Guide to the Manuscript Collections
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H.C. & CO. ACCOUNT BOOK, 1879-96. 1 vol. Unknown business in Virginia. Lists debtors, creditors, and labor, store, bank, cash, and interest accounts. Ms89-082.
HAFER, HANNELORE (1954- ). BOOK AND SKETCH. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of Kassel, Germany. A 1986 book, Glasarchitektur: Bewohnte Glashauser und Glasanbauten, co-written with Egon Bohmer, and a sketch of a skyline. Ms2000-040.
HAGAN, HARRISON. ACCOUNT BOOKS, 1836-58. 4 vols. Brandonville, Virginia (now West Virginia), general store owner. Materials include a time book of workers at Muddy Creek Iron Furnace in Albright, Virginia (1836-38), and ledgers (1854-58) of business transactions. Ms88-057.
HAGER, ANNE JUDKINS. PAPERS, 1828-1990, n.d. Genealogical researcher, and collector of her family papers. Papers consist of files, books, and newspaper clippings gathered by Hager and other family members on the Preston family of Southwest Virginia (particularly the Abingdon branch), and other associated families that intermarried with the Prestons. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms95-008.
HAGER, GEORGE H. ACCOUNT BOOKS, 1913-25. 16 vols. Wythe County, Virginia, general store merchant. Ledgers and order books. Ms40-013.
HAHN, EDWARD H. CASSETTE TAPES, 1977-91. 76 tapes. Collection consists of tapes of lectures and talks given at Civil War Roundtables and sessions at a Civil War Summer Institute led by Virginia Tech History Professor J.I. Robertson, Jr., attended and recorded by Hahn. Topics focus on prominent Civil War battles, campaigns, and persons. Ms92-026.
HAKALA-MEYER, MAIJA, PORTFOLIO AND BIOGRAPHICAL ABSTRACT. 0.1 cu. ft. Born 1944. Architect of Braunschweig, Germany. Collection consists of a portfolio of photocopies of articles, architectural drawings, and photographs, and a brief biographical abstract. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-041.
HALE, RUTH G. PAPERS, ca. 1984-87. 0.1 cu. ft. Roanoke, Virginia, resident. Papers consist of a copy of "Montgomery County Cemeteries" by Hale, listing markings on gravestones in cemeteries in Montgomery County, Virginia. Ms89-037.
HALL, LOUISE (1905-1990). PAPERS, 1860-1990. 85 cu. ft. Hall earned a B.A. from Wellesley College in 1927, B.S. from MIT in 1930, Ph.D. from Radcliffe 1954. She was a long-time member of the North Carolina Chapter of the AIA, and served as its archivist. She taught art and architectural history at Duke University from 1931-1975 and mentored many architects and scholars, including Dr. Mary Woods at the School of Architecture at Cornell who recently published a history of the profession. The Hall collection contains papers from her teaching career, various jobs including architecture projects, drawings from an architecture class, diaries, maps, blueprints, scrapbooks and original artwork. It also includes old family letters and photographs (including glass negatives, cartes de visite, cabinet cards, and tintypes), genealogical research notes, and personal papers. Preliminary Inventory available. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-086.
HALL, WILLIAM P. CORRESPONDENCE, 1861-63. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier from Massachusetts in the Civil War. Four letters written from various camps in Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia, to his uncle in Worcester, Massachusetts. Worked in the cook house. Writes that several soldiers were discharged because they were too small and short, how the regiment grows smaller each month, and that a bowling alley will be built in a hospital for the men. Also writes that his regiment was inspected by the Secretaries of War and of the Navy, and by General Ambrose E. Burnside and Governor John Andrew of Massachusetts. Ms89-069.
HALSEY, HENRY. ACCOUNT BOOK, 1846-60. 1 vol. Dealer in skins and leather in Windsor County, Massachusetts. Customer accounts. Ms78-011.
HAMPDEN-SYDNEY COLLEGE, UNION LITERARY SOCIETY. CORRESPONDENCE, 1829-57. 0.1 cu. ft. Literary society established in 1789 at Hampden-Sydney College in Richmond, Virginia, to provide a forum for writing, speaking, and debating for its student members. Correspondence consists of sixteen letters of acceptance or refusal to lecture or to accept membership in the society, from John S. Caskie, Thomas Saunders Gholson, James E. Heath, Elias Lyman Magoon, Chesley Martin, Henry W. Miller, Joseph Nimmo, and Harry Robertson. Also includes letters from craftspeople and merchants concerning membership pins, curtains, ribbons, and diplomas. Ms93-001.
HANCOCK, JOHN H. (ca.1841-1913). DIARY, 1862-1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Sergeant in 29th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War. Brief diary entries relate largely routine information such as weather conditions, personal health, camp routines. Longer entries provide information on orders, marching, battles and war news. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-008.
HANNA, BRONWYN. Thesis. 0.1 cu. ft. Ms2000-028.
HANNIBAL AND NAPLES RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1863-76. Ms90-096. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
HANNIBAL UNION DEPOT COMPANY. RECORDS, 1920-52. Ms90-097. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
HANSARD, A.C.M.A. LETTER, 1865. 0.1 cu. ft. Civil War home front letter written February 24, 1865, from Tazewell, Claiborne County, Tennessee. Hansard writes to her family about the lack of available meat, robberies in the area, and a recent local revival meeting. Ms89-097.
