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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:

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

Dickson Family Papers, 1869-1924 (Ms1988-094)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1988-094

Joseph G. Dill Letter to Daniel C. E. Brady

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-044
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter from Joseph G. Dill to Daniel C. E. Brady, written from Richmond, Virginia, on May 30, 1862. Dill writes Brady on a variety of topics including recent war news, the challenges of sending mail through conflict zones, a recent fishing party, the warther, and the price of goods.

Dates: 1863

Dillard-Larkin Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-045
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence to and from the Dillard, Larkin, Turner, Christian, and Wallace families. The collection also includes financial documents and records, speeches, photographs, and personal papers from the Dillard and Larkin families. Materials range from approximately 1811 through 1955.

Dates: 1809 - 1955