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A note written by A.M. Gray and wife that wishes health and happiness. No date given.

Song written and performed by Randy Alcorn in response to the April 16, 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech.

Letter of condolence from Randy Alcorn to Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger, Jr.

Letter from Anthony V. Bardo to Megan L. Armbruster, Recovery Coordinator, Virginia Tech Office of Recovery & Support, regarding the song "33 Gone" written by Bardo and performed by The Fabulous Dialtones in response to the April 16, 2007 shootings.

A list of free Negroes and Mulattoes, compiled by James Barnett, district commissioner of revenue, Montgomery County, Virginia. The list includes places of residence of the free persons as well as a brief job description for each. The list divides…

"Earl Palmer was with me on this trip" written on back.

Stone Face Mountain, Lee County, Virginia

Man and horse on postcard

"Earl Plamer was with me on this trip" written on back.

Written on back: "A fast-vanishing art among mountain families in the appalachian mountains, hog-killing was once a way of life. Here they are getting the water hot to scald the hog so the hair will come off. Water temperature is about 155 degrees."

Written on back: "Log building in Elliot Valley in Montgomery County, Va. was once used for a church."

Joe Carter, son of A.P. and Sara Carter

Written on back: "Mountain people grew all the grain they used on the farm. On every creek there was a water powered grist mill where they got their corn, wheat, and buckwheat ground into flour. Here is the snow-covered water race of a grist mill in…

Written on back: "Nestled in a cove in Greenup County, Ky. is Sophia Stuarts log home. Sophia was the late sister of Jesse Stuart, well known Kentucky writer."

Written on back: "The only way the farmer had to get his crops from the field to the farm was horse-drawn wagons or fled. Here is a 'Jolt' wagon in Floyd County, Va. They was called 'jolt' because they rode so rough."

Jesse Stuart's home in West Hollow, Kentucky

Written on back: "Landscape in the heart of the appalachian mountains of Kentucky. Willie Gibbons and his wife Nancy raised a family of 12 kids on this 85 acre farm and three room cabin."

Written on back: "All of the mountain families grew they ate and built everything on their farm with strong hands and a willing heart. Here Hubert Hensley and his wife are getting ready to milk his cow."

Written on back: Garden planting time in the Blue Ridge. Here Hubert Hensley, who still does his farm work by horses, is getting ready to plow his garden."

"Earl Plamer was with me on this trip" written on back.

Corn shocks in corn field

1921 McCormick Deering Tractor

Joyce Bowman's mother was raised in this cabin

Written on back: "After working all day, the mountain man always found time for music. Here John N. Hylton from Floyd County, Va. finds time to play his homemade banjo."

Wagon and wooden corn planter at Mabry Mill

John Newton Hylton's mill

John Newton Hylton grinding corn meal