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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:

Hickory Fork, Virginia, Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-011
Abstract

The collection consists of a 19th century manuscript business ledger from Hickory Fork in Gloucester County, Virginia.

Dates: 1841 - 1842

William F. Goad Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-001
Abstract

The collection includes an account book containing a copy of William F. Goad's will, dated 1891, which mentions his daughter, Mary Myers.

Dates: 1853 - 1891

W. O. Goodwin & Company Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-012
Abstract

The collection contains account books that provide names of customers and descriptions of items purchased from W. O. Goodwin & Company, a general mercantile store in Glenvar (Roanoke County), Virginia, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Dates: 1896 - 1920

Governors' Conference State Dinner Menu

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-047
Abstract

The collection contains the menu from a state dinner of the National Governors' Conference of 1950, held at the Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Autographed for John Britton Jr. by Tennessee Governor Gordon Browning and others.

Dates: 1950

Graham and Robinson Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1978-013
Abstract

The collection contains a ledger of Graham and Robinson, a general mercantile business of Wythe County, Virginia, providing customer names, dates of transactions, goods purchased, prices paid, and wage credits for an iron furnace with which the store was associated.

Dates: 1869 - 1873

David P. Graham Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-009
Abstract

The collection contains an account book maintained by David P. Graham, a farmer, merchant and iron furnace owner of Wythe County, Virginia. It includes accounts of servants and workers, showing goods purchased at Graham's store and credits for work performed.

Dates: 1880 - 1884

William H. Graham Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-010
Abstract

This collection contains the account books of William H. Graham, a general store merchant of Radford, Virginia, including customer names, goods purchased, and prices.

Dates: 1931 - 1932

Jeremiah W. Graves Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-084
Abstract The Jeremiah W. Graves Collection includes a cash book, correspondence, receipts and ledger pages, newspaper clippings, and genealogy materials relating to the personal and business activities of Captain Jeremiah White Graves (1801-1878), a farmer, financial advisor, real estate broker, and enslaver of people in Cedar Hill, Pittsylvania County, Virginia.Genealogical materials in the collection relate to the histories for branches of the Graves, Whitehead, Hunt, and Jones...
Dates: 1836 - 1869

Jeremiah White Graves Diary

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-033
Abstract

Jeremiah White Graves was a farmer in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. The collection consists of a microfilm copy of Graves' extensive diary and a typescript manuscript of selected transcribed passages from that diary.

Dates: 1820 - 1878

William F. Graves Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-040
Abstract

The collection contians materials, including biographical sketches and speech texts, relating to William F. Graves, native of Pittsylvania County, Virginia and Confederate major in the 2nd Virginia Cavalry during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1911-1914, n.d.