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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:

Virginia Ku Klux Klan Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2018-002
Abstract

This collection contains broadsides, booklets, flyers, short stories of the Virginia Ku Klux Klan in 1966. In addition, there are issues of The Fiery Cross (United Klans of America), published in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

Dates: c.1966

Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0043
Abstract

Map shows the states mentioned in the title, divided by county. Chesapeake Bay is denoted by horizontal lines. Map also contains railroads (finished, chartered, and proposed), and canals.

Dates: 1835

Virginia Mineral Resources

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0080
Abstract

Map shows locations for mineral resources throughout the state of Virginia. It contains an additional map that shows the physiographic layout of the state. Additional information includes the following: descriptions of various soil properties, mineral industries and their locations, ground water qualities, and mineral production, in percentage distribution and in chronological increase.

Dates: 1953

Virginia, Minor Civil Divisions and Magisterial Districts

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0079
Abstract

Map shows civil divisions within Virginia, including place with fewer than 2500 inhabitants. Also contains finder for counties and independent cities.

Dates: 1950

Virginia Newspaper Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-034
Abstract

The collection contains individual or groups of issues of Virginia newspapers, organized by location and dating from the 1860s-1970s.

Dates: 1861 - 1992

Virginia Nurserymen's Association Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1968-001
Abstract

This collection contains a photograph, magazine clippings, a exhibit brochure, a survey and a meeting transcript from the conventions of the Virginia Nurserymen's Association.

Dates: 1961 - 1965

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Postal Card Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-025
Abstract

This collection includes eighty postcards. Dated cards range from 1906 through 1995, but many cards are not dated. Cards depict various subjects including campus views, campus buildings, football, Corps of Cadets, and Blacksburg views. Some of the postcards are postmarked and addressed to recipients, while some are blank.

Dates: 1906-1995, undated

Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0321
Abstract

Map shows VPI, with hand-colored coded locations, though the colors' meanings are not explicated on the map.

Dates: 1946

[Virginia Polytechnic Institute Campus]

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0342
Abstract

Map shows the CPI campus circa 1938/1939.

Dates: ca. 1938/1939

[Virginia Polytechnic Institute Campus]

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0351
Abstract

Map shows the campus of VPA circa 1946.

Dates: ca. 1946