Guide to the Manuscript Collections
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W-M CORPORATION. RECORDS, 1931-32. Ms90-136. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
WABASH RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1836-1954. Ms2003-001. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
WADE, JANE. LETTER, 1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Photocopy of a letter from Wade in Christiansburg, Virginia, written on May 15, 1864, to her husband John, a soldier in the Confederate Army in the Civil War. She writes about the "Yanks advancing on Dublin [Virginia] and burning town buildings," the wounded, and looting by the Yankee soldiers. Transcript available. Ms87-049.
WAGG, JOHN D. (1835-66). PAPERS, 1854-66. 0.4 cu. ft. Methodist minister who practiced as a circuit preacher in the Virginia counties of Giles, Russell, and Wise in the late 1850s and early 1860s. In late 1862 or early 1863 he assumed ministerial duties in Ashville, North Carolina. Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, sermons, church documents, and miscellaneous poems and essays. Inventory available. Ms92-048.
WAGNER, ANNA GABRIELE R. (1963- ). RÉSUMÉ 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of Vienna, Austria. Collection is composed of her résumé. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-078
WAINSTEIN-KRASUK, OLGA (1939- ). ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Director of the Center of Studies of Habitat and Housing sponsored by the Organization of American States and the School of Architecture, Design and Urbanism of the University of Buenos Aires. The Center studies ways to effectively and economically design and build housing and makes recommendations to the OAS on its findings. Collection consists of a brief explanation of the Center's work and projects and a survey designed by the Center to evaluate a building's accessibility to the handicapped. Also includes an extensive brochure of the work her firm, Bielus, Goldemberg, Waistein-Krasuk, Architects, has done from 1966 to 1981. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-079.
WAISBERG, MYRIAM (1919- ). WRITINGS. 0.3 cu. ft. Architect of Chile and professor of architecture at the University of Chile in Santiago since 1951. Materials consist of numerous articles and booklets written by her about topics in the history of architecture (particularly religious architecture) in Chile and the architecture program at the University of Chile. Also includes a lengthy curriculum vitae describing her academic and architectural works and writings. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2001-055.
WALDRON, FREDERICK. MEMOIRS, n.d. 1 vol. Undated manuscript memoirs, ca. late 1800s, of Waldron's experiences as a soldier in the 31st New York Regiment during the Civil War. Ms95-011.
WALKER, DAVID N. BUSINESS RECORDS, 1859-97. 0.1 cu. ft. Insurance agent, and Treasurer for the St. Paul's Church Home, in Richmond, Virginia. Materials include business correspondence, ledger notes, bank receipts, insurance policies (for the Church Home), and a deed to land in Henrico County, Virginia. Ms88-034.
WALKER, TIMOTHY S. LETTER, 1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier with the 25th Maine Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. Letter written April 20, 1864, from Georgetown in Washington, D.C. to a friend in Maine. Writes about getting coal in Alexandria, Virginia, and his hopes that the war ends soon. Ms91-021.
WALKER AND CALDWELL. LEGAL AND BUSINESS RECORDS, 1839-1934. 2.0 cu. ft. Wytheville, Virginia, law firm, of James A. Walker (1832-1901) and Manly M. Caldwell (1861?-1938?). Much of the collection relates to land ownership, particularly mineral rights for property in Rye Valley, Wythe County, Virginia, and adjacent areas; and to business, industrial, and mineral interests in the area, including the Wythe County Iron and Zinc Company, New River Cripple Creek Mineral Territory, Princeton (West Virginia) Banking Company, Edgewood Land Company, Botetourt Tramway Company, and the "Mosby Gold Mine," in Fluvanna County, Virginia. Ms73-012.
WALL, ALEXANDER FLOYD (ca. 1826-ca. 1899). CORRESPONDENCE, 1861-65. 0.1 cu. ft. Farmer in Montgomery County, Virginia. Collection consists of copies of three letters, 1862-65, from Wall to his brother-in-law, Waddy Thompson James (1836-1926 or 1931), a Captain and then Lieutenant Colonel in Company B of the 57th Virginia Infantry. Wall's letters describe conditions on his farm during the war, prices of crops, problems of getting supplies to soldiers, and the transfer of slaves. Company B, or the "Franklin Sharpshooters," was organized by James of men from Franklin County, Virginia. James was injured in the Battle of Malvern Hill (July 1862), resigned from service soon thereafter, and returned to his farm in Franklin County. Also includes one letter from James to his wife Jennie, written from Camp Belcher in Richmond, Virginia, on October 4, 1861, and biographical and military information about James and his career as a soldier. After the war James served in the Virginia House of Delegates (1864-78) and the Virginia Senate (1879-82) as a representative from Franklin County. Transcripts available. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms82-007.
