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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:

Linwood D. Keyser Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1972-006
Abstract

The collection contains the papers of Dr. Linwood D. Keyser, a urologist in Roanoke, Virginia, during the first half of the 20th century. It consists of diplomas, certificates, and photographs.

Dates: 1889 - 1944

Keystone View Company Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-052
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence between Keystone View Company management and salesmen in the field, predominantly W. W. Barnhart. The collection also includes blank order forms.

Dates: 1903-1918, undated; Majority of material found within 1903 - 1908

Kenneth G. Killinger Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-030
Abstract

Four pieces of printed ephemera relates to Kenneth G. Killinger's mission work near Marion, Virginia: a report to the Lutheran Synod of Virginia, two summer camp meeting programs, and a brochure urging donations.

Dates: 1925-1932, n.d.

Kincaid Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-001
Abstract

The Kincaid Family Papers consist of bills, receipts, notes, and accounts of Charles, James, William, and John Kincaid, members of a Bath County, Virginia, family, from 1803-1880.

Dates: 1803 - 1880

King and Watson Coling Cash Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-079
Abstract

The collection contains a Cash Book created in Pulaski County, Virginia by King and Watson Coling. Entries date from January 1888 through June 1891.

Dates: 1881 - 1891

Wiley B. King Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-018
Abstract

This collections consists of an account book maintained by Wiley B. King, a general store merchant in Poplar Hill (Giles County), Virginia. The book contains customer names, dates of purchases, goods purchased, and prices paid.

Dates: 1904 - 1905

King William Co. Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0113
Abstract

Minimalist map shows towns in King William County, Virginia. Map contains a note concerning corrections.

Dates: 1913

J. D. Kingsbury Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-054
Abstract

Papers of J. D. Kingsbury, a missionary of the American Sunday-School Union of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, working in Monongalia and Marion counties, Virginia (now West Virginia), in 1854. Includes letters from American Sunday-School Union officers, a missionary working in counties adjacent to Kingsbury's, and J. S. McKinney of Palatine; and a form letter appointing Kingsbury as missionary.

Dates: 1854

Kinnier Family Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-2007-034
Scope and Contents

Four complete letters and two fragments written to Jennie from William. Two letters and at least one fragment were written between 1853 and about 1856 from Chicago, Illinois. They are mainly love notes with family news, but mention in passing immigrants and Cassius M. Clay. The two later letters were written in Lynchburg, Virginia after the couple's marriage. The July 27, 1863 letter discusses possible upcoming battles and the high prices of food during the Civil War.

Dates: 1853 - 1863