Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Use this for collections relating to Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, West Virginia, and Appalachia.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Anna Whitehead Kenney Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-022
Abstract
The Anna Whitehead Kenney Papers contains a collection of biographical information about local families compiled by Kenney during her time as a curator at Smithfield Plantation.
Dates:
1965 - 1972
Robert Taylor Preston Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-003
Abstract
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862.
Dates:
1849 - 1871; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1862
Willard Preston Genealogy
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-121
Abstract
This collection contains three handwritten genealogies of the Preston Family, as well as a letter from Willard Preston to Charles Aschmann.
Dates:
c.1998