Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1912 Collections and/or Records:
Birds Eye View of Alexandria, Va.
Color image of Alexandria, Virginia, with key that identifies locations of interest.
Black Appalachians Oral History Project
The Black Appalachians Oral History Project consists of approximately twenty-five taped interviews conducted by Dr. Michael Cooke of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University concerning black life in Appalachia, especially in Montgomery County, Virginia.
Black Cemetery Map (Blacksburg, Virginia)
Map shows the Black Cemetery in Blacksburg, Virginia, between Roanoke and Lee Streets.
Black Cemetery Map (Blacksburg, Virginia)
Map shows identified plots in the Black Cemetery in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black
The collection contains a bill detailing medical service provided to the family of Rev. William A. Wade by Dr. Harvey Black. The bill includes the cost of services, as well as a note from Black forgiving payment.
Black History Oral History Collection
This collection includes oral history accounts from various African Americans with experience at Virginia Tech and/or in the Blacksburg area between the 1950s and the early 2000s.
John H. Black Letter
Letter from John Henry Black, lieutenant in Company G, 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry during the American Civil War, written at Bolivar Heights, Virginia (now West Virginia) on October 21, 1864 to his wife Jennie, focusing on the recent Battle of Cedar Creek and the arrival of new recruits.
Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers
This collection contains the papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. It includes the Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson.
Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (Ms1974-003)
Blacksburg Chamber Music Series Collection
The collection contains programs, correspondence, and other ephemera relating to the Blacksburg Chamber Music Series and the Virginia Tech Union Chamber Music Series from 1967-1982 in Blacksburg, Virginia, collected by its chairman David A. West.