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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 1972 Collections and/or Records:

Henry Courtenay Selden Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-015
Abstract

The collection contains color photocopies and typed transcripts of letters from Henry Courtenay Selden, a student at Washington College and a private in the 3rd Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1861 - 1864

Self-Tour Map of Historic Newbern, the First County Seat of Pulaski County, 1839-1893

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0206
Abstract

Map provides the user with a self-guided tour of Newburn, Virginia, with historical notes and illustrations of significant sites.

Dates: 1994

Sessler Watkins Letter (Ms2008-084)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2008-084

Settlement Map of Pulaski County, Virginia, Showing Names of Settlers and Settlements of Historical Interest From the Mid-Seventeen Hundreds (2 copies)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0204
Abstract

Historical map shows locations of significant historical events in Pulaski County, Virginia. The map itself is surrounded by historical narrative, and it is bordered by names of significant historical persons. The reverse of the map contains the names of Pulaski County residents who served as soldiers in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1976

George Green Shackelford Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1983-008
Abstract The collection contains materials relating George Green Shackelford, a professor of history at Virginia Tech and includes clippings, correspondence, memoranda, bulletins, scrapbooks, and other materials relating to the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA); the National Trust; the New River Historical Association; the Virginia Landmark Commission the Democratic Committee of Montgomery County (Virginia); the Visiting Scholar Committee of the College of Arts and...
Dates: 1899 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1955 - 1989

George Green Shackelford Student Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-006
Abstract

The collection contains student papers from Dr. George Green Shackelford's Historic Preservation classes at Virginia Tech, spanning 1963-1989.

Dates: 1963 - 1989

Thomas Shannon Notification,

 File
Identifier: Ms-2013-066
Abstract

Notification issued by Thomas Shannon by the Montgomery Court in January 1799 requesting Aaron Graham and company to pay the rest of his debt by February 1st 1799.

Dates: 1799 - 1799

Shaver and Schaeffer Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-097
Abstract The Shaver and Schaeffer Family Collection consists of a variety of materials, which range in dates from 1872 to 1977. The collection includes photographs, Virginia Polytechnic Institute memorabilia, printed materials, such as coupons, advertisements, and pamphlets, ledgers, scrapbooks, correspondences, diplomas, certificates, family papers, ephemera, publications, newspaper pages, newspaper clippings, calling cards, pay stubs, church offering stubs, and additional materials collected by the...
Dates: 1872-1977

Eleanor F. Sheffey Certificate,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-034
Abstract

This collection contains one certificate of proficiency in German awarded to Miss. Eleanor F. Sheffey. The certificate was issued by the Stonewall Jackson Institute for the 1882 to 1883 session and is signed by the Institute President Alex L. Holladay.

Dates: 1882 - 1883