Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1964 Collections and/or Records:
Wyndham Robertson Collection
This collection consists of correspondence between Wyndham Robertson and John G. English, a promissory note, and a copy of The Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia, Bulletin with a biography of Robertson.
Robeson Family Ledger
The Robeson Family Ledger contains various expenses and earnings of the family in Farmville, Virginia, from 1894-1908. The ledger includes records of several tenants and renters and documents payments to various companies. Payments were also made to a fraternal order called the Progressive Endowment Guild of America. Of interest is a mention of one servant, a woman named Lizzie Ligon, who was discharged in 1894. There is also a loose receipt from the Farmville Steam Laundry in 1908.
David Tobias Robinson Confederate Company List
S. C. Robinson Letter
Letter to S. C. Robinson, of Botetourt County, Virginia, from an unidentified slaveholder in Mount Airy, [Virginia], discusses the enslaved men recently hired out to Robinson and offering to hire out a young boy for the coming year.
Rockbridge County, Virginia, Legal Document for Bastardy
This legal document details the process by which Mary McDowell–an unmarried woman of color–names the father of her child. The Justice of the Peace orders the father to make payments in support of his child.
William G. Rogers Correspondence
This collection contains six letters of William G. Rogers, a mercantile businessman from Highland County, Virginia. The letters contain the correspondence between Rogers and the businessmen that he was doing dealing with.
Roller Valley Mill [Craig County, Virginia] Scrapbook
The Roller Valley Mill [Craig County, Virginia] Scrapbook contains a handwritten survey of the abandoned flour mill done for the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (Montgomery County Branch).
Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection
The Rosanna Croy Dawson Collection includes materials from 1847-1907. The collection contains information relating to the Croy Dawson Family and supposedly the only woman-run business in Blacksburg, VA at that time.
Rosemont Corporation Ledgers
This collection contains sales and expense ledgers of Rosemont Corporation, a Marion, Virginia, manufacturer and seller of textiles.
Royall Family Papers
Court documents relating the estate of William Royall, of what is today Monroe County, West Virginia, including two bonds signed by his widow, Anne Royall, and a the verdict of a jury called to determine the legitimacy of the will.