Guide to the Manuscript Collections
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BABCOCK, H. O. DIARY, 1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Farmer and schoolteacher from North Stonington, Connecticut. Diary entries record work, social and church activities, weather, and financial affairs. Also included are comments on the day's political and military affairs, particularly battles and lost friends. Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
BADGER, CONRAD C. LETTER, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier in the Civil War writing his mother from Nashua, New Hampshire. Writes that he intends to enlist in the 6th New Hampshire Regiment as a nurse after trying to get positions with surgeons in two other regiments. Ms89-104.
BAHL, VANI, BIOGRAPHICAL DATABASE. Born 1973. Bachelor of Architecture from Chandigarh College of Architecture, Panjab University.
BAILEY, PATTIE DOBSON TALLEY (b. 1888). UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY APPLICATION, 1925. 0.1 cu. ft. Photocopy of Bailey's application for membership in the Kentucky Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Describes Confederate service of Bailey's grandfather, Nathaniel Henry Talley, who worked as a gunboat mechanic and saddle maker at West Point, Virginia. Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
BAILEY-LAW COLLECTION. PAPERS, 1825-1970. 17 cu. ft. Harold H. Bailey (1878-1962), ornithologist and author of The Birds of Virginia (Lynchburg [Virginia]: J. P. Bell, 1913), and John Eugene Law (1877-1931), member of the Cooper Ornithological Club in California, curator with the California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Both were authors of numerous papers on ornithological topics. The connection between the men was Laura Beatty, who was married to Law and, later, to Bailey. The original collection contained 5.0 cu. ft. of Bailey's and Law's correspondence, notes, photographs, and maps, as well as notebooks and an autograph file of other naturalists including F.M. Dille, Herman Haupt, Jr., and R. Pearce Smithwick, and correspondence from Louis Agassiz, Charles Lucien Bonaparte, James Branch Cabell, George Bird Grinnell, Joseph Grinnell, and Kermit Roosevelt. 12 cu. ft of printed materials, notebooks, and maps relating to ornithology transferred to Special Collections from Virginia Museum of Natural History (Blacksburg) in 2003. Collection also includes 16 watercolor birds by E. L. Poole. See also Bailey-Law in Addison. Ms82-002.
BAILY, JOSEPH T. (1848-73). ENGINEERING LECTURE NOTES, 1870. 1 vol. Lecture notes on mechanics taken by Baily while a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. The majority of the notes were based on lectures by Prof. Charles McMillan (1841-?). Subjects are construction of earth dams, strength of materials, and railroad engineering. Includes numerous small sketches throughout the text. Ms93-006.
BAKER FAMILY. CIVIL WAR ARTIFACTS, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. A collection of buttons and pins relating to the Confederate States of America. Contains two Confederate naval uniform buttons, a Southern Cross of Honor [two pieces] belonging to William J. Baker (15th Virginia Infantry) and Frances M. Baker's pin from the Mississippi Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
BALDWIN, ASA. CORRESPONDENCE, 1864-65. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier in the 82nd Ohio Regiment in the Civil War. Five letters from Baldwin from camps in Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee, to his wife in Blanchester, Ohio. Also includes one letter from Baldwin's brother, R.F. Baldwin, in Ohio. Inventory available. Ms88-079.
BALLANTYNE, R.M. (1825-94). LETTERS, 1883-84. 0.1 cu. ft. British novelist, best known for The Coral Island(1858) and Snowflake and Sunbeams (1855). Two letters from Ballantyne to his publishers, and to a close friend or relative. Ms87-012.
BALLENGER, JOHN. PROMISSORY NOTE, 1788. 0.1 cu. ft. Pittsylvania County, Virginia, resident. Promissory note binding Ballenger to pay the sum of 140 pounds to Andrew McMahan of Amherst County, Virginia. Signed by John J. Shackelford, possibly as a witness. Ms90-031.
BALMORI, DIANA. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1990-95. 2.0 cu. ft. Landscape architect and design principal of Balmori Associates, Inc. Educated at the University of California, Los Angeles, partner for landscape at Cesar Pelli and Associates (1984-1990), and faculty at the Yale University, School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. Collection consists of drawings, sketches, and presentation boards for three landscape architecture design projects. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2004-001.
BALTIMORE, CHESAPEAKE, AND RICHMOND STEAMBOAT COMPANY. RECORDS, 1874-1900. MS84-017. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
[BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, LETTER, 1860.] 0.1cu. ft. Letter written by "N.R.W." in Baltimore to Dr. Charles H. Moore in Louisiana on January 26, 1860, about his desire to secure a teacher's position in a Southern plantation household. Ms91-007.
BANK OF BLACKSBURG [VIRGINIA]. MINUTE BOOK, 1892-1903. 1 vol. Photocopy of the minutes of stockholders' and directors' meetings. Ms83-004.
BAPTISTA, ANGELICA. ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1983. 0.3 cu. ft. Architect of Carvalhos, Portugal. Materials consist of six sets of architectural drawings of the Vamara Municipal da Vila da Feira. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2001-052.
BARDI, LINA BO (1914-1992). BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION AND BOOKS. 0.1 cu. ft. Born in Rome, Italy and worked as an architect in Sao Paulo, Brazil. She designed the Museum of Art Sao Paulo (1958) and the Sesc-Pompeia (1977), a combined sports and arts center, among other residential and public structures in Brazil. Materials consist of a press release, with biographical information about Bo Bardi, for an exhibit of her work at the California College of Arts and Crafts in San Francisco, California. Also includes "Casa de Vidro, The Glass House, 1950-1951 and Leisure Center - SESC - Pompeia Factory." International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-018.
BARK LORENA. RECORDS, 1860-70. 0.1 cu. ft. Cargo ship of Stockton, Maine, that carried goods to and from Europe and Cuba. Records include shipping receipts, freight lists, bills, consular documents, and notes for payment. Ms87-036.
BARKER AND CLARKS GAP RAILROAD. RECORDS, 1907-21.Ms81-002. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BARNETT, JAMES INVENTORY, 1811. 0.1 cu. ft. List of free Negroes and Mulattoes, compiled by James Barnett, district commissioner of revenue for Montgomery County, Virginia. List includes places of residence of the free persons as well as a brief job description. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms2002-022.
BARNETT, JOHN W. PATENT, 1879. 1 item. Broadside entitled "Instructions for Using John W. Barnett's Patent Process for Curing Leaf Tobacco. Patented January 7th 1879." Barnett is identified as a resident of Big Spring, Montgomery County, Virginia. Ms98-002.
