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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:

Carte des Environs de Williamsburg en Virginie ou les Armees Francoise et Americaine Ont Campe's en Septembre 1781 (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0167
Abstract

Map shows Williamsburg with legend. Reproduction created in 1795.

Dates: 1781
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Carte des Environs de Williamsburg en Virginie ou les Armees Francoise et Americaine Ont Campe's en Septembre 1781 (reproduction)

Carte des Environs de Williamsburg en Virginie ou les Armees Francoise et Americaine Ont Campe's en Septembre 1781 (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0168
Abstract

"Map of the Environs of Williamsburg, Virginia Where the French and American Armies Camped in September, 1781." Map shows Williamsburg with legend, as well as a great deal of information concerning the context of the map. Map captions reads "Williamsburg in the Revolutionary Decade." Reproduction created in 1975.

Dates: 1781
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Carte des Environs de Williamsburg en Virginie ou les Armees Francoise et Americaine Ont Campe's en Septembre 1781 (reproduction)

Carter/Cash Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-090
Abstract

The Carter/Cash Family Collection contains memoirs, biographies, photographs, funeral programs, newspaper and magazine articles, and memorabilia relating to the Carter family and Johnny Cash.

Dates: c.1940-2009
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Carter/Cash Family Collection

Katherine G. Cary Manuscript Recipe Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-005
Abstract

This collection consists of a recipe book containing printed and handwritten recipes compiled by Katherine G. Cary. Recipes include soups, breads, fish, salad dressing, sauces, pickles, and more.

Dates: c.1915?
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Katherine G. Cary Manuscript Recipe Book,

Jacob Cassel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-086
Abstract

The collection contains papers from a nineteenth-century Smyth County, Virginia, landholder pertaining to his business, community involvement, and the American Civil War. Includes a signed oath of allegiance from 1865.

Dates: 1865 - 1881
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Jacob Cassel Papers

Charles M. Cassell Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-018
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter from C. M. Cassell to his aunt, Fannie Yonce of Wytheville, VA.

Dates: 1864
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Charles M. Cassell Letter,

Charles Willis Cassell Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-170
Abstract This collection consists of the papers of a Wythe County, Virginia, Lutheran minister, farmer and businessman and his family. It includes Cassell's personal, professional, and business correspondence; the personal correspondence of his wife and children; financial and legal records; diaries; notes on catechetics; and scrapbooks containing historical sketches of various Lutheran Churches, obituaries, family-related social events, and newspaper clippings concerning Cassell's services as...
Dates: 1883 - 1950
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Charles Willis Cassell Family Papers

Harry Baker Cawley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-062
Abstract This collection contains letters, cards, and envelopes, dated 1918-1926, to Harry B. Cawley from his parents Mary and Robert Cawley, his brothers Marvin and Raymond, and friends, including Eugenia Rea and Kathleen A. Turner. The collection also includes school notes, two writings by Cawley, and two undated photographs - one each of Paul Guthrie Jones and of Lyn Bunting, possibly schoolmates in the 1920s. Cawley (1900-1946) served in the U.S. Navy in the 1910s and attended Virginia...
Dates: 1918-1922, 1926, undated
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Harry Baker Cawley Collection

Census of Surviving Confederate Veterans in Wythe County (reprinted),

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-063
Abstract

This collection consists of a printed list of Confederate veterans living in Wythe County, Virginia, in 1897.

Dates: 1897 - 1897
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Census of Surviving Confederate Veterans in Wythe County (reprinted),

Center for Civic Activity in the Town of Blacksburg: A Design Competition

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1995-013
Scope and Contents  A design competition sponsored by American Institute of Architects. Member the town of Blacksburg, Virginia, and the College of Architecture and Urban Studies of Virginia Tech which focused on a new town center. Solicitation of submissions began in 1992 and the winner was decided the following year. Materials include brochures about the competition listing winners, committee members, jurors, calendar, entrants, and competition managers, with the jury report; a poster advertising and...
Dates: 1992 - 1994
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Center for Civic Activity in the Town of Blacksburg: A Design Competition

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