Blacksburg (Va.)
Found in 569 Collections and/or Records:
Plat of Survey of Property to be Acquired by the Town of Blacksburg
Plat of Survey of Property to be Acquired by the Town of Blacksburg (revised)
Plat of the H. D. Linkous Land, Now KACC, Price Mountain
Map shows the H. D. Linkous land at Price Mountain, near Blacksburg, Virginia.
Portion of Campus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Map shows the VPI campus circa 1922.
Preliminary and Location of Proposed Railroad Line [Blacksburg, Virginia]
Railroad line proposal was presented by a Senior Civil Engineering Class, presumably under the direction of W. Dickinson. Map is in color with topography and measurements highlighted.
Preston and Olin Institute Records
This collection contains an agent’s book for Olin and Preston Institute, five copies of reports from the Committee on Seminaries, and programs from the Alpha Literary Society and Preston Literary Society.
Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers
The collection consists of family papers, receipts, correspondence, and original and photocopied materials relating to the Preston family, primarily William and Susanna Smith Preston, John Preston, and William Ballard Preston, dating from the 1740s to the 1880s. Other materials include 19th and 20th century genealogy research on the Prestons.
Preston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers
The Didier Collection of Preston Family Papers includes papers of James Patton, Patton's grandson William Preston, and Preston's eldest son, John Preston, all of Montgomery County, Virginia. The papers consist of business and legal documents, surveys, and correspondence.
Preston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers, 1747-1897 (Ms1985-020)
Preston Family Correspondence
The Preston Family Correspondence consists of two letters. The first is written by James Francis Preston to his wife, Sarah Caperton Preston; he details the events of and his involvement in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War. The second letter is written by Sarah to Colonel Grabowski and discusses her son’s (Hugh Caperton Preston) failure to follow an order at Preston and Olin Institute (now Virginia Tech).