Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1917 Collections and/or Records:
General Order, Order of documentation of the sick of the Company by the surgeon and report to company commander. Signed: Col. Cocke, Head Quarters, 5th Brigade, June 28, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
General Order, Surgeon Thomas H. Williams appointed Medical Director of the Army of the Potomac. By order of Brig. General Beauregard, Signed: Thomas Jordan, Head Quarters, Army of the Potomac, June 27, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
General Soil Map, Carroll County, Virginia,
General Soil Map, Carroll County, Virginia. Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, 1967. 22 x 16 in. [FOLDER C-2]
Generalized Distribution of Soil Parent Rocks, Fauquier County, Virginia
Map includes a legend; it is in the negative.
Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Map of Virginia
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.
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
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.
George Washington National Forest, Virginia-West Virginia
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.
A. H. and William Gibboney Letter
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).
James M. Gibboney Letter,
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.
Charlotte C. Giesen Papers
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.