Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1972 Collections and/or Records:
W. O. Goodwin & Company Account Books
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.
Governors' Conference State Dinner Menu
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.
Graham and Robinson Account Book
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.
David P. Graham Account Book
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.
William H. Graham Account Books
This collection contains the account books of William H. Graham, a general store merchant of Radford, Virginia, including customer names, goods purchased, and prices.
Jeremiah W. Graves Collection,
Jeremiah White Graves Diary
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.
William F. Graves Collection
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.
Floyd Gray Papers
This collection includes the papers of Floyd Gray, Bedford County Republican Committee chairman and distillery general storekeeper-gauger for the Internal Revenue Service. It includes correspondence and notes relating both to Gray's political activities and his civil service work. Also includes personal correspondence and financial records.
Gray's New Map of Abingdon, Washington County, Virginia
Map shows Abingdon, Virginia, with plot owners identified.