Browse Collections (220 total)

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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African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Va., c. 1920-1930 (Ms2009-110)

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These photographs depict the conditions of a tenant farmer known as Aaron working a piece of land on the John T. Lewis, Jr., estate in Clarksville,…

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William A. Leonard Papers, 1864-1865 (Ms2011-106)

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The collection includes William A. Leonard's letters home from February-July 1865, as well as his diary from August 1864-April 1865. Leonard served as…

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Alice

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An underground progressive newspaper published by The Blacksburg Free Press between 1968 and 1970. The articles were written mainly by Virginia Tech…

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Squire Bosworth Papers, 1848-1892 (Ms2010-060)

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This collection contains papers of Squire Bosworth, a physician and county court clerk of Randolph County, Virginia/West Virginia. The collection…

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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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Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence, 1861-1862 (Ms2013-029)

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The Alexandria and Fairfax Counties [Virginia] Civil War Correspondence collection consists of 19 letters by 17 soldiers, and the letters date from…

Contributors: kad

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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

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William MacFarland Patton Papers, 1896 (Ms1954-001)

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This collection contains the papers of William MacFarland Patton, a professor of civil engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The collection…

Contributors: AES

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Shell Family Papers, 1871-1932 (Ms1959-001)

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The Shell family moved from Pennsylvania to Virginia in the mid-1700s where they joined other early settlers in Montgomery County. While in Virginia,…

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Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Museum

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For more information about this collection, please contact museum curator Samantha Parish Riggins at samsales@vt.edu

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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…

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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

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Postcards from Appalachia (Ms2015-032)

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These postcards are contained in the Appalachian Postcard Collection in Special Collections at Newman Library.

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