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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 1964 Collections and/or Records:

Katherine G. Cary Manuscript Recipe Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-005
Abstract

This collection consists of a recipe book containing printed and handwritten recipes compiled by Katherine G. Cary. Recipes include soups, breads, fish, salad dressing, sauces, pickles, and more.

Dates: c.1915?
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Katherine G. Cary Manuscript Recipe Book,

Jacob Cassel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-086
Abstract

The collection contains papers from a nineteenth-century Smyth County, Virginia, landholder pertaining to his business, community involvement, and the American Civil War. Includes a signed oath of allegiance from 1865.

Dates: 1865 - 1881
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Jacob Cassel Papers

Charles M. Cassell Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-018
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter from C. M. Cassell to his aunt, Fannie Yonce of Wytheville, VA.

Dates: 1864
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Charles M. Cassell Letter,

Charles Willis Cassell Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-170
Abstract This collection consists of the papers of a Wythe County, Virginia, Lutheran minister, farmer and businessman and his family. It includes Cassell's personal, professional, and business correspondence; the personal correspondence of his wife and children; financial and legal records; diaries; notes on catechetics; and scrapbooks containing historical sketches of various Lutheran Churches, obituaries, family-related social events, and newspaper clippings concerning Cassell's services as...
Dates: 1883 - 1950
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Charles Willis Cassell Family Papers

T. K. Catlett Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-085
Abstract

This collection contains a letter from Thomas K. Catlett (1796-1967), a Master Clergyman in Abingdon, Virginia, to James O. Lewis, a merchant in Pemberton, South Carolina. The letter dated December 15, 1831, discusses books that Catlett purchased but did not receive. After discussing the books, T. K. Catlett describes his new district to James O. Lewis before going on to mention the next South Carolina annual Methodist conference.

Dates: 1831
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / T. K. Catlett Letter

Harry Baker Cawley Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-062
Abstract This collection contains letters, cards, and envelopes, dated 1918-1926, to Harry B. Cawley from his parents Mary and Robert Cawley, his brothers Marvin and Raymond, and friends, including Eugenia Rea and Kathleen A. Turner. The collection also includes school notes, two writings by Cawley, and two undated photographs - one each of Paul Guthrie Jones and of Lyn Bunting, possibly schoolmates in the 1920s. Cawley (1900-1946) served in the U.S. Navy in the 1910s and attended Virginia...
Dates: 1918-1922, 1926, undated
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Harry Baker Cawley Collection

Census of Surviving Confederate Veterans in Wythe County (reprinted),

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-063
Abstract

This collection consists of a printed list of Confederate veterans living in Wythe County, Virginia, in 1897.

Dates: 1897 - 1897
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Census of Surviving Confederate Veterans in Wythe County (reprinted),

Center for Civic Activity in the Town of Blacksburg: A Design Competition

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1995-013
Scope and Contents  A design competition sponsored by American Institute of Architects. Member the town of Blacksburg, Virginia, and the College of Architecture and Urban Studies of Virginia Tech which focused on a new town center. Solicitation of submissions began in 1992 and the winner was decided the following year. Materials include brochures about the competition listing winners, committee members, jurors, calendar, entrants, and competition managers, with the jury report; a poster advertising and...
Dates: 1992 - 1994
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Center for Civic Activity in the Town of Blacksburg: A Design Competition

Certificate, by Governor John Letches regarding the commission to Colonel for Robert Preston, Va, May 5, 1861 (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F2_Commission__1861_0505
Dates: 1861-05-05
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Certificate, Commission to Col of Infantry to Robert T. Preston, signed John Letches, August 23, 1862 (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F10_Commission_1862_0823
Dates: 1862-08-23
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

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