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The second session in a series of oral history interviews with Chris Kappas, local Blacksburg restaurateur and land lord.

In this interview, Chris…
Chris Kappas.jpg

The first in a special series of interviews with Chris Kappas, a local Blacksburg businessman, land lord, and restaurateur. Born in Greece in 1938,…
development_plan_1927.pdf

Campus view of VPI development plan, printed in 1927.
vamc_history_and_organization.pdf

A book describing the history of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, including its formation as a land grant university and its proposed…

Willie Wilson, born just outside of Fries in Fallville, Va. moved back to Fries in 1965 to work for the Washington Mills Co. Textile Mill. He started…

Kevin Combs grew up just outside of Fries, Va., and spent his summers working in the mill as a doffer. His family has history with the town, as his…

An oral history interview with Dennis Hines, who, despite descending from generations of textile mill workers, never worked in the mill. In this…

An oral history interview with Christine "Chris" Beamer Cooper, a Fries native who grew up in the Hollow, a small neighborhood within Fries. After…

An oral history interview with Roger Hines, a former worker in the Fries textile mill. He began working in the card room in the 1970s, and worked…

An oral history interview with Melva Anders, a former worker of the Fries textile mill. She began in 1966 working in the spool room, and during her…
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Pages from the receipt book dealing with specific home remedies.
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Pages from the Manuscript Receipt Book dealing with remedies for the home.
Ms2013_013.pdf

A handwritten home remedy/receipt book with entries in English and French. The book is bound in red leather with paper marbling on the inner binding.
Acc2022.pdf

A handwritten receipt book containing handwritten receipts and pages from cookery booklets. The receipts range from cures for illness and maladies in…
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