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:
Petersburg
Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0148
Abstract
Hand-drawn depiction of Petersburg, in pencil. Illustrator is unknown. Beneath the illustration is this caption: "This view is taken on an eminence about half a mile north of the central part of the town. In the center is seen the Depot of the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad on the right the Appomattox view, and beyond the principal part of Petersburg."
Dates:
nd
Petition, Filed in Claim of Squire Bosworth Estate Against U.S. Government for Wartime Losses, November 6, 1888 (Ms2010-060)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010_060_BosworthSquires_Petition_1888_1106
Dates:
1888-11-06
Pettigrew Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-031
Abstract
This collection includes materials from multiple generations of the Pettigrew family ranging from the 1820s to the 1940s. Materials include financial documents, legal documents, correspondence, and ephemera.
Dates:
1820 - 1949
John Howe Peyton Letter
File
Identifier: Ms-1977-001
Abstract
The collecton consists of a letter from John Howe Peyton in Staunton to his first wife's mother, Elizabeth Preston Madison (1762-1837) at Fotheringay, Montgomery County, Virginia.
Dates:
1821
Photograph, 1, WV, September 16, 1961 (Ms1988-047)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_Photo_WmHFrenchMarkerDedication_1961_0916_001
Dates:
1865 - 1961
Photograph, 2, WV, September 16, 1961 (Ms1988-047)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_Photo_WMHFrenchMarkerDedication_1961_0916_006_
Dates:
1865 - 1961
Photograph, Dedication Service for Col J. H. French, WV, September 16, 1961 (Ms1988-047)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_Photo_WmHFrenchMarkerDedication_1961_0916_003_
Dates:
1865 - 1961
Photograph, Flag Bearers, WV, September 16, 1961 (Ms1988-047)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_Photo_WmHFrenchMarkerDedication_1961_0916_005_
Dates:
1865 - 1961
Photograph, Headstone of William H. French, 1, WV, September 16, 1961 (Ms1988-047)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988_047_EllettFamily_Photo_WmHFrenchMarkerDedication_1961_0916_002
Dates:
1865 - 1961