Browse Collections (72 total)

The Illuminator was published monthly for employees of Appalachian Electric Power, Kentucky & West Virginia Power Company, and Kingsport Utilities. …

The photographs in this collection are a result of Roanoke Valley in the 1950s by Nelson Harris published in 2024. With years of research and…

Prior to the Civil War, enslaved men and women were not legally allowed to marry. However, during slavery many men and women did consider themselves…

The Owl is the annual for Penn Forest Elementary School. Penn Forest Elementary School opened in 1972.

The Squire is the annual for Cave Spring Middle School. Cave Spring Middle School opened in the former Cave Spring High School building in 1968. It…

In 1793, the Virginia General Assembly passed a law requiring that all free Black and multiracial individuals of Black descent in the state of…

Glenvar High School was opened in 1966 by Roanoke County public schools. Most, if not all, of the student body would previously have attended Andrew…

The Eyrie is the annual for Hidden Valley Middle School.

Virginia Town & City is published 9 times per year by the Virginia Municipal League as a service to its members. The magazine’s mission is to serve as…

With the opening of Salem High School in 1977, the Andrew Lewis High School building at 616 South College Avenue in Salem became Andrew Lewis Middle…

The Journal of the Historical Society of Western Virginia is a periodical published by the History Museum of Western Virginia. The journal was first…

Northside Middle School opened as Northside Intermediate School in 1969. It would later become Northside Junior High School and later Northside…

Sonny Nathaniel "Bay" Hale was a local photographer who specialized in portraiture and event photographs. He developed all of his photos from his home…

Booker T. Washington Junior High School opened its doors in September 1952 in the former Lucy Addison High School.

The North Star is the annual for Northside High School. Northside High School opened in 1960.

The Black Swan is the annual for William Byrd High School. William Byrd High School was built in 1933 at 100 Highland Road in Vinton, Virginia. The…

This portrait collection includes former mayors of the City of Roanoke. Not included are the portraits which remain in City Council chambers: John…

In 1907, Dr. Hugh Trout founded Jefferson Hospital, a small, 40-bed hospital named in honor and memory of Thomas Jefferson.

Dr. Trout soon found…

The photographs in this collection are a result of Roanoke Valley in the 1940s by Nelson Harris published in 2020. With years of research and…

The Salvation Army Pathway of Hope Oral History Project is a partnership between The Salvation Army of Roanoke, Virginia; the Virginia Room, Roanoke…

Herman Richard Clark was a photographer with his own studio, Clark Studios, that focused on commercial and portrait photography. Ranging from the late…

George C. Davis Photographs in this collection are digital copies of owned and acquired by Frank Ewald. All Davis images can be dated circa 1904-1968.…

The Throckmorton Negative collection consists of commercial color negatives. The majority of negatives in this collection consist of recreation…

Alton Bernard Parker went into the photography business with his father, William Carlton Parker, in the Parker Studio after graduating from Jefferson…

The Troutville community built its first "high school" in 1905, a two-story, four room school. The first school burned in 1913, a new school was…

Roanoke Technical Institute opened in 1961 as an offshoot of Virginia Tech. When Virginia created a system of community colleges in 1966, Roanoke…

The photographs in this collection were part of the Roanoke Redevelopment and Housing Authority documentation of areas in Roanoke prior to, during,…

Virginia Appalachian Notes is a quarterly publication by the Southwestern Virginia Genealogical Society. The Southwestern Virginia Genealogical…

The photographs in this collection capture the history of the Norfolk and Western Railway. Formed by more than 200 mergers between 1838 and 1982,…

The Accolade is the annual for Cave Spring High School. Cave Spring High School opened in 1956. In 1968, it was moved to its current site at 3712…

William Ruffner Middle School operated as such from 1970 through June 2009. The building is located at 3601 Ferncliff Avenue, NW.

The Pioneer was the annual for Andrew Lewis High School. Andrew Lewis High School opened in 1933. It operated as a high school until 1977, when…

The Stonewall is the annual for Stonewall Jackson Middle School. Stonewall Jackson was built in 1923 and continues to operate as a middle school at…

The Presidents is the annual for Woodrow Wilson Junior High School. Woodrow Wilson Junior High was built in 1928 at 1813 Carter Road SW.

