Guide to the Manuscript Collections
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CAGE, JOHN (1912-92). PAPERS AND ARTWORK, 1988-91, n.d. 1.0 cu. ft. American composer and artist. Collection consists of writings about Cage's artwork and his work with the Mountain Lake [Virginia] Workshop in 1991, and thirty pieces of artwork by Cage. Also includes an exhibition catalog; a diary of Cage's Mountain Lake Workshop by Ray Kass, Professor of Art at Virginia Tech; and a photocopy of a letter from Cage to Kass. Ms92-057.
CALDWELL, ERSKINE (1903-87). PAPERS, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. American southern author best known for his novels Tobacco Road(1932) and God's Little Acre (1933). Five signed typescripts of short stories, including "Honeymoon," "A Day's Wooing," "Midsummer Passion," "Where the Girls Were Different," and "Nacogdoches, Texas;" and a set of galley proofs for Georgia Boy. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms72-001.
CALDWELL, WILLIAM ADDISON (1856-1910). PAPERS, 1875, 1878, 1910. 0.3 cu. ft. Born in Craig County, Virginia; first student to enroll at the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech), in October 1872. Graduated in 1876. Papers consist of Caldwell's report card from the 1875 academic year, with the envelope it was sent in; a bible given to Caldwell in 1878 as a graduation gift; a letter written by him in Wrightsville, North Carolina, in 1910, a month and a half before his death, to his niece Katherine Caldwell in Radford, Virginia; and a photograph, ca. 1900, of the Caldwell family. Ms88-048.
CALDWELL AND NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1893-1910. Ms84-025. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CALIFORNIA WOMEN IN ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN. RECORDS, 1990-1994. 0.3 cu. ft. California organization of women design professionals and students in planning, architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, interior design, and related fields. Formerly known as California Women in Architecture. Records include newsletters, membership flyers, and posters and programs of the organization's meetings in San Francisco in 1991 and Santa Monica in 1992, plus thirty-seven audiotapes of session proceedings at CWED conferences. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms90-059.
CALKINS, F. LETTER, 1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Soldier in the 2nd Massachusetts Artillery in the Civil War. Letter written September 10, 1863, to "Dear Friend" from Newberne, North Carolina. Calkins exalts the power of Christ, and despairs that his fellow soldiers "care only for things that are low and devilish and seek only to gratify their lusts and passions." Ms89-045.
[CAMP OF THE 11TH NEW YORK BATTERY LETTER, 1864.] 0.1 cu. ft. Letter from an unknown Civil War soldier writing from the camp of the 11th New York Battery on February 9, 1864, to "Dear Hattie." The soldier, a lieutenant, must have placed an advertisement in a lonely hearts section of a magazine or newspaper, and this letter is his response to Hattie's reply. Admits that he embellished his description in the advertisement to attract an answer. Transcript available. Ms91-068.
CAMPANA, ANA ISABEL (1934- ). BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION. 0.1 cu. ft. Born in Cuba. Senior architect for the General Electric Company since 1974, specializing in the design of power plant facilities. Collection consists of a curriculum vitae and biography, and copies of certificates from Who's Who in the World and Who's Who of American Women. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-023.
CAMPBELL, DONALD. LETTER, 1861. 0.1 cu. ft. Soldier in Co. K, 12th Regiment [New York State Militia?]. Letter to his mother from Camp Anderson, Washington D. C. Writes of the regiment being mustered into U. S. service, conditions around Washington D. C., and relations with the local civilian population. Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
CAMPBELL, FRANK LESLIE. PAPERS, 1962-73. 3.0 cu. ft. Entomologist with the National Academy of Science--National Research Council. Collection consists of over 5500 wine bottle labels collected by Campbell with his comments on where the bottle was purchased, the quality of the wine, and the vineyard. Also includes a Organized in North Carolina (1893) from typescript autobiographical essay, "Better Late: An Entomologist's Postretirement Renovation," written by Frank and Ina Campbell about their travels in Europe from 1964 to 1966. Ms80-005.
CAMPBELL, L. LETTER, 1867. 0.1 cu. ft. Resident of Keene, New Hampshire. Letter to "Mrs. Corbitt" from Campbell, written March 31, 1867, where he notes that he just came from seeing Mrs. Corbitt's brother's grave, who possibly died in the Civil War. Ms91-061.
CANDLER, WILLIAM LATHAM. LETTERS, 1861-63. 14 items. Officer in Company A of the 1st Massachusetts Regiment, Army of the Potomac, from Brookline, Massachusetts. Enlisted on May 25, 1861, as a 1st Lieutenant and promoted to Captain and Aide-de-Camp, U.S. Volunteers, when he served on General Joseph Hooker's staff from November 1862 until his resignation from service in May 1863. Collection consists of fourteen letters written by Candler to his uncle Charles [probably maternal uncle Charles Henry Weelwright] or his brother John W. Candler of Boston, dated from between September 8, 1861, to February 15, 1863. The letters are articulate and descriptive, replete with Candler's strong opinions about the state of the Union, the abilities of the generals (Union and Confederate) who were running the war and the politicians were running the country, and his own ambitions for advancing in rank and status in the army. Writes descriptively about the Army of the Potomac's participation in the Battle of Mechanicsville (June 1962) and the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862). Transcripts and images of letters available. Ms97-007.
CAPE FEAR AND YADKIN VALLEY RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1894-99. Ms84-026. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CAPERTON FAMILY. PAPERS, 1861-62. 0.1 cu. ft. Collection consists of transcripts of letters written by Mary Elizabeth Henderson Caperton of Nelson County, Virginia, to her husband George Henry Caperton, a soldier in the 1st Virginia Regiment of Mounted Volunteers (also known as the 30th Virginia Volunteers Mounted) in the Civil War. Mary Caperton wrote most of the letters from White Thorn, in Blacksburg, Virginia, while staying with Sarah Ann Caperton Preston, her husband's sister, while her husband served in the Confederate Army. She writes of various members of the Preston family, fears that the slaves will rise up in rebellion, and Dr. Harvey Black. Collections also includes a copy of George Caperton's diary written in late 1861 while he was ill. Ms91-034.
CARBONE, JOHN S. MANUSCRIPT THESIS, 1984. 0.1 cu. ft. Resident of Bristol, Tennessee. Collection consists of a photocopy of "Early Coastal Operations in North Carolina During the Civil War: A Study of Lost Opportunities," Carbone's 1984 senior thesis written in partial fulfillment of a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in History from the College of William and Mary. Ms99-002.
