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Sketch of A. J. Davis done by Kirby Davis, undated.

Sketch of A. J. Davis done by Kirby Davis from the chest up. Background includes a building and a horse.

Reflections written by Robert Davis about the events of a family trip in 1901. The reflections were transcribed and put in their current form by Robert Macnider Davis, III in 2010.

Newspaper article, "Four Women on Boards of Leading Virginia Colleges: Two Will Serve at University of Virginia and Two at Virginia Tech," by Virginia Waller Davis, Roanoke Times, August 16, 1944. This pdf document was created from an existing…

Newspaper article, "Women on College Board Full-Fledged Members: Attend First Meeting with Group Consistently Male for 72 years," by Virginia Waller Davis, Roanoke Times, August 15, 1944. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from…

Drawn & illistrated Blacksburg Business Directory of 1877

Letter written by Lily Dawson to her grandmother. Written on Jan 8th, 1904.

List of marriages in 1893 by Rosanna Croy Dawson.

List of accidents and odd occurences by Rosanna Croy Dawson, from her diary, "Blacksburg in 1898."

List of people who moved and where they moved to.

Records of what Dawson preserved in 1898 and when.

Records of planting and other work done in the family garden in 1898.

Records of household quantities of flour and cornmeal.

Records of household quantities of lamp oil.

List of deaths in 1893.

List of births in 1898.

List of deaths in 1898.

List of marriages in 1898.

Records of events at the church in 1898.

Records of the work Will Washington did for the Croy Dawson family in 1898.

Dawson on Tilda Gray in her 1890 diary.

Records of butter in the household in 1898.

Records from 1898 of shopping and household visits.

Record of the building of the Alex Black House in Blacksburg, VA.

Record of small events in the life of Rosanna Croy Dawson in 1898.

Record of gifts received in 1898.

Black and white pencil sketch of Dr. Maxime Faget by James Dean.

Pencil sketches of thumbnail for Michael Collins' book, "Liftoff." These sketches include astronauts working outside of the Gemini space capsule.

Ink drawing of the Gemini Capsule for Michael Collins' book, "Liftoff." This piece was drawn by James Dean for the end of chapter 2 in the book.

Ink drawing of Titan II, an intercontinental ballistic missile that was adapted to function as a space launch vehicle. James Dean illustrated the launch of Titan II for Michael Collins' book, "Liftoff."

Pencil sketch of the NASA Space Station by James Dean.

This text is an article for a university publication on the history of affirmative action on campus, written in 1995. This pdf document was created from an existing webpage from the original 125th Anniversary digital exhibit.

Card from Justin Dean of Costa Mesa, CA, c. 2007. Transcriptions reads "We are thinking of you at this time! / From, Justin Dean / Virginia Tech".

This collection contains the diary of Otis Dean, a private in Company E, 56th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War. The diary entries begin with January 4, 1865, with Dean listing the uniform and materials issued to him in camp. In very…

Photographs taken of the "Carnival of the Mind" statue. Located at 118 S. Main and sponsored by Tech Bookstore.

This is a handwritten letter from Alex Defiglia from Lindley Elementary School. The letter has a positive message in ways they can change the world to make it a kinder place. It also has a drawing of the world with hearts around it.

Photographs taken of the "Van Gogh Hokie Bird" statue. Originally located at 200 Washington St, Draper, and sponsored by Blacksburg Partnership.

A trade card for a cholera cure depicting on one side an artistic rendering of a woman grieving over Lincoln's grave, with soldiers in either corner.

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A Report from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare on homosexuality, dated October 10, 1969. This report was given to Vice President William McKeefery and included in a file with documentation regarding the decision to accept or reject the…

Audio clip of interview with Karen DePauw where she speaks about her relationship with graduate students

The collection consists of a single letter from Lt. Colonel Clarence Derrick (1837-1907), 23rd Battalion, Virginia Infantry, to President Andrew Johnson (which Derrick misspells as "Johnston"), dated June 17, 1865. Derrick writes to petition his…

The poem "Hope" by Emily Dickinson with an image of a feather, marked "Copyright 2008, Good Grie Resources, LLC."

This is a handwritten letter from Gianlusa Didio from Lindley Elementary School. The letter has a positive message in ways they can change the world to make it a kinder place by saying they can treat people with respect. It also has a drawing of…

A lengthy recollection of his father's Blacksburg from the 1920s to the 1940s by Dr. Ronald B. Dietrick.

An advertising pamphlet for "Dime Regulator" pills. The booklet contains illustrations relating to the storyline of "Billious Jones" and his ailments, which are cured by the Dime Regulators.

Image of the logo for the Disability Alliance at Virginia Tech