Browse Collections (231 total)
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers
The records largely document the recent history of Smithfield Plantation, ancestral home of the Preston family, focusing particularly on its…
Civil War Poetry
Collection of poetry composed during the Civil War by M. M. Williams.
Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection
This contains a collection of small manuscripts related to various aspects of the American Civil War and obtained from various sources.
Norfolk and Western Historical Photograph Collection
This collection contains photographs relating to the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company.
Mike Cooper ABC Collection, 1965-1971 (Ms2024-075)
This collection contains materials from an ABC News employee (most likely a technician) named Mike Cooper in the late 1960s. Subjects include the 1969…
Donald K. "Deke" Slayton Collection, 1974-1979, 1995 (Ms2023-058)
This collection contains materials belonging to American astronaut, Donald K. "Deke" Slayton (1924-1993). This collection contains materials about the…
William Hewitt Phillips Papers, 1918-2008 (Ms2005-019)
The collection includes the papers of William Hewitt Phillips, NACA and NASA Langley Research Center aerospace engineer (and chief of Flight Dynamics…
James Dean Collection, 1961-1988 (Ms2003-061)
The collection consists of reference material NASA artist James Dean used in producing the artwork for Michael Collins' book Liftoff: The Story of…
James J. Avitabile Papers, 1963-2001 (Ms2001-057)
This collection contains materials related to the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space exploration programs of the National Aeronautics and Space…
Melvin N. Gough Papers, 1919-1971 (Ms1987-057)
The Melvin N. Gough Papers span from 1919 to 1971 and include a wide variety of materials reflecting Gough's career as a test pilot, National Advisory…
Samuel Herrick Papers, 1930-1974 (Ms1978-002)
Samuel Herrick was an astronomer who specialized in celestial mechanics, generally recognized as the founder of the field of astrodynamics. His papers…
Norfolk and Western Railroad Photograph Negatives
Photographic negatives of Norfolk and Western railroads and trains.
Norfolk and Western Construction Photographs
Photographs of Norfolk and Western construction.
Phyllis Keith Railroad Photographs
Photographs of Clarence Keith, a Norfolk & Western employee, and his family.
Drake Railroad Collection
Railroad photographs compiled by I. N. Drake.
Black Excellence in STEM Oral History Project (Ms2024-072)
This collection consists of oral history interviews conducted in 2021 with Black researchers. Beginning in 2021, graduate students supported by…
The McCormick Farm Museum Photographs
This collection contains photographs of the McCormick Farm in the Shenandoah Valley. Walnut Grove Farm belonged to the McCormick family until 1954,…
Roanoke Railway and Electric Company Photo Album
A photo album featuring images of the Roanoke Railway and Electric Company buildings and lines, as well as scenic views in the Roanoke area.
Norfolk and Western Railroad Co., Time Table No. 6
A time table for trains created by the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. This time table details several train routes, and their arrival and…
Charles Aliff Railroad Collection
A collection of railroad photographs and correspondence belonging to the Aliff family.
Henry Flippen Turner Collection
A collection of photographs created by Henry Flippen Turner.
