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.
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.
This image is part two of Ruth Fisher's painting series titled "The Evolution of Creativity." The accompanying description in Fisher's scrapbook states that Experimentation is "moved by furies which surround the creator, i.e. doubts, despair,…
This image is part three of Ruth Fisher's painting series titled "The Evolution of Creativity." The accompanying description in Fisher's scrapbook states that Realization is "shaping the stuff of life into forms of power, beauty and functional…
This image is part four of Ruth Fisher's painting series titled "The Evolution of Creativity." The accompanying description in Fisher's scrapbook states that Reflections is "evaluating achievements with dreams of new advances based on a stady of…
This image is part five of Ruth Fisher's painting series titled "The Evolution of Creativity." The accompanying description in Fisher's scrapbook states that Triumph is "rising above the struggles, modifications, and discouragements, the creator…
This image is part one of Ruth Fisher's painting series titled "The Evolution of Creativity." The accompanying description in Fisher's scrapbook states that Conception is "jumping into the blue sky of theory and hypothesis forming patterns from…
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.
Card from Mia Foreman of Costa Mesa, CA, c. 2007. Transcriptions reads "Remember the faces you once saw. / I hope you find a way / to make it through the / tunnel of darkness life / has handed you. Be brave, / courage is your flash light. / Mia…
This collection contains an 1883 letter written by Jack Foster, a formerly enslaved person who served as a body servant in the 36th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Foster writes to former Confederate General John McCausland, one-time…