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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:

Robert Lively Note to Walter Herron

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2023-034
Abstract

This note from Robert Lively to Walter Herron of Norfolk, Virginia, discusses payment to Herron for four unnamed, enslaved children, and collection of the children by a Mr. Armistead.

Dates: 1826

Reverend Baldwin Lloyd Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2022-018
Abstract This collection contains personal papers from Reverend Baldwin Lloyd, such as correspondence, certificates, research materials, and photogrpahs. It also includes records of his work with the Monacan Indian Nation through St. Paul's Church at Bear Mountain, his involvement with the Appalachian People's Service Organization, and community projects such as the Village Center in Blacksburg, VA. The bulk of the materials in the collection are undated, but would have likely been created between...
Dates: c.1960s-2010; Majority of material found within 1960 - 1990

Lobdell Car Wheel Company Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-019
Abstract

This collection contains the records of a Smyth and Wythe County, Virginia furnace and store operations of the Lobdell Car Wheel Company, including customer store accounts, payroll records, and furnace operation reports.

Dates: 1881 - 1902

Seldon Longley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-116
Abstract

This collection contains six pieces of personal correspondence addressed to Seldon Longley, as well as a bank note and leather case.

Dates: 1871-1893, n.d.

Look Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1976-003
Abstract

This collection contains the papers of the Look family of Wyoming, New York and Marion, Virginia, including correspondence of women's suffragist Susan Look Avery and other family members; cartes-de-visite of Avery and daughter Lydia Avery Coonley; photographs of "Hillside," the Avery family home in Wyoming, New York; and a brochure of the Susan Look Avery Club of Wyoming, New York.

Dates: 1875 - 1907

Fannie Lorentz Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2024-002
Abstract

The Fannie Lorentz Letter is by Lorentz (1829-1864) to her husband Mifflin (1823-1891), dated April 12, 1862, from "Cabin Home" (now Shawsville), Virginia. Lorentz describes recent events in her and her children's lives, such as problems with getting wood, issues with hens, and being ill. She also discusses a letter she read to her neighbor from Jimmie Langhorne about being wounded by "Yankees" in Delaware during the American Civil War.

Dates: 1862

Louisa County Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0112
Abstract

Minimalist map shows towns in Louisa County, Virginia.

Dates: 1910

James H. Lowry Journal

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-010
Abstract

Journal of James H. Lowry, a schoolmaster and farmer living in Washington County, Virginia during the midddle of the 19th century, documenting items purchased for the school, tuition paid, and financial transactions with neighbors and local merchants.

Dates: 1846

Daniel Bedinger Lucas Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-012
Abstract

The Daniel Bedinger Lucas papers consist of scrapbooks, correspondence, poems and essays, newspapers, and other materials collected and created by Lucas, including several items created by his sister, Virginia Lucas, also a poet.

Dates: 1812-1924, n.d.