Dale Belcher Photographs (Ms1997-021)
Photographs taken by Dale Belcher, depicting Appalachian culture, buildings, and people in southwestern Virginia; Kentucky; North Carolina; and West…
O. Gaines Whitley, Sr., Photograph Albums (Ms1995-021)
O. Gaines Whitley, Sr., a native of Albemarle, North Carolina, was a surveyor for the Norfolk & Western Railway Company in 1912, and he compiled two…
Homer E. Davis Papers (Ms2001-051)
The Homer E. Davis Papers is a collection of photographs resulting from an effort to record the gravesites of American Civil War generals. Also…
Elden E. Billings Collection (Ms1991-036)
This collection contains subject files, clippings, memorabilia and artifacts related to the American Civil War. There are seven series, five of which…
Great Seal of the Confederate States of America, ca. 1872-1874 (Ms2017-022)
One of one hundred electrotype replica copies made from the original Great Seal of the Confederate States of America in the early 1870s. Of the…
Marching Virginians' April 16, 2007 Condolence Collection
The collection contains the condolence materials received by the Marching Virginians after April 16, 2007. Much of the material pertains to Ryan…
Chocolate History Collection
This collection contains individual images from publication and pamphlets in Special Collections and University Archives relating to the history of…
Fenner Wilson Letter, 1863 (Ms1988-082)
Letter written by Fenner Wilson, a private in Company D, 45th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War, to his brother, B. G. (Basley…
William L. Scott Letter, 1863 (Ms1988-085)
This collection consists of a single letter written by William L. Scott, a private in Company B, 15th North Carolina Infantry, during the American…
Robert Edmiston Inventory, 1815 (Ms1988-077)
This collection consists of a single document appraising the values of enslaved persons and lands held by Robert Edmiston, of Washington County,…
G. Horace Tarr Letter, 1863 (Ms1987-028)
The G. Horace Tarr Letter collection contains a letter dated May 4, 1863, giving a detailed eye-witness account of the Battle of Chancellorsville…
Edgar Knapp Letters, 1862-1864 (Ms2002-015)
This collection includes correspondence received by Edgar R. Knapp while he was a steward at the U.S. military hospital in Annapolis, Maryland.…
Fenwick Civil War Materials Collection, 1861-1865 (Ms2001-042)
This Fenwick Civil War Materials Collection is a small collection of American Civil War-related materials, containing the correspondence of John…
Smith Family Letters, 1861-1865, 1912-1996, n. d. (Ms1996-018)
The collection contains forty-nine Civil War-era letters written by four brothers of Carroll County, Virginia: James R., Stephen Mitchell, William…
Key Family Papers, 1812-1904 (Ms1992-044)
Papers of the Key family of Liberty (Bedford County), Virginia, including four letters from brothers Edward W., Joseph C., and Yelverton P. Key, who…
Lee Hendrix Correspondence, 1862-1863 (Ms1990-020)
Eight wartime letters by Lee Hendrix (1834-1902) a private in Company B, 1st North Carolina Sharpshooter Battalion during the American Civil War,…
Hiram Matthew Papers, 1863-1865 (Ms1988-090)
This collection consists of twenty-two letters of outgoing correspondence from Union soldier Hiram Matthew to his wife Elmira Matthew of…
Slaveship "Elizabeth" Records, 1750 (Ms1974-001)
The Slaveship "Elizabeth" Records contain six manuscript pages concerning the trafficking of 324 guinea enslaved persons to M. de Fleurian by Captain…
Sephas (Cephas) L. Walton Correspondence, 1861-1865, 1884 (Ms1955-001)
Collection consists of nineteen letters and notes to and from Walton, his parents, his wife Nancy Ann, his brother, and cousins. A majority of the…
Company E Class of 1967 Digital Photograph Collection
This collection consists of digitized photograph compiled by Marshall "Don" Vaughan. The photographs are of Company E (Class of 1967) during their…
Charlotte D. Gale Photograph Album (Ms1990-044)
This collection consists of a photograph album compiled by Charlotte D. Gale of Roanoke, Virginia, at the end of the 19th century. The album contains…
Watercolors of Fungi (Ms1993-012)
Watercolor paintings of fifty fungi found in England accompanied by descriptions.
Danville Community College / VPI Extension
A digital folio of scanned material from archival collections and University records pertaining to the construction and administration of the Virginia…
John T. Parsons Papers, ca. 1935-1991 (Ms1987-016)
The John T. Papers include correspondence, memoranda, financial records, engineering drawings and specifications, files about civic affairs in…
Bear Family Papers (Ms1992-010)
The Bear Family Papers consist of diaries, books, and letters of various members of the Bear family. There is the 1862 diary of Harvey Bear, who…
James R. Tice Letters (Ms2003-006)
The correspondence of James R. Tice, a Confederate soldier in Company B, 42nd Virginia Infantry during the American Civil War, consist of three…
George F. Doyle Scrapbook (Ms1989-096)
This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by George F. Doyle of Charlestown, Massachusetts. The patriotic Union scrapbook contains items…
Archibald Atkinson Jr. Memoir (Ms1994-022)
Written sometime around 1900, the memoirs recount the military career of Archibald Atkinson, Jr., as a doctor in the Confederate Army during the…
Silas H. Stepp Letters (Ms1992-020)
Confederate soldier during the Civil War. Enlisted in April 1863 in the 7th North Carolina Cavalry Battalion and transferred in August 1863 to the 6th…