WALTHALL, J.G. ACCOUNT BOOK, 1906. 1 vol. Montgomery County, Virginia, general store merchant. Customer accounts. Ms40-030.
WALTHER, C. F. W. (1811-1887). WRITINGS, [2002]. 0.1 cu. ft. President of Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod. Internet printout of "Slavery, Humanism, & The Bible: Selections from Lehre und Wehre," containing Walther's writings on slavery and the Civil War, extracted from various issues of a synodical publication published in 1863. Part of the Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection. Ms2003-014.
WALTON FAMILY. CORRESPONDENCE, 1861-84, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Floyd County, Virginia, family. S.L. Walton volunteered in the Confederate Army in 1861 and served in the 42nd Virginia Regiment and the 1st Virginia Battalion. He was captured in April 1865 and taken to Point Lookout, Maryland, where he was released in June. Collection consists of seventeen letters and notes to and from Walton, his parents, his wife Nancy Ann, his brother, and cousins. Ms55-001.
WAMPLER, WILLIAM C. CONGRESSIONAL PAPERS, 1967-82. Ca. 200 cu. ft. Republican representative from Virginia's Ninth Congressional District, 1953-54, 1967-82. Papers include legislative files, committee files (House Agriculture Committee, Select Committee on Aging), constituency correspondence, speeches, and photographs. Restricted access. Unprocessed. Ms82-003.
WASHINGTON AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1887-90. Ms81-084. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
WASHINGTON CITY, VIRGINIA MIDLAND AND GREAT SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1872-81. Ms84-164.Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
WASHINGTON, OHIO AND WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1883-95. Ms84-165. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
WATAUGA TURNPIKE COMPANY. RECORDS, 1906-11. 1 vol. Incorporated in North Carolina (1906). Records include stockholders' and directors' minutes. Southern Railway Archives. Ms84-166. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
[WATERCOLORS OF FUNGI, 184?]. 1 vol. Illustrations of fifty fungi or algae found in England. Perhaps a catalog of a collection. The illustrations are accompanied by brief descriptions and captions. Images available. Ms93-012.
WATERS, CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENT (1834-1916). BOOKS, 1871-1904. 13 vols. American art and architectural historian, and the first woman to compile a biographical encyclopedia of women artists. Collection consists of eleven titles of books written by Waters, including The Eternal City: Rome, its Religions, Monuments, Literature and Art (Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1896), Painters, Sculptors, Architects, Engravers, and their Works, a Handbook (Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1881), and Women in the Fine Arts from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. (Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1904). Many of the books are inscribed by her and were part of her private collection. These books are cataloged for the Special Collections Department and located in the department's Rare Book Room. International Archive of Women in Architecture.
WATKIN, REBECCA WOOD (1913- ). PAPERS, 1940-89. 3.0 cu. ft. Architect of California; educated at Bryn Mawr College (B.A., 1933) and University of Pennsylvania (B. Arch., 1937). Papers consist of architectural drawings of remodelings, alterations, and additions of structures, mostly residences, that Watkin designed from 1940 to 1989, in northern and central California. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Inventory available. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms95-009.
WATSON, GEORGE W. CORRESPONDENCE, 1862-65. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier in the 12th New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment in the Civil War. Nineteen letters to his family from various camps in Virginia, and from Point Lookout, where he was stationed. Ms89-024.
WATSON, THOMAS (1844-?). LETTERS, 1862-1866. 0.1 cu. ft. Private in Company D, 93rd Pennsylvania Infantry during the Civil War, participant in Grant's Vicksburg Campaign and Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. Photocopies of typed transcripts of letters written from Camp Douglas, Illinois and camps in Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-005.
WEBER, MAX (1824-1901). LETTER, 1861. 0.1 cu. ft. Colonel of the 20th Regiment of New York volunteers, in the Civil War. Letter to Major General Benjamin F. Butler, September 5, 1861, describing the capture of Fort Hatteras, North Carolina, on August 28, by Weber's troops. Ms89-027.
WEISBERG, SARELLE T. PAPERS, 1993-99. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of New York, New York and Principal of Anhouse + Weisberg Associates. Educated at Vassar College (B.A., Art History, 1950), and Columbia University (M. Arch., 1972). Supervising architect/engineer and airport planner for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (1969-84). Downstate Design Manager for the New York State Facilities Development Corporation (1984-94), where she managed construction projects for the New York State Office of Mental Health and Office of Mental Retardation/Development Disabilities. Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Collection consists of the dossier Weisberg prepared when applying for Fellowship in the AIA, and other biographical and professional information. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms99-003.
WEISS-KOENIG, ANNALIESE (1939- ). ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS, 1955-1987. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of Inzlingen,Germany. Collection consists of fourteen photographs and eight sets of architectural drawings for residences and a hotel. Also includes an autobiographical essay. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-080.
