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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:

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

Martha Dillard Audiocassette Tapes

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-1998-027
Scope and Contents

Oral history interviews (3 on 3 cassette tapes) conducted by artist Martha Dillard in connection with Watershed, an exhibition of Dillard's paintings of the Ellett Valley in Montgomery County, Virginia. Interviewees include T. Cartmel and Liz Brown, Anna Laura Tribble, and Josie Shotts about the valley of the North Fork of the Roanoke River. Collection also includes postcards and flyers relating to the exhibition. Interviews untranscribed, notes available.

Dates: 1992

Dillon, Ellett & Company Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-011
Abstract

This collection contains three financial ledgers (daybook, journal, and ledger) of Dillon, Ellett & Company (and its successor, E. Dillon & Company), a lime manufacturer in Botetourt County, Virginia.

Dates: 1871 - 1899

Edward D'Invilliers Report

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1959-002
Abstract

The collection consists of a typescript carbon copy of a geological report on the Virginia Anthracite Coal Company property, Price and Brush Mountains in Montgomery County, Virginia by Edward d'Invilliers.

Dates: 1905

Discharge of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin Wilkes Jr., undated (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_LeutDischargd

Dishman Family Genealogy Chart

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1994-029
Abstract

This collection contains a geneaology chart for the Dishman Family of King George and Westmoreland Counties in Virginia.

Dates: 1993

Division of the Annie Laura Gerald Land, Vicker, Montgomery Co., Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0285
Abstract

Map shows the divisions of the Annie Laura Gerald Land in Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: April 1939