Hummel, Virginia Papers A Guide to the Virginia Hummel Papers 1830-1998 Ms.1998.014

A Guide to the Virginia Hummel Papers 1830-1998 Ms.1998.014


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Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

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Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
Business Number: 540-231-6308
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Laura Katz Smith

Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.1998.014
Title
Virginia Hummel Papers 1830-1998
Quantity
3 Cubic Feet, 3 boxes
Creator
Hummel, Virginia, 1916-1998
Language
The materials in the collection are in English.

Administrative Information

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Collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

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Biographical Note

Hummel, born on September 28, 1916, was an English teacher with Blacksburg High School and an avid amateur historian of Blacksburg and Appalachian regional history. Much of the subject matter of the materials concerns the history of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. Hummel died on May 19, 1998, at the age of 81.

Scope and Contents

The Virginia Hummel collection consists of newspaper clippings, research notes, photographs, maps, and blueprints collected and created by Virginia Hummel of Blacksburg.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged according to date.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

  • Blacksburg (Va.)
  • Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
  • Montgomery County (Va.)
  • Women -- History

Container List

Box 1
1898-1993
  • box-folder 1 folder: 1
    Student Handbook of VPI, fourth edition
    1898-99
  • box-folder 1 folder: 2
    Maps of Blacksburg
    1900-01
  • box-folder 1 folder: 3
    "Bird's Eye view of Blacksburg, Va." (photograph)
    1908
  • box-folder 1 folder: 4
    Map of portion of VPI campus
    1908
  • box-folder 1 folder: 5
    Photocopied pictures of VPI campus and faculty
    1929-32
  • box-folder 1 folder: 6
    VPI Commencement exercises
    1930
  • box-folder 1 folder: 7
    "The Tattle Tale," Blacksburg High School's newspaper, Senior issue
    1931
  • box-folder 1 folder: 8
    The Techgram
    1932
  • box-folder 1 folder: 9
    Montgomery County History, written by Estelle B. Price
    1940
  • box-folder 1 folder: 10
    Bulletin of the VPI Institute Historical index, 1872-1942
    1942
  • box-folder 1 folder: 11
    History of Blacksburg, Va.; important dates compiled by Ralph Minthorne Brown
    1942
  • box-folder 1 folder: 12
    Bulletin of the VPI engineering experiment station, series number 66, "The Punch Junes and other Appalachian Diamonds."
    1944
  • box-folder 1 folder: 13
    Historical data book, VPI
    1964
  • box-folder 1 folder: 14
    Blacksburg in 1898, by Rosanna Dawson
    1978
  • box-folder 1 folder: 15
    Blueprint of the town of Blacksburg
    1979
  • box-folder 1 folder: 16
    Townscape sites for historical markers
    1982
  • box-folder 1 folder: 17
    Interviews with women graduates of Virginia Tech, by Mary Hill Rajas
    1983
  • box-folder 1 folder: 18
    Photographs of Blacksburg houses and buildings
    1987
  • box-folder 1 folder: 19
    Virginia Tech , Volume 14, Number 1
    1991
  • box-folder 1 folder: 20
    Virginia Tech , Volume 16, Number 1
    1993
  • box-folder 1 folder: 21
    Research and information on Montgomery County
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 22
    Greek organizations in Blacksburg: timeline, history, and housing
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 23
    Bulletin of the VPI, Historical Index
    1872-1942
  • box-folder 1 folder: 24
    Notes; Monday Huckleberry, property, buildings in Blacksburg
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 25
    Historical pictures of Blacksburg
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 26
    Blacksburg history; notes, pictures, photographs
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 27
    Booklets of VPI: Doorways to Leadership, Historical Data Book, Information for prospective students
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 28
    Note cards with information about VPI campus, buildings, students and their majors
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 29
    Photocopied photographs and articles from The Bugle
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 30
    Photocopied photographs and articles from The 1903 Bugle
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 31
    Photocopied photographs from the 1917 Bugle
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 32
    Photocopied photographs and articles from the 1918 Bugle
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 33
    Photocopied photographs from the 1923 Bugle
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 34
    Photocopied photographs of VPI campus and professors
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 35
    Information regarding the buildings on VPI campus
