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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 1954 Collections and/or Records:

Percy Hotspur Lash II Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-046
Abstract

This collection contains 45 items, mostly letters from Percy Hotspur Lash II while a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the mid-1920s written to friends in Gladys and Lynchburg, Virginia. Other items include banquet programs, blank postcards, and photographs.

Dates: 1925 - 1938

Harriet Eliza Lathrop Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-011
Abstract

This collection includes the photocopied typescript of the reminiscences of Harriet Eliza Lathrop, a native of New York who moved to Tazewell County, Virginia with her husband, employed there to oversee the opening of the Pocahontas Coal Field.

Dates: 1937

Laurel Fork, Virginia Quadrangle,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0742
Abstract

Laurel Fork, Virginia Quadrangle. U. S. Geological Survey, 1968. 22 x 27 in. [FOLDER C-2]

Dates: 1968 - 1968

Madison T. Lawson Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-057
Abstract

The collection contains a letter from Madison T. Lawson to his family, written in Lee County, Virginia, on March 28, 1864.

Dates: 1864

League of Women Voters of Montgomery County, Virginia Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-016
Abstract

The League of Women Voters of Montgomery County, Virginia, records, is composed of correspondence, chapter and national league literature and publications, bulletins, candidate questionnaires, meeting minutes and agendas, budget and financial information, bank statements, returned checks, and treasurer's reports.

Dates: 1961 - 2001

Hugh C. Ledgerwood Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-017
Abstract

This collection contains a ledger maintained by Hugh C. Ledgerwood, proprietor of a general store in Newbern (Pulaski County), Virginia, with details of customer transactions, including names, dates, goods purchased, and prices paid.

Dates: 1915

Preston Leech Glass Slides and Cassette Tape

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1994-003
Scope and Contents Collection of 298 glass slides collected by Preston Leech, a Roanoke, Virginia, native and an employee of the Norfolk & Western Railway Company from the 1930s to the 1970s. Most of the slides are of N&W locomotives, rail routes, and stations. Other slides are of general agricultural and industrial scenes, and of the Luray Caverns in Virginia. The cassette tape is of an interview of Leech done in March 1994, where he speaks about his employment at the Norfolk & Western Railway...
Dates: c.1900-1925, 1994

Leftwich Family Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-021
Abstract

The Leftwich Family Letters include correspondence from James B., William, and Thomas Leftwich in addition to missives from a family friend and a bereaved lover. The soldiers' letters issue from American Civil War battlefronts and provide insight into significant battles (the Battle of Bull Run), war-time trade, and the daily routine of a soldier.

Dates: 1861 - 1866

Mary Sinton Leitch Correspondence with J. J. Lankes

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-001
Abstract

The collection includes 27 letters (some with covers and envelopes) written by Mary Sinton Leitch to J. J. Lankes between 1932 and 1950. Introduced by a mutual friend, Leitch and Lankes maintained a more than 18-year correspondence that contained conversations of personal news & friends, the Virginia literary and art scene, and their own writing and artistic efforts (including Lankes collaborations with poet Robert Frost).

Dates: 1932 - 1950

Margaret Leslie Receipt for Soldiers' Benefit

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-042
Abstract

This collection contains a soldier's benefit receipt paid to Mrs. Margaret Leslie of Wythe County, Virginia, on May 11, 1863, for supplies furnished to James Leslie, a soldier in the 45th Virginia Regiment of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1863