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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:

Plat of Survey of Property to be Acquired by the Town of Blacksburg

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0301
Abstract Map shows the plat of land acquired by the Town of Blacksburg (Virginia) for use as the Blacksburg Colored Graveyard. Note reads: "Property to be acquired by the TOWN OF BLACKSBURG and shown inclosed within the HEAVY lines hereon is all of the same land acquired by:- 1. Trs. of the Colored Grave Yard Association of Blacksburg, D. B. 58, page 281, and 2. Trs. of the Blacksburg Colored Graveyard Association, D. V. 219, page 332. "Part of the property to be acquired may be referred to as a part...
Dates: Sept. 9, 1968
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Plat of Survey of Property to be Acquired by the Town of Blacksburg

Plat of Survey of Property to be Acquired by the Town of Blacksburg (revised)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0305
Abstract Map shows the plat of land acquired by the Town of Blacksburg (Virginia) for use as the Blacksburg Colored Graveyard. It is revised from the 1968 survey. Note reads: "Property to be acquired by the TOWN OF BLACKSBURG and shown inclosed within the HEAVY lines hereon is all of the same land acquired by:- 1. Trs. of the Colored Grave Yard Association of Blacksburg, D. B. 58, page 281, and 2. Trs. of the Blacksburg Colored Graveyard Association, D. V. 219, page 332. "Part of the property to be...
Dates: 1989
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Plat of Survey of Property to be Acquired by the Town of Blacksburg (revised)

Plat of the H. D. Linkous Land, Now KACC, Price Mountain

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0292
Abstract

Map shows the H. D. Linkous land at Price Mountain, near Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1948
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Plat of the H. D. Linkous Land, Now KACC, Price Mountain

Plutonic Map of the U. S. Appalachians: the Appalachian-Caledonide Orogen (2 sheets)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0834
Dates: n.d.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Plutonic Map of the U. S. Appalachians: the Appalachian-Caledonide Orogen (2 sheets)

Pocahontas Quadrangle

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0803
Dates: 1944
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Pocahontas Quadrangle

Pocahontas, Virginia, Carte de Visite

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-081
Abstract

The collection consists of a carte de visite of an unidentified man taken by photographer P. W. Poff from Pocahontas, Virginia.

Dates: [c.1890s]
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Pocahontas, Virginia, Carte de Visite

Stephen F. Poindexter Civil War Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-042
Abstract This collection consists of a May 10, 1864, letter written by Stephen F. Poindexter of the 10th Virginia Cavalry, Confederate Army, at Union Hall, Franklin County, Virginia. Written to his cousin W.H. Smith of the 2nd Missouri Infantry of the Confederate Army, Poindexter begs his cousin to reply to his letters, inquires after the health of Smith's uncle Jim, and informs Smith of the capture of Poindexter's brother by Union Army forces. The letter closes by directing any reply correspondence...
Dates: May 10, 1864
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Stephen F. Poindexter Civil War Letter,

Points of Interest, City of Richmond, Virginia, and Environs

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0160
Abstract

Map shows various points of interest within the city of Richmond, along with an index.

Dates: 1923
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Points of Interest, City of Richmond, Virginia, and Environs

Population Near Hampton Roads, Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0056
Abstract

Map shows the population of the United States with Norfolk at the center, demonstrating the population density of the eastern seaboard. Map was published in conjunction with the commemoration of the settlement of Jamestown. Map is foldable, and cover, which contains an engraving of a Native American man, remains intact.

Dates: 1907
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Population Near Hampton Roads, Va.

J. C. Porter Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-079
Abstract

Photographic album containing approximately 240 photographs (all c. 1890) of structures and scenes in several southwestern Virginia counties, including Bland, Craig, Giles, and Smyth.

Dates: c. 1890
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / J. C. Porter Photograph Album

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