HANSEN, FANI D. RÉSUMÉ. 0.1 cu. ft. General Partner, Hansen Associates, Tiburon, California. Received Award of Honor (1980) for Design Excellence and first place for Energy Conservation Competition (1981). Also includes an audio interview from 1988. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2001-061.
HARDIN, WALTER READE JR. (1917-1985). COLLECTION, 1934-1952. 0.1 cu. ft. Virginia Tech graduate and U.S. Army veteran. Collection consists of materials collected during college days, including mementos of local social events (especially dances and concerts); photographs of cadet and band groups, classmates, and events surrounding the 1938 homecoming football game with the University of Virginia; and a small assortment of newspaper clippings. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project. Ms2003-027.
HARKNESS, SARAH PILLSBURY (1914- ). PAPERS, 1985-97. 0.3 cu. ft. Architect of Lexington, Massachusetts, and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Founding member (1945) of The Architects Collaborative, an architecture firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Collection consists of a 1985 book by Harkness, Sustainable Design for Two Maine Islands, an audio-cassette with a lecture given October 1986 by her at Virginia Tech about sustainable design, architectural drawings and photographs of a house she designed in 1996-97 in Essex, Massachusetts; and a booklet documenting the presentations given at an awards dinner when she was presented with the Boston Society of Architects 1991 Award of Honor. Inventory available. International Archive of Women in Architecture.Ms97-024.
HARKRADER PRODUCE COMPANY. ACCOUNT BOOKS, 1924-36. 3 vols. Montgomery County, Virginia, company. Customer accounts. Ms40-014.
HARLING, ELISABETH-CHARLOTTE (1922- ). PAPERS, 1950-1998. 2.1 cu. ft. Architect in Germany, but also worked in France and Switzerland. Papers reflect Harling's work as an architect, and an interior designer and her work in university buildings as well as on commercial buildings. Inventory available. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms99-007.
HARMAN, EDWIN HOUSTON (1835-64). CORRESPONDENCE, 1856-64. 0.2 cu. ft. Lieutenant colonel in Company H, 45th Virginia Infantry, in the Civil War. Born in Tazewell County, Virginia; enlisted in May 1861 as a captain. Promoted to Lieutenant colonel in May 1862. Killed in action at Cloyd's Farm, Virginia, in May 1864. Collection consists of ca. 300 letters to and from Harman in various camps in southwest Virginia and his wife, sister, and mother. Transcripts available. Ms90-019.
HARPER, ROBERT A. (1862-1946). COLLECTION, c.1910-c.1930. 0.2 cu. ft. Head of Columbia University Botany Department from 1911 to 1930. Collection consists of ca. 200 photographs--some attributed to Hicks Arnold--of various orchid specimens, together with a few scientific notes and personal materials. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project. Ms2003-010.
HARRIS, JAMES W. M., PAPERS, 1857-1900. 1 Linear Foot. The Papers consist of documents and over 200 letters written either to or from James Harris or immediate family members. Topics include descriptions of the siege of Vicksburg, life in Richmond, life during the Civil War, and treatment of African Americans during the time period. Inventory available. Ms2000-085.
HARRIS, JONATHAN. LETTER, 1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Soldier in Company K, 17th Regiment of the North Carolina State Troops in the Civil War. Letter written July 21, 1864, from Greenville, North Carolina, to Major R.S. Tucker. Harris asks Tucker to use his influence with his commanding General to recommend him for the position of quartermaster in Washington, North Carolina, on account of failing health and his desire for an easy position. Ms89-065.
HARRIS MOUNTAIN SCHOOLS. PAPERS, 1913-61. 0.1 cu. ft. Presbyterian mission schools in Floyd, Montgomery, and Franklin Counties, Virginia. Schools included Shooting Creek, Ferrum, Cannaday, Christiansburg, Buffalo Mountain, Sylvatus; Pippen Hill, Boone's Mill; Taylor's Mountain, Thaxton; Cave Mountain, Greenlee; Algoma, Boone's Mill; and Franklin, Christiansburg. Includes act of incorporation for the Schools (1913); correspondence (1947-61) to Rev. R.G. See, President of the Board of Advisors, and Rev. G.A. Wilson; histories of the school; a brochure about John Kellogg Harris, after whom the school is named; and a copy of the "Montgomery Mountain Missionary" (1925) containing articles on the Schools and the Presbyterian home mission. Finding aid is available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms61-001.
[HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, DAYBOOK, 1823-25.] 1 vol. Account book for an unknown general store in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Accounts for sales of sugar, blankets, tobacco, etc. Ms88-101.
HART, HENRY WELDO (1832-1895). LETTERS,1862-1865. 0.1 cu. ft. Corporal in 2nd Connecticut Light Artillery Battery and husband of Margaret Elizabeth Black. Typescript copies of letters written by Hart to his wife from camps in the northern Virginia and gulf coast areas. Discusses at great length camp life; conditions in northern Virginia, Louisiana, and other areas; military actions; the war's progress; and personal matters. Part of the Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
HASTINGS, L. JANE. ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1951-2003. 10.5 cu. ft. Architect in Seattle, founder and owner of The Hastings Group - Architects. Papers include drawings, presentation boards, photographs, and printed material relating to Hastings' professional and design activities. An EAD-encoded partial finding aid is available in the Virginia Heritage database. Additional drawings for about 20 more projects and slides showing 39 projects were added in 2005 and 2006. Information about UIFA confererences, 1969-1998, added in 2008. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2004-004.
