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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:

David P. Graham Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-009
Abstract

The collection contains an account book maintained by David P. Graham, a farmer, merchant and iron furnace owner of Wythe County, Virginia. It includes accounts of servants and workers, showing goods purchased at Graham's store and credits for work performed.

Dates: 1880 - 1884

William H. Graham Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-010
Abstract

This collection contains the account books of William H. Graham, a general store merchant of Radford, Virginia, including customer names, goods purchased, and prices.

Dates: 1931 - 1932

Jeremiah W. Graves Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-084
Abstract The Jeremiah W. Graves Collection includes a cash book, correspondence, receipts and ledger pages, newspaper clippings, and genealogy materials relating to the personal and business activities of Captain Jeremiah White Graves (1801-1878), a farmer, financial advisor, real estate broker, and enslaver of people in Cedar Hill, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.Genealogical materials in the collection relate to the histories for branches of the Graves, Whitehead, Hunt, and Jones...
Dates: 1836 - 1869

Jeremiah White Graves Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-033
Abstract

Jeremiah White Graves was a farmer in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The collection consists of a microfilm copy of Graves' extensive diary and a typescript manuscript of selected transcribed passages from that diary.

Dates: 1820 - 1878

William F. Graves Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-040
Abstract

The collection contians materials, including biographical sketches and speech texts, relating to William F. Graves, native of Pittsylvania County, Virginia and Confederate major in the 2nd Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1911-1914, n.d.

Floyd Gray Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-085
Abstract

This collection includes the papers of Floyd Gray, Bedford County Republican Committee chairman and distillery general storekeeper-gauger for the Internal Revenue Service. It includes correspondence and notes relating both to Gray's political activities and his civil service work. Also includes personal correspondence and financial records.

Dates: 1895 - 1908

Gray's New Map of Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0185
Abstract

Map shows Abingdon, Virginia, with plot owners identified.

Dates: 1880

Gray's New Map of Christiansburg (2 copies)

 Class — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0257
Abstract

Map shows the corporation limit of Christiansburg, Virginia, with hand-colored boundary line and non-corporate entities.

Dates: ca. 1880

Gray's New Map of Fincastle, Botetourt County, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0102
Abstract

Map shows the town of Fincastle in Botetourt County, Virginia. It contains the names of property owners in the town, as well as locations of structures on land parcels.

Dates: 1880

Gray's New Map of Richmond, Henrico County, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0159
Abstract

Map of Richmond comes from pages 63-64 of Gray's The National Atlas, published in 1884. This item has been extracted from a full book, and its reverse (p. 63) is part of the map that shows Maryland and Delaware.

Dates: ca 1884