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TALBOT, RICHARD B. (1933-1994). PAPERS, 1967-94. 1.4 cu. ft. Educated at Kansas State University (B.S., 1954; D.V.M., 1958), Baylor University (NIH postdoctoral), and Iowa State University (Ph.D., 1963). Professor Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Medical Informatics at Virginia Tech and founding dean of the Virginia Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech. Director of the Office of New Animal Drug Evaluation at the U. S. Food and Drug Administration. Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education and editor of Veterinary Pharmaceuticals and Biologicals. Pioneering work with computers in the field of veterinary medicine. Collections consists primarily of speeches, speech resource and research materials, administrative notes, departmental program planning and budgeting materials. Inventory available online. Ms95-024.
[TAMMANY HALL SCRAPBOOK, n.d.]. 1 vol. Scrapbook of news clippings, pages of books, and cartoons concerning information about Tammany Hall of New York City, the political club that became a symbol of corruption in city government. Ms90-067.
TANIMURA, RUTSU, PANELS. 1.0 cu. ft. Two project panels for Asahidai House, Japan. Inventory available online. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2002-032.
TANT, MARTHA ANN HITE. GENEALOGY RECORDS, 1991. 0.1 cu. ft. Resident of Kingsport, Tennessee, and genealogy researcher. Records include pedigree charts, Bible records, and family group listings of 300 years of Tant's ancestors, including the Brown, Haden, Harman, Hite, Linkous, Marrs, May, Salmons, and Trollinger families, who settled in Henry, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, and Tazewell counties, Virginia, and in Kentucky. Ms91-040.
TARANTO, LISA, COLLECTION, 2006. 0.1 cu. ft. The collection consists of a CD showing ceramic artwork from a show by VT architecture school alumna Lisa Taranto in 2006. It includes color images, movie files, architectural drawings for ceramic buildings, and test files with biographical information. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2008-003.
TARR, G. HORACE. LETTER, 1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier of the 20th Connecticut Volunteers in the Civil War. Letter, May 4, 1863, giving a detailed eye-witness account of the Battle of Chancellorsville. Ms87-028.
TARTER, W.J. ACCOUNT BOOKS, 1895-1917. 4 vols. Wythe County, Virginia, post office and general store. Account books. Ms40-027.
TATE, LELAND B. (1905- ). PAPERS, 1940-57. 0.2 cu. ft. Professor (1937-71) and Professor Emeritus (1972- ) of Rural Sociology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Papers include a scrapbook of clippings about Blacksburg, Virginia, community development (1940-41) and a paper--"Facts about Virginia's People"-- compiled by Tate and George Blume (ca. 1957). Ms56-004.
TATE, MILDRED. LETTER, 1940. 0.1 cu. ft. Letter from Mildred Tate to Mrs. Gillette inviting her to a dinner at the Hillcrest Dormitory on the campus of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Mildred Tate was a professor of Home Economics at the VPI from 1937 to 1960. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms52-002
TAYLOR, JAMES (d. 1804). INVENTORY OF ESTATE, 1814. 0.1 cu. ft. Patrick County, Virginia, resident. Inventory signed by George Fulcher, M. Sandefun, and William Jones. Ms88-035.
TAYLOR, ROBERT A. BUSINESS PAPERS, 1825-26. 0.2 cu. ft. Ginsing merchant from Baltimore, Maryland. Records deal with sales of ginsing to the Preston family of Abingdon, Virginia. Includes invoices and correspondence. Ms84-173.
TAYLOR, ROBERT CREEDE (1866-1915) FAMILY, REFERENCE COLLECTION, 2003-2006. 0.8 cu. ft. Robert Creede Taylor (1866-1915) lived in Montgomery County, Virginia most of his life. He attended Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Virginia Tech) in the 1880s, and thereafter worked in Roanoke before returning to Christiansburg, Virginia in 1893. He married Helen May Pelton, and they had three children. He died in 1915 after a long illness. The Taylors are related to many other Montgomery County and Roanoke families, and these families and their involvement in area organizations are mentioned in the collection. The collection consists of copies of documentation about Taylor and his family during the years 1866 to 1915 gathered by his R.C. Taylor’s great-grandson. The research resulted in a timeline for Robert Creede Taylor, additional supporting copied research material, recent research correspondence, and a CD with scans of his great-grandmother’s newspaper scrapbook. Photocopied documents are from many sources, including newspapers, historic and recent photographs, census reports, yearbooks, pamphlets, legal papers, land plats, and correspondence. Ms2006-024.
TAYLOR, ROBERT ELDRED. PAPERS, 1942-45. 0.1 cu. ft. Selective service records of Taylor of Larned, Kansas, during World War II. Taylor was disqualified from Aviation Cadet Training due to color blindness, and entered the enlisted reserve corps and was assigned inactive status to Pan American World Airways in Miami, Florida. In 1945 Taylor had to go in front of the selective service board again for possible duty. Ms94-033.
TAYLOR, W.L., JR. PRACTICE BOOK, 1929. 0.1 cu. ft. Collection contains a lettering practice book for students and draftsmen. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms1992-030.
TEMPLE, HARRY DOWNING JR. (1911-2004). PAPERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, 1927-98. 8.0 cu. ft. Graduated from Virginia Polytechnic Institute with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering in 1934. Served as a professional officer of the Regular United States Army and is a combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War. Commanded the Institute of Heraldry, United States Army, from 1961 to 1966, and designed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian decoration conferred by the United States. Retired in 1966 as a Colonel in the United States Army. After his retirement he researched the history of the Corps of Cadets at Virginia Tech. Collection consists of the manuscript and the photographs used in the first three volumes of what will be a six volume series about the Corps of Cadets, The Bugle's Echo: A Chronology of Cadet Life at the Military College at Blacksburg, Virginia, published by the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Alumni, Inc. Collection also includes memorabilia from Temple's days as a student and literature about heraldry. Inventory available. Ms88-039.
TENNESSEE, ALABAMA & GEORGIA RAILROAD. ANNUAL REPORT, 1917. 0.1 cu. ft. Rail line operating between Chattanooga, Tennessee and Gadsden, Alabama; purchased by the Southern Railway in 1971. Annual report providing figures for railway's operation, including workforce, equipment, tonnage hauled, income and expenditures. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-043.
TENNESSEE, ALABAMA & GEORGIA RAILWAY. ANNUAL REPORT, 1917. 0.1 cu. ft. Rail line spanning 92 miles from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Gadsden, Alabama; purchased by the Southern Railway in 1971. Annual report providing figures for railway's operation, including workforce, equipment, tonnage hauled, income and expenditures. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-044.
