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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:

John Palmer Fishwick Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-053
Abstract

The papers include speeches; testimonies for the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and other federal committees; minutes; memoranda; Legislation-status reports; and reports and other materials from the Organization of American Railroads created or collected by John Palmer Fishwick. Materials date from 1971-1981.

Dates: 1971 - 1981

Fiske-Seymour Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-133
Abstract

This collection contains personal correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera from the Fiske and Seymour families. The bulk of the correspondence was written by William Warren Fiske and Eliza "Lida" Robertson Seymour Fiske. The remainder of the collection pertains to William and Lida's children, family, and friends.

Dates: 1864-1918, n.d.

Francis Burke Fitzpatrick Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1937-001
Abstract

The collection consists of a copy of the "History of Ingles Ferry, Virginia" written by Francis Burke Fitzpatrick.

Dates: 1936

Creed F. Flanary Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-008
Abstract

This collection contains account books, including daybooks and ledgers, maintained by Creed Fulton Flanary, a general store merchant in Wise County, Virginia, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Dates: 1871 - 1908

Flood Insurance Rate Map, Montgomery County, Virginia (Unincorporated Areas),

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0083
Abstract

This collection is a combination of six items, including five distinct zone maps, and a cover piece which includes a smaller map showing zone boundaries. The maps are part of the National Flood Insurance Program. This collection contains pages 25, 50, 75, 100, and 125. A note indicates that an index exists that can identify pages not printed.

Dates: 1978 - 1978

Floyd and Wythe County Lutheran Churches Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-077
Abstract

This collection contains two photographs (1940), a newspaper article (1946), and an index card with notes from the article (n.d.) relating to the Zion Lutheran Church near Crockett, Virginia. The collection also contains a photograph (1923) and a mailer (1916) from the Zion Lutheran Church in Floyd, Virginia.

Dates: 1916 - 1946

Floyd County Land Auction Broadside,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-063
Abstract

The collection includes a broadside advertising a land auction in Floyd County, Virginia, to be held on August 5, 1859.

Dates: 1859 - 1859

Floyd Courthouse Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-008
Abstract

This collection consists of the records of Floyd Courthouse (Floyd, Virginia) chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, including minutes, yearbooks, and yearly reports.

Dates: 1935 - 2004

John Buchanan Floyd Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-015
Abstract

Letter from Confederate Brigadier General John Buchanan Floyd (1806-1863), written at Camp Jackson (Wytheville, Virginia) to Confederate Secretary of War LeRoy Pope Walker, soliciting an officer's commission for former West Point cadet B. A. Terrett.

Dates: 1861