James Monroe Junior High School was contstructed in 1948, with a new addition added in 1960. In the early 1970s, Monroe was converted into an…

James Madison Junior High School opened in 1970.

James Breckinridge opened as a junior high school in 1961 at 3901 Williamson Road. Prior to the existence of Breckinrdige, the building , built in…

The Virginia Philatelist was a monthly publication produced in Richmond by the Virginia Philatelic Association from 1897-1901 under editor August…

This collection of photographs contains images from a scrapbook created and maintained by the YMCA Express at Gainsboro. The images date from…

Patrick Henry High School was completed in 1961 as one of two general enrollment secondary schools in the City of Roanoke. Originally constructed in…

The postcards included in this collection were used in large part in Nelson Harris' book "Salem and Roanoke County in Vintage Postcards". Several…

Items in this collection include finding aids, indexes, inventories and guides to items not found in the online catalog. Please note that this…

This collection consists of a 25 photographs that document the City Market during the 1960s. It is believed the photographs were taken as part of a…

This collection of photographs and documents capture the history of the Bent Mountain area of Southwest Roanoke County, including Back Creek, Cave…

This collection consists of various family histories that are either in the public domain or where express permission was given to publish online.

This small collection of photographs contains images of Loebl Dye Works, formerly located at 350 Salem Avenue. The company was started by Josef Loebl…

Photographs in this collection document the history of the Greater Raleigh Court neighborhood, which includes Wasena, Virginia Heights and Norwich. …

Lee Junior High School opened in 1911 at 250 Franklin Road. After serving students for 59 years, the building was razed in 1970 and became the site…

The John Will Creasy Photographic Slide Collection contains photographs of scenes and events in the Roanoke Valley taken by John Will Creasy. Creasy…

Historic postcard of a variety of scenes in the Roanoke Valley, including landmarks, buildings, and street scenes.

This collection consists of photographic slides depicting scenes about Roanoke.

In 1949, William Fleming became part of the Roanoke City School System through the annexation of part of Roanoke County by the city. William Fleming…

This collection of photographs documents City of Roanoke municipal properties for the Insurance Rating Bureau. Information in the description of each…

This set of photographs is contained within the Roanoke Railway & Electric Company Records Collection. In addition to photographs, the collection…

The Viaud School was founded in 1926 by Gustave and Ethel M. Viaud as a private school for primary and secondary students. It would go through…

The Gainsboro Library Photography Collection consists of approximately 100 black-and-white and color photographic prints. The black-and-white prints…

Beginning in September 2006, Roanoke Public Libraries interviewed more than 100 individuals for the Oral History Initiative. The Neighborhood…

The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) History Project began in 2015 as collaboration between Roanoke College, Roanoke…

The Addisonion was the annual for Lucy Addison High School. Lucy Addison High School was the second school in the City of Roanoke to be erected for…

Roanoke established its first high school, Roanoke High School, in 1891. Roanoke High School was located on the corner of 2nd Street and Church…

Items in this collection include finding aids, indexes, inventories and guides to items not found in the online catalog. Please note that this…

This collection contains pamphlets related to a number of historical and genealogical subjects.

The following photographs are a series of black and white aerial images of the City of Roanoke and vicinity. The images were taken by Underwood &…

The Davis Photographic Records contain approximately 12,200 black and white images, negatives, glass plate negatives and glass lantern slides. Black…

The Davis Photographic Records contain approximately 12,200 black and white images, negatives, glass plate negatives and glass lantern slides. Black…

The Davis Photographic Records contain approximately 12,200 black and white images, negatives, glass plate negatives and glass lantern slides. Black…

This small collection of 5"x7" negatives includes miscellaneous images from around Roanoke. The photographer and provenance of the collection are…

Star Stories is a collaborative project between the Virginia Room, City of Roanoke, Hollins University, Blue Ridge Literacy and other partners to…

Photographs in this collection were produced for the 1928 City Planning Commission, which drew upon the 1907 Remodeling Roanoke: Report to the…