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This card notes Mrs. Monteith's donations to the church through December 31, 1961.

This card notes Mrs. Monteith's donations to the church through June 30, 1962.

This card notes Mrs. Monteith's donations to the church through March 31, 1962.

A note telling Mrs. Monteith how glad he was to speak at the beginning of the Bob Monteith Memorial Tournament.

She talks about her trip to Switzerland and the affair that she had during her stay. She also talks about failing a French exam so has to take it again.

Mr. Monteith tells his daughter about his trip to the farm and what they have been doing.

Meriwether asks Nancy about the car accident. She says that David is on a destroyer escort and now she is worried about him.

Valentines Day Card

The Brightbills wish congratulations on what seems to be Nancy's high school graduation.

"For being such a nice teacher."

Happy birthday wishes from Robert Grafton.

The letters are between Henry Straker and his mother Clara. Henry talks about his service in the war. His mother talks about the issues on the homefront in England, including bombings.

Typed manuscript of "Jimmie W. Monteith '41 Virginia Tech's D-Day Hero" by John A. Coulter II published in the Corps Review Vo13, #1 Fall 1994 .

The citation details Jimmie's actions on D-Day that awarded him the Congressional Medal of Honor.

In this interview, Helene talks about realizing her sexuality in Catholic school in the early 1970s and her time as a lesbian at Virginia Tech in the late 1970s. She talks about the difficulty being out while keeping that part of her life separate…

A promotional image to introduce the Denim Day 40th Anniversary Exhibit

In this interview Steve Noll discusses accepting his sexuality as a young man, the unnamed gay student group before the Gay Student Alliance and the support it received from Cooper House, and reactions to Denim Day from the communities surrounding…

A promotional logo used for Denim Day events at Virginia Tech.

Lisa Barroso arrived at Virginia Tech in the fall after Denim Day happened. She became an active member of the lesbian community and the Women's Space group. Her brother, Mark Barroso, was an editor at the Collegiate Times and is remembered by many…

Andrew Alvarez was a founding member of the Gay Student Alliance in the late 1970s. In his interview, he talks about living on campus at Virginia Tech, being a guest speaker for the Social Deviance class in the sociology department, planning and…

In this interview, Sewell discusses the classes he was teaching as a member of the Department of Communications in 1979 during Denim Day. He recalls some of the responses he observed to the event, including the university's official stance on the Gay…

Letter written by Joseph Rule from his camp at Petersburg, Virginia, December 15th, 1864 to his friend Silas. Letter details Rule's Company B, 50th New York Engineers involvement in the December, 1864 raid on the Weldon Railroad which was a major…

Letter written by James H. Hurst, Co. K, 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, July 4th, 1862, from Beaufort, South Carolina to his brother. Letter describes celebration of the fourth of July among the Union soldiers stationed around Beaufort, South Carolina.

Letter written by James and Jehu Barnard of Patrick County, Virginia to their parents. Both were members of Company K, 50th Virginia Infantry. Written from camp at Orange Court House, Virginia, March 29th, 1864. Letter shares news of stoppage of…

Letter written by Joseph Eames to the Confederate Secretary of War, April 20, 1863 in regards to petitioning the secretary to reassign his son, Pope Eames, to the Danville Gun Factory on account of Pope's being to sick to serve in the field.

Letter written by Virginia Lucas to her brother [name not given] from Halltown in Clarke County, Virginia, July 11, 1861. Virginia writes how she and other relatives were sent away from Jefferson County because of approaching Union troops. She…

Letter written by John Pittman, 12th North Carolina Infantry, written from camp around Fredericksburg, Virginia, April 23, 1863. Letter is written to his mother and in it he describes his health and that of his comrades. He mentions that his Regiment…

Letter written July 20, 1861 by Charles H. Pierce to his mother on the eve of the Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run. Pierce was a member of the United States Marine Corps which were present during the battle.

Letter written by sailor Edwin C. Stone aboard the U.S.S. Minnesota, November 11, 1861 to his brother Persley Stone. Majority of letter is advice from Edwin to Persley on how to behave at his new job. Letter also contains a run in between the…

Letters written by Joseph T. Harris of the 12th Ohio Infantry to his sister, Mollie Swope from various locations in western Virginia. The letters are dated August 6, 1861, September 18, 1861, November 23, 1861, and February 14, 1862. The letters…

Letters written by Joseph T. Harris of the 12th Ohio Infantry to his sister, Mollie Swope from various locations in western Virginia. The letters are dated August 6, 1861, September 18, 1861, November 23, 1861, and February 14, 1862. The letters…

Letters written by Joseph T. Harris of the 12th Ohio Infantry to his sister, Mollie Swope from various locations in western Virginia. The letters are dated August 6, 1861, September 18, 1861, November 23, 1861, and February 14, 1862. The letters…

Letters written by Joseph T. Harris of the 12th Ohio Infantry to his sister, Mollie Swope from various locations in western Virginia. The letters are dated August 6, 1861, September 18, 1861, November 23, 1861, and February 14, 1862. The letters…

Scott Beadle was a member of the Gay Student Alliance during the first Gay Awareness Week and helped to plan Denim Day in 1979. During his time at Virginia Tech, he studied engineering and theater arts and served as president of the Gay Student…

In this interview, Sueann Brown talks about realizing her sexuality and becoming involved with the Gay Student Alliance at Virginia Tech, her experience of Denim Day in 1979, and her experience as an openly lesbian architect with the National Parks…

Sherry Wood was the editor of the Collegiate Times in 1979 when the first Gay Awareness Week, and Denim Day, occurred. In this interview, she discusses the volume of letters to the editor received by the Collegiate Times in response to Denim Day and…

Rosemary Beiszner came to Virginia Tech as a foot in the door to the academic world. She attended undergraduate at Mercyhurst College, studying home economics. She went on to pursue a master’s degree in family and child development at Ohio State.…

Mallory Foutch came to Virginia Tech in 2016 after attending both undergrad and grad school elsewhere. During school, she was a passionate social activist and feminist, which she turned to in her work here with the Women’s Center as a program…

Class of 1958 first black graduate of Virginia Tech

Letter from Jaffe to Lankes discussing the framing of a gifted painting and Lankes possible relocation from Virginia to New York, as well as mention of Mrs. [Mary Sinton] Leitch's report on trying to find Lankes a position at Norfolk William and…

Letter from Jaffe to Lankes on how the Virginian-Pilot acquires photographs, Jaffe's health, and plans for the two getting together.

Letter from Jaffe to Lankes regarding an upcoming visit by Lankes and some future newspaper stories.

Letter from Jaffe to Lankes on Lankes taking a post at Wells in New York state and recent politics.

Letter from Jaffe to Lankes about the life of an artist, a paragraph about Sherwood Anderson's upcoming memoir (published in 1942), and Jaffe's desire to gift one of Lankes' paintings to a colleague.

Letter from Lankes to Jaffe regarding his progress on researching his father's papers at UVA, interest in the Sherwood Anderson content, and the disposition of J. J. Lankes materials still in his son's possession.

Letter from Lankes to Jaffe about at day/time for Lankes to visit, the dispostion of the Cape Henry Light painting, and an apparently undocumented Sherwood Anderson speech in the papers at UVA.