Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Use this for collections relating to Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, West Virginia, and Appalachia.Found in 1988 Collections and/or Records:
Martha McDonald Letter
The collection contains a letter of Martha McDonald to her husband, Lewis McDonald, a soldier in the Confederate Army, written in Rutherford County, North Carolina, on September 15, 1862, during the American Civil War.
David Cloyd McGavock Papers
The David Cloyd McGavock Papers consist of ca. 35 items, including letters written by McGavock (d. May 1864) to his mother, his sister Sallie, and his uncle Gordon Cloyd while studying at Roanoke College in 1861 and then from camps near Winchester and Petersburg, Virginia, and Goldsboro, North Carolina, while McGavock served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. The collection includes sympathy letters to Sallie after his death and other miscellaneous family papers.
Meade & Baker Apothecary Ledger
The collection contains an accounts ledger for a pharmaceutical firm in Richmond, Virginia, including customer names, addresses and itemized lists of purchases.
Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black,1865-1867, 1879 (Ms2009-084)
Medical License, S. Bosworth, Morganstown WV., May 17, 1866 (Ms2010-060)
Mental Hygiene in the Classroom Manual,
Manual for teachers regarding recognizing and preventing the development of mental health issues in their students. This manual was distributed by the Commonwealth of Virginia and was written by Minor Wine Thomas, Ph.D. of Radford College.
Mary C. Meriwether Letter
This collection contains a letter written by Mary Cole Meriwether sent to Nannie W. Read. The letter includes local news and was used as writing practice for Mary.
Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Pulaski, Virginia, Mission) Record Book
Record book documenting baptisms, meeting minutes, memberships, Sunday school attendance, and financial information for the Pulaski, Virginia, Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.