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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:

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. Wysor (1862-1936) was a civil engineer and farmer from Dublin, Virginia.

Dates: 1891 - 1914

Rufus J. Wysor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1968-008
Abstract

The collection includes two letters from his father, Henry C., written in 1889 and 1904, as well as two forms from the VPI Military Department, dated 1905 and signed by Rufus J. Wysor.

Dates: 1889, 1904-1905

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.

Anne H. Price Yates Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-087
Abstract

The collection includes correspondence, charts, notes and source material relating to the genealogy of the Price, Harless and related families and compiled by Anne H. Price Yates and her father, William Conway Price, while writing the book Increase in Prices: Some Descendents of David and Agnes (Hoffman) Price of 17th Century Germany.

Dates: 1904 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1985

Anne Price Yates Papers II

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-065
Abstract

The collection contains manuscript materials, notes, and correspondence related to Anne Price Yates' research on the Price family after the publication of her book, Increase in Prices.

Dates: 1898 - 2005

Yellow Sulphur Springs Hotel Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-033
Abstract

The Yellow Sulphur Springs Hotel Collection is made up of materials related to the Yellow Sulphur Springs resort located near Blacksburg, Virginia. It contains ledgers and guest lists, correspondence with patrons and employees, and personal correspondence related to W.E. Hazlewood, owner and proprietor of the resort from 1915 to about 1923.

Dates: 1886-1910, 1915-1920, 1926-1930, n.d.