TENNESSEE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1885-89. Ms84-157. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
TENNESSEE CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1895-1908. Ms84-174. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
TENNESSEE NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1897-1903. Ms84-158. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
TESTERMAN, LOUISE. PAPERS, 1861-62, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Two photographs collected by Testerman: one of John P. Donaldson and Noyes Rand, 22nd Virginia Regiment soldiers in the Confederate Army of the Civil War; and another of John S.M. Parker, also a soldier. Also includes a scrap of paper giving details about Rand and Francis A. Donaldson. Ms86-008.
TESTERMAN, WILLIAM F. LETTERS, 1864-65. 0.1 cu. ft. First Lieutenant in Company C, 8th Tennessee Cavalry during the Civil War. Letter written July 25, 1864, from Gallatin, Tennessee, to Jane Davis. Testerman writes Jane of the love he has for her and his hopes for their future. A second letter to his family, written February 11, 1865, mentions talk of peace. Ms89-099.
"THAT EXCEPTIONAL ONE: WOMEN IN AMERICAN ARCHITECTURE, 1888-1988." EXHIBIT MATERIALS, 1988. 100 cu. ft. Traveling exhibit created by the American Architectural Foundation of the American Institute of Architects about women in American architecture beginning with Louise Bethune, the first woman to be elected, in 1888, to the AIA. Exhibit charts the work of women architects, citing their designs, achievements, and mark on the profession. Materials include wall panels, structural gridwork, wall base channels, columns, and video monitor for the exhibit. Also includes the smaller exhibit "And Many More: Women in American Architecture, 1978-88." Inventory available online. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms91-041.
THEATER SCRAPBOOKS COLLECTION, 1889-1909. 0.5 cu. ft. Three scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, photographs and programs associated with theatrical performances in New York City. Plays include "The Little Minister" with Maude Adams, "Cousin Kate" with Ethel Barrymore, and "The Admirable Crichton" with William Gillette. Theaters include the New Amsterdam Theater, the Garden Theater, and the Garrick Theater. An EAD-encoded finding aid is available in the Virginia Heritage database. Images of the scrapbooks' contents are available on the VT Imagebase. Ms89-019.
37TH VIRGINIA INFANTRY. DOCUMENTS, 1863-1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Confederate infantry regiment raised in Southwest Virginia. Invoice for shoes issued to Captain Wood of Company D; receipts for delivery of deserters G. D. Shaver and James Cox. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-057.
THOMAS, HENRY GODDARD (1837-97). LETTERS, 1868-89. 0.1 cu. ft. Born in Maine; entered the Civil War as a private yet rose to the rank of brigadier general by the war's end. After 1862 he was involved with the recruitment and organization of Negro troops in the Union army. Commissioned several troops, in particular the 79th and 19th U.S. Colored Infantries. He remained in the army after the war and retired in 1891. Collection consists of twenty-two letters to Thomas from friends and relatives. Many of the letters refer to the Freedmen's Bureau and the newly freed slaves' attempts to establish schools and churches. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms91-073.
THOMAS, HERBERT J. (1918-1943). PAPERS, 1937-1943. 0.3 cu. ft. Born in Columbus, Ohio, moved to South Charleston, West Virginia in 1925. Attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute 1937-1941. Awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and Purple Heart during World War II. Collection includes photographs, clippings, citations, and papers collected by Lt. Col. John Coulter for his book on the six Medal of Honor winners who were students from Virginia Tech. Ms2000-089.
THOMAS, W. C. PAPERS, 1940. 0.1 cu. ft. Wytheville, Virginia, resident. Notes written on his trip to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, July 1940. Ms88-013.
THOMAS, WILLIAM. ACCOUNT BOOK, 1845-52. 1 vol. Montgomery County, Virginia, general store merchant. Customer accounts. Ms40-031.
THOMAS WOOD AND COMPANY. FREIGHT RECORDS, 1881-1886. 0.2 cu. ft. General mercantile business in Max Meadows, Virginia during the latter nineteenth century. Bills for freight received on the Norfolk & Western Railroad for foodstuffs, clothing, hardware, agricultural equipment, furniture and other household goods. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-045.
THOMPSON, ALFRED. CORRESPONDENCE, 1861-63. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier in the 49th Pennsylvania Volunteers during the Civil War; wounded in May 1864 and died in November in Martinsburg. Nine letters from Thompson in various camps in Virginia to David May of Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania. Compliments his own poetry and compares himself to Edgar Allen Poe, compares soldiering to prostitution, and describes conditions during McClellan's Peninsular Campaign. Ms90-004.
THOMPSON, JANE. PAPERS, 1975-89. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a partner of Benjamin Thompson & Associates, Inc. Contributed to the design of such public spaces as Ghiradelli Square in San Francisco, Faneuil Hall in Boston, and South Street Seaport in New York City. Papers include reprints of articles about her work on these and other projects. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms91-004.
THOMPSON, W.W. LETTER, 1862. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier in the Civil War. Letter written August 23, 1862, to his wife from Yorktown, Virginia. Ms89-043.
THOREAU, HENRY DAVID (1817-62). LETTER, 1855. 0.1 cu. ft. American essayist and poet. Born in Concord, Massachusetts; educated at Harvard University. Best known for his essay, "On the Duty of Civil Disobedience" (1849) and his book Walden (1854). Brief letter written to "Mrs. Brown" from Concord acknowledging their acquaintance. Transcript available. Finding aid is available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms55-003.
THORNHILL, JOHN O. (ca.1834-1907). LETTER, 1865. 0.1 cu. ft. Soldier in Company B, 2nd Virginia Cavalry. Letter to friend "Bob," written apparently while on medical leave, mentioning a recent Yankee raid, Thornhill's prospects for release from duty, the desertion of several comrades, and a number of mutual acquaintances. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-068.
THRELKELD, WILLIAM LOGAN (1893- ). PAPERS, 1917-72. 1.0 cu. ft. Born in Versailles, Kentucky. Educated at Georgetown (in Kentucky, A.B. in Biology and Chemistry, 1915) and the University of Virginia (M.A. in Parasitology, 1929; Ph.D., 1934). Professor of Zoology and Biology (1929-58), and Professor Emeritus of Biology (1959- ) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Papers include personal and biological materials; correspondence and other materials related to his book Some Nemtode Parasites of Domestic Animals (1958); and research files. Ms75-005.