WENGER, HEIDI (1926- ). PAPERS, 1955-98. 1.4 cu. ft. Architect of Brig, Switzerland. Papers consist of essays, poetry, lectures (including those given in Nanjing, China, and at the Technical Institute of Zurich), private notes, and writings about architecture. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms89-051.
von der WEPPEN, MARIA. ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1976-1999. 8 cu. ft. Architect of Berlin, Germany. Papers include 21 architectural drawings from von der Weppen's diploma project and drawings, project descriptions and specification, and photographs for student projects and about 15 projects, mostly near Berlin, Germany. Partial inventory available online. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2001-017.
WEST IRON GATE LAND COMPANY. LEDGERS, 1879-1900. 5 vols. Clifton Forge, Allegany County, Virginia, pig iron manufacturer. Name changed from Hileman, Waring & Co. in 1890. Ledgers of expenditures and income, and a letterbook. Ms89-012.
WEST, J. WALDO. CORRESPONDENCE, 1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Lieutenant in the 1st New York Dragoons during the Civil War. Three letters written between January and July, 1864, to Sarah L. (Lyra) Stillson of Corning, New York, from Dansville, New York, and camps in Washington, D.C. Writes about his visit home and his company's reconnaissance to the Rapidan River. Ms89-066.
WEST, LINDSAY B. Papers, 1975-1996. 0.5 cu. ft. and 1 oversize folder. Correspondence, reports, legal files, and clippings relating to Lindsay West's work with the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, the New River Community Action Board, and the New River Valley Workshop, Incorporated. Also includes a poster from the dedication of the Blacksburg Area Branch Library in 1996. Finding aid with inventory available. Ms2001-013.
WEST, RUBY BISHOP. COLLECTION, 1858-1981. 2 cu. ft. Floyd County educator and local historian. Collection consists largely of materials related to the history of Floyd County, particularly--but not limited to--church, education, county development, and the 1981 county sesquicentennial celebration. Also contains personal materials, including Radford College grade reports and diplomas, personal photographs and ephemera, and a sizeable sheet music collection from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project. Ms86-002.
WEST SIDE BELT RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1906-17. Ms81-086. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
WEST VIRGINIA AND IRONTON RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1888-90. Ms81-087. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
WEST VIRGINIA AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1886-90. Ms81-088. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
[WEST VIRGINIA CIVIL WAR CORRESPONDENCE, 1861]. 0.1 cu. ft. Two letters on one sheet from two girls in Western Virginia (now West Virginia) to their aunt. They write of war on the home front and the destruction caused by the Yankee soldiers to their farms. Ms89-006.
WEST VIRGINIA SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. RECORDS, 1902-10. Ms81-089. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1855-95. Ms84-167. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1877-79. Ms84-168. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
WESTROM, HILDE (1912- ). ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1952-2000, n.d. 1.2 cu. ft. Born in Neisse, Upper Silesia, Germany. Architect of Berlin, Germany. Materials include biographical information, articles, photographs of Westrom and her designs, and architectural drawings for nine projects (1954-1970). The Digital Library and Archives Imagebase contains digital images of Hilde Westrom (2000) under "IAWA Images." An EAD-encoded finding aid is available in the Virginia Heritage database. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms87-061.
WESTROM, UTE (1939- ). ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1968-1996. 1.4 cu. ft. Born 1939, Berlin, Germany, the oldest of four children of architect Hilde Westrom. In 1968 she earned an architect’s diploma from the Technical University of Berlin. She is a practicing architect in Berlin and an active member of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA.) Her collection includes biographical material, UIFA meeting information from the mid-1970s, and selected architectural project drawings, photos, and descriptions. Of particular note is the material about the restoration and redesign of the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin, destroyed during World War II, for which Westrom and her husband, Winnetou Kampmann, were project architects. Information about their original design for a new office building for the Sozialkasse des Berliner Baugewerbes in Berlin is another notable project included in the collection. An EAD-encoded finding aid is available in the Virginia Heritage database. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms96-023.
WHALEY, F. N. LETTER, 1847. 0.1 cu. ft. Student at the Union Theological Seminary in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Letter written on May 13, 1847, to his friend James H. Orbison encouraging him to attend the seminary and suggesting they meet at Natural Bridge in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Ms92-007.
WHISNER MEMORIAL METHODIST CHURCH. RECORDS, 1857-1975. 4.0 cu. ft. Church in Blacksburg, Virginia; founded in 1798. Materials include church registers (1857-1938), bulletins (1949-75), recording steward's book (1859-80), financial reports (1927-28) and treasurer's book (1952-54), quarterly conference minutes (1880-1950), Sunday school record books (1879-1911), Women's Foreign Missionary Service records (1905-10), and Women's Society of Christian Service records (1941-60). Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms64-003.
