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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 1952 Collections and/or Records:

Grover W. Underhill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-014
Abstract

The collection consists of a text from radio talk titled "The Insect Menace to Log Cabins and Rustic Woodwork," given by entomologist Grover W. Underhill in 1935.

Dates: 1935

Union Army Special Order (Montgomery County, VA),

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-032
Abstract

The collection contains a handwritten special order issued by the Union army to Captain Thomas Gregg of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the New River Valley Records

 Class
Identifier: Ms-1988-001
Abstract

This collection includes the records of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the New River Valley, including programs and newsletters, membership lists, and historical essays.

Dates: 1958 - 1987

United Daughters of the Confederacy, Dr. Harvy Black Chapter Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-050
Abstract

This collection contains the records of Dr. Harvy Black Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. It contains files devoted to local Confederate veterans, as well as chapter financial records, minute books, membership records, printed materials and scrapbooks.

Dates: 1862 - 2010

United States of America, Southern Part

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0025
Abstract

Map encompasses area from the mouth of the Mississippi River to the Chesapeake Bay. Map is hand-colored and is from Pinkerton's A Modern Atlas.

Dates: 1809

Martin Urner Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-041
Abstract

The collection contains a single ledger from Martin Urner’s harness and saddle-making business in New Market, Virginia. The ledger includes customer and payment information from 1867 to 1881.

Dates: 1867 - 1881

Lucy Dickinson Urquhart Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-046
Abstract

The Lucy Dickinson Urquhart Papers, 1865-1973, contain correspondence, newspaper clippings, and poetry and advertisements by Lucy Dickinson Urquhart (1881-1975), an advertising copywriter and local historian in Virginia. The collection also includes correspondence, papers, and other materials related to her family.

Dates: 1865 - 1973

U.S. Circuit Court Criminal Docket - Bickley Mills, VA,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-085
Abstract

Collection consists of the criminal docket of the U.S. Circuit Court located in Bickley Mills, Virginia (Russell County). Entries date from 1893 through 1897. Also present are documents related to correspondence and receipts to William Jessee, the constable of Russell County. These documents date from 1906 through 1907.

Dates: 1893 - 1907

Va Polytechnic Institute Abattoir and Piggery (Plans and Elevations)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0355
Abstract

Document shows the Abattoir and Piggery plans and elevations at VPI, circa 1902.

Dates: [1902?]

Va. Polytechnic Institute, Plan of Steam Mains and Returns and Contours

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0356
Abstract

Map shows steam mains and returns, along with the topography near the boiler plant on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute campus.

Dates: ca. 1911