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 36
    Historical maps of VPI campus
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 37
    Article, "Blacksburg was established back in 1798 when William Black deeded land to Town"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 38
    In and Out of Context: Blacksburg Roots
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 39
    Newspaper briefs about Blacksburg
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 40
    History of Blacksburg, Va.; by Mrs. S.A. Wingard
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 41
    Notes; Bits and pieces of early Blacksburg history
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 42
    Photocopied photographs of buildings in Blacksburg
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 43
    Brochures, guides to Blacksburg
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 44
    Photocopied article, In Old Blacksburg
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 45
    Information on houses and buildings in Blacksburg
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 46
    Photocopied photographs of Blacksburg, 1900-1912
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 47
    Notes on the history of Montgomery County
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 48
    Maps, diagrams of Montgomery County
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 49
    Montgomery County, Local History
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 50
    Montgomery County
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 51
    Article, Coal Miner's Day to honor Montgomery County heritage
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 52
    Cadet life during the first year of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College at Blacksburg, Va. by Harry D. Temple
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 53
    Notes from Harry Temple
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 54
    Photocopied notes from Harry Temple's Military History of VPI summer 1929
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 55
    Photocopied, Donning the Blue and Gray by Harry D. Temple
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 56
    Photocopied, The VPI Cadet, by Harry D. Temple
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 57
    Article, "Christmas and the Battle of the Bulge," by Harry D. Temple
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 58
    Articles about the Huckelberry Railroad
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 59
    Article, "VPI History: the early days;" photocopied
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 60
    Professors of Division of Academic Science, Division of Agriculture, the Administrative organization of VPI; photocopied
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 61
    Articles and pamphlets on Solitude
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 62
    Drapers Meadow articles
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 63
    Drapers Meadow, Smithfield, and Blacksburg; by Harvey Lee Price and John P. Hale
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 64
    Smithfield Plantation, articles and pictures
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 65
    Brochure, The Price House and Garden Park
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 66
    Guides to Mountains in Montgomery County
    n.d.
  • box-folder 1 folder: 67
    Maps and diagrams of Christiansburg, Patrick Henry Trail and the Huckleberry Line
    n.d.
Box 2
1830-1998, n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 1
    Letter from John Brown requesting money, original and photocopied
    1830
  • box-folder 2 folder: 2
    Land deed between David Buchauau and Solomon G. Barrick
    1841
  • box-folder 2 folder: 3
    Copy of Elizabeth Evan's application for membership of the United Daughters of the Confederacy
    1864
  • box-folder 2 folder: 4
    Certificate declaring J.B. Board judge as deemed by the governor
    1873
  • box-folder 2 folder: 5
    Letter of declaration appointing G.B. Board judge of the county court of Roanoke
    1873
  • box-folder 2 folder: 6
    Letter to G.B. Board from Geo. Steck and Co. informing him of their shipment
    1884
  • box-folder 2 folder: 7
    Record of shipment of an upright piano by the Piedmont Air Line
    1884
  • box-folder 2 folder: 8
    Deed between Francis Board and G.B. Board
    1887
  • box-folder 2 folder: 9
    Envelope and stamps
    1892
  • box-folder 2 folder: 10
    Apraisement of Property found in the Derrlling House of Mr. Mark G. Board
    1898
  • box-folder 2 folder: 11
    Freight Bill from Norfolk and Western Railway Co. for W.R. Price
    1898
  • box-folder 2 folder: 12
    Freight Bill fro Norfolk and Western Railway Co. for J. Price
    1900
  • box-folder 2 folder: 13
    Letter from John Gordon to Miss Mary Price requesting renewal of magazine subscription
    1914
  • box-folder 2 folder: 14
    Bill from Milling and Supply Company, Inc. to J.H. Price
    1900
  • box-folder 2 folder: 15