THURSDAY BOOK CLUB [BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA]. RECORDS, 1926-68. 0.1 cu. ft. Book club organized by women residents of Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1928. Originally called the Round Dozen Book Club. Records consist of meeting minutes (1928-30, 1936-42) and cards (1963-64, 1967-68) listing order in which the books were passed among the members. Also includes a newspaper clipping (January 1944) marking the twenty-sixth year of the Thursday Book Club. Ms97-004.
[TIBETAN MANUSCRIPT LEAF, ca. 1850]. 0.1 cu. ft. Leaf from a Tibetan religious treatise, dating from around 1850. Probably part of a manuscript kept in a Buddhist monastery. Ms90-115.
TICE, JAMES R. (1842?-1863). LETTERS, 1862-1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Sergeant in Company B, 42nd Virginia Infantry. Three letters, written from camps near Romney, Port Republic and Guinea Station, Virginia to sister (Martha A. Tice Light) and brother-in-law (Jim Light). Letters mostly focus on family and personal matters but also mention the battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic, the death of Turner Ashby, the withdrawal of Union forces from Romney, the provisions captured by the Confederates there, and war-time prices of various goods. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms2003-006
TIDEWATER COMPANY. RECORDS, 1909-25. Ms81-065. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
TIDEWATER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. RECORDS, 1907-08. Ms81-066. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
TIDEWATER RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1904-07. Ms81-067. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
[TIMBERVILLE, VIRGINIA AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP]. LEDGER, 1924-1926. 0.1 cu. ft. Ledger of unidentified automobile repair shop in Timberville, Virginia, providing customer names together with itemized charges for parts and labor on repairs and maintenance. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-017.
TINKLE, WILLIAM W. LETTER, 1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Soldier in the 7th Indiana Infantry, Company F, in the Civil War. Letter written to Captain J.M. Jones, July 10, 1864, describing the siege of Petersburg, Virginia. Included is a list of the casualties in his company since May of that year. Ms89-048.
TINSLEY, FANNY W. MEMOIRS, 1912. Typescript memoir written in 1912 of a Hanover County, Virginia, woman's experience of the Civil War battle of Mechanicsville in 1862. Ms91-013.
TISE, J.M. LEDGER AND TISE FAMILY RECEIPTS, ca. 1798-ca. 1937. 1 li. ft. Account book kept by J.M. Tise, manager of the Floyd County Electric Company at Sower's Mill Dam in Floyd County, ca. 1923-ca. 1937. The collection also contains ca. 100 miscellaneous receipts kept by the Tise family, ca. 1798-ca. 1860. Ms2002-034.
TOBACCO GROWERS COOPERATIVE MARKETING ASSOCIATION. RECORDS, 1925-27, N.D. 0.2 cu. ft. Association organized in 1921 to regulate the price of tobacco for North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia farmers. Disbanded in 1925. Records include a typescript manuscript on the history of the Association by S. D. Frissell of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, statistics concerning tobacco farming, and a paper about farm tenancy. Ms57-001.
TOLEDO AND CHICAGO RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1901. Ms90-130. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLEDO AND ILLINOIS RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1853-56. Ms90-102. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLEDO AND WABASH RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1860-75. Ms90-133. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLEDO AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1924-37. Ms90-135. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLEDO, DELPHOS AND INDIANAPOLIS RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1872-79. Ms90-131. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLEDO, ST. LOUIS AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1900-23. Ms90-132. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLEDO, WABASH AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1856-58. Ms90-103. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLEDO, WABASH AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1865-76. Ms90-134. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
TOLZER, MARIA, BOOK, PHOTOGRAPH AND CATALOGS, 1956, 1985. 0.3 cu. ft. Architect of Vienna, Austria. A book on architecture, Beruflicher Weidegang Und Lebenslauf; and photograph Neues Wohnen (1956) to which Tolzer contributed; and three catalogs (1985)--Gestalten Staff Nur Moblieren, Die Kleinen Aufgaben, and Architekture Mit Sozialem Vorzeichen. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2001-054.
TOMA, NICOLETA, RÉSUMÉ AND ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS. Architect in Bucharest. Papers consist of a resume and photocopies of several project drawings and photographs. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-096.
TONTZ, ROBERT AND BRENDA. PAMPHLETS, 1922. 0.1 cu. ft. Compilers of a set of pamphlets entitled "Equality for Agriculture" written in 1922 by George N. Peek and Hugh S. Johnson of the Moline [Illinois] Plow Company. The pamphlets deal with the concept of base-period parity prices for farmers. Includes additional commentary by the Tontz's about parity prices. Ms89-109.
TORRE, SUSANA (1944- ). PAPERS, 1976-96. 24.4 cu. ft. Architect of New York City, born in Argentina. Formerly director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Editor of Women In American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective (1977). Formerly a member of the Board of Advisors for the International Archive of Women in Architecture, which she served on from 1985 to 1995. Collection consist of "A Selection of Project Reviews and Writings" (1977-88) by Torre; research notes, photographs and negatives used in Women In American Architecture; and drawings, project files, and a model of a house she designed in 1987 in Amagansett, New York. Also includes published articles; teaching files; office files; files relating to lectures and symposia that Torre attended; and documents regarding the juries, exhibitions and awards in which Torre participated. Also includes three framed drawings. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms90-016.
TOWNES, WILLIAM. LETTERS, 1875. 0.1 cu. ft. Thirteen letters with their envelopes from VAMC student William Townes to family members L. W. Wimbish and Mrs. L. W. Wimbish in Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia over the period March 15, 1875 to November 2, 1875. Letters concern his expenses and need for funds and his wish for news of home. Also mentioned are boarding in town, opinions of Blacksburg, a masque ball, constant drilling, fellow cadets, and farm matters. Ms2002-009.
TOWNSEND, JOHN W. JR. (1924- ). PAPERS, 1949-90. 5.0 cu. ft. Physicist, NASA administrator. Received B.A., Williams College (1947), M.A. (1949); Sc. D. (1961). Worked at the Naval Research Laboratory (1949-58, branch head 1955-58). With NASA (1958-68, 1987-90); deputy director of the Goddard Space Center (1965-68); director of the Goddard Space Center (1987-90). Deputy administrator, Environmental Sciences Services Administration (1968-70); associate administrator, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (1970-77). President, Fairchild Space and Electronics Company (1977-82); President, Fairchild Space Company (1983-87). Papers include correspondence and memoranda, travel files (1949-68, 1985-90); Congressional testimony (ca. 1982-86); files on the history of the Upper Air Rocket Research Program at the Naval Research Laboratory (ca. 1956-58); Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station Advisory Panel (1966-68); International Academy of Astronautics (ca. 1981-87); NASA Advisory Council (1982-87); National Academy of Engineering (1982-87); National Research Council Space Applications Board (1983-87); and the Office of Technology Assessment Advisory Board Panel on International Cooperation and Competition in Civilian Space Activities (1982-85). Archives of American Aerospace Exploration. Ms90-068.
