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Richards-Woody Family Papers,, 1803/1992 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Richards-Woody family
The Richards-Woody Family Papers comprise correspondence, photographs, obituaries, legal documents, and a family history of the Richards-Woody family. The collection includes Civil War-era correspondence between King David Richards and his wife, Harriet Love Richards, describing several accounts of battles fought by the Confederate Army's 57th Virginia Infantry during the years 1862 and 1863.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Robert E. Wysor Account Book, 1891/1914 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Wysor, R. E. (Robert Edward), 1862-1936
The Robert E. Wysor Account Book is an account book from 1891-1914 that includes receipts, correspondence, and more. The documentation of the account book appears to be both personal and business related. Wysor (1862-1936) was a civil engineer and farmer from Dublin, Virginia.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Robeson Family Ledger, 1894/1908 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Robeson family (Farmville, Va.)
The Robeson Family Ledger contains various expenses and earnings of the family in Farmville, Virginia, from 1894-1908. The ledger includes records of several tenants and renters and documents payments to various companies. Payments were also made to a fraternal order called the Progressive Endowment Guild of America. Of interest is a mention of one servant, a woman named Lizzie Ligon, who was discharged in 1894. There is also a loose receipt from the Farmville Steam Laundry in 1908.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Roy Jay Holden Papers, 1904/1945 6 Cubic Feet 6 boxes

Holden, Roy Jay, 1870-1945
The Roy Jay Holden Papers include field notes, charts and maps, and geological surveys and research results, covering the history of mineralogy and geology, especially in Virginia, including work at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) Engineering Experiment Station. In addition to detailed materials on iron ores in Virginia, especially west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, there are reports on mines and furnaces in twenty-five counties of the state. The collection also contains Holden's notebooks, copies of addresses and speeches he made, and records from the VPI Geology Department, where Holden (1870-1945) taught from 1905 until his death.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

R. Taylor Scott and R. Carter Scott Collection, 1890/1927 1 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

The collection consists of over 500 correspondence and papers pertaining to the legal and political careers of Robert Taylor Scott and Richard Carter Scott, father and son, Virginia lawyers, judges, and politicians. The Scotts were partners in a Richmond based law firm, Scott & Scott, and both served as Virginia's Attorney General in the late nineteenth century.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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