    Weekly Times, photocopied
    1937
  • box-folder 2 folder: 16
    Letter from the Commonwealth of Virginia department of Health Bureau of Vital Statistics to Local Registrars of Virginia
    1945
  • box-folder 2 folder: 17
    Receipt of payment of $100,000 from Dr. Hummel to L.F. Wong
    1946
  • box-folder 2 folder: 18
    Record of the Keister family written by John Taylor Keister
    1946
  • box-folder 2 folder: 19
    Keister genealogy by John Taylor Keister and Nannie V. Sibold
    1946
  • box-folder 2 folder: 20
    Price genealogy by J. Taylor Keister and Nannie V. Sibold
    1948
  • box-folder 2 folder: 21
    Virginia Hummel's test and paper for Shakespeare, English 231
    1950
  • box-folder 2 folder: 22
    Refunds from Montgomery Ward and Co. to Julia E. Price
    1952
  • box-folder 2 folder: 23
    The National Bank of Blacksburg football schedule for Virginia Tech and Blacksburg High School
    1953
  • box-folder 2 folder: 24
    Graduation Announcements
    1953-62
  • box-folder 2 folder: 25
    Birth certificate for Edith Hunt
    1960
  • box-folder 2 folder: 26
    Christmas card from Gene Mah to Virginia Hummel
    1962
  • box-folder 2 folder: 27
    Lineage of Mayo Brodie's ancestral couple
    1965
  • box-folder 2 folder: 28
    Certificate of Appreciation for Mr. B.L. Hummel, Sr. from the Children's Home Society of Virginia
    1967
  • box-folder 2 folder: 29
    Letter to Mrs. Hummel from her cousin in law
    1968
  • box-folder 2 folder: 30
    Diary of Rosanna Croy Dawson, Blacksburg, Va., 1860 list of pupils of William Dawson
    1972
  • box-folder 2 folder: 31
    Calendar - The National Bank of Blacksburg
    1973
  • box-folder 2 folder: 32
    Letter to Virginia Hummel from Margaret and Charles Wood describing visit to American Memorial Cemetary in Manilla, slides of Memorial, diagram of Memorial
    1974
  • box-folder 2 folder: 33
    Article, "Antique Group hears talk on old Blacksburg homes"
    1976
  • box-folder 2 folder: 34
    Birth announcement from Roy and Jane Holden about the birth of their grandson John Holden Boyenton
    1977
  • box-folder 2 folder: 35
    Calendar from the National Bank of Blacksburg
    1978
  • box-folder 2 folder: 36
    Some decendants of Col. William Jenkins Thomas, compiled by Conway Price, preliminary draft
    1979
  • box-folder 2 folder: 37
    Calendars, the Town of Blacksburg, the National Bank of Blacksburg
    1979-80
  • box-folder 2 folder: 38
    Some decendants of Giles Thomas, revolutionary soldier, compiled by W. Conway Price, Ph.D.
    1979-80
  • box-folder 2 folder: 39
    Blacksburg Town Calendars
    1981-83
  • box-folder 2 folder: 40
    "A History of the Blacksburg Presbyterian Church, It's first 50 years" by Ellison A. Smith
    1982
  • box-folder 2 folder: 41
    The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Fold Art Center Curator Work Sheet, information on the Painting "Blacksburg" by Lewis Miller
    1984
  • box-folder 2 folder: 42
    A brief History from Early Days, photocopied
    1984
  • box-folder 2 folder: 43
    Blacksburg Town Calendar
    1984
  • box-folder 2 folder: 44
    A Community of Churches, A Comprehensive Guide to our area churches
    1985
  • box-folder 2 folder: 45
    Letter to Mrs. Hummel from Joyce M. Martin regarding information about Martin's grandfather
    1985
  • box-folder 2 folder: 46
    Blacksburg Town Calendars
    1985-87
  • box-folder 2 folder: 47
    Correspondence between Virginia Hummel and and A.J. Gardner
    1986
  • box-folder 2 folder: 48
    Centennial History, Luther Memorial Lutheran Church
    1986
  • box-folder 2 folder: 49
    Article, "Independence, A.G. Smith lived 95 years to the fullest"
    1986
  • box-folder 2 folder: 50
    The National Bank Calendar
    1990
  • box-folder 2 folder: 51
    Town of Blacksburg, National Bank Calendars
    1991
  • box-folder 2 folder: 52
    Information regarding a slide show by Virginia Hummel in an undisclosed location
    1992
  • box-folder 2 folder: 52
    Poem, "From Xanadu to you or a Plague on Both their Houses" by Mary Benton Hummel
    1995
  • box-folder 2 folder: 53
    Miscellaneous Correspondence
    1996
  • box-folder 2 folder: 54
    Obituary on Virginia Hummel in the Roanoke Times Current Section
    1998
  • box-folder 2 folder: 55
    Poems written about "Uncle Sporty," Charles Owens
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 56
    Essay on Shakespeare's Othello by Virginia Hummel
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 57
    Essay on Shakespeare's Polonius by Virginia Hummel
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 58
    Essay on Prince Hal by Virginia Hummel
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 59
    Blacksburg Cemetary receipt, sympathy card, article about Mrs. Roop's 90th birthday
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 60
    Memories of Mattie Lamb Tucker
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 61
    Injuries, deaths, discharges, transfers of corporals and privates
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 62
