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Surface Relief, Drainage Systems and Cultural Features, Fluvanna County, Va.
Map shows relief and drainage in Fluvanna County, Virginia; map is in negative.
T. B. Heck & A. D. Elliott Broadside
This collection includes a broadside from the Lexington (Virginia) Gazette in 1865, advertising T. B. Heck & A. D. Elliott, "Cabinet Making and Undertaking", which also sold coffins and would barter with customers for goods.
Welford D. Taylor Collection on Sherwood Anderson
This collection contains several series of materials: correspondence to and from Sherwood Anderson, correspondence and research files about Sherwood Anderson, and a small group of photographs, audio, video, and graphic art materials. Materials generated by Anderson date from 1918-1940. Other materials date from about 1929-2006.
Tazewell County, Virginia
Map shows key to places of historical interest within Tazewell County, Virginia, with illustrations of those locations bordering the map.
The Marches of Lord Cornwallis in the Southern Provinces, Now States of North America Comprehending the Two Carolinas, with Virginia and Maryland and the Delaware Counties (reproduction)
Reproduction is a photocopy in two parts. Map contains a color key indicating specific marches, but black and white photocopy does not allow for deciphering the map according to the key.
The State of Virginia from the Best Authorities
Lewis' 1794 map comes from The General Atlas for Carey's Edition of Guthrie's Geography Improved, published in 1795.
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a Proposed State Reservation and Circuit Drive to Include Smithfield and Preston Cemetery
Map shows proposals for roads and reservation on the VPI campus. The reverse contains some hand-written notes. Accompanied by a photostatic copy.
William Q. Thomson Day Book
This collection is a ledger or day book used by enslaver and farmer William Q. Thomson of Happy Valley, Louisa County, Virginia, dated 1845-1854, 1882-1891. The book includes debts to associates, purchases, and bills paid, including for family members. Some of the early entries are for hiring the labor of enslaved people. Thomson (ca. 1825-1891) enslaved at least 22 people, inlcuding Georgeanna and her baby Peter Dudley.
Title Map of the Coal Field of the Great Kanawha Valley
Map shows the Great Kanawha Coal Field, in West Virginia. In addition to the map, which identifies title claimants and contains some hand-written annotations, the map provides navigational and distance charts, descriptions of rail and water communication, improvements to the area, and geological descriptions, especially regarding coal deposits.