Collections : [Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University]

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

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Woodstock, Virginia, Civil War Letter

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This collection includes a letter dated May 13, 1864, from a Union soldier named Charley at a camp near Woodstock, Virginia, during the American Civil War. He writes about plans to return to Martinsburg, Virginia, and about General Sigel.
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Woodstock, Virginia, Civil War Letter 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

World War I Camp Community Service Song Sheet

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

World War II Ration Book Four

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This collection contains an American war ration book printed during World War II, issued to Mart Barton of Alton, Missouri.
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World War II Ration Book Four 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

World War II U. S. Army Iceland Holiday Menus

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This collection contains three holiday menus for U. S. Army soldiers stationed in Iceland during World War II. The dinner menus are for Thanksgiving and Christmas 1943 and Thanksgiving 1944. The 1943 menus are both for the 824th Engineers Aviation Battalion and list some of the personnel. The Thanksgiving 1943 menu also includes signatures of several soldiers.
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World War II U. S. Army Iceland Holiday Menus 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

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Wyoming Round Ups

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By order...of...HB IJAMS, Secretary; possibly paired with mahogany-colored cardboard frame; in plastic casing

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Wyoming Round Ups 1.93 square feet

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Yellow Sulphur Springs Hotel Collection

3 Cubic Feet 6 boxes
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The Yellow Sulphur Springs Hotel Collection is made up of materials related to the Yellow Sulphur Springs resort located near Blacksburg, Virginia. It contains ledgers and guest lists, correspondence with patrons and employees, and personal correspondence related to W.E. Hazlewood, owner and proprietor of the resort from 1915 to about 1923.
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Yellow Sulphur Springs Hotel Collection 3 Cubic Feet 6 boxes

"You Must Shun Ole Satan" Sheet Music

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This collection contains sheet music to the spiritual "You Must Shun Ole Satan", and artwork from similar songs.
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"You Must Shun Ole Satan" Sheet Music 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 oversize folder

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