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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…

A handwritten account of purchases made by J. T. at Dillon & Harless, 1899 and 1900.

A handwritten account of purchases made by J. T. at Dillon & Harless, 1900.

A handwritten account of purchases made by J. T. at Dillon & Harless, 1899.

A handwritten letter from McPherson & Co, live stock comission merchants, to J. T. Cowan, November 3, 1911.

A handwritten letter to J. T. Cowan from J. L. Bell, November 12, 1911.

A handwritten letter to J. T. Cowan from L. D. Winston Jr., December 6, 1912.

A letter tp J. T. Cowan from Isaac T. Mann, sent April 18, 1913.

A handwritten account of grain production on J. T. Cowan farm, 1904.

A billing from H. C. Long to J. T. Cowan, June 16, 1906.

A handwritten invoice from W. A. Price & Bros, March 29, 1909, part of the Cowan papers.

A handwritten invoice from Blacksburg Supply Co., May 25, 1909, part of the Cowan papers.

A handwritten invoice from A. V. Hancock & Co., April 9, 1908, part of the Cowan papers.

A bill of lading from Virginia Railway Co, October 1, 1909, part of the Cowan papers.

A handwritten invoice from Farmers Supply Co., October 4, 1909, part of the Cowan papers.

An account of purchases made at Alexander Black store, written February 11, 1901, part of the Cowan papers.

A handwritten crop account, written in 1887, part of the Cowan papers.

Request made for 18 barrels of oats, April 6, 1897, part of the Cowan papers.

Letterhead, from the Commonwealth of Virginia, of the State Board of Argriculture and Immigration.

Accounting pages made in October, no year listed, part of the Cowan papers.

Accounting pages made in 1903, part of the Cowan papers.

A map made of the Cowan land, with a written note by Elizabeth Kent Adams on the back.

A map made of the Blacksburg railroad.

Appraisement of the personal property of Miss E. C. Kent, page 1

A written description from a surveyor made about Kentland Farm.

Description of Kentland Farm and the land divisions, written in 1910.

Memo list made of the costs of the house at Walnut Spring. Typed.

Memo list made of the costs of the house at Walnut Spring.

The Old Kent Cemetery history by Elizabeth Kent Adams, in Radford, VA.

Kentland papers: three lots being divided by farm acreage.

Genealogy from James McGavock and Mary Cloyd.

Letter from Mrs. Kent to her son, Richard, written in Radford, VA, dated November 30, 1922.

Genealogy from David Cloyd and Margaret Campbell.

Genealogy from James McGavock and Mary Cloyd.

History of hand-made brick and genealogy, by T. K. Adams Sr.

Elizabeth K. Adams note regarding land division

Cowan property listing, front page

A note written by Isaac Hudson about money paid to Mrs. Cowan, dated 9/5/1889.

Kent family genealogy list, page 1

An article written by a correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch mentions Grandfather Kent's livestock.

Article indentification - Grandfather Kent's livestock

A photograph taken of two people on a ferry at Kentland. Individuals may be J. P. Adams and Richard. Reference: Adam Harmon's Ferrry and Whitethorn Ferry.

A photograph taken at Kentland farms of the House, kitchen, and disattached smokehouse. Written on back of photograph: "4 room brick kitchen in center at Kentland. Tommy Adams took it down for hand-made brick and wide flooring and curved stairway to…

A photograph taken of Lizzie and Mary Cown on a dock area at Mill Dam, Whitethorn, Virginia.

Spruce Run Creek: Picture taken of Spruce Run Creek.

John Clay and Betsy Ross: Picture taken from road of a stone retaining wall. Owned by John Clay and Betsy Ross.

Jeff Wilson: Picture taken of a stone retaining wall. Owned by Jeff Wilson.