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A Guide to the Junior Woman's Club of Roanoke Collection
The collection primarily covers activities of the organization in the early 1940s, with a focus on their efforts to encourage and support the naturalization of immigrants. It includes club yearbooks from 1940-41, 1941-42, 1944-45, 1945-46, 1949-50, 1950-51, and 1956-57, a club scrapbook from 1941-42, and club newsletters from 1939-42. Additional ephemera, correspondence, and newspaper clippings focus on the establishment of the Americanization Association of Roanoke in 1941, the sponsorship of naturalization ceremonies in the early 1940s, and observance of the I Am an American Day in 1944.
: Junior Woman’s Club of Roanoke/Sue McKeller Swartz
A Guide to the Woman's Club of Roanoke Collection
The collection consists of club yearbooks spanning from the 1920s through the 1970s (not inclusive), which were given to the library over the years by various donors, and a club scrapbook for the years 1962-64, which had been in the possession of Lucille Woody Creasy Anderson (1913-2006), Mrs. Roy V. Creasy, who was president of the Woman’s Club of Roanoke during those years. The yearbooks include lists of officers, committee chairs, and members; the club constitution and by-laws; a history of the prior year’s activities; and a program for the coming year’s activities. Some include photographs of the club meeting place and club leaders. The scrapbook documents the club’s and Mrs. Creasy’s activities and district, state, and national events attended, through ephemera, newspaper clippings, correspondence received, and a few photographs (no identification of individuals). Also included in the scrapbook are some of Mrs. Creasy’s hand-written speaking notes, as well as many issues of the club’s monthly newsletter. A digital copy of the scrapbook was made. Many non-newspaper items were loose and were removed from the scrapbook to box 1, folders 1 and 2.
A Guide to the Southwest Virginia Punk Zine Collection
This collection consists of 45 various punk zines alphabetically arranged by title. Most were produced in Southwest Virginia; however, there are some issues from other parts of the state. Dates range from 1982 through 2016.
A Guide to the Willis M. Anderson Collection
The collection consists of four scrapbooks documenting Willis M. “Wick” Anderson’s political career from 1958 through 1969. The scrapbooks were comprised primarily of newspaper clippings glued to paper. One scrapbook was traditional in style; the others consisted of pages inserted in plastic page covers and held in three ring binders. All pages were scanned and digital versions created, due to the instability of newsprint. Non-newsprint items were removed from the scrapbooks and placed in folders. These include government publications, photographs, and ephemera.
A Guide to the Betty Lindamood/John Sutton Collection
The collection consists primarily of several dozen letters sent from Betty Lindamood to John W. Sutton from the time of their engagement in November 1949, up to their wedding in April 1950, while she lived in Roanoke and he in Raleigh, North Carolina. In addition to discussions of wedding planning, the letters document aspects of her life living in the Lewis-Gale Hospital Nurses Home on Church Avenue.
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A Guide to the Dixie Gray Chapter, Children of the Confederacy Collection.
The collection consists of four scrapbooks, covering club activities from 1949-1955, and additional loose documents. The scrapbooks were compiled by Dixie Gray members and document the history of the Civil War and the activities of the club through newspaper and magazine clippings, as well as historic site ephemera. The additional documents include handwritten letters from two Civil War soldiers, George M. Hanson and Julius B. Buford, written during the war; the Sept. 6, 1865, issue of the Daily Republican newspaper, Lynchburg, Virginia; and a photograph of a portrait of Robert E. Lee.
Dixie Gray Chapter, Children of the Confederacy
A Guide to the Daleth Study Club Records
The collection consists of meeting minutes, chapter yearbooks, additional club records, and some correspondence received. Meeting minutes begin with the club’s founding in 1930 and continue through 1972, only missing the club years 1936-37 and 1937-38 (the club year ran Sept. through May). Treasurer records are available from 1947-1970. Folder one contains a club history that documents the founding and early years of the organization. Subsequent histories (through 1941 and for club years ending in 1972, 1975, 1980, 1981, and 1982) summarize the year’s events and programs. Club yearbooks are available for most years during the 1930s and 1940s and a few years during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Correspondence received is limited to a few items from 1959-60 and 1969-72.
Home located at 1405 Patterson Avenue SW.
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Botetourt Hall, located on the campus of Hollins University, was built in 1890 as a dining hall.
The home of Dr. Joseph A. Gale was located at 616 S. Jefferson Street.
First Presbyterian Church moved into its second location at the corner of 3rd Street and Church Avenue SW in 1875. This photo shows the 'new' building, constructed in 1888.
The building at 17 Campbell Avenue SW once housed the Evening World offices.
Since its inception in 1903, the Elks National Home has figured as one of the principal institutions of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, today the largest fraternal organization in the nation. The Home at first occupied the Hotel Bedford, an 1890 Queen Anne building located on a picturesque site in Bedford, Virginia. In 1914-16 the hotel was replaced by an impressive complex of Classical and Mediterranean Revival buildings to provide an up-to-date retirement home for elderly and indigent Elks.
A large group of hikers pose on McAfee Knob. The location is one of the most photographed places along the Appalachian Trail.
An artist's rendering of the casino in Mountain Park. The amusement park opened at the base of Mill Mountain around 1903 and closed in 1922.
After the first N&W office building burned in 1896, this building took its place. A "twin" building was constructed in 1907.
This view of the Peaks of Otter includes the Elks' National Home (left) and Randolph-Macon Academy.
The home of John E. Penn was located at 1301 Franklin Road SW.
Randolph-Macon Academy (later Liberty Academy) was a Methodist preparatory school for boys. It was located in the 800 block of College Street in Bedford.
The Times Building (left) and J.M. Oakey Funeral Home once occupied the buildings located at 122-124 Campbell Avenue SW.
Rockledge Inn opened in the Spring of 1892 as a resort hotel. It featured sweeping verandas and views of the city, tennis and croquet courts, large stone fireplaces and a private coach that ran from the depot to the inn. Rockledge Inn would permanently close in 1929. In 1964, the renovated Rockledge Inn opened at the Mill Mountain Theater. The theater would use the structure until it burned in 1976.
