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1. Charles L. Cocke Memorial Library, Hollins Institute. Virginia. - 1908

   Black and white illustrated (architectural drawing) postcard by Raphael Tuck & Sons of the Charles L. Cocke Memorial Library, Hollins Institute. Addressed to Miss Lillie Cutchen with announcement of the formal opening of the library on December 2 at 2:30 p.m.

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2. Cocke-Spur view 16 from scrapbook - May 4, 1914

   Photograph of the Cocke family and their honored guests in front of the pergola at "Cocke-Spur", the Orchard Hill residence of Mr. Lucian Hayward Cocke and Sarah (Johnson) Hagan Cocke, his wife, just prior to the May 4, 1914 reception for Vice President and Mrs.Thomas R. Marshall. Seated from left to right in the first row are: Mattie Cocke, sister of Lucian Cocke, Lois Marshall, wife of Vice President Thomas Marshall, Araminta Kern, wife of Sena...

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3. History of Roanoke County, Roanoke City, and the Norfolk & Western Railway Company - 1912

   Maroon canvas book with debossed name of title in upper left in black ink. This is a combination of two books: The History of Roanoke County by George S. Jack, and the History of Roanoke City and the Norfolk & Western Railway by E.B. Jacobs. Printed by Stone Printing in Roanoke. Book goes in detail for each of Roanoke County, City, Salem, Bent Mountain, and Vinton, including the chief industrial activities, schools, important people and fo...

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4. Norfolk & Western Magazine - May 1929

   May 1929 edition of the Norfolk & Western Magazine. Cover image is a landscape of the railroad tracks, mountains in the background, with the caption "Near Elliston." Magazine contains a number of articles, and most likely kept for the article on Hollins College, now University, and its earliest history near Carvins Creek.

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5. Production Still from Iolanthe - Black and white photograph of a theatre production, Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe, performed at the Little Theatre, Hollins College, by the Roanoke Light Opera Co. A man and woman in late 18th century dress stand at the center of the stage, their mouths open in song. He wears a flowered jacket, waistcoat, and breeches; she wears a dress with flowered overskirt and ruffled sleeves, and holds a thin staff in her left proper hand. They both wear white wigs. On the reverse, someone has written in ink: "Iolanthe, Charles L. Cocke, Mary Louise Thomas"

   1984.103.100.31

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6. Theatre Production of Iolanthe - Black and white photograph of a theatre production. A line of men in women in various outfits of regal dress stand at the center of a stage. Some wear crowns, some hold sceptars. On the reverse, someone has written in ink: 'Iolanthe c. 1937 L - R Charles L. Cocke, Ruth Stone - Randolph Salmons - Norris Perry'

   1984.103.100.35

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7. Valley Union Seminary

   An early print of the Valley Union Seminary, 1842-1852, launched in the fall of 1842, by Rev. Mr. Bradley, from New York. The seminary was on the site of Botetourt Springs, and presently the site of Hollins University.

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8. Valley Union Seminary Print - circa 1847

   Copy of an early print of the Valley Union Seminary, 1842-1852. Reverend Joshua Bradley, a Baptist minister, purchased the defunct Roanoke Female Seminary in 1842 and founded the coeducational Valley Union Seminary. Bradley laid the foundation for what would in 1852 become the Female Seminary at Botetourt Springs and in 1856 the Hollins Institute. Although Bradley left within three years of his school's establishment, he played a vital role in Ho...

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