WHITE, ISAAC (1837-89). PAPERS, 1861-1938. 0.2 cu. ft. Assistant surgeon in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, White graduated in 1859 from the Medical College of Virginia. He resided in Upshur County, Virginia (now West Virginia) before the war, and then in Shawsville in Montgomery County, Virginia, until his death. He served in various regiments during the war, including the 29th Virginia Infantry Regiment, the 31st Virginia Infantry Regiment, and the 62nd Virginia Mounted Infantry Regiment. He also served, between September 1862 and January 1863 as an assistant surgeon at Montgomery White Sulphur Springs Hospital. The papers consist of letters from White to his wife in Shawsville, written mostly while encamped along the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia in 1863 and 1864. He describes the losses to his regiment suffered during the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1863), the Battles of New Market and Spotsylvania (May 1864), and the Battle of Winchester (September 1864). Inventory and selected transcripts and images available. Ms97-013
WHITE, WILLIAM ALLEN (1868-1944). LETTER, 1920. 0.1 cu. ft. Emporia, Kansas, newspaper editor and author, and winner of a 1922 Pulitzer Prize. Brief letter to White from Mary Ethel McAuley of the Wanderer of the Pittsburgh Dispatch asking about the preservation of big game, with White's response attached. Ms73-003.
WHITE, WILLIAM C. LETTER, 1861. 0.1 cu. ft. Soldier in Company H of the 69th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War. Recruited in Philadelphia on August 19, 1861; mustered out August 27, 1864. Letter written November 20, 1861, to his parents from Camp Monocacy, Maryland. Writes that it is hard to get "french leave" because there are patrols on every road around the camp, and that many have deserted from his company due to the lack of whiskey. Ms89-098.
WHITLEY, O. GAINES, Sr. PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS, ca. 1912. Surveyor for the Norfolk & Western Railway Company in 1912 from Albemarle, North Carolina, who compiled two photograph albums of photographs taken while surveying property, for the railroad, in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Most images are unidentified. Images (462) are available through the VT ImageBase. Ms95-021.
WHITMAN, G.J. CORRESPONDENCE, 1864. 0.1 cu. ft. Union soldier in the Civil War. Three letters from camps in and near Washington, D.C. Ms88-084.
WICKHAM, WILLIAMS CARTER (1820-1888). LETTERBOOK, 1881-1882. 0.2 cu. ft. Attorney, farmer, Virginia state senator, Hanover County supervisor, president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, and Confederate brigadier general. Copies of letters regarding farm, business, personal and political matters (particularly C&O Railway business and Virginia and Hanover County political issues). Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-011.
WILBURN, LEILA ROSS (1885-1967). BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, 2002. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of Georgia. Wilburn studied at Agnes Scott College and apprenticed with an architectural firm before opening her own firm in 1909. She is best known for her published "pattern books" of arts and crafts style houses. The collection consists of a copy of the nomination form to name Wilburn a 2003 Georgia Woman of Achievement and photocopies of supporting research material compiled by James McManus. The Leila Ross Wilburn Collection is housed in the Kenan Research Center of the Atlanta History Center. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2005-021.
WILKINS, CHARLES (d. 1863) LETTER, 1862. 1 inch. Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Infantry during the Civil War. Letter written on May 23, 1862, from camp near Corinth, Mississippi, to his brother in New Hampshire. Writes about his recent arrival in Mississippi and reporting to General John Pope. Claims they are "near enough to reach the Rebels with our 30 pounders." Ms91-015.
WILL, ERWIN HOGE (1900- ). PAPERS, 1918-73. 1.0 cu. ft. Electrical utilities executive. Graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1922 from Virginia Tech. Employee and then chair of the Board of Directors for the Virginia Electric and Power Company from 1922-33 and 1947-60. Honorary chairman of Board of Directors, 1972-74. General superintendent and then President of the El Paso (Texas) Electric Company, 1935-47. Collection contains personal papers from Will's academic career at VPI, including a Commencement program, copy of diploma, and a basketball score card (all 1922). Business material includes correspondence, programs, clippings, reports, etc., chronicling Will's years at the Virginia Electric and Power Company and El Paso Electric Company, and in community groups. Biographical information is included. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms74-004.
WILLIAMS, JOHN EDWARD (1867-1943). PAPERS, 1895-1940. 0.6 cu. ft. Professor of mathematics (1903-1924) and dean of the college (1924-1943) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Class notes from graduate classes in mathematics and astronomy at University of Virginia; speech texts; printed articles by Williams, James Morris Page, William H. Echols and others; diplomas; and membership certificates. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms56-005. See also Williams' official records as Dean of the College in RG 11/1/2.
WILLIAMS, LEWIS. LETTER, 1835. 0.1 cu. ft. Letter from Williams in Washington, D.C. to Andrew Rincoinnon(?) in Wythe County, Virginia, writing of the postal service from Salem, Virginia to Wythe County. Ms87-032.
