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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 1972 Collections and/or Records:

Henry H. Wilson in V.P.I. cadet uniform

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms67_002_Tyler_photo038

Henry H. Wilson portrait

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1967-002_Tyler_photo039

Henry Harrison Wilson Jr. Studio Portrait

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1967-002_Tyler_photo097

Henry Harrison Wilson Jr. Studio Portrait

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1967-002_Tyler_photo098

Herschel A. Elarth-Charles S. Worley, Jr. Architectural Firm Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-036
Abstract

The Herschel A. Elarth-Charles S. Worley, Jr. Architectural Firm Drawings contains architectural drawings from five projects designed by the partners between 1955 and 1961 (plus one undated alteration). These include three private residences in Blacksburg, Virginia, and two businesses in Christiansburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1955-1961, undated

Heterick Family Genealogy

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-016
Abstract

A copy of "A Record of the Family Heterick," compiled by Robert Cary Heterick and containing genealogical charts and biographical sketches of the Heterick family, originating with Robert Heterick, born in Ayrhire, Scotland, in 1749, with many descendants in Frederick, Culpeper, and Rappahannock counties, Virginia.

Dates: 1996

Hickman Family Newsletters and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-007
Abstract

Six issues of "Hickman Family History Newsletter," published by H. William Gabriel, focusing on descendants of the Roger Hickman family of Back Creek (Bath County), Virginia, together with photos and brief biographical information on various Hickman family members, and a typescript draft of Gabriel's article, "William P. Hickman in the New River Valley, 1852-1864."

Dates: 1995 - 1998

Edward B. Hicks Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-081
Abstract

This collection contains a letter dated December 16, 1845, postmarked in Lawrenceville, Virginia. It is written by Edward B. Hicks to fellow attorney, William Townes and laments about President James K. Polk’s mismanagement of Virginia’s debt and eagerness to go to war with Britain over the Oregon Territory.

Dates: 1845

Hicks Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-050
Abstract

This collection includes bills and receipts relating to monetary transactions made by the R. W. Hicks family of Campbell County, Virginia. It also contains records of the family's business transactions, affiliations, and interests, as well as legal, business and personal correspondence.

Dates: 1856 - 1938

Hicks House (Appomattox Courthouse) Advertisement

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-036
Abstract

The collection contains an advertisement for "Hicks House" summer tourist resort in the town of Appomattox Courthouse created by proprietor, E.G. Hix, c.1865-1892.

Dates: c.1865-1892