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Superintendent of Schools for Rockbridge County, Virginia reports
This collection is an AMS notebook (120 p.) that contains clippings, financial reports, reports of teacher examinations, and lists of school committees. The notebook contains records from 1870-1876.
"The Battle Rainbow" Broadside
This broadside of the poem 'The Battle Rainbow' by John R. Thompson was printed for the June 1862 Southern Literary Messenger.
Theodore C. (Ted) DeLaney, Jr. Collection
Thomas J. Neel Correspondence
Thomas Ritchie Letter
Autograph is dated Washington, July 25 [no year]. Ritchie wrote the letter to 'Martin' asking for his aid in communication in Richmond, Virginia.
Three Early Color Postcards Each with Virginia Scenery
Three Photographs of Buildings in Buena Vista, Virginia
This collection consists of three color photographs. One is of the 'Landmark' building. One is of a house on the corner of 21st Street and Chestnut Street, and one is of the original Buena Vista Courthouse, which is now the Buena Vista Public Library. The buildings date from 1895-1910.
"To the People of Rockbridge" Broadside
Tony Conway Memorial Program
This collection consists of two programs for the memorial service, which was held at V.M.I.'s Jackson Memorial Hall on March 6, 2015. The program includes images of Tony and his family.
Town Council Minutes and Ordinance Books for the City of Lexington, Virginia
This collection consists of 12 folio sized leather bound minute books documenting the meetings of the Lexington, Virginia Town Council, from August 1835 to August 1958 accompanied by two folio sized leather bound ordinance books from the Lexington Town Council. The first volume of town ordinances dates from August 1874 to August 1903 and the second volume dates from Februay 1911 to December 1931.
Turner Family Correspondence
This collection includes letters from James Turner, 1759-1829, and his son, Jesse Hopkins Turner, 1788-1863, both Presbyterian ministers in Virginia and North Carolina.
Two Photographs of the Hamilton's School House at Rapp's Mill, Rockbridge County, Va.
Two photographs of the students of the Hamilton's School House at Rapp's Mill in Southwest Rockbridge County, VA. Some student's names are written on the back of one of the images, but not all are identified. This picture was taken sometime in the second half of the 19th century. It is unclear when the second photograph was taken, though it appears to be of the same era
Two Postcards of Augusta Stone Church in Fort Defiance, Va.
Unidentified travel diary
Virginia Canals and Navigations Society Collection
Records of the Society's research and meetings on river canals and boat traffic of nineteenth century Virginia from the collection of Richard R. Fletcher, Society Trustee. The collection includes the Society's publication The Tiller, i>, research material, and correspondence.
Virginia Historic Landmark Application: Maple Grove Farm, Rockbridge Co., Va.
Collection contains 17 color photographs of the Maple Grove Farm house, including interior and exterior, and a photocopy of the orginal application paperwork to the Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Historic Resources. Paperwork includes a historical account of the property written by Pamela Simpson. The property is just outside of Lexington, Virginia.
Virginia Hot Springs Company Records
This collection contains records, mostly in printed pamphlet form, of the Virginia Hot Springs Company, formed in 1892 from the Southern Improvement Company, with Decatur Axtell as its president. Also included in the collection are several pamphlets about other springs, e.g. Healing, Warm, and White Sulphur: information about automobile travel in western Virginia circa 1913, and a few letters to and from Mr. Axtell.
Virginia Militia 144th Regiment Record Book
This collection consists of a record book with accounts of fines, battalion count, and regiment count.
Virginia Tourism Collection
This collection contains 10 different advertisement pieces dating from the 2nd half of the 20th Century that are from Luray Caverns, Natural Bridge, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and Rockbridge County, Virginia in general.
W. A. McComb Account Book
This account book was kept by W.A. McComb. In 1892 the Farmer's Alliance, of which he was a member, built a new hall to be used for its meetings as well as for a church and community center. Most of the entries in the account book were for expenses associated with the construction and use of the hall. It indicates that oyster suppers were held at the hall.
Walker-Wood Family Papers
Walter Curtis Ayers Collection
This collection consists of registers, indices, folios, plates, wills, charts and data related to the Benjamin Borden Grant of 92,100 acres of land.
Walter E. Hoffman Papers
Warren T. Taylor cemetery guide to the Teaford papers
The guide includes inscriptions from many Rockbridge County, Virginia cemeteries and an accompanying card file has names with genealogical information.