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 1918 Collections and/or Records:
William Avery Stratton Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-114
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence to William Avery Stratton from friends and family. Letters date from as early as the American Civil War (1864) to the year after Stratton's death (1940). For the most part, letters are about social and family news, though some of the early letters contain Civil War and post-bellum news from the South. Letters from friends in Oregon, Colorado, and Nevada also provide details on Indian affairs, railroad growth, and cattle in the West. The collection also...
Dates:
1864 - 1940; Majority of material found within 1864 - 1880
Street Map and Guide to Blacksburg, Virginia
Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0269
Abstract
Map shows streets of Blacksburg, Virginia, with local businesses advertised around the border. Document also contains index for main buildings of VPI.
Dates:
1956
Erasmus Stribling and David Fultz Indenture
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-033
Abstract
The Erasmus Stribling and David Fultz Indenture, dated September 21, 1830, is between Stribling of Augusta County, Virginia, and Fultz of Bath County for the "term yet to come" for the work of enslaved people who Stribling "hired" from other enslavers. Some of the enslaved people named in the document include George Hodge, Sam Hamilton, Morriss, Sam McClintick, Big James, and Little James. They are listed as "employed on the Jackson River Turnpike in the possession and under the management...
Dates:
1830
Charles S. Stringfellow Note
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-052
Abstract
The collection contains a note written by Major Charles S. Stringfellow at Christiansburg, Virginia, to Colonel W. L. Jackson on May 25, 1862.
Dates:
1862
Letters to W. A. Stuart,
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-041
Abstract
The collection contains two letters addressed to W.A. Stuart (also spelled Stewart in one letter) dated August 8, 1891 and August 21, 1891. The letters concern developments with White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.
Dates:
1891 - 1891
Studio portrait of Henry and Lily Wilson's children
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1967-002_Tyler_photo046
Dates:
n.d.
Studio portrait of James Hoge Tyler Wilson and Lily Norwood Wilson
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1967-002_Tyler_photo048
Dates:
n.d.
Studio portrait of the Henry H. Wilson family
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1967-002_Tyler_photo050
Dates:
n.d.
Subdivision Map of the John L. Eakin Farm, Blacksburg, Va.
Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0280
Abstract
Map in blueprint shows the John Leakin Farm in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Dates:
1919