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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 1979 Collections and/or Records:

State of Virginia, Virginia Geological Survey, Millboro Quadrangle

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0059
Abstract

Map is a topographical map that also shows county boundaries and some traveling roads. It is part of a larger map, though it sits alone in this collection. The reverse of the map contains information about topographical maps, as well as symbols used in the maps.

Dates: 1949

Statement of wheat received, James Wade to Robert T. Preston, Salem, December 12, 1862 (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F10_Statement_1862_1212

Stephens Mink Ranch Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-005
Abstract

The Stephens Mink Ranch Collection contains an informational pamphlet titled "Pen Raising the Mink" by G.S. Stephens alomg with a 1927 postcard containing information about purchasing a mink from Stephens Mink Farm.

Dates: 1927, undated

Stern Old Bachelor's Club [Blacksburg, Virginia] Minute Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-017
Abstract

Photocopy of a minute book from the Stern Old Bachelor's Club, a Blacksburg, Virginia men's social club, including the club's constitution, membership lists, and guest registers.

Dates: 1928 - 1932

Stimmel Distilling Company Form

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-028
Abstract

The Stimmel Distilling Company Form consists of a single form with a price list on one side and an order blank on the reverse.

Dates: c.1915

Stone Printing & Manufacturing Ephemera,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-051
Abstract

Collection includes ephemera printed by Stone Printing & Manufacturing, as well as some business materials: correspondence, mailings, pamphlets, illustrations, and a file of mounted newspaper clippings.

Dates: 1897-1950, undated

Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company Christmas Cards,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-081
Abstract

The collection contains three hand-drawn Christmas cards and one envelope (addressed to L. Franklin Moore) from the Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company.

Dates: 1949

Stone's Official Map of Roanoke County,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0767

Stories of Segregation in Bluefield, Virginia Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-076
Scope and Content

This collection was donated as a research project on the personal significance of the historically segregated neighborhoods of Bluefield, West Virginia, and Bluefield, Virginia. Gregory Galford, Vonnia Davis, Micaela Appelbaum, and Jessica Taylor interviewed residents and former residents of these segregated neighborhoods to reconstruct a previously unrecorded history of how segregated space in this regional hub has changed over time.

Dates: 2023