1832 receipt to General Francis Preston (1765-1835) for a subscription to the Saturday...
Dates: 1802 - 2007

Thursday Book Club [Blacksburg, Virginia] Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-004
Abstract

Records--including meeting minutes and book lending cards--of the Thursday Book Club, organized by women residents (originally under the name Round Dozen Book Club) of Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1928.

Dates: 1928 - 1968

Fanny W. Tinsley Memoirs

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-013
Abstract

Typescript memoir by Fanny W. Tinsley regarding her American Civil War experiences during the Union occupation of her Hanover County, Virginia neighborhood and the ensuing Battle of Mechanicsville.

Dates: 1912