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL W. PAPERS, 1868-1919. 0.7 cu. ft. Lawyer in Bland County, Virginia. Notebooks from his law education at the University of Virginia, and ledgers from his business. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms86-012.
WILLIAMSON AND POND CREEK RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1912-36. Ms81-090. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
WILLIAMSON, LILA VERNON. PAPERS. ca. 1937-41. Williamson's (class of 1941) bound and unbound notebooks from "Artistic Photography" class. Negatives and prints mainly of Virginia Tech scenes. Ms2000-001.
WILLIS, BEVERLY (1928- ). ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1970-2000. 100 cu. ft. Architect of New York City; formerly practiced in the San Francisco, California, area. Former President of the American Institute of Architects California Council. Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. The Beverly Willis Papers span the years 1954 to 1998 and are comprised primarily of records documenting Willis' work as an architect in San Francisco between 1960 and 1990. The collection documents the application of computers to architectural design and land analysis, the development of CARLA (Computerized Approach to Residential Land Analysis) in the 1970s, the history of twentieth-century urban planning, particularly in San Francisco; and the contribution of women to twentieth-century American architecture. Willis, a noted artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, employed the full range of visual arts and design skills to influence and guide architectural projects of major significance. The bulk of the collection is comprised of Willis and Associates project files from the period 1960 to 1990. These files include presentation drawings, site plans, maps, sketches, conceptual design drawings, construction drawings, as well as correspondence, research files, and other records. Drawings are large folio, pen-and- ink or watercolor on paper, linen, or mylar. Some are heightened with color. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms92-019.
WILLS FAMILY. CORRESPONDENCE, 1860-65. 0.1 cu. ft. Bedford, Virginia, family. Photocopies of Civil War correspondence from William S., William L., Lindsay T., and Henry H. Wills from various camps, including Jamestown and Richmond, Virginia, and Murfreesboro, North Carolina, to Mollie and Mary Wills. William S. Wills was in the Charlottesville Artillery, and Lindsay T. and Henry H. Wills were in Company K of the 10th Virginia Cavalry, and later in the Bedford Light Artillery. Ms82-008.
WILSON, B.G. LETTER, 1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Confederate soldier in the Civil War from Danville, Virginia. Letter from Wilson to his brother, December 24, 1863, referring to sickness in the camp and the low morale of the soldiers. Transcript available. Ms88-082.
WILSON CENTENNIAL EXHIBIT (1956). MATERIALS, 1884-1956. 0.2 cu. ft. Exhibit arranged by Newman Library to commemorate the centennial of President Woodrow Wilson's birth. Reproductions of letters, photographs, news releases, presidential speeches, political cartoons and information about Wilson's birth, ancestry and birthplace (Staunton, Virginia). Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms56-002.
WILSON, ELVA CURL WILSON (1911-2006). DIARIES, 1929-1935. 0.3 cu. ft. Resident of Hampton, Virginia and future wife of Rev. James C. Richardson. Diary entries detail the very active social life of a young woman in Hampton, Virginia during the 1930s, making nearly daily mention of dates with various men, dances, parties, club meetings, movies, picnics, church meetings, shopping and travel. Finding aid available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms2008-016.
WILSON, I.D. (1888-1978). LETTERS, 1957. 1 vol. Professor of Biology from 1923 to 1957 at Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Letters to Wilson from students, colleagues, and friends upon his retirement from VPI in 1958. Ms94-020.
WILSON, ZELMA (1918-96). PAPERS, 1950-95. ca. 80.0 cu. ft. Architect of Ojai, California and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Studied at the University of Southern California (B. Arch., 1947), U.C. Berkeley, and L'Ecole de Beaux Arts in Paris; established her own architecture firm in 1967. Projects include the Ojai City Hall, the Simi Valley Library (Simi, California), and other structures in the Ojai area. Papers include copies of articles about her career and her designs, and an extensive series of architectural drawings and project and administrative files. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Unprocessed. Ms91-046.
WINSTON FAMILY. LETTERS, 1861-65. 0.1 cu. ft. Copies of transcripts of various the Civil War letters of three brothers: Ambrose Whitlock Winston (1835-97), Charles James Winston (1837-87), and William Henry Harrison Winston (1841-1935), of Campbell County, Virginia, to their aunt, Mary Harris Clark. The brothers all served in Company G, 11th Virginia Infantry Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia. The letters were written between November 1861 and March 1865 from camps in Virginia and North Carolina. They write of mutual friends killed or wounded, Union and Confederate officers, details of battles, and requests for goods from home. Ms95-004.
