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Montgomery County (Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 794 Collections and/or Records:

H.O. Bacock Diary, 1864 (Ms2003-014)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2003-014_BabcockHO_Diary_1864

Hog Ordinance Broadside

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-078
Abstract

The collection consists of a broadside containing town regulations for the housing of hogs or pigs within town limits for the Town of Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: n.d.

Hoge Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-045
Abstract

This collection contains a survey plat, a certificate, and two letters that belonged to James Hoge and his son General James F. Hoge, two of the early settlers of Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: 1781, 1817, 1848, n.d.

William E. Hoge Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-019
Abstract The Hoge Family was one of the earliest settlers of the New River area of southwest Virginia. William Edward Hoge and his family resided in Point Pleasant, Bland County Virginia, where William Hoge began his medicinal practice in 1855. Hoge was married to Jane L. Meek, and they had three sons and one daughter. The William E. Hoge Family Papers consist of 164 letters and 65 deeds, along with financial papers, postcards, and extensive genealogical research. The letters detail the lives of the...
Dates: 1810 - 1933

Huff-Hylton Families Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-001
Abstract

The Huff-Hylton Families Papers consists of items from the early 1800s through the American Civil War pertaining to the business and personal lives of Samuel Huff, Lorenzo Dow Hylton, and their families in Montgomery (now Floyd) County, Virginia. Materials include promissory notes, correspondence, an indenture for land, and genealogical information.

Dates: 1803-1816, 1858-1882, 1975, n.d.

Virginia Hummel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-014
Scope and Contents

The Virginia Hummel collection consists of newspaper clippings, research notes, photographs, maps, and blueprints collected and created by Virginia Hummel of Blacksburg.

Dates: 1830 - 1998

John R. Hutcheson Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-001
Abstract Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other items document the career and family of John R. Hutcheson. After earning his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), John Redd Hutcheson (1886-1962) began working at the Virginia Agricultural Extension Service in 1914, becoming its director in 1919. Hutcheson was elected as president of VPI in 1945, serving until his nomination as VPI's first chancellor in 1947. The next year he became the first president of...
Dates: 1890 - 1969; Majority of material found within ( 1930-1950)

Henry Iddings Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-021
Abstract

This collection includes 19th century personal papers (correspondence, legal document, land-related materials, and tax receipts) from the Henry Iddings Family of Floyd County, Virginia.

Dates: 1810 - 1900

Independent Order of St. Luke Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-121
Abstract

The bulk of the materials in the Independent Order of St. Luke Records, a social-welfare organization for African Americans, consist of handbooks, correspondence, receipts, programs, membership records, annual reports, and assessment reports of the Order, collected primarily from members in Blacksburg, Virginia. Also includes the minutes (1920-1938) of the Blacksburg chapters of the Busy Bee and Maggie L. Walker (Secretary of the Independent Order of St. Luke) Circles.

Dates: 1877 - 1970

Ingles Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-021
Abstract The Ingles Family Collection includes the Ferry Hill Ledger (1797-1804) and 3 of 6 volumes of Ingles Family Bible (1823); first available documentation of Mary Draper Ingles (kidnapped at infamous Draper Meadows Massacre and later escaped from Shawnee Indian captivity) and William Ingles, operator of Ingles Ferry, Ingles Ferry Hill Tavern, and blacksmith shop. Documentation of the family's extraordinary history, its ferry, and related enterprises provides scholars with unparalleled material...
Dates: 1797 - 1823