    Miscellaneous notes, cards, and envelopes
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 63
    Prints of paintings of Carol Hoge: Thomas Conner House and Cabose Park
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 64
    History 3055, Civil War and Reconstruction class notes
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 65
    Stamps
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 66
    Daughters of the American Revolution; application for membership, eligibility forms, membership cards
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 67
    Births, deaths, marriages taken from the Bible
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 68
    Genealogy of Thomas Henderson's family and Colonel John Brown's family
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 69
    The Brown's of Roanoke, Va.; by Francis Parker Brown
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 70
    Pamphlet for Deacon Brodie's Tavern
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 71
    McGavock Family Genealogy
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 72
    Births, deaths, marriages of the Mayo family; photocopied from the family Bible
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 72
    Miscellaneous; personals, marriages, wedding, our town
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 73
    Otey family: genealogy, diary, article
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 74
    Blacksburg deeds
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 75
    Notes, doctors of Blacksburg
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 76
    Giles Thomas and Col. William Thomas, essays describing their lives
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 77
    Genealogy of various families in Montgomery County
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 78
    Map of Coleved Cemetary, Roanoke
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 79
    Genealogy of the Rovich family
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 80
    Evans family; marriages, births, deaths
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 81
    Births and deaths from people possible taken from headstones at a cemetary
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 82
    Virginia Hummel's family genealogy; interest in Blacksburg
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 83
    Kent family genealogy
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 84
    Letter describing lab desk
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 85
    Photocopied pictures of B.L. Hummel which appeared in the newspaper
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 86
    Portrait of an unknown man
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 87
    Mayo family history
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 88
    Last will and testament of James R. Kent
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 89
    Roy J. Holden, by Heath M. Robinson, photocopied
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 90
    Geology at VPI, photocopied pages from Mineral Industries Journal
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 91
    Mattie Tucker - where people live on Roanoke Street
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 92
    NSDAR Ancestral chart
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 93
    Letter certifying that Mattie Kelly is a registered voter
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 94
    Birthday card to Virginia Hummel from the fourth period class
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 95
    Photocopies of newspaper articles honoring Virginia Hummel
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 96
    Card expressing thanks to Virginia Hummel for all her help from the senior patrol of Troop 9
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 97
    Good-bye card thanking Virginia Hummel for all her help Monday afternoons
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 98
    Negatives and photographs of various people
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 99
    Letters, order forms regarding Dayton M. Kohler's two volume set of "Master Plots"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 100
    Calendar
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 101
    Thank you cards, valentines, from Elizabeth to Aunt Virginia
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 102
    Dorsetts help preserve area history
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 103
    Memorial Lutheran celebrates anniversary of organization
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 104
    Miscellaneous ink drawings
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 105
    Congratulations card from John, Sue Ellen and Elizabeth
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 106
    Hummel family personal
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 107
    Historical facts about Blacksburg, Va.
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 108
    Article on death of G. Burke Johnston; poem "You are old, Father Johnston" by Bill Lipscomb
