Blacksburg (Va.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 579 Collections and/or Records:
Campus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg VA
Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0330
Abstract
Map comprises part of the schedule for the Ninth Annual Engineering Conference, "New Horizons Through Engineering," held at VPI in Blacksburg, Virginia, with the Association for the Advancement of Engineering, April 24-26, 1958. Map revision is dated June, 1957.
Dates:
1957
Caperton Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-034
Abstract
Photocopied, typed transcripts of letters written by Mary Eliza Henderson Caperton to her husband George Henry, then serving in the Confederate Army, most written from Whitethorne, in Montgomery County, Virginia, between May and October, 1861, and concentrating on news of the Preston family, relatives, and mutual acquaintainces; fears of a slave rebellion; a fire at Whitethorne; and the deaths of Ann Barraud Taylor Preston and Col. James Francis Preston. Also includes typescript extracts...
Dates:
1861-1862, n.d.
Center for Civic Activity in the Town of Blacksburg: A Design Competition
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1995-013
Scope and Contents
A design competition sponsored by American Institute of Architects. Member the town of Blacksburg, Virginia, and the College of Architecture and Urban Studies of Virginia Tech which focused on a new town center. Solicitation of submissions began in 1992 and the winner was decided the following year. Materials include brochures about the competition listing winners, committee members, jurors, calendar, entrants, and competition managers, with the jury report; a poster advertising and...
Dates:
1992 - 1994
Certificate, by Governor John Letches regarding the commission to Colonel for Robert Preston, Va, May 5, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_Commission__1861_0505
Dates:
1861-05-05
Certificate, Commission to Col of Infantry to Robert T. Preston, signed John Letches, August 23, 1862 (Ms1992-003)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F10_Commission_1862_0823
Dates:
1862-08-23
Certificate, granting Col. Preston a medical leave of absence. Signed: Saml. A. McConkey, Near Centreville, November 23, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F7_MedLeave_1861_1123
Dates:
1861-11-23
Certificate, Medical Examination of Lieut. Col. Samuel Paul, Signed Medical Director of the 2nd Division, Army of the Potomac, Richmond, February 5 (Ms1992-003)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_MedCertificate_0205
Dates:
0000-02-05
Certificate, Medical Leave, Signed: O. W. Hearn, March 7, 1862 (Ms1992-003)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F8_HearnOW_1862_0307
Dates:
1862-03-07
Certificate, Pardon signed by President Andrew Johnson granting Preston a "full pardon and amnesty for all offenses by him committed, arising from participation, direct or implied, in the said rebellion...," September 10, 1865 (Ms1992-003)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_Pardon_1865_0910
Dates:
1865-09-10
Christiana Davies and Benjamin Loxley to Col. William Preston in Botetourt County
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1985-020_DaviesLoxley
Dates:
July 17, 1772