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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 1952 Collections and/or Records:

Augustus Smith Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-017
Abstract

The Augustus Smith Family Collection consists of two letters--one (1864) from Smith in Greenville, Tennessee, to his mother, and another (1866) to General Alex E. Smith, his father, in Rural Mount, Virginia, from an unknown person, as well as newspaper clippings and genealogy materials concerning the American Civil War and other topics.

Dates: 1864 - 1926

Smith Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-018
Abstract

The collection contains forty-nine Civil War-era letters written by four brothers of Carroll County, Virginia: James R., Stephen Mitchell, William Alexander, and Barton Pierce Smith. All four served in Confederate units from Virginia. The collection also includes a family history and notes by Frederick R. Smith.

Dates: 1861-1865, 1912-1996, n.d. ; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1865

Smith Family Letters, 1861-1865, 1912-1996 (Ms1996-018)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1996-018
Dates: 1861-1865, 1912-1996, n.d.

Sue Smith Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-024
Abstract

The Sue Smith Letters are two letters by Smith in Purcellville, Virginia, to Anna Panevast in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, dated May 2, 1885 and December 2, 1886. Smith notes that she misses Panevast and describes personal and familial life updates, such as traveling and moving plans, an engagement rumour, and illnesses.

Dates: 1885 - 1886

Smithey & Boynton, Architects & Engineers Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-027
Abstract

The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey & Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957.

Dates: 1922 - 1985

Smithfield Plantation House Architectural Drawings,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-053
Abstract Smithfield Plantation is the historic home of the Preston family, one of the founding families of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. In November 1958 the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) authorized the organization of the Montgomery County branch for the specific purpose of acquiring and restoring Smithfield Plantation. Restoration of the building was begun in 1962 when the APVA's Montgomery County Branch raised the funds for renovation and...
Dates: n.d.

Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-002
Abstract

The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Dates: 1784-1881, n.d.