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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:

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.

John Garst Account Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-077
Abstract

The ledgers in this collection are detail John Garst's carpentry and mill business, including selling and purchasing planks and repairing and making wagons. Garst (ca. 1796-1875) built the Garst Mill in 1845 along Mason's Creek in Roanoke, Virginia.

Dates: 1844 - 1850

Gary Restaurant and Railroad Crossing Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-008
Abstract

The collection contains a photograph of Gary restaurant and railroad crossing in McDowell Company-run Gary Township, West Virginia, circa 1990.

Dates: ca. 1990

Ray Gaskins Essay

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-046
Abstract

The collection contains an essay entitled, "The Great Blizzard of 1857" written by Dr. Ray Gaskins.

Dates: 2010

John Gates Inventory of Estate

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-038
Abstract

Estate inventory of John Gates, of Patrick County, Virginia, signed by Richd. Harrison, Saml. Crutcher, and Thos. Penn.

Dates: 1810

General Chart of Delaware and Chesapeake Bays and the Seacoast from Cape May to Cape Henry

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0024
Abstract

Map focuses on charting the waters of the Delaware and Chesapeake Bays, with depths marked in feet. Contains notes that include a tidal chart and sailing directions into each bay. This map was originally published in 1855 and reissued in 1882, after the principle surveyours had died.

Dates: 1855, 1882