CARDENAS, ELIANA, COLLECTION, 1999-2002. 0.1 cu. ft. Eliana Maria Cardenas Sanchez is a Cuban architect. This collection includes two issues of the journal arquitectura y urbanismo, 2/1999 and 3/2002, each of which contain articles by Cardenas. Publications by Cardenas are also available in the book collection through VT’s Addison catalog. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2006-023.
CARETTA RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1906-10. Ms81-011. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CARLINI, ERDMUTE (1941- ). ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS. 0.2 cu. ft. Landscape architect of Berlin, Germany. Materials include two catalogs, Berlin/Los Angeles: Working Together in Culture, Science and Industry--Fantasy and Realism in Architecture, about an exhibition of the Werkbund Berlin at UCLA in which Carlini showed her work, and Dan Markische Viertel-25 Jahre Danach, by Carlini and her husband; postcards of her work; and catalogs (1977-1989) in which her work is cited. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-024.
CARNEAL AND JOHNSTON. ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1939-1968. 3.0 cu. ft. Original sketches represent a variety of cut limestone and architectural precast concrete details on several of the current (2000) campus buildings. Complete set of original drawings for the current Alumni Hall portion of the Donaldson Brown Hotel and Conference Center. This building was designed as a faculty residence and dining facility in the mid-1930s. Inventory Ms2001-008.
CAROLINA MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1891-1902. Ms84-027. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CARPENTER, C. HUNTER (1883-1953). PAPERS, 1956. 0.2 cu. ft. Born in Louisa County, Virginia; educated at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1903, B.S. Civil engineering; 1905, advanced studies) and University of North Carolina (1904-1905, law studies). Member of the VPI football team, 1899-1903, and captain in 1902. All-Southern fullback in 1901. Collection consists of letters written by teammates and players on opposing teams recommending Carpenter to the National Football Hall of Fame, including Charles D. Daly, J. Ambler Johnston, John R. Hutcheson, and George C. Marshall. Biographical information available. Ms70-006.
CARPENTER, HENRY C. (d. 1864). LETTERS, 1862-64. 0.1 cu. ft. Born in Bland County, Virginia. Corporal in Company H, 45th Virginia Infantry in the Civil War. Papers consist of seven letters from Carpenter to his sister Elizabeth, written between February 1862 and June 1864 while encamped in the Kanawha Valley of West Virginia; Monroe County, West Virginia; Saltville, Virginia; and Harrisonburg, Virginia. Participated in the Battle of Cloyd's Farm in May 1864. Died in Woodstock, Virginia, on October 6, 1864. Transcripts available. Ms96-008.
CARR, JAMES. LETTERS, 1862. 0.1 cu. ft. Soldier in the 56th New York Regiment during the Civil War. Collection consists of two letters written by Carr and Thomas Clark, also of the 56th New York Regiment, in June 1862 from near the Chicahominy River, Virginia. Both letters are to a man named Robert. Carr's letter describes the regiment's involvement in the Battle of Fair Oaks and Seven Oaks. Ms90-035.
CARRUTH, HAYDEN (1921- ). LETTERS, 1973-75. 0.1 cu. ft. Three letters by poet Carruth advising a younger poet named Kevin about his poetry. Ms78-005.
CASSELL, CHARLES WILLIS FAMILY. PAPERS, ca. 1883-1950. 4.2 cu. ft. Wythe County, Virginia, Lutheran minister, compiler of History of the Lutheran Church in Virginia and East Tennessee (1930). Cassell's personal, professional, and business correspondence; the personal correspondence of his wife and children; financial and legal records; diaries; notes on "catechetics;" scrapbooks containing historical sketches of various Lutheran Churches, obituaries, family-related social events and newspaper clippings concerning Cassell's services as pastor; and printed materials. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms84-170.
CENTER OF CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE COLLECTION, 2000-2003. 0.8 cu. ft. The Center of Contemporary Architecture in Moscow, Russia, gathers information about contemporary Russian architects and architecture. This collection contains eight video programs about architects, including women architects, that were produced for TV under the supervision of CCA Director Irina Korobina. It also includes a media CD about Russian architect Ivan Leonidov. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2007-006.
A CENTER FOR CIVIC ACTIVITY IN THE TOWN OF BLACKSBURG: A DESIGN COMPETITION, 1992-94. 0.2 cu. ft. A design competition sponsored by the town of Blacksburg, Virginia, and the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech that focused on a new town center. Solicitation of submissions began in 1992 and the winner was decided the following year. Materials include brochures about the competition listing winners, committee members, jurors, calendar, entrants, and competition managers, with the jury report; a poster advertising and soliciting submissions to the competition; a competition site plan showing existing conditions; and an article from CAUS News (Winter 1994) with an article about the competition. Ms95-013.
CHACKY, A.M. LETTER, 1865. 0.1 cu. ft. Confederate soldier in Wharton's Division of the Valley Army of Virginia in the Civil War. Writing from Fishersville, Augusta County, Virginia, to his brother predicting the war would end in the spring and giving an account of tricking a provost guard into letting him on the train to Fishersville. Ms89-007.
CHADEAYNE, OLIVE (1904-2001). ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1925-56, 1993. 4.0 cu. ft. Architect of Walnut Creek, California; member of the American Institute of Architects. Papers consist of architectural drawings of residences, primarily in the Southern California area, done while both self-employed and working for others. Includes several drawings done by noted California architect Lilian Rice (1889-1938), with Chadeayne as her associate. Also includes the transcript of an oral history interview done of her in February 1993. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms90-057.
CHAMBERS, CHARLES E. PAPERS, 1991-94. 0.2 cu. ft. Obsolete title. Now cataloged as a book, Virginia Confederates in Texas (E548 .C436 1991 Civil War Spec). Ms91-030.
CHAMPAIGN AND SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-87. Ms90-082. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHANNEL, MARY BROWN (1907-2006). ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1932-1981. Ca. 11 cu. ft. After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1925, Channel earned her degree in architecture at Cornell University in 1933. She returned to her hometown of Portsmouth, Virginia, and worked at a firm for two years before opening her own office. She became well-known for her residential and church designs, mostly built in the Portsmouth area. Her papers include sketches and drawings for about 140 projects. Also included are some college drawings and projects. Unprocessed. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2007-030.
