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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Stereoview Collection

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The collection includes stereoviews, mostly of Civil War-era or Civil War-related images. Items in the collection are individually described in the contents list of the finding aid.

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Stereoview Collection 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

The collection includes stereoviews, mostly of Civil War-era or Civil War-related images. Items in the collection are individually described in the contents list of the finding aid.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Stories of Segregation in Bluefield, Virginia Oral History Collection

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This collection was donated as a research project on the personal significance of the historically segregated neighborhoods of Bluefield, West Virginia, and Bluefield, Virginia. Gregory Galford, Vonnia Davis, Micaela Appelbaum, and Jessica Taylor interviewed residents and former residents of these segregated neighborhoods to reconstruct a previously unrecorded history of how segregated space in this regional hub has changed over time.

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Stories of Segregation in Bluefield, Virginia Oral History Collection 0.1 Cubic Feet

This collection was donated as a research project on the personal significance of the historically segregated neighborhoods of Bluefield, West Virginia, and Bluefield, Virginia. Gregory Galford, Vonnia Davis, Micaela Appelbaum, and Jessica Taylor interviewed residents and former residents of these segregated neighborhoods to reconstruct a previously unrecorded history of how segregated space in this regional hub has changed over time.

Library of Virginia

Tazewell County (Va.) Criminal Presentments and Prosecutions, circa 1800-1913 (bulk 1890-1901)

Tazewell County (Va.) Criminal Presentments and Prosecutions, circa 1800-1913 (bulk 1890-1901) are criminal court cases and consist primarily of warrants, summons, indictments, and verdicts handed down by grand juries and other legal authorities in order to prosecute individuals who violated the penal code. These offenses ranged in severity from murder, rape, assault and battery, and larceny to tax evasion and slander. Criminal offenders and victims who appear in cases prior to the abolition of slavery in Virginia in 1865 included both free and enslaved persons.

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Tazewell County (Va.) Criminal Presentments and Prosecutions, circa 1800-1913 (bulk 1890-1901)

Tazewell County (Va.) Circuit Court

Tazewell County (Va.) Criminal Presentments and Prosecutions, circa 1800-1913 (bulk 1890-1901) are criminal court cases and consist primarily of warrants, summons, indictments, and verdicts handed down by grand juries and other legal authorities in order to prosecute individuals who violated the penal code. These offenses ranged in severity from murder, rape, assault and battery, and larceny to tax evasion and slander. Criminal offenders and victims who appear in cases prior to the abolition of slavery in Virginia in 1865 included both free and enslaved persons.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

"The 24th Corps" Manuscript

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This manuscript entitled "The 24th Corps" was likely written by General Edward O. C. Ord and his assistant Lieutenant Colonel Thomas G. Welles and accounts the troop movements of the 24th Corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 24th Corps was formed in 1864 after the Army of the James separated white and Black troops into two units, the 24th and 25th Corps respectively, and the manuscript discusses this.
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Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883
This manuscript entitled "The 24th Corps" was likely written by General Edward O. C. Ord and his assistant Lieutenant Colonel Thomas G. Welles and accounts the troop movements of the 24th Corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War. The 24th Corps was formed in 1864 after the Army of the James separated white and Black troops into two units, the 24th and 25th Corps respectively, and the manuscript discusses this.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Thomas Dickerson Ledger

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This ledger includes notes and business transactions of the plantation owner Thomas Dickerson (also Dickenson and Dickinson), of Nottoway County, Virginia. The plantations grew tobacco, wheat, and corn. Entries include sale of these goods, purchase of others, purchase of medical services for enslaved persons, and cash loans.
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Thomas Dickerson Ledger 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Dickerson, Thomas (Nottoway County, Va.)
This ledger includes notes and business transactions of the plantation owner Thomas Dickerson (also Dickenson and Dickinson), of Nottoway County, Virginia. The plantations grew tobacco, wheat, and corn. Entries include sale of these goods, purchase of others, purchase of medical services for enslaved persons, and cash loans.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Thomas Henry Howard Manuscript Account Book

