Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1952 Collections and/or Records:
Sylvatus, Virginia Quadrangle,
Sylvatus, Virginia Quadrangle. U. S. Geological Survey, 1965. 22 x 27 in. [FOLDER C-2]
T. B. Heck & A. D. Elliott Broadside
This collection includes a broadside from the Lexington (Virginia) Gazette in 1865, advertising T. B. Heck & A. D. Elliott, "Cabinet Making and Undertaking", which also sold coffins and would barter with customers for goods.
Talking About Work Oral History Interview Project,
Oral history interviews conducted by students of Dr. Emily Satterwhite's HUM 2504 Introduction to American Studies class with interviewees who work on or near the Virginia Tech campus. Interviews explore the particular jobs of the interviewees and the issues related to working for these interviewees. The collection also contains annotated bibliographies and reflections papers created by students about their interview experience. There are images of some of the interviewees.
Martha Ann Hite Tant Genealogy Records
Photocopies of genealogical research and records, including family Bible records, family group sheets, and pedigree charts relating to ancestors of Martha Ann Hite Tant, including the Agee, Brown, Davenport, Davidson, Floyd, Haden, Harman, Hite/Hight, Linkous, Marrs, May, Mills, Owen(s), Preston, Salmon(s), Scott, Shelton, and Trollinger families, of Henry, Montgomery, Pittsylvania, and Tazewell counties, Virginia, and elsewhere.
Tarter Family Papers,
The collection includes a letter from J. W. & Susan M. Tarter to J. W.'s brother, Confederate soldier James H. Tarter; a CSA envelope, and James H.'s Oath of Allegiance certificate.
Tarter Family Papers, 1862, 1865 (Ms2012-021)
James Tarter Ledgers
This collection contains financial documents, personal records, and ephemera related to the medical practice of Dr. James E. Tarter of Wytheville, Virginia, from about 1879 to 1941.
William J. Tarter Account Books
The collection contains cost office and business ledgers are from William J. Tarter, a merchant and postmaster of Favonia (Wythe County), Virginia.
Leland B. Tate Papers
The collection contains newspaper clippings relating to industrial and economic development in the New River Valley, with an emphasis on the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, together with studies titled "Facts About the Blacksburg Community" and "Some Facts About Virginia's People."
Allen Taylor Ledger
The Allen Taylor ledger contains documentation of Taylor's work as an attorney in Montgomery and neighboring southwestern Virginia counties.