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 109
    Notes on history of churches in Montgomery County
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 110
    Hummel genealogy
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 111
    Genealogy of the Evans family
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 112
    Advertisement for men's shoes by Rice and Hutchins, Inc.
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 113
    Notes on family, children, ages, map of property lines
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 114
    Linkous - Kipps family
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 115
    Broce family
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 116
    Christ Church history
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 117
    Eulogy for Evans Gardner, professor of horticultural science at NSCU
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 118
    Picture of the members of the Methodist Church Sunday School taken in 1934, photocopied
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 119
    Memorial to Roy Jay Holden
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 120
    Notes on deeds
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 121
    The intellectual history of modern Europe, syllabus, class notes
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 122
    Drawing of the locations of graves in an undisclosed cemetary
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 123
    Blacksburg, Va., Residents 1819-40, 1845-46, 1948-54, 1871-72, 1881-88; compiled by Ralph M. Brown
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 124
    In Rememberance, In Loving Memory cards
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 125
    Town of Blacksburg plans
    n.d.
  • box-folder 2 folder: 126
    Map collection
    n.d.
Box 3
1954-1997, n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 1
    Norfolk - Virginia Pilot article, Camp Carysbrook, A Tradition Fostered by Preston Sisters
    1954
  • box-folder 3 folder: 2
    A note to Stonegate homeowners from McBryde-Stonegate-Longview homeowners association
    1965
  • box-folder 3 folder: 3
    UVa Students Walk Out, article from the Richmond Times Dispatch
    1969
  • box-folder 3 folder: 4
    Article, "Delivered 10,000 Babies for sure, Doctor says;" Roanoke Times
    1971
  • box-folder 3 folder: 5
    Article, "Rats, Parades, and Sham Battles"
    1971
  • box-folder 3 folder: 6
    Context Special Issue, centennial photo album
    1972
  • box-folder 3 folder: 7
    General Assembly of North Carolina, Session 1975, House Joint Resolution 311
    1975
  • box-folder 3 folder: 8
    Article; "From Wells and Plank Sidewalks, Blacksburg's Changed"
    1976
  • box-folder 3 folder: 9
    Articles; "History of Founding of Tech," News Messenger
    1976
  • box-folder 3 folder: 10
    Articles from the Bicentennial Edition of the News Messenger,
    July 1, 1976
  • box-folder 3 folder: 11
    "Touring Historic Homes in the county," The News Messenger
    1976
  • box-folder 3 folder: 12
    Article; "Walnut Springs Rich in History"
    1976
  • box-folder 3 folder: 13
    Context; The VPI and SU Quarterly Magazines
    1977
  • box-folder 3 folder: 14
    Article; "They don't make houses like they used to"
    1979
  • box-folder 3 folder: 15
    Articles and pictures from the News Messenger. Bicentennial Celebration, photocopied
    1979
  • box-folder 3 folder: 16
    The News Messenger , Your Guide to Montgomery County
    1981
  • box-folder 3 folder: 17
    Interviews with women graduates of Virginia Tech, by Anne H. Giles
    1983
  • box-folder 3 folder: 18
    "Decking the Halls, Colonial Christmas being prepared," article
    1985
  • box-folder 3 folder: 19
    Article, "Faded Glory is well-Remembered," pamphlet about Yellow Sulfur Springs
    1985
  • box-folder 3 folder: 20
    Article; "Not Plush, perhaps, but practical;" about rent a wreck
    1985
  • box-folder 3 folder: 21
    Article on James Robertson, Civil War professor at VPI
    1985
  • box-folder 3 folder: 22
    Article; "Christiansburg depot recognized by state landmark register"
    1985
  • box-folder 3 folder: 23
    Article; "Details, Details: Quick what was Christiansburg once called?"
    1985
  • box-folder 3 folder: 24
    Blacksburg annual report
    1985
  • box-folder 3 folder: 25
    Article; "King Coal once held court in Montgomery County mines"
    1986
  • box-folder 3 folder: 26
    Article; "Messenger has a long history"
    1986
  • box-folder 3 folder: 27
    Article; "Society is digging into Valley's Past, archaeological dig in the New River Valley"
    1987
  • box-folder 3 folder: 28
    Letter from Margaret and Charles Wood to Evans kin about the memorials fund of Blacksburg Baptist church
    1987
  • box-folder 3 folder: 29
    Article; "University receives $10 million gift"
    1987
  • box-folder 3 folder: 30
    Article; "Blacksburg history"
    1987
  • box-folder 3 folder: 31
    Article; Whence Hokie, Whither Hokie, Virginia Tech, Vol. 9, No. 3