BARNETT, JOSEPH HAMPTON (?-1922). MEDALS, 1899-1916, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Confederate soldier in the 4th Virginia Regiment in the Civil War. Collection contains the Southern Cross of Honor, reunion medals from Florida and Richmond, Virginia, and ribbons from the Grand Camps Confederate Veterans of Virginia reunions. Ms79-001.
BARTLETT, HENRY T. LETTER, 1888. 0.1 cu. ft. Soldier in the 1st Massachusetts Cavalry in the Civil War; later, Vice President of the Cavalry Corps in the Society to the Army of the Potomac. Writes Samuel E. Chamberlain, President of the Cavalry Corps, S.A.P., in 1888, urging him to nominate a cavalryman as the next president of the S.A.P., citing the importance of the cavalry at the Battle of Gettysburg (1863). Ms89-031.
BASSETT, FLORENCE KNOLL. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, 2001. 0.1 cu. ft. Interior Designer in Coconut Grove, Florida. Internationa Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2004-010.
BAUER, HENRY H. PAPERS, 1971-1999. 14 cu. ft. Emeritus Professor of Chemistry and Science Studies and Emeritus Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (1978-1999) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Papers include correspondence, grant reports, newspaper clippings, memoirs, books, class roles, chemistry files, evaluations, lectures, and appointment books. Correspondence and clippings mainly concern Loch Ness; papers on chemistry, classes, Immanuel Velikovsky. Inventory available online. Ms99-005.
BAUER, GEORG (d. 1864). LETTER, 1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier during the Civil War, writing from Spotsylvania Courthouse on May 20, 1864, to his daughter, about the many battles he had fought in and the presence of the Confederates in the immediate area. Bauer was a native German speaker and the English in his letter is heavily Germanized (ex. "shuding duks" for "shooting ducks"). Bauer was killed two months later in the Battle of Monocacy. Transcript available. Collection also includes a daguerreotype of an identified man. Ms93-022.
BAYLOR, WILLIAM SMITH HANGER (1831-62). CORRESPONDENCE, 1862. 0.1 cu. ft. Augusta County, Virginia, resident. In the Civil War, Baylor was colonel of Augusta County Volunteer companies, and then was appointed to command the 5th Virginia Regiment. In August 1862 he was made commander of the Stonewall Brigade, and was killed soon thereafter at the Battle of Second Manassas. There are three items: two letters from Baylor to his wife (April 22, and August 18, 1862), and a letter from Edward P. Walton to Mrs. Baylor written after Baylor's death (October 1, 1862). Baylor's letters speak of the destruction caused by the war, his promotion to "Colonelcy" and to Brigade Commander, his health, and General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. Walton's letter expresses sympathy to Baylor's widow, and comments on Baylor's religious conviction and General Jackson's regard for him. Ms85-002.
BEAR FAMILY. PAPERS, 1823-79. 0.1 cu. ft. Churchville, Augusta County, Virginia family. Papers consist of diaries, books, and letters of various members of the Bear family. Includes a diary written in 1862 by Harvey Bear, who although not a soldier in the Civil war at that time describes the war activity around him and his service as a wagon teamster for the Confederate Army. Refers to his neighbor, Jedediah Hotchkiss, who served as Thomas J."Stonewall" Jackson's topographer. Papers also include two diaries written in 1878-79 by Harvey's son George, a manuscript general order written in March 1863 for Stonewall Jackson's Second Army Corp of the Army of Northern Virginia, and a letter written in February 1849 from a member of the Virginia House of Delegates to Harvey Bear about a vote on the slave resolutions. Partial transcript available. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms92-010.
BECKER, JOHN V. (1913- ). PAPERS, 1945-86. 4.0 cu. ft. Aerospace engineer, specialist in hypersonic and reentry aerodynamics and a pioneer in the development of hypersonic research aircraft such as the X-15.Received B.S. (1935, mechanical engineering) and M.S. (1936, aeronautical engineering) degrees from New York University. Joined the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) as a research engineer in 1936. Head of the 16-ft. Wind Tunnel Branch (1943-47), chief of the Compressibility Research Division (1947-57), and chief of the Aero-Physics Research Division (1958-74) at NACA and NASA-Langley; retired from NASA in 1974. Elected a fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Author of The High-Speed Frontier: Case Histories of Four NACA Programs, 1920-1950 (Washington, DC: NASA, 1980). Papers include correspondence, notes, memoranda and other materials related to NACA and NASA programs with which Becker was associated, including the X-1, X-15, X-20 (or "Dyna- Soar") programs; research files for The High-Speed Frontier; transcripts of oral history interviews; and copies of publications and lectures by Becker. Archives of American Aerospace Exploration. Ms90-052.
[BEDFORD SPRINGS, PENNSYLVANIA, LETTER, 1861.] 0.1 cu. ft. Letter written August 26, 1861, from "Aunt Netty" in a springs resort in Pennsylvania, to "Dear John," in the West. Netty writes about the distracted state of the country, seeing Confederate colonel John Pegram at the Springs (listed under an alias, recruiting his health after surrendering to McClellan in the West Virginia Operations), and her opinion of traitors to the Union. Ms91-009.
BEERBOHM, MAX (1872-1956). CORRESPONDENCE, 1900-09. 0.1 cu. ft. English caricaturist, critic and essayist. Best known today for his witty caricatures of late Victorian writers. Collection consists of three letters, one to "Miss Peacock" and the other two unidentified recipients. Ms74-002.
BELCHER, DALE. PHOTOGRAPHS, 1987-94. 34 items. Photographer of Floyd County, Virginia. Black & white photographs of scenes in Floyd, Lee, Montgomery, Patrick, and Scott counties, Virginia, and scenes in Kentucky and West Virginia, depicting the traditional culture of mountain people. Ms97-021.
BELLEVILLE, CENTRALIA AND EASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1889. Ms84-018. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BELSER, KARL JACOB. ILLUSTRATIONS, 1938, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Professor of Architectural Engineering, 1929-41. Comprised of a 1930s set of intaglio prints (mostly signed and dated dry point and etchings), etchings, and a photocopy of Karl and Wilma Belser's 1938 Christmas card that was drawn by Belser. Ms56-003.
