Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1972 Collections and/or Records:
John P. Sheffey Papers
This collection includes the letters of a Confederate cavalry officer to his wife in Wytheville, Virginia, together with other Civil War and family correspondence, military documents, writings, printed material and ephemera.
Shell Family Papers
Materials document the history of the Shell family of Montgomery County, Virginia.
Shell Official Road Map of Delaware - Maryland - Virginia - W. Virginia; Shell Official Road Map of Kentucky - Tennessee
Item is a color road map of the states in the title, with index of cities and towns. Reverse shows a map of Kentucky and Tennessee, with a mileage table and a list of radio stations in the geographic region.
Jacob Sherman Legal Documents
The Jacob Sherman Legal Documents contain a complaint of Jacob Sherman and the testimony of Burgess R. Linkous regarding the sale of an enslaved person in Western Virginia in 1858.
Sherwood Anderson Collection, 1912-1938 (Ms1973-002)
F. I. Shipman Letter
Letter from Union soldier, writing from Petersburg, Virginia, to his father. The letter mentions prospects for peace, the activities of his regiment, and personal news.
Shoemaker Ledgers (North Carolina),
The collection includes three ledger books from a shoemaker in North Carolina. Dating from 1851 to at least 1860, they contain customer lists, orders, and records of payments.
Letter to Ruth H. Shootman
The collection consists of a three-page letter written December 5th, 1846, from Harriet of Sandy River Church, Virginia (a town in Prince Edward County) to "Miss Ruth H. Shootman, Big Lick, Roanoke, Va."
Shelton Hardaway Short, III, Papers
The Shelton Hardaway Short, III, Papers consist of photocopies of news clippings and writings by and about Short's activities, in addition to photocopies of diplomas, certificates, and awards. Topics include Short's donation of his father's papers to the Marshall Foundation in Lexington, Virginia; canoeing on the Meherrin River; his research on Patrick Henry; and the dedication of the Forestry Center in Mechlenburg County named in honor of his parents.