TOWNSEND, MARJORIE RHODES (1930- ). PAPERS, 1961-94. 3.3 cu. ft. Aerospace engineer, NASA project manager. Marjorie Rhodes Townsend was the first women to earn an engineering degree at The George Washington University, receiving her Bachelor of Electrical Engineering in 1951. After spending eight years at the Naval Research Laboratory, she moved to National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Goddard Space Flight Center in 1959, where she worked until 1980. Townsend was project manager for three Small Astronomy Satellites (SAS, 1966-75) and for Applications Explorer Missions (1975-76), and later had responsibility for all advanced mission planning for future scientific and applications satellites as well as NOAA’s meteorological satellites. She received the NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1971) and the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal (1980), and was named a Knight of the Italian Republic Order (1972). Townsend’s papers focus on her professional career in aerospace engineering at NASA and include some of her later consulting work, mainly consisting of correspondence, meeting notes, project documents, and publications that Townsend wrote or that relate to her work. There are also materials about her numerous speaking engagements and articles about Townsend’s professional accomplishments. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Archives of American Aerospace Exploration. Ms86-003.
[TRAVEL DIARY, 1847.] 0.1 cu. ft. Extensive and descriptive travel diary of a European trip that included visits to Naples, Athens, Cologne, London, and Dublin, from an unknown American woman. Ms89-002.
[TRAVEL DIARY, 1924-27]. 0.1 cu. ft. Diary of an unknown woman, possibly from Boston, Massachusetts, with entries about her travels in Europe. Ms88-118.
TREAT, MRS. H.W. DIARY, 1897. 1 vol. Chicago, Illinois, resident. Diary includes accounts of her trips to New York and the west coast. Also includes sketches, and photographs of her and her husband. Ms88-114.
TREANT-MATHE, JULIETTE. ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS. 0.1 cu. ft. The collection consists of a booklet entitled "Gais Logis" which has smaller pamphlets containing information about five apartment complexes that Treant-Mathe designed. Inventory available online. International Archives of Women in Architecture. Ms2001-037.
TREDER, PAULA. ARCHITECTURAL COLLECTION, 1969-1972. 1.5 cu. ft. Treder operated her own architectural firm in South Carolina. This collection consists of selected professional papers from her projects in South Carolina. It includes drawings, photographs, and project documents related to Treder's professional and design activities. An EAD-encoded finding aid is available in the Virginia Heritage Project database. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2005-002.
TRENT, CLARENCE E. (1904-91). PAPERS, 1958, 1970-91. 3.0 cu. ft. Professor of Mechanical Engineering (1931-73) and Professor Emeritus (1973-91) at Virginia Tech. Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME); served on the Virginia Section's History and Heritage Committee. Primary force in bringing about the selection of two mechanical engineering historical landmarks: the Jackson Ferry Shot Tower at Fort Chiswell in Wythe County, Virginia, and Norfolk and Western's 611 steam locomotive. Collection consists of materials related to these two historical landmarks and to Trent's involvement in the ASME. The collection also includes the financial records of the Virginia Chapter of the ASME, 1979-1988, and the financial records of the Blacksburg chapter of the Lion's Club, 1983-1988. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms85-010.
TROEVA, VESSELINA ROUSSEVA, RÉSUMÉ. Architect in Bulgaria. Collection contains a resume. Ms2000-095.
TRUMBULL, HENRY CLAY (1830-1903). PAPERS, 1863-64. 0.6 cu. ft. Chaplain to the 10th Connecticut Volunteer Regiment from 1862 to 1865 in the Civil War. Collection includes photocopies of the letters Trumbull wrote during that time (mostly to his wife), and a copy of the journal and diaries he kept while in a prisoner-of-war camp in Columbia, South Carolina. Unprocessed. Ms88-018.
TSEVELMAA, DANZANSHARAVYN. ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 2001. 0.1 cu. ft. Collection consists of a portfolio of one of Tsevelmaa's projects, the National Wrestling Palace, in Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia. Portfolio includes photocopies of drawings, photographs of the project model, and photographs of the palace under construction. Inventory available online. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2002-018.
TUCKER, MATTIE LAMB (1893-1985). PAPERS, 1945-1984. 0.2 cu. ft. Blacksburg, Virginia Red Cross nurse and social worker. Certificates, newspaper clippings (mostly recognizing Tucker for volunteer efforts); photographs; correspondence and other printed material relating to her and her family's activities--particularly her son, Henry Tucker, a marine killed on Iwo Jima during World War II. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms84-176.
TUESDAY AFTERNOON BOOK CLUB. RECORDS, 1933-1989. 0.5 cu. ft. Blacksburg, Virginia club, which met to discuss books and current affairs. Programs, minutes books, a club history, and a list of checked out books. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms89-052.
TUG RIVER AND KENTUCKY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1914-36. Ms81-093. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
TUG RIVER AND NORTH FORK RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1899-1902. Ms81-069. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
TURNER FAMILY. GENEALOGY PAPERS, ca. 1980s. 0.1 cu. ft. Genealogical information about the Turner family of Snowcreek in Franklin County, Virginia. Meshack Taylor (1819 or 1820-1877) served in Company E of the 64th Virginia Regiment during the Civil War. Collection includes a photocopy of a letter written by Turner to his wife Sallie from Farrow Grounds near Norfolk, Virginia, on April 13, 1862. Also includes a genealogy compiled by Helen Turner of Lawton, Oklahoma, on "The Turners of Snowcreek," which consists of transcripts of wills, research notes, Meshack Turner's Civil War record, and family trees of the Turner descendants. Ms94-002.
TURNER, MARY H. LETTER, 1861. 0.1 cu. ft. Resident of Petersburg, Virginia. Writes of friendship and the "unnatural and unholy war." Letter captured by J. S. France, of Co. B, 13th New York State Militia, during the Seven Days Campaign in 1862. Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
TURNER, NANCY BYRD (1880-1971). COLLECTION, 1930-1988. 0.2 cu. ft. Virginia poet, editor and lecturer. Correspondence, clippings, poems, and notes assembled by Beverly Carper Powley for a biographical article on Turner, together with drafts and the published version of the article. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2005-009.
