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Beuford Smith Archives (SC-32), 1964/2003 0.25 Linear Feet 1 box; 54 items

Smith, Beuford, 1941-
The collection helps document the formation of the Kamoinge Workshop in the early 1960s, including a notebook with minutes from their earliest meetings. Photographs from the collection show the early members of Kamoinge, and in particular focuses on the life of Louis H. Draper (1935-2002).
  1. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Beulah O. Allen Collection, 1905/1992, bulk 1920/1970 2.1 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

The Beulah O. Allen Collection contains a variety of materials from Allen's life. Her papers contain correspondence with a variety of friends and associates, primarily Lucy Lee Lancaster, the first female graduate from Virginia Tech. In addition, the collection also contains Virginia Tech Commencement programs, Cotillion Club Dance programs, resources related to the Virginia Tech Library, newspaper clippings about the construction of the new Newman Library, and a large collection of photographs about the Town of Blacksburg and her friends and family.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Beverly Hills Women's Club Collection (MS298), 1946/1999 2.1 Cubic Feet 6 Boxes

Beverly Hills Women's Club

The collection consists of account books, yearbooks, organizational laws, correspondence, news clippings, history, scrapbooks, financial reports, meeting minutes, and photos. It has been organized into the following series: financial material, yearbooks, club communications, press, meeting minutes, and photographs.

  1. Alexandria Library

Beverly Randolph Middleton Papers, 1938/1984 3.20 Linear Feet 3 Hollinger document cases and 1 oversize box boxes

Middleton, Beverly Randolph (1928-1996)
Engineer and Virginia State Delegate. Served three terms in the Virginia House of Delegates. Most of the collection pertains to his political career. Also included is material related to his days as a student athlete at Norview High School and VPI.
  1. Old Dominion University

Beverly Simonton Kelly Letters, 1949/1998 1.0 Linear Feet

Kelly, Beverly Simonton

This collection includes letters written by Beverly Simonton Kelly to her parents from her freshman year at William & Mary in 1949, until her graduation in 1953.

  1. College of William and Mary

Beverly Willis Architectural Collection, 1954/1999 100 Linear Feet

Willis, Beverly, 1928-

The Beverly Willis Architectural Collection span the years 1954 to 1999 and are comprised primarily of records documenting Willis' work as an architect in San Francisco between 1960 and 1990. The collection documents the application of computers to architectural design and land analysis, the development of CARLA (Computerized Approach to Residential Land Analysis) in the 1970s, the history of twentieth-century urban planning, particularly in San Francisco; and the contribution of women to twentieth-century American architecture. Willis, a noted artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, employed the full range of visual arts and design skills to influence and guide architectural projects of major significance.

  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Bibliographies regarding Appalachian Studies Topics, 1971/1988 .01 Linear Feet 1/4 in. (1 folder)

Wey, Herbert W.

Contains three bibliographies regarding Appalachian Studies, including: 1. Bibliography compiled by Donald A. Clelland on "Appalachian Coal"; 2. Bibliography compiled by Glenna Horne Graves of the University of Kentucky on "Agriculture and Modernization Relating to the Appalachian South"; and 3. Bibliography of "Southwest Virginia Writers".

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Billy Coffindaffer, Higher Education Papers, 1963/2011, bulk 1963/1976 .4 Linear Feet 5 in. (1 document case)

Coffindaffer, Billy L.

Papers and publications related to career of Billy Coffindaffer. He served as director of West Virginia University (WVU) Extension Service, led the combined colleges of Concord and Bluefield State, and was instrumental in the planning and construction of WVU's Parkersburg campus, serving as its first leader. Materials include:

  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Billy DeBeck collection, 1915/1994 10 Items

De Beck, Billy, 1890-1942

The collection consists of Mr. DeBeck's library of 121 books, many with notes and sketches by the artist were transferred to book collection. A green door that has artwork by DeBeck depicting Barney Google and his racehorse, Spark Plug is part of the collection. A first day cover U.S. postage stamp of Barney Google was added in 2003. A second first day U.S. postage stamp was added in 2006.

  1. Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library

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