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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:

J. M. Tise Ledger and Tise Family Receipts

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-034
Abstract

This collection contains an account book kept by J. M. Tise, manager of the Floyd County Electric Company at Sower's Mill Dam in Floyd County, Virginia, from 1923 to 1934. This collection also contains receipts kept by the Tise family from 1825 to 1865.

Dates: 1798 - 1937

Title Map of the Coal Field of the Great Kanawha Valley

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0371
Abstract

Map shows the Great Kanawha Coal Field, in West Virginia. In addition to the map, which identifies title claimants and contains some hand-written annotations, the map provides navigational and distance charts, descriptions of rail and water communication, improvements to the area, and geological descriptions, especially regarding coal deposits.

Dates: 1867

Topographical Map of Norfolk, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0155
Abstract

Map shows topography and plan of teh city of Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: 1880

[Topographical Maps of Virginia] (37 maps)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0053
Abstract This collection of topographical maps was separated from the J. Hoge Tyler Family Collection (Ms1967-002). The set is comprised of 37 individually titled maps, arranged by assigned, pencilled-in numbers according to geographic location, with 1 (Winchester) being in the northwest and 34 (Norfolk) in the southeast. (The list below includes penciled numbers in parentheses.) Three additional maps are labeled A-C (Richmond, Bermuda Hundred, and Petersburg) and consist of a smaller-scale...
Dates: 1889-1894, 1906

[Topographical Maps of Virginia] (42 maps)

 Class — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0093
Abstract

Collection is a group of topographical maps from various regions of Virginia. Maps come from several different sets, published in different decades.

Dates: 1886 - 1961; Majority of material found within 1941 - 1945

[Topographical Maps of Virginia] (52 maps)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0058
Abstract This collection of topographical maps was separated from the J. Ambler Johnston Papers (Ms1974-012). The set is comprised of 52 individually titled maps, arranged in alphabetical order, each map (with the exception of the Christiansburg map, which may not be part of the original set) bearing a penciled-in number that coincides with its sequence in the alphabetical arrangement. The maps represent editions dating between 1891 and 1966, referring to surveys performed between 1883 and 1966....
Dates: 1919

Town of Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0259
Abstract

Map shows control and traverse stations in Blacksburg, Virginia. It is a photocopy of a sketch.

Dates: 1981

Town of Blacksburg Official Street Map

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0261
Abstract

Map shows the streets of Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: January 1965

Town of Blacksburg, Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0267
Abstract

Map shows streets of Blacksburg, Virginia, identifying the VPI campus and the Gables Shopping Center, where Firestone, the provider of this map, is located.

Dates: 1965