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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:

Hoge Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-045
Abstract

This collection contains a survey plat, a certificate, and two letters that belonged to James Hoge and his son General James F. Hoge, two of the early settlers of Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: 1781, 1817, 1848, n.d.

William E. Hoge Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-019
Abstract The Hoge Family was one of the earliest settlers of the New River area of southwest Virginia. William Edward Hoge and his family resided in Point Pleasant, Bland County Virginia, where William Hoge began his medicinal practice in 1855. Hoge was married to Jane L. Meek, and they had three sons and one daughter. The William E. Hoge Family Papers consist of 164 letters and 65 deeds, along with financial papers, postcards, and extensive genealogical research. The letters detail the lives of the...
Dates: 1810 - 1933

Levi Holbrook Letter

 File
Identifier: Ms-2024-086
Abstract

This collection contains a letter from Levi Holbrook (1785-1872), a teacher and headmaster in Danville, Virginia, to his son Levi Holbrook, Jr., in Easthampton, Massachusetts. The letter dated July 2, 1851, discusses the health of Levi Holbrook and provides a variety of updates from Danville, including discussion about a man named Dr. Saunders murdering a man named A. S. Terry (or Jerry?) after a disagreement.

Dates: 1851

Roy Jay Holden Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-014
Abstract The Roy Jay Holden Papers include field notes, charts and maps, and geological surveys and research results, covering the history of mineralogy and geology, especially in Virginia, including work at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) Engineering Experiment Station. In addition to detailed materials on iron ores in Virginia, especially west of the Blue Ridge Mountains, there are reports on mines and furnaces in twenty-five counties of the state. The collection also contains Holden's...
Dates: 1904 - 1945

John Holliday Diaries and Photographs,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-028
Abstract

The collection consists of two diaries written by John Holliday between May 1864 and July 1865, and five undated photographs (four believed to be of Holliday and one of his wife).

Dates: 1864-1865, undated

Bertram A. Holtzworth Scrapbook

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-095
Abstract

This scrapbook contains photographs and memorabilia dating 1918-1926 from United States Military Academy (West Point) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI) by Bertram A. Holtzworth, who attended VPI before graduating from West Point in 1927. He served in the U.S. Army from his time as a cadet at West Point until his retirement as Major General in 1963.

Dates: 1918 - 1926

Herbert Hoover Deed

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1979-006
Abstract

The collection includes a deed of trust of Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry, and William E. Carson, Trustee, for land in Madison County, Virginia, to become part of the Shenandoah National Park.

Dates: 1932

Isaac Horne Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-088
Abstract

This collection contains seven ledgers and one letter from the estate of Isaac Horne (1801-1878) of Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia. The ledgers show the Hornes owned a dry goods, fabric and tanning business. Transactions are recorded selling leather items to Confederate Soldiers during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1824 - 1870

Hotchkiss' Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0048
Abstract

Facsimile of original in Virginia State Library. Marked as "No. 9" in an unidentified series. Map contains colored system that identifies various geological eras. Reprinted under title "Map Showing Proposed Routes of the Richmond & Southwestern Railway."

Dates: ca. 1880

Hotel Roanoke Architectural Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2000-093
Abstract

The Hotel Roanoke Architectural Drawings collection includes information about Hotel Roanoke in the form of original drawings, blueprints and photocopies dating from 1890 to 1983. The collection contains foundation, floor, and framing plans, elevations; ventilation, plumbing, heating and cooling plans; external and internal details for various rooms, stairways, and features; alterations; landscaping details; and exterior features, such as swimming pool and stables.

Dates: 1890 - 1983