Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1917 Collections and/or Records:
Blacksburg Vertical Files (List of Subjects),
In general, vertical files at Special Collections and University Archives include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to Blacksburg and its history. Each topic below has at least one folder and many include cross references.
Blacksburg, Virginia
Map shows Blacksburg, Virginia, with an index to streets and to primary buildings on the VPI campus.
Blacksburg, Virginia, Bank Embezzlement Collection
The eight documents (ca. 1865) within the collection detail a bank embezzlement case from the Blacksburg Branch of the Farmers Bank in Virginia. Nicholas M. Ronald, supposedly swindled patrons into writing him checks that would pay off their account deficits. Much of the collection consists of testimonials attesting to that suspicion.
Blacksburg, Virginia, General Store Day Book
The collection contains a ledger recording daily transactions of an unidentified Blacksburg, Virginia general mercantile business, possibly that of James P. Harvey.
Blacksburg [Virginia] High School Band Boosters Scrapbook
This collection conains a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs of the Blacksburg High School Warrior Band and the Band Boosters, created by Frances Hutcheson Russell.
Blacksburg, Virginia, Ledger
This collection contains an account book, possibly from a Blacksburg, Virginia business.
Blacksburg [Virginia] Odd Fellows Records
The Blacksburg [Virginia] Odd Fellows Records consist of financial records, correspondence, minute books, brochures of several annual conferences, by-laws and odd issues of the Odd Fellows Journal for the men's lodge, Tadmore Light Lodge No. 6184 of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows. The collection also contains correspondence, minutes and financial records for the women's group, the Household of Ruth.
Blacksburg [Virginia] Odd Fellows Records, 1902-1969 (Ms1988-009)
Blacksburg - Virginia Polytechnic Institute Civilian Defense Council Records
This collection contains records--including correspondence, reports, and printed materials--of a local civilian defense council organized in Blacksburg, Virginia during World War II.
Blacksburg [Virginia] Presbyterian Church Land Deeds
Three deeds for properties purchased by or sold to the trustees of the Blacksburg [Virginia] Presbyterian Church.