Browse Collections (227 total)
Keystone View Company Papers (Ms2010-052)
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The collection consists predominantly of correspondence by between salesmen in the field and the management of the Keystone View Company from…
Key Family Papers, 1812-1904 (Ms1992-044)
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Papers of the Key family of Liberty (Bedford County), Virginia, including four letters from brothers Edward W., Joseph C., and Yelverton P. Key, who…
Judith (Dita) Roque-Gourary Architectural Collection (Ms2011-074)
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Born in 1915 in St. Petersburg, Russia; Architect and founder of the Union of Women Architects in Belgium. Studied in Germany and Austria before…
Joseph T. Harris Correspondence, 1861-1862 (Ms2018-016)
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Letters written by Joseph T. Harris of the 12th Ohio Infantry to his sister, Mollie Swope from various locations in western Virginia. The letters are…
John T. Parsons Papers, ca. 1935-1991 (Ms1987-016)
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The John T. Papers include correspondence, memoranda, financial records, engineering drawings and specifications, files about civic affairs in…
John Newton Carnahan Letters (Ms2009-112)
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This collection contains 16 letters written by John Newton Carnahan, a private in Company F, 54th Virginia Infantry, during the Civil War. Dated from…
John N. Hull Letter 1863 (Ms1992-043)
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Confederate soldier in the 4th Virginia Regiment, Co. D, Ewell Corps, Stonewall Brigade, during the Civil War. Letter written November 22, 1863, to…
John Henning Woods Papers, 1856-1873 (Ms2017-030)
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This collection includes three memoir volumes and three diaries written by John Henning Woods, a Southern Unionist, Confederate conscript, and Civil…
John C. Watkins Letters, Ms2009-071
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This collection consists of seventeen letters. Sixteen of these were written by John C. Watkins and one is by his wife, Harriet (Hattie) Watkins.…
Contributors: mdb
Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr. Collection, 1933-1997 (Ms1990-062)
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Jimmie W. Monteith, Jr. (1919-1944) was a Lieutenant in the army during World War II. He served his country bravely and was killed on the beaches of…
Jean Linden Young Papers, 1945-1997 (Ms1998-022)
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The Jean Linden Young papers consist of materials created and collected by Young during her lifetime. They include notes written as an instructor at…
James T. Farrell Letters to Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson, 1952, 1954 (Ms2017-005)
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This collection contains four letters written by author James Farrell to Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson between February 1952 and May of 1954. The two…
James R. Tice Letters (Ms2003-006)
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The correspondence of James R. Tice, a Confederate soldier in Company B, 42nd Virginia Infantry during the American Civil War, consist of three…
James P. Hawkins Papers (Ms2008-025)
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The principle part of the collection consists of a bound expense/account notebook of James P. Hawkins, agent of the Southern Express Company, which…
James Longstreet Correspondence (Ms1993-003)
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Confederate general in the Civil War; after the war he was head of an insurance company and held a series of Federal appointments. Author of From…
James J. Pandapas Audiotape and Papers, 1966-1988, 1997 (Ms1997-011)
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The collection consists of audio-tapes of an interview conducted on July 16, 1997, in which Pandapas talks about his life and career as a businessman…
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…
James Francis Heizer & Phoebe Anne McCormick Heizer Collection, 1861-1868 (Ms2016-013)
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This collection consists of 100+ letters written between the years of 1863–1868, accompanied by a book entitled, The Heizer Family: American Pioneers…
James E. Yates Account Book (Ms1940-032)
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This collection consists of an account book maintained by James E. Yates, a livestock trader in Rappahannock County, Virginia during the late 19th and…
James Dean Collection, 1961-1988 (Ms2003-061)
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The collection consists of reference material NASA artist James Dean used in producing the artwork for Michael Collins' book Liftoff: The Story of…
Jaffe-Lankes Family Correspondence, 1930-1942, 1980-1985 (Ms2019-014)
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This collection contains two main sets of materials: Correspondence between Louis I. Jaffe and J. J. Lankes from 1930 to 1942 and correspondence…
Jacob S. Winans Correspondence, 1861 (Ms2015-062)
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The collection includes two letters and their original envelope from Jacob S. Winans to his father Dr. Isaac Winans. Both letters were sent in the…
Jacob Cassel Papers, 1865-1881 (Ms2008-086)
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The Jacob Cassel Papers stem from the business, social, and ideological activities of a landowner from Smyth County, Virginia, in the nineteenth…
J. W. Ryland Diary, 1863-1865 (Ms2019-011)
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The J. W. Ryland Diary consists of a single Civil War diary kept by J. W. Ryland between September 1863-1865. In his diary, Ryland records activities…
J. Hoge Tyler Family Collection, 1802-1956 (Ms1967-002)
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"This collection contains the papers of James Hoge Tyler, Virginia state senator (1877-1879), lieutenant governor (1890-1894), governor (1898-1902),…
Contributors: AES
J. A. Snavely Letter, 1899 (Ms2013-040)
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The collection includes a letter written by J. A. Snavley, its envelope, and an advertisement postcard/mailer for Scientific American publications.…
Isaiah Conley Civil War Correspondence and Research Materials, 1862-2000s (Ms2015-051)
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The Isaiah Conley Civil War Correspondence and Research Materials includes two series of primary and secondary sources. Series I: Letters,…
Isaac White Letters, 1861-1938 (Ms1997-013)
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Huff-Hylton Families Papers, 1803-1816, 1858-1882, 1975, n.d (Ms1998-001)
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The collection consists of items from the early 1800s pertaining to the business dealings of Samuel Huff of Montgomery (now Floyd) County. Materials…
Homer E. Davis Papers (Ms2001-051)
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The Homer E. Davis Papers is a collection of photographs resulting from an effort to record the gravesites of American Civil War generals. Also…
History of Food & Drink Collection Rare Books & Publications
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History of Food & Drink Collection Manuscripts
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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…
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…
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…
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…
Henry Flippen Turner Collection
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A collection of photographs created by Henry Flippen Turner.
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…
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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…