CHARLOTTE, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1869-99. Ms84-028. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHARLOTTESVILLE AND RAPIDAN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1878-1914. Ms84-029. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHARLTON FAMILY. LETTER, 1861. 0.1 cu. ft. Waddy C. Charlton (1839-1920), Montgomery County, Virginia native and soldier in the 4th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War. Photocopy of letter to Charlton from unidentified brother in Christiansburg, Virginia. Mentions family matters, local crop conditions, the local movement of troops aboard trains, the prospects of a Confederate invasion of Washington D.C. and Maryland, and military activities in northwestern Virginia. Part of the Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
CHARLTON FAMILY. PAPERS, 1861-1902. 0.2 cu. ft. Christiansburg, Virginia, family. Four members were in Company G, 4th Virginia Infantry ("Montgomery Fencibles," part of the "Stonewall Brigade") in the Civil War. Papers include thirty-five items (1861-64) of correspondence among the family members, company muster rolls, and genealogical information. Transcripts available. Ms80-001.
CHATTANOOGA AND TENNESSEE RIVER BRIDGE COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-90. Ms84-030. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHATTANOOGA UNION RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1884-95. Ms84-031. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHEEK, CORDIE. PAPERS, 1933-34. 0.1 cu. ft. Black youth lynched in Glendale, Tennessee, after being accused of assaulting a white girl. Collection includes typescript interviews with witnesses, data, and reports relating to the lynching written by A.E. Barnett, T.E. Jones, and A. Roper. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms87-026.
CHESTNUTT, REBECCA. EXHIBITION CATALOG, 2000. 0.1 cu. ft. Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Chestnutt received her Master of Architecture degree from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in 1981. In 1983 she moved to Berlin and by 1988 Chestnutt started her firm with Robert Niess, a colleague from Virginia Tech. The collection includes a copy of the catalog, The History of Air 1988-2000, showing three of their buildings. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2002-006.
CHICAGO AND STATE LINE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-1923. Ms90-083. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHICAGO AND STRAWN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1879-80. Ms90-084. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHILHOWIE MILLING COMPANY. CORRESPONDENCE, 1917. 0.2 cu. ft. Smyth County, Virginia, makers of flour and meal. Correspondence includes orders from Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company and the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. Ms89-086.
CHILLICOTHE AND OMAHA RAIL ROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1867-71. Ms90-085. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CHOATE FAMILY. CORRESPONDENCE, 1862-64. 0.1 cu. ft. Allegheny County, North Carolina, brothers--William T., S.J., and J.W.--who served for the Confederacy in the Civil War. William enlisted in Company I, 61st North Carolina Regiment, and S.J. and J.W. enlisted in Company F, 22nd North Carolina Regiment. All died in the war. Papers consist of photocopies of the thirty-two letters to each other and to Martha Choate, wife of William. Includes a letter to Martha from James Radcliffe, informing her of her husband's death. Ms85-016.
CHONEVA, KRASIMIRA. ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS. 0.3 cu. ft. Krasimira Zheliazkova Choneva began working in architecture in the 1950s at the Varna Design Organization (Bulgaria). Starting in 1971 she was involved in construction of multi-family housing from prefabricated panels, and she won an award for integrating color and designs into the monotonous facades. In 1990 she opened a private office focusing on apartments, residences, and hotels. The papers include drawings for Pavilion with Changing Rooms for Euxinograd Palace near Varna, conceptual and working drawings for three private vacation houses, drawings for the Hotel Victor in St. Nikola and an apartment building, and photos of other projects and apartment buildings. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2007-003.
CHOWDHURY, URMILA EULIE (1923-). ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of Chandigarh, India; first woman to qualify as an architect in Asia and to be Chief Architect of an Indian state (Punjab). Materials include a curriculum vitae and copies of letters sent by the architect Le Corbusier in the 1960s. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-025.
CHRISTIANSBURG INDUSTRIAL INSTITUTE [CHRISTIANSBURG, VIRGINIA]. HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS, 1866-1991. 0.4 cu. ft. Founded in 1866 by Civil War Union Captain Charles S. Shaeffer as a primary school for freed blacks. Supported by the Friends Freedmen's Association of Philadelphia (a Quaker organization). In 1896 Booker T. Washington reorganized the school into a program that gave technical training to black boys. CII was transferred to a 185-acre farm in 1905. In 1934 the Montgomery County School Board began its management of the school, and by 1947 it was converted to a regional high school for blacks in the local area. In 1966 CII closed when the local schools were integrated. Collection consists of photocopies of historical documents and records of CII's history, compiled by Amanda De Hart of Pulaski, Virginia, an alumna of CII and the archivist for the school's alumni organization. Included in the documents are copies of the papers (consisting mostly of handwritten drafts of speeches, lectures, and sermons) of Edgar A. Long, principal of CII from 1905 to 1924. The collections also include copies of school catalogs (1902-03, 1925-26), an annual report (1908), and writings of alumnae. Inventory available. Ms91-033.
CHRISTIANSBURG PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH [CHRISTIANSBURG, VIRGINIA]. MINUTE BOOK, 1869-97. 1 vol. Minutes of session, written by congregational secretaries R.D. Montague, Jno. R. Johnson, and Daniel Blain. Includes a list of members, the time when they were admitted to the Church, and their date of death. Ms84-179. Click Here to Download Book in PDF Format [31.5M]
CHRISTIANOVIC, RUTH (1923-). ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS. 0.2 cu. ft. Architect and artist of Vienna, Austria. Materials consist of a résumé., architectural plans (1977, n.d.) of her designs, sketches, and watercolors of landscapes and buildings. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-026.
CHRISTOPHER, GEORGE WILLIAM (1908- ). PAPERS, 1961, 1991. 0.2 cu. ft. Retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force. Born in Texhoma, Oklahoma, and grew up in the Texas Panhandle and southern Kansas. In the 1930s he taught flying and barnstormed in Pampa and Amarillo, Texas. During World War II he instructed flying cadets at Love Field (Dallas, Texas) before joining the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) in Santa Monica, California, as an engineering test pilot, and went on active duty as a reserve officer with the Army Air Forces. From 1947 until his retirement he served as a regular officer in the U.S. Air Force. Medals and honors include the Distinguished Flying Cross during the Korean War, the Air Medal, and, in 1961, the Air Force Commendation Medal while serving with Allied Air Forces, Southern Europe, a NATO Command, in Naples, Italy. Currently lives in El Paso, Texas. Papers includes a copy of his autobiographical memoir Pioneer Pilot from the Texas Panhandle: Stories from a Flier's Life (1991), an outline of the airplanes highlighted in the book, and an article about receiving his Air Force Commendation Medal in Italy. Archives of American Aerospace Exploration. Ms91-031.
