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1. 1921-1922 Roanoke High School Track Team - Black and white photograph of the Roanoke High School track team for 1921-22. Roanoke High School was the predecessor of Jefferson High School. Standing from left to right are coach Albert Stone, Eanes, John Hampton Diuguid, Richardson, Buck Cuddy, McCue (McHugh), unknown, Watkins, Wiltsie, and an unknown coach or manager. Sitting from left to right are Montgomery, unknown, Francis, and Sanders. Roanoke College and Virginia Episcopal School were among the opponents that season. Trophies are exhibited on a chair in the center of he photograph.The names of the individuals pictured were penciled onto the back of the photograph. This photograph appeared in the yearbook, "Acorns of Roanoke".

   1986.32.3

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2. Letter - January 4, 1844

   Letter headed "January 4th 1844" from John Gilmer [student at Washington College] in Lexington, Virginia to his brother, William, at Hardin's Tavern, Albemarle County, Virginia, with news of his visit to their sister, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, at Botetourt, of his desire for William to mail him the National Intelligencer as soon as he has finished reading them as he feels his "entire ignorance on the subject of politics" and wants to improve his ...

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3. Letter - March 24, 1831

   Letter dated March 24, 1831 from Mrs. Mary Gilmer, at Ivy Creek, to her daughter, Emma Gilmer Breckinridge, at Fincastle, Botetourt County, concerning the establishment of their new home on Ivy Creek in Albemarle County, Virginia and giving details of the farming operations.

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4. Letter - November 11, 1837

   Letter headed "Catawba November 13th 1837" from Emma Breckinridge to her mother, Mary Gilmer, at Leigh near Hardins Tavern; includes family news similar to 1969.51.222, plus an account of going from Oaklands to the Lick [Big Lick] where Emma and Sister Elizabeth Watts saw friends.

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5. Letter - September 21, 1836

   Letter dated September 21, 1836, mailed from Fincastle, from Emma W. Breckinridge to her sister Lucy, at Leigh near Hardins Tavern, Albemarle. News of friends and relations: Watts, Gamble, Burwell, etc. Talks of schools for girls, and of Lucy leaving soon for school in Richmond. Reminiscences about their father, who was visiting Emma just a year before in September. Mentions Mrs. Wharton, wife of the new minister renting a house in Salem.

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