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Letter from Catlett Conway to Willy discussing different accounts of cavalry movements during the Civil War, General Robert E. Lee's wartime decisions, and masonic meetings.

Letter from Catlett Conway to his brother, Willy, discussing the declining health of "Pa"; detailing a visit from John Conway and his son Kent; Catlett's new job in the coal business with Charles H. Page; and the current political climate, mentioning…

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willy, thanking him for sending a copy of the "Magazine of Medicine," in which Willy had a picture and article; detailing his busy and tired days working in coal; speculating on the terms of his and his housemates'…

Letter from John G. Conway to Catlett Conway, in which John informs Catlett of his visit to the Court House in a failed attempt to find a will to their estate, and suggests that a man named Mr. Pattie should be appointed administrator of the estate.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, in which he describes his health decline as well as his and his family

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willy, explaining why letter-writing and reading books have become difficult; describing his time on the first floor of a new house which he rented for himself and Mary Wallace; recalling a memory of a hunt with a couple…

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willy, detailing his most recent health issues and expressing his wish for Willy

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willy, describing the state of his illness and thanking Willy for prescriptions sent in response, and recounting a dramatic tale of a Civil War battle in which the Confederate side was victorious.

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willy, praising the help of Willy

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willy, describing his medical regimen with the help of Willy's prescription; commenting on the high heat of the summer; and lamenting the lack of published personal experiences of Confederate soldiers in the Richmond…

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, thanking Willie for a copy of the Atlanta Journal and reflecting on the value of soldier accounts (specifically Confederates') from the Civil War; speculating on the possible publication of his own stories;…

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, discussing details of the Conway family genealogy that he and his daughter Mary Wallace had investigated and comparing the education and school systems of the South and the North, asserting that "public school…

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, complimenting Willie

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, expressing interest in Alfred

Letter from Catlett Conway to Willie, addressing the plans for Mary Wallace

A letter asking the mill to support an amendement that would change the way the work of women and children was limited in Virginia.

An article in the Blacksburg Home News, September 9, 1916, describing the state of the town.

Smoke Your Troubles Away, by Phil Cook, 1930.

2 volumes

Untitled inspirational speech aimed at students within the geology program.

A comedic play in two acts about the social and family aspects of recruiting a new professor.

Chapter one of a fictional crime drama about marijuana being discovered on a college campus.

I'm Only Making Believe, by Coots and Davis, 1929.

Invitation Rag, by Les Copeland, 1911.

254 pages

591 pages

The diary of M.M. Cottingim between April and October of 1862.In addition to short entries about his regiment's movements and activities, his last few entries make mention of his leg being wounded at Antietam on September 17, its subsequent…

PDF of article from previous 125th Anniversary website

The February 19, 1987 report on the council delegation visit to the U. S. S. R. from February 2 through February 6 contains remarks from the delegation members--Peter G. Peterson, Henry A. Kissinger, and Cyrus R. Vance--to the Council on Foreign…

This essay was originally written by Clara B. Cox in 1991 and later revised in 1992. It tells the story of the first student to enroll at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1872, William Addison Caldwell. This pdf document was created…

A letter from Isaac Cox to his wife (probably in Saltville), written in Tazewell County, Virginia, June 29, 1862. Cox writes of marching to Princeton (West Virginia) and back in recent days, as well as news of "Bill." The paper on which the letter…

A letter from a doctor at the University of Virginia who came to Fries to help tend flu victims.

These architechtual drawings depict the proposed plans for War Memoial Hall and Gymnasium.

The Hopper Toad, composed by Helen L. Cramm, 1908.

507 pages

Song written and performed by Chip and Deb Crawford in response to the April 16, 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech.

Card from Chip and Deb Crawford to Charles Steger and Staff regarding the song "Love One Another" written in response to the April 16, 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech.

156 pages

The author's notes and the first page of an unpublished, unfinished manuscript titled "Bus Station Blues," dated September 1972.

Two pages of a typescript ofCapitan, a novel by Crockett, published in 1940. This typescript includes edits and notes by the author.

A collection of drawings for the cover of Terru: A Tale of Yokohama, written and illustrated by Lucy Herndon Crockett and published in 1950

A sketch for chapter 11 of Terru: A Tale of Yokohama, written and illustrated by Lucy Herndon Crockett and published in 1950.

A skecth for the ending page of chapter 1 of Terru: A Tale of Yokohama, written and illustrated by Lucy Herndon Crockett and published in 1950.