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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:

Roanoke County Confederate States of America Pension Forms

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-011
Abstract

This collection consists of applications for pension from Confederate veterans and/or their widows residing in Roanoke, Virginia. Although undated, these applications are likely from the 1910s-1930s.

Dates: undated

Roanoke Hospital Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-037
Abstract

The collection consists of Roanoke Hospital Association administrative records.

Dates: c. 1931-1950

Roanoke Quadrangle

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0802

Roanoke Railway and Electric Company Photo Album

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2003_002_RoanokeRailway_Photographs

Roanoke Railway and Electric Company Photo Album

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-002
Abstract

A photo album featuring images of the Roanoke Railway and Electric Company buildings and lines, as well as scenic views in the Roanoke area.

Dates: c.1909

Roanoke Valley Academy of Medicine Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-027
Abstract

This collection contains records from the Roanoke Valley Academy of Medicine from 1905 to 2016. Records include newsletters, history, and organizational documents. The organization formed in 1905 and dissolved in 2019.

Dates: 1874, 1905-2016

Roanoke, Virginia, Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1932-001
Abstract

Scrapbook containing essays, photographs, reports, maps and ephemera, compiled to promote Roanoke as the site of a proposed new Veterans Administration hospital in Southwest Virginia.

Dates: 1931 - 1932

G. E. Roberts Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-026
Abstract

The G. E. Roberts Letter contains information pertaining to an African American man shooting a white doctor, Dr. Hammet, in Christiansburg, VA. The letter is written to Walter J. Reeve in Central Depot, VA on February 8, 1874.

Dates: 1874-02-08

Alexander Farish Robertson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-090
Abstract

The Alexander Farish Robertson Papers contains correspondence, account books, and assorted documents, dating from 1867 to 1931. The majority of the material pertains to the legal practice of Robertson (1853-1938) who as an attorney, made a specialty of chancery and fiduciary matters.

Dates: 1867 - 1931