Welcome to the VT Special Collections Online
Browse through selected items from our manuscript collections and university archives
Featured Collection: Squire Bosworth Papers, 1848-1892 (Ms2010-060)
This collection contains papers of Squire Bosworth, a physician and county court clerk of Randolph County, Virginia/West Virginia. The collection…
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,…
This site features digital collections of rare and unique materials such as letters, diaries, photographs, films, maps, newspapers, posters, reports and other media from the Special Collections of Virginia Tech.
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Spreadsheet index to newspapers
This file is an xslx spreadsheet of the holdings in the Virginia Newspaper Collection. Clicking on the "Ms2012_034_VirginiaNewspaperCollection" link…
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Letter, Isaac to Jinnie, Camp Near Staunton, October 24, 1863 (Ms1997-013)
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Letter, Isaac to his mother, Camp Lurray Valley Va, August 17th, 1864 (Ms1997-013)
Isaac writes to his mother about his grief over his brother's death.