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Blacksburg (Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 572 Collections and/or Records:

Historical Maps Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Maps-001

Historical Photograph Collection (List of Subjects)

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Photographs-001
Abstract

The photograph collection at Special Collections and University Archives consists primarily of historical photographs of Virginia Tech, dating back to the 1890s. The collection is also home to historic images of Blacksburg, Montgomery County, the New River Valley, and Southwest Virginia in general. A photograph collection of faculty and staff from the university is maintained separately.

Dates: c. 1890s-present

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.

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

Virginia Hummel Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-014
Abstract

The Virginia Hummel Papers consist of materials created and gathered by Virginia Holden Hummel of Blacksburg. An amateur historian especially interested in Blacksburg history and genealogy, she collected many materials related to the region, including newspaper clippings, research notes, photographs, maps, and blueprints.

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)

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

Invitation, Inauguration Ball, Miss Virginia T. Preston, March 5, 1849 (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F1_InauguralInvit_1849_0305

J. H. Wissler's Coal Property on