TUSCUMBIA, COURTLAND AND DECATUR RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1832-43. Ms84-159. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
"TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF FORTRAN" (EXHIBIT, 1957-82). INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION. 5.0 cu. ft., 10 - 3' x 8' panels and 1 videotape. Pioneer Day was celebrated on June 9, 1982 at the National Computer Conference in honor of the 25th anniversary of the delivery of the first FORTRAN compiler. As part of the celebration IBM created and displayed this exhibit. Contains photographs of FORTRAN pioneers, facsimiles of documents, textual analysis, flow charts, memorabilia, FORTRAN manuals and other publications, and a twelve-minute videotape on the history of FORTRAN starring the members of the original FORTRAN development team: John Backus, Sheldon Best, Richard Goldberg, Lois Mitchell Haibt, Harlan Herrick, Grace Mitchell, Robert Nelson, Roy Nutt, David Sayre, Peter Sheridan, and Irving Ziller. Ms83-003.
TWENTY-FOURTH VIRGINIA VOLUNTEER REGIMENT. RECORDS, 1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Virginia regiment in the Civil War. Records consist of five items relating to soldiers in the regiment, including examination notes, a furlough pass, and lists of pay and clothing. Soldiers were R.T. Briggs, John R. Hudson, R. Laundrum, Burgess Whitt, and Solomon Wood. Ms90-037.
TYLER, CYRIL H. LETTER, 1862. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier in the Civil War from Kalamazoo, Michigan. Writes his father from Fair Oaks, near Richmond, Virginia, June 4, 1862. Refers to skirmishes with the enemy, Rebel sharpshooters, and crossing the Chicahominy River. Ms89-009.
TYLER, J. HOGE (1846-1925). FAMILY PAPERS, 1802-1956. 42.0 cu. ft. Virginia state senator (1877-1879), lieutenant governor (1890-1894), and governor (1898-1902). Papers contain Tyler's political, business, and personal correspondence, including 38 bound volumes of official gubernatorial correspondence; manuscript drafts of speeches; applications and endorsements for state positions; subject files; and other political correspondence. Business records include ledgers and store books for the Belle Hampton Coal Company (1884-1892) and records of the Radford Development Company (1890-1922). Other papers relate to Tyler's wife, Sue Hammett Tyler, and her family, and include account books and miscellaneous papers (1851-1876) of Dr. J. P. Hammett, a Montgomery County, Virginia physician, and ledgers for the Aldomar and Lammermoor plantations in Mississippi (1857-1872). Included also are the Spanish-American War paymaster records of S. Heth Tyler (1898); correspondence of other Tyler children and grandchildren; scrapbooks; photographs; and printed materials. Also included are papers of the Sifford family of Pulaski County, Virginia. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. 67-002.
TYNG, ANNE. ART WORK. n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Pen and pencil sketches. Inventory available online. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2001-049.
UIFA: UNION INTERNATIONALE DES FEMMES ARCHITECTES, CONFERENCE MATERIALS, 1998 0.1 cu. ft. Milka Bliznakov and Donna Dunay attended the UIFA conference in Tokyo, returning with posters about Zimbabwe and Japanese newspaper article and brochures. See also Galster, Rahm, and Young collections. IAWA. Ms2001-007.
UIFA: UNION INTERNATIONALE DES FEMMES ARCHITECTES, 13th CONFERENCE MATERIALS, 2001 3.0 l.f. The UIFA 13th Congress, entitled "Designing Environments for People Before and After Their Active Age" was held in Vienna, Australia July 1-10, 2002. The collection is comprised of posters and exhibit panels from Junko Matsukawa-Tsuchida, Yumiko Osawa Higashi, Dr. Yaeko Ishikawa, Toshiko Yamamoto and Kazuko Masumune. IAWA. Ms2002-031.
UIFA: UNION INTERNATIONALE DES FEMMES ARCHITECTES, 14th CONFERENCE MATERIALS, 2004. 1 cu. ft. The 14th UIFA congress was held in Toulouse, France. Collection contains exhibit posters by architects Alice Finnerup-Moller, Hiroko Inagaki, Yaeko Ishikawa, Kazuko Masamune, Junko Matskawa-Tsuchida, Joyce Oron, and Yifang Xu. Finding aid will soon be available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. IAWA. Ms2005-011.
UNCU, ANA, ARCHITECTURAL THESIS, 1999. 0.2 cu. ft. Architect in Bucharest, Romania. Thesis is titled "Historical research in archives and on the site for completing the General Urban Plan of the village of Valea Calugareasca, prahova county and in view to develop a strategy to preserve the cultural and landscape treasures of this historic place, the hills of Dealu Mare". Finding Aid available online. Ms2000-010.
UNDERHILL, GROVER W. PAPERS, 1935. 0.1 cu. ft. Professor of Entomology (1918-54) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, at the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. Collection consists of a radio talk entitled "The Insect Menace to Log Cabins and Rustic Woodwork." Ms87-014.
UNION ELEKTRICITAETS-GESELLSCHAFT COMPANY. PHOTOGRAPHS, n.d. 0.3 cu. ft. Berlin, W. Germany, factory. Scrapbook of 202 photographs of interior and exterior views of the factory, one of the company cable car, and products, including meters and generators. Ms87-037.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF THE NEW RIVER VALLEY. RECORDS, 1958-87. 0.2 cu. ft. Founded as the Blacksburg [Virginia] Unitarian Fellowship in 1956; changed name in 1986. Materials include a notebook with essays about the history, programs, etc. of the Fellowship; newsclippings; reports; and newsletters. Unprocessed. Ms88-001.
UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY, DR. HARVY BLACK CHAPTER. RECORDS, 1862-1999. 3.4 cu. ft. Blacksburg, Virginia chapter (formed 1896) of national organization of Confederate veterans' female descendents. Records include files devoted to local Confederate veterans (including letters of Elisha Epperson, 67th Virginia Infantry), chapter financial records, minute books, membership records, financial records, printed materials and scrapbooks. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms90-050.
UNITED STATES ARMY. INSPECTION GUIDES, 1930. 0.1 cu. ft. Branch of the United States Armed Forces conducting land-based military operations. Procedural guidelines issued by the Army’s Office of the Inspector General for inspection of Army personnel, property, accounting and record-keeping. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-049.
UNITED STATES BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE. DISTILLERY FORMS, 1902-1913. 0.1 cu. ft. Federal agency enforcing the regulation and taxation of distilled spirits. Forms used by agency in regulating production of distilled spirits in the early twentieth century. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-095.
