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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 Subjects African Americans -- History
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

1st U. S. Colored Troops Sworn Statement

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This collection contains a sworn statement made by Captain Henry Van Winkle, commander of Company A, 1st U. S. Colored Troops (which is the 1st U. S. Colored Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army) during the American Civil War. The document is also attested by three non-commissioned officers serving in his company and signed by a witness.
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1st U. S. Colored Troops Sworn Statement 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 1st (1863-1865)
This collection contains a sworn statement made by Captain Henry Van Winkle, commander of Company A, 1st U. S. Colored Troops (which is the 1st U. S. Colored Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army) during the American Civil War. The document is also attested by three non-commissioned officers serving in his company and signed by a witness.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

41st United States Colored Troops Muster Roll

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The collection includes the muster roll of Company A, 41st United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War.
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41st United States Colored Troops Muster Roll 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 oversize folder

United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 41st (1864-1865)
The collection includes the muster roll of Company A, 41st United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia

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This collection contains six black and white photographs of a tenant farm in Clarksville, Virginia.
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Barbary Wilson Deed of Emancipation for Harry

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This collection contains a deed of emancipation signed by enslaver Barbary Wilson of Bath County, Virginia, freeing Harry, identified as a Black man, on January 5, 1822. Harry was one of 14 people that Wilson had enslaved and manumitted in 1822.
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Barbary Wilson Deed of Emancipation for Harry 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Wilson, Barbary, d. ca. 1822
This collection contains a deed of emancipation signed by enslaver Barbary Wilson of Bath County, Virginia, freeing Harry, identified as a Black man, on January 5, 1822. Harry was one of 14 people that Wilson had enslaved and manumitted in 1822.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Benne Candy Ephemera

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The collection contains three papers in relation to Benne Candy. A menu and order form from Charleston, South Carolinia, also a brief historical description of the candy from Savannah, Georgia.
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Benne Candy Ephemera 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

The collection contains three papers in relation to Benne Candy. A menu and order form from Charleston, South Carolinia, also a brief historical description of the candy from Savannah, Georgia.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Black Appalachians Oral History Project

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The Black Appalachians Oral History Project consists of approximately twenty-five taped interviews conducted by Dr. Michael Cooke of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University concerning Black life in Appalachia, especially in Montgomery County, Virginia.
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Black Appalachians Oral History Project 0.4 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

The Black Appalachians Oral History Project consists of approximately twenty-five taped interviews conducted by Dr. Michael Cooke of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University concerning Black life in Appalachia, especially in Montgomery County, Virginia.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Blacksburg [Virginia] Odd Fellows Records

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The Blacksburg [Virginia] Odd Fellows Records consist of financial records, correspondence, minute books, brochures of several annual conferences, by-laws and odd issues of the Odd Fellows Journal for the men's lodge, Tadmore Light Lodge No. 6184 of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. The collection also contains correspondence, minutes and financial records for the women's group, the Household of Ruth.
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Blacksburg [Virginia] Odd Fellows Records 3.4 Cubic Feet 4 boxes

Grand United Order of Odd Fellows in America. Tadmore Light Lodge #6184 (Blacksburg, Va.)
The Blacksburg [Virginia] Odd Fellows Records consist of financial records, correspondence, minute books, brochures of several annual conferences, by-laws and odd issues of the Odd Fellows Journal for the men's lodge, Tadmore Light Lodge No. 6184 of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. The collection also contains correspondence, minutes and financial records for the women's group, the Household of Ruth.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project Records

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The Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project was a multi-phase research and educational collaborative program of the Virginia Tech University Libraries and the Women's Center at Virginia Tech. The collection includes audiocassette tapes, DAT tapes, floppy disks, background and biographical information, and transcripts of interviews with some of the first Black female students and employees at Virginia Tech. The interviews focus on the entry experience of the individual into the Virginia Tech community and the interviewees' perceptions of the climate and attitudes within the university community, particularly as pertains to race and gender.
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Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project Records 0.8 Cubic Feet 4 boxes

Blackwell, Jacquelyn Butler
The Black Women at Virginia Tech Oral History Project was a multi-phase research and educational collaborative program of the Virginia Tech University Libraries and the Women's Center at Virginia Tech. The collection includes audiocassette tapes, DAT tapes, floppy disks, background and biographical information, and transcripts of interviews with some of the first Black female students and employees at Virginia Tech. The interviews focus on the entry experience of the individual into the Virginia Tech community and the interviewees' perceptions of the climate and attitudes within the university community, particularly as pertains to race and gender.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Charles W. Hardin Collection

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This collection contains professional records and personal correspondence of Charles W. Hardin, a physician from Augusta County, Virginia.
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Charles W. Hardin Collection 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

Hardin, Charles W., c. 1823-1899
This collection contains professional records and personal correspondence of Charles W. Hardin, a physician from Augusta County, Virginia.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Edward Miller Letter to James Shaw, Jr.

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The Edward Miller Letter to James Shaw, Jr. is a written correspondence regarding business matters, as well as Miller's distate for black citizens living in bigger cities.
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Edward Miller Letter to James Shaw, Jr. 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Miller, Edward
The Edward Miller Letter to James Shaw, Jr. is a written correspondence regarding business matters, as well as Miller's distate for black citizens living in bigger cities.

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