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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 1988 Collections and/or Records:

National Ideal Benefit Society Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2026-081
Abstract

This collection contains material related to the National Ideal Benefit Society. Items include a program for the "Tenth Annual Session of the Supreme Lodge of the National Ideal Benefit Society, Inc. September 5,6,7, 1922", checks made out to third parties from the Society, and a small broadside for Thanksgiving services put on by the Society.

Dates: 1912 - 1926

Natural Bridge

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Art-070

Natural Tunnel, Scott County, Virginia, Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-085
Abstract

The Natural Tunnel, Scott County, Virginia, Collection consists of a wood postcard printed with a sketch of the tunnel. On the back is a message to Mrs. Chaz Etter in Rural Retreat, Virginia. The photocopy of a sketch of Natural Tunnel comes from a book by William Cullen Bryant and Oliver Bell Bunce, originally published in 1872.

Dates: 1872, [c.1932-1958]

Naval Review, Jamestown Exposition, 26th April 1907

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0142
Abstract

Map charts water between Hampton, Newport News, and the Jamestown Exposition Grounds in Virginia.

Dates: 1907

Marvin H. Neel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2016-022
Abstract

This collection includes biographical resources, ephemera, correspondence, and writings and woodcut prints by and related to Marvin H. Neel (1908-1978), created between 1933 and 1988.

Dates: 1933 - 1988

Nelson Co. Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0124
Abstract

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

Dates: 1913

Nelson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-021
Abstract

This collection contains papers (primarily correspondence and Civil War documents) from the Nelson family of Clarke County, Virginia, 1783-1872, n.d.

Dates: 1783-1872, n.d.

New Alexandria Land and River Improvement Company Ledgers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-083
Abstract

The collection includes two ledgers for the New Alexandria Land and River Improvement Company dated from 1892-1906. The ledgers contain documentation of transactions, land sales, commissions, and loans with detailed accounts of revenues and interest.

Dates: 1892 - 1906

New Jersey Zinc Corporation (Austinville, VA) Records II,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-037
Abstract

The New Jersey Zinc Corporation Records II contains maps, surveys, memoranda, and reports related to the New Jersey Zinc Company.

Dates: 1925 - 1969

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