Featured Exhibit: Sounds of Solace: Audio and audiovisual selections from the April 16, 2007 Condolence Archives
Sounds of Solace: Audio and audiovisual selections from the April 16, 2007 Condolence Archives
Following the events of April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech received over 90,000 letters, cards, posters, banners, photographs, artifacts, textiles, books, certificates, and more from people and organizations…
Featured Collection: Civil War Diaries
Diaries written by soldiers from both Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War that are part of Virginia Tech Special Collections.
Featured Item: Scrapbook of poetry, newspaper clippings and pressed flowers, likely by Virginia Bedinger Lucas, sister of Daniel Bedinger Lucas, c. 1860s (Ms1995-012)
A scrapbook of poetry, newspaper clippings and pressed flowers from the 1860s, likely created by Virginia Bedinger Lucas, younger sister of Daniel…
Featured Item: Blue Journal, John Henning Woods, 1864 (Ms2017-030)
Covering the period of Woods' imprisonment from March to July of 1864, this diary contains thorough entries on genealogy, Woods' thoughts on slavery,…
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Archibald Atkinson Jr Memoir
Written sometime around 1900, the memoirs recount the military career of Archibald previous hit Atkinson next hit, Jr., as a doctor in the…
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Letter to wife from Silas Stepp
October 16, 1864
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Letter to wife from Silas Stepp
September 6, 1864