Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1917 Collections and/or Records:
Giles County (Virginia) Building Supply Co. Ledger
This collection contains a ledger, 1897-1901, of a building supply company, possibly in Giles County, Virginia. The sales listed in the ledger are for hardware, lumber, and building supplies. Some of the busineses that are listed in the ledger include the Farrier Bros. (Pembroke), Sinking Spring Milling Co. (Newport), and the Mountain Lake Hotel, all of which are in Giles County.
W. B. Gilmer Papers
The W. B. Gilmer Papers document the Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties from 1954-1962. The organization was formed to prevent integration in Virginia's public schools. The collection includes broadsides, circulars, letters, certificate of incorporation, newsletters and memos, and newspaper clippings.
Please note: This collection contains racist ideology and language that may be upsetting to researchers.
Gary Ann Giovanni Culinary Papers
This collection includes the papers of Gary Ann Giovanni, a chef, caterer, and cooking teacher active in Blacksburg, Virginia. The collection contains records, menus, and recipes from her catering jobs and from the cooking classes she taught for the local YMCA Open University. Materials also relate to the various community organizations for which Gary worked or volunteered, and some materials are associated with her sister, poet Nikki Giovanni.
James Glanville Collection
This collection includes two copies of an article from the Smithfield Review titled, "Conquistadors at Saltville in 1567? A Review of the Archaeological and Documentary Evidence." The collection also contains a copy of the Saltville Foundation Newsletter from January 2004.
Alexander McNutt Glasgow Family Papers,
This colelction includes correspondence and financial/ legal papers of the Alexander McNutt Glasgow family of Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Hickory Fork, Virginia, Ledger
The collection consists of a 19th century manuscript business ledger from Hickory Fork in Gloucester County, Virginia.
William F. Goad Account Book
The collection includes an account book containing a copy of William F. Goad's will, dated 1891, which mentions his daughter, Mary Myers.
W. O. Goodwin & Company Account Books
The collection contains account books that provide names of customers and descriptions of items purchased from W. O. Goodwin & Company, a general mercantile store in Glenvar (Roanoke County), Virginia, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Governors' Conference State Dinner Menu
The collection contains the menu from a state dinner of the National Governors' Conference of 1950, held at the Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Autographed for John Britton Jr. by Tennessee Governor Gordon Browning and others.
Graham and Robinson Account Book
The collection contains a ledger of Graham and Robinson, a general mercantile business of Wythe County, Virginia, providing customer names, dates of transactions, goods purchased, prices paid, and wage credits for an iron furnace with which the store was associated.