The Shenandoah Club was established in 1893 at 24 Franklin Road SW. It was later replaced by the current building.
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The old St. Mark's Lutheran Church was located on the corner of Campbell Avenue and 3rd Street SW. The building was built in 1889 by Greene Memorial Methodist Church. In 1902 St Mark's Lutheran traded their church building at the SE corner of Church Ave and 2nd Street with Greene Memorial Methodist and occupied this church building from 1902 - 1953. The building was razed in 1956.
The home of J. Allen Watts was located at 116 Mountain Avenue SE.
Cadets on the drill field in front of Barracks No. 1, now Lane Hall, on the campus of Virginia Tech.
The Crawford Hotel stood on Main Street and was erected by W.D.F. Duval in 1871. It contained 40 to 50 rooms with bath tubs and running water. For a few years, the hotel was owned by the Chapman family and renamed the Lucerne.
A crowd is gathered in front of the Botetourt County Courthouse located at 1 W. Main Street in Fincastle for "Court Day".
Virginia Brewing Company was located at 1218 Wise Avenue SE.
An interior view of the United Commercial Travelers Hall, Roanoke Council No. 174. The building was located at 320 Loudon Avenue NW.
Crowds watch the high-wire act at the United Commercial Travelers carnival.
The home of Henry S. Trout was located at 606 Campbell Avenue SW.
Roanoke Hospital was built in 1893 with the aid of Norfolk & Western and the Roanoke Gas and Water Company. Carilion Roanoke Memorial now occupies the site of the old hospital.
R.H. Fishburn & Co. was located at 320-322 Loudon Avenue NW.
The original Ponce de Leon Hotel located at 131 Campbell Avenue SW. The elegant verandas are gone by the time this photograph was taken. In December 1930, the building was totally destroyed by fire, killing one resident and injuring others. It was replaced with the current structure, known as the Crystal Tower, shortly thereafter.
Home located at 115 Mountain Avenue SW. The home was built by John H. Marsteller.
The home of Samuel W. Jamison was located at 1016 Franklin Road SW.
S.H. Heironimus and Company was located at 37-39 Campbell Avenue SW.
The home of Tipton T. Fishburn was located at 1001 Patterson Avenue SW.
The old First Baptist Church, formerly located on opposite side of 3rd Street from the new building.
Home once located at 342 Campbell Avenue SW.
Commerce Street School, also called First Ward School, was located at the corner of Church Avenue and 2nd (Commerce) Street. Built in 1890, it was razed in 1929 to make room for the post office.
The old sanctuary of St. Andrews Catholic Church. Built in 1883, the congregation outgrew the small church by 1897. The current structure was dedicated in 1902.
The home of Robert A. Buckner was located at the corner of Mountain Avenue and 1st Street SW.
Belmont Elementary School was located on Dale Avenue in southeast Roanoke. The school was built in 1891 and remained in operation until 1974 when Fallon Park Elementary School was completed.
The home of William K. Andrews was located in the 600 block of Campbell Avenue.
A Guide to the Blue Ridge Forum Collection
The Blue Ridge Forum was a women’s educational organization, or study club, founded in Roanoke in 1937. Its membership largely came from the Blue Ridge Chapter of the Delphian Society (one of at least four Delphian chapters in Roanoke), whose members disbanded and formed this group. Members studied social and cultural topics, across the United States and worldwide, at times from courses published by the University of North Carolina extension division. Member-led meetings involved discussions based on readings, as well as individual member reports. The group disbanded in 1997.
A Guide to the Roanoke Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy Collection.
The collection consists of Scrapbooks (ranging from 1942 to 1969) and Yearbooks (ranging from 1940 to 2000, not inclusive) compiled by the Roanoke Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. The 1960 Constitution of the organization notes that the Scrapbook is the responsibility of the chapter’s Custodian; available earlier versions of the constitution do not specify who compiled the scrapbooks, though the office of Custodian is defined as having “charge of all properties of the Chapter.” Five yearbooks remain largely intact (1942, 1956-57, 1959-60, 1960-61, and 1961-62); inserted and loose materials were removed to folders. Digital copies were made of the yearbooks and should be primarily consulted by researchers, due to the fragility of the scrapbook pages. The items in two scrapbooks (1964-67 and 1968-69) were mostly loose from their pages, except for newspaper articles. Digital copies were made of these pages with items placed where they had previously been attached. Items were then removed to folders, except for the newspaper articles. The scrapbooks primarily consist of newspaper and journal articles, and national, state, and local UDC ephemera. These items document the activities of the UDC, the history and memorialization of the Civil War and its veterans, and other facets of Southern and Southwestern Virginia history. Later scrapbooks include photographs of UDC events, members, and memorials. Chapter yearbooks include lists of officers and members and topics of meetings; some also include by-laws. Yearbooks from the 1940s through 1960s were found within scrapbooks; yearbooks for 1980-82 and from 1991-2000 were donated separately but placed with this collection.
The Norsemen is the annual for Northside Middle School.
American Association of University Women, Roanoke Valley Branch Scrapbooks
The Roanoke Valley Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) was founded in 1923. The included scrapbooks were compiled by AAUW members for the years 1947 and 1948-1950. AAUW is a nationwide network of more than 100,000 members and donors, 1,000 branches, and 600 college/university institution partners. For 130 years, AAUW members have examined and taken positions on the fundamental issues of the day — educational, social, economic, and political. Our commitment to our mission is reflected in all aspects of our work. AAUW advances equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research.
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A Guide to the Horton-Goodykoontz Genealogy Collection
The collection includes genealogical information and family photographs related primarily to the Horton and Goodykoontz Families. The information is well-organized and well-documented. It includes copies of bible records, newspaper articles, and excerpts from published materials, as well as correspondence. Photographs are all labeled with names of persons or locations of buildings.
William Terrell Horton, Nelle Neal Goodykoontz Horton, and Gertrude Neal Horton
Members of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity stand in front of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. Rev. William Simmons, the church’s pastor, is fifth from right.
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Roy Kinsey (fourth from right) and his employees pose in front of the Roy C. Kinsey Sign Company at 22 Wells Avenue, NE.
