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  • Subject is exactly "African American history"

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Matt Winston Sr., Virginia Tech class of 1959, was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1938, the youngest of three children. Though he grew up in a time of warfare and racial segregation in a poor family, he enjoyed his childhood. He remembers being hardly…

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The Virginia Republican Party Flyer is a list, titled "The Republican Ticket" and printed on newsprint, of the so-called " Lily Black" Republican ticket of 1921 (an African American offshoot of the Republican party). Sought-after offices include:…

Ms1988_009_B01_F68_001.pdf
Issue of The Quarterly Bulletin from the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows

Ms1988_009_B01_F57_001.pdf
Catalog of regalia and supplies for the Odd Fellows, includes illustrations of ribbons, collars, banners, and pins.

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

Ms1988_009_B01_F74_001.pdf
Report from the office of A.T. Shirley, District Grand Secretary on the state of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows State of Virginia.

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Receipt for regalia order from Edward Manufacturing Company (Atlanta, Ga.) to Marie Johnson, Household of Ruth (Blacksburg, Va.)

Ms1988_009_B01_F34_001.pdf
Receipt for Odd Fellows Journal subscription stamped "PAID".

Ms1988_009_B01_F34_003.pdf
Card with price list for secretarial supplies available from Odd Fellows Journal

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Correspondence between two members of the Blacksburg chapter of the Household of Ruth, a women's auxiliary organization to the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows.

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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 around 1930.

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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, Virginia. Taken around 1930.

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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., estate in Clarksville, Virginia. Taken around 1930.

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

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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, Virginia. Taken around 1930.

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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.

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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., estate in Clarksville, Virginia.

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

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New Town House 2 (exact date unknown).

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New Town House (exact date unknown).

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

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

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Photograph of "Negro school house" building (ca. 1948) in Blacksburg. From "A Negro Neighborhood for Blacksburg, Virginia," by Martha Shupp Phillilps. Master's Thesis in Architecture (1948),

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Card recounting first letters of password sequence for Tadmore Light Lodge #6184

Ms1991_019_Holmes_Rosa.mp3
Rosa Thomas Holmes, originally born in Beckley, West Virginia, grew up in the Christiansburg area. Holmes attended Hill School in and Christiansburg Industrial Institute before attending Virginia State College. She worked as a teacher in Florida…

Ms1991_019_Dobbins_Rice.mp3
Rice Dobbins grew up in Riner, Virginia in an area called Piney Wood. Dobbins primarily worked as a farmer in the Montgomery County area, specifically on Heth Farm (present day Heathwood Apartments). He moved to Blacksburg in the late 1930s, where he…

Ms2019-037_NaomiDavidson.mp3
Naomi Davidson graduated from Christiansburg Industrial Institute in 1954. Naomi grew up in the Wake Forest community in Montgomery County, Virginia, and later retired in Pulaski County, Virginia.

Ms2019-037_MarySmithMills.mp3
Mary Smith Mills attended Christiansburg Institute from 1941 to 1945. Mary grew up in Christiansburg, Virginia and later became the first black woman to work at a clothing store in downtown Blacksburg.

Ms1991_019_Wade_James.mp3
James C. Wade was born and raised in Blacksburg, Virginia. Wade graduated from Christiansburg Institute in 1959, and served in the Army before moving back to the Montgomery County area. In this interview, Wade describes race relations in Blacksburg,…

Ms2019-037_JacquelineEaves.mp3
Jacqueline “Jackie” Eaves graduated from Christiansburg Industrial Institute in 1964 and was a member of the Alumni Association. Jacqueline was born in Radford, Virginia and raised in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Ms2019-037_GladysSokolow.mp3
Gladys Sokolow graduated from Christiansburg Industrial Institute in 1953. Gladys grew up in Pulaski County, Virginia and later resided in Christiansburg, Virginia. Gladys served as Treasurer for the Christiansburg Institute Alumni Association Board…

Ms1991_019_Bannister_Frank.mp3
Frank Bannister was born in Wake Forest, Virginia in 1913, and his family members were descendants of Kentland Plantation slaves, which is now Kentland Farm in Whitethorne, Virginia. Bannister describes growing up in Wake Forest, working in the…

Ms2019-037_EstherJones.mp3
Esther Jones graduated from Christiansburg Industrial Institute in 1939. Esther used the skills she acquired at CI to assist her husband in running a mine in Wake Forest, Montgomery County, Virginia.

Ms2019-037_CharlesJohnson.mp3
Charles Johnson graduated from Christiansburg Industrial Institute in 1953 and served as President of the Christiansburg Institute Alumni Association. Johnson employed the barbering trade he acquired at CI for many decades in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Ms1991_019_Johnson_Charles.mp3
Charles A. Johnson was born in Wake Forest, Virginia, where he grew up and received his primary education. Johnson graduated from Christiansburg Institute in 1953 before serving in the Army. When Johnson returned from the Army, he began cutting hair…

Ms1988_009_B01_F61_001.pdf
Souvenir program for biennial Order of Odd Fellows conference held in Charlotte, NC. Includes greeting, photographs of officers, and local advertisements.

Ms1988_009_B01_F90_001.pdf
Odd Fellows Bulletin published by the District Grand Lodge No. 15 including reports and announcements.

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Letter announcing a membership drive to gain 500 new members.

Ms1988_009_B01_F02_001.pdf
Meeting minutes for Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, Tadmore Light Lodge #6187, Blacksburg [Virginia]

Ms1988_009_B01_F20_001.pdf
Notebook of handwritten meeting minutes for Tadmore Light Lodge #6184, including some ephemera between pages.

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

Ms2011-088.pdf
The collection consists of one household and recipe book from Macon County, AL. A variety of writers left entries within the journal, most notably Miss Zoonomia d. Hoxey Carter and Mrs. M. P. Edwards.

A majority of the collection pertains to…

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Green lodge ribbon with silver print and metallic tassels. Metallic star in green and white ribbon rosette at top.

Ms1988_009_B01_F17_001.pdf
Loan agreement for $38.50 from Bank of Blacksburg to Tadmore Light Lodge #6189.

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

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This collection contains an 1883 letter written by Jack Foster, a formerly enslaved person who served as a body servant in the 36th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Foster writes to former Confederate General John McCausland, one-time…

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

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Letter to Mr. Owens (Tadmore Light Lodge #6184) from Thomas W. Pate (James Lincoln Light Lodge #5700) notifying of a postponed event.

Ms1988_009_B01_F51_002.pdf
Letter to James Needham, G.S. from Harris P. Saunders (Tadmore Light Lodge #6184) inquiring about membership in the Household of Ruth.
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