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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:

Harry C. Dudley Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-007
Abstract

The collection contains ledgers detailing expenses and customer accounts of general store, saw mill, and lime kiln in Montgomery County, Virginia during the early 20th century.

Dates: 1910 - 1939

Dugspur, Virginia Quadrangle,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0739
Abstract

Dugspur, Virginia Quadrangle. U. S. Geological Survey, 1968. 22 x 27 in. [FOLDER C-2]

Dates: 1968 - 1968

Landon Duncan Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-023
Abstract

The collection consists of six letters, mostly written by Landon Duncan. Two of the letters (1812, 1814) were written by Duncan to his uncle Alamander Duncan in Stokes County, North Carolina. Three of the letters (1837, n.d.) were written by Duncan to his cousin Hiram Duncan of the same county. One letter (1836) was written by Jane H. Threves in Gallatin, Tennessee, to her cousin Hiram Duncan.

Dates: 1812 - 1837

L. S. Durham Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-070
Abstract

Letter from L. S. Durham, private in Company B, 34th Virginia Infantry, during the American Civil War. Written to Durham's wife from Camp Randolph, Virginia.

Dates: 1863

David Earhart Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-017
Abstract This collection consists of thirty letters written by David Earhart while serving in the Stonewall Jackson Brigade, 4th Virginia Infantry, Company L. Correspondents include his wife Mary Elizabeth Caddell Earhart, his parents, people he enslaved, and his sister Mag. Also included are a letter to Mary Earhart after David Earhart was killed at Chancellorsville, images (probably ambrotypes) of Mary and David Earhart), a later cartede visite of Mary Earhart, and additional family...
Dates: 1862 - 1863

Earhart Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-074
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, receipts, deeds, indentures, and photographs of the Wiliam Hank and Nancy Elvira Earhart family from 1853-1970.

Dates: 1853 - 1970

Early 1900s Postal Card Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-024
Abstract

This collection contains 32 postal cards from the early 1900s.

Dates: 1906 - 1912

John Early Confederate Army Receipt for the Work of Fletcher, an Enslaved Person

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-037
Abstract

This collection contains a partially printed receipt for the labor of an enslaved person delivered to Chief Engineer Lt. Col. William H. Stevens in charge of Confederate fortifications outside of Richmond, Virginia, on November 11, 1862. The receipt notes that Stevens received one enslaved person by the name of Fletcher from John Early.

Dates: November 11, 1862

Jubal A. Early Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1955-005
Abstract

The collection consists of a letter written by Jubal A. Early to General William H. Payne of Warrenton, Virginia, about the appointment of General Lunsford Lindsay Lomax to the Presidency of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg.

Dates: 1872

Ann Heidbreder Eastman Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-053
Abstract

The collection consists of papers concerning Eastman's work as Virginia Tech's Faculty Publishing Officer, her work as Head of the Steering Committee for the Virginia Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services in 1991, and information on funding and support for libraries in Virginia. Materials in the collection date from 1978 to 1991.

Dates: 1978 - 1991