Featured Exhibit: Sherwood Anderson: His Life, His Letters, His Literature, and His Circle
Between the publication of his first novel in 1916 and his death in 1941, Sherwood Anderson published 8 novels, 4 collections of short stories, 2 collections of poetry, 1 collection of plays, and 12 works of non-fiction.
Special Collections has a variety of materials on Anderson, given that a…
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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VT Stories Oral History with Gerald Miller, May 16, 2018 (Ms2016-015)
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VT Stories Oral History with Douglas Martin, May 5, 2019 (Ms2016-015)
Douglas Martin, Ed.D. is Director Emeritus in the
Department of Human Resources at Virginia Tech. This
nearly hour-long interview contains his… -
The Appointment Of Kenneth S. Ball
The Appointment Of Kenneth S. Ball to the L.S. Randolph Professorship program