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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 1952 Collections and/or Records:

Fries Textile Plant Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-039
Abstract

The Fries Textile Plant Records includes correspondence, production data, personnel ledgers, photographs, legal and financial materials, internal reports, blueprints, and other administrative materials. The collection provides a complete history of the company's operations, from its founding at the turn of the twentieth century until its closure in the 1980s.

Dates: 1900 - 1988

Henly Fugate Business Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1978-007
Abstract

This collection contains business records and personal financial records generated by Henly Fugate.

Dates: 1879 - 1918

Reid Stanger Fulton Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1978-010
Abstract

This collection contains correspondence, legal papers, and printed materials of Reid Stanger Fulton, economics instructor, avid book collector, and owner of Graham Mansion at Max Meadows, Virginia.

Dates: 1900 - 1976

Funeral Consumers Alliance of the Virginia Blue Ridge Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-001
Abstract The collection includes materials about the founding and organization of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of the Virginia Blue Ridge (FCAVBR), FCAVBR Cemetery and Funeral Home Surveys for 2003 and 2004, Checklist for Survivors, Pre-Planning Form for an individual's wishes and final arrangements, and the packet "Before I Go, You Should Know: My Funeral and Final Plans." The collection also includes a number of brochures prepared by the FCAVBR, including "How to Plan a Memorial Service," "Beat...
Dates: 2001 - 2004

Galax, Virginia Quadrangle,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0745
Abstract

Galax, Virginia Quadrangle. U. S. Geological Survey, 1965. 22 x 27 in. [FOLDER C-2]

Dates: 1965 - 1965

Charlotte D. Gale Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-044
Abstract

Photograph album compiled by Charlotte D. Gale, a resident of Roanoke, Virginia, with scenes from Crockett Springs, Roanoke, Salem, and Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: 1898 - 1900

C. B. Gardener Treasury Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-001
Abstract

The collection contains a ledger with accounts kept by "Dr. C. B. Gardner Depository of the Treasury in a/c with the Treasury of the Confederate States" of Christiansburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

Gardner Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-096
Abstract

The collection contains the papers of the Gardner family of Shawsville (Montgomery County), Virginia, including letters from Joseph Sessler Gardner, property tax receipts of William R. Gardner, and ephemera.

Dates: 1889 - 1937

William W. Gardner Daybook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-011
Abstract

This collection includes the daybook of William W. Gardner, a general store merchant in Lafayette (Montgomery County), Virginia, and containing customer names, goods purchased, and prices paid.

Dates: 1918

William E. Garnett Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1973-011
Abstract

The William E. Garnett Papers consist of field notes, surveys, reports, class notes, letters to the editors of Montgomery County, Virginia, newspapers, and reprints of publications.

Dates: 1936-1969, n.d.