UNITED STATES HOTEL [FREDERICK TOWN, MARYLAND]. LEDGER, 1845. 0.1 cu. ft. Hotel ledger accounting for guests' lodging and meals. Includes several pages with newspaper clippings from ca. 1900-20 glued on top of the hotel ledger pages. Ms88-117.
UNITED STATES MILITARY RAILROADS. RECEIPT, 1865. 0.1 cu. ft. Federal agency operating railroads seized and consolidated during the Civil War. Receipt issued to W. W. Tuttle, general freight agent at Nashville, Tennessee. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-097.
UPDIKE, AMON W. CORRESPONDENCE, 1861-65. 0.1 cu. ft. Confederate soldier in the 53rd Virginia Regiment, Bartons Brigade, in the Civil War. Photocopies of five letters (1864-65) from Updike while camped in New Kent, Chesterfield, and Henrico counties, Virginia, to his sister, Phebe Arthur. Also included are photocopies of letters (1861-62) from Phebe Arthur to her husband Henry, letters from Henry to Phebe and to other family members, and a letter from J.O. Hensley, Arthur's captain, informing Phebe of her husband's death. Ms85-012.
URBANKE, ROSEMARIE (1951- ). ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1978-1985. Architect of Berlin, Germany. Collection consists of a résumé, architectural drawings, photographs of her, and sketches of her daughter and abstract images. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-076.
URQUHART, LUCY DICKINSON. PAPERS, 1900-70. 0.4 cu. ft. Smyth County and Lynchburg, Virginia, advertising copywriter. Papers include correspondence, advertising copy, newspaper clippings, and poetry. Unprocessed. Ms87-046.
USS PITTSBURG (1862-1865). PAYMASTER’S LEDGER, 1862. 0.3 cu. ft. Union Navy gunboat during the Civil War, serving in the Western Gunboat Flotilla. Paymaster’s ledger, containing the names and pay records (including clothing, personal goods and cash) of crew of unidentified vessel, believed to be the USS Pittsburg. Also includes a single payroll sheet listing officers of another unidentified vessel, believed to be the USS Shawmut. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-026.
VALENTINE, HERBERT E. (1841-?). SCRAPBOOK, 1862-64, 1908, 1911-12. 0.1 cu. ft. Fifty-page scrapbook compiled by Valentine, who served in Company F, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, and authored Story of Co. F, 23rd Massachusetts Volunteers in the War for the Union 1861-1865 (W.H. Clarke & Co., Boston, 1896). Scrapbook composed of a series of newspaper clippings from the Salem [Massachusetts] News, written in 1911-12 by Valentine, giving details of his regiment's war activities. Includes photographs, many taken in New Berne, North Carolina, by Valentine in 1908, during dedication of a monument to members of his regiment. Also includes 39 ink wash scenes sketched during the war years by Valentine. Images available on the VT Imagebase. Ms95-027.
VANDENBERG, HOPE (1918-96). WRITINGS, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Resident of Montgomery County, Virginia, who worked as a graphics artist at Virginia Tech. Collection consists of typescript copies of poetry and essays written by Vandenberg, with biographical information about her. Ms96-015.
VANWORMER, MARGARET AND AMES. LETTER, 1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Married couple, residing probably near Fort Dodge, Iowa. Brief letter to unnamed brother, relating news of family and friends and expressing the hope that the family will have the opportunity to see one another again. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-056.
VARDELL, WILLIAM GILDERSLEEVE. LETTERS, 1862-63, 1882. 0.2 cu. ft. Major from South Carolina in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; served in the Quartermaster's Department attached to the Holcomb Legion and the 17th, 18th, 22nd, and 23rd South Carolina regiments. Collection consists of photocopies of forty-eight letters from Vardell to his wife Jennie, written between August 1862 and August 1863, while he was encamped in Montgomery, Alabama, and Jackson, Mississippi. Writes longs and eloquent letters about news and effects of the war and battles, items he would like sent from home, and the strength of his Christian faith, among other topics. Also includes a letter written in October 1882 to Mrs. J. Jackson. Ms95-016.
VAUGHAN, CONAN W. JR. (1906-90). PAPERS, 1923-92. 1.0 cu. ft. Born in Norfolk, Virginia, in 1906. Graduate of Virginia Tech (Mechanical Engineering, B.S. 1927, M.S. 1928). Vaughan was instrumental in inviting George Washington Carver, agricultural chemist of Tuskegee Institute in Alabama, to speak at Virginia Tech in April 1928, and the two men corresponded for several years afterwards. Employed by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in Norfolk, Richmond, and Roanoke, Virginia, from 1928 to 1941, and 1945 to his retirement in 1971. Served as Captain in the 1128th Engineer Combat Battalion of the 5th Engineers regiment during World War II. Stationed in Iceland from 1941 to 1943. By the end of the war he rose to the rank of Colonel and received the Bronze Star for meritorious service when his unit was instrumental in the Battle of the Bulge and D-day. After the war Vaughan served as assistant Commandant and then Commandant of the United States Army Reserve School in Norfolk (1951-59), receiving the Army Commendation Medal in 1959, and retiring from the reserve in 1960. Died in Norfolk in 1990. Papers consist of photographs, correspondence, memorabilia, awards, certificates, newspaper clippings, files, and other literature from Vaughan's years at VPI, during his tour of duty in Iceland, and as Commandant of the Reserve School in the 1950s. Also includes copies of the correspondence between Vaughan and George Washington Carver, which run from 1928 to 1942. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms91-050.
VECSEI, EVA HOLLO. RÉSUMÉ AND ADVERTISING BROCHURE. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of Montreal, Canada. Member of the Order of Architects of Quebec, Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, and an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Received a diploma in Architecture at the School of Architecture of the University of Budapest. Collection consists of a curriculum vitae and a flyer advertising her firm, Vecsei Architectes of Montreal. Ms2000-077.
VENICE AND CARONDELET RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1880-89. Ms84-160. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIAR, GEORGE W. PAPERS, 1862-63. 0.1 cu. ft. Soldier in Company E of the 24th Virginia Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War. Papers consist of reports by surgeons in Dublin, Virginia, of their examinations of Viar, declaring him unfit for field duty. Also includes a note by a fellow soldier of Viar's to his family with saying that he is sending documents home with Viar. Ms90-036.
VILLA RICA BRANCH RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1901-02. Ms84-161. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
VINCIARELLI, LAURETTA. ART WORK. 1975. 0.2 cu. ft. Untitled, tempera drawings on boards. Ms2001-050.
VINE AND ASHMEAD. PATENT, 1849. 0.1 cu. ft. Patent certificate (No. 7552) awarded to William Vine and James H. Ashmead of Hartford, Connecticut for "machines for beating gold." Four-page document includes a description of the device and a set of engineering drawings for it. Ms86-014.
