Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

Tuesday Afternoon Book Club Records

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1989-052

Abstract

Records--including programs, minutes books, a club chronology, and a list of checked out books belonging to the Tuesday Afternoon Book Club, a Blacksburg, Virginia group that met to discuss books and current affairs.

Dates: 1933 - 1989

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Tunstall Quadrangle, Virginia, 7.5 minute series (topographic)

Collection — Object 1

Identifier: Map-0057

Abstract

Map is part of a larger map, though the rest of the map is absent from this folder. It identifies various routes, both state and interstate, with hand-written markings identifying a particular route.

Dates: 1966

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Turner Family Genealogy Papers

Collection — Folder 1

Identifier: Ms-1994-002

Scope and Content Genealogical information about the Turner family of Snowcreek in Franklin County, Virginia. Meshack Taylor (1819 or 1820-1877) served in Company E of the 64th Virginia Regiment during the Civil War. Collection includes a photocopy of a letter written by Turner to his wife Sallie from Farrow Grounds near Norfolk, Virginia, on April 13, 1862. Also includes a genealogy compiled by Helen Turner of Lawton, Oklahoma, on The Turners of Snowcreek, which consists of transcripts of wills, research...

Dates: c.1980s

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Tyler-Ellis-Marye Family Collection,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2010-067

Abstract Family papers of President John Tyler, his second wife, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and descendants, mostly through the couple's daughter, Pearl Tyler Ellis. Letters written to the Tylers from family and friends; a letter written by the Tyler's son, David G. Tyler; an autograph book used at the 1868 Democratic National Convention; a published memorial to Mary L'Hommedieu Gardiner Horsford; photographs of Pearl Tyler Ellis; Ellis and Marye family-related newspaper clippings; photographs and Civil...

Dates: 1848 - 1939

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Tyler-Ellis-Marye Family Collection, 1848-1939 (Ms2010-067)

Digital Record

Identifier: Ms2010-067

Dates: 1848 - 1939

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

J. Hoge Tyler Diary,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2010-001

Scope and Content The collection includes the original diary, records, and family genealogy of James Hoge Tyler (1846-1925) of Pulaski County, Virginia, as well as new transcription with genealogy in print and a CD which incorporates all materials. The diary not only includes information about daily activities but also genealogical information. Most of the diary is written by James Hoge Tyler. He also includes in his writing some passages written by his mother (Eliza Hoge), poems, and songs. Some of the...

Dates: 1846-1925, 2009

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

J. Hoge Tyler Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1967-002

Abstract Papers of Virginia Governor James Hoge Tyler, including official, business and personal correspondence, printed materials, scrapbooks, and ledgers; papers of Tyler's children (Edward H., James H. Jr., Stockton H., Belle Tyler McConnell, Sue Tyler Jopling, Hal C. and Lily Tyler Wilson); business records (including records of the Belle Hampton Coal Company and Radford Development Company), genealogical materials, Spanish-American War army pay records, and photographs. Also includes papers of...

Dates: 1802 - 1956

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

U. S. Army Air Corps Photographs,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2015-058

Abstract

The collection includes 7 photographs showing U. S. Army Air Corps bombers and group bombing exercises. The photographs were taken during inspection and training exercises based out of Langely Field, near Hampton, Virginia, during March and April 1928.

Dates: 1928 - 1928

Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech