Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1925 Collections and/or Records:
Business Section, City of Roanoke
Map shows business districts of Roanoke, Virginia, from 2nd Commerce to 2nd Randolph streets, between Franklin Rd/Tazewell Avenue and Salem Avenue, with business names and some tax statuses within plots of land. Reverse side gives historical, demographic, and business information about the city of Roanoke, as well as aerial photographs of the city.
Business Section, Lynchburg, Va.
Map shows the business section of Lynchburg, Virginia, from 4th to 13th streets, between Church, Main, and Commerce streets. Reverse side gives historical, demographic, and business information about the city of Lynchburg, as well as a tourist map and an aerial photograph of the city.
Byllesby Dam, Carroll County, Virginia, Photographs
This scrapbook page contains five photographs taken in and around the Byllesby Dam in Carroll County, Virginia.
Byllesby Dam, Carroll County, Virginia, Photographs, c. 1912 (Ms2009-095)
Byllesby, Virginia, Dam Construction Photograph Album
The Byllesby, Virginia, Dam Construction Photograph Album contains 110 silver gelatin prints in a black photograph album that documents the step-by-step construction of the Byllesby dam and associated power generating structures on the in Carroll County, Virginia in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
C and O for Progress (map)
Map depicting the C & O Railroad network in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwestern states (Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia, Washington, DC, and New York. Though undated, the map was issued some time between 1947, when the C & O acquired the Pere Marquette Railway of Michigan and Ontario, and 1972, when it adopted a new corporate name following a merger with the ancient Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
C. E. Sydnor & Co. Letters to Tarter Bros.
This collection contains three letters from "produce commission merchant" C. E. Sydnor & Co. of Richmond, Virginia, to the Tarter Brothers of Rural Retreat, primarily related to the purchase and shipment of cabbages.
William Addison Caldwell Collection
Papers associated with William Addison "Add" Caldwell (1856-1910) of Craig County, Virginia, first student enrolled at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (VAMC, later Virginia Tech). Includes a letter written by Caldwell in 1910; his 1875 VAMC report card; a Caldwell family photo portrait; Caldwell's obituary; and a Bible given to Caldwell by Mrs. William C. McKemey.
Call to Arms, to all the men of Montgomery and Roanoke to help repel the enemy. Signed: Col. Robert Preston, Solitude, May 13, 1863 (Ms1992-003)
Cambria Train Station, Christiansburg, VA
bright colors; CocaCola sign