Transcription of a letter written by J. W. Davis, adressed to his brother, A. J. Davis. It talks about their mother, Elizabeth Ann Natt's sickness; she died 3 days after the letter was written. The document also contains notes from the transcriber…
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…
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."
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.
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…
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.