Browse Collections (240 total)

Charles M. Figgat[t] Letters (Acc2020-006)

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This collection contains three letters to and from Nancy (Nannie) G. Figgat and her husband, Charles Figgat, written while he was serving in the Civil…

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Charlotte D. Gale Photograph Album (Ms1990-044)

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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…

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Chocolate History Collection

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This collection contains individual images from publication and pamphlets in Special Collections and University Archives relating to the history of…

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Christiansburg Industrial Institute Oral History Project (Ms2019-037)

This collection consists of oral history accounts from former students and other participants from Christiansburg Industrial Institute. Interviews…

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Civil War Diaries

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Diaries written by soldiers from both Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War that are part of Virginia Tech Special Collections.

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Civil War Poetry

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Collection of poetry composed during the Civil War by M. M. Williams.

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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.

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Coade's Lithodipyra or Artificial Manufactory Trade Card (Ms2015-045)

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The collection consists of a trade card for an English builder and manufacturer of artificial stone, probably printed about 1784. The Coade stone…

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Cocktail Ephemera Collection, c.1870s-2000s (Ms2013-027)

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The Cocktail Ephemera Collection is a collection that was created in 2013. The collection consists of materials in a variety of formats relating to…

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College of Home Economics Metabolism Study Collection, 1956-1960 (Ms2005-003)

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The collection consists of 30 images documenting the Metabolism Study conducted by the College of Home Economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. In…

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Collegiate Times LGBTQ Articles

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A collection of scanned articles from the Collegiate Times, the campus newspaper at Virginia Tech, documenting events and opinions related to the…

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Colonel William Christian Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records

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Founded in Washington, D. C. in 1890, the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution arose from a desire on the part of women to…

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Company E Class of 1967 Digital Photograph Collection

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This collection consists of digitized photograph compiled by Marshall "Don" Vaughan. The photographs are of Company E (Class of 1967) during their…

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Cordie Cheek Papers, 1933-1934 (Ms1987-026)

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Black youth lynched in Glendale, Tennessee, after being accused of assaulting a white girl. Collection includes typescript interviews with witnesses,…

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Corps of Cadets History, 125th Anniversary of Virginia Tech Collection

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This part of the online collection includes documents and images related to the history of the Corps of Cadets.

This collection includes materials…

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Crockett Mineral Springs Collection, 1930-1931 (Ms2009-105)

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The collection includes a broadside advertising the sale of the Crockett Mineral Springs Hotel in Montgomery County, Virginia, as well as hotel…

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Croy Family Papers, 1859-1938, (Ms2001-018)

This collection contains the papers of the Croy family of Blacksburg, Virginia, together with materials from other related families in Montgomery…

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Croy Family Photographs (Digital Images related to Croy Family Papers, Ms2001-018)

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These images are of members of the Croy and related families. The digital images were donated to Special Collections in 2015 and do NOT exist in…

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Culinary Ephemera Collection, c.1900s-present (Ms2013-028)

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The Culinary Ephemera Collection was established in 2013. The collection consists of materials in a variety of formats that relate to food and…

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Culinary History Images

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This collection includes images from various smaller collections, that all relate to culinary history, the collection includes images from the…

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Culinary Pamphlet Collection (Ms2011-002)

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The Culinary Pamphlet Collection is an artificial collection created in January 2011. The collection includes small publications and pamphlets created…

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Cynthia Addington Boatwright Papers

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The materials in this collection include correspondence, news clippings, photographs, programs, and files created and collected by Boatwright in her…

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Dale Belcher Photographs (Ms1997-021)

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Photographs taken by Dale Belcher, depicting Appalachian culture, buildings, and people in southwestern Virginia; Kentucky; North Carolina; and West…

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Danville Community College / VPI Extension

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A digital folio of scanned material from archival collections and University records pertaining to the construction and administration of the Virginia…

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Denim Day 40th Anniversary Oral History Collection (Ms2019-001)

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This collection includes oral history accounts of the first Denim Day event at Virginia Tech in January 1979.