HAUPT, HERMAN (1817-1905). MANUSCRIPT REMINISCENCES, ca. 1862-1900. 0.5 cu. ft. Chief of construction and transportation for the military railroad system for the Union Army during the Civil War; later chief engineer or general manager for several railroads, including the Shenandoah Valley, the Richmond and Danville and the Northern Pacific, and president of the Dakota and Great Southern Railroad. Manuscript consists of the original draft for his Reminiscences of General Herman Haupt (1901), including correspondence, copies of telegraph messages, and general orders from the Civil War. Among the correspondence is a letter from Robert Todd Lincoln. Ms88-010.
HAUTMANN-KISS, KLARA, ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS. 0.2 cu. ft. Architect of Vienna, Austria. Papers include an article, "Residential Parks as a Solution of Today's Housing Problem;" plans for "Wiener Flur," a housing project in Vienna; a brief biography; and a pen sketch (1980) of a theatre interior. Ms2000-042.
HAWKES, JOSHUA GILMAN (1831-63). PAPERS, 1852-70. 0.2 cu. ft. (ca. 50 items). Union soldier in the Civil War from Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Served in the 52nd Massachusetts Port Hudson. Hawkes disappeared and apparently drowned on his return to Massachusetts in July 1863. Papers consists of Hawkes's letters to family members, and also contain correspondence by friends and relatives written after his death concerning him. Transcripts available. Ms79-003.
HAWKINS, HERMAN BRUCE (1889-1981). PAPERS, 1959-1970. 0.2 cu. ft. Received B.S. in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech in 1910. President of Alumni Association, and member of the Board for Virginia Tech. Received Distinguished Alumni Citation (DAC) in 1961. Papers include correspondence with C. Taylor Adams, a classmate of Hawkins's, regarding the Communist Party. Also included is material relating to Hawkins' receiving the D.A.C. Ms74-014.
HAWKINSVILLE AND FLORIDA SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1896-1924. Ms84-074. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
HAYDEN, FLORENCE KENYON. PAPERS, 1905-07, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Architecture instructor at Ohio State University. Papers include her lecture notebook, with her teaching outline for a class; a photograph of Oxley Hall at OSU, designed by her, and an advertising postcard addressed to her, for the millwork of a "20th Century" window. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms88-062.
HAYES, CARL N. "NEIGHBOR AGAINST NEIGHBOR, BROTHER AGAINST BROTHER: GREENE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR," [1966?] 0.1 cu. ft. Photocopy of typescript collection of information regarding the Civil War in Greene County, Tennessee. Part of the Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
HEBALD-HEYMANN, MARGO, RÉSUMÉ AND COMPANY BROCHURE. 0.1 cu. ft. President of Margo Hebald-Heymann, AIA & Associates, Inc., a company specializing in designing commercial structures and health care facilities in California. Collection consists of a brochure of her firm with a curriculum vitae. Ms2000-043.
HELG, FRANCA (1920- ). ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1989. 0.1 cu. ft. Born in Milan, Italy. The collection consists of an article that Helg wrote in 1989 entitled "Franco Albini-Architect and Teacher", as well as a catalog about Helg. Inventory available. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2001-025.
HENDRIX, LEE. CORRESPONDENCE, 1862-63. 0.1 cu. ft. Private in Co. B of the 1st North Carolina Sharpshooter Battalion in the Civil War. Collection consists of eight letters from Hendrix in camp in Front Royal, Virginia, and in a hospital in Lynchburg, Virginia, to Noah Beeson. Writes of lice in the camp and boredom between confrontations with the enemy. Mentions the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862). Transcripts available. Ms90-020.
HENRY, ROBERT SELPH (1889-1970). PAPERS, 1940-70. 6.0 cu. ft. Historian, railroad executive, lawyer. Born in Tennessee, graduated from Vanderbilt University with an L.L.B. in 1910. Captain in World War I, later a colonel in the Army Reserve until his retirement in 1952. Assistant to the Vice President of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railroad (1921-34), Vice President of the Association of American Railroads (1934-58). Author of several books on Mexican War, Civil War, Reconstruction, and railroad history, including The Story of the Confederacy (1931), Trains (1934), "First with the Most" Forrest (1944), and The Story of the Mexican War (1950). President of the Southern Historical Association (SHA; 1957). Papers consist of correspondence, subject files, photographs,and clippings concerning his research on various topics in Civil War and railroad history, including information about General Nathan Bedford Forrest, and his papers as President of the SHA. Georgia (1896); leased to the Gulf Line Railway Unprocessed. Ms89-020.
HERBERT, DELIA. LETTERS, 1861-62. 0.1 cu. ft. Three letters written by a resident of Bergen, New York, to her sister in Lockhart, New York. Writes her despair in not hearing from her husband, a soldier in an unidentified New York regiment during the Civil War. Ms92-029.
HERBERT, HENRY E. LETTER, 1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier in the Civil War writing on June 22, 1863, from an unknown place to his brother. Writes about a fight that occurred the day before involving four thousand cavalry and two or three batteries of Union troops. Transcript available. Ms91-071.
HERGESHEIMER, JOSEPH (1880-1954). LETTER, 1918. 0.1 cu. ft. American novelist, short story writer, and biographer, best known for The Three Black Pennies (1917) and Java Head (1919). Autobiographical letter, written from Dower House, Hergesheimer's farmhouse in West Chester, Pennsylvania, giving details about his youth and parents, schooling, books and aims, favorite authors, early struggles, etc. Ms75-004.
