Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1917 Collections and/or Records:
Buffalo [Virginia] Guards Roster
Typescript roster of soldiers in the Buffalo Guards, a state militia company organized in Putnam County, (West) Virginia, in 1859, and mustered into Confederate service as Company A, 36th Virginia Infantry during the American Civil War.
Samuel Burger Mathematics Notebook
The collection includes a mathematics notebook containing equations and work problems from Samuel Burger of Botetourt County, Virginia.
Pauline E. Burks Family Papers
Pauline E. Burks of Richmond, Virginia, collected genealogy materials about her husband Broaddus Vaughan Burks' family. The papers include correspondence, account books, essays, receipts, newspapers, and plats and surveys of the Broaddus, Burks, Edmonds, Taliaferro, and Vaughan families of Amherst County, Virginia. Materials focus mainly on the Vaughan and Burks families and range from 1760s land grants to 1970s family correspondence.
Burnett's Wheat Fan Instructions,
Burnett's Wheat Fan Instructions was printed in Salem, Virginia in September 1851, and it contains directions on how to use C. M. Burnett's patent beveled wheat fan.
Burns & Burns Records
The collection consists of the office records of Burns & Burns, Attorneys at Law, of Lebanon, Virginia. The records consist of case files, legal briefs, correspondence, circuit court petitions, and collection notices.
Business Section, City of Norfolk
Map shows business districts of Norfolk, Virginia, with business names and some tax statuses within plots of land. Reverse side gives historical, demographic, and business information about the city of Portsmouth, as well as a tourist map and an aerial photograph of the city.
Business Section, City of Portsmouth
Map shows the business section of Portsmouth, Virginia, from Hatton to Water streets, between King, High, and Queen streets. Reverse side gives historical, demographic, and business information about the city of Portsmouth, as well as a tourist map and an aerial photograph of the city.
Business Section, City of Richmond
Map shows business districts of Richmond, Virginia, from Eleventh to North Fourth streets, between East Main and East Broad, with business names and some tax statuses within plots of land. Reverse side gives historical, demographic, and business information about the city of Richmond, as well as a tourist map and aerial photographs of the city.
Business Section, City of Roanoke
Map shows business districts of Roanoke, Virginia, from 2nd Commerce to 2nd Randolph streets, between Franklin Rd/Tazewell Avenue and Salem Avenue, with business names and some tax statuses within plots of land. Reverse side gives historical, demographic, and business information about the city of Roanoke, as well as aerial photographs of the city.