Bradford’s Seafood Restaurant was located at 2523 Franklin Road, SW.
Roy Minnix poses in front of his new 1951 Chevrolet in Belmont Park.
Riverside School was located on Riverdale Road SE. The school closed in 1952.
Lee-Hy Auto Court was located on Route 11 west of the Roanoke City limits.
A billboard for Piedmont Airlines atop storefronts in the 500 block of South Jefferson Street Piedmont was one of the main air carriers serving the Roanoke Valley during the 1950s. The company was headquartered in Winston-Salem, NC.
The Howard Johnson's Restaurant opened in January 1952 on Route 11 east of Roanoke.
A montage of attractions at Lakeside Amusement Park.
Postcard depicting Lewis-Gale Hospital when it was located at the corner of 3rd Street and Luck Avenue.
A view of the midway at Lakeside Amusement Park.
The Everly Brothers perform at Lakeside Amusement Park,
Aerial view of Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Postcard depicting the "Willy the Whale" exhibit at the Children's Zoo on Mill Mountain.
During her visit to Roanoke, Sheena visited local businesses. Here the “Queen of the Jungle” (center) is at the Harris & Huddleston Super Market on Pollard Street in Vinton. William Harris (left) and Warren Huddleston (right) pose with her.
The Times-World Building on Campbell Avenue.
In 1954, S&W Cafeteria moved from Jefferson Street to 16 Church Avenue in the former Greyhound Bus Terminal.
This postcard depicts Archie’s Lobster House and Town House.
This early 1950s postcard shows the Noah’s Ark animal exhibit at the Children’s Zoo on Mill Mountain.
This 1950s postcard shows the main entrance to the Children’s Zoo. The blocks spelling out the zoo’s name were added in 1954.
Singer Marian Anderson was welcomed at the N&W Railway passenger station by Roanoke Mayor A. R. Minton. Joining him were Rev. William Simmons (fifth from right) and some members of Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
The Zoo Choo in operation at the Children’s Zoo on Mill Mountain. The official name was the Jaycee Star Liner as it was sponsored by the Roanoke Jaycees.
The Accolade is the annual for Cave Spring High School.
“Oscar, Jr. Ronald, Patricia Jenkins Artie Lee Otey, Clarence Blake Jr. Ricardo Stovall about 1959” St Andrews Catholic Church in background (Reprint, library owns digital copy only, not original.)
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries
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“Ricardo C. Stovall & Bike on Patton Ave. N.E (Claytor House in Background) about 1959” (Reprint, library owns digital copy only, not original.)
Old First Baptist Church & St Andrews Catholic Church view from Gainsboro Rd (Reprint, library owns digital copy only, not original.)
“Old First Baptist Church & St. Andrews Catholic Church, November 3,1990-Roanoke Va.” (Reprint, library owns digital copy only, not original.)
Gainsboro Branch of the Roanoke Public Libraries
Church Altar with Pulpit. Color Photograph. “Clark Studio Herman R. Clark Propriet Portrait and Commercial Photography Phone 342-3372 - Phone 342 [blurred] 20 Gilmer Ave., N.W., Roanoke, Va. 24016.”
Gainsboro Branch Library Vacation Reading Club. Not marked as such, but is near replica of GB137. “00907”
A Guide to the William Watts Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy Collection
The donated collection consisted of scrapbooks, binders, and photo albums, as well as some loose items, across the active years of the organization, though the depth of information varies. The years from the organization’s founding through the 1930s are well represented in several scrapbooks, with an emphasis on local activities and obituaries, as well as Civil War history. From the 1940s, most information relates to documents distributed by the national organization about its educational resources and programs. Scrapbooks from the middle years of the twentieth century focus on UDC events, both local and national, and include newspaper clippings and event ephemera. Many events were jointly sponsored by the Fincastle Rifles Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, and some also included the Hanging Rock Rangers Chapter, Children of the Confederacy. The scrapbooks from 1980s through the disbanding of the organization include numerous photos from local events, as well as newspaper clippings regarding the history and memorialization of the Civil War, often at a national level. The early scrapbooks were compiled by Maggie Jane Dull Crute (1868-1950), wife of Samuel L. Crute (1839-193), a Confederate veteran and active leader in the William Watts Camp of Confederate Veterans. Mrs. Crute was very active in the UDC and also served on the state pension board for veterans and widows. These albums largely consist of newspaper articles related to Confederate veterans’ issues, including many obituaries and biographies, as well as the activities of the UDC and items related to Civil War history. There are a few photographs in the albums, but individuals are generally unidentified. The collection also includes the minute book of the William Watts Camp of Confederate Veterans from its founding in 1891 through 1912. In addition, the collection includes over two hundred Certificates of Eligibility for the Southern Cross of Honor, a medal awarded by the UDC to living veterans. Materials from binders that could be easily disassembled were placed in file folders. In the case of “magnetic” photo albums, digital images were made of pages prior to disassembly. Most scrapbooks consist of acidic paper and largely contain newspaper articles. Each scrapbook was digitized. The method of attachment of items varied; in later books photographs could be and were removed, but in earlier scrapbooks removal of items would have caused irreparable damage. Scrapbooks have been preserved, but researchers should primarily consult the digital files.
Historians, presidents, and members of the chapter; early scrapbooks were compiled by Mrs. Maggie Dull Crute.
"Vacation Reading Club", "Gainsboro Branch Library" stamp, dated Dec.1959
Gainsboro Library from Gainsboro Rd., St Andrew's Church in background. Two automobiles present.
The Patriot is the annual for Patrick Henry High School.
The Stonewall was the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School.
The Patriot is the annual for Patriot Henry High School.
