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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 1964 Collections and/or Records:

Norfolk, Showing Property and Lines of the Norfolk and Western Railroad and Proposed Belt Line

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0149
Abstract

Large map shows the proposed line and existing lines in and around Norfolk. Additional maps show the terminal facilities at Lambert Point and the passenger and freight facilities at Norfolk.

Dates: 1890

Norfolk, Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0156
Abstract

Map shows business districts of Norfolk, Virginia, with business names and some tax statuses within plots of land.

Dates: 1929

Robert Younger Norman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-058
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Robert Younger Norman, a singer, laborer, and veteran. Most materials relate to the Pilgrim Gospel Singers, a Black gospel choir active in Virginia from 1951 through the 1970s, of which Norman was a member.

Dates: 1956 - 1976

John W. Norwood Letter to Francis T. Stribling

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-038
Abstract

The John W. Norwood Letter to Francis Stribling discusses the mental health of Norwood's wife and her paranoia torward the people they enslave.

Dates: 1851

Note, DAR Genealogy, n.d. (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_DAR_GenealogicalNote

Note, Excerpts from History of the Middle New River Settlement by David E. Johnston, 1, n.d. (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_Excerpt_HistoryMiddleNewRiverSettlements_001_

Note, Excerpts from History of the Middle New River Settlement by David E. Johnston, 2, n.d. (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_Excerpt_HistoryMiddleNewRiverSettlements_002_

Note, Excerpts from History of the Middle New River Settlement by David E. Johnston, Minerva Easley, n.d. (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_ExcerptMinervaEasley_HistoryMiddleNewRiverSettlements_003_

Note, Excerpts from History of the Middle New River Settlement by David E. Johnston, The Chapman Family, n.d. (Ms1988-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_ExcerptChapmanFamily_HistoryMiddleNewRiverSettlements_005_