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 1974 Collections and/or Records:
Marching Orders, From Col. Preston, undated (Ms1992-003)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_LongstreetPrestonIII
Dates:
n.d.
Marion, Virginia, Quarry Photograph
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-082
Abstract
This photograph depicts several men working at a quarry–possibly near Marion or Wytheville, Virginia.
Dates:
[c.1900-1920]
Bishop William H. Marmion Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-013
Abstract
Bishop William H. Marmion, born 1907, was Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia from 1954 to 1979. The papers document the forty-seven year ecclesiastical career of William H. Marmion. Materials include booklets, church bulletins, correspondence to and from Marmion, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, and reports generated by the Bishop in his service to the Episcopal Church. Topics of interest to the researcher cover Marmion's interest in the civil rights...
Dates:
1932 - 1981
Marriage Certificate, Mary M. Chenoweth and Hicman Triplett, Randolph County Va., January 19, 1861 (Ms2010-060)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010_060_BosworthSquires_MarriageCertificate_1861_0119
Dates:
1861-01-19
Marriage License
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2009_107_CheathamHorsley_License
Marriage License, Chenoweth B. Hart and Rhoda J. Lewis, Randolph County Va., April 25, 1861 (Ms2010-060)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010_060_BosworthSquires_MarriageLicense_1861_0425
Dates:
1861-04-25
Marriage License, Marshall Schoonover and Eliza Louk, Randolph County Va., May 9, 1861 (Ms2010-060)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010_060_BosworthSquires_MarriageLicense_1861_0509
Dates:
1861-05-09
Martha L. Johnson Family Papers, 1821-1882 (Ms2001-065)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2001-065
Dates:
1821 - 1882
Benjamin Martin Land Grant
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-016
Abstract
The Benjamin Martin Land Grant collection consists of a land grant issued to Benjamin Martin in Virginia, December 31, 1795. The grant is for approximatley 18,000 acres in and around Montgomery County and Elliotts Creek, Virginia.
Dates:
1795-12-31
Opal Martin Diary
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2025-028
Abstract
This collection contains Opal Martin's diary, written between 1945-1946. The diary includes paragraph-long entries on each page about her daily activties, such as going to the movies and visiting friends. Opal Martin lived from 1928 to 2018, and lived in Tannersville, Virginia for the majority of her life.
Dates:
1945 - 1946