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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 1952 Collections and/or Records:

New Jersey Zinc Corporation [Austinville, VA] Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-032
Abstract

The collection consists of maps, blueprints, and files of the New Jersey Zinc Corporation operations in Austinville, Virgina.

Dates: 1850 - 1969

New River Bulletin Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-038
Abstract

This collection contains a typescript letter from and about the New River Bulletin, a twenty-eight column weekly in New River Depot, Virginia, in 1885.

Dates: 1885

New River Community Action, Inc., Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-030
Abstract

This collection contains the records of New River Community Action (NRCA), including administrative records, newspaper archives, awards, and recognitions.

Dates: 1966 - 2015

New River Grocery Company Order Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-026
Abstract

This collection contains an order book for a wholesale business operating in Fries (Grayson County), Virginia, during the early 20th century.

Dates: 1905 - 1906

New River Investment Company Deeds

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-073
Abstract

The New River Investment Company Deeds document land ownership in Radford, Virginia, and include one deed from 1890 and three drafts of a deed from 1892. Restrictions on land development appear in the 1890 deed. The 1892 drafts lift a vendor's lien.

Dates: 1890 - 1892

New River Land and Improvement Company's Property, New River, Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0251
Abstract

Map shows New River, Virginia, now part of the city of Radford.

Dates: ca. 1885

New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-036
Abstract

The collection contains an unissued certificate for shares of stock in the New River Mineral Company, with property in Wythe County, Virginia.

Dates: ca. 1882

New River Plateau Rwy Co.: Map showing proposed location from Ivanhoe Va. to North Carolina State Line

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0179
Abstract

Map shows counties of Pulaski, Wythe, Carroll, and Grayson, in Virginia, and Surry County in North Carolina. Color map displays rail lines, rivers, and mountains.

Dates: 1889

New River Valley Planning District Commission Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-024
Abstract

The New River Valley Planning District Commission records consist of reports, files, and other literature gathered and used by the commission to aid their planning for the New River Valley of Virginia.

Dates: 1959-1991, n.d.

Newlee Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-021
Scope and Content

The collection includes a paper on the history of Smithfield Plantation, the Preston family, and Virginia Newlee (Col. Robert Newlee's daughter) written by George Shackelford in 1980. In addition, there is an obituary of Colonel Newlee, and a newspaper clipping from 1916 with the muster roll of the Company of Virginia Volunteers in the Mexican War. Also the collection includes a muster roll of Company L, Fourth Virginia Regiment, of which Newlee was captain.

Dates: 1916, 1980, n.d.