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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:

Southwest Virginia: Mineral Resources and Railway Facilities

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0177
Abstract

Map shows mineral resource distribution and railways throughout southwestern Virginia. It also contains a legend of symbol explanation, as well as a table of distances, and an inset map shows the eastern seaboard of the United States.

Dates: 1883

Southwest Virginia Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-014
Abstract

This collection contains over one hundred photographs from a family that lived in southwest Virginia during the period of 1913 through 1917. Several pictures depict Virginia Tech (VPI) during this period. Other images show the family's travels throughout the American South.

Dates: ca. 1913-1917

Southwest Virginia Vertical Files (List of Subjects),

 Collection
Identifier: VerticalFile-003
Scope and Content

In general, vertical files at Special Collections and University Archives include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to the New River Valley and counties and locations throughout Southwest Virginia. Each topic below has at least one folder and many include cross references.

Dates: 1960s-present

Souvenir program, John R. Hutcheson Dinner, Blacksburg Va., November 13, 1944

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2015-001_B1F19_HutchesonJohnDinner_souvenirprogram_1944_1113

Spahr Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-005
Abstract

The Spahr Family Collection contains records of rent payments at the Hilltop Gardens Trailer Park and clippings about Joel Bush Spahr's landscaping hobby. Hilltop Gardens Trailer Park, run by the Spahrs, operated from 1959 to 1999 on property to the northwest of Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1959 - 1991