Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Use this for collections relating to Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, West Virginia, and Appalachia.Found in 1988 Collections and/or Records:
John James Porter: Portrait Artist, 1825-1888
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John James Porter: Portrait Artist, 1825-1888
Document is a short biographical sketch about the painter John James Porter. The item details Porter's life and several of his works currently on display in various locations.
John Todd to John Brown in Augusta, concerning a runaway wench Todd now wants to sell to Col. [William] Preston.
Johnson Farm Historic Resources Study Report
Study of the Johnson Farm at Peaks of Otter in Bedford County, Virginia, managed by the Blue Ridge Parkway. Prepared by the Appalachian Studies Program at Virginia Tech (Dr. Jean H. Speer, project director). Collection includes an historic structures report and nine volumes of appendices.
John Henry Johnson Scrapbook
The collection includes a scrapbook of John Henry Johnson, a Scott County, Virginia politician, including letters signed by other politicians (including William Jennings Bryan and other members of the Bryan family), newspaper clippings, certificates, invitations, original poetry, and a photograph.
Martha L. Johnson Family Papers
Patricia Givens Johnson Papers
This collection consists of papers of Patricia Givens Johnson, New River Valley local historian. It includes correspondence, subject files, printed materials and photographs. It also includes a scrapbook and a few other materials, scattered throughout the collection, which had belonged to Johnson's mother, Lula Porterfield Givens, also a local historian.