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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:

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

Danville, Virginia, Military Pass,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-036
Abstract

The collection consists of a single military pass for Captain F. C. Fisher to Montgomery White Sulphur Springs (Montgomery County, Va.).

Dates: 1864

D. A. Daugherty Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-053
Abstract

This collection contains a letter written by D. A. Daugherty, written in 1861 regarding a cow used as payment for a debt.

Dates: 1861

Peter J. Davenport Tax Receipts

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-125
Abstract

This collection contains tax receipts for Peter J. Davenport's stud horse.

Dates: 1849 - 1850