Search

Start Over Date range 1895 Subjects Civil War

Moore Family Papers 1.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

Moore family
A collection of photographs, correspondence, and other documents created by members of the Moore family spans three generations between 1847 and 1948. Most of this collection is comprised of letters that relate family news.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Organ Family Collection 1.9 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

Layne, David Orison, 1832-1862
The Organ Family Collection includes materials from 1836-2006. Materials concern the Organ family's experience on the homefront and in battle during the American Civil War.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Randolph Family Papers 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Randolph family
The collection contains selected transcriptions of correspondence and documents of the Randolph family of Virginia. These documents depict family situations, events leading up to the American Civil War, and conditions during the war.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Repass/Spangler Family Correspondence, 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Spangler, Henry M., B.1828; d.1893 (Stowers' Company, Virginia Militia)
The collection includes two original letters, one 1936 handwritten copy of an 1861 letter, and an undated letter. All correspondence relates to the Repass and Spangler families of Wythe County, Virginia.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Richards-Woody Family Papers, 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Richards-Woody family
The Richards-Woody Family Papers comprise correspondence, photographs, obituaries, legal documents, and a family history of the Richards-Woody family. The collection includes Civil War-era correspondence between King David Richards and his wife, Harriet Love Richards, describing several accounts of battles fought by the Confederate Army's 57th Virginia Infantry during the years 1862 and 1863.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Robert Selph Henry Papers 4.3 Cubic Feet 4 boxes

Henry, Robert Selph, 1889-1970
Spanning 1861 to 1971, the Robert Selph Henry Papers consist of correspondence, subject files, photographs, and clippings concerning Henry's research on the American Civil War, focusing on the Confederacy and Nathan Bedford Forrest, and also railroad history. This collection also contains Henry's Southern Historical Association (SHA) and Association of American Railroads papers.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Samuel A. Creelman Papers 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Creelman, Samuel A., d.1906
This collection contains a number of letters written by Samuel A. Creelman to family and friends during the Civil War. It also contains obituaries about Creelman, a copy of his publication Collections of a Coffee Cooler, and an essay written by Creelman to be read at his funeral.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Smith Family Letters 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Smith family (Carroll County, Va.)
The collection contains forty-nine Civil War-era letters written by four brothers of Carroll County, Virginia: James R., Stephen Mitchell, William Alexander, and Barton Pierce Smith. All four served in Confederate units from Virginia. The collection also includes a family history and notes by Frederick R. Smith.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Content Warning

ARVAS is an aggregator of archival resources. ARVAS does not have control of the descriptive language used in our members’ finding aids.

Finding aids may contain historical terms and phrases, reflecting the shared attitudes and values of the community from which they were collected, but are offensive to modern readers. These include demeaning and dehumanizing references to race, ethnicity, and nationality; enslaved or free status; physical or mental ability; religion; sex; and sexual orientation and gender identity.

Many institutions and organizations are in the process of reviewing and revising their descriptive language, with the intent to describe materials in more humanizing, inclusive, and harm-reductive ways. As members revise their descriptive language, their changes will eventually be reflected in their ARVAS finding aids.