BELT RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1891-99. Ms81-003. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BELT RAILWAY COMPANY OF CHATTANOOGA. RECORDS, 1895-1946. Ms84-019. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BELTON, WILLIAMSTON, AND EASLEY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1878-79. Ms84-020. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BENINGER, WILLIAM. CORRESPONDENCE, 1864-65. 0.1 cu. ft. Soldier in Battery H of the 6th Pennsylvania Heavy Artillery during the Civil War writing from various forts in Virginia to his sister. Writes in November 1864 from Fairfax County that he is enjoying the point above Bulls Run and expects to move from this place to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Writes in March 1865 from Fort Bennett that he thinks the war will end soon, and that the few Rebels he saw at Falls Church and at Fairfax Court House were only "a few gurrillaws and a drunk." Ms89-107.
BENNETT, ARNOLD (1867-1931). MANUSCRIPT ESSAY, 1927. 0.1 cu. ft. British novelist, playwright, critic, and essayist. Author of thirty novels including A Man from the North (1898), Anna of the Five Towns(1902), and The Old Wives's Tale (1908). Collection consists of a manuscript essay, heavily revised, by Bennett written in London. Ms87-013.
BENSON, GEORGE W. CORRESPONDENCE, 1863-1865 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier in the Civil War from Allentown, Pennsylvania. Eleven letters from camps in Washington, D.C., Ohio, Virginia, and Pennsylvania, referring to camp life, his comrades, and his hopes of finding a wife when he returns home. Transcript available. Ms88-083
BENTEL, MARIA, BROCHURE. 0.1 cu. ft. Born in 1928. Architect and partner of Bentel & Bentel, Architects and Planners, of New York, and a fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Collection includes a brochure of her work with her firm. MS2000-100
BENTLEY, M.A. LETTER, 1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Letter from a Confederate soldier in the Civil War to his father. Writes September 2, 1863, from Richmond, Virginia, about the camp meetings and his faith in God. Ms90-015.
BEVERLY, MOSES. LAND GRANT, 1792. 1 item. Grant for fifty acres in Montgomery County, Virginia, signed by James Monroe, then governor of Virginia. Ms86-017.
BERTRAND, WENDY SCOTT, 1941 Biographical Database http://lumiere.lib.vt.edu/iawa_db/view_all.php3?person_pk=359&table=bio
BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION [MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VIRGINIA]. RECORDS, 1973-77. 1.0 cu. ft. Commission organized to encourage county organizations to engage in Bicentennial commemorative programs. Records include correspondence, minutes, reports, and news clippings. Ms76-001.
BIG SANDY AND CUMBERLAND RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1900-32. Ms81-004. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BIG SANDY, EAST LYNN, AND GUYAN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-11. Ms81-005. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BIG STONY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1897-1917. Ms81-006. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BIG VEIN ANTHRACITE COLLIERIES, INC. RECORDS, 1928. 2 vols. Coal mining operation in McCoy, Montgomery County, Virginia. Records consist of the "Daily Report of Fire Boss," with entries from December 1926 to November 1928 describing conditions in the mines. Signed by J.M. Albert and E.D. McCoy, fire bosses, and D.C. Stanton, mine foreman. Ms90-014.
BILLINGS, ELDEN E. AUDIO-TAPES, 1963. 3 reels. Resident of Washington, D.C., and a collector of Civil War era manuscripts and historical literature. Collections consists of three reel-to-reel tapes of speeches given at the Annual Lincoln Day Dinner at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., on February 5, 1963. Ms91-036.
BINDER, REBECCA L. (1951- ). PAPERS, 1995-97. 0.1 cu. ft. Principal of R. L. Binder, F.A.I.A., Architecture & Planning, in Playa del Rey, California, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Materials include curriculum vita detailing major projects, employment, exhibitions, publications, activities, and honors; descriptions of fifteen of her designs; and a copy of the book Rebecca L. Binder, edited by Shawna Mullen (Contemporary World Architects, Rockport, Massachusetts, 1995). International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms96-006.
BIRIUKOVA, ALEXANDRA, ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS. 0.1 cu. ft. Born 1895, died 1967. Russian architect in Canada. Received architecture degree in 1914 from the School of Architecture in Petrograd, Russia. Exiled in 1914; moved to Italy where she received a degree in 1925 from the Royal Superior School of Architecture in Rome. Emigrated to Toronto, Canada, in 1929. Elected the first woman member of the Ontario Association of Architects in 1931, yet gave up her architecture practice that same year to become a nurse. Materials consist of research notes, correspondence, published biographical sources, and card files compiled by Barbara Sankey of Toronto, who was researching Biriukova's career. Ms2000-015.
BIRKBY, NOEL PHYLLIS (1932-94). BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL, 1994. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of New York City. Educated at the Cooper Union and at Yale University; worked for architectural firms in New York City and was principal of her own firm. Taught at the New York Institute of Technology. Papers are photocopies of obituaries and other biographical information about Birkby. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms94-026.
BIRMINGHAM, SHEFFIELD AND TENNESSEE RIVER RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1889-98. Ms84-021. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BIZIOS, GEORGIA, RÉSUMÉ AND EXHIBIT POSTCARD, 1996. 0.1 cu. ft. Professor of Architecture and Associate Dean for Academics at the School of Design, North Carolina State University (1986-present). Educated at Colby College (B.A. Art, 1967), University of Minnesota (B.Arch., 1971), and University of Oregon (M. Arch, 1974). Former member of the Board of Advisors for the IAWA. Collection consists of a curriculum vitae and a postcard advertising an exhibit of her work at the Brooks Hall Gallery of the School of Design, North Carolina State University, in January 1996. Ms2000-016.
BLACK APPALACHIANS ORAL HISTORY PROJECT. CASSETTE TAPES, 1991. 0.4 cu. ft. Oral history interviews (22 on 25 tapes) conducted by Dr. Michael Cooke of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University of and about blacks in Appalachia, predominantly in Montgomery County, Virginia. Interviewees include Frank T. Bannister, Leola Burns, Alexandra Burford, Roxie Ida Byson, Rice Dobbins, James E. Dow, Rosa Thomas Holmes, Charles A. Johnson, Thompson V. Lester, Elizabeth Lester, Walter H. Lewis, William Burrell Morgan, W. Waymon Pack (transcript available), Cora Pack, J. Homer Pack, Christine P. Price (transcript available), Valerie Scott, Mason Scott, Homer C. Sherman, James E. Sherman, Ellison A. Smyth (transcript available), James C. Wade (transcript available), and Sarah J. Wade (transcript available). Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms91-019.
BLACK, KENT, AND APPERSON FAMILIES, PAPERS OF, 1779-1984 (Bulk 1821-1948). 7 l.f. Papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. Dr. Harvey Black (1827-88) served in the Civil War as a surgeon for the Fourth Virginia Infantry Regiment and as surgeon in charge of the field hospital of the 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia. Black assisted in the operation on General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson after he had been wounded at the Battle of Chancellorsville. He was a founder and was on the first Board of Visitors of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, now Virginia Tech. Papers include the Civil War correspondence of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black to his wife, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of Blacksburg mercantile establishments, a 1912 European travel diary, the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson, and genealogy research on the Black, Kent, and Apperson and related families. Also includes a manuscript notebook with a history of Blacksburg, as told to Mary E. Apperson by her mother Lizzie Black Apperson. The Blacks were connected by marriage to the Apperson and Kent families. Ms74-003. A searchable finding aid is available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms74-003.
BLACK, JOHN H. LETTER, 1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Lieutenant in the 12th Pennsylvania Volunteer Cavalry in the Civil War, writing his wife on October 21, 1864, from Bolivar Heights, Virginia (now West Virginia). Writes about the Battle of Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864) and efforts to recruit new troops to replace those lost in the battles. Ms89-089.
BLACK MOUNTAIN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1903-08. Ms84-022. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BLACK WOMEN AT VIRGINIA TECH ORAL HISTORY PROJECT. RECORDS. 1995-. 0.6 cu. ft. The Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project is a multi-phase research and educational collaborative program of the University Libraries and the Women's Center at Virginia Tech. This on-going program involves the identification of the first black women students, staff, and faculty at Virginia Tech and the collection of their oral history narratives. The interviews focus on the entry experience of the individual into the Virginia Tech community and the interviewees' perceptions of the climate and attitudes within the university community particularly as pertains to race and gender. Collection includes interviews with some of the first black women students at Virginia Tech (Jacquelyn Butler Blackwell, Marguerite Harper Scott, and Linda Edmonds Turner); Marva Felder Davis, first black homecoming queen; Cheryl Butler McDonald, first black woman in the Corps of Cadets; and Elaine Carter, catalyst of the project and doctoral candidate at Virginia Tech. Interviews were conducted by Elaine Dowe Carter and University Archivist Tamara Kennelly. Transcripts of interviews with students are available online. Transcripts of interviews with two staff members, Cora McDaniel Pack and Rhonda Miller Rogers, also are available. Materials consist of cassette tapes, DAT tapes, and interview transcripts. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms95-026.
BLACKMAN, FREDERICK. CORRESPONDENCE, 1863, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier from Connecticut in the Civil War. Two letters written January 6, 1863, and n.d., from Tennessee and Virginia, to Franklin Sherwood of Bridgeport, Connecticut. Writes that he was sick the night of the fight (possibly the Battle of Murfreesboro), and asks what the people back home think of the war. Asks Sherwood to send him his belongings, for he intends to never return to Bridgeport. Transcripts available. Ms89-059.
BLACKSBURG [VIRGINIA], TOWN OF. MISCELLANEOUS RECORDS, 1885-1968. 0.3 cu. ft. Collection consists of a variety of Blacksburg town documents and reports collected by Virginia Polytechnic Institute librarians. Includes financial statements (1927-51), a typescript annual report (1954), a population study (1944), Chamber of Commerce brochures, and information on elections (1936-68). Ms87-003.
BLACKSBURG [VIRGINIA] COMMUNITY CONCERT ASSOCIATION. RECORDS, 1939-69. 1.0 cu. ft. Organized to invite outside artists to perform on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute campus. Records include membership ledgers (33 vol.), programs, letters to members, and news clippings. Ms76-002.
BLACKSBURG [VIRGINIA] COMMUNITY FEDERATION. RECORDS, 1926-57. 0.2 cu. ft. Formed in 1928 to unite community organizations toward common goals in matters dealing with public health, education, and community beautification. Originally called the Blacksburg Federated Council and was the direct outgrowth of a community study done in 1928 by the Virginia Tech Department of Rural Sociology in cooperation with various town organizations. Collection includes Community Days Programs (1926-29), Community Chest letters (1934-45), a Directory of Blacksburg Service Agencies (1942), and miscellaneous documents. Ms87-002. [BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA, GENERAL STORE DAY BOOK, 1894-95.] 1 vol. Unidentified Blacksburg general store. Customer accounts. Ms68-010.
[BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA, GENERAL STORE DAY BOOK] 1894-1895 1 vol. Unidentified Blacksburg general store. Customer accounts. Ms68-010 S 1894 E 1895
BLACKSBURG [VIRGINIA] HIGH SCHOOL BAND BOOSTERS. SCRAPBOOK, 1972-75. 1 vol. Scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs of the Blacksburg High School Warrior Band and about the work of the Band Boosters, whose purpose was to encourage and support the development of the instrumental program in the Blacksburg schools. Ms94-031.
BLACKSBURG [VIRGINIA] MUSIC CLUB. RECORDS, 1953-71. 3.0 cu. ft. Organization designed to promote the study of music among its members and to stimulate interest in and appreciation of music in the Blacksburg community. Records include programs, financial records, minutes, scrapbooks, programs, news clippings, lists of members, by-laws and constitutions. Unprocessed. Ms79-008.
BLACKSBURG [VIRGINIA] ODD FELLOWS LODGE. RECORDS, 1910-30. 3.8 cu. ft. Black fraternal and religious organization. Records include papers of the Independent Order of St. Luke, souvenir programs, annual reports, calendars, financial reports, proceedings from meetings, circulars, membership books, ritual books, and correspondence. Collection includes black wool uniform coat with brass buttons with insignia BOOF. An EAD-encoded finding aid is available in the Virginia Heritage database. Ms88-009.
BLACKSBURG [VIRGINIA] ORAL HISTORY PROJECT. RECORDS, 1984-85. 0.2 cu. ft. Project of the University Libraries of Virginia Tech to collect information on the history of Blacksburg, Virginia. Collection contains taped interviews, most with transcripts, of the following Blacksburg residents: Cliff Busby, Georgia Croy, S.H. Kessinger, Lucy Lee Lancaster, George Litton, Howard Price, Carrie T. Sibold, and Ellison A. Smyth. Ms85-005.
BLACKSBURG [VIRGINIA] POST OFFICE. RECORDS, 1914-22. 0.4 cu. ft. Collection consists of Postmaster's Account and Record Book (1914-17); cash books of the International Money Order Office (1915-22, 4 vols.); and a postmark impression book (1918-20). Ms73-009.
