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 1972 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to Robert Reid
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-026
Abstract
The Letters to Robert Reid contain two letters written to Reid. The first letter by James McCall in Glasgow, Scotland, dated March 16, 1765, discusses recent family events and credit on an account. The second, undated letter is by William Snodgrass about a business deal.
Dates:
1765, undated
Rendering of Braddock Street Methodist Church, Winchester, Virginia
Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-065
Rendering of Proposed Clearbrook School, Roanoke County, Virginia
Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-064
Rendering of the National Bank of Blacksburg
Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-067
Repass/Spangler Family Correspondence,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-061
Abstract
The collection includes two original letters, one 1936 handwritten copy of an 1861 letter, and an undated letter. All correspondence relates to the Repass and Spangler families of Wythe County, Virginia.
Dates:
1861, 1936, undated
Report of the Joint Subcommittee Studying Hunger and Malnutrition in the Commonwealth to the Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia
, , 1985
Item — Folder 1
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
This collection contains the final and draft versions of a report from the Virginia Congress on Hunger discussing hunger and poverty in the Commonwealth of Virginia, entitled Hunger and Poverty In Virginia: Revisiting the 1985 Report of the Joint Subcommittee Studying Hunger and Malnutrition in the Commonwealth. The report was submitted to the Governor and the General Assembly of Virginia and revisits findings in a previous report by the Virginia Congress on Hunger made...
Dates:
1985
Report that Col. Preston was not re-elected for duty. Signed: G. E. Pickett, Camp near Laurel Church, May 19, 1862 (Ms1992-003)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F9_PickettGE_1862_0519
Dates:
1862-05-19
Republican Party Broadside, Wythe County, Virginia,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-042
Abstract
This broadside supports Congressional Reconstruction, and opposes backsliding Republicans.
Dates:
1874 - 1874
Request for continued leave of absence. Signed: Wm. T. Patton, Mount Joy, February 22, 1862 (Ms1992-003)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F8_PattonWT_1862_0222
Dates:
1862-02-22
Request to Assume Former Position at Mason's Hill, Signed Col. Preston, undated (Ms1992-003)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_LongstreetPrestonII
Dates:
n.d.