A Guide to the Williamson Road Woman's Club Collection
The collection consists of one record storage box and three flat storage boxes. It is located in the Special Collections of the Virginia Room. The collection includes club-related documents from its founding in 1952 through its dissolution in 2005. It consists primarily of the Williamson Road Woman’s Club historian’s scrapbooks from the 1950s, 1960s, and 1990s, and information collected by club officers in the 1980s and 2000s, received in binders and folders. Club Yearbooks are included for most years from 1952-53 through 1975-76; each of these includes a brief summary of the club’s activities of the prior year and a listing of officers and members. Aside from those reports, there is little coverage of the 1970s or the early 1980s. Scrapbooks include newspaper clippings about the club and its activities, documents related to club activities, correspondence received by the club, and photographs of club members and activities. Later scrapbooks included obituaries and funeral programs for former members of the organization. Scrapbooks from the 1950s and 1960s are in very fragile condition. One scrapbook that contained copies of the annual yearbooks was disassembled; its covers with writing were copied and retained, and the yearbooks and two photos from the scrapbook placed in file folders. For the remainder of these scrapbooks, all pages were scanned to digital format. Photographs were removed from the albums and placed in file folders. The scrapbooks have been retained in storage boxes, but researchers should primarily consult the digital versions of these items. Material from three-ring binders and “magnetic” photo albums from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s was removed and placed in file folders. When arrangement on a page with identifying information was important, a photocopy was made of the page and included in the file. Newspaper clippings were replaced by photocopies of the clippings. Items were kept together in the order they were removed from the binders or albums, which was generally chronological, though photographs were assembled in photo storage pages and placed at the end of the file.
A Guide to the Roanoke Committee of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the Commonwealth of Virginia Collection
The collection includes information primarily from the 1950s into the early 1970s, as inherited, collected, and retained by Katherine T. Ellett. The bulk of the collection was amassed by Ellett during her chairmanship of the committee, beginning in 1966. Earlier items are included, such as financial records for the committee from 1922-43 and membership lists from 1939 and 1940. A notebook of minutes, member lists, and ephemera related to the organization was compiled by Frances M. Cocke, 1954-59; a spiral bound transcription notebook containing minutes, 1956-61, is labeled with Belinda Spindle’s (Mrs. C. Shelbune Spindle) name, but others appear to have used it. Items related to typescript histories written by members and donated to the Roanoke Library in 1956 are included as well. The items from Mrs. Ellet’s time as chairman include general correspondence and information related to the committee’s fiftieth anniversary (1968) luncheon and tour in Fincastle, VA, as well as programs and documents from national conventions. Additionally, a number of publications from the Virginia and national organizations, including histories of both, are included in the collection. The collection also includes membership election certificates 1955-73, arranged alphabetically by member name.
Frances Mingea Cocke; Belinda Tuley Spindle; Kathrine Tyler Ellett
The Pioneer was the annual for Andrew Lewis High School.
The Owl is the annual for Penn Forest Elementary School.
The Squire is the annual for Cave Spring Middle School.
Oral History Interview with Lisa Lamphier
Interviewer: Katie Stueckle Interviewee: Lisa Lamphier Date: 17 July 2023 Duration: 34:09 Transcription prepared by: Katie Stueckle
Southwest Virginia LGBTQ+ History Project
Register of Colored Persons Cohabitating as Husband and Wife Roanoke County, 1866
The General was the annual of Lee Junior High School.
A Guide to the Starkey School Collection
The collection consists of one document storage case. It holds information regarding the history of the Starkey School, Starkey Village, and material related to the Starkey School Reunions held in 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015. Historical information includes copies of newspaper articles and book excerpts, the National Register nomination form for Starkey School, and historic photographs, largely of students and student activities, but also including images of other Starkey Village scenes. School records in the collection include “School Term Reports,” which were completed by teachers at the end of each school year, spanning from 1894 through 1961. The reports include physical information about the school building as well as a listing of students attending the school, by grade in later years. The collection also includes information compiled about former students, teachers, and staff, including newspaper obituaries, mostly from the early 2000s. Information used to organize the reunions, including mailing lists and advertising flyers, is included in the collection, as well as several newspaper articles announcing the reunions and reporting on them. One folder includes correspondence to the compilers about the reunions and about the history of the school and village. One folder includes information about late twentieth century issues in Starkey: the sale of Crescent Heights Water Works (1987-1992); the opening of South County Library (2011-12), and the expansion of the Friendship Health facility (2016).
Roanoke County Register of Free Negroes, 1838-1865
This register includes those individuals who registered as free persons of color in Roanoke County, Virginia from 1838-1865. Two versions are included; one captured from microfilm of the records from the Library of Virginia; the other a transcription of the handwritten records. As with any transcription, there are undoubtedly errors from the attempt to decipher handwritten records and with any genealogical records, there are likely misspellings on the original record.
The Crusader is the annual for Glenvar High School.
The Crusader is annual for Glenvar High School.
The Eyrie is the annual for Hidden Valley Middle School.
The Colonel is the annual for William Fleming High School.
A Guide to the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society Records
This collection consists of records generated by the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society. Included are administrative records and pedigree charts. In addition, issues of Virginia Appalachian Notes were originally included with the collection. Issues were removed from the collection and housed with existing issues in the Virginia Room’s holdings. Digital copies of Virginia Appalachia Notes may also be accessed in the Virginia Room Digital Collection. Pedigree charts were contributed by society members as a way to share genealogical information with the public. Charts arranged alphabetically by surname in each volume. Indexes for each volume are included. Items in the collection range from July 1975 through December 2009.
Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Soceity
The North Star is the annual for Northside High School
Virginia Town & City Volume 20, Number 12
Virginia Town & City is published 9 times per year by the league as a service to its members. The magazine’s mission is to serve as a medium of information and ideas for Virginia’s local governments, as well as to inform the league’s membership of the activities of the organization. The publication focuses on providing timely information on issues affecting VML’s members such as finance, economic development, technology, education, public safety and environmental concerns.
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The Ruffner Rock was the annual for William Ruffner Middle School.
The Brigadier is the annual for James Breckinridge Middle School.
The Pioneer is the annual for Andrew Lewis Middle School.
Virginia Town & City Volume 13, Number 5
Virginia Town & City Volume 13, Number 4
Virginia Town & City Volume 13, Number 3
Virginia Town & City Volume 13, Number 2
Virginia Town & City Volume 13, Number 1
The Pioneer is the annual for Andrew Lewis Middle School
A Guide to the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation Records
This collection consists of seven record storage boxes of materials generated and collected by the Roanoke Valley Preservation Foundation (RVPF). The type of material is arranged into the following series: Series I includes organizational records and documents produced by RVPF; Series II includes research compiled by RVPF on specific properties and areas of historical significance; Series III contains materials not prepared by RVPF but related to regional historic preservation; Series IV includes photographs, negatives,and slides collected and/or produced by RVPF; and Series V includes one RVPF seal embosser.