BLACKSBURG [VIRGINIA] PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. LAND DEEDS, 1850, 1904, AND 1924. 0.1 cu. ft. Three deeds for land owned or sold by the trustees of the Blacksburg Presbyterian Church. Trustees include K. Black, W.M. Lybrook, Charles Black, Edwin I. Amiss, and Thomas Brown. Ms94-007.
BLACKSBURG [VIRGINIA] REGIONAL ART ASSOCIATION. RECORDS, 1960-71. 0.1 cu. ft. Community art club formed in 1950 as a chapter of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Sponsored monthly exhibits at the Virginia Tech Library and brought Virginia Museum Artmobiles to Blacksburg. Materials include programs and letters to members. Ms87-045.
BLACKSBURG [VIRGINIA] STUDY GROUP. RECORDS, 1984-85. 0.5 cu. ft. Study group funded by the Blacksburg town council under the aegis of the Townscape Committee to study the town's architecture and landscape, inform town officials about present conditions, and make recommendations for changes. Results were accumulated for a book, Blacksburg - Understanding a Virginia Town: Town Architecture (1986) by Donna Dunay. Records include architectural drawings, maps, diagrams, and photographs used in the book. Unprocessed. Ms87-008.
BLACKSBURG [VIRGINIA] - VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE CIVILIAN DEFENSE COUNCIL. RECORDS, 1942-44. 0.2 cu. ft. A combined town-college organization to promote the war effort on the home front during World War II. Collection includes printed materials related to salvage drives and the general war effort, and the Information Committee. Ms79-005.
BLACKSBURG [VIRGINIA] WOMAN'S CLUB. RECORDS 1907-72. 7.0 cu. ft. Founded as the Women's Civic Betterment Club in 1907; disbanded in 1970. Involved in civic improvement projects including community beautification, public health, civil defense, charity and cultural programs. Records include correspondence, minutes, financial records, scrapbooks and printed material. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms63-002.
BLACKSTONE AND LUNENBURG RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1905-11. Ms81-007. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BLAIN, DANIEL (1838-1906). PAPERS, 1864-70. 0.1 cu. ft. Confederate soldier in the 1st Rockbridge Artillery in the Civil War; later a Presbyterian minister Museum Artmobiles to Blacksburg. in Rockbridge County, Museum Artmobiles to Blacksburg. Materials include programs Virginia, and a high school principal. Papers include three letters, written July 5 and August 8, 1864, from camp near Petersburg, Virginia, to his future wife. Writes about the chaplainry in the CSA Army, sitting with a dying man in his last hours, the freedom he had before the war, and news from the front in Mobile, Alabama. Refers to the shelling of Petersburg and the Democratic Party Chicago Convention. Also includes a post-war diary (1868-70) written by Blain as a newly ordained Presbyterian minister. Writes of Confederate officers in and around the Lexington, Virginia, including Robert E. Lee; his travels around the county, church business, the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson, and the stillborn birth of his son. Ms90-002.
BLAIR, STREETER (1888-1966). ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT, 1975. 0.4 cu. ft. American artist, born in Cadmus, Kansas. Collection consists of a transcript of an oral history interview by Elizabeth I. Dixon and Donald J. Schippers entitled, "Primitive Painter of the West." Project completed under the auspices of the Oral History Program at the University of California at Los Angeles. Ms75-008.
BLECHER, MARVIN. AUDIOCASSETTE TAPE, 1998. 1 item. Oral history interview conducted by Virginia Tech student Christina Roemer with Marvin and Freda Blecher of Blacksburg, Virginia, about their involvement in the Jewish community in the town and the Hillel student organization at Virginia Tech. Dr. Marvin Blecher served as faculty advisor for Hillel from 1973 to 1983. Also includes information about the Blacksburg Jewish Community Center and other Jewish communities in the region. Ms98-017.
BLISS, ANNA CAMPBELL (1925- ). ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1976-1987. 0.1 cu. ft. Artist, architect, and consultant on color and design in Salt Lake City, Utah; partner of Bliss and Campbell, Architects; and founder and former President of the Contemporary Arts Group. Materials include a curriculum vitae; photographs, a flyer for a CAG conference; three articles on color and architecture; a notice of an exhibition of a mural Bliss designed for the Utah State Capitol; and a bibliography of publications, articles, and catalogs by Bliss. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-017.
BLIZNAKOV, MILKA T. (1927- ). PAPERS AND ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1978-2000. 1 cu. ft. Born in Bulgaria, emigrated to France and then to the U.S. before coming to Blacksburg, Virginia, where she both practiced architecture and taught at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She is a professor emerita of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech. She founded the International Archive of Women in Architecture and chaired its Board of Advisors from 1985-1993. Her papers include currculum vitae, correspondence, 43 architectural drawings of her residence in Blacksburg, "A Bibliographical Guide to Their Work: Soviet Women Architects, 1917-1937" written by her in 1989, papers written during 1979 to 1990, and collected materials about women in architecture. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms91-025.
BLOCH, KAROLA. BOOK. Architect of Germany. Collection contains her book, Aus Meinem Leben (1981). CALL NO: CT3150 B5 A3 1981
BLUE RIDGE AND ATLANTIC RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1908-09. Ms84-023. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY FOLKLIFE PROJECT. RECORDS, 1978-79. 14.0 cu. ft. Oral history project conducted by the American Folklife Center in cooperation with the National Park Service. Project surveyed folk cultural traditions along the Blue Ridge Parkway, particularly along a hundred-mile stretch from Rocky Knob, Virginia, to Doughton Park, North Carolina. Field coordinator for the project was Charles K. Wolfe of Middle Tennessee State University. Collection consists of taped interviews, photographs, and field notes. Ms86-009.
BLUE STONE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881-84. Ms81-008. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BOATWRIGHT, CYNTHIA ADDINGTON (1898-1973). PAPERS, 1935-90. 1.0 cu. ft. Resident of Coeburn, Wise County, Virginia. President of the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs, 1941-44. Member of the Board of Visitors at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1944-49. Papers consist of scrapbooks, photographs, news clippings, certificates, and convention programs, mostly concerning the Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs in the 1930s and 1940s. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms90-070.
