Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Use this for collections relating to Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, West Virginia, and Appalachia.Found in 1979 Collections and/or Records:
Solitude Letter
Love letter written by L'incounnue ("The Unknown") at Solitude (the Preston home in Blacksburg, Virginia) in 1860, and addressed to "Miss Martha."
Solitude Photographs and Papers
This collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and several other papers containing information about Solitude, the oldest building on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Henry Clay Sommerville Letters
Letters written to Henry Clay Sommerville, a surgeon serving in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War, written by friends and relatives in Liberty (now Bedford), Virginia, including William Sommerville, M. R. Scruggs, H. Feild, and J. R. Tinsley, focusing largely on personal and local news.
South West-Virginia: Mineral Resources and Railway Facilities
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.
South West Virginia Resources
Map shows the distribution of natural resources throughout southwestern Virginia. It is in color and contains an explanatory legend with a note indicating likely future railroads. The map additionally contains an illustration of Penington's Gap in Lee County, Virginia, and a geological cross-section of the region.
Southern Section of the United States, Including Florida (reproduction)
Map encompasses the area from the Gulf of Mexico to the Chesapeake Bay. It includes various roads and routes, as well as the Gulf Stream and the Bahama Islands.
Southside Garden Club Records
Materials in the collection include newspaper clippings, minutes and yearbooks from the Blacksburg Woman's Club and organization reports, minutes, pressbooks, yearbooks, and scrapbooks from the Southside Garden Club.
Southview School, Roanoke County, Virginia
building by Smithey and Boynton Architects and Engineers
Southwest Virginia Counties Collection
The Southwest Virginia Counties Collection includes correspondence, manuscript memoranda and recipe books, and family papers from the Godwin, Young, Trevey, Williams and other families of Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Roanoke Counties.