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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:

J. Hoge Tyler Wilson portrait in 1st Lieutenant uniform

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1967-002_Tyler_photo041

J. Hoge Tyler with Unidentified Woman

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1967-002_Tyler_photo012

J. Hoge Tyler with William Jennings Bryan and others

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1967-002_Tyler_photo017

Jackson Ferry Shot Tower Linocut

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-050
Abstract

This collection contains a black and white linocut created by Conway Smith, c.1930. It depicts the Jackson Ferry Shot Tower in Wythe County, Virginia.

Dates: c.1930

Jacksonville School District Minute Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-008
Abstract

The collection contains a photocopy of the board minutes from the Jacksonville (now Floyd), Floyd County, Virginia, school district.

Dates: 1870 - 1886

Jacob Cassel Papers, 1865-1881 (Ms2008-086)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2008-086

Henry Morgan Jacocks Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-008
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of Henry Morgan Jacocks, graduate of Virginia Tech (class of 1900), assistant superintendent at Mathieson Alkali Works (Saltville, Virginia), independent businessman, and Virginia State Highway Department employee. Correspondence, trade catalogs, instructional booklets, blueprints, and drawings from Jacocks' years at Mathieson Alkali Works. Also includes a set of drafting standards for the Virginia Bridge and Iron Company and several photographs.

Dates: 1898 - 1919

Jamerson Family Papers, 1792, 1803-1919 (Ms1990-080)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1990-080

Jamerson-Webster-Basham Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-080
Abstract

The Jamerson-Webster-Basham Family Papers include receipts, deeds, land settlements, and correspondence from the Jamerson and other Franklin County families, including the Webster, Basham, Rayford, Akers, and Neff families.

Dates: 1792, 1803-1936