CINCINNATI & EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1876-77. 0.2 cu. ft. Records include payroll accounts and bills paid by the railroad to creditors. Ms98-025.
CINCINNATI AND EASTERN TELEGRAPH COMPANY. Ms81-012. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CINCINNATI CONNECTING BELT RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1899-1907. Ms81-013. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CINCINNATI, NEW ORLEANS AND TEXAS PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1882-1908. Ms84-032. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CINCINNATI, PORTSMOUTH, AND VIRGINIA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1891-1907. Ms81-014. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CINCINNATI, ROCKPORT AND SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1871-80. Ms84-033. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CIOCANEA, DOINA MARILENA (1951-). ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1999. 0.1 cu. ft. Born in Bucharest, Romania, where she received her diploma in 1976 from the Institute of Architecture. Papers consist of a résumé, photographs and photocopies of drawings of portions of her work. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-004.
[CIVIL WAR HOMEFRONT LETTER, 1862]. 0.1 cu. ft. Letter to "My dear Henry," possibly from his mother. Writes about her concern for the safety of the soldiers on the front, and her belief that soldiering must be a hardship. Ms89-091.
[CIVIL WAR HOMEFRONT LETTER, 1863]. 0.1 cu. ft. Letter to "My dear Husband" from "A.G." during the Civil War. Writes that two men were caught stealing one of the hogs and were whipped by the patrol, and that a neighbor was going to Richmond to visit her son. Ms89-079.
[CIVIL WAR LETTER, 1861]. 0.1 cu. ft. Letter from "A.H.D." in Indianapolis to his brother, written December 14, 1861. Letter concerns the writer's wish that his son be admitted to the Virginia Military Institute "without paying the customary fees" because "he has suffered enough for Virginia." Also mentions problems in sending mail to the Confederate states. Transcript available. Ms90-023.
[CIVIL WAR LETTERS, 1861-62]. 0.1 cu. ft. Two letters on one sheet of paper. First letter written December 24, 1861, from "B.K." to his brother. Hopes to get a letter through to Nashville and then to Texas. Second letter from J.W. Hughes to unknown from Hopkinsville, Kentucky, written January 21, 1862, acknowledging receipt of the letter. Transcript available. Ms90-024.
CIVIL WAR POETRY, c.1861-1865. 0.1 cu. ft. Collection of six handwritten poems said to have been composed during the Civil War and including works entitled "The Contraband" and "The Southern Girls Song," the latter signed by M. M. Williams; together with a writing case bearing the embossed title "Soldiers Home Companion." Images are available on the VT Imagebase. Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
CIVIL WAR SMALL MANUSCRIPTS. COLLECTION, 1861-1996. 0.5 cu. ft. Collection created from individual small (1- to 2-folder) manuscripts, containing such items as letters, diaries, reminiscences, and ephemera relating to the Civil War. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms2003-014.
[CIVIL WAR UNION SOLDIER'S CORRESPONDENCE, 1862-63]. 0.1 cu. ft. Four letters from a Union soldier in the Civil War written from various camps in Virginia, on topics including camp life and the Battle of Chancellorsville (1863). Transcripts available. Ms88-081.
[CIVIL WAR UNION SOLDIER'S LETTERS, 1865]. 0.1 cu. ft. Three letters from Washburn (last name unknown), a Union soldier in the 14th Massachusetts Battery in the Civil War, to his brother and mother. Washburn writes in April and May 1865 from various places in Virginia about rumors of the soldiers being mustered out of service, souvenir hunters buying up Confederate money, and the effects of the war on the town of Petersburg, Virginia. Ms93-005.
CLAFLIN, ADELAIDE A. LETTERS, 1884. 0.1 cu. ft. Resident of Quincy, Massachusetts, and speaker on the right of suffrage for women. Two letters written in November 1884 from Claflin to Mrs. Hollander referring to Claflin's speaking at an upcoming lecture about the "women's suffrage question." Ms92-005.
CLARK, CHARLES E. (1871-?). JOURNAL, 1894. 0.1 cu. ft. Journal for 1894 in which Clark gives a brief account of his daily activities. Unprocessed. Ms87-024.
CLARK, EDWARD TRAVIS. LETTER, 1875. 0.1 cu. ft. Student at the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) from 1874 to 1875. Letter written in June 1875 from Blacksburg to a friend in Alexandria, Virginia. Wrote that he was ill for the previous two months and was not able to study, and that he was advised to spend the summer in the mountains to recuperate. Ms95-002.
CLARK, EVERT B. (1925-88). PAPERS, 1949-88. 14.0 cu. ft. Aviation, science, and space journalist with Washington [D.C.] Daily News (1948-55); Aviation Week and Space Technology Magazine (1956-63); New York Times (1963-68); Newsweek Magazine; McGraw-Hill publications (1978-85); and Business Week Magazine (1986-88). Recipient of many awards, including the National Space Club's 1969 Battery Journalism Award for coverage of the Apollo program. Co-author (with Nicholas Horrock) of Contrabandista! (dealing with the South American drug trade, 1974); also covered the Watergate scandal for Newsweek. Correspondence, memoranda, research notes; and drafts and published copies of articles. Archives of American Aerospace Exploration. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms89-022.
CLARK, JOHN D. (1907-88). PAPERS, ca. 1923-88. 4.0 cu. ft. Rocket fuel developer; chief chemist at the Naval Air Rocket Test Station and its successor, the Liquid Propulsion Laboratory at the Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, New Jersey (1949-1970). Received a B.S. from Cal Tech (1930); M.S., University of Wisconsin (1932); PhD., Stanford University (1934). Under Clark's direction, a new family of storable high-energy liquid propellants later used in the Apollo program was developed by Navy civilian scientists in 1959. Author of Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (1972) and numerous science fiction stories. Papers include correspondence, drafts of scientific and science fiction publications, notes, an unpublished typescript memoir, diaries (1923-84), photographs, and news clippings. Archives of American Aerospace Exploration. Ms88-058.
CLARKSON, D. LEVIN. LETTERBOOK, 1847-48. 1 vol. New York City resident. Bound letters to David Augustus Clarkson concerning the estate and executor's account of the Bloomingdale pews in Trinity Church in New York City, and about stock in the Utica Railroad Company. Ms88-115.
CLARKSVILLE AND NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-88. Ms84-034. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CLAYTON RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881. Ms84-035. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CLAYTOR, ROBERT B. PAPERS, 1952-78. 0.4 cu. ft. Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Norfolk Southern Foundation, and former general solicitor and Executive Vice President of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. Papers consist of correspondence, articles, brochures, and rosters created or collected by Claytor and his brother, W. Graham Claytor, about the National Railway Historical Society, the preservation of historic trains (including Southern Railway Engine 4501 and N&W Locomotive Number 611), and the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. Ms91-047.
