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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 1964 Collections and/or Records:

Squire Bosworth Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-060
Abstract

The collection contains the papers of Squire Bosworth, a physician and county court clerk of Randolph County, Virginia (later West Virginia), including correspondence, legal papers, and financial documents.

Dates: 1848 - 1892

Rick Boucher Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-048
Abstract The Rick Boucher Papers, 1968-2017, document his career in the Virginia State Senate, 1975-1982, and in the United States Congress as the Representative of Virginia's 9th District, 1983-2011. The collection consists of press releases, Boucher's writings, mailers he distributed, information about his campaigns and elections, scripts of speeches he gave, news clippings about him and issues he worked on, correspondence, information about grants that he worked on, and audiovisual materials...
Dates: 1968 - 2017; Majority of material found within ( 1975-2011)

Henry B. Boynton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-002
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of architect Henry B. Boynton. The bulk of the materials consists of financial and organizational material for the firm of Smithey & Boynton, and awards and honors bestowed on Boynton.

Dates: 1931 - 1991

Herman J. Bradley Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-074
Abstract

Two letters associated with Herman J. Bradley, a Union soldier during the American Civil War, written to members of his family from Camp Butterfield and Camp Cedar Creek, [Virginia]. Includes a letter written on Bradley's behalf by Darius Russell regarding Bradley's ill health, and a letter from Bradley to his father in which he mentions guerilla action in the area and their recent capture of General Alfred N. Duffie.

Dates: 1861, n.d.

Carter Braxton Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1966-001
Abstract

The collection contains copies of four letters written by Carter Braxton from Chericoke in King William County, Virginia to Dr. C. C. Cocke of Fluvanna County, Virginia.

Dates: 1842 - 1843

Jane Rhodes Brewer Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-049
Abstract

The Jane Rhodes Brewer Diary contains entries of her daily activities with a focus on health, family, and religion in 1882.

Dates: 1882

Brian Ackler Papers, 1968-1971 (Ms1990-047)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1990-047

Bridges & Sanders, New River Nursery Receipt,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-051
Abstract

The collections contains a receipt for D. S. Peirce dated September 18, 1874, for the purchase of apples from the New River Nursery in Jackson's Ferry, Wythe County, Va.

Dates: 1874 - 1874

Bristol-Moore Stamp Kit

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-078
Abstract

The Bristol-Moore Stamp Kit, a leather stamp case, is in a protective cover marked "Moore Brothers"—a store previously located in Bristol, Virginia/Tennessee. The stamp case is monogrammed with the initials "I.C.F."

Dates: [c.1854-1863?]

Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0780
Abstract

Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia. Bristol Chamber of Commerce, [1965]. 22 x 29 in. [FOLDER C-2]

Dates: [1965]