Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1952 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Rural Delivery Routes, Grayson County, Va.
Map shows postal routes in Grayson County, Virginia. It includes the number of routes each post office has.
Rural Retreat High School Educational Exhibit Book,
This collection contains a ledger book, circa 1914, containing academic work of students (math, history, and english). Each page includes the name and grade of the student, as well as the teacher.
Rural Retreat High School Visiting Cards
The Rural Retreat High School Visting Cards were made for students at the high school in Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia, around 1930. The collection include visiting cards and an original printing plate for a Miss Miriam K. Copenhaver. Other names on the cards include Bessie Louise Willard, Miss Edna E. Neff, Lewis A. Huddle, Garnett P. Miller, Mozelle Heldreth, and John A. Lindamood, Jr.
Rural Retreat, Virginia, Carte de Visite
The collection contains a carte de visite is of an unidentified woman taken by photographer W. A. Johnston from Rural Retreat, Virginia.
Rural Retreat (Virginia) Percheron Co-Operative Breeding Association Ledger,
The collection contains minutes, financial records, and notes about/from the Rural Retreat Percheron Co-Operative Breeding Association from 1939-1944.
Rural Retreat Water Mills Ledger,
Rural Retreat Produce & Milling Company until 1911, then Rural Retreat Water Mills. Ledger begins in 1915 and includes more than 200 customer names and accounts, plus records of items purchased.
Russell Family Correspondence
Minnie Lee Ryan Collection
The Minnie Lee Ryan Collection contains a May 28, 1922, letter from Jack
to Ryan about their relationship as well as a 1922 newspaper clipping entitled Blacksburg High School Graduates
listing Ryan, amongst others.
Salem Movie Theater
""Louis Philippe Smithey, A.I.A. Architect, Roanoke, Virginia""