CLAYTOR, W. GRAHAM (1886-1971). PAPERS, 1907-55. 3.0 cu. ft. Electrical engineer and electrical utilities industry executive. Graduated in 1906 from Virginia Tech, Claytor was an executive with the Roanoke (Virginia) Railway and Electric Company and the American Electric Power Company. At the time of his retirement in 1954, Claytor was executive vice-president of the American Gas and Electric Corporation and vice-president of Appalachian Power Company. Claytor Lake, APCO's hydroelectric project on the New River, was named after him. Collection includes correspondence with political, business, and industrial figures; files on civic affairs; copies of speeches; and files on the VPI Alumni Association and VPI Educational Foundation. Ms81-095.
CLEAR FORK AND OCEANA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1907-29. Ms81-015. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CLENDENING, ABRAM (d. 1864). LETTERS, 1863-67. 0.1 cu. ft. Six letters from or about Clendening and his brothers, all soldiers in the Union Army in the Civil War. Clendening and his family were from Mill Creek, (West) Virginia, but he and his brothers emigrated to Ohio when they refused to fight for the Confederacy. Clendening enlisted in the 5th Ohio Sharpshooters in December 1863. He died in May 1864 from a gunshot wound at Hallowell's Landing, Alabama. Letters by Clendening focus on his reasons for not fighting with the Confederacy, and after his death the letters by friends and family focus on his death and the location of his grave. Transcripts available. Ms91-067.
CLEVELAND AND NEW CASTLE RAILWAY COMPANY. Ms90-086. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CLIFTON, ALLEN J. CORRESPONDENCE, 1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier from Easton, Pennsylvania, in the Civil War. Two letters written March and April, 1863, to his sister and brother from a convalescent camp in Virginia. Writes about examinations for those being discharged. Ms89-072.
CLINE, ANN. ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS. 0.1 cu. ft. Artist and architect of California and Ohio; Associate Professor of Architecture at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Materials consist of articles by and about Cline's work on "Little Houses" or one-room spaces and an exhibit of her work at Miami University in 1989. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms94-011.
COALBURG COAL AND COKE COMPANY. RECORDS, 1883-86. Ms84-036. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
COCHRAN FAMILY. LETTERS, 1860-61. 0.1 cu. ft. Augusta County, Virginia, family. Collection consists of fourteen letters written predominantly by John H. Cochran in Richmond, Virginia, in the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln as U.S. President and the beginning of the Civil War. Cochran's letters, all to his mother in Augusta County, give a detailed and eloquent description of the events and feelings of the time, and show his intense loyalty to the Confederate cause. Cochran also wrote in the early months of the war as a private in Company A of the Wise Legion. Collection also includes letters from Cochran's brother, Benjamin Franklin ("Frank") Cochran, who was a private in Company E of the 1st Virginia Cavalry. Transcripts available. Inventory available Ms92-032.
COFFEE FAMILY. LAND GRANT, 1800. 0.1 cu. ft. Grant for 730 acres in Montgomery County, Virginia, signed by James Monroe as governor of Virginia to Robert, James, and Samuel Coffee. Ms86-018.
COHN, JACOB. DIARY, 1863-1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Soldier in Company A, 54th Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War. Brief diary entries note company's movements and battle participation, including descriptions of battles of Piedmont and New Market and a list of those killed at New Market. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-002.
COLE, DORIS. COLLECTION. 0.1 cu. ft. President/Director of the firm Cole and Goyette, Architects and Planners, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA). Collection includes brochure packets from her firm and postcards showing her work. A signed copy of her 1973 book, From Tipi to Skyscraper: A History of Women in Architecture and a copy of her new book Candid Reflections: Letters from Women in Architecture 1972 & 2004 (2007) are cataloged in ADDISON and available in the Special Collections Rare Book Room. Ms2000-027.
COLEMAN, BEVERLY. VIDEOTAPE, N.D. 0.1 cu. ft. Videotape of Admiral Beverly Coleman giving a lecture on Col. John Singleton Mosby (1833-1916), his grandfather, a Confederate ranger, born in Powhatten County, Virginia. Mosby enlisted in the cavalry for the Confederacy in the Civil War, and participated in the Bull Run campaign. Later practiced law in Warrenton, Virginia. Published Mosby's War Reminiscences, and Stuart's Cavalry Campaigns (1887). Unprocessed. Ms87-051.
COLEY, MARY. LETTERS, 1851-76. 0.1 cu. ft. Collection consists of twenty-four letters to Mary Coley of New Haven, Connecticut, from family and friends. The majority of the letters are from her mother Sarah M. Everitt of New Haven, and her sister Isabelle of New York City. Many of the letters written during the Civil War years refer to war-related events (return of the volunteers, the battle of Gettysburg) but the letters mostly concentrate on children, family matters, illness, and deaths. Ms91-065.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION HISTORY. RECORDS, 1970-1990. 0.6 cu. ft. Oral history interviews regarding the history of the College of Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Interviews were conducted in November-December 1989 by the students of Dr. Patrick Carlton, Associate Professor of Education at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Interviewees were Karl T. Hereford, first dean of the College of Education; Fred J. Brieve; Lyle Kinnear; Richard L. Lynch; Carl McDaniels; and Wayne H. Worner. Materials consist of cassette tapes and transcripts of interviews, interview notes, correspondence (1970-72), and reports. Included are the report "Developmental Goals and Priorities of the College of Education 1972-1976" and reports by Adriane Robinson about her interview with Dr. Worner. Ms90-026.
COLLEGE OF HOME ECONOMICS METABOLISM STUDY COLLECTION. IMAGES, c1956-1960. 0.1 cu. ft. Collection of 30 images documenting a Metabolism Study conducted by the College of Home Economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The study, directed by Laura Jane Harper, was concerned with determining nitrogen requirements and utilization for young girls. Images show participants in the study, equipment, and staff measuring food and excretionary products. Ms2005-003.
