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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 1953 Collections and/or Records:

Elva Curl Wilson Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-016
Abstract

The collection includes the diaries of Elva Curl Wilson (1911-2006), resident of Hampton, Virginia and future wife of Rev. James C. Richardson, describing the very active social life of a young woman in Hampton, Virginia during her late teens and early twenties.

Dates: 1926 - 1935

Fenner Wilson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-082
Abstract

Letter written by Fenner Wilson, a private in Company D, 45th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War, to his brother, B. G. (Basley Graves) Wilson. Writing from Danville, Virginia, Wilson discusses sickness in his company and other camp matters.

Dates: 1863

Nelson R. Wilson Auction Notice

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-016
Abstract

The collection contains a broadside announcing the auction of Nelson R. Wilson home and farm in Bedford County, Virginia.

Dates: 1932

Winston Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-004
Abstract

Letters (photocopies of transcripts) of brothers Ambrose Whitlock Winston (Company E, 58th Virginia Infantry), Charles Jones Winston (Company G, 11th Virginia Infantry), and William Henry Harrison Winston (Company G, 11th Virginia Infantry) written during the American Civil War to Clark family relatives in Campbell County, Virginia.

Dates: 1861 - 1865

Wise County, Virginia, Showing Primary and Secondary Highway Systems

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0181
Abstract

Map shows primary and secondary roads in Wise County, Virginia, and it includes an explanatory legend.

Dates: 1947

Henry H. Wiss Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-013
Scope and Contents

Professor of Architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1947 to 1983. Collection consists of twelve architectural drawings and four photographs of Wiss's private residence in Blacksburg, Virginia, designed by him in 1960. 

Dates: 1960, n.d.

Woman's Missionary Union Minute Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-073
Abstract

The Woman's Missionary Union Minute Book contains the minutes of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Liberty Hill Baptist Church in Grayson County, Virginia. The minute book includes meeting minutes dating from 1907 through 1929. The minute book also includes limited financial records including dues collected to support the group and funds collected for various charitable causes and support for other churches in the area.

Dates: 1907 - 1929

Women's Biography Project Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1995-028
Scope and Contents Collection of oral history interviews regarding the stories of individual women from the local community. Interviews conducted in the fall of 1994 by students of Dr. Kathleen W. Jones, assistant professor in the Department of History at Virginia Tech. Interviewees were Thelma Booth, Rose Burnett, Kate Huff Bruce, Thelma Eaves, Wenona S. Gardner, Dot Humphries, Agnes Hurt, Esther Jones, Herta Lopez, Leola Pearce Pearson, Pauline Pitsinger, Marge Robinson, Dorothy Shueler, Laura Scott, Alison...
Dates: 1994

Women's Home & Foreign Mission Society of Luther Chapel Ledger,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-072
Abstract

Ledger contains the treasurer's reports and financial records of the Women's Home and Foreign Mission Society of Luther Chapel in Washington County, VA. Entries date from 1907 through 1922.

Dates: 1907 - 1922

A. E. Wood Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-006
Abstract

Letter from two young women, A. E. Wood and M. [Jones?], living in Virginia during the American Civil War, written to "Aunt Ann" and relating to local depredations of Union soldiers and news of family and neighbors.

Dates: 1861