HERMANUZ, GHISLAINE, RÉSUMÉ, BROCHURE AND LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. 0.1 cu. ft. Born 1942. Professor of Architecture at the City College of New York School of Architecture (1986- ), Director of the City College Architectural Center, and principal of Hermanuz, Ltd., in New York. Member of the Societe d'Ingenieurs et Architectes of Switzerland. Papers consist of a résumé with a list of publications and papers; a brochure, A Housing Platform for Harlem (1985), published by the Community Design Workshop of Columbia University, of which Hermanuz was director; and a report, "Shelter and Community: An Agenda for Action," (1988) prepared by Hermanuz for the United Nations Non-Governmental Organizations Committee on Shelter and Community. Ms2000-045.
HERRICK, SAMUEL (1911-74). PAPERS, ca. 1931-72. 60.0 cu. ft. Professor of astronomy and engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1937 to 1974, and recognized as the founder of the field of astrodynamics, which applied the disciplines of celestial mechanics and mathematics to the problems of space trajectory research. His interest in space dates from the 1930s, when he corresponded with and received guidance from R. H. Goddard. In 1945 Herrick founded the Institute of Navigation; in 1946 he instituted a course in Rocket Navigation at UCLA, the world's first university-level course on astronautics. Papers include correspondence, notes, drafts of publications, and files relating to and clippings concerning his research on various topics in Civil War courses and students. His consulting files for NASA's Project Mercury, the film "The Day the Earth Stood Still," and private industry are included. Archives of American Aerospace Exploration. Ms78-002.
HERRMANN-CHONG, EVELYN CHI-CHAIN (1941- ). BROCHURE and VITAE, 1998. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of Bern, Switzerland; born in China. Collection consists of a brief curriculum vitae and a brochure of the work she has done as a principal of A. & C. Herrmann-Chong Freie Architekten in Bern. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms98-020.
HERTZLER, ANN, COLLECTION, 1916-2001. 0.5 cu. ft. Professor of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise at Virginia Tech, 1980-2001. Manuscript collection includes papers, photographs, musical scripts, artifacts, and display materials largely about children's nutrition. Preliminary inventory available. In 2005 Prof. Emerita Hertzler established the Ann Hertzler Children's Cookbook and Nutrition Literature Collection. The initial donation of publications dating from 1910 has grown to nearly 400 and is available along with the Culinary History Collection through Addison, the library's online catalog. Ms2001-004.
HETERICK FAMILY. GENEALOGY, 1996. 0.1 cu. ft. A copy of "A Record of the Family Heterick," compiled by Robert Cary Heterick of Blacksburg, Virginia. Includes genealogical information about the Heterick family, dating back to Robert Heterick of Ayrshire, Scotland, born in 1747, who came to the U.S. in 1784. Consists of genealogical charts and biographical sketches for Heterick family members, most of which were born in Frederick and Culpeper counties, Virginia. Ms96-016.
HICKMAN FAMILY. NEWSLETTERS and PAPERS, 1995-98. 0.1 cu. ft. Family newsletters written by H. William Gabriel of Florence, Montana, about his research into the history of the Hickman family of Back Creek, Bath County, Virginia. Includes extensive information about William P. Hickman (1810-64), a Presbyterian preacher who ministered to congregations in Wythe, Pulaski, and Montgomery counties, Virginia, until his death in May 1864, fighting with the Confederate forces at the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain during the Civil War. Ms98-007.
HICKS FAMILY. PAPERS, 1861-1938. 0.5 cu. ft. R. W. Hicks (1827-1917), Campbell County businessman and tobacco farmer. Family papers, including grocery bills, legal and business transactions, tax documents, and correspondence. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms87-050.
HIDDEN HISTORY: THE BLACK EXPERIENCE IN THE ROANOKE VALLEY. CASSETTE TAPES AND TRANSCRIPTS, 1992. 2.5 cu. ft. Oral history project designed to interview African-American residents of Roanoke, Virginia, on the cultural, social, and political history of blacks in the city. Collection consists of approximately forty-six interviews. Transcripts available for forty of the interviews. Ms92-049.
HILL, HENRY HARRIS (1880-1954). PAPERS, 1908-51, n.d.. 0.4 cu. ft. Born in Scottsville, Virginia. Received B.S. (1907) and M.S. (1909) in chemistry from Virginia Tech. Became chemist in 1907 for the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and eventually head of the Agricultural Chemistry department at VPI before retiring in 1950. Hill was an elder of the Presbyterian Church in Blacksburg, Virginia, and executive secretary of the VPI Alumni Association. Papers include personal, biographical, and genealogical materials, papers about the Civil War and VPI, and materials on Blacksburg and Montgomery County. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms80-003.
HILLEBRAND, LUCY (1906-1998). BOOKS. 0.2 cu. ft. Architect of Gottingen, Germany. Collection consists of three books about her work: Lucy Hillebrand--Wege Zum Raum, by Klaus Hoffman; Lucy Hillebrand--Bauen Als Impuls und Dialog, by Christian Grohn; and Zeit-Raume der Architektin Lucy Hillebrand, by Dieter Boeminghous. Hillebrand's papers are in the archive of the Deutsches Architektur Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. Ms2000-047.
