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Dorothy H. Bodell Papers, 1850/1996 0.8 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

Bodell, Dorothy H., 1931-2008
The Dorothy H. Bodell Papers consists primarily of newspaper clippings, correspondence, research notes, photocopies of historical documents, and files Bodell compiled while writing her book, Montgomery White Sulphur Springs: A History of the Resort, Hospital, Cemeteries, Markers, and Monuments. The collection also includes an audiotape (1992) of an interview of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Cox about Montgomery White Sulphur Springs, photographs of the cemetery where the Confederate dead were buried, and information about Bodell's 40th reunion of the class of 1948 from Blacksburg High School. Bodell (1931-2008) graduated from Virginia Tech and worked for Virginia Tech University Libraries.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Earl Palmer Appalachian Photograph and Artifact Collection, 1880/1989 8 Cubic Feet 8 boxes (not including the artifact collection)

Palmer, Earl, 1905-1996
This collection contains the photographs of Earl Palmer, an award-winning photographer from Cambria, Virginia, whose work depicted the landscape and traditional culture of rural Appalachia in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Materials date frome 1880 to 1989, but are primarily from the 1940s to the 1970s. The collection is divided among the following series: photographs, duplicate photographs, written materials, oversize photographs, and artifacts.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Edgemont Farm Papers, 1925/1998 1 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

Hutcheson, T. B. (Thomas Barksdale), 1882-1950
The collection consists of Edgemont Farm record books, papers, and correspondence relating to the history, operations, and sale of Edgemont Farm in Halifax County, Virginia, and to the Barksdale and Hutcheson families, former owners of the farm. The collection includes correspondence between John R. Hutcheson and T. B. Hutcheson, Jr., as well as other correspondence of Thomas B. Hutcheson, Jr.; maps, correspondence, and Deed of Trust with David Barksdale regarding the sale of the farm.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Edwin Houston Harman Papers, 1856/1984, bulk 1856/1864 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

Harman, Nancy Virginia "Jennie" King , 1838-1910
The Edwin Houston Harman Papers consists of letters written in various camps in southwest Virginia to and from Harman and his wife, Jennie. The letters date from 1856 to 1864. There is also a folder of genealogy materials relating to the Harman family.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, 1922/1987 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Adams, Elizabeth Kent
The collection contains the papers of Elizabeth Kent Adams (1908-1994), resident of Radford, Virginia and local historian. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, genealogical charts, essays, and other materials related to the history of Southwest Virginia and of her ancestral lines, especially the Cloyd, Kent, McGavock and Putnam families. Includes photocopy of the handwritten autobiography of A. W. Putnam, photocopies of James Randal Kent's will and inventory of debts, and photocopies and originals of other family papers.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia Records, 1866/2004, bulk 1919/1969 148.3 Cubic Feet 109 boxes, 1 folder

Episcopal Church. Diocese of Southern Virginia
The Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia Records consist of the Diocese's administrative records, including incoming (often from parishioners) and outgoing correspondence, with a scattering of newspaper clippings, photographs, building plans and surveys, pamphlets, and meeting minutes, from the central administrative office in Roanoke and the churches within the Diocese.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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