COLLINS, GEORGE. PAPERS, (1960-1969, n.d.) 2.0 cu. ft. These papers are comprised mostly of correspondence from Collins' time as Chairman of Brookhavens Cosmotron Department. Collins, a physicist, particle experimentalist, educator, and administrator, earned a PHD with R.W. Wood at Hopkins studying UV Spectroscopy. He was a Professor at Notre Dame working on nuclear excitation and disintegration. At MIT he assisted the war effort in the Radiation Laboratory, developing radar for military purposes. He taught at University of Rochester and served the Department of Physics as Chairman. He was in charge of construction and operation of the 240 MeV synchrocyclotron and initiated, with Robert Marshak, the Rochester Conferences. He was Chairman of Brookhaven's Cosmotron Department and a Fulbright fellow in Belgium. Late in his career he came to Virginia Tech and retired as distinguished University Professor Emeritus. Ms2003-012.
COLLINS, MICHAEL (1930- ). PAPERS, 1907-89. 18.0 cu. ft. Graduate of U. S. Military Academy (B.S., 1952); Air Force pilot (1952-1963); astronaut in NASA's Gemini and Apollo programs (1963-69); pilot for Gemini X (1966) and command module pilot for Apollo XI (1969), the first lunar landing mission; Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs (1970-71); director of the National Air and Space Museum (1971-78); aerospace consultant and author (1978-present). Author of Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys (1974); Flying to the Moon and Other Strange Places (1976); and Liftoff: The Story of America's Adventure in Space (1988). Recipient of many awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and NASA's Distinguished Service and Exceptional Service Awards. Collection includes instruction manuals and notebooks from Collins' Air Force and NASA training; transcripts, audio recordings, printed material and photographs from the Gemini 10 and Apollo 11 flights; materials from Collins' State Department and NASM tenures; files on boards and clubs to which Collins belonged; notes, correspondence, drafts and reviews for three of Collins' books, as well as magazine articles and book reviews written by him; personal correspondence and biographical material; and a significant collection of Collins' awards (certificates, plaques and medals) and aerospace memorabilia. Archives of American Aerospace Exploration. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms89-029.
COLLINS, MICHAEL (1930- ): JAMES DEAN RESOURCE MATERIAL, 1961-88. 2.5 cu. ft. Please See DEAN, JAMES. COLLECTION, 1961-88. 2.5 cu. ft.
COLLUMS, THELMA T. PAPERS, n.d. 1.0 cu. ft. Schoolteacher and writer of Houlka, Mississippi. Papers consist of approximately 100 stories written by Collums. Access restricted. Ms94-017.
COLTER, MARY JANE (1869-1958). VIDEOTAPE, 1996. 0.1 cu. ft. Chief architect for the Fred Harvey Company who designed hotels, gift shops, and viewing places throughout the southwestern desert in the United States in the early 1900s. Her most notable designs were the Watchtower, Hopi House, and Hermit's Rest at the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Film entitled "Mary Jane Colter: The Desert View" produced, written, and directed in 1996 by Jennifer Lee of Beverly Hills, California, and narrated by Ellen Burstyn, about Colter's life and work. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms97-005.
COLUMBIA AND GREENVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-95. Ms84-037. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
COLUMBIA AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-03. Ms90-087. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
COLUMBUS CONNECTING AND TERMINAL RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1892-1922. Ms81-016. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
COLUMBUS, FAYETTE AND DECATUR RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1872-82. Ms84-038. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
COMPTON, JOHN R. LETTERS, 1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Colonel commanding the 198th Virginia Militia. Three notes, possibly from a copybook, signed by Compton. Two notes certify that Drs. Mitchel Kegley and William E. Hoge had served the regiment as surgeons, while the third directs Hoge to obtain payrolls while in Richmond. Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. WAR DEPARTMENT. ACCOUNT SHEETS, 1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Two account statements each for costs of travel of E.W. Hubard and L.W. Hastings. Both are signed by James A. Sedden, Secretary of War for the Confederacy in the Civil War. Ms55-002.
CONFEDERATE CURRENCY, c.1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Two notes issued by the Confederate government during the Civil War: a 20-dollar bill bearing the likeness of Vice President Alexander Stephens and a 100-dollar bill featuring portraits of Lucy Pickens (wife of South Carolina's governor) and George Randolph (CSA cabinet member). Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
CONNESS, JOHN (1821-1909). CORRESPONDENCE, 1903. 0.1 cu. ft. Senator from California, 1863-69, and later a resident of Massachusetts. Two letters to Gorham Dummer Gilman, a resident of Boston, in which Conness writes of a book, Gold Stories of '49, by Nuima Smith. Ms78-014.
CONFORTO, MARIA LETIZIO. PAPERS, 1982-2000. 1 cu. ft. The collection includes drawings of Museo Nazionale Romano Crypta Balbi, slides, articles, and a brief biographical sketch. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2002-056.
CONRAD, THOMAS NELSON (1837-1905). BOOK MANUSCRIPT, 1891-93. 0.4 cu. ft. Born in Fairfax Court House, Virginia; graduated from Dickinson College in 1857. During the Civil War he served as a captain in the Third Virginia Cavalry. President of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) from 1882 to 1886. Papers consist of the original manuscript of The Rebel Scout: A Thrilling History of Scouting Life in the Southern Army, written by Conrad from 1891 to 1893, and published in 1904. Ms89-095.
CONSTRUCTIVE WOMEN ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN ARCHIVE. RECORDS, 1995. 0.1 cu. ft. An archive located in North Sydney, Australia, of images of work by women architects and designers in Australia, formed in 1995. Records consist of a cover letter introducing the archive, a general information and collection policy form, guidelines for submitting work to the archive form, a biographical questionnaire, an image documentation form, a copyright agreement form, and newsletters. Also includes issues of Constructive Times, a newsletter of the Association of Women Architects, Landscape Architects, Planners and Women in the Building Industry, in Australia. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms95-005.
CONVERSE, HENRY A. LETTER, 1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Lawyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Letter written December 12-14, 1863, to his aunt, Mary B. Haralson of Longmeadow, Massachusetts. Writes that since he opened up his office a month before business has been very slow but he hopes that it will pick up at the close of the war, as it did after the War of 1812. If business remains bad he might try to write for the daily papers or tutor private pupils. Comments on the bad state of Confederate currency, the rising cost of hiring a substitute for soldiering, and that bounties should be offered to promote volunteering. Ms89-108.
COOKE, C. ERNEST. PAPERS, n.d. 0.8 cu. ft. Playwright, artist, and professor of English at Virginia Intermont Institute in Bristol, Virginia, from 1930 to the 1960s. Papers consist of manuscript and typed plays he wrote, and his publication, A Tabulated Biographical History of English Literature Correlated With the History of World Culture. Ms94-008.
