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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 1918 Collections and/or Records:

Elias Crabill Account Statement

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-059
Abstract

The collection contains a bill issued to Elias Crabill by Zea & Pirkey, a Strasburg, Virginia mercantile business, for purchases of food staples, fabrics, and clothing accessories made by Crabill's sister.

Dates: 1861

Craft Family Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-092
Abstract

The Craft Family Collection includes correspondence to and from Jacob Craft during the Civil War, and also includes correspondences written to his daughter Blanche from various soldiers during World War I.

Dates: 1861-1919, n.d.

Craig Healing Springs [Craig County, Virginia] Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-078
Abstract

Correspondence with potential guests and customers of Craig Healing Springs, a resort hotel in Craig County, Virginia, relate to reservations, pricing, accommodations, and the restorative powers of the spring water. 

Dates: 1924

Bettie D. Cramer Manuscript Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-062
Abstract

The collection consists of a manuscript receipt book created by/belonging to Bettie D. Cramer of Wheeling, West Virginia, c. 1883. The notebook contains recipes, housekeeping tips, and elocution exercises.

Dates: c. 1883-1884

Thomas Creigh Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-060
Abstract

The Thomas Creigh Letter is a missive written in 1858 from a Virginia assemblyman, representing Greenbrier County, to an unknown party concerning the state of Virginia's real indebtedness.

Dates: 1858

Cripple Creek, Virginia Quadrangle,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0755
Abstract

Cripple Creek, Virginia Quadrangle. U. S. Geological Survey, 1968. 22 x 27 in. [FOLDER C-5]

Dates: 1968 - 1968

J. W. Crockett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-010
Abstract

The J. W. Crockett Papers consist of a broadside, "The Center as Conservative Balance," and an unstamped Congressional cover from George C. Cabell to Crockett of Floyd County, Virginia.

Dates: 1890

Lucy Herndon Crockett Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-032
Abstract

The Lucy Herndon Crockett Papers consists of type and manuscript versions of some of Crockett's published and unpublished novels, her illustrations and art for her publications, and a small group of personal papers and papers about her. Materials date from about 1940 to 2015.

Dates: 1940-2015, n.d.

Crockett Mineral Springs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-105
Abstract

The collection includes a broadside advertising the sale of the Crockett Mineral Springs Hotel in Montgomery County, Virginia, as well as hotel equipment and land. It also contains a letter from S. S. Griffith to Dr. J. Harry Smith, written in 1930 on Crocket Arsenic-Lithia Springs letterhead.

Dates: 1930 - 1931

Robert Crockett Property Assessment

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-076
Abstract

This collection contains a document listing the enslaved persons and land held by Robert Crockett of Wythe County, Virginia.

Dates: 1815