Browse Collections (220 total)
Yonson (Johnson) Family Collection, 1803-1859 (Ms2013-080)
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Baltzer Yonson was born on 10 October 1774 and died c.1850. Yonson married Mary Thompson, born in 1799, and they had 10 children. The descendants of…
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
William Latham Candler Papers, 1861-1863 (Ms1997-007)
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The collection consists of fourteen letters, dating from September 8, 1861, to February 15, 1863, from Candler to his uncle Charles [probably maternal…
William L. Scott Letter, 1863 (Ms1988-085)
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This collection consists of a single letter written by William L. Scott, a private in Company B, 15th North Carolina Infantry, during the American…
William H. Yeaman Papers, 1862-1863 (Ms2010-034)
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Fifteen letters from William H. Yeaman, Company A, 38th Virginia Infantry, Armistead's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Army of Northern Virginia, to his…
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…
Welford D. Taylor Collection on Sherwood Anderson, 1918-2006, n.d. (Ms2015-020)
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This collection contains several series of materials: correspondence to and from Sherwood Anderson, correspondence and research files about Sherwood…
Watercolors of Fungi (Ms1993-012)
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Watercolor paintings of fifty fungi found in England accompanied by descriptions.
VT Stories Oral History Collection (Ms2016-015)
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Initiated in 2015 by the President’s Office and managed by faculty and staff in History, English, TLOS, VT Libraries, and the Alumni Association, the…
Voces of a Pandemic Oral History Collection (Ms2021-023)
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This collection includes oral history accounts of the COVID-19 pandemic from the Spanish speaking community in Southwest Virginia.
Virginia Tech Course Catalogs
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Annual undergraduate and graduate course catalogs of Virginia Polytechnic University: including campus maps; facility descriptions; lists of courses,…
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
Virginia Tech April 16, 2007 Archives of the University Libraries (MS2008-020)
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The Virginia Tech April 16, 2007 Archives of the University Libraries consists mainly of condolence items received by the university following the…
Virginia Republican Party Flyer
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The Virginia Republican Party Flyer lists the African American Republican candidates for Virginia elected offices in 1921 and includes Maggie L.…
The Virginia Tech LGBTQ Oral History Collection (Ms2015-007)
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Beginning in the fall of 2014, faculty and students in the Virginia Tech History Department, along with colleagues in the University Libraries’…
The Michael Collins Papers (Ms1989-029)
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The collection includes the papers of Michael Collins--pilot, astronaut, assistant secretary of state, director of the National Air and Space Museum…
The McCormick Farm Museum Photographs
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This collection contains photographs of the McCormick Farm in the Shenandoah Valley. Walnut Grove Farm belonged to the McCormick family until 1954,…
The Koontz Family Papers (Ms1984-172)
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This collection contains correspondence from three Confederate soldiers--brothers George and Milton Koontz and their cousin George Miller--as well as…
The John Harville Diaries, 1861-1864 (Ms2010-053)
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John McBride Harville (also spelled Harvill) was born in Illinois on January 29, 1839. His family seems to have moved to Beetown, Wisconsin, around…
The Benjamin M. Peck Diaries (Ms2015-003)
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Benjamin M Peck was born on October 5, 1838, in Smithfield, Bradford County, Pennsylvania. In 1862 he enlisted in the Union Army into Company "B" of…
Student Government Association Records (RG 31/16)
This collection includes Student Government Association (SGA) legislation from 2103-2014, 2018-2021, and General Assembly meeting minutes from 2021.
Contributors: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Student Government Association.
Stanford E. Chaillé Collection, 1860-1903 (Ms2008-031)
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The Stanford E. Chaillé Collection consists of letters, government-issued documents, printed material, and two photo albums containing thirty-six…
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…
Southwest Virginia Counties Collection (Ms2000-092)
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The collection includes letters from various members of the Godwin, Young, Trevey, Williams and other families of Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Roanoke…
Solitude Photographs and Papers, ca. 1960s-1980s (Ms1993-024)
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This collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and several other papers containing information about Solitude. The photographs in this…
Solitude Exhibit Materials
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This collection includes materials included in an early 2000s online exhibit on the history of Solitude. The original exhibit was a series of webpages…
Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881, n.d. (Ms1997-002)
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The Smithfield Preston Foundation collection consists of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of…
Smithey & Boynton, Architects and Engineers Records
View the items in Smithey & Boynton, Architects and Engineers RecordsSmith Family Letters, 1861-1865, 1912-1996, n. d. (Ms1996-018)
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The collection contains forty-nine Civil War-era letters written by four brothers of Carroll County, Virginia: James R., Stephen Mitchell, William…
Slaveship "Elizabeth" Records, 1750 (Ms1974-001)
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The Slaveship "Elizabeth" Records contain six manuscript pages concerning the trafficking of 324 guinea enslaved persons to M. de Fleurian by Captain…
Silas H. Stepp Letters (Ms1992-020)
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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…
Sigrid L. Rupp Architectural Collection (Ms1997-006)
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Sigrid L. Rupp (1943-2004) was principal architect of her own firm, SLR/Architects in Palo Alto, California from 1976 to 1998. Born in Germany in…
Sherwood Anderson Photograph and Postcard, 1929, 1939 (Ms2011-004)
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The collection consists of one postcard of Notre-Dame from Sherwood Anderson to Bert and Clara Dickenson and a photograph of Sherwood Anderson and…
Sherwood Anderson Dust Jackets, Covers, & Illustrations
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This collection contains dust jackets and book covers scanned from various editions of Sherwood Anderson titles. Scans were primarily created for use…
Sherwood Anderson Correspondence with Llewellyn Jones, 1916-1924, n.d. (Ms2015-044)
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This collection consists of eight letters written by American author Sherwood Anderson to Llewellyn Jones between 1916 and 1924 with three undated…
Sherwood Anderson Collection, 1912-1938 (Ms1973-002)
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This collection contains materials relating to author Sherwood Anderson. The collection is notable for the personal letters written by Anderson to…
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,…
Sesquicentennial Time Capsule Collection (Ms2022-089)
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A selection of digital materials included in the Virginia Tech Sesquicentennial Time Capsule as well as materials produced by the committee.
Sephas (Cephas) L. Walton Correspondence, 1861-1865, 1884 (Ms1955-001)
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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…
Robert Taylor Preston Papers (Ms1992-003)
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The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by…
Robert Edmiston Inventory, 1815 (Ms1988-077)
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This collection consists of a single document appraising the values of enslaved persons and lands held by Robert Edmiston, of Washington County,…
Robert E. Marshak Papers (Ms1988-060)
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The collection consist of Marshak's professional and personal papers, detailing his career as university professor in physics at the University of…
Robert E. Lee Collection, 1866-1870 (Ms2002-044)
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The Robert E. Lee Collection comprises one personal letter, one portrait, and two reproduced photographs. The letter is from Lee to Reverend W. H.…
Roanoke Railway and Electric Company Photo Album
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A photo album featuring images of the Roanoke Railway and Electric Company buildings and lines, as well as scenic views in the Roanoke area.
Rick Boucher Radio and Television Campaign Ads
The Rick Boucher Papers includes records of his Virginia State Senate service and his United States Congress service as a Representative of Virginia's…