    1987
  • box-folder 3 folder: 32
    Article; "Stonecutters have left part of their lives on every rock on every campus building," Virginia Tech Vol. 9, No. 3
    1987
  • box-folder 3 folder: 33
    Article; "Irises and History kept alive," The News Messenger
    1988
  • box-folder 3 folder: 34
    Articles describing the iris garden at the Price House
    1988
  • box-folder 3 folder: 35
    Virginia Tech Alumni Association Annual Report
    1988-89
  • box-folder 3 folder: 36
    Mary Tom Long
    1991
  • box-folder 3 folder: 37
    Spectrum insert, information on VPI
    1991
  • box-folder 3 folder: 38
    Article; "One Man Show, Governor Doug Wilder of Va."
    1991
  • box-folder 3 folder: 39
    New River Current, Roanoke Times and World News,
    Tuesday, Feb. 5, 1991
  • box-folder 3 folder: 40
    Article; "Students work to aid Solitude"
    1991
  • box-folder 3 folder: 41
    Article; "The Thomas Conner Controversy"
    1991-92
  • box-folder 3 folder: 42
    Article; "Threads of History, New River Current, Roanoke Times and World News"
    1992
  • box-folder 3 folder: 43
    Article; "If Walls could Talk: Last rooms at Fabled Hotel site slip away"
    1992
  • box-folder 3 folder: 44
    Virginia Hummel's nomination for the 1992 Governor's Award for Volunteering Excellence
    1992
  • box-folder 3 folder: 45
    Roanoke Times and World News, Christiansburg Bicentennial
    1992
  • box-folder 3 folder: 46
    A Game for Bragging Rights, the UVA vs. VT football game, photocopied
    1992
  • box-folder 3 folder: 47
    Article; "Exams, homework soon may be passe in Fairfax"
    1992
  • box-folder 3 folder: 48
    William Addison Caldwell Lange Dedication
    1993
  • box-folder 3 folder: 49
    Article; "Seperate treasures," Roanoke Times and World News
    1993
  • box-folder 3 folder: 50
    Letter to James L. Clark to Mr. Alfred Smith regarding dedication of Clark's Ph.D. dissertation to his high school teachers
    1993
  • box-folder 3 folder: 51
    Department of Veterans Affairs marital status questionnaire
    1994
  • box-folder 3 folder: 52
    Southeast Registrars Association newsletter
    1994
  • box-folder 3 folder: 53
    President's Report, Virginia Tech
    1994-95
  • box-folder 3 folder: 54
    Article; "Blacksburg Council approves Brush Mountain Subdivision, Taking a trail into the past"
    1995
  • box-folder 3 folder: 55
    Article; "Ancient Syrian city, regulated to myth, is a reality"
    1995
  • box-folder 3 folder: 56
    Articles; Egyptian pyramids and tombs discovered
    1995
  • box-folder 3 folder: 57
    Article; "Re-created Mayflower to make new voyage"
    1995
  • box-folder 3 folder: 58
    Article; "Mutual respect learned in the hills of Greece"
    1995
  • box-folder 3 folder: 59
    Virginia Tech, Vol. 15, No. 2
    1995
  • box-folder 3 folder: 60
    Article; "The Red Sea seems to make a habit of parting"
    1995
  • box-folder 3 folder: 61
    Article; "Keeper of the Gate," Roanoke Times and World News
    1995
  • box-folder 3 folder: 62
    Virginia Tech, Vol. 18, No. 1
    1995
  • box-folder 3 folder: 63
    Articles containing information on Dr. Harvey Black
    1995
  • box-folder 3 folder: 64
    Department of English newsletter, A Feast of Words
    1995
  • box-folder 3 folder: 65
    New River Valley, Current Business
    1995
  • box-folder 3 folder: 66
    Articles relating to the Aug. 9 shooting of Maurice Taylor
    1995
  • box-folder 3 folder: 67
    Article; "Flood Victims get $23 million, Gov. Allen requests federal help"
    1995
  • box-folder 3 folder: 68
    Article; "Getting to the core of the corps, from Harry Temple's The Bugles Echo"
    1996
  • box-folder 3 folder: 69
    History lives thanks to the Cadets
    1996
  • box-folder 3 folder: 70
    Articles; "Local Doctors face tax evasion charges"
    1996
  • box-folder 3 folder: 71
    New River Current, The Roanoke Times, End of an Era
    1997
  • box-folder 3 folder: 72
    Articles describing the German Club's Midwinter's Dance
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 73
    Articles describing items in Special Collections
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 74
    Article; "Bridge forms Tech 'Portal,' opposing Bridge across the mall"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 75
    Five Chimneys, A documentation and proposal by Dan Pezzoni
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 76
    Mary Draper Ingles, Pioneer Heroine
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 77
    White Sulfur Springs Resort
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 78
    Hunting for History, Architect completes Montgomery Survey
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 79
    Article; "Someone's hero: Mary Benton Hummel"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 80
    Miss BHS '53 gets center stage again
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 81
    List of loans from 1874, photocopied
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 82
    Virginia Hummel's notes
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 83
