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St Johns Day: St Paul A.M.E. Church, Blacksburg, VA (exact date unknown).

Handwritten Watson property deed (exact date unknown).

House and Lot bill of sale, Vaughn .

Handwritten Vaughn property deed (exact date unknown).

Thanksgiving service program of Grand United Order of Odd Fellows (exact date unknown).

Black and white photograph of white school house building (exact date unknown).

Map of early Blacksburg showing "present location of the negro population" (exact date unknown).

Drawing of Penn Street Church.

Laura Lee Anderson and unnamed individual (exact date unknown).

New Town House 2 (exact date unknown).

New Town House (exact date unknown).

New Town house with white car under carport (exact date unknown).

Ginger Wagner and unnamed individual sitting on porch of a New Town house (exact date unknown).

Black and white aerial photograph showing the Town of Blacksburg and New Town's location within it. New Town location designated by red arrow.

Blue member ribbon with gold print and tassels and "member" pin.

Marketing letter promoting regalia and materials for Thanksgiving Services from The Floding Company, Atlanta.

Excerpt from the national Odd Fellow's Journal

Handwritten list of names and dues paid at Tadmore Light Lodge #6184, Blacksburg Va.

Excerpts from the second ritual book of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, relating texts, hymns, passwords, and laws for lodges.

A photograph of a tenant farmer known as Aaron with a horse. Taken around 1930, while Aaron was working a piece of land on the John T. Lewis, Jr.,…

This photograph shows a tenant farmer known as Aaron and two other unidentified people on the front porch of a tenant house on the John T. Lewis, Jr.,…

A photograph of a tenant farmer known as Aaron working a piece of land on the John T. Lewis, Jr., estate in Clarksville, Virginia. Taken around 1930.

This photograph depicts the house of a tenant farmer known as Aaron working a piece of land on the John T. Lewis, Jr., estate in Clarksville,…

This photograph depicts the tenant house of a tenant farmer known as Aaron working a piece of land on the John T. Lewis, Jr., estate in Clarksville,…

Photograph of the home of a tenant farmer known as Aaron working a piece of land on the John T. Lewis, Jr., estate in Clarksville, Virginia. Taken…

Jeffrey Thomas Wilson (1843-1929) was a former slave who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He outlived four wives…