Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1952 Collections and/or Records:
African-American Tenant Farmer Photographs, Clarksville, Virginia, c. 1920 (Ms2009-110)
Agrico Farmer's Account Book
The Agrico Farmer's Account Book contains handwritten notes throughout from an unidentified farmer. The entries include documentation of cattle birth and sales. The book was published by the American Agricultural Chemical Company to advertise Agrico fertilizer.
Velma H. Alderman Scrapbook
This collection contains a scrapbook and newspaper clippings created by Velma H. Alderman, mother of former Virginia Tech professor Nancy Orange. Most news clippings are from the 1950s and pertain to Radford, Virginia.
Henrie H. Alexander Letter
The collection consists of a letter written June 10,1862, from Alexander in Blacksburg, to Captain W. G. Price in Wytheville, Virginia, about a recent skirmish with the Union soldiers at Salt Sulphur Springs, Virginia (now West Virginia).
Alexander Welch Reynolds Letter, 1861 (Ms2008-030)
Alleghany Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records,
Alleghany County, Virginia, Showing Primary and Secondary Highway Systems
Map shows highways of Alleghany County, Virginia, with a mileage table and some inset maps of individual towns.
Beulah O. Allen Collection,
Allen Family Scrapbook
The collection contains photocopies of a 1970-1972 scrapbook containing newspaper clippings relating to the Allen family of Carroll County, Virginia and the 1912 Hillsville courthouse gun battle. It includes one original piece, a poem titled "A Memorial: Claude Swanson Allen."
Alterations to St. John's Episcopal Church
As of December 2011, hanging in Kira's Office