Correspondence sent by Mrs F.N. Atkins (Blacksburg Woman's Club President) to Sargent Shriver in the Office of Economic Opportunity (Washington D.C.) on May 3, 1965 expressing the support of the Blacksburg Woman's Club for the Montgomery-Floyd…
The collection consists of a letter by Ansil T. Bartlett to his father, dated April 15, 1865. Written from Camp Farmville, Virginia, the letter mentions soldiers stealing good from nearby homes, daily tasks, war rumors, and Bartlett's hope to be home…
The collection consists of a letter written by "Mima Brown" from Pulaski, Virginia to her brother Pvt. James H. Farmer on November 8, 1863. Brown reports news about an outbreak of Diphtheria in the area, a shortage of supplies for soldiers, unfair…
This collection contains a letter from English author Victoria Cross (Annie Sophie Cory) to Hughes Massie requesting that he read and provide feedback for her novel Life's Shop-Window.
This letter (8 pages), dated November 27, 1863, from Fincastle, Virginia, is written on two identical pages of captured Union patriotic stationary with an engraving of an Antietam scene. In the letter, Mrs. Figgat recounts reuniting with a ‘dear…
This second letter (4 pages), dated December 5, 1863, and written on captured Union patriotic stationery with an engraving of Marshall House proprietor James Jackson shooting Col. Elmer Ellsworth, is an update of their son's worsening condition. "I…
This collection contains an 1883 letter written by Jack Foster, a formerly enslaved person who served as a body servant in the 36th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Foster writes to former Confederate General John McCausland, one-time…
A short missive from the president of Wachovia Loan and Trust Company and the founder and president of Washington Mills Company, Col. Francis H. Fries, thanking the mill superintendent for sending updates about operations. Includes and example of the…
The collection consists of a letter written by Nancy B. Harbin to her sons, Jack and John Harbin. The letter details a mother's concern for the well-being and safety of her three enlisted sons, Jack, John, and Edward Harbin. Nancy Harbin relates the…
A letter from Haywood Haynes informing the mill that he and his family would be coming to work at the mill, with information about his family and their housing needs.
Letter from Scott D. Breckenridge Jr. (former Deputy Director of the CIA) to Patricia Givens Johnson, local historian, author and teacher in Christiansburg, VA. Breckenridge Jr. corresponded with Givens Johnson about her scholarship on the Preston…
Letter to Lambda Horizon President Mark A. Weber from the University of Virginia's Director of Student Health inviting him and Jo Anne Underwood to attend a meeting at the ACHA's AIDS colloquium in New Orleans.
Letter from Lambda Horizon Spokesperson Brian McConnell to Mark Weber concerning an alumni group and a statewide conference for gay and lesbian students being held at Virginia Tech. A conference flyer and schedule is included with the letter.
A letter from the Director of Student Health Services, Dr. Charles W. Schiffert to the Student Budget Board encouraging them to approve funding for Mark Weber and Keith McIlhenny to attend the American College Health Convention in New Orleans.
A leter from former Lambda Horizon President Mark Weber to University of Virginia's Director of Student Health Services Dr. Richard P. Keeling updating him on Virginia Tech's AIDS Education programs.
Letter from Edward Spencer, Virginia tech's Director of Housing and Residence Life, to Dr. Sullivan, Dr. Cross, the AIDS Education Committee, and Administrative Staff concerning Housing Policies Related to AIDS. Attached is the American College…
Letter to the Editor-in-Chief of the Collegiate Times from Mark Weber asking him to consider writing a story on Virginia Tech's Student Health Services and Lambda Horizons involvement in the American College Helath Association's national conference.
Letter from Paul M. Gherman, Director of Libraries, to Lambda Horizon requesting a group representative to contact him to discuss "a matter of concern."
This collection contains a letter of invitation from Anna Lee to Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard of the Confederate Army to attend a country dance at Meadow Farm in Henrico County, Virginia, on Christmas evening 1861. The letter is dated…
Telegram dated February 20, 1967, from Ruth and Robert E. Marshak to Kitty Oppenheimer offering condolences for the passing of her husband J. Robert Oppenheimer.
A letter sent to a lawyer with the legal description and plat of the parcel of land on which the Y.M.C.A. building stands, requesting a deed be drawn up.