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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:

Randolph Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-011
Abstract

The collection contains selected transcriptions of correspondence and documents of the Randolph family of Virginia. These documents depict family situations, events leading up to the American Civil War, and conditions during the war.

Dates: 1851 - 2004; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1865

Lingan S. Randolph Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1979-007
Abstract

The Lingan S. Randolph Papers includes papers with specifications for the details of labor and materials for the installation of a steam heating system at Sweet Briar Institute, Amherst, Virginia.

Dates: undated

Lucy Randolph Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-031
Abstract

Two-page letter from Lucy Randolph of New Market, Virginia, to Patsy, a woman she formerly enslaved.

Dates: n.d.

Rappahannock County, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0133
Abstract

Map is surrounded by large blocks of text describing the county's geographical and geological characteristics.

Dates: 1877

Receipt, for Subscription to The Whig (Newspaper), Squire Bosworth, April 4, 1854 (Ms2010-060)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010_060_BosworthSquires_WhigSubscription_1854_0404

Receipt, for Subscription to The Whig (Newspaper), Squire Bosworth, December 9, 1855 (Ms2010-060)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010_060_BosworthSquires_WhigSubscription_1855_1209

Receipt, for Subscription to The Whig (Newspaper), Squire Bosworth, February 25, 1853 (Ms2010-060)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010_060_BosworthSquires_WhigSubscription_1853_0225

Receipt, for Subscription to The Whig (Newspaper), Squire Bosworth, June 11, 1855 (Ms2010-060)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010_060_BosworthSquires_WhigSubscription_1855_0611