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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:

Mrs. C. D. [Minnie Linwood] Eubank Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-056
Abstract

The account books are a record of newspaper deliveries in the area of Vinton, Virginia. An additional folder includes clippings and notes found between the pages compiled by Mrs. C. D. [Minnie Linwood] Eubank.

Dates: 1916 - 1927

James and Rosa Evans Store Ledgers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-009
Abstract

This collection consists of 2 ledgers, one from 1919-1920 and the other from 1932-1934. The ledgers contain purchases and payments from the patrons of a general store owned by James and Rosa Evans in the Pennington Gap--St. Charles area of Virginia.

Dates: 1919 - 1934

James Eveleth Letter to Maria Louisa Bull Nourse

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-014
Abstract The James Eveleth Letter to Maria Louisa Bull Nourse was written by James Eveleth in Washington D.C., on April 22, 1842, to Maria Louisa Bull Nourse. The letter is informing Nourse that the Board of Trustees of F Street Church, the church she attended, had resolved that the pew she used be "tendered to her free of rent". James Eveleth (1809-1891) was a clerk for the Department of War from 1829 until 1891 and Secretary of the "F" Street Church in Washington, D.C. Maria Louisa Bull Nourse...
Dates: 1842

Fancy Gap Church Singing Class Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-068
Abstract

The collection contains a photograph of the Fancy Gap Church Singing Class.

Dates: ca. 1900

Fancy Gap, Virginia Quadrangle,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0740
Abstract

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

Dates: 1968 - 1968

Richard Faraday Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-177
Abstract

The Richard Faraday Collection consists of photocopies of a formula book for making lead shot at the Shot Tower in Wythe County, Virginia. The collection also includes genealogical notes on Faraday's family.

Dates: 1816

Farmville Guard (Company A, 2nd Virginia Infantry) Poster

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-046
Abstract

This collection consists of a poster memorializing the Farmville Guard (Company A, 2nd Virginia Infantry), including a roster of the company during World War I.

Dates: c.1917

James T. Farrell Letters to Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-005
Abstract

This collection contains four letters written by American author James T. Farrell to Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson between February 1952 and May of 1954.

Dates: 1952, 1954

Farrier Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1974-011
Scope and Content

The collection includes files from the firm of Williams and Farrier, later Farrier and Farrier. Materials include copies of deeds, title searches, land transactions, estate matters, loan contracts, divorce suits, small claims collection suits, ledgers, and correspondence. Additional details of some files are included in the original inventories, available on request.

Dates: 1894 - 1972

Index to Fee Book (Montgomery County, VA),

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-066
Abstract

Index to an unidentified fee book with listing of names, years, and page numbers. Index is believed to originate in Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: 1850 - 1857