VINSON, WILLIAM (ca. 1819-1883). LETTER, 1854. 0.1 cu. ft. Member, Virginia House of Delegates, 1853-1854. Letter to family at home in Wayne County, (West) Virginia, discussing Vinson's attempts in the general assembly to secure roads and mail routes, his children's education, health and weather conditions in Richmond, and winnings from local lotteries. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-048.
VIRGINIA. COMMISSION ON CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION. RECORDS, 1968-69. 1.4 cu. ft. Commission appointed in 1968 to revise the Virginia state constitution. Records include notebooks, drafts, minutes and summaries, correspondence and memoranda, and reports of subcommittees. Ms72-002.
VIRGINIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. RECORDS, 1920-99. 33.0 cu. ft. Statewide scientific academy founded in 1923 from the Association of Virginia Biologists. Records document the founding of the VAS, its membership and officers, its committees and sections, and Academy programs. Records include correspondence (including correspondence of the Association of Virginia Biologists), financial statements, minutes, clippings, photographs, and award-winning research papers. Subject files deal with the Virginia Institute for Scientific Research, the Virginia Museum of Science, and VAS publications such as the Virginia Journal of Science. Additional groups of records are expected to be added to the collection at regular intervals. Inventory available. Ms81-096.
VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE AND POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. BOARD OF VISITORS. RECORD, 1920. 0.1 cu. ft. Affidavit of oath of office signed by members of the Board of Visitors of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute to fulfill their duties and offices. Additional signed oath states that members of the Board of Visitors have not and will not send or accept challenges to duel. Affidavit was signed by J. Thompson Brown (rector), J. B. Watkins, Robert Beverley, and Meade Ferguson on October 8, 1920. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms2003-026.
VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE AND POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. FINANCIAL LEDGERS, 1900-1914. 3 vol. and 4 loose ledger leaves. 2 cu. ft. Collection includes ledgers and pages of ledgers with financial records of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute. Collection contains listing of receipts from 1901-1906, listing of Bond Holders under the Act of March 5, 1900, listing of expenditures from 1900-1908, and insurance records and valuations for policies commencing 1906-1914. Ms2005-012.
VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE AND POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. MESS AND LAUNDRY LEDGER, 1899-1900. 1 vol., 26 x 40 cm. Hand inscribed ledger with names of students and accounts. Ms2001-017.
VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. RECORDS, 1906-47. 50.0 cu. ft. Established in 1886 by an Act of the Virginia General Assembly and funded by the Hatch Act of 1887, the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station was not established physically until 1888. Responsible for several agricultural research stations and laboratories throughout the state. Collection includes farm survey work sheets and work reports on such agricultural subjects as insecticides, cattle, orchards, and crop rotations. Collection also includes statistical surveys for farm operations and production in ten Virginia counties, including: Albemarle (1935, 2 vols.), Appomattox (1935-36, 4 vols.), Floyd (1937, 2 vols.), Grayson (1930-31, 8 vols.), Halifax (1939, 7 vols.), Henry (1940, 7 vols.), Nansemond (1932, 17 vols.), Norfolk (1931-32, 7 vols.), Pittsylvania (1933-36, 42 vols.), and Russell (1935, 9 vols.). Also included are Poultry surveys (1931-32, 9 vols.) encompassing several Virginia counties, and a Truck survey (1938, 2 vols.) listed by names of farmer. Farm surveys include information on dairy production, land tenure, feed and supplies, livestock, equipment, and crops. Unprocessed. RG25/1.
VIRGINIA AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. HOME ECONOMICS STUDY OF GRAYSON COUNTY, VIRGINIA, FAMILIES, 1931. 2.5 cu. ft., 18 vols. Study by the Virginia Tech Home Economics Department of statistics concerning Grayson County families, including schooling, education, household expenditures, occupations, food, and clothing. Also includes 46 "cards," or first draft tabulation sheets, plus an index, a list of the families, and a card outline. Ms40-023.
VIRGINIA AND KENTUCKY RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1860-71. Ms81-070. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-90. Ms81-071. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA AND SOUTHEASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1904-08. Ms84-162. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD COMPANY. LETTERS, 1849. 0.1 cu. ft. Railroad chartered in 1849 and built in the 1850s. Letters to former senator William S. Archer informing him of his election as delegate to the V&T's July convention in Memphis, Tennessee. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-077.
VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1848-71. Ms81-073. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY PROGRAM PERSONNEL. RECORDS, 1970-97. 2.0 cu. ft. Established in 1974 as an organization to bring together those who are professionally involved in broadening accessibility to and success in the formal post-secondary education of economically or socially disadvantaged Virginians. Records include administrative information, correspondence, conference programs, newsletters, and meeting minutes. Unprocessed. Ms89-003.
VIRGINIA ASSOCIATION OF FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES [VAFCS]. RECORDS, 1922-2002. 7.2 cu. ft. Association promoting individual, family and community well-being in Virginia. Successor of Virginia Home Economics Association (VHEA). Administrative records of both the VAFCS and VHEA, including minutes, membership lists, reports to the state, publications, association history, and correspondence, as well as similar materials related to the Student Members Section. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-032.
VIRGINIA BALL INVITATIONS, 1870-1871. 0.1 cu. ft. The three invitations to events at the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, Yellow Sulphur Springs, and the Hancock House resorts. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-103.
VIRGINIA, CAROLINA, AND SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1906-13. Ms81-074. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA COMPANY. RECORDS, 1888-1921. Ms81-075. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA COMMISSION ON CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION. RECORDS, 1968-1969. Commission appointed in 1968 to undertake the sixth revision of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia, which came into effect July 1, 1971. Articles of constitution, minutes and summaries of actions, reports of subcommittees, correspondence and memoranda, commentary, drafts, and galley proofs of the revised Virginia Constitution. Finding Aid available on the Virginia Heritage Project Database. Ms 72-002.
VIRGINIA HOLDING CORPORATION. RECORDS, 1921-34. Ms81-076. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA HOME ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION. COMMITTEE FOR THE STANDARDIZATION OF CONSUMER GOODS. RECORDS, 1930-36. 0.1 cu. ft. Correspondence and reports of Ilena M. Bailey, Home economics researcher at Virginia Tech, and chair of the Committee for the Standardization of Consumer Goods. The committee waged a campaign to set up quality standard for blankets, sheets, pillowcases stockings, canned food, and refrigerators. Includes correspondence with department store managers, government agencies, and women's organizations. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms63-001.