WINSTON-SALEM AND MADISON RAILROAD COMPANY. RECORDS, 1879-81. Ms84-169. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
WINSTON-SALEM UNION STATION COMPANY. RECORDS, 1916-26. Ms81-091. Returned to NS Corp Archives in Atlanta. Contact Archives1@nscorp.com.
WINTER-BRACHER, INGEBORG (1923- ). PAPERS, 1970, 1985, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Architect of Munchen, Germany. Papers includes a brief typescript autobiographical essay, photographs, and a book, Bauten und Ziele, written by her husband in which she contributed. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms92-024.
WISS, HENRY H. (1913-94). PAPERS, 1960, n.d. 0.2 cu. ft. Professor of Architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1947 to 1983. Collection consists of twelve architectural drawings and four photographs of Wiss's private residence in Blacksburg, Virginia, designed by him in 1960. Ms96-013.
WISTER, OWEN (1860-1938). PAPERS, 1900, 1925, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. American biographer and author. Works include The New Swiss Family Robinson (1882), The Virginian (1902), and When West Was West (1928). Papers consist of a poem, "King's Cap," by Wister with his signature and notes; and four letters--three handwritten to Mrs. Attwood Martin of Kentucky (with envelopes), one to "Dear Ladies," and a typescript, signed letter to "Mr. Stewart." Ms85-013.
WOLCOTT, EBEN P. CORRESPONDENCE, 1862-63. 0.1 cu. ft. Soldier in the 28th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Company E, in the Civil War. Correspondence consists of letters to Wolcott in Pensacola, Florida, and New Orleans, Louisiana, from his family in Lakeville, Connecticut. Includes information about the Battle of Fredericksburg (December 1862), the death of Stonewall Jackson (May 1863), and the inflation caused by the war. Ms89-033.
WOLFE, TOM (1931- ). LETTER, 1988. 0.1 cu. ft. American novelist, best known for The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test (1968) and The Right Stuff (1979). Manuscript letter written by Wolfe, dated December 29, 1988, to Frances Hutcheson Russell of Blacksburg, Virginia, about a mutual friend and the esteem of the Hutcheson family of Blacksburg. Ms95-003.
"WOMEN ARCHITECTS IN AUSTRIA, 1900-1987." EXHIBIT PANELS, 1988. 4 cu. ft. Thirty panels from a traveling exhibit created by the Austrian Cultural Institute. Panels consist of photographs and architectural drawings by Austrian women architects. Subject include interior design, urban and landscape planning, apartment buildings, and cultural centers. Women featured include Margaret Schutte-Lihotzky, Anna Lulja-Praun, and Martha Bolldor-Reitstatter. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms90-041.
WOMEN'S BIOGRAPHY PROJECT. RECORDS, 1994. O.6 cu. ft. Collection of oral history interviews regarding the stories of individual women from the local community. Interviews conducted in the fall of 1994 by students of Dr. Kathleen W. Jones, assistant professor in the Department of History at Virginia Tech. Interviewees were Thelma Booth, Rose Burnett, Kate Huff Bruce, Thelma Eaves, Wenona S. Gardner, Dot Humphries, Agnes Hurt, Esther Jones, Herta Lopez, Leola Pearce Pearson, Pauline Pitsinger, Marge Robinson, Dorothy Shueler, Laura Scott, Alison Sulloway, Nelle Trent, Bernice Weston, Minnie Williams, and Glenna Yeatts. Materials consist of cassette and mini-cassette tapes and student essays about their interviewees. Transcripts available for the Humphries, Jones, and Weston interviews. Ms95-028.
WOMEN'S DESIGN SERVICE. PUBLICATIONS. 0.1 cu. ft. Technical aid agency providing a resource center, library, and consultation services on issues related to women and the design of the built environment in the greater London area in Great Britain. Materials consist of literature published by Women's Design Service about various problems posing those disadvantaged by the design of the public environment and improving play areas for children. Also includes issues of Women and the Built Environment. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-081.
WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION. INFORMATIONAL LITERATURE. 0.1 cu. ft. Corporation formed in 1980 in Providence, Rhode Island, to design and develop rental housing for low-income women and children. Collection includes articles about apartments WDC has designed and a brochure packet about the corporation. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms91-014.
WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL NETWORK (WIN). PAPERS, 1994-2001. 0.5 cu. ft. A publication that covers news events throughout the world that are relevant to women. The papers include a 1994 publication and a letter from the editor, Fran P. Hosken. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2001-044.
WOMEN'S SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE, 1974-1992. 0.1 cu. ft. An experimental summer school in environmental design, this is a copy of the "Inventory of Records" in the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College. Ms2001-006.
WOOD, GREENVILLE D. ACCOUNT BOOKS, 1894-1912. 3 vols. Floyd County, Virginia, general store merchant. Customer accounts. Ms40-028.
