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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Primary Collecting Areas:
Local/regional history (Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, and Appalachian South); the American Civil War; Science and technology history (incl. aerospace, aeronautics, engineering, and speculative fiction); History of women in architecture (incl. the International Archive of Women in Architecture); Culinary history (incl. Virginia and southern cookery, children’s cookbooks and nutrition, food production and technology, and cocktail history); University Archives
Description:
Special Collections is located in Carol M. Newman Library at Virginia Tech. Special Collections includes manuscript collections, rare books, and the University Archives, as well as state, local and historical maps and photographs. Our mission is to collect and preserve unique, historical materials and provide access to them in their original form.
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Start Over Repository Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Date range 1859
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

James I. Robertson Jr. Papers

30.4 Cubic Feet 43 boxes and 1 oversize folder
This collection includes research notes, manuscripts, typescript drafts, working copies and galley proofs for books and articles written by Virginia Tech's Alumni Distinguished Professor of History James I. Robertson Jr., 1982-2001. Large collection of notes, papers, and correspondence relateing to Virginia Civil War counties and units. Also contains a small set of general materials which includes items related to the preservation of lands adjacent to Manassas National Battlefield Park.
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Bailey-Law Collection

15.0 Cubic Feet 36 boxes
This collection contains the papers of ornithologists John Eugene Law and Harold H. Bailey, including notes on bird species, habitat, and behavior; correspondence; field journals; printed materials; photographs and other images. Among Bailey's papers are files relating to his books, The Birds of Virginia and The Birds of Florida, as well as his operation of the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory. Also includes biographical files on hundreds of other naturalists and ornithologists, including such materials as correspondence, writings, photographs, field notes, and biographical sketches.
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Bailey-Law Collection 15.0 Cubic Feet 36 boxes

Bailey, Harold H. (Harold Harris), 1878-1962
This collection contains the papers of ornithologists John Eugene Law and Harold H. Bailey, including notes on bird species, habitat, and behavior; correspondence; field journals; printed materials; photographs and other images. Among Bailey's papers are files relating to his books, The Birds of Virginia and The Birds of Florida, as well as his operation of the Rockbridge Alum Springs Biological Laboratory. Also includes biographical files on hundreds of other naturalists and ornithologists, including such materials as correspondence, writings, photographs, field notes, and biographical sketches.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Wharton and Radford Families Papers

7 Cubic Feet 3 boxes; 1 oversize folder
This collection is made up of the personal and family papers of the Wharton and Radford families of Southwestern Virginia. While the bulk of the collection relates to Confederate General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne (Nannie) Radford Wharton, it contains personal materials such as correspondence, financial documents, and family papers from other family members as well. This collection also contains materials related to Wharton's military service.
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Railroad Stock Certificates and Bonds

0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box
This collection contains 138 railroad stock certificates and bonds that were issued between the 1840s and the 1910s.
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A - C Box 1, Folder 1

N - P Box 1, Folder 5

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George W. L. Kabrich Family Papers

0.25 Cubic Feet 1 box
The George W. L. Kabrich Family Papers, 1850-1947 [bulk 1850-1904], contain correspondence, legal records, financial records, and religious documents. The collection documents the personal and professional life of George W. L. Kabrich, who taught school and Sunday school, worked as Overseer of the Poor for Blacksburg Township, and was on church councils for local Lutheran churches. Items also relate to George's father-in-law John Surface, his daughter Effie Kabrich, and others. An item of note is a Rat Belt which is believed to have belonged to Robert H. Kabrich, the grandson of George's brother Issiah.
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George W. L. Kabrich Family Papers 0.25 Cubic Feet 1 box

Kabrich, George Washington Lewis, b. 1824
The George W. L. Kabrich Family Papers, 1850-1947 [bulk 1850-1904], contain correspondence, legal records, financial records, and religious documents. The collection documents the personal and professional life of George W. L. Kabrich, who taught school and Sunday school, worked as Overseer of the Poor for Blacksburg Township, and was on church councils for local Lutheran churches. Items also relate to George's father-in-law John Surface, his daughter Effie Kabrich, and others. An item of note is a Rat Belt which is believed to have belonged to Robert H. Kabrich, the grandson of George's brother Issiah.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Clement M. Adkisson Account Book

0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box
Thi collection contains a ledger from Halifax County, Virginia general mercantile store, with entries listing customer names, together with descriptions of items purchased and dates and prices of purchases.
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Clement M. Adkisson Account Book 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

Thi collection contains a ledger from Halifax County, Virginia general mercantile store, with entries listing customer names, together with descriptions of items purchased and dates and prices of purchases.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

William F. Goad Account Book

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
The collection includes an account book containing a copy of William F. Goad's will, dated 1891, which mentions his daughter, Mary Myers.
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William F. Goad Account Book 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Goad, William F. (Pittsylvania County, Va.)
The collection includes an account book containing a copy of William F. Goad's will, dated 1891, which mentions his daughter, Mary Myers.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Ice Skate Company Account Book

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Account book maintained by A. W. & Co., a company engaged in selling ice skates to retailers in New York and New England during the mid-19th century.
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Ice Skate Company Account Book 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Account book maintained by A. W. & Co., a company engaged in selling ice skates to retailers in New York and New England during the mid-19th century.
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Henry Halsey Account Book

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
This collection contains the account book of Henry Halsey (1784-1876), a farmer and leather tanner living in Windsor, Connecticut.
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Henry Halsey Account Book 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Halsey, Henry
This collection contains the account book of Henry Halsey (1784-1876), a farmer and leather tanner living in Windsor, Connecticut.
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Dickson Family Papers

2.8 Cubic Feet 2 boxes
The papers consist largely of land, property, and goods transaction receipts and documents of each of the four generations of the Dickson Family, who originally settled in what is now Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia) in the 1770s. Certificates, oaths, correspondence, deeds, and a diary are included in Joseph Dickson's papers, along with several sale documents for enslaved people from the late 1700s and early 1800s. Much of the land and goods and many of the enslaved people were exchanged with neighbors and others in the area.
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