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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:

General Soil Map, Carroll County, Virginia,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0737
Abstract

General Soil Map, Carroll County, Virginia. Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1967. 22 x 16 in. [FOLDER C-2]

Dates: 1967 - 1967

Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0037
Abstract

Map of Virginia is accompanied by a great deal of text describing the various aspects of the state as delineated in the map's title. Information continues onto an appendix. Furthermore, map likely comes from Carey and Lea's American Atlas, printed several times from 1822 to 1827.

Dates: between 1824 and 1827

Geological Map of a Portion of the Flat-Top Coal Field Showing the Approximate Outcrop of the Pocahontas or No. 3 Coal Bed in McDowell County, West Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0366
Abstract

Map shows the coal beds at Flat-Top Coal Fields in McDowell County, West Virginia. It contains an index of openings in the coal bed, and a scale of sections, as well as a key to limestone and shale locations.

Dates: November 1887

George Washington National Forest, Virginia-West Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0073
Abstract

Map shows George Washington National Forest in two parts (and on two sides): the northern and southern halves. In addition to a key map and a legend, the map contains illustrations of various points of interest, along with information about those locations.

Dates: 1950

A. H. and William Gibboney Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-070
Abstract

The collection contains a letter sent from Tazewell, Virginia, in 1882 by A. H. and William Gibboney to W. R. Wharton, Esquire, concerning the breach of payment for workers that have left the corps of the Norfolk and Western Railroad (previously the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad).

Dates: 1882

James M. Gibboney Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-028
Abstract

This collection contains a transcript of James M. Gibboney's letter to his children detailing his life experiences. Gibboney recalls his actions defending the town of Wytheville, Virginia, during Toland's Raid on July 18, 1863.

Dates: 1905 - 1905

Charlotte C. Giesen Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-009
Abstract

The collection consists of a taped interview (April 1987) with Charlotte C. Giesen, by Samantha J. Hall, a student at Virginia Tech, with a history paper on Giesen prepared by Hall.

Dates: 1987