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Lucy Dickinson Urquhart Papers, 1865/1973 0.9 Cubic Feet 2 boxes, 2 oversize folders

Urquhart, Lucy Dickinson, 1881-1975
The Lucy Dickinson Urquhart Papers, 1865-1973, contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, and poetry and advertisements by Lucy Dickinson Urquhart (1881-1975), an advertising copywriter and local historian in Virginia. The collection also includes correspondence, papers, and other materials related to her family.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Lucy Lee Lancaster Papers, 1915/1989 44 Cubic Feet 44 boxes

Lancaster, Lucy Lee, 1905-1989
Lucy Lee Lancaster was born in Blacksburg, Virginia in 1905 and lived there until she died in 1989. She was one of the first women admitted to Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (popularly known as VPI), and after graduating in 1925, she went on to earn her MLS from Columbia University Library School. She worked at the VPI library for the rest of her career. The Lancaster papers contain biographical materials, family papers, genealogy research, correspondence with family, friends, and business contacts, membership materials from local organizations, and travel memorabilia from her numerous national and international trips.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Margaret M. Sullivan Collection, 1932/2011 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Sullivan, Margaret M., 1926-2013
The papers of Margaret M. Sullivan, a resident of Montgomery County, Virginia, include reminiscences of her life in Montgomery County from 1926 through World War II and two photographs of students at Montgomery County's Sunnyside School.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Meeting Minutes of the Art League of Philadelphia and Diary of Art League Member Elsa Marie Hofheinz, 1928/1947 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Hofheinz, Elsa Marie, 1912-2012
This collection contains a book of meeting minutes for the Art League of Philadelphia recorded primarily by secretaries Margaret Nefferdorf and Elsa Hofheinz. The collection also includes Elsa Hofheinz's diary from 1928 when she was in high school.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Moore Family Papers, 1847/1948 1.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

Moore family
A collection of photographs, correspondence, and other documents created by members of the Moore family spans three generations between 1847 and 1948. Most of this collection is comprised of letters that relate family news.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Newlee Family Papers, 1916/1980 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder; 1 oversize folder

Shackelford, George Green, 1921-2010

The collection includes a paper on the history of Smithfield Plantation, the Preston family, and Virginia Newlee (Col. Robert Newlee's daughter) written by George Shackelford in 1980. In addition, there is an obituary of Colonel Newlee, and a newspaper clipping from 1916 with the muster roll of the Company of Virginia Volunteers in the Mexican War. Also the collection includes a muster roll of Company L, Fourth Virginia Regiment, of which Newlee was captain.

  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History Collection, 1904/2006 4.9 Cubic Feet 5 boxes

The Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History collection contains oral history interviews, transcripts, notes, newspaper clippings, historic district survey forms, a video tape, and a geological survey map related to the creation of the Greater Newport Rural Historic District. The collection dates from 1973 to 2009, although it does include a typed copy of a 1904 Giles County will.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Olive Chadeayne Architectural Collection, 1924/1956 9.8 Cubic Feet 2 boxes; 28 oversize folders

Chadeayne, Olive, 1904-2001
The Olive Chadeayne Architectural Collection includes drawings for residences, schools, churches and businesses primarily located in southern California. In addition to Olive Chadeayne's work, the collection also contains over twenty-five drawings by American architect Lillian Rice.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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