BODELL, DOROTHY (1931- ). RESEARCH NOTES, 1850-1996. 0.8 cu. ft. Resident and local historian of Blacksburg, Virginia. Collection consists of photocopies of notes and files Bodell compiled while researching her book Montgomery White Sulphur Springs: A History of the Resort, Cemeteries, Markers, and Monuments, published in 1993. Notes include information about the resort's use as a Confederate hospital during the Civil War, run by the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy, a religious order of Charleston, South Carolina. Also includes material prepared of the 40th reunion of the Blacksburg, Virginia, High School class of 1948 (of which Bodell was a member). Inventory available. Ms88-042.
BODMER, MONICA. VIDEOTAPE, 2000. 0.1 cu. ft. One-hour videotape entitled Spatial Biography and Mental Maps produced for the International Women's University, Project Area City and Gender, in Kassel, Germany in 2000. Created by . Created by and Monica Bodmer of Lausanne, Switzerland, and Prof. Kerstin Dörhöfer of Berlin, Germany. Includes prolouge and sections by twelve contributors. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2001-009.
BOND, HENRY M. LETTER, 1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Lieutenant with the 45th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. Letter from Bond in Trenton, Jones County, North Carolina, to "My dear George." Writes of skirmishes with the "rebs," problems in advancing on the enemy due to the weather, and his opinion of North Carolina. Ms88-075.
BONNEY, CLAIRE. THESIS, RESEARCH MATERIALS, 1995-1998; 2002. 0.1 cu. ft. Thérèse Bonney: The Architectural Photographs, PhD thesis from the University of Zurich. Materials submitted for the first Milka Bliznakov Prize in 2000. See also Bliznakov Prize. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms98-023.
BONSALL, GEORGE W. (1845-1910). DIARIES, 1861-78. 2 vols. Resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, and a corporal in the 138th Regiment Ohio National Guard (originally formed as the 2nd Ohio Volunteer Reserve Militia) during the Civil War. Collection consists of two volumes of a manuscript diary, copied in 1865 of entries Bonsall wrote between May 23, 1861 (his 16th birthday) and 1865. Continues the diary sporadically after the war, with entries indicating his marriage in 1876 and the birth of his daughter in 1877. Bonsall writes in detail about his regiment's movements throughout Ohio, Kentucky, and Virginia during the war (particularly 1863 and 1864), but they never engaged in a battle with the Confederates. Bonsall also writes about working as a mason building dormitories for a new college in Berea, Kentucky, in 1869. Select images available.. Ms97-015.
BOOKS THAT MADE THE DIFFERENCE PROJECT. RECORDS, 1980-86. 5.0 cu. ft. Project was conducted by Gordon A. and Patricia Sabine, who interviewed people across the country--celebrities as well as ordinary Americans--asking them what book made the greatest difference in their lives, and what was that difference. Responses were collected for a book, Books That Made the Difference: What People Told Us, (Shoe String Press, 1983). Based on a concept by Ann Heidbreder Eastman and coordinated by the Library of Congress Center for the Book. Collection contains subject files, clippings, correspondence of Eastman and the Sabines, manuscript drafts, and recorded interviews on reel-to-reel audiotapes. Noteworthy people consulted about their most significant book include Alan Alda, Daniel Boorstin, Walter Matthau, Andy Rooney, Studs Terkel, and Barbara Tuchman. Inventory available. Ms85-003.
BOONE COUNTY & BOONVILLE RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1873-1902. Ms90-073. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
[BOTANICAL CARDS, ca. 1850]. 0.1 cu. ft. Reproductions of eight different drawings of wildflowers found near the Yadkin River in North Carolina, done by Adelaide and Elizabeth Kron. Cards were printed by the Albemarle [North Carolina] Council of Garden Clubs and the Kron Trust. Ms95-022.
BOYNTON, HENRY B. (1899-1991). PAPERS, 1931-91. 4.0 cu. ft. Architect of Roanoke, Virginia. Graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (B.S. in Agricultural Engineering, 1921; B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1923). With Louis Smithey founded Smithey & Boynton, Architects and Engineers, in Roanoke in 1935. Retired in 1982 but remained active in the firm until 1988. Member and President (1955) of the Virginia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Member (1962-72) of the Virginia State Registration Board for Architects, Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors, and President in 1967. Papers consist of primarily financial and administrative records from Smithey & Boynton, and awards and certificates of honors bestowed upon Boynton. Inventory available. Ms92-002.
BOWMASTER, PATRICK A. (1969- ). PAPERS, 1994-95. 0.1 cu. ft. Graduate history student at Virginia Tech. Collection consists of papers Bowmaster has written for classes, including an edited transcript of the diary of Jasper Hawse (1835-1905), a Civil War soldier born in Hardy County, Virginia, who enlisted in the 14th Regiment, Virginia Militia, at the beginning of the war, which became the 7th Virginia Cavalry Regiment in March 1862. In June 1862, the cavalry was reorganized as the 17th Virginia Cavalry Battalion. Hawse served intermittently as a commissary sergeant in the Confederate Quartermaster's Department. Also includes a paper about Emanuel Stance, the first African-American to win the Congressional Medal of Honor for action in the post-Civil War period. Access restricted. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms94-037.
BOZWORTH, JAMES. CORRESPONDENCE, 1862-63. 0.1 cu. ft. Soldier in the Connecticut troops in the Civil War. Letters written from Camp Sigel, Maryland, and West Philadelphia Hospital, Pennsylvania, to Franklin Sherwood of Bridgeport, Connecticut. In September 1862 he thanks Sherwood for previous letters and invites him to his encampment in Maryland. He writes in 1863 from General Hospital in West Philadelphia that the corps filled up the hospital to its utmost capacity, and that he wants Sherwood to visit and bring letters of recommendation to have himself transferred to New Haven, Connecticut. Hopes Sherwood is not "frightened into a fever by the prospect of the conscription." Transcripts available. Ms89-058.
BRACE, JONATHAN JR. (1810-77). COMPOSITION BOOK, 1827-31. 0.1 cu. ft. Presbyterian minister in Hartford, Connecticut. Book of orations, compositions, disputes, and other writings by Brace while a student at Yale College (1827-28) and Amherst College (1828-31). Ms93-002.
BRADLEY, HERMAN J. CORRESPONDENCE, 1861, 1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier in the Civil War, possibly in the Army of the Potomac. Correspondence consists of two letters to Bradley's family. One letter was written November 10, 1861, for Bradley to his brother by Darius Russell, about Bradley's ill condition. The second was written November 7, 1864(?), by Bradley to his parents, from Camp Cedar Creek, Virginia. Writes about the guerilla action in the area and their capture of General Alfred N. Duffie. Ms89-074.