A Guide to the Fred and Katherine Settle Wright Genealogical Collection
This collection consists of two record storage boxes of genealogical research compiled by the Wrights on a number of families. Contents are arranged alphabetically by surname as they were kept by the Wrights. The majority of surnames herein have Virginia connections and to a lesser degree North Carolina connections. Manuscripts are typed-written in narrative form. Where specific details could not be confirmed through sources, evidence-based theories are presented. This collection does not include copies of original records used to compile the research; however, sources of information are well documented. Each file typically begins with the first known settler to the United States and continues with descendants.
The Acorn was the annual for Jefferson High School.
The General was the annual for Lee Junior High School.
A Guide to the Virginia Room Map and Oversized Materials Collection
This is a guide to the Virginia Room Map Collection, including oversized documents, architectural drawings, and original newspapers. Most Virginia Counties and Cities are included, as well as some areas of surrounding states. If you are interested in viewing materials in this collection, note the cabinet, drawer, folder, and item number to present to staff for retrieval. **Please note the following:** Maps and oversized items cannot be scanned. Architectural drawings consist primarily of public buildings in the City of Roanoke. The Virginia Room does not have plans for other private residences. Architectural drawings drafted by Eldon Karr include 21 residences, which are the only residential drawings in the collection.
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2020 Volume 24, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: Roanoke and the Southwest in Virginia History The Enigmatic Stone Structures of Western Virginia Orchard Hill N&W, WWII N&W Shops Lost Colony Slavery as America's "Peculiar" Institution Roanoke-Norfolk Photographer, Richard Aufenger Roanoke Appalachian Trail Club New River Botetourt "250 Years of Delight" Botetourt 250+1 Marks 250th Anniversary A Railroad to Fincastle William Hackworth: Revolutionary Soldier A Voice from the Past: Leroy Gresham
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2019 Volume 23, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: How the Mother County Began The Virginia Brewing Company: Roanoke's First Brewery Trees Provide Clues to Construction of Greenfield Kitchen and Slave Quarters Trouts, Father and Son, Were Early Mayors From the Front Porch to the Front Lines: Rural Virginia in a Threshold of Change-The Making of Movies 40,000 People Hear President Roosevelt in Salem Scouting Milestone: First Camp Powhatan Nearly Lost to Time Bottom Creek Gorge: Its People Century Club Takes a River Trip Lee Chapel at a Crossroads Highest Per Capita: Bedford and D-Day Parallels Between the English and American Revolutions Historians, Robertson, Glanville, Dixon, Die
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2018 Volume 23, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: Armistice Ended "Greatest War in History" a Century Ago The Humilitation of Lord Botetourt Roanoke Cotton Mills Sunday Trouble on Back Creek The Legacies of Junteenth 150 Years Running Bob Angell: An Early Mover and Shaker in Roanoke Groundhog Club Members "Told Anything But the Truth" Villamont, Virginia The Yuchi Indians of Southwest Virginia and Their 1857 Roll The Courtroom and a Confederate Monument Early Wythe County Schools Bedford Soldiers in the Revolution History Meets Geography at the Eastern Continental Divide
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2016 Volume 22, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: Virginia's Western Counties and the Making of America A New Road to be Opened: The Poplar Forest Parkway Recalling Poplar Forest After Mr. Jefferson Segregated Souls in the Star City The Photographs of George Newton Wertz, 1852-1926 Exchange Bank in New Building The Virginian Station and the Restoration City Hall is 101! Seven Hills of Rockbridge Franklin County Business in 1883 Remembering World War I Veterans
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2015 Volume 22, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: Roanoke Jews: A History Crossing Roanoke Valley in Chains and Handcuffs Old Chapel Church is 247 Years Old Long Stained Glass Window is Coming to the Link Museum Roanoke's First Flight Natural Bridge, A Landmark for the Ages Col. William Preston and Greenfield Revisited Stephen Austin, Virginia Born, was "Father of Texas" REv. Richard Jones, Activist, Orator, Founder of Black First Baptist Church, 1882-1904 Last Run of the Virginian Electrics Verifying a Slave Community at Kentland
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2014 Volume 21, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: Growing Up in Roanoke in the 1920s to 1930s O. Winston Link's 100th Birthday Party Bedford Barns Frances Benjamin Johnston, Renowned Photographer, and the George Trout Farm in NW Roanoke Runaway Slaves: Mindset of Negroes, 1861-1865 Many Presidents Have Visited the Roanoke Valley Michelle Obama Has Henry County Slavery Roots The Jacob Persinger Family in Backcountry Virginia Living on the Edge of the Blue Ridge Parkway Rebuilding Mabry Mill, A Southern Appalachian Icon The American Chestnut Trade in the Blue Ridge of Southwestern Virginia Charles Schaeffer: Freedmen’s Rights, Education,Worship in Christiansburg and Southwest Virginia, 1866-1899
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2013 Volume 21, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: Two Roads Diverged: Architectural History and Historic Preservation in the 21st Century Cotton to Silk: An Oral History How Lyman Draper Saved History Down on the Market Furniture and Aviation History Reside in Fogotten Facility on Kessler Mill Road From Angry Words: A Bent Mountain Tragedy Roanoke College and Its Advantages for Salem The Grove: More than a Presidential Residence Timeline of Roanoke Regional Airport Another Look at the Fincastle Resolutions Proposed Extension of the National Lewis and Clark Historic Trail A Once Vibrant Communty: New Panels Tell of Gainsboro History