WOOD, JOAN. ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1989-94. 0.1 cu. ft. After earning her Bachelor of Architecture degree from M.I.T. in 1960, she established Joan Wood Architects. Most of her firm's work can be found in New England. The collection consists of a catalog of Joan Wood Architects work, her résumé, and articles from the Boston Globe about her firm. Inventory available online. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2001-039.
WOOD, LEWIS. LETTERS, 1862-63. 0.1 cu. ft. Private, possibly company cook, in Company K and Company H of the 2nd Ohio Cavalry. Eight letters written by Wood from camps in Ohio and Missouri to his wife in Unionville, Ohio. Writes of attending a religious meeting for slaves, crossing the Mississippi River, and witnessing a slave auction. Inventory available. Ms91-011.
WOOD, WILLIAM B. LETTER, 1863. 0.1 cu. ft. Confederate colonel in the Civil War; chief of General James Longstreet's military corps. Letter written on October 14, 1863, from Chattanooga, Tennessee, about an invitation Wood received to run for a senator of the Confederate States. Wood felt he had been passed over for military promotion and wished to return to civilian life. Transcript available. Ms88-069.
WOODSON, CHARLES ORDERLY BOOK, 1814-1820. 1 li. ft. Manuscript orderly book kept by Major Charles Woodson, 2nd Battalion, 63rd Regiment, Virginia Militia, Prince Edward County. The ledger also contains a scrapbook of newspaper clippings, ca. 1852-ca. 1861, miscellaneous accounts and receipts, and an early handmade lace cap. The orderly book consists of battalion and regiment orders, records of the commissions and resignations of officers, records of expenditures for medical care and arms for the battalion, and an account of provisions purchased for the battalion while it was encamped at a location referred to as "Camp Carters, near Richmond." It contains information about daily camp life for a militia battalion called to duty during the War of 1812 and the day-to-day administration of a unit of the Virginia militia. Finding aid with inventory available. MS 2002-014.
WOODWARD, BARBARA. ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1966-1992. 1.75 cu. ft. Residential remodeling designer in Berkeley, California. Papers include specifications, materials lists, correspondence, photographs and drawings relating to various residential projects in Berkeley, Oakland, and San Francisco. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2003-016.
[WORLD WAR II CIVILIAN RATION BOOKS, 1945.] 0.1 cu. ft. Packet of ration books used by the Porterfield family of Newport, Virginia, during World War II. Ms90-077.
WORLEY, CHARLES S. JR. (1912-95). PAPERS, 1954-62, n.d. 0.5 cu. ft. Professor of Architecture at Virginia Tech from 1947 to 1982, and Professor Emeritus from 1982 until his death in 1995. Papers consist of architectural designs done by Worley, often in partnership with Henry Wiss, also a Virginia Tech Architecture Professor, in the mid-1950s and early 1960s. Also includes photographs of Worley in his home in Blacksburg, Virginia, which he designed, and slides taken by Worley of Blacksburg, Smithfield Plantation, and the Ogunquit Museum of American Art in Maine. Inventory available. Ms96-017.
WORNER, SCOTT. PAPERS, 1995. 2.0 cu. ft. Collection consists of architectural floorplans, photographs, building demographic surveys, and curriculum guides of secondary schools operating in Virginia as of 1995. Worner collected this material as part of his research for his dissertation from the College of Education at Virginia Tech. His study resulted in "A Study of the Architecture and Curriculum of Virginia High Schools," that was part of earning his Ph.D. in Educational Administration. Inventory available. Ms98-015.
WRIGHT, DANIEL E. (1883-1962). PAPERS, 1903-73. 3.2 cu. ft. Born in Winchester, Virginia; received B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1904. Participated in the construction of the Panama Canal and in the public health activities which rid the Canal Zone of yellow fever and malaria. Was awarded the Theodore Roosevelt Medal of Honor in 1921. Served as consultant (1921-29) to the Columbian and Panamanian governments. Joined the staff of the Rockefeller Foundation in 1929 and worked in Greece and Turkey on water supply and disease control. Worked with the United Nations Public Health Service (UNPHS) in Burma during World War II, then joined the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in 1944 until 1949. Collection contains materials dealing with the Panama Canal, the public health activities of the Rockefeller Foundation, and the UNRRA and UNPHS. Also includes photographs (ca. 250) from his travels, and correspondence to his wife. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms68-007.
WRIOTHESLEY, WILLIAM (PSEUDONYM). PROOFS, 1913. 0.1 cu. ft. Original proofs for The Ambassadress (London: Heinemann, 1913). Heavily revised in pencil and ink by the author. Inscribed with a poem from the author to Dr. Roderick Terry, signed and dated June 1916. Ms87-017.
[WYTHE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, LEDGER, 1870-80]. 0.1 cu. ft. Labor expense and reimbursement record for an unknown business in Wythe County. Ms88-028.