BRAINARD, ALDIS. LETTER, 1862. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier of the 5th Vermont Infantry in the Civil War. Letter written June 8, 1862, from camp outside Richmond, Virginia, to his wife. Describes the Battle of Fair Oaks and the resulting stench from the dead soldiers on the field. Ms89-044.
BRANTON, CARTER. LETTERS, 1842-43. 0.1 cu. ft. Copies of four letters written by Branton of Chilicothe (Ohio?) to Dr. C.C. Cocke of Fluvanna County, Virginia, regarding the impact of the McCormick reaper on agriculture. Ms66-001.
BRIANS, AUDREY. PAPERS. 0.1 cu. ft. Principal and President of Brians and Associates/Architects, Inc., of Panama City, Florida. Materials include four brochures - one describes her firm and includes a curriculum vitae, and three detail her designs. Also includes a 12-page memoir, "Confessions of an Irreverent Iconoclast" written in 2002. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-019.
BRIERFIELD, BLOCTON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1889-90. Ms84-024. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BRIGGS, MARIAN. LETTER, 1866. 0.1 cu. ft. Resident of Gorham, New York. Letter to Catherine Weatherbee. Discusses their friendship, her parents' hardships, and the military service of her brothers Henry and Albert (both in the 126th New York Infantry)--particularly the wounding of Henry at Gettysburg and his subsequent death. Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
[BRITISH WORLD WAR II SCRAPBOOK, ca. 1942-44]. 0.1 cu. ft. Scrapbook compiled by an unknown British World War II soldier, probably in the Royal Air Force. Scrapbook composed of cartoons and clippings from British periodicals; most are related to the air force. Ms90-027.
BROAD CHANNEL: THE VORTICELLA POLYPTYCH. WORKING PAPERS, 1991. 0.3 cu. ft. Mural created by Ray Kass, professor of Art and Art History at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and the Mountain Lake Workshop in April 1991. Mural located in Newman Library on the Virginia Tech campus. Working papers consist of drawings and sketches of the mural. Ms92-016
BROCK, JOHN P. MUSTER ROLL, 1861. 0.1 cu. ft. Confederate Civil War muster roll, taken June 12, 1861, in Staunton, Virginia, of the Captain John P. Brock Cavalry of the 1st Cavalry Regiment Wise Legion, which was renamed in May 1862 as the 10th Regiment Virginia Cavalry. Muster roll lists volunteers' rank, age, value of horses and horse equipment brought with them, and where, when and how long they joined for duty. Ms92-023.
BROOKE, HENRY. LETTER, 1893. 0.1 cu. ft. Employee of the Spring Mt., Glendon and Mt. Carmel Collieries, Machine Shops and Foundry of Jeansville, Pennsylvania. Letter written March 1893 from Brooke to "Editor Colliery Engineer" about an article written by Otto C. Burkhart, Professor of Mining Engineering at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech). Brooke also writes about telescopes used in surveying. Ms49-001.
BROSOWSKY, BETTINA MARIA (1957- ). ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1985-2003. 0.1 cu. ft. German architect. Collection contains plans and images of two competition designs from the 1980s, illustrated descriptions of three projects designed by her firm, Brosowsky & Teschner, Architekten, during 1992-2003. Also includes a pamphlet written by Brosowsky in 2003 entitled Wolfsburg Architektur-Stadtplan: Bauten der Jahrtausendwende und die Klassiker with a city map and descriptions of buildings in Wolfsburg, Germany. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-020.
BROTONS DE LA NUEZ, ROSA MARIA. CERTIFICATE AND PHOTOGRAPHS. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of Barcelona, Spain. Copy of a 1973 certificate from the Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Canarias, and two photographs of Palacio del Hielo, a skating rink she designed. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-021.
BROWN FAMILY. PAPERS, 1825-1912, 1965, n.d. 0.6 cu. ft. Montgomery County, Virginia, family; owners of a farm on the north fork of the Roanoke River. Collection consists of receipts, bills, correspondence, tax notes and other papers created between 1825 and 1912, with the bulk of the collection from 1850 to 1894, by members of the Brown family, particularly James Cartmill Brown (1828-1913), as they purchased services and goods from business people in the community. Inventory available. Ms90-011.
BROWN, GEORGE. TAX RECORDS BOOK, 1904-05, 1918-22. 1 vol. Wythe County, Virginia, clerk. Tax and church records. Ms40-002.
BROWN, JOHN. LEDGER, 1853-60. 1 vol. Camden, Maine, resident. Record of hauling lime and charcoal, wages to hired help, money received, and jobs completed. Ms88-113.
BROWN, RALPH MINTHORNE (1878-1958). PAPERS, 1925-44. 2.6 cu. ft. Head librarian at Virginia Tech (1926-48). Compiler of the V.P.I. Historical Index, 1872-1941, published as a VPI Bulletin in 1942. Papers include materials on VPI and local history (including notes on the Wilderness Road and Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia) and transcribed documents on various topics for a history of VPI he intended to write. Also included are Brown's ornithological and weather observations in Blacksburg. Ms70-002.
BROWN, WASHINGTON (1836-62). PAPERS, 1861-63, 1869. 0.1 cu. ft. Captain of the 145th Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War. Died from wounds inflicted at the Battle of Fredericksburg, (December 1862). Papers include a manuscript copy of a "personal memoir" about Brown, written in 1869 by Samuel P. Bates, Pennsylvania state historian, and various pieces of correspondence to and from Brown and his family in Erie, Pennsylvania. Also includes letters to and from his father, Conrad Brown, written after Washington's death concerning the funeral arrangements, and a manuscript copy of Brown's last words. Ms89-011.
BROWNE, JENNIFER N. (1939- ). RÉSUMÉ. 0.1 cu. ft. Project Architect, SLR/Architects, Palo Alto, California. International Archive of Women in Architecture.
BRUNSWICK & CHILLICOTHE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1873-99, 1922-34. Ms90-074. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BUCHANAN, H.A. LEDGER, 1897-1910. 0.1 cu. ft. Buchanan, as an agent for Mrs. W.J. Peterson of Wythe County, Virginia, kept her books and collected bank dividends, rent, and interest on notes in her behalf. Ledger shows statements for all money collected and paid. Ms88-026.
BUCHANAN, VIRGINIA, TOWN OF. PHOTOGRAPHS, ca. 1890s. 8 items. Town located in Botetourt County, Virginia. Collection consists of photographs of Main Street, the Baptist Church, and businesses located in Buchanan, around the 1890s. Ms96-024.
