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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 1964 Collections and/or Records:

Designation of Company Commanders, signed Robert T. Preston, undated (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_CommanderDesgntion

Detail Sketch of V.P.I. Campus

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0360
Abstract

Map shows the VPI campus, dated February 9, 1908. Two copies of the same map in the same scale, with one cropped smaller than the other. The smaller map contains hand-written annotations, including names of faculty residents.

Dates: February 9, 1908

Development Plans for VPI

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0348
Abstract

Map shows plans for VPI campus developments.

Dates: October 1934

Hugh Devier Letter of Attorney

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-039
Abstract

This collection contains the legal document from Hugh Devier, of Shenandoah County, Virginia, granting power of attorney to his mother in receiving funds from his share in the sale of his late father's land and the people who were enslaved.

Dates: 1857

Diary, Olivia Tutwiler Hill, [Montgomery County, VA], 1919 (Ms2016-004)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2016-004_HillOliviaTutwiler_diary_1919

Dickenson County, Virginia, Showing Primary and Secondary Highway Systems

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0219
Abstract

Map shows highways of Dickenson County, Virginia, with a mileage table and some inset maps of individual towns. Map contains some markings, perhaps highlighting areas of change.

Dates: 1947

Richard B. Dickenson Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-043
Abstract

The collection is composed of materials related to Dickenson's research on Southwest Virginia African Americans from the Civil War until the present.

Dates: 1931-2004; Majority of material found within 1964 - 2000

Thomas Dickerson Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-031
Abstract

This ledger includes notes and business transactions of the plantation owner Thomas Dickerson (also Dickenson and Dickinson), of Nottoway County, Virginia. The plantations grew tobacco, wheat, and corn. Entries include sale of these goods, purchase of others, purchase of medical services for enslaved persons, and cash loans.

Dates: 1805 - 1850

Dickinson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-094
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of the Dickinson family of Smyth County, Virginia, consisting of letters from U. S. Army officer Ralph Dickinson and the medical account books and diploma of Dr. S. W. Dickinson.

Dates: 1871 - 1931

Dickson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-094
Scope and Contents The papers consist largely of land, property, and goods transaction receipts and documents of each of the four generations of the family represented. Certificates, oaths, correspondence, deeds, and a diary are included in Joseph Dickson's papers, along with several sale documents for enslaved people from the late 1700s and early 1800s. Much of the land and goods, and many of the enslaved people were exchanged with neighbors and others in the area. Most of Joseph Dickson's documents are...
Dates: 1769 - 1924