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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 1912 Collections and/or Records:

Warren Co. Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0136
Abstract

Minimalist map shows towns in Warren County, Virginia. Map contains a handwritten note concerning adjustments.

Dates: 1913

Washington Co. Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0186
Abstract

Minimalist map shows towns in Washington County, Virginia. Map contains a handwritten note concerning adjustments.

Dates: 1913

Washington County Oral History Transcripts,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-023
Abstract The Washington County Oral History Transcripts were compiled by four Abingdon High School students. The transcripts detail interviews with Washington County residents Evelyn Campbell, Emma Josephine Poland Surber, and Nancy Johnson. The interviewees discuss their childhood activities, childhood fashion, schooling, and what their household was like in southwest Virginia. The students also inquire about the change in gas, cars, and houses since the interviewees were kids. Lastly, the students...
Dates: undated

Washington County, VA Daybook,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-068
Abstract

Washington County, VA Daybook contains names, items, and prices from an unidentified business.

Dates: 1896

Washington County, Virginia, Court Notice of Payment for Autopsy of Jessee, an Enslaved Person

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-045
Abstract

The collection consists of a Court Document, May 28, 1860, Washington County, Virginia.

Dates: May 28, 1860

Watershed Envelope [Prices Fork Vicinity Plat Map]

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0307
Abstract

Map shows the watershed envelope in the vicinity of Price's Fork, near Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: nd

Sessler Watkins Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-084
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from Sessler Watkins, of Cary, West Virginia, to his mother, Mrs. J. B. Watkins of Troutville, Virginia, describing Watkins' experiences living and working in a company-owned mining town in West Virginia.

Dates: n.d.

Peter F. Weaver Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-038
Abstract

The collection contains a speech given by Peter F. Weaver, a newspaper article, letters, an invoice, and biographical notes about Weaver.

Dates: 1880-1907, 1974; Majority of material found within 1880 - 1907

Weaversville, Virginia Mill Daybook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-023
Abstract

This daybook of unidentified mill in Weaversville (Fauquier County), Virginia, records customer names and transactions.

Dates: 1871 - 1872

West Iron Gate Land Company Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-012
Abstract

This collection includes the accounts and correspondence of West Iron Gate Land Company (successor of Hileman, Waring & Company), a pig iron manufacturer in Clifton Forge (Allegany County), Virginia.

Dates: 1879 - 1902