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XIAOWEI, LUO (1925- ). RÉSUMÉ AND CORRESPONDENCE. 0.1 cu. ft. President of the Architectural Society of Shanghai, China and visiting lecturer and professor at numerous institutions around the world. Includes a curriculum vitae and correspondence. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-082.
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YANCEY FAMILY. PAPERS, 1808-86, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Maysville, Kentucky, family. Collection includes correspondence to the Yancey family, the will of Christopher Taliaferro, and other items. Ms87-059.
YATES, ANNE H. (1939- ). PAPERS, 1975-1985. 0.7 cu. ft. Compiler of Increase in Prices (1985). Papers consist of Price and Harless family records compiled by Yates while engaged in writing the book. Includes correspondence, transcribed documents and genealogical records and charts. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms89-087.
YATES, JAMES E. ACCOUNT BOOK, 1889-1907. 1 vol. Rappahannock County, Virginia, livestock operation owner. Customer accounts, business records, and cancelled checks. Ms40-032.
YELLOW SULPHUR SPRINGS HOTEL [MONTGOMERY COUNTY, VIRGINIA]. ACCOUNT BOOK, 1885-95. 0.5 cu. ft. Montgomery County mountain resort; established in 1810, closed in 1923. Became a Virginia Historic Landmark in 1977. Collection contains a guest register. Images available online (Adobe Acrobat Reader required for viewing). Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms40-033.
YOUNG, FIELDS M. PAPERS, 1881-1923. 0.7 cu. ft. Grayson County, Virginia merchant. Includes correspondence relating to personal and financial matters, as well as store business; advertising materials from various manufacturers and wholesalers; financial records; a folder of material relating to Walter R. Hardin and the Roanoke Notion Company; and printed materials. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage Project database. Ms85-018.
YOUNG, HAROLD N. (1895-1978). PAPERS, 1938-66, n.d. 0.1 cu. ft. Agricultural economist. Born in New York; educated at Cornell University (1913-17). Sergeant in Intelligence Section, 38th Infantry, in World War I. Principal of Union School in Constableville, New York (1919-30). Professor of Agricultural Economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1930-65). Director of the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station. Director Emeritus of VAES (1965-78). Collection includes papers by Young on such topics as "Targets and Responsibilities [for the VAES]," "Liberty and Responsibility," "Needed--A New Water Law in Virginia," "Some Reflections on Public Education in Virginia," and "VPI, the General Education Board and Related Topics." Also includes a poem, "Charge of the Night Brigade" by Young. Unprocessed. Ms70-007.
YOUNG, JEAN LINDEN (1922-97). PAPERS, 1945-97. 2.0 cu. ft. Architect of Seattle, Washington. Active in organizations that promote women in architecture, including L'Union Internationale des Femmes Architectes (Secretary General, 1976-79 and organizer of the 1979 Congress in Seattle); Sisters for a Human Environment, a network of Seattle women architects, and as a member of the American Institute of Architects Task Force on Women in the Architectural Profession (1972-76). Papers consist of correspondence, files, newspaper clippings, and other materials about her work with these and other organizations, as well as information about her designs of structures in the Seattle region. Inventory available. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms98-022.
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ZAGLANIKI, LOUKIA. PAPERS. 0.2 cu. ft. Architect of Athens, Greece. Materials consist of four panels and an article in an architectural text on "A preliminary study regarding the constructions of the protective roofing and the tumulus restoration of the Vergina royal tombs." International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2000-083.
ZIBELL, BARBARA. BOOK. Urbanist and town planner of Zurigo, Switzerland. Book, Frauen In Wohnumfeld Und Nachbarschaft (1983). Call No. HQ1630 B47 Z5 1983.
ZIELINSKA, CZESIA (1927- ). ARCHITECTURAL PAPERS, 1966-1997. 0.4 cu. ft. Born in Poland. Czesia Zielinska is a Canadian architect and inventor of UCOPAN, a pre-cast concrete building system. She is a partner in UCOPAN Enterprises and is a member of Royal Institute of Architecture of Canada as well as the Interior Decorators Society of Quebec. Her specialization is in integrated exterior-interior architectural and structural design, low cost housing as well as furniture and product design. The collection includes promotional material, published articles, and booklets about UCOPAN as well as landscape and building sketches drawn during her travels. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms2005-017.
ZIMBLER, LIANE (1892-1987). COLLECTION, 1912-1982, 1993-1994. 4 cu. ft. Born in Bohemia. First licensed woman architect in Austria, and an interior designer in the United States after 1938. Member of the Association of Women in Architecture. Collection consists of photographs, printed material, writings, drawings, and correspondence that document Zimbler's architectural and design work. Finding aid available in EAD on the Virginia Heritage database. International Archive of Women in Architecture. Ms88-005.
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