MSS. Manuscript Collections

Born in 1915 in St. Petersburg, Russia; Architect and founder of the Union of Women Architects in Belgium. Studied in Germany and Austria before emigrating to Belgium at the onset of World War II. She specialized in remodels of 19th century residences. Outspoken advocate for women in the profession. Collection consist of drawings, personal journals, business records, as well as published articles about the Union of Women Architects of Belgium and Roque-Gourary.

"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center" was an exhibition held at the Virginia Center for Architecture in Richmond, Virginia, as part of their Dominion Exhibition Series and was on display from March 4-June 6, 2010. It featured the work of pioneering women in architecture and design from the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) collection at Virginia Tech.

The Virginia Public School Register contains the names, ages, and attendance records of students attending Blacksburg White School No. 14. Entries date from October 1896 through March 1900.

The collection includes a flyer (c.1945) advertising the collection of clothes and shoes for World War II efforts.

Daybook containing listings of names and dollar amounts for supplies sold from January 1936 to December 1940. Supplies sold appear to be related to coal mining and the daybook is believed to originate in Mingo County, West Virginia.

The collection consists of a letter, booklet, and circular addressed to McCormick & Co. distributors in 1905. All three items address a change in advertising and/or updates on spice markets.

The eight documents (c. 1865) within the collection detail a bank embezzlement case from the Blacksburg Branch of the Farmers Bank in Virginia. Nicholas M. Ronald, brother to the Confederate Hero Charles A. Ronald, supposedly swindled patrons into writing him checks that would pay off their account deficits. Much of the collection consists of testimonials attesting to that suspicion.

The collection contains three hand-drawn Christmas cards and one envelope (addressed to L. Franklin Moore) from the Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company.

The collection consists of Ralph Brown's 1945 compilation of correspondence on passenger pidgeons.

The collection contains correspondence papers and a booklet regarding the Chamber of Commerce of Roanoke, Virginia Postwar Planning Committee from 1946. Correspondence include meeting minutes and letters regarding publication of the booklet Roanoke Looking Ahead. The latter provides a an outline of planned municipal improvements.