Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1977 Collections and/or Records:
Tyler-Wilson Family Papers
The Tyler-Wilson Papers consist largely of correspondence of Virginia Governor James Hoge Tyler's family and his daughter Lily Tyler Wilson's family. Also includes a 1925 European travel diary maintained by Nancy E. Lukens.
U. S. Army Air Corps Photographs
The collection includes seven photographs showing U. S. Army Air Corps bombers and group bombing exercises. The photographs were taken during inspection and training exercises based out of Langely Field, near Hampton, Virginia, during March and April 1928.
Grover W. Underhill Papers
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.
Union Army Special Order (Montgomery County, VA),
The collection contains a handwritten special order issued by the Union army to Captain Thomas Gregg of the 8th Pennsylvania Cavalry.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the New River Valley Records
This collection includes the records of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of the New River Valley, including programs and newsletters, membership lists, and historical essays.
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Dr. Harvy Black Chapter Records
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.
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Radford, VA Chapter Records
This collection includes a log book from the organization containing meeting minutes, administrative information, and genealogy records on the families of organization members from 1896-1948. Also included in the collection are newspaper clippings, ephemera, and correspondence related to the organization.
United States of America, Southern Part
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.
Martin Urner Ledger
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.
Lucy Dickinson Urquhart Papers
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.