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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 1952 Collections and/or Records:

Theophilus Cocke Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-057
Abstract

The collection includes a letter from Theophilus Cocke, veteran of the Mexican War, to Dr. Brancomb Cabble, the Commissioner of Pensions, asking for the benefits provided by the Service Pension Bill of 1907.

Dates: 1907

Coffee Family Land Grant

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-018
Abstract

The Coffee Family Land Grant is for 730 acres in Montgomery County, Virginia, signed by James Monroe as governor of Virginia to Robert, James, and Samuel Coffee.

Dates: 1800

Georgia Dunn Coggin Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-022
Abstract

Georgia Dunn Coggin (1888-1960) was a resident of Wichita, Kansas, and Virginia. The collection contains letters to and from Coggin from 1910 to 1960, primarily with her husband William and her friend Lillie Goddard. The content of all of the letters mainly concerns daily life, family matters, children, husbands, illnesses, and deaths.

Dates: 1910 - 1960

George T. Coleman Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-015
Abstract

The George T. Coleman Correspondence is comprised of two letters written by Coleman in Ringgold, Virginia, on July 16, 1866. The first was written to Coleman's brother, William D. Coleman in Richmond, Virginia, and details his effort to aquire enough money to attend VMI, as well as other updates regarding things such as crops and relatives. The second letter was written to Major General F. H. Smith confriming Coleman's appointment at VMI.

Dates: 1866

College and Surrounding Property, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Showing College, Smithfield, and Whitethorne,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0094
Abstract

Full title reads, "College and Surrounding Property, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg Virginia, showing college, Smithfield, and Whitemore."

Dates: 1935

Thomas W. Colley Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-017
Abstract

The Thomas W. Colley Collection contains correspondence, financial documents, such as ledgers, receipts, and deeds, temperance society sermons, electoral cards, a Veteran's Meeting minute book, Civil War reminiscences, and a roll for the First Virginia Company D Volunteer Cavalry's wounded and dead for 1861. The majority of the collection dates from 1860 to 1920.

Dates: 1845-1947, 1986; Majority of material found within 1845 - 1947

William H. Collier Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-027
Abstract

The collection contains a farm and household expense ledger of William H. Collier of Northampton County, North Carolina.

Dates: 1856 - 1887

Colonel William Christian Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2014-013
Abstract

The Colonel William Christian Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records contain administrative papers, memorabilia, documents relating to community work, and correspondence from the now disbanded Christiansburg, VA, chapter. Papers date from the mid 1930s to the 1990s.

Dates: 1935-1990s