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Virginia, Southwest

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works that discuss Bland, Buchanan, Carroll, Dickenson, Floyd, Giles, Grayson, Lee, Montgomery, Pulaski, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise, and Wythe counties collectively.

Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Creigh Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-060
Abstract

The Thomas Creigh Letter is a missive written in 1858 from a Virginia assemblyman, representing Greenbrier County, to an unknown party concerning the state of Virginia's real indebtedness.

Dates: 1858

Richard B. Dickenson Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-043
Abstract

The collection is composed of materials related to Dickenson's research on Southwest Virginia African Americans from the Civil War until the present.

Dates: 1931-2004; Majority of material found within 1964 - 2000

Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-004
Abstract

The Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia Records consist of the Diocese's administrative records, including incoming (often from parishioners) and outgoing correspondence, with a scattering of newspaper clippings, photographs, building plans and surveys, pamphlets, and meeting minutes, from the central administrative office in Roanoke and the churches within the Diocese.

Dates: 1866 - 2004; Majority of material found within ( 1919-1969)

Episcopal Diocese of Southwestern Virginia Records II

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-018
Abstract

The collection includes accounting records, attendance records, documents from the diocese, bills, correspondence, and service programs for five churches and one diocese organization.

Dates: 1913-1967, n.d.

Ruth White Fisher Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-058
Abstract

This collection includes a scrapbook compiled by Blacksburg, Virginia artist Ruth White Fisher, relating to her series of paintings titled "The Evolution of Creativity," donated to Virginia Tech. It includes photographs, correspondence, newspaper clippings, and ephemera about the paintings and the donation ceremony.

Dates: 1966 - 1978

Hoge Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-045
Abstract

This collection contains a survey plat, a certificate, and two letters that belonged to James Hoge and his son General James F. Hoge, two of the early settlers of Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: 1781, 1817, 1848, n.d.

Isaac Horne Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-088
Abstract

This collection contains seven ledgers and one letter from the estate of Isaac Horne (1801-1878) of Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia. The ledgers show the Hornes owned a dry goods, fabric and tanning business. Transactions are recorded selling leather items to Confederate Soldiers during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1824 - 1870

Jefferson National Forest: Glenwood, New Castle, and Blacksburg Ranger Districts, Virginia,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0782
Abstract

Jefferson National Forest: Glenwood, New Castle, and Blacksburg Ranger Districts. Forest Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1978. 50 x 36 in. 1978. On reverse: Jefferson National Forest: Mount Rogers N. R. A. and Wythe Ranger Districts, Virginia. [FOLDER C-1]

Dates: 1978 - 1978

John Henry Johnson Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-053
Abstract

The collection includes a scrapbook of John Henry Johnson, a Scott County, Virginia politician, including letters signed by other politicians (including William Jennings Bryan and other members of the Bryan family), newspaper clippings, certificates, invitations, original poetry, and a photograph.

Dates: 1918 - 1958

Clyde Kessler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-009
Abstract

The Clyde Kessler Papers include a 1990 list of birds, "Philpott Reservoir Christmas Bird Count," and a list "Butterflies Observed Along the Little River during Summer 1991."

Dates: 1990 - 1991