Featured Exhibit: Celebrating Virginia Tech: A Chronology of 150 Years
Created for the 150th Anniversary of Virginia Tech in Spring 2022, this digital exhibit and its complementary physical exhibit identify important events in Virginia Tech's history illustrated with photographs, artifacts, newsletters, newspaper clippings, oral histories, and more from collections and…
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,…
Recently Added Items
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Fries Oral History Interview- Craig Wood
An interview with Fries resident Craig Wood about the town of Fries, Virginia, and his memories of the former textile mill there. Interview conducted…
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Fries Oral History Interview- Kevin Combs
An interview conducted virtually via Zoom with Kevin Combs about his experience growing up in Fries, Virginia, and with the former mill there.…
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Fries Oral History Interview- Chris Cooper
An interview with Fries resident Chris Cooper about the town of Fries, Virginia, and his memories of the former textile mill there. Interview…