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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 1972 Collections and/or Records:

Catlett Conway Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-014
Abstract

This collection consists of a ledger maintained by Catlett Conway (1786-1839) of Greene County, Virginia, documenting the financial transactions of his estate, "Spring Hill."

Dates: 1816 - 1839

Dr. W. B. Conway and Julia Ellen Thomas Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2014-015
Abstract

The Dr. W. B. Conway and Julia Ellen Thomas Correspondence contains letters exchanged between the couple from 1869 to 1870 before they were married.

Dates: 1869 - 1870

Julia Thomas Conway and Mary Black Thomas Luster Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-019
Abstract

The Julia Thomas Conway and Mary Black Thomas Luster Correspondence consists of letters written to Conway by her sisters, Mary Black Thomas Luster and Ann Elizabeth Thomas (1830-1903) from March 29, 1895 to December 27, 1898.

Dates: 1895-03-29 - 1898-12-27

W. B. Conway and Julia Thomas Conway Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-018
Abstract

The W. B. Conway and Julia Thomas Conway Correspondence contains letters sent to William Buchanan Conway and Julia Thomas Conway from various sources between 1870 and 1920.

Dates: 1870-12-29 - 1920-07-03

Byron Nelson Cooper Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1973-004
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence; writings; research records; administrative, instructional, and consulting files; and photographs of Byron Nelson Cooper, professor of geology and head of Virginia Polytechnic Institute's Department of Geological Sciences from 1946 to 1971.

Dates: 1925 - 1971

Edward Corwin, Jr., Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-043
Abstract

The Edward Corwin, Jr., Account Book contains information on small debts owed by Corwin and details his travels throughout Virginia.

Dates: 1829 - 1832

County Map of Virginia and West Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0044
Abstract

Map is among the earliest to distinguish West Virginia from Virginia.

Dates: 1863

County Map of Virginia and West Virginia (side a); County Map of Maryland and Delaware (side b); County Map of New Jersey (side b)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0049
Abstract

Map is on two sides of a sheet of paper. Side A contains Virginia and West Virginia. Side B contains two county maps: one is of Maryland and Delaware; the other is of New Jersey.

Dates: 1878

County Map of Virginia and West Virginia (side a); Plan of the City of Washington, the Capitol of the United States of America (side b)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0050
Abstract

2 maps, one on each side of the sheet of paper. Side A contains a county map of Virginia and West Virginia, and side B contains a plan for Washington, DC.

Dates: 1874

John T. Cowan Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1969-005
Abstract

The collection consists of pages from an account book, bills, notes, and correspondence relating to John T. Cowan's personal and business affairs. 

Dates: 1887 - 1917