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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:

Pulaski, Virginia, Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-017
Abstract

This collection contains a store ledger, possibly a general store, from Pulaski, Virginia, with accounts of purchases, customers, and goods, such as coffee, soda, fish, salt, etc.

Dates: 1887

R. Taylor Scott and R. Carter Scott Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-081
Abstract

The collection consists of over 500 correspondence and papers pertaining to the legal and political careers of Robert Taylor Scott and Richard Carter Scott, father and son, Virginia lawyers, judges, and politicians. The Scotts were partners in a Richmond based law firm, Scott & Scott, and both served as Virginia's Attorney General in the late nineteenth century.

Dates: 1890 - 1927

Radford Brick Company Cash Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-025
Abstract

The collection contains a cash ledger of the Radford Brick Company, which operated a manufacturing plant at Tiptop (Tazewell County), Virginia around the turn of the twentieth century.

Dates: 1889 - 1921

Radford, Montgomery Co., Va. (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0245
Abstract

Collection is an insurance map in six parts, with each part duplicated. Reproduction is in the negative.

Dates: 1891

Radford North Quadrangle, 7.5 minute series

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0243
Abstract

Topographical map shows the area north of Radford, Virginia, including Radford Army Ammunition Plant

Dates: 1965

Radford Quadrangle, 15 minute series (full color)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0099
Abstract

Map shows topography of area immediately surrounding Radford, Virginia. Unlike Map 0242, which is otherwise identical, this map is full color, depicting woodland areas in green.

Dates: 1950

Radford Quadrangle, 15 minute series (three color)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0242
Abstract

Map shows topography of area immediately surrounding Radford, Virginia. Unlike Map 0099, which is otherwise identical, this map features only three colors and does not depict woodland areas in green.

Dates: 1950

Radford, Virginia, East and West Wards

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0248
Abstract

Map of Radford, Virginia, shows city blocks. It contains several hand-written markings that identify different sections of the city.

Dates: 1930

Radford, Virginia. Lots of the Radford Land and Improvement Co.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0255
Abstract

Map shows lots in Radford, Virginia, belonging to Radford Land and Improvement Co. Accompanied by a broadside ("Price-List of Building Lots at Radford, on New River, Virginia, Until January 1st, 1889," under the name of J. Hampton Hoge, land agent) measuring 8 x 10.5", listing the prices of lots for sale. The map is hand-marked, showing lots that have been sold.

Dates: ca. 1889

Radford, Virginia, the Junction of Pocahontas Coke and Cripple Creek Minerals

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0250
Abstract

Map shows city blocks in Radford, Virginia, including a distance chart, travel and freight statistics, and a larger, contextual map.

Dates: ca. 1888