Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1972 Collections and/or Records:
James Morris Hicks Letter
Letter from James Morris Hicks, a student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech) to his father, discussing cadet drilling, his recent election to the position of vice president of the freshman class, and replies to news from home.
Hidden History: The Black Experience in the Roanoke Valley Cassette Tapes and Transcripts
This oral history project was an agreement between University Libraries and The Harrison Museum of African American Culture. It contians oral history interviews with forty African American people from the Roanoke Valley. The interviews are mostly biographical in nature.
Flora Baker Hiett Correspondence
Highland Co. Va.
Minimalist map shows towns in Highland County, Virginia. Map contains a handwritten note concerning adjustments.
Hileman, Cook and Company Account Book
This collection inlcudes an account book maintained by Hileman, Cook and Company, operators of Callie Iron Furnace in Botetourt County, Virginia during the late 19th century.
Octavius Hileman Papers
The collection contains letters written to Octavius Hileman, secretary/treasurer of the Luster Manufacturing Company, mostly from company president and manager J.O. Luster, containing details of accounts, proposed dissolution of the company, and Luster's unpaid salary. Also contains letters from Alleghany County Treasurer Joseph T. Fudge concerning Fudge's 1899 campaign for re-election.
Harold S. Hill Collection
This collection includes drawings of buildings and homes by Harold S. Hill. Additional donations arrive each year. The collection is currently unprocessed.
Henry H. Hill Collection
The Henry H. Hill collection consists of historical and genealogical research compiled by Hill during his lifetime in southwest Virginia. Hill (1880-1954) was an alumni and professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Meta Tutwiler Hill Family History
This collection contains a transcription of a family history recounted by Meta "Mimi" Tutwiler Hill Boynton.
Olivia Tutwiler Hill Diary,
Diary of Olivia Tutwiler (later Olivia Tutwiler Hill), a young teacher living in Blacksburg and Childress, Virginia, in 1919. The focus is primarily on a crush that Tutwiler had on a Virginia Tech cadet, but entries also chronicle an active social life.