HILTON, JOHN (1828-1903). PAPERS, 1856-1903. 0.1 cu. ft. English immigrant, corporal in Co. F, 111th Pennsylvania Infantry. Photocopies of Hilton's Civil War letters (written from the Washington, D.C. / Baltimore, Maryland area, Cedar Creek. Loudon Heights and ) to his wife, Mary Jane. Also includes photocopies of various military and legal documents, newsclippings and a photograph of Hilton. Images are available on the VT Imagebase. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms2003-014.
HINMAN, MINER. LETTER, 1862. 0.1 cu. ft. Soldier in Co. D of the 171st Pennsylvania Regiment during the Civil War. Letter written December 2, 1862, to his brother in Pennsylvania, from the Steamer John Warner, near Washington, D.C. Ms90-040.
"HISTORY OF WOMEN ARCHITECTS," (EXHIBIT, 1986-87). GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC SECTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF WOMEN ARCHITECTS. 18 cu. ft. (4'x3' panels). An exhibit of documentary material about women architects in the early and middle 1900s. Includes photographs of the architects and their works with captions and abstracts. Women featured include Ray Eames, Eileen Gray, Florence Knoll, Lilly Reich, Hilde Westrom, and Emilie Winkelmann. Catalog accompanies the panels, with articles about women architects written by Karola Bloch, Grete Lihotzky, Helga Schmidt-Thomsen, and others. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms88-059.
HITE, S. P. AND COMPANY. DRUGGIST'S LEDGER, 1905-09. 1 vol. Roanoke, Virginia, druggist, manufacturer of a pain reliever. Ledger shows shipments and customers, costs, and discounts. Ms87-005.
HIWASSEE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1836-48. Ms84-075. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
HOBART, ALBERT JR. CORRESPONDENCE, 1869-70. 0.1 cu. ft. Abington, Connecticut, native in Atlanta, Georgia. Twelve letters to "Friend Wallace" in Connecticut, from Hobart, mentioning freed slaves holding office in Georgia, the heat, and his own homesickness. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms89-081.
HOGE FAMILY. PAPERS, 1781, 1817, 1848, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Early Southwest Virginia settlers. Papers consist of a letter (n.d.) from James Hoge (1732-1812) to John Preston (1764-1827) of Richmond and later Montgomery County, concerning the settlement of an account, and a certificate, dated September 10, 1781, entitling Hoge to 130 acres of land in Montgomery County that he settled on in 1769. Also includes a letter, dated March 6, 1817, to Hoge's son, General James Hoge (1783-1861) concerning land in Russell County to be sold for non-payment of taxes. Also includes a survey plat (1848) for General Hoge's 3,000 acres on Back Creek in Pulaski County, Virginia. Ms92-045.
HOGE, WILLIAM EDWARD. FAMILY PAPERS, 1810-1933. 1.2 cu. ft. Letters and deeds from the Hoge family describing life in southwest Virginia in the 1800s. Includes descriptions of their daily life, experiences with family sickness and death, and the Civil War. Also includes financial papers and genealogical research of the early settlers of southwest Virginia. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms2003-019.
HOLCOMBE FAMILY. LETTERS, 1862-1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Transcripts of letters written to Amanda M. Fowler Holcombe of Texas by her husband, John M. Holcombe (Co. B, 17th Texas Infantry); her brother, Dr. William S. Fowler; and her brother-in-law, Lt. Charles Keton. The letters are written from camps in Arkansas and Texas and concern family matters, personal acquaintances, military activities, camp life, and Holcombe's illness and subsequent military discharge. Accompanied by photocopied biographical information on Holcombe. Part of the Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
HOLDEN, ROY JAY (1870-1945). PAPERS, 1904-45. 6.0 cu. ft. Professor of Geology and Mineralogy (1905-42) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Papers include field notes, charts and maps, and geological surveys and research results, covering the history of mineralogy and geology, especially in Virginia, including work at the VPI Engineering Experiment Station. In addition to detailed materials on iron ores in Virginia, especially west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, there are reports on mines and furnaces in twenty-five counties of the state. Ms82-014.
HOLDEN, ROY JAY JR. (1921-89). PAPERS, 1947-89. 9.0 cu. ft. Authority on the handling of hazardous materials. Graduated from Virginia Tech in 1942 (M.S., Mechanical Engineering). Progressed from Stress Analyst to Product Manager (1947-70) with American Car and Foundry Industries in St. Charles, Missouri. Manager of Technical Services (1980-89) of the Bureau of Explosives of the Association of American Railroads, and responsible for advising railroad companies on the shipping of hazardous materials and on measures for reducing the hazards. Papers document his career in railroad tank car design and the handling of hazardous materials. Unprocessed. Ms91-023.
HOLLOWAY - AMISS - LEAVELL SOCIETY. PAPERS, n.d. 0.6 cu. ft. Family historical society, established in 1937. Papers consist of genealogical information about the three families of the society, as well as about the Ball, Bayse, Blake, Browning, Davis, Eastham, Johnston, Menefee, Miller, Price, Roberts, Russell, and Taylor families, all of Virginia and North Carolina. Inventory available. Ms98-012.
HOLROYDE, MARJORIE, RÉSUMÉ. 0.1 cu. ft. Received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Sydney School of Architecture in 1926. Worked as a tracer for Julius, Poole & Gibson, Sydney, Australia.
HOLSTON RIVER RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1906-08. Ms84-076. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
HOLT, RENGIN T. SILKSCREEN, 1985. Instructor of architecture at Virginia Tech. Framed silkscreen of "Palladio Bridge," done by Holt in 1985. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms95-001.
