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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 1954 Collections and/or Records:

James Taylor Inventory of Estate

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-035
Abstract

Estate inventory of James Taylor, of Patrick County, Virginia, signed by George Fulcher, M. Sandefun, Wm. Jones and Jno. Clark.

Dates: 1814

John H. Taylor Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-050
Abstract

The Taylor correspondences collection includes two types of materials: envelopes from correspondence, mostly to Taylor; and correspondence to and from Taylor, largely dating between 1859 and 1861. Correspondence includes Taylor's daily news, as well as news from family and friends. Several 1860 and 1861 letters mention politics at the start of the Civil War.

Dates: 1859 - 1877; Majority of material found within 1860 - 1861

Robert A. Taylor Business Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-173
Abstract

Robert A. Taylor was a ginsing merchant from Baltimore, Maryland. Records deal with sales of ginsing to the Preston family of Abingdon, Virginia, and include invoices and correspondence.

Dates: 1825 - 1926

Robert Creede Taylor Family Reference Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2006-024
Abstract

The collection consists of a timeline and copies of documentation about Robert Creede Taylor, a former student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, and his family during the years 1866 to 1915 gathered by R. C. Taylor's great-grandson.

Dates: 2003 - 2006

Welford D. Taylor Collection on Sherwood Anderson

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-020
Abstract

This collection contains several series of materials: correspondence to and from Sherwood Anderson, correspondence and research files about Sherwood Anderson, and a small group of photographs, audio, video, and graphic art materials. Materials generated by Anderson date from 1918-1940. Other materials date from about 1929-2006.

Dates: 1918-2006, n.d.

Tazewell County, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0183
Abstract

Map shows key to places of historical interest within Tazewell County, Virginia, with illustrations of those locations bordering the map.

Dates: 1976

Tech Buccaneers

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-078
Scope and Contents

As of December 2011, displayed in Purcell's office



Dates: n.d.

Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia Cabinet Cards,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-024
Abstract

The collection consists of 23 cabinet cards featuring individuals, couples, children, and adults. Images were taken by photographers and photographic studios in Bristol, TN/VA, Bluefield, West Virginia., and several towns in Southwest Virginia.

Dates: c.1880s-1890s

The Greenbrier (Resort), West Virginia, Menus,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-002
Abstract

The collection contains 12 menus from lunches and dinners at the Greenbrier Resort (White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia) between 1973 and 1976, as well as one from a dinner in 1986.

Dates: 1973-1976, 1986