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2012 Volume 20, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: The New Day at Appomattox Rare Lee Letter Tells of "Thinning Ranks" George S. Bernard on the Causes of the Civil War An Army of Many Colors Trains in Salem in 1863 Hollins Institute Prepares for a New Civilization in 1864 Slaves Mustered as Soldiers in 1865 Women at War 'I Wish This War Was Over': Mollie Terry's Letters To the Fatal Field of Appomattox: A History of the Salem Flying Artillery A Demonstration at Hanging Rock The Battle of Cloyd's Mountain: A Railroad, Salt Works, and Lead Mine Saltville During the Civil War Wythe Grays: Harpers Ferry and Beyond Confederate, Union Sisters Deplore War Union Officer, Furture President Forced to Retreat in Giles Cleaning Up the Confederacy: Frank Smith Reader's 1864 Civil War Diary Three Wythe County Soldiers with Different Fates
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2011 Volume 20, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: An Interview with Carter Burgess Where was Totera Town? A Review S.H. McVitty's Collection of Presidential Signatures S.H. McVitty: Industrialist, Philanthropist, Collector The Late, Great Cattle Battle The Two Michael Kinsers Goose Creek: A Lasting Resource for Bedford County Patience, Persistence, and Preservation: The Valley Railroad Bridge Over Gish Branch in Salem The River with Two Names: Roanoke/Staunton Christmas Eve on the Norfolk & Western in Rural Retreat
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2010 Volume 19, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: Defining and Dating Log Buildings in Southwest Virginia Lewis Miller: Folk Artist and Chronicler of the 19th Century Roanoke's Social Life in 1912: The Diary of Nina Quinn Blue Ridge Parkway: A Graceful Mountain Drive A Parkway Picnic Saves a Waterfall Oliver White Hill: Civil Rights Attorney in Roanoke and Throughout Virginia Traugott Bromme's 1848 Virginia Travel Guide Tobacco in Old Virginia Letters The Great Bedford Fire of 1884 Hokie Stone: Virginia Tech's Spirited Old Rock Robert McClelland: Mayor of Two Cities Riding a Bull Across the Roanoke River Wythe County's Social Disasters: Divorces
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2009 Volume 18, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: A New Way of Looking at Old Things The Career of Henry H. Fowler Col. John Smith: Unsung Hero of Virginia's Colonial Frontier Old County Courthouse is 100 Years Old 16th Century Spanish Invasions of Southwest Virginia The Elks National Home Salem's East Hill North: A Cemetery in the Shadows Three Other William Flemings From Indian Slavery to Freedom Early Bedford Ordinaries Wearing Hand-Me-Downs in the 1920s
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2008 Volume 17, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: A Personal History of the Hotel Roanoke Dust-Clad Motorcars Arrive in Roanoke in 1909 Lincoln's Virginia Roots Colonel J. Sinclair Brown: Hard to Beat What is it about the Civil War? Images from the Old Belt Residential Segregation in the City of Roanoke The Prestons: A Southwest Virginia Dynasty Virginians Facing Reality: The 1959 Perrow Commission A Small Bag of Spices: Farming in Montgomery County Roanoke Area Family Road Builders, Part II 32 Roanokes Bear the Same Name
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2006-2007 Volume 17, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: Historical Society Journal is 43 Roanoke County and Valley: The Lessons of History The Past is Right Here for the Archaeologist The Great Flood Seeing Virginia in 1797 Roanoke County in the 1840s How the Mother County Began Fincastle: More Than a County Seat Mary Johnston: Writer of the Past Virginia's Neglected Soldiers Big Lick Home Front Peyton Terry: Roanoke's First Millionaire Early Craftsmen Old Barns of Appalachia Roanoke Valley's Early Iron Mines The Watts: A Pioneer Family/The Barrens: A Garden Spot Hotel Roanoke: A Large and Well-Equipped Hotel Vice Presidential Candidate Had a Carvins Cove Summer Home Gilmer Avenue, Northwest A Jefferson Street Stroll at the Turn of the Century Henry Ford and Friends on Tour Threading a Parkway through the Blue Ridge.
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2005 Volume 16, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: The Progressive Reform Movement in Roanoke, 1900-1912 The Victoria Courtship of Miss Emma and Mr. Tinsley Life in 1905 Roanoke Families Built Many Roads from 1950-2005 Bob Childress and His Six Rock Churches The Early Presbyterians in the Roanoke Valley, 1749-1851 John Henry Pinkard and the African American Banks of Roanoke Civilian Conservation Corps Restored the Jefferson National Forest to Health A History of Victory Stadium The Lives of John, William, and John William McCauley Raymond Loewy's 1949 Train Station Fear on the Frontier in 18th Century Virginia How We Were a Century Ago: Roanoke Valley in 1906 Roanoke's Streetcars Operated for 61 Years
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2004 Volume 16, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: No Contract Too Large or Too Small for C. Markley and Son They Go Quietly: Agricultural Change in Franklin County My Memories of Carvins Cove: A Long, Peaceful Valley African Americans Have a Proud Ancestry Gainsboro and Its Outstanding Black Citizens Wilderness Road Began in Scott County DAR Flower Show in Roanoke, 1896 Preston-Brown House: Old House Among Shopping Centers Searching for the ExplorerJohn Peter Saling Graham's Forge Mill-Architectural Gem John A. Morehead of Salem Mr. Jefferson's Neighbors Did the Buffalo Roam in Southwest Virginia? Court Day in Salem, Circus Day in Salem Proclamation: "Salrovin!"
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2003 Volume 15, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: The Legend of Benjamin Deyerle Revisited Lest We Forget: A Vinton Landmark The New River on Mid-Eighteenth Century Maps The Craft Revival in Appalachia, 1896-1937 And The Mountains Sing with Joy: White Top Music The Great Natural Bridge Hoax Murder in Fincastle; Havoc at Hanging Rock Growing Up with Roanoke: A Lively Adventure A Horseback Ride on the Back Roads of Roanoke County African American "Firsts" Professor C.E. Kregloe's Roanoke Classical School
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2002 Volume 15, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: Railroads and Their People The Virginia & Tennessee Railroad 150 Years Ago Working with Winston Link at the End of Steam Power The Turnpikes of Southwest Virginia The Harris Family Archives What Do We Leave Behind? Gwynn's Island Revisited Who Named Salem? Oliver Hill's Home May Become Human Rights Center What Victory May Mean: A History of Horace A. Bass, Jr.
Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia 2001 Volume 14, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: Vice Presidential Candidate had Carvins Cove Summer Home Emma Comer, First Graduate of Roanoke City High School, 1894 Celebrating the Millennium, 1901 Mrs. Breckinridge's Brewery Growing Up and Having Fun in South Roanoke Peyton Terry, Roanoke's First Millionaire Where the Toshes Came From George Washington Slept in Big Lick First President Honored on 200th Anniversary of His Death Edgar A. Long Building Recalls Christiansburg Institute's Legacy Peggy Ballard Maupin, 102 Sherwood Anderson Rides Through Southwest Virginia Big Lick's First Post Office How Do Our Gardens Grow? Ships and Shipmates Sails On 50 Star Citizens
Journal of the Roanoke Valley Historical Society 1996 Volume 13, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: Threading a Parkway through the Blue Ridge Hotel Roanoke, "Large and Well-Equipped" The Railroad Offices Totera Town Reconsidered Colonel William Fleming's Origins Kentland Farm, a New River Plantation Architecture of Kentland Making Pottery in Botetourt County Cultural Shock in Botetourt County
Journal of the Roanoke Valley Historical Society 1989 Volume 13, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: Roanoke County and the Valley: the Lessons of History Roanoke County Communities Started Between the Mountains The Early Economy of Roanoke County Old City Point Railroad was N&W Forerunner in 1838 Overlooked Buildings by the Side of the Road How Did Colleges Choose Locations in the 19th Century? Roanoke County Schools' Legacy Farming Was the Backbone of Roanoke Area Growth Nationality and Religion; How a Religious Lot Began
Journal of the Roanoke Valley Historical Society 1988 Volume 12, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: First County Courthouse Stood from 1841-1909 Fleming Backed Constitutio Roanoke's First Judges A Tale of Two Houses Roanoke Catholic Churches Letters from School Salem Mills A Roanoke Visit in 1762 Roanoke Fast Becoming Known for Its Hayrides and Picnics Roanoke History in 1923
Journal of the Roanoke Valley Historical Society 1984 Volume 12, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: Farmers Supply Transformed into Center in the Square Roanoke's First Dairy was on Orange Avenue Vinton's Beginning How Dr. Hart Lost His Sight Dr. William Fleming Made House Calls Benjamin Keagy's Home Dr. Landon Cabell Rives, Jr. The Back Creek Road Guerrant Family Lived at First Baptist Church Site Where the Bonsacks Settled
Journal of the Roanoke Valley Historical Society Centennial Issue, 1982 Volume 11, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: Roanoke History as Recorded in 1912 Where We Were in 1864 When Knights Were Bold A Jefferson Street Stroll Roanoke's First Fire Station How a Railway Clerk Saw the New Century Life on Highland Avenue in the Early 1900s Horace Engle, a Creative Roanoker Economic Development in Southwest Virginia The Watts, a Pioneer Family The Barrens, a Garden Spot Merchants Organize How the Star was Turned On Roanoke's Elected Officials Acorn to Oak, That's Roanoke
Journal of the Roanoke Valley Historical Society 1980 Volume 11, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: Clifton A. Woodrum, Congressman with a Flair Colonel James P. Woods, Lawyer, Congressman John Hook, New London Merchant How We Began Spinning and Weaving in Montgomery County
Journal of the Roanoke Valley Historical Society 1978 Volume 10, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: Seeing Virginia in 1797 The Big Fort Cures From Mountain Herbs What They Owned in the 1840s Lexington Architecture The Washington Iron Works The National Register of Historic Places Bringing an Old Pump to Life
Journal of the Roanoke Valley Historical Society 1975 Volume 9, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: Government by Families in Botetourt County Indians Retreat from Virginians at Battle of Point Pleasant The Fincastle Resolutions, Southwest Virginia's Commitment The Resolutions Who the 15 Signers Were Settlement, Defense of the Frontier A Visit to Patrick County Bleak Hill, a Handsome Farmhouse Farm Fruits of the 1800s Noble Souls of Bleak Hill Maryland Border War Refugees Flee to the Roanoke Valley
Journal of the Roanoke Valley Historical Society 1973-1974 Volume 9, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: Old Barns of Appalachia Montane Virginia in the Revolution Roanoke Valley Medicine Recollections of Ballad Collecting Ephraim Vause was Robbed William Preston, Frontier Public Servant Alexander-Withrow Building Cherry Tree Bottom, Crossroads of the Centuries Southview, Age 150, Replaced by Motel A Tour of the New River Country
Journal of the Roanoke Valley Historical Society Summer 1972 Volume 8, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: Benjamin Deyerle, Builder of Fine Homes Roanoke County Barns of the 19th Century Colonel George Plater Tayloe, a Builder of Hollins College Where the Brethren Settled Digging at Looney's Ferry No. 1 Fire Station is Celebrated The Remarkable Dr. Reid The Old Gish Ordinary Poor, Poor Mountain Rheumatic Recollections
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society Winter 1972 Volume 8, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: The Past is Right Here for the Archaeologist The 51st Virginia Infantry: Farmers Turned Soldiers Turner's Creek Valley-the Land that Time Forgot Log Buildings in the Valley of Virginia Mary Harvey Trigg, an Unusual Widow The McDonalds of McDonalds Mill Long Way Home is Successful A Visit to Wythe County
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society 1971? Volume 7, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: General James Breckinridge, Frontier Man for All Seasons Botetourt's Three Courthouses A Disastrous Conflagration Fire Remedy is 1,400 Years Old Roanoke's 300th Anniversary Early Lightning Devices Montgomery Men in Mexico Reverend Peyton M. Lewis, Slave, Teacher, Preacher Bedford Saves an Old Church Floyd County in the 1890s
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society Summer 1970 Volume 7, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: The Great Flood of 1749 Roanoke County in the 1840s A Misty Tour of Henry The Town of Newbern On Campus 70 Years Ago Woolen Mill, a Major Botetourt Industry Civil War Draft Problems in the Shenandoah Valley Hales Ford Classical School Botetourt's 200th Birthday Col. William Fleming Recalled High Bridge Church is 200 James McDowell's Travels in 1828 Alleghany Turnpike, 7 Miles Long Where We Were in 1806
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society Winter 1970 Volume 6, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: How the Mother County Began Fincastle-More Than a County Seat Early Craftsmen Mary Johnston, Writer of the Past Cherry Tree Bottom Fire Destroys Landmarks The Turnpike Through Botetourt Western Inhabitants-An Incumbrance? The Bells of Fincastle 14 Iron Furnaces of Botetourt An 18th Century Spinet The Village of Daleville
