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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 1917 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Wood and Company Freight Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-045
Abstract

The collection includes bills for freight shipped on the Norfolk & Western Railroad and received by Thomas Wood and Company, a general mercantile business.

Dates: 1881 - 1886

John O. Thornhill Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-068
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from John O. Thornhill of the 2nd Virginia Cavalry, written apparently while on medical leave at Campbell, Virginia, during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1865

Vaiden A. Thornton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-049
Abstract

The collection contains account books, dairy building blueprints designed by Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and various work-related papers created between 1930 and 1953. A few of the items are undated. Thornton ran a dairy and ice operation in Stony Creek, Virginia, in addition to his job as an insurance company medical examiner.

Dates: 1930-1953, n.d.

Thursday Book Club [Blacksburg, Virginia] Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-004
Abstract

Records--including meeting minutes and book lending cards--of the Thursday Book Club, organized by women residents (originally under the name Round Dozen Book Club) of Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1928.

Dates: 1928 - 1968

Tidewater/Virginia Railway Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-044
Abstract

The collection consists of financial receipts of the Tidewater/Virginia Railway Company in the early days of the railway system.

Dates: 1905 - 1906

Timber Account Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-108
Abstract

The collection includes the 1870 timber account book of James Clark.

Dates: c.1870

Timberville, Virginia, Automotive Repair Shop Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-017
Abstract

This collection includes the accounts ledger for an unidentified automotive repair shop in Timberville, Virginia, containing customer names together with itemized charges for parts and services on repairs and maintenance.

Dates: 1924 - 1926

J. M. Tise Ledger and Tise Family Receipts

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-034
Abstract

This collection contains an account book kept by J. M. Tise, manager of the Floyd County Electric Company at Sower's Mill Dam in Floyd County, Virginia, from 1923 to 1934. This collection also contains receipts kept by the Tise family from 1825 to 1865.

Dates: 1798 - 1937

Title Map of the Great Kanawha Coal Field

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0371
Abstract

Map shows the Great Kanawha Coal Field, in West Virginia. In addition to the map, which identifies title claimants and contains some hand-written annotations, the map provides navigational and distance charts, descriptions of rail and water communication, improvements to the area, and geological descriptions, especially regarding coal deposits.

Dates: 1867

Topographical Map of Norfolk, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0155
Abstract

Map shows topography and plan of teh city of Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: 1880