HOLTZMAN, WARREN. RECORDS, 1979-84 7.0 cu. ft. Former Director of the Small Business Institute (SBI) at Virginia Tech. Collection consists of his records while Director of the SBI, including case studies, reports, class projects, videotapes and audiotapes of lectures, lecture notes and plans, operators manuals, and correspondence. Access restricted. Ms90-049.
HOOK, MARY ROCKWELL (1877-1978). PAPERS, 1910-91. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of residences in Missouri, Florida, and of the Pine Mountain Settlement School in Harlan County, Kentucky. Papers consist of photocopies of her autobiography, This and That, articles about her life and work, and biographies and obituaries. Also includes a taped interview of Mary Rogers, of Pine Mountain, by Louise Chawla about Hook's life and career. Access restricted. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms91-001.
HOOKER, JOSEPH (1814-79). LETTER, 1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Union general in the Civil War. Letter from Capt. B.F. Harris of the 11th Regiment Battalion, from a camp near Fletcher's Chapel, Virginia, in February 1863, endorsed by Hooker from the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac in Washington, D.C. Letter concerns soldiers captured at Manassas Junction in August 1862, taken prisoners, paroled in January 1863, and reenlisted with Hooker. Ms88-064.
HOOKER, MARJORIE MEAD, RÉSUMÉ. Born 1925. Associate, McHugh and Hooker, Bradley P. Kidder and Associates, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA (1955-1965)
HOOTEN, MOTT. CORRESPONDENCE, 1866-67. 0.1 cu. ft. Lieutenant in the 31st U.S. Infantry. Letters from relatives and friends in Westchester, Pennsylvania, to Hooten stationed in various forts in the Dakota Territory, Iowa, Minnesota, and Kansas. Ms88-100.
HOOVER, HERBERT (1874-1964). DEED, 1932. 0.1 cu. ft. Thirty-first President of the United States (1929-33). Born in West Branch, Iowa; educated at Stanford University (1891-95). Collection includes a deed of trust of Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry, and William E. Carson, Trustee, for land in Madison County, Virginia, to become part of the Shenandoah National Park. Deed signed by Notary Public Nelson Webster. Ms79-006.
HORR, JOSEPH L. PAPERS, 1888. 0.1 cu. ft. Proof sheets for a regimental history of the First Battalion, 13th Regiment, U.S. Infantry of the Civil War, sent to William McDonald of Chattanooga, Tennessee, for comments and corrections. The book was prepared for a 1888 reunion of the regiment, and never published. Ms88-052.
HORSFALL, FRANK JR. PAPERS, 1932-73. 0.8 cu. ft. Professor of Horticulture from 1947 to 1973 at Virginia Tech. Collections includes Horsfall's thesis (1932) and dissertation (1935) written while a student at the University of Missouri, reprints of articles by Horsfall about 18th Century Horticulture, a letter (1973) from VPI President T. Marshall Hahn regarding Horsfall's retirement, samples from Horsfall's collection of barbed wire, and literature about barbed wire and stone tools, both interests of Horsfall's. Ms92-040.
HORSTMAN, LAURA, RÉSUMÉ AND BROCHURE. 0.1 cu. ft. Vice president of facilities at Allied Bancshares, Inc. in Houston, Texas. Member of the American Institute of Architects. Collection includes a résumé and biography; an article citing her as the recipient of the 1986 Young Architect Award from the Houston AIA; and a catalog she edited, Houston's Gallery of Architecture: A Walking Tour of Downtown Houston. Ms2000-049.
HORTON, INGE S. PAPERS, 1967-89. 0.2 cu. ft. Born in Germany. Planner with the Planning Department of the City and County of San Francisco, California, from 1983 to 1998; member of the Board of Advisors for the International Archive of Women in Architecture. Papers consist of architectural studies written while in Germany; presentations made at various women's architectural organization meetings, including the International Union of Women Architects; and a curriculum vitae. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms90-065.
HORTON, MILES C. JR. PAPERS, 1961-88, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Resident of Newport, Virginia. Papers consists of correspondence, news clippings, articles, and notes, primarily by and about the work of poet Randall Jarrell (1914-65), author of Little Friend, Little Friend (1945) and The Lost World (1965), and Annie Dillard (1945- ), Pulitzer Prize winning author of Pilgrim at Tinker Creek. All of Dillard's correspondence in the collection is to Horton. Ms90-137.
HOSKEN, FRAN P. BOOK and PAPERS, 1972, 1992. 0.1 cu. ft. Publisher and editor of Women's International Network News, and a consultant to International Women's Development and Communication, Housing and Urbanization International. Earned her Master of Architecture degree at the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 1944. Resident of Lexington, Massachusetts. Papers consist of a curriculum vitae compiled in 1992 and a copy of her book The Language of Cities: A Visual Introduction to the Form and Function of the City (Schenkman Publishing Company, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1972.) International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms92-050.
HOTEL ROANOKE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1890-1983, 132 cu. ft. Various architectural drawings (mechanical, structural and detail) from the 20th century. Not all plans are included for various renovations. [See also over 175 images in the VT Imagebase.] Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms2000-093.
HOTEL ROANOKE MENUS, c1942-93. 0.2 cu. ft. 6. June 1942 menu, "Hotel Roanoke Congratulates J. Ed Brown...60 Years Service," is signed by J. Ed Brown. Leather bound menu is undated. Assorted menus from reopened Hotel Roanoke, 1993. Ms99-009.