VIRGINIA IRON, COAL AND COKE COMPANY. RECEIPTS, 1902-1909. 0.1 cu. ft. Mineral company operating several plants in Southwest Virginia. Receipts for various purchases made by the company. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-046.
VIRGINIA JUNIOR ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. RECORDS, 1931-99. 8.0 cu. ft. Organization of affiliated high school science clubs organized by the Virginia Academy of Science in 1941 to discover and promote scientific aptitude in the secondary schools of Virginia. Records include correspondence (including some antedating the founding of the VJAS); notes and minutes from committees and general meetings; reports; financial statements; and publications such as the Junior Science Bulletin and the Virginia Junior Academy of Science Proceedings; scrapbooks (1975-84); meeting proceedings (1963-90); and handbooks. Additional groups of records are expected to be added to the collection at regular intervals. Inventory available. Ms81-094.
VIRGINIA MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1881-97. Ms84-163. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA MINERAL RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-1911. Ms81-078. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIA NURSERYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. RECORDS, 1961-65. 0.1 cu. ft. Association that provides courses, meetings and tours, advice on insect and animal problems, and information about infestations. Collection includes photographs, clippings, reports, and a program of an annual convention. Ms68-001.
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. DANCE CARDS, 1909-2002. 1.0 cu. ft. Collection includes dance cards for various dances, including ring dances and dances sponsored by the German Club, Cotillion Club, and sectional clubs. Inventory available. Ms2002-023.
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. DIRECTORY OF ADMINISTRATORS AND NEW FACULTY. COLLECTION, 1988. 0.4 c u. ft. Collection consists of one-page vitas and photographs of administrators and new faculty in 1988 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The collection includes 337 individuals with 338 entries. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2005-004.
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY. POSTAL CARDS, 1906-1995. 0.5 cu. ft. Collection includes 76 post cards. Dated cards span 1906-1995. Many cards are not dated. Cards depict various subjects including campus views, campus buildings, football, Corps of Cadets, and Blacksburg views. Inventory available. Ms2002-025.
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING. RECORDS, ca. 1925-42. 8.0 cu. ft. Records include materials on rural electrification (1924-42); farm irrigation (1927-33); and soil conservation (1934-35) in Virginia. RG13/4.
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE FACULTY TOUR OF ALLIED CHEMICAL FACILITIES. RECORDS, 1966. 0.1 cu. ft. Photographs and other documentation of tour by Virginia Polytechnic Institute faculty of Allied Chemical Facilities in Hopewell, Virginia area on November 29, 1966. Faculty on the tour included Fred Bull, Wolter J. Fabrycky, R. Craig Fabian, G. H. Beyer, Carl Renfro, Nelson Murphy, Lee Humbert, Wilson Schmidt, Ron Patten, G. B. Pawley, R. R. Wright, Henry L. Wood, Alan Clifford, Harold Bell, William Hunter, and M. L. Oliver. Ms2002-008.
VIRGINIA REPUBLICAN PARTY. FLYER, 1921. 0.1 cu.ft. List of African American Republican candidates for Virginia offices. Candidates include Maggie L. Walker, an African-American philanthropist and the first female American bank president, for superintendent of public instruction and John Mitchell, Jr., editor of the Richmond Planet, for governor. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-058.
VIRGINIA SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. RECORDS, 1926-91. 3.4 cu. ft. Association formed to promote acquaintanceship and group effort among those interested in the social sciences, to further the cause of social science teaching and research, and to take part in guiding the current of economic and social tendencies in the state. Records include minutes, annual meeting programs and proceedings, papers, committee reports, correspondence, and financial records. Also includes "International Education and the Social Sciences: Selected Readings," (1987), papers presented at the 1987 VSSA meeting at the College of William and Mary. Ms64-004.
VIRGINIA TECH FACULTY WOMEN'S CLUB. RECORDS,1965-2003. 6.0 cu. ft. Organization founded in 1965 as a social group to promote fellowship among women associated with Virginia Tech. The club currently strives to expand the intellectual and social horizons of its membership through enlargement of friendships, engagement in adult educational activities, scholarships, and the furtherance and interest of Virginia Tech. Records include correspondence, financial records, officers' job descriptions, newsletters, information about scholarships, cookbook sales, and nursery operations, as well as annual scrapbooks of activities illustrated with photographs and newspaper clippings. The collection is accompanied by printed annual yearbooks that include lists of members. (The yearbook volumes are cataloged and housed in Special Collections, call number HQ1905 V5 V5 SPEC). Ms97-014.
VIRGINIA TECH RESCUE SQUAD. MINUTES, 1970-1994. 0.4 linear inches. The mission of the Virginia tech rescue Squad, which was founded in 1969, is to provide emergency medical care to the Virginia Tech campus community. All personnel are volunteers. The majority are undergraduate students; some faculty, graduate students, alumni, and Blacksburg citizens participate as Associate Members. The collection consists of the squad¹s executive board¹s minutes spanning the years 1970-1994. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms1996-022.
VIRGINIA TECH SCRAPBOOK. 1912-1916. 0.75 cu. ft. Collection contains a scrapbook of photographs depicting VPI and the area surrounding Blacksburg, Virginia, from about 1912 to 1916. Possibly created and/or compiled by Mary Katherine Cook Derring. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2009-079.
VIRGINIA VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. RECORDS, 1894-1961. 0.8 cu. ft. Incorporated in 1894 for the purpose of advancing veterinary medical knowledge throughout Virginia. Records include annual meeting minutes, minutes of the Board of Censors, programs, speeches, a history of the organization, and a list of presidents. Ms88-032.
VIRGINIAN AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1919-36. Ms81-079. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1907-26. Ms81-080. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
VIRGINIAN TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1907-36. Ms81-081. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
VMI VS. VPI THANKSGIVING DAY. PAPERS, c1926-27. Poster (9 x 12) and card (3.5 x 6) announcing the VMI vs. VPI Thanksgiving Day football game in Roanoke. Poster includes Richmond-to-Roanoke train schedule. Ms2002-013.
VOLTZ, FELIX. CORRESPONDENCE, 1865. 0.2 cu. ft. Drummer boy in the 187th New York Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War. Collection consists of letters to and from Voltz and his family in Buffalo, New York. Felix's family was very upset when he impetuously enlisted. Felix soon realized the rigors of army life. Transcripts available. Ms93-021.
VULCAN COAL COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-20. Ms81-082. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
VYTLACIL, ANNE BOZENA, RÉSUMÉ. 0.1 cu. ft. Born 1936.
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