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A handwritten letter to J. T. Cowan from J. L. Bell, November 12, 1911.

A handwritten account of purchases made by J. T. at Dillon & Harless, 1899.

A handwritten account of purchases made by J. T. at Dillon & Harless, 1900.

A handwritten account of purchases made by J. T. at Dillon & Harless, 1899 and 1900.

I'm Drifting Back to Dreamland, by Florence Charlesworth, Charles Harrison, and Jack Sadler, 1922.

Nelly Bly (Fosters Ethiopian Melodies), by Stephen Foster, 1850.

Ma Tiger Lily, lyrics by Clay M. Greene, 1900.

Oh We Miss You at Home, lyrics and music by H. H. Hawley, 1862.

Indian Summer, by Victor Moulton, 1910.

Letter from "Babe" to Ann Lum Family.

A note written by A.M. Gray and wife that wishes health and happiness. No date given.

Love is Just a Little Bit of Heaven, composed by Abel Baer, lyrics by Al Bryan, 1926.

For the First Time in My Life, composed by Irving Actman, lyrics by Jean Herbert and Al Koppell, 1930.

The Little Brown Owl, lyrics by Ada Leonora Harris, music by Wilfrid Sanderson, 1917.

Elizabeth K. Adams note regarding land division

Are You Sorry? Composed by Milton Ager, lyrics by Benny Davis, 1925.

Mean to Me, composed by Fred E. Ahlert, lyrics by Roy Turk, 1929.

The Southern Soldier Boy, lyrics by Capt. C. W. Alexander, song as sung by Miss Sallie Partington in the Virginia Cavalier at the Richmond New Theatre, 1863.

Letter from Garnett Andrews to General Nathanial H. Harris.

Air King March two step by Harry Appel, 1909.

It's a Long Way to Berlin, lyrics by Arthur Fields, music by Leon Flatow, 1917.

Virginia Lee, composed by Arthur Lange and Jeff Branen, 1915.

Down Amoung the Sugar-Cane written by Avery and Hart, composed by Cecil Mack and Chris Smith, 1908.

Les Sylphes (Valse), composer G. Bachman, c. 1909.

When Grandma Sings The Songs She Loved At The End Of A Perfect day, lyrics by Bartley Costello, music by Robert A. Keiser, 1916.

Dream Pal composed by Billy Baskette, 1925.

Good-bye Broadway, Hello France, composed by Billy Baskette, 1917. C. Francis Reisner and Benny Davis, lyricists.

Photo of the 1943 flood at VPI.

Photo of the 1943 flood at VPI.

Let Us Waltz As We Say "Goodbye," composed by Art L. Beiner, 1925.

"Earl Palmer was with me on this trip" written on back.

Stone Face Mountain, Lee County, Virginia

"Earl Plamer was with me on this trip" written on back.

Written on back: "A fast-vanishing art among mountain families in the appalachian mountains, hog-killing was once a way of life. Here they are getting the water hot to scald the hog so the hair will come off. Water temperature is about 155 degrees."

Written on back: "Log building in Elliot Valley in Montgomery County, Va. was once used for a church."

Joe Carter, son of A.P. and Sara Carter

Written on back: "Mountain people grew all the grain they used on the farm. On every creek there was a water powered grist mill where they got their corn, wheat, and buckwheat ground into flour. Here is the snow-covered water race of a grist mill in…

Written on back: "Nestled in a cove in Greenup County, Ky. is Sophia Stuarts log home. Sophia was the late sister of Jesse Stuart, well known Kentucky writer."

Written on back: "The only way the farmer had to get his crops from the field to the farm was horse-drawn wagons or fled. Here is a 'Jolt' wagon in Floyd County, Va. They was called 'jolt' because they rode so rough."

Jesse Stuart's home in West Hollow, Kentucky

Written on back: "Landscape in the heart of the appalachian mountains of Kentucky. Willie Gibbons and his wife Nancy raised a family of 12 kids on this 85 acre farm and three room cabin."

Written on back: "All of the mountain families grew they ate and built everything on their farm with strong hands and a willing heart. Here Hubert Hensley and his wife are getting ready to milk his cow."

Written on back: Garden planting time in the Blue Ridge. Here Hubert Hensley, who still does his farm work by horses, is getting ready to plow his garden."

"Earl Plamer was with me on this trip" written on back.

Corn shocks in corn field

1921 McCormick Deering Tractor

Joyce Bowman's mother was raised in this cabin

Written on back: "After working all day, the mountain man always found time for music. Here John N. Hylton from Floyd County, Va. finds time to play his homemade banjo."

Wagon and wooden corn planter at Mabry Mill

John Newton Hylton's mill