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Roseanna Croy Dawson Diaries 1898 a Sheat for Deathes.pdf
List of deaths in 1898.

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Roseanna Croy Dawson Diaries 1898 a Sheat for Marrages.pdf
List of marriages in 1898.

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Roseanna Croy Dawson Diaries, 1898 a Sheat for Church things.pdf
Records of events at the church in 1898.

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Roseanna Croy Dawson Diaries, a Sheat for Will Washington for Wood cutting an o.pdf
Records of the work Will Washington did for the Croy Dawson family in 1898.

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Roseanna Croy Dawson on Tilda Gray.pdf
Dawson on Tilda Gray in her 1890 diary.

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Roseanna Croy Dawson, 1898 a Sheat for butter.pdf
Records of butter in the household in 1898.

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Roseanna Croy Dawson, A Sheat for Most Anything.pdf
Records from 1898 of shopping and household visits.

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Roseanna Croy Dawson, a Sheate about the burning an building of the Alx Blacks.pdf
Record of the building of the Alex Black House in Blacksburg, VA.

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Roseanna Croy Dawson, Sheat for Little Things.pdf
Record of small events in the life of Rosanna Croy Dawson in 1898.

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Roseanna Croy Dawsons Sheet for the Children.pdf
Record of gifts received in 1898.

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cv1891.jpg
VPI campus as of 1891.

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lh315.jpeg
Main Street Blacksburg, VA, as seen from the tower of the Old Preston Olin Building.

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labeledSmyth.jpg
Main Street Blacksburg, VA, with labels for important buildings.

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bburgaerial.jpg
An aerial view of Blacksburg, VA.

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lh85.jpeg
Old Miles Stadium in Blacksburg, VA, photographed from the water tower.

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snow47.jpg
Buck and Ted in the snow, looking over fence row that is now Patrick Henry Drive.

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sketch.jpg
Sketch of the water system when it first went in to operation in 1957.

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cows.jpg
Current site of Apperson development in Blacksburg, VA, taken from what is now Patrick Henry.

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coliseum.jpg
Cassell Coliseum, from what is now West Campus Drive in Blacksburg, VA.

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lh277.jpeg
Aerial view of Foxridge apartment complex in Blacksburg from the 1970s.

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BenoitBeth.png
In this interview, Beth Benoit talks about computer science classes and the campus climate for gay men and lesbians at Virginia Tech in the late 1970s and early 1980s. She recounts how it felt to come out publicly in the school paper while having…

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Auditorium001.tif
Color photo of the auditorium in the Lyric Theatre.

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MontgomeryNews_12-11-1930_002.tif
Newspaper clipping from the Montgomery News Messenger showing the new Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, Va.

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LyricClippings_003.tif
Newspaper clippings from the Montgomery News Messenger showing the Lyric Theatre in 1909-1910 and in 1930.

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FirstMovieHouse_004.tif
First movie house in Blacksburg, VA.

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Lyric_1940_005.tif
Front of the Lyric Theatre (Theatre and Store building) as of 1940.

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SafariLyric_006.tif
Lyric Theatre when it was showing the film Safari, about 1956.

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Lyric_1934_007.tif
Lyric Theatre as of 1934, with cars parked in front.

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CollegeAve_008.tif
College avenue in Blacksburg, VA, showing the front of the Lyric Theatre.

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FrontLyric_009.tif
Front of the Lyric Theatre in Blacksburg, VA. Likely about 1934.

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PictureinBox3_010.tif
Photo of [College Ave.] in Blacksburg, VA.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_19291104_BalconyDoorD174-26.jpg
Sheet from Louis P. Smithey showing the details of the balcony over Door D. in the Theatre and Store building.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_FrontEntranceSketches.jpg
Sketches of the proposed design for the front entrance of the Lyric Theatre.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_19290131_AlterationsToOldBldg.jpg
Louis P. Smithey sheet showing alterations needed to accommate the new theatre for Plank and Kelsey.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_19280423_SecondFloor.jpg
Proposed plan for the second floor of the theatre for Plank and Whitsett.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_19290410_OrganFan174-3.jpg
Louis P. Smithey sheet showing the organ chamber and fan room plans, with a storage schedule and window details of the Theatre and Store building for the Blacksburg Realty Corp.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_19290923_OrganGrille_174-21.jpg
Smithey drawings of details of moulding and plans for the organ grille in the Theatre and Store Building for Blacksburg Realty Corp.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_TrussA.jpg
Sketches of Truss "A" in the proposed "Blacksburg Theatre."

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_19291202_OrchestraPitCurtainPockets.jpg
Smithey drawing showing the details of the orchestra pit pipe rail and the plan for curtain pockets in the foyer of the Theatre and Store building for Blacksburg Realty Corp.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_19290912_PlasterMoulds174-19.jpg
Details for the plaster moulding in the auditorium on the planned Theatre and Store Building for Blacksburg Realty Corp.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_Undated_FirstFloor.jpg
Sketched plan for the first floor of the Lyric Theatre.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_19290726_BoilerFuelAlterations174A-1.jpg
Drawing showing alterations to the 1929 boiler and fuel rooms needed for the Theatre and Store Building for Blacksburg Realty Corp.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_BuildingDoorFrontXSection.jpg
Sketch of a cross section of the front door of the planned Lyric Theatre.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_19290508_StorageSwitchRooms174-10.jpg
Smithey drawing showing the details and layout of doors in the storage and switch rooms in the Theatre and Store building for Blacksburg Realty Corp.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_FoundationPlanSketch.jpg
Sketch of the foundation of the Lyric Theatre.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_StairwayXSection.jpg
Sketch of a cross section of a stairway in the Lyric Theatre.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_FlashingXSection.jpg
Sketch of a cross section of the flashing block in the Lyric Theatre.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_BalconySecondFloor.jpg
Undated drawing of the second floor and balcony in the Lyric Theatre.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_19291029_TicketBooths174-24.jpg
Smithey drawing of the ticket booths for the Theatre and Store Building for Blacksburg Realty Corp.

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Ms1992_027_SmitheyandBoynton_Lyric_19290214_BalconySecondFloor.jpg
Smithey drawing of the second floor plan and balcony of the Theatre and Store building for Plank and Kelsey, Blacksburg Realty Corp.

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