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A portrait of the Caldwell Family. Front row left to right: Milton M. Caldwell, William Addison Caldwell, Frank B. Caldwell, and Byron W. Caldwell. Back row left to right: M. Grace Caldwell, Charles M. Caldwell, Nellie B. Caldwell, and E. Gambot…

The title page of a bible. Contains the old and new testaments, translated from the original tongues by the New York: American Bible Society.

The inside cover of a bible, "July 4, 1876" is written in the top left corner, "Mrs.W(C?) McKinney to William A. Caldwell"

A hand-sized black bible with a metal closure.

A slightly disintergrated envelope addressed to G.L.(?) Caldwell from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in Blacksburg.

A slightly corroded grade report for William A. Caldwell, contains grades on his intermediate year using a number scale from 5-10.

Watkins, Shirley and Andre Tennessee. available in jpg format only, brought by Miller to Black Alumni Reunion, March 2003.

Watkins, Shirley (Class of 1974). available in jpg format only, brought by Miller to Black Alumni Reunion, March 2003.

Walker, Cynthia. brought by Miller to Black Alumni Reunion, March 2003.

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…

Virginia Tech Sports Mascot Chris Sessoms. 1984 VT vs. Richmond Program, page 64

Virginia Tech Sports Mascot Chris Sessoms. Photographs

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:…

Unidentified cadet.

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

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

Techniques. Available in jpg format only, brought by Ms. France to Black Alumni Reunion, March 2003.

Techniques. Available in jpg format only, brought by Ms. France to Black Alumni Reunion, March 2003.

Senior Class President Charles Tarlton and IFC President Mike Strickland. Greek Masquerade Ball, Nov. 1985. Photographs from 1986 Bugle, p. 223

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

Ring Dance 1984, Larry Majette and Charmaine Evans. VT Bugle, 1984, page 94

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.

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

Receipt for Odd Fellows Journal subscription stamped "PAID".

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

President Jimmy Carter and Dr. Essex Finney. President Jimmy greeted Dr. Essex Finney in the Oval Office. Finney served from July 1980 to June 1981 in the Office of the Science Advisor to the President in Washington, D.C. At that time, Dr. Frank…

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

New Town House 2 (exact date unknown).

New Town House (exact date unknown).

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

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

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),

Pegg Cochran, Black Student Alliance Homecoming Queen candidate. VT Bugle 1979, page 268

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

Outdoor shot, under exposed. Images brought to Black Alumni Reunion by Garfield Cross III in March 2003. Images available JPG format only.

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…

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…

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.

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.

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,…

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.

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…