COOPER, BYRON NELSON (1912-71). PAPERS, 1946-71. 5.0 cu. ft. Professor of Geology and eventually head of the Geological Sciences Department from 1946-71 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Graduated with B.S. from DePauw University in 1934, received an M.S. from University of Iowa in 1935 and his Ph.D. from the same institution in 1937. Collection contains correspondence, papers, lectures, etc., on Southwest Virginia geology and mineral development. Ms73-004.
COOPER, MARGARET ROBB SHOOK (1925- ). RÉSUMÉ AND BROCHURE. 0.1 cu. ft. Partner of Architecture 2, a firm in Washington, D.C. Materials include a curriculum vitae and a brochure, "Robbie Cooper Design," with photographs and architectural drawings. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-028.
COPPER RANGE SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-13. Ms84-039. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CORBIN, S. WELLFORD. LETTER, 1865. 0.1 cu. ft. Lieutenant in the Confederate States Navy during the Civil War. Captured by the Union forces in June 1864, during the Petersburg Assaults, and sent to the Officer's Prison at Fort Delaware, Delaware. Paroled in February 1865. Resident of Virginia; after the war he taught at the Virginia Military Institute and was a Virginia state senator. Letter written, January 29, 1865, to Mrs. Emily S. Brune of Baltimore, Maryland, from Corbin as a prisoner of war at Fort Delaware. Thanks her for the Christmas gifts and mentions several mutual friends in Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia. Ms89-063.
CORNELIUS, ULLA (1952- ). ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1983-1985. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of Munster, Germany. The collection consists of her architectural designs. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-029.
CORPS OF CADETS [VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE]. DUTY ROSTER, 1890. 1 vol. Morning report of the post of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, in Blacksburg, Virginia, from March 10 to 16, 1890. Ms96-025.
CORSON, BLAKE W. JR. (1908- ). PAPERS, 1937-80. 9.0 cu. ft. Aeronautical engineer. Received B.S. in mathematics and physics at the University of Richmond (1932). Joined the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) in 1935; retired from NASA-Langley in 1972 as head of the 16 Foot Transonic Tunnel Branch. Papers consist of project files, reports, and correspondence concerning his work at Langley. Topics include aerodynamic performance of aircraft propellers and manned aircraft; wind tunnel fans, jet noise suppression, and tunnel calibration. Archives of American Aerospace Exploration. Ms90-055.
COTTRELL, BENJAMIN (1894-1988). PAPERS, 1910-66. 1.2 cu. ft. Graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1916 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. Papers consist of framed photographs of Cottrell, diplomas, certificates, and correspondence, and scrapbooks and publications relating to his work as a highway and railroad engineer in Costa Rica and Bolivia in the 1940s. Ms94-035.
COUNCIL BLUFFS AND ST. LOUIS RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1879-80. Ms90-088. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
COWAN, JOHN T. (1840-1929). PAPERS, 1887-1917. 0.1 cu. ft. Born in Clarksburg, Virginia (now West Virginia). Member of the original board of trustees for the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Polytechnic Institute). Served with the Confederacy in the Civil War and represented Montgomery County, Virginia, in the legislature. Raised shorthorn cattle in Whitehorn, Virginia. Papers consist of pages from an account book, bills, notes, and correspondence relating to his personal and business affairs. Ms69-005.
COWGILL, CLINTON HARRIMAN (1890-1975). COLLECTION, 1916-1977. 0.5 cu. ft. Professor (1928-56) of Architectural Engineering at Virginia Tech. Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA). Papers include correspondence concerning Virginia Tech, the School of Architecture's building named in Cowgill's honor, and the AIA; photographs of structures designed by Cowgill; his publications on architecture (printed and manuscript); architectural certificates (1937-1935); and diplomas (1916-25). Also includes a humorous scrapbook of photos and clippings. An EAD-encoded finding aid is available in the Virginia Heritage database. Ms78-009.
COX, A.B. MANUSCRIPT, 1900. 0.1 cu. ft. Typed manuscript of Footprints in the Sands of Time: A History of South-Western Virginia and North-Western COTTRELL, BENJAMIN (1894-1988). PAPERS, 19North Carolina, written in 1900 by Cox. Copy was typed from Cox's book by Mrs. Alfred Apple of Bedford, Indiana. Ms89-038.
CRAIG HEALING SPRINGS [CRAIG COUNTY, VIRGINIA.] LETTERS, 1924. 0.1 cu. ft. Typescript copies of seventy-five letters from the management of a resort hotel in Craig County, Virginia, about reservations, accommodations, and the restorative powers of the spring water, to potential guests and other resorts. Ms90-078.
CRAWFORD, MARTHA J. (1925-94). PAPERS, 1961-75. 6.0 cu. ft. Architectural interior designer of Waukesha, Wisconsin; first woman member of the New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute. Collection includes a portfolio of biographical and career information, including lists of projects and exhibitions, and articles about her work; two scrapbooks (1961-74) of photographs, clippings, and lists of accomplishments; and drawings, artwork, and posters by Crawford. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms94-016.
CREELMAN, SAMUEL A. PAPERS, 1861-1906. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier in the Civil War, in Company A, 101st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Collection consists of letters written by Creelman to his family from various camps in Virginia. After the war Creelman scratched out passages that were religious in nature from several of the letters, when he renounced Christianity. Also included is an address by Creelman to have been read at his funeral, obituaries, and Collections of Coffee Cooler, written by Creelman about his war experiences, especially his capture at Plymouth, North Carolina, and his subsequent imprisonment at Andersonville, Georgia, and Florence, South Carolina. Ms84-178.
CREWDSON, R. [Robert] H. PAPERS, 1954. 0.2 cu. ft. VPI class of 1955. Collection includes four group project reports of experiments completed in August to September 1954 as part of the curriculum for Chemical Engineering 401. R. H. Crewdson was foreman of the group which included R. S. Luttrell and N. H. Bakshi. Ms2002-010.
CREWELL, PHILIP. LETTER, 1861. 0.1 cu. ft. Letter from Crewell, a soldier in the Union Army during the Civil War, writing to his brother on May 7, 1861, from Albany, New York. Crewell praises his fellow soldiers and is eager to fight the rebels. Transcript available. Ms91-070.
CROCKETT, J.W. PAPERS, 1890. 0.1 cu. ft. Papers consist of a broadside, "The Center as Conservative Balance," and an unstamped Congressional cover from George C. Cabell to Crockett of Floyd County, Virginia. Ms86-010.
CROCKETT, ROBERT. INVENTORY, 1815. 0.1 cu. ft. Wythe County, Virginia, land and slave owner. Inventory of Crockett's property and slaves. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms88-076.
