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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Dillard-Larkin Family Papers

1.9 Cubic Feet 3 boxes
This collection contains correspondence to and from the Dillard, Larkin, Turner, Christian, and Wallace families. The collection also includes financial documents and records, speeches, photographs, and personal papers from the Dillard and Larkin families. Materials range from approximately 1811 through 1955.
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Dillard-Larkin Family Papers 1.9 Cubic Feet 3 boxes

Dillard, James Spotswood, 1791-1866
This collection contains correspondence to and from the Dillard, Larkin, Turner, Christian, and Wallace families. The collection also includes financial documents and records, speeches, photographs, and personal papers from the Dillard and Larkin families. Materials range from approximately 1811 through 1955.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

James and Rosa Evans Store Ledgers,

0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box
This collection consists of 2 ledgers, one from 1919-1920 and the other from 1932-1934. The ledgers contain purchases and payments from the patrons of a general store owned by James and Rosa Evans in the Pennington Gap--St. Charles area of Virginia.
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James and Rosa Evans Store Ledgers, 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Evans, Rosa Belle Kirk, 1879-1970
This collection consists of 2 ledgers, one from 1919-1920 and the other from 1932-1934. The ledgers contain purchases and payments from the patrons of a general store owned by James and Rosa Evans in the Pennington Gap--St. Charles area of Virginia.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries

0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box
The collection consists of two diaries (1913, 1928) written by Jeffrey T. Wilson (1843-1929). Wilson was a former enslaved person who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He worked as a bailiff in the Norfolk courts after leaving the U. S. Navy and wrote a column, "Colored Notes," for The Portsmouth Star from 1924 until his death in 1929. He outlived four wives and had at least twelve children. Wilson's diaries include entries on a range of topics from local news and politics, race issues in the South, and much of his personal history. The 1913 diary contains extra pages on which Wilson recorded events from that date in the past (i.e. "Fifty one years ago today...").
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Jeffrey T. Wilson Diaries 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Wilson, Jeffrey Thomas, 1843-1929
The collection consists of two diaries (1913, 1928) written by Jeffrey T. Wilson (1843-1929). Wilson was a former enslaved person who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He worked as a bailiff in the Norfolk courts after leaving the U. S. Navy and wrote a column, "Colored Notes," for The Portsmouth Star from 1924 until his death in 1929. He outlived four wives and had at least twelve children. Wilson's diaries include entries on a range of topics from local news and politics, race issues in the South, and much of his personal history. The 1913 diary contains extra pages on which Wilson recorded events from that date in the past (i.e. "Fifty one years ago today...").
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Newspaper Collection

20 Cubic Feet 16 boxes
The collection contains individual or groups of issues of Virginia newspapers, organized by location and dating from the 1860s-1970s.
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Virginia Newspaper Collection 20 Cubic Feet 16 boxes

The collection contains individual or groups of issues of Virginia newspapers, organized by location and dating from the 1860s-1970s.

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