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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Dr.
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 26041-9001
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
Start Over Repository Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Date range 1899
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Bailey-Law Collection, 1825/1971

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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James I. Robertson Jr. Papers, 1849/2011

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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Educational Cookery Collection, 1880/1969

1.4 Cubic Feet 1 box
The Educational Cookery Collection includes flyers, pamphlets, cooking school catalogs, recipes, menus, cookery lessons, and other ephemera relating to cookery and education, dating from the 1880s to the 1960s.
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Educational Cookery Collection, 1880/1969 1.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

The Educational Cookery Collection includes flyers, pamphlets, cooking school catalogs, recipes, menus, cookery lessons, and other ephemera relating to cookery and education, dating from the 1880s to the 1960s.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Historical Maps Collection, 1500/2023

45 Cubic Feet 13 flat file drawers
A collection of maps depicting geographic features, transportation routes, geological composition, historical settlements, themes, property divisions, and political boundaries, ranging in geographic scope from local (Virginia Tech campus maps) to global (world maps).
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Sullivan Family Papers, 1800/1957

2 Cubic Feet 2 boxes
This collection contains 19th century tax records and personal correspondence of the Sullivan family of Christiansburg, Virginia.
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Ledgers and Tax Books, 1882/1902 Box 2

Ledgers and Tax Books
  • Lorentz and Sullivan Mill Ledger, 1882-1884
  • Book of Tax Tickets for the Blacksburg tax district, 1885
  • A.O. Sullivan Pay-Master Constitutional Convention, 1901-1902
  • A.O. Sullivan's Pay-roll book for the Virginia House of Delegates, 1891-1892
  • C.W. Sullivan's Bank Book for the Farmers National Bank in Salem, Virginia and the Montgomery Savings Bank, 1884

  1. Tax Books and Receipts, 1872/1902
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

J. Hoge Tyler Family Collection, 1802/1956

42 Cubic Feet 85 boxes
This collection contains the papers of Virginia Governor James Hoge Tyler, including official, business and personal correspondence, printed materials, scrapbooks, and ledgers; papers of Tyler's children (Edward H., James H. Jr., Stockton H., Belle Tyler McConnell, Sue Tyler Jopling, Hal C. and Lily Tyler Wilson); business records (including records of the Belle Hampton Coal Company and Radford Development Company), genealogical materials, Spanish-American War army pay records, and photographs. Also includes papers of members of the Hammet and Sifford families.
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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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James E. Yates Account Book, 1874/1910

0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box
This collection consists of an account book maintained by James E. Yates, a livestock trader in Rappahannock County, Virginia, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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James E. Yates Account Book, 1874/1910 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

Yates, James E.
This collection consists of an account book maintained by James E. Yates, a livestock trader in Rappahannock County, Virginia, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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W. O. Goodwin & Company Account Books, 1896/1920

0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box
The collection contains account books that provide names of customers and descriptions of items purchased from W. O. Goodwin & Company, a general mercantile store in Glenvar (Roanoke County), Virginia, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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W. O. Goodwin & Company Account Books, 1896/1920 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

The collection contains account books that provide names of customers and descriptions of items purchased from W. O. Goodwin & Company, a general mercantile store in Glenvar (Roanoke County), Virginia, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Walker and Caldwell Papers, 1882/1952

1.7 Cubic Feet 3 boxes; 1 oversize folder
The collection contains the papers of Manley Morrison Caldwell, an attorney in Wytheville and Roanoke, Virginia, and his law partner and father-in-law, James A. Walker, consisting largely of Caldwell's professional legal and business papers and documents gathered and created by him in the course of acting as the executor of Walker's will.
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