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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:

Crowder Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-016
Abstract

The Crowder Family Papers includes receipts, legal documents, letters, and accounts that date from 1821 to 1875 and are associated with the Crowder family of Cumberland County. This collection contains the papers of the following individuals: Thomas W. Crowder, to whom a majority of the documents pertain, John E. Crowder, Willson Crowder, and Richard Hughes.

Dates: 1821-1875, undated

Crown Cotton Mills [Dalton, Georgia] Oral History Tapes

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-023
Abstract

The collection contains oral history tapes of employees at the Crown Cotton Mills in Dalton, a textile town in the Appalachian Valley of northwest Georgia. Most of mill hands interviewed worked for Crown from the 1920s through 1960s.

Dates: 1984 - 1985

Croy Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-018
Abstract

The papers of the Croy and related families (especially the Dawson and Pepper families) of Montgomery County, Virginia, include correspondence, financial records, diaries, artifacts and photographs.

Dates: 1859 - 1938

Croy Family Papers, 1859-1938 (Ms2001-018)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2001-018

Joshua W. Culver Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-004
Abstract

The collection includes eight manuscript letters of a Union soldier during the American Civil War, written in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania; and four letters written to and from other Culver family members.

Dates: 1862-1863, 1877-1899

Cumberland Knob, Virginia - North Carolina Quadrangle,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0733
Abstract

Cumberland Knob, Virginia - North Carolina Quadrangle. U. S. Geological Survey, 1965. 22 x 27 in. [FOLDER C-2]

Dates: 1965 - 1965

Leonard J. Currie Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2007-028
Abstract Please note: this collection is currently being processed. Portions of the collection which are fully processed are listed in this finding aid. This includes photographs and negatives, flat files and oversize drawings from personal and professional projects, and a few artifacts. As more materials are processed, additional series and subseries will be published. Other portions of the collection may be available for research--contact Special Collections...
Dates: 1920 - 2001

Daniel Blain Papers, 1864-1870 (Ms1990-002)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1990-002

Danville Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-015
Abstract

This collection contains a series of photographs of the doctors and nurses from a hospital in Danville, Virginia, during the 1930s. The hospital is most likely the Memorial Hospital or Community Hospital.

Dates: ca. 1930s

Danville Speech

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1973-002_AndersonSherwood_DanvilleSpeech