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Ben Howell and date at Ring Dance, May 1966

Company E waiting to Pass In Review, Spring 1964

E Company Symbol Painted on the Wall of the Meeting Room, Rasche Hall

This is an image for a chocolate cake recipe from an Hershey's pamphlet titled "9 Famous Recipes."

Confederate soldier in the 4th Virginia Regiment, Co. D, Ewell Corps, Stonewall Brigade, during the Civil War. Letter written November 22, 1863, to "My Dear Friend" from camp on the Rapidan River near Orange Court House, Virginia. Writes about his…

Rich and Libby Carpenter, E67 50th Reunion October 2017

Ginny Fowler was born in Lexington, Kentucky but moved around for the majority of her upbringing. From age four to seventeen, she lived in Texas, Montana, Kentucky, Oregon, and Florida, but then entered the University of Kentucky as an early entrant.…

Saturday afternoon, SPB: Hugh Brunk

The Book for Receipts is a recipe book written in England in 1731. At least two owners added to this work (the names of owners remain unknown) because the handwriting changes in the last third of text. Some recipe contributors are named, such as:…

The "277 Standard/100 Tropical Recipes" is a 1944 revised edition and includes cocktail recipes in two sections. This edition built on the first version, copyright in 1937. Pages are carbon type copies of recipes, arranged in alphabetical order…

"A Poem about Peace" poem by Chandean was received in 2007 from Public School 72 K, Class 5-5, Brooklyn NY.

"A Poem about Peace" poem by Nnamdi was received in 2007 from Public School 72 K, Class 5-5, Brooklyn NY.

This document details a brief history about Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium "for year 7/1/51 thru 6/30/52". It includes data and stats about patients deaths and discharged from the institution edited and updated in May 1953.

This document details a brief history about Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium "for year 7/1/52-6/30/53". It includes data and stats about patients deaths and discharged from the institution edited and updated in September 1953.

This document details a brief history about Piedmont Tuberculosis Sanatorium until 1948. It includes data and stats about patients deaths and discharged from the institution edited and updated in August 1964.

Newspaper article, "Administrative Work at Tech Ordered Reorganized by Board: Visitors Create Committees to Deal with Pressing Problems," by Horace Hood, III. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original 125th Anniversary…

This memoir by Bessie Catlin Howard details her life and her time at Piedmont Sanatorium. One of the unique traits of her story is that she was navigating the institution in a wheelchair as well. This document was created after her death and Howard's…

The stained glass, gold-plated figure is an angel kneeling in prayer with a VT belt. An attached note says it is hand crafted by the Angels of Love organization. The note also says "This angel is freely given - they are never sold."

This 1953 document is an annual report about Tuberculosis in Virginia for the 1952-1953 year. It looks at the whole state's fight against the disease.

Letter from Nannie Figgat to her husband Charles (in response to his on the 6th of that month) with news from the homefront, of their family, and news of the war she has received at home.

This document is a program for the 1965 Baccalaureate services for Piedmont Sanatorium School of Practical Nursing.

Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 2000 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

A short biography of Dr. Stanford Chaille.

1953 newspaper clipping for an article titled "Blonde Designs, Builds Houses in Marin" from Marin Magazine (Marin County, California) featuring Lois Gottlieb and a colleague reviewing building plans.

This document gives a brief history about Piedmont Sanatorium and its conversion into a State Hospital by superintendent Charles W. Scott, M.D. There was a push in the 1960s for one the of the Tuberculosis sanatoriums to become a Mental Hygiene and…

A man and woman walk down a street

This document is a part of the 1940 class of graduating nurses from Piedmont School of Nursing. The class history describes the lives of the nurses before they were admitted into the program.

This poem is a part of the 1940 class of graduating nurses from Piedmont School of Nursing. The class poem written by M. Caroline White, talking about the experiences African American nurses have and will face in the medical field.

This document is a part of the 1940 class of graduating nurses from the Piedmont School of Nursing. The class prophecy about how the eight graduates' lives will look in 1950.

This is the pdf of an essay, "Confederates in the Collegium: The Influence of J.E.B. Stuart's Leadership on the Development of Virginia Tech," by Patrick W. Carlton, that was available online. In addition, there is a picture of Patrick W. Carlton,…

Cooking Recipes is a book filled with hand-written recipes. A hand-painted image of a girl with a duck adorns the cover of "Cooking Recipes." Within the book's pages exist a variety of recipes for soups, salads, puddings, cookies, cakes, icings, and…

Card from Costa Mesa, CA, c. 2007. Transcriptions reads "Mr, Steger / Dear, Mr. Steger I feel / bad for the 32 die / and I bet anything / that they love you / alot and they will / miss you and you / will miss them / to and I hope / you feel better /…

Letter by an unknown author in Botetourt Springs, written to "P."

Letter addressed to John Williams, written by an individual at Emory and Henry College.

"Dining on the N&W" Dinner Menu for Norfolk and Western Railway

"Dining on the N&W" Dinner Menu for Norfolk and Western Railway

Dr. E.P. Niles taught at Virginia Tech prior to 1900. The young man in the photo is likely Alonzo Freeman.

Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1992 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

A typewritten eulogy for the 32 victims, April 24, 2007, by anonymous writer, and "The Mourner's Kaddish" along with the names of the 32 victims

Card from Costa Mesa, CA, c. 2007. Transcriptions reads "Family of Virginia Tech students / I am sorry for the loss of your loved ones. / I know that you are said, but one day you will feel better. / God bless you. / I will pray for your family".

This is an image of the container used to market Baker's Breakfast Cocoa featuring the iconic "Bella Chocolatiere," or chocolate lady." It comes from ther 1928 cookbook titles "Famous Recipes for Baker's Chocolate and Breakfast Cocoa".

Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1994 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

Campaign ad created for Rick Boucher's 1994 congressional race in Virginia's Ninth Congressional District.

A letter from Kevin M. Shea, Virginia Tech Class of 1989, dated April 21, 2008, with a poem entitled "Flower, Forest, Meadow: In memoril, 04/16/07", by Shea.