Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Found in 1964 Collections and/or Records:
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.
S. Harvey Johnson Copybook
This collection consists of the copybook of S. Harvey Johnson, a 19th-century Pittsylvania County, Virginia Methodist minister. Titled "Thoughts, Original and Selected with Incidents, Illustrations, etc.," the book contains passages copied from numerous works, relating mostly to religious matters, including instructions on what and how to preach. Accompanied by an untitled poem by Paul Hayne.
William Martin Johnson Papers
The William Martin Johnson Papers include both personal and professional correspondence, ranging from November 1932 to March 1977. Johnson wrote to representatives at Public Works, American Society of Civil Engineers, the Department of Architectural Engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and the War Assets Administration, among others. Johnson (1904-1991) graduated from VPI in 1928 and worked as a Civil Engineer for Wiley and Wilson in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Clement Dixon Johnston Papers,
The collection contains correspondence, speeches, scrapbooks, diaries, photographs, and other memorabilia from Johnston's tenure and local and national politics and business.
Mary Johnston Letter
This collection contains a letter from Mary Johnston sent in response to Mr. Gifford C. Terry's letter, asking her to autograph a copy of "To Have and to Hold." Mary Johnston was an author and an advocate for woman suffrage.
J. T. Jones Ledger
Ledger of James Taswell Jones (1890-1945), a Blacksburg, Virginia meat cutter, containing payment transactions on accounts of customers, including C. W. Black, C. E. Bodell, F. B. Eames, J. K. Groseclose, Y. B. Keister, and H. L. Price.
Samuel D. Jones Letter to Henry C. Wysor
The Samuel D. Jones Letter to Henry C. Wysor is a letter written on March 10, 1893, from Jones (1856-1930) in Glade Spring, Virginia, to Wysor (1847-1927) in Dublin, Virginia. The letter details a payment for an insurance policy and is written on Southwest Virginia Institute for Young Ladies letterhead. Jones was principal of the institute, and Wysor was an agent for the New-York Life Insurance Company.