HOUCK FAMILY. PAPERS, 1861-1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Thomas G. Houck (1841-1863) of Pottsville, Pennsylvania, served with the 96th Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War and died from wounds received at Salem Church, Virginia. Collection consists of photcopied Civil War letters between Thomas Houck and his brother Joseph (1839-1908). Houck's letters are written from camps in Washington, D.C., Maryland and northern Virginia. Transcripts of the letters and of Thomas Houck's Civil War diary are included as well. Part of the Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
HOUSE, STEVEN AND CATHI, ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION, 1992-1999. 0.2 cu. ft. Architects of California. Cathi House earned her bachelor of architecture from Virginia Tech. She worked at various firms until founding her own award-winning San Francisco firm, House + House Architects, with husband and fellow VT alumnus Steven House in 1982. The collection contains descriptions, plans, and photographs of two buildings designed by House + House, the Jarvis residence and the Langmaid residence. International Archive of Women in Architecture. An EAD-encoded finding aid is available in the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2006-017
HOWARD COLLIERY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1903-18. Ms81-021. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
HOWARD LAND COMPANY. RECORDS, 1910-18. Ms81-022. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
HSIEH, ALICE LANGLEY (1922-79). PAPERS, 1943-78. 8.0 cu. ft. Political scientist specializing in the field of nuclear weaponry and military capabilities of the People's Republic of China. Educated at Queen's College, Clark, Stanford, and George Washington Universities, and the University of California at Berkeley. International Relations Officer and Foreign Services Officer for the Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs of the U.S. State Department (1945-55), consultant to the RAND Corporation (1955-58) and member of the RAND Senior Staff (1958-69). Research staff member for the Institute for Defense Analyses (1969-71). Served as consultant to the U.S State Department throughout her later career. Collection consists of Hsieh's personal papers and publications; manuscripts of books written by her spouse, C. Kien Hsieh, himself an authority on Communist China; and publications from her library on the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), Chinese nuclear capability and strategy, and other Far Eastern topics and issues. Ms79-004.
HUBACHER, ANNEMARIE. PAPERS, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of Zurich, Switzerland. Collection consists of a list of architectural designs that Hubacher was involved in. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms98-013.
HUBER, VERENA (1938- ). PAPERS, 1994-1998. 0.1 cu. ft. Interior designer of Zurich, Switzerland, and former president of VSI, the Swiss Association of Interior Designers. Papers include a curriculum vitae, photocopies of articles about her work, and other biographical information. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms98-010.
HUDDLE FAMILY. PAPERS, ca. 1890-1970. 7.0 cu. ft. Charles Ross Huddle and his son Charles Richard Huddle, mining engineers in Ivanhoe, Virginia, who served in various capacities with the National Carbide Company; Ivanhoe Mining and Smelting Corporation (formerly the Ivanhoe Furnace Company); New River Mineral Company; and Sand Mountain Sand Corporation. Papers include personal and business correspondence of the Huddles, W.F. Rupp (business manager of the Ivanhoe Furnace Company's home office in Pittsburgh), and A.B. Dally (chief executive officer of Ivanhoe Mining and Smelting Corporation); reports; business ledgers; employee records; deeds; blueprints; and ca. 300 photographs of Ivanhoe and the businesses with which the Huddles were associated. Also includes Charles Richard Huddle's files on St. John's Episcopal Church and Wythe county, and the local Ruritan Club. Unprocessed. Ms89-084.
HUDDLE, BENJAMIN. DIARY, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Confederate soldier in Company B of the 29th Virginia Infantry, during the Civil War, paroled in April 1865 from Farmville, Virginia, by order of General Ulysses S. Grant. Photocopy of diary detailing his experiences in the war. Ms85-015.
HUFF-HYLTON FAMILIES. PAPERS, 1803-14, 1858-82, 1975, n.d. 39 items. Settlers of Montgomery (now Floyd) County, Virginia, in the late 1700s and early 1800s. Collection consists of letters and other family papers of gathered by Barbara Ellen Huff Hylton Dillion (1828-1911), including promissory notes, fines, and an indenture for land of Samuel Huff, and letters written by Barbara's first husband Lorenzo Dow Hylton during the Civil War. Lorenzo Hylton (1830-64) served in Company D of the 54th Virginia Infantry, and died on February 13, 1864, in a Confederate hospital in Marietta, Georgia. Inventory available. Ms98-001.
HULL, JOHN N. LETTER, 1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Confederate soldier in the 4th Virginia Regiment, Co. D, Ewell Corps, Stonewall Brigade, during the Civil War. Letter written November 22, 1863, to "My Dear Friend" from camp on the Rapidan River near Orange Court House, Virginia. Writes about his wish to return to Winchester (possibly his home), his love interests, and how hard it has been for the Confederacy to win its independence. Ms92-043.
HUMMEL, VIRGINIA HOLDEN (1916-98). PAPERS, 1830-1998. 3.0 cu. ft. Resident of and teacher in Blacksburg, Virginia, and amateur historian of Blacksburg and Appalachian history. Collection consists of newspaper clippings, research notes, photographs, maps, and genealogical information concerning the history of Blacksburg and its founders and notable residents. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms98-014.