    Article; "Blacksburg planning downtown pathway to tie into trail"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 84
    Articles; "Dr. G. Burke Johnston's retirement and Memorial fund"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 85
    Article; "Blacksburg bookstore closes"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 86
    Article, "Highway bill brings I-73 via Roanoke"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 87
    Article; "Beautifying Christiansburg"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 88
    Article; "Drapers Meadow Massacre Happened 209 years ago"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 89
    Articles; From Mountainside, Vol. 1, Nos. 3 and 4
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 90
    Articles; Hot Springs and the Homestead
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 91
    Article; "Cook Favors buying Tract"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 92
    Approval letter for the General Education Development
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 93
    Articles on churches in Montgomery County
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 94
    Articles; Raymond T. Hale will become the superintendent of schools in Montgomery County
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 95
    Article; "Mrs. Hill sets retirement after teaching 45 years," photocopiped
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 96
    Article; "Drama Students at 'U' taught by Yale coach"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 97
    Articles about smokehouses
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 98
    Article; "W.E.D. Bodell, at the age of 99, still reads his daily newspaper"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 99
    Article; "A Classic Thanksgiving celebration," Roanoke Times and World News
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 100
    Article; "Marvel on the mountain, William Preston's House"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 101
    Articles; Philantropy 1983-84, meeting the needs of the people
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 102
    Article; "Customers of Blacksburg Store, 1825-28"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 103
    Article; "The Antiquity of Blacksburg," Virginia Tech Engineer, Vol. 4, No. 1
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 104
    William Addison Caldwell, honored with a room in Tech Student Center
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 105
    Story of Virginia: 1830-present, commonwealth studies project
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 106
    Study units in Little River, Christiansburg, Blacksburg, coal fields, Upper and Lower North Fork, South Fork
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 107
    Articles on buildings in Blacksburg being razed, oldest brick building and Evans house
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 108
    Raines Real Estate, Blacksburg, Va., Mountain View Estate
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 109
    Article; "History of New River Country explored - a review of the book The New River Early Settlement by Patricia Givens Johnson."
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 110
    The Virginia Census: A Guide
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 111
    Card Catalogue listings, Montgomery County, Va.
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 112
    Article; "News of activities during the past week by pupils at Blacksburg High School"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 113
    Listing of books about the history of Blacksburg
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 114
    Blacksburg Business Directory
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 115
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, floor plan
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 116
    Article; "19th Century clerks office gets daily use," photocopied
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 117
    Article; "Blacksburg, Tech share 'Good life' by G. Burke Johnson," photocopied from Town and Campus
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 118
    Resolutions of respect for Mr. John M. Evans by the Masonic Lodge Hall
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 119
    German New River Settlement by Rev. U.S.A. Heavener M.A.
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 120
    Article; "A day in Court"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 121
    Article; "Two Revolutionary Heroes"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 122
    Article; "Tour Montgomery County's Historical Sites with the D.A.R."
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 123
    Article; "Blacksburg played role in Civil War"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 124
    Article; "Blacksburg Marked by many firsts"
    n.d.
  • box-folder 3 folder: 125
    Article; "Practical Holiday Gifts, advertisement by Thurman and Boone Company, Inc."
    n.d.