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Virginia Ku Klux Klan Collection 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Ku Klux Klan (1915-)
This collection contains broadsides, booklets, flyers, short stories of the Virginia Ku Klux Klan in 1966. In addition, there are issues of The Fiery Cross (United Klans of America), published in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia Tax Receipt 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

The Virginia Tax Receipt includes a pre-printed tax receipt for Peter Logan, dated 1859, from Chesterfield, Virginia. There is a handwritten tax on one free person of color. Almost all printed categories except "Clock" and "Furniture" have been crossed out.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

William Q. Thomson Day Book 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Thomson, William Q., ca. 1825-1891
This collection is a ledger or day book used by enslaver and farmer William Q. Thomson of Happy Valley, Louisa County, Virginia, dated 1845-1854, 1882-1891. The book includes debts to associates, purchases, and bills paid, including for family members. Some of the early entries are for hiring the labor of enslaved people. Thomson (ca. 1825-1891) enslaved at least 22 people, inlcuding Georgeanna and her baby Peter Dudley.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

World War I Camp Community Service Song Sheet 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 oversize folder

Cappel, C. C. (Clarence C.), 1887-1948
This collection contains a World War I era song sheet printed by C.C. Cappel in Roanoke, Virginia. The purpose of this song sheet was so that the community could sing songs together at events in Southwest Virginia. Cappel (1887-1948) was a musical manager for the National Symphony Orchestra and Baltimore Orchestra, as well as working with the U.S. Marine Band and Army Band, war camp community service during World War I, and the USO in World War II.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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