BUCK CREEK RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1924-26. Ms81-009. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BUCK, W. G. (1836-?). LETTER, 1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Resident of Fort Madison, Iowa; private in Company K, 17th Iowa Infantry. Four-page letter, dated December 2, 1863 and addressed to "friend and cousin," describes regiment's movements through the fall of 1863; land and people of eastern Tennessee; the use of pontoon bridges; the battles of Chattanooga, Tunnel Hill and Mission Ridge; and personal matters. Online transcript available. Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
BUCKHORN COAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-1961. 1.2 cu. ft. Company that owned coal lands in Russell and Buchanan counties in Virginia. Records include ledgers (stock transfers and cash books); blueprint maps showing coal lands, leases, and tunnels; and prospectus and abstracts of leases. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms84-175.
BUCKLEY, R. LETTER, 1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Captain in the 197th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment, guarding prisoners at the Rock Island, Illinois, POW camp, in the Civil War. Letter to his wife and mother, October 5, 1864. Writes of illness among his men and transferring the back pay of a dead soldier to the soldier's father. Ms89-042.
BUDEVSKA, NADEZHDA. ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1965-1988. 0.2 cu. ft. Architect of Bulgaria. Papers include 6 drawings for residential projects in or near Sofia, Bulgaria. Also includes four newspaper clippings and a photograph. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2007-005.
BUDIS, SANDA, ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of Lutry, Switzerland. Architectural drawings and a brochure with drawings, notes, sketches and slides of "La Conversion/Lutry." International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-022.
BUFFALO, CLEVELAND AND CHICAGO RAILWAY COMPANY OF NEW YORK. RECORDS, 1880-81. Ms90-075. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact: Archives1@nscorp.com.
BUFFALO, CLEVELAND AND CHICAGO RAILWAY COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA. RECORDS, 1880-81. Ms90-076. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BUFFALO LAND AND COAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1903-18. Ms81-010. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
BULANT KAMENOVA, ANETA. BROCHURE, 1987-1999. 0.1 cu. ft. Born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Practiced in Sofia and Vienna. Her firm's brochure, "Emerging Architecture," features three residential projects, a carpenter's shop, and a bank designed by Bulant & Wailzer. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2002-016.
BURCHARD, CHARLES (1913-90). PAPERS, 1937-87. 29.0 cu. ft. Founding dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech (1964-79), and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Papers include Burchard's correspondence, architectural drawings, publications, and other material relating to his teaching at Harvard's Graduate School of Design (1946-53), as a senior partner at A.M. Kinney and Associates in Cincinnati, Ohio (1953-63), and from his tenure as dean. Unprocessed. Ms91-048.
BURGESS, WILLIAM. LETTER, 1886. 0.1 cu. ft. Letter written August 24, 1886, to General William D. Dixon from Burgess, formerly a first lieutenant in the 6th Pennsylvania Corps in the Civil War. Burgess describes the skirmish at Drainsville, Virginia (December 1861), and the actions of General Edward O. Ord in that engagement. Ms89-050.
BURKS, PAULINE E. FAMILY PAPERS, 1763-1989. 7.5 cu. ft. Pauline E. Burks of Richmond, Virginia, collected genealogy materials about her husband Broaddus Vaughan Burks's family. Materials include correspondence, account books, essays, receipts, newspapers, scrapbooks, and plats and surveys of the Broaddus, Burks, Edmonds, Taliaferro, and Vaughan families of Amherst County, Virginia. Also includes Virginia land grant documents from the 1700s and 1800s and family Bibles from the Taliaferro and Burks families. A finding aid for this collection is available in the Virginia Heritage database. Ms92-037.
BURLOW, MARY. KEEPSAKE BOOK, 1851-53. 0.1 cu. ft. 1 item. Resident of Laurens County, Georgia. Book of poetry and prose from Burlow's friends to her. Ms81-101.
BURNS & BURNS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. RECORDS, 1871-1910, n.d. 2.0 cu. ft. Lawyers of Lebanon, Virginia, in Russell County. Records consist of case files, legal briefs, correspondence, circuit court petitions, and collection notices. Inventory available. Ms94-032.
BURNS, THOMAS MORRIS LETTERS, 1862-1900 (bulk 1862-1865), .5 lf. Letters written by Thomas Burns to his family between August 1862 and June 1865 while he was serving with the 52nd Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was attached to the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 14th Corps, Army of the Cumberland. He participated in engagements in Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and North Carolina. Burns, of Richmond, Jefferson County, Ohio, was the son of Scottish immigrants and was 18 or 19 years old when he enlisted in the Union Army. The collection also contains 2 images of Burns and a letter from John B. McCarel of the 52nd Ohio to Burns' father. Ms2000-087.
BURROWS FAMILY. LETTERS, 1861-1891. 0.2 cu. ft. Delaware County, New York family, with several extended members serving in the Union Army during the Civil War. Letters of Palmer L. Burrows (144th New York Infantry) and his sons S. Worcester Burrows (27th New York Infantry and 1st New York Veteran Cavalry) and Linus P. Burrows (1st New York Veteran Cavalry) and others. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-007.
BURRUSS, JULIAN ASHBY (1876-1947). PAPERS, 1908-45. 52.3 cu. ft. President (1919-45) of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical and Polytechnic Institute (VPI). Educated at VPI (B.S. Civil Engineering, 1898), Columbia University (A.M. 1906) and University of Chicago (PhD 1921). President (1908-19) of the State Normal and Industrial Institute at Harrisonburg, Virginia (now James Madison University). Collection contains correspondence primarily concerning VPI topics, but also includes lecture notes and writings (1908-22, 1930-31), reports to the Board of Trustees of the State Normal School (1908-19), and Experiment Station financial reports (1910-21). RG2/8.
BUTLER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1818-93). NOTEBOOK, N.D. 0.1 cu. ft. Union the actions of General E general in the Civil War. Commander of the Department of North Carolina and Virginia (1863-64) and of the Army of the James (1864-65). Manuscript memoirs by Butler with news clippings glued to the pages about events during the Civil War. Butler focuses his writings on General U.S. Grant's incompetence as a commander and discredits Grant's successes, maneuvers, and tactics. Also includes a print of a sketch of Butler in military garb. Partial transcript available. Ms90-060.
BUTLER AND DETROIT RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-81. Ms90-081. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
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