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Department of Biochemistry Oral History Collection (Ms2003-009)

Beginning in October 2001, current and retired Virginia Tech faculty interviewed department heads, faculty, and staff in celebration of the 50th…

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Donald K. "Deke" Slayton Collection, 1974-1979, 1995 (Ms2023-058)

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This collection contains materials belonging to American astronaut, Donald K. "Deke" Slayton (1924-1993). This collection contains materials about the…

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Doug Burton Papers (Ms2020-001)

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This collection contains Doug Burton's papers and memorabilia from a Pratt-funded Virginia Tech engineering trip to the USSR and Finland taken in…

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Drake Railroad Collection

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Railroad photographs compiled by I. N. Drake.

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Earl Palmer Appalachian Photograph and Artifact Collection, 1880-1989 (Ms1989-025)

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This collection contains the photographs of Earl Palmer, an award-winning photographer from Cambria, Virginia, whose work depicted the landscape and…

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Edgar Knapp Letters, 1862-1864 (Ms2002-015)

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This collection includes correspondence received by Edgar R. Knapp while he was a steward at the U.S. military hospital in Annapolis, Maryland.…

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Elden E. Billings Collection (Ms1991-036)

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This collection contains subject files, clippings, memorabilia and artifacts related to the American Civil War. There are seven series, five of which…

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Everett and Warren Hutchins Papers (Ms2009-014)

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This collection contains five items relating to Everett and Warren Hutchins, two brothers who served in Massachusetts military units during the Civil…

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Faculty/Staff Photograph Collection

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This collection contains photographs of faculty and staff members of Virginia Tech, organized by surname.

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Fenner Wilson Letter, 1863 (Ms1988-082)

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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…

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Fenwick Civil War Materials Collection, 1861-1865 (Ms2001-042)

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This Fenwick Civil War Materials Collection is a small collection of American Civil War-related materials, containing the correspondence of John…

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Fletcher Family Digital Collection on Solitude

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Members of the Fletcher family lived at Solitude from 1908-1914. This collection of materials includes scanned photographs, scrapbook pages, a short…

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Fries Textile Mill Oral Histories 2019-2022 (Ms2019-045)

This oral history collection accompanies the Fries Textile Plant Records, which were donated to Virginia Tech in 1988 following the mill ceasing all…

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Fries Textile Plant Records, 1900-1988 (Ms1989-039)

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This collection is a selection of materials from The Fries Textile Plant Records, which includes correspondence, production data, personnel ledgers,…

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G. Horace Tarr Letter, 1863 (Ms1987-028)

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The G. Horace Tarr Letter collection contains a letter dated May 4, 1863, giving a detailed eye-witness account of the Battle of Chancellorsville…

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George F. Doyle Scrapbook (Ms1989-096)

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This collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by George F. Doyle of Charlestown, Massachusetts. The patriotic Union scrapbook contains items…

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Great Seal of the Confederate States of America, ca. 1872-1874 (Ms2017-022)

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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…

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Harold S. Hill Collection (Ms2007-001)

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This digital collection includes selected digitized drawings and plans from the Harold S. Hill Collection, located throughout Southwest Virginia.

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Harry Downing Temple Jr., Papers, 1872-2004 (bulk, 1930-2001) (Ms1988-039)

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The Harry Downing Temple, Jr., Papers contains materials related to Temple's personal life, interest in heraldry and insignia, and his research and…

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Henry C. Carpenter Letters, 1862-1864 (1996-008)

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The papers consist of letters from Carpenter to his sister Elizabeth, written between February 1862 and June 1864 while encamped in the Kanawha Valley…

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Henry Flippen Turner Collection

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A collection of photographs created by Henry Flippen Turner.

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Herbert E. Valentine Scrapbook (Ms1995-027)

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The Herbert E. Valentine Scrapbook is a 50-page scrapbook compiled by Valentine, who served in Company F, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during…

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Hermann C. Niemeyer Papers (Ms1987-062)

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This collection contains the papers of Hermann C. Niemeyer, a student at Virginia Agricultural & Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) during the…

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Hiram Matthew Papers, 1863-1865 (Ms1988-090)

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This collection consists of twenty-two letters of outgoing correspondence from Union soldier Hiram Matthew to his wife Elmira Matthew of…

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Historical Photograph Collection

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The photograph collection at Special Collections consists primarily of historical photographs of Virginia Tech, dating back to the 1890s. Subjects…

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