HUMPHREY, HENRY P. LETTER, 1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier in the Civil War possibly in the 66th Illinois Regiment. Letter, written June 16, 1864, to his sister, from Big Shanty, Georgia during the Atlanta Campaign. Writes about the death of the Rebel Lieut. General Leonidas Polk, the enemy camp on Kennesaw Mountain, and his hopes that the campaign will soon be over. Ms89-090.
HUNGARFORD, HENRY. PROMISSORY NOTE, 1834. 1 item. Note promising that Henry Hungarford [Hungerford?] of Westmoreland County, Virginia, will pay Stewart Payne a total of $877.51, signed on December 10, 1834. Ms93-020.
HUNT FAMILY. PAPERS, 1760-1933. 1 roll of microfilm. Pittsylvania County, Virginia, family. Papers include letters (1850-1922), business records and receipts (1806-1933), land sale notices and memoranda (1841-94), wills (1791-1906), and other family papers on one roll of microfilm. Ms90-034.
HUNTINGBURG, TELL CITY AND CANNELTON RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1885-89. Ms84-077. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
HURT, WILLIAM W. PAPERS, 1873-1929. 0.7 cu. ft. Businessman of Smyth and Washington counties, Virginia. General manager of the Douglas Land Company. Deeds, leases and other business and legal documents pertaining to Douglas Land Company and several other enterprises operating in Smyth County, Virginia, together with Hurt's personal financial papers. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms92-025
HUSSEY, ROBERT E. (1888-1985). NOTEBOOKS, 1928-37, n.d. 0.4 cu. ft. Professor of chemistry (1925-52) and Emeritus Professor of Organic Chemistry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Collection consists of three research notebooks on topics in chemistry. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms55-004
HUTCHESON, JOHN R. (1886-1962). PAPERS, 1917-62. 11.5 cu. ft. President (1945-1947) of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical and Polytechnic Institute (VPI). Educated at VPI (B.S. in 1907 and M.S. in 1909) and at Clemson College (PhD 1937). Served as livestock specialist (1914-19) with the Virginia Agricultural Extension Service, director (1919-44) of Extension Service, chancellor (1947-56) of VPI, and president (1948-62) of the VPI Education Foundation. Papers consist of official and personal correspondence and records. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. RG 2/9.
IAGER AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1898-1912. Ms81-023. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
[ICE SKATE COMPANY ACCOUNT BOOK, 1859-65.] 1 vol. Unknown company that sold ice skates to stores in the New York and New England area. Account book lists sizes of ladies and gents skates, and stores that bought them. Ms88-110.
ILIFF, JAMES A. PAPERS, 1870-78. 0.1 cu. ft. Lieutenant from Indiana in the 24th U.S. Infantry. Papers refer to his discharge from the army when he was wrongly accused by a colonel of being "worthless as an officer." Letters include one to President Rutherford B. Hayes, explaining the circumstances and asking for an investigation. Ms88-099.
ILLINOIS AND ST. LOUIS RAILROAD AND COAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1865-89. Ms84-078. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHERN IOWA RAIL ROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1857-65. Ms90-098. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ST. LUKE. RECORDS, 1877-1970. 1.1 cu. ft. Established in 1867 as a life insurance organization for blacks. The Virginia chapter was organized in 1914 and headquartered in Richmond. Records consist of handbooks, correspondence, receipts, programs, membership records, annual reports, and assessment reports of the Order, collected primarily by members in Blacksburg, Virginia. Inventory available. Ms88-121.
INGLES FAMILY. COLLECTION, 1797-1823. 0.6 cu. ft. Ferry Hill Ledger (1797-1804) and 3 of 6 volumes of Ingles Family Bible (1823); first available documentation of Mary Draper Ingles (kidnapped at infamous Draper Meadows Massacre and later escaped from Shawnee Indian captivity) and William Ingles, operator of Ingles Ferry, Ingles Ferry Hill Tavern, and blacksmith shop. Documentation of the family's extraordinary history, its ferry, and related enterprises provides scholars with unparalleled material for the study of Southwest Virginia. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms2002-021.
INSURANCE SURVEY OF VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, 1931. 0.2 cu. ft. RECORDS. Insurance Survey of the buildings of Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, prepared in 1931 by Charles Lunsford & Sons, Roanoke, Va.; Insurance Company of North America, Philadelphia, Pa.; and F. Wharton Baker, engineer. Collection consists of 88 photographs and of buildings, faculty dwellings, barns, and storage lots at Virginia Polytechnic Institute covered by the policy; recommendations for coverage and for fire protection of these buildings; estimated insurable value and insurance carried; and property not insured. Short descriptions of some individual buildings are included. Photographs in the collection have been copied and included in the General Photograph Collection of the Special Collections Department. Ms95-029.
INTERIOR AND WEST VIRGINIA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1906-11. Ms81-024. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVE OF WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE (IAWA). RECORDS, 1985-2003. 9 cu. ft. The records of the IAWA consist chiefly of files created by founder Milka Bliznakov and various IAWA archivists. Materials includes meeting minutes, newsletter information, correspondence with supporters and donors, and internal correspondence. Partial inventory available online. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms85-021.
IRELAND, REBECCA PALMER. COPYBOOK, 1837. 0.1 cu. ft. Letters written to her relatives from Washington, D.C., and school notes. Ms87-042.
IRON BELT LAND, MINING AND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY. RECORDS, 1883-87. Ms81-025. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
ISON, LEONORA. RÉSUMÉ. Although Ison did not build, she was the first women to win scholarships at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London University, England, and was a successful illustrator of architecture books.
