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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 1946 Collections and/or Records:

Scott Worner Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-015
Abstract

The Scott Worner Papers consist of architectural floorplans, photographs, building democraphic surveys, and curriculum guides of secondary schools operating in Virginia as of 1995, collected by Worner for his dissertation.

Dates: 1995

James E. Wray Civil War Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-027
Abstract

The James E. Wray Civil War Letter comprises a letter written by Wray in Winchester, Virginia, to his sister on July 11, 1861. Wray discusses his health and the question of where his Confederate regiment will go next with Union troops approaching Winchester.

Dates: July 11, 1861

Henry Wysor Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-026
Abstract

This collection has photocopies of four family record pages from the Henry Wysor family Bible. The papers list the births, deaths, and marriages of the Wysor family line from the 1770s-1960s.

Dates: undated

John C. Wysor Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-056
Abstract

The John C. Wysor Letter was a letter from John C. Wysor in Clifton Forge, Virginia to his brother Henry C. Wysor, in Dublin, Virginia, written on May 3, 1912. The letter details one of John C. Wysor's patient's medical payments.

Dates: 1912

Robert E. Wysor Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-057
Abstract

The Robert E. Wysor Account Book is an account book from 1891-1914 that includes receipts, correspondence, and more. The documentation of the account book appears to be both personal and business related.

Dates: 1891 - 1914

Wythe County, Office of Subsistence Order,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-107
Abstract

The collection contains one Confederate subsistence order for Joseph Ferdinand Kent, Commander of the Wythe County Home Guards.

Dates: 1864

Wythe County, Virginia Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-028
Abstract

Ledger containing entries apparently made in Wythe County, Virginia, including records of labor expenses and income derived from sales of goods.

Dates: 1870 - 1881

Wythe County, Virginia, Public Sale List

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-054
Abstract

The collection consists of an advertisement for a sale of public lots in Wythe County, Virginia, prepared in 1908.

Dates: 1908

Wytheville Quadrangle

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0799

Yancey Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-059
Abstract

The Yancey Family Papers contains correspondence between members of the Yancey and Everett families, accounts, receipts, the will of Christopher Taliaferro, and a facsimile Confederate Ten Dollar note. The material dates from 1808 to 1912.

Dates: 1808-1912, n.d.