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The Thomas Henry Howard Manuscript Account Book was written by Dr. Thomas Henry Howard, a doctor in Floyd, VA who served as a Confederate doctor. The book is filled with names of patients, the services performed, and the payment received for each entry before, during, and after the Civil War.
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Howard, Thomas Henry, 1834-1910
The Thomas Henry Howard Manuscript Account Book was written by Dr. Thomas Henry Howard, a doctor in Floyd, VA who served as a Confederate doctor. The book is filled with names of patients, the services performed, and the payment received for each entry before, during, and after the Civil War.
Library of Virginia

Virginia Beach (Va.) Deeds, 1718-1974 (bulk 1768-1937)

Virginia Beach (Va.) Deeds, 1718-1974 (bulk 1768-1937) consist of deeds of bargain and sale, deeds of gift, mortgages, and deeds of trust recorded in Princess Anne County and Virginia Beach. On presentation to the court, deeds were proved and recorded. If the deed was not witnessed, the grantor acknowledged the deed in open court. A few of the deeds include plats. Except for a few years early in the eighteenth century, slaves in Virginia were considered personal property and consequently were not usually sold by deed. However, they were often transferred in deeds of gift or were the property listed in mortgages and deeds of trust.

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Virginia Beach (Va.) Deeds, 1718-1974 (bulk 1768-1937)

Virginia Beach (Va.) Circuit Court

Virginia Beach (Va.) Deeds, 1718-1974 (bulk 1768-1937) consist of deeds of bargain and sale, deeds of gift, mortgages, and deeds of trust recorded in Princess Anne County and Virginia Beach. On presentation to the court, deeds were proved and recorded. If the deed was not witnessed, the grantor acknowledged the deed in open court. A few of the deeds include plats. Except for a few years early in the eighteenth century, slaves in Virginia were considered personal property and consequently were not usually sold by deed. However, they were often transferred in deeds of gift or were the property listed in mortgages and deeds of trust.

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Manual Labor School of the Negro Reformatory Association of Virginia Letter

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This letter was sent from G. C. Shippen, acting superintendent of the Virginia Manual Labor School of the Negro Reformatory Association of Virginia, to Mr. F. W. Whittaker of Lynchburg. This letter is a response to a request to commit a young man named Lucien Gilmore to the institution. Shippen writes that the institution is at capacity and that it will be six weeks before they can accept any new inmates.
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Virginia Manual Labor School of the Negro Reformatory Association of Virginia Letter 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Negro Reformatory Association of Virginia
This letter was sent from G. C. Shippen, acting superintendent of the Virginia Manual Labor School of the Negro Reformatory Association of Virginia, to Mr. F. W. Whittaker of Lynchburg. This letter is a response to a request to commit a young man named Lucien Gilmore to the institution. Shippen writes that the institution is at capacity and that it will be six weeks before they can accept any new inmates.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Receipts for Enslaved Persons

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This collection contains nineteenth century financial documents, including tax records for various Virginia residents. Also included are several hand-written receipts mentioning the sale or labor of enslaved people, including a Black child named Peter and a Black man named Bob.
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Virginia Receipts for Enslaved Persons 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

This collection contains nineteenth century financial documents, including tax records for various Virginia residents. Also included are several hand-written receipts mentioning the sale or labor of enslaved people, including a Black child named Peter and a Black man named Bob.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Republican Party Flyer

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The Virginia Republican Party Flyer lists the African American Republican candidates for Virginia elected offices in 1921 and includes Maggie L. Walker, the first American female bank president, as the candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction and John Mitchell, Jr., the editor of the Richmond Planet, as the candidate for Governor.
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Virginia Republican Party Flyer 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

The Virginia Republican Party Flyer lists the African American Republican candidates for Virginia elected offices in 1921 and includes Maggie L. Walker, the first American female bank president, as the candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction and John Mitchell, Jr., the editor of the Richmond Planet, as the candidate for Governor.

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