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society Summer 1969 Volume 6, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: Lewis Miller, Folk Artist Johnny Rebs from Virginia and the Fairer Sex The Four Anderson Brothers Roanoke River: Once Called Saponi, Round Oak, Goose Creek St. Mark's Fincastle Has Roots 200 Years Old Appalachian Dialect: Vivid, Virile, and Elizabethan Kefauver's Folly History is Examined at Natural Bridge Two Fort Sites Explored
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society Winter 1969 Volume 5, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: Collectors' Items Span Four Centuries Saving Virginia's Treasures Edward William Johnston and Roanoke Female Seminary Is There an Older Roanoker? Five Rivers Flow West Longwood was Salem's Castle Roanoke's Cows in 1898
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society Summer 1968 Volume 5, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: Montgomery White, 19th Century Social Center Virginia's Neglected Soldiers 28th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers Samuel Rader, 1801-1891, Botetourt Brick Mason History Grows in Botetourt Pennsylvania Dutch Fashions and Early Roanoke
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society Winter 1968 Volume 4, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: 28th Regiment, Virginia Volunteers, 1861-1865 Roanoke at the Beginning New River: First of the Western Waters The Teays: Ancestral River of Mid-America A New Brick House for $105 and a Horse Critter Walled in by the Appalachians Cigar Manufacturing in Roanoke and the Wooden Indian
A Guide to the Records of the Roanoke Valley Cultural Exchange
This is a guide to the Records of the Roanoke Valley Cultural Exchange. The collection consists of items related to the organizational history and administration of Roanoke Valley Cultural Exchange. The collection predominantly dates from 1998 to 2002.
A Guide to the Dr. Walter Claytor Family Collection
This is a guide to the Dr. Walter Claytor Family Collection. The collection contains items related to members of the Claytor family. The majority of the collection relates primarily to the life of Dr. Walter S. Claytor, who was a dentist, and is mainly comprised of photographs related to his family, but also includes various documents dating from dating circa 1900 until the early 2000s.
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society Summer 1967 Volume 4, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: The Pennsylvania Dutch Culture of the Shenandoah Valley Interstate Interchange Covers Town of Gainsboro Bell Mont-the Fleming Plantation Let's All Make Whiskey Locust Level Early Lutherans in Western Virginia
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society Winter 1967 Volume 3, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: Hollins College and the Civil War Henry Ford and Friends on Tour Searching for Your Ancestors Roanoke Valley's Early Iron Mines Recollections of Bent Mountain
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society Summer 1966 Volume 3, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: Shot Tower at Jackson's Ferry Home Life in Virginia, 1776-1835 Big Lick Home Front, 1816-1865 The Society Circles Franklin County Mountain Lake; Historic Preservation-A Challenge to Virginians
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society Winter 1965-1966 Volume 2, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: John Nolen's Roanoke City Plan of 1907 Southwest Virginia Turnpikes 1753-Saga of Pioneer Pilgrimage Through the Roanoke Region You Could Take a Legal Gamble in 1796 Butler in Richmond Machine Age 1832 Fort Vause-The Site and the Story A Day in Richmond
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society Summer 1965 Volume 2, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: The South Western Turnpike Road Toll Gates in this Century Boyhood Collection is Remembrance of Past Thomas and Tasker Tosh Lone Oak-1767?-1964 Founding of Patrick County Peaks of Otter Beginnings of the Virginia Historical Society Almanacs, Ration Books, and Rapiers
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society Winter 1964-1965 Volume 1, Number 2
Articles in this issue include: Forgotten Graveyards of the Roanoke Valley Three-Layer Cake of Prehistoric Virginia Fincastle Springs, Resort of the '80s Civil War Comes to Buchanan A Key Which Stayed Home Buena Vista-Roanoke Plantation William Fleming's Surgical Instruments Roanoke's Company 'F'-Alive After 70 Years
Journal of the Roanoke Historical Society Summer 1964 Volume 1, Number 1
Articles in this issue include: Treasure Trove Some Phases of the Civil War in the Roanoke Area The Case of the Warrantless Prisoners Two Ladies of the Museum Newspaper Days, 1790 The Borden Patent
The General is the annual for Lee Junior High School.
The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School.
Portrait of Grandin Court Teacher / Staff
Grandin Court Student Cowboy group photo
The Matador is the annual of James Madison Middle School.
Lucy Addison High School, young woman posing.
Lucy Addison High School. Burrell Memorial Hospital School of Practical Nursing graduate.
Lucy Addison High School. Portrait of a group of young women.
Portrait of a Young Woman Outside Building. February of 1956.
Gainsboro Branch of Roanoke Public Libraries.
Young woman posing on a stage. February 6, 1957.
Young woman posing at Lucy Addison High School. 1957.
Young woman posing at Lucy Addison High School. "Janet." 1956.
Young woman posing at Lucy Addison High School. "Diana." October 25, 1956.
Young woman posing at Lucy Addison High School. August 1956.
Young woman posing in front of Lucy Addison High School.
Two young women drinking Coca-Cola at Lucy Addison High School. "Angel Law."
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Group photograph of five women wearing corsages.
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Group portrait, in front of the Robert C. Ogden Auditorium at Hampton University
Group portrait, in front of the Gainsboro Library.
The Matador is the annual for James Madison Middle School. Pages 16 and 17 partially missing.
Two men and a woman in conversation in a library.
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Group portrait, men wearing boutonnieres and women wearing corsages.
Group of young adults celebrating. "Claytor, Olivia Skipper (second from right.)"
Two men and two women in formal attire sitting at a table.
A woman and a man with a stack of books.
Two unidentified women and an unidentified man drinking tea.
Lillian Paxton (wife of Dr. Paxton?) February 1954.