Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1964 Collections and/or Records:
New River Grocery Company Order Book
This collection contains an order book for a wholesale business operating in Fries (Grayson County), Virginia, during the early 20th century.
New River Investment Company Deeds
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.
New River Land and Improvement Company's Property, New River, Va.
Map shows New River, Virginia.
New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate
The collection contains an unissued certificate for shares of stock in the New River Mineral Company, with property in Wythe County, Virginia.
New River Plateau Rwy Co.: Map showing proposed location from Ivanhoe Va. to North Carolina State Line
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.
New River Valley Planning District Commission Records,
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.
Newlee Family Papers
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.
Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History Collection,
The Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History collection contains oral history interviews, transcripts, notes, newspaper clippings, historic district survey forms, a video tape, and a geological survey map related to the creation of the Greater Newport Rural Historic District. The collection dates from 1973 to 2009, although it does include a typed copy of a 1904 Giles County will.