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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:

Jonathan E. Lipps Account Books

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-016
Abstract

This collection contains the court clerk and general store account ledgers of Jonathan E. Lipps of Wise County, Virginia.

Dates: 1892 - 1924

List, Number of Extra Guns and Cartridges in the Companies, undated (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_ExtraGuns

List of absence of Co. B 28th Regiment of the VA. Volunteers, March 19, 1862 (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F8_List_1862_0319

List of quit rents of the Middle District of Augusta

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1985-020_quitrents

Litchfield Family Household Ledger,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-008
Abstract

The collection consists of a handwritten collection of recipes, household accounts, and schoolwork from Litchfield family of Abingdon, Virginia. In addition to recipes for pickles and preserving, cakes, puddings, breads, and meats, there are also directions for home products like furniture polish, and lists of greenhouse plants.

Dates: c.1870s-1890s

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