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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:

Flora Baker Hiett Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-008
Abstract This collection includes forty-five letters. Majority are written to Flora Hiett Baker of Winchester, Virginia, between 1869-1873, with some being undated. The majority of the letters are written to Flora fram family and friends before and after her marriage. Some letters are written from her future husband, Joseph Hiett. There are five letters from 1867-1869 from Flora to her Joseph Hiett before their marriage. The collection includes some letter fragments. There are three letters to and...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1869-1873, undated

Highland Co. Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0114
Abstract

Minimalist map shows towns in Highland County, Virginia. Map contains a handwritten note concerning adjustments.

Dates: 1913

Hileman, Cook and Company Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-082
Abstract

This collection inlcudes an account book maintained by Hileman, Cook and Company, operators of Callie Iron Furnace in Botetourt County, Virginia during the late 19th century.

Dates: 1879 - 1896

Octavius Hileman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-085
Abstract

The collection contains letters written to Octavius Hileman, secretary/treasurer of the Luster Manufacturing Company, mostly from company president and manager J.O. Luster, containing details of accounts, proposed dissolution of the company, and Luster's unpaid salary. Also contains letters from Alleghany County Treasurer Joseph T. Fudge concerning Fudge's 1899 campaign for re-election.

Dates: 1890 - 1899

Harold S. Hill Collection

 Collection — Folder 1+
Identifier: Ms-2007-001
Scope and Contents

This collection includes drawings of buildings and homes by Harold S. Hill. Additional donations arrive each year. The collection is currently unprocessed.

Dates: n.d.

Henry H. Hill Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1980-003
Abstract

The Henry H. Hill collection consists of historical and genealogical research compiled by Hill during his lifetime in southwest Virginia. Hill (1880-1954) was an alumni and professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Dates: 1893-1963, n.d.

Meta Tutwiler Hill Family History

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-001
Abstract

This collection contains a transcription of a family history recounted by Meta "Mimi" Tutwiler Hill Boynton.

Dates: unknown

Olivia Tutwiler Hill Diary,

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-2016-004
Abstract

Diary of Olivia Tutwiler (later Olivia Tutwiler Hill), a young teacher living in Blacksburg and Childress, Virginia, in 1919. The focus is primarily on a crush that Tutwiler had on a Virginia Tech cadet, but entries also chronicle an active social life.

Dates: 1919 - 1919

Hillsville Quadrangle

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0809

Hillsville, Virginia Quadrangle,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0741
Abstract

Hillsville, Virginia Quadrangle. U. S. Geological Survey, 1968. 22 x 27 in. [FOLDER C-2]

Dates: 1968 - 1968