Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1917 Collections and/or Records:
Blacksburg [Virginia] Regional Art Association Records
The Blacksburg [Virginia] Regional Art Association Records contains materials from the community art club formed as a chapter of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, including programs and letters to members from the 1960s and 1970s.
Town of Blacksburg, [Virginia], Collection
The Town of Blacksburg, [Virginia], Collection consists of a variety of Blacksburg town documents and reports collected by Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University librarians. Materials include financial statements (1927-1951), a typescript annual report (1954), a population study (1944), Chamber of Commerce brochures, By-Laws and Ordinance of Blacksburg (1885), and information on elections (1936-1968).
Blacksburg Woman's Club Records
The Blacksburg Woman's Club Records include club correspondence, minutes, financial records, scrapbooks, and printed material.
Blacksmith Ledger,
The Blacksmith Ledger is from Rural Retreat, VA c. 1928 and features approx. 200 pages of local customer order logs.
Daniel Blain Papers
Four wartime letters and a post-war diary of Daniel Blain, a Confederate soldier in the 1st Rockbridge Artillery during the American Civil War and later a Presbyterian minister in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Bland County. Round Mountain Property--Prospectus
Map centers on Burks Garden in Bland County, Virginia, and shows ores of mineral deposit in the region. Document contains handwritten note commenting on the text that accompanies the map.
Marvin Blecher Oral History Interview
Oral history interview conducted by Virginia Tech student Christina Roemer with Marvin and Freda Blecher of Blacksburg, Virginia, regarding Blacksburg's Jewish community, the Hillel student organization at Virginia Tech, and other Jewish communities in the region.
Milka T. Bliznakov Papers and Architectural Drawings
Milka Bliznakov was a Bulgarian architect, architectural historian, and professor who practiced in Bulgaria, France, and the United States. The collection consists of her publications, research, correspondence, professional documentation of her practice, conference participation materials, teaching materials, and documents related to her involvement as the founder of the International Archive of Women in Architecture.
Block Plan of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Va., Showing the Proposed Layout of the Evans-Almirall Hot Water Heating Mains
Map shows the plan for heating mains at VPI in 1909.