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A handwritten letter from Martin Eturralde. The letter expresses a positive message of condolences and sympathy to the VT students. Under the message, there is a drawing of a small red rose.

Letter from John Evans in Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia, to William H. Young.

Letter of condolence from Michael E. Eyster, Interim Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Oregon, to Virginia Tech President Charles W. Steger.

Telegram to Agents Reply from F. S. Rector, Chilhowie, Virginia

Violation Response, Norfolk and Western Railway Co., East Radford to Chilhowie, Virginia

Rector, Board of Visitors

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An edition of a monthly medical pamphlet from 1879 detailing the "rules for the sick," from how to care for them to what to feed them.

A letter offering jobs and perks to a family in order to convince them to go work at the Fries mill.

Thank you letter, dated October 8, 1952, from Enrico Fermi to Robert E. Marshak. Fermi is thanking Marshak for sending him a note on s-wave scattering and including his own thoughts on the issue.

Letter, dated May 11, 1954, from Enrico Fermi to Robert E. Marshak in response to Marshak's previous letter dated May 5, 1954. The letter is about how a lecture topic will be presented to others.

Letter, dated May 24, 1954, from Enrico Fermi to Robert E. Marshak in response to a previous letter from Marshak dated May 17, 1954. Fermi is expressing his agreement with Marshak about how they will divide their lecture topics.

A handwritten letter from Kotone Fey from Sasebo, Japan. The letter is expressing sympathy and sending condolences across the sea.

Carbon copy of letter from Richard P. Feynman to Enrico Fermi about new physics research.

Letter (photocopy) from Richard P. Feynman to Robert E. Marshak, dated August 17, 1985, talking about Feynman's joint paper and relationship with Murray Gell-Mann and giving credit to E. C. George Sudarshan and Marshak for their work. Feynman is…

Letter from Charles Figgat to his wife, Nannie, expressing his weariness with the Civil War, some criticisms of the war and superior officers, and words of comfort for Nannie.

Letter from Charles Figgat to his wife, Nannie, with news about the war.

Letter from Charles Figgat to his wife, Nannie, with news about the war.

This letter (8 pages), dated November 27, 1863, from Fincastle, Virginia, is written on two identical pages of captured Union patriotic stationary with an engraving of an Antietam scene. In the letter, Mrs. Figgat recounts reuniting with a ‘dear bro’…

This second letter (4 pages), dated December 5, 1863, and written on captured Union patriotic stationery with an engraving of Marshall House proprietor James Jackson shooting Col. Elmer Ellsworth, is an update of their son's worsening condition. "I…

A handwritten letter from Kevin. The cover has a drawing of a sun and sky with the names of the 32 victims. The inside has a positive message expressing sympathy to Virginia Tech students.

Letter written by Adam T. Finch to his classmates about a 1893 class reunion in 1933.

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an indemnity bond between the First National Bank of Fries and the Washington Mills Company, to correct an error with their payroll.

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Memoir by Stevenson W. and Margaret R. Fletcher about their lives from 1908-1914, including living at Solitude, the birth of several of their children, vacations, and purchasing/owning a farm in Augusta County.

One handcrafted prayer flag with decorated squares sewn
together