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 1954 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Certificate, granting Col. Preston a medical leave of absence. Signed: Saml. A. McConkey, Near Centreville, November 23, 1861 (Ms1992-003)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F7_MedLeave_1861_1123
Dates:
1861-11-23
Certificate, Medical Examination of Lieut. Col. Samuel Paul, Signed Medical Director of the 2nd Division, Army of the Potomac, Richmond, February 5 (Ms1992-003)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_MedCertificate_0205
Dates:
0000-02-05