Photographs taken of the "Hokie Hiker" statue. Originally located on Huckleberry Trail then relocated to Blacksburg Branch Library and has since been sold. Sponsored by Blacksburg Partnership.
A letter from Mary L. Martin of Tidewater Community College, April 6, 2008, with an enclosed poem "Tears for Tech" by Martin, dated April 16, 2007. [Personal contact information has been redacted.]
Article from the Blacksburg Sentinel, reporting on a fire that destroyed the Kappa Alpha fraternity house on North Main Street in Blacksburg, October 3, 1998.
This collection details the receipt of John, an enslaved person, in Lynchburg, Virginia, for work on the city's fortifications in October 1863. John was sent by Mrs. Jane Nance of Bedford County, Virginia, to William H. Prease. This impressment was…
The diary of Ebenezer E. Mason, a standard leather bound pocket size edition with three dates per page that covers his experiences from January through August 1864 as well as a few entries in February 1865. The entries typically note the weather of…
Card from Connie Matos of the York Regional Police Communications, Ontario, Canada, c. 2007. Transcription reads "Virginia Tech Police Dispatch Ceter / It is my sincere hope that you find comfort & strength in knowing that you are in our thoughts at…
This collection contains the Civil War diary of Corporal John R. Maybury of Company L, 10th New York Cavalry. The first entry in the diary (January 1, 1864) finds Maybury encamped in northern Virginia and describing routines of camp life (drilling,…
Card from Adrian Mayoral of Costa Mesa, CA, c. 2007. Transcriptions reads "Life is full of injuries, This is one of them, with time, all heal, Yet never forgotten / -Adrian Mayoral / Courage is not the absence of fear, But being able to face fear and…
A letter sent to a lawyer with the legal description and plat of the parcel of land on which the Y.M.C.A. building stands, requesting a deed be drawn up.