CROLEY, NAN (1939-2006). ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION, 1996-2006. 0.6 cu. ft. Nan Croley was born in 1939 and grew up in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Pratt Institute, School of Architecture in 1970. The collection consists of partial sets of construction drawings for three projects, several renderings and many sketches done while employed at John Matthews Architects. Projects include a new medical building, the Massolo Building storefront, and a remodel and addition to a residence. An EAD-encoded finding aid is available in the Virginia Heritage database. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2006-016.
CRONKHITE, JAMES H. CORRESPONDENCE, 1862. 0.1 cu. ft. Soldier in the 4th Minnesota Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. Four letters written from June to August, 1862, to his wife in Warsaw, Rice County, Minnesota, from camps and a division hospital in Mississippi. Writes that the war should soon be over because of the enemy's lack of resources. He also writes about his attack of cholera and the resulting stay in the hospital, and why he believes it is better to be a first lieutenant than a captain. Ms89-062.
CROSS, VICTORIA. LETTER, 1909. 0.1 cu. ft. Pseudonym of British writer Vivian Cory. Letter written by Cross from the Hotel Cecil, Strand, to "Mr. Harris," asking him to read Life's Shopwindow. Ms87-039.
CROWN COTTON MILLS [DALTON, GEORGIA]. ORAL HISTORY TAPES, 1984-85. 19 tapes. Oral history tapes of employees at the Crown Cotton Mills in Dalton, a textile town in the Appalachian Valley of northwest Georgia. Most of mill hands interviewed worked for Crown from the 1920s-1960s. All interviews conducted by J. Douglas Flamming, formerly a history professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, in 1984-85. Unprocessed. Ms88-023.
CROY FAMILY. PAPERS, 1859-1938. 0.5 cu. ft. Blacksburg, Virginia family. Papers of the Croy and related families (especially the Dawson and Pepper families) of Montgomery County, Virginia. Includes correspondence, financial records, diaries, artifacts and photographs. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Images from the album are available on the VT Imagebase. Ms2001-018.
CRUISE, KATHLEEN T. ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1964-1995. 8.5 cu. ft. Architect of San Francisco, California. Alumna of Virginia Tech. Collection focuses on her work for Pacific Gas and Electric company in San Francisco, California. Collection inventory. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms99-001.
CRUSH, CHARLES W. PAPERS, 1795-1946. 1.0 cu. ft. Montgomery County, Virginia, judge and local historian, author of The Montgomery County Story(1957). Papers include Crush's files on Confederate gravesites in Montgomery County (1931-38); Montgomery County World War II casualties (1941-46); Company 161, Virginia Reserve Militia (1944-45); and the 150th anniversary of Christiansburg, Virginia (1945). Also includes bills from Montgomery County businesses (1809-80); a ledger book of James Hoge; lists of "tithables" (1799-1813); and typescript copies of courthouse records of Montgomery and Fincastle counties from the late 1700s. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms84-180.
CULNAN, KENNETH S. PAPERS, 1970. 1 vol. Graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (B.S. Arch., 1971). Papers consist of a typescript book, "Space Structure Building Systems Applied to a Housing Complex and an Airport Terminal Facility," presented to the VPI College of Architecture in August 1970. Ms92-001.
CULVER, JOSHUA W. CORRESPONDENCE, 1862-63, 1877-99. 0.1 cu. ft. Eight manuscript letters of a Union soldier in the Civil War, written in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania; and four letters written to and from other Culver family members. Transcripts available. Ms82-004.
CUMBERLAND GAP CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-96. Ms84-040. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CUMBERLAND RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-25. Ms84-041. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CUMBERLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-44. Ms84-042. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
CUNNINGHAM, DAVID. LETTER, 1865. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier in the Civil War. Letter written April 26,1865, from Berkley's Station, Virginia, to Mrs. A.E. Young. Tells Mrs. Young that reports of him getting killed are false, and were probably created by the "Copperheads," or Northern Democrats who opposed the Union's war policy. Ms89-060.
CURRIE, LEONARD J. (1913-1996). PAPERS, 1933-1994. ca. 6.0 cu. ft. Currie received a Bachelor of Architecture from University of Minnesota in 1936, married Virginia M. Herz in 1937, and earned a Master’s degree from Harvard in 1938, then served an two-year apprenticeship with Marcel Breuer and Walter Gropius at their firm. After that he worked on many projects in Latin America, taught at Harvard, and headed the architecture departments of Virginia Tech and University of Illinois at Chicago. He practiced architecture privately in firms during the 1970s, 80s, and 90s, and became a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in 1993. The 1961 house he designed for his family in Blacksburg, Virginia, commonly called the “Pagoda House,” won awards from the AIA and is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Currie Papers include sets of blueprints and drawings for about 25 architectural projects and papers relating to his teaching. There are also files and reports on his work in Latin America, both on historic sites and improving housing for the poor. Unprocessed. Other materials about the Curries are housed at the Special Collections in the library of the University of Illinois at Chicago. Ms2007-028.
CURRIE, VIRGINIA M. HERZ (1913-2006). PAPERS, 1934-2000. 2.0 cu. ft. Resident of Blacksburg, Virginia, and a 1936 graduate of the architecture program at the University of Minnesota. Currie married architect Leonard J. Currie in 1937 and traveled around the world with him, becoming an active community volunteer wherever they lived. The Currie Papers contain watercolors of room interiors probably painted as a student in the 1930s. There is also a scrapbook from a neighborhood beautification project in Chicago in 1966 and a 1995 Valiant Woman Award from Church Women United. Inventory available. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Other materials about the Curries are housed at the Special Collections in the library of the University of Illinois at Chicago. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2001-005.
CURRY FAMILY. LETTERS, 1851-81. 0.1 cu. ft. Family in Atchison County, Missouri, writing to family and friends in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. Nine letters in which they write about the beauty of the country, Grange and revival meetings, crops, weather, sickness, and deaths. Ms92-009.
CUSHING, DAVID F. CASHBOOK, 1852-54. 1 vol. Itemized cashbook accounting for personal expenditures. Ms88-105.
CUSHING, H.D. CORRESPONDENCE, 1861-64. 0.1 cu. ft., 11 items. Soldier in the 15th Maine Infantry Regiment in the Civil War. Letters to his mother and wife from New Orleans, Louisiana; Pensacola, Florida; and a hospital in Readville, Massachusetts. Ms88-067.
CUTLER, SHERRIE STEPHENS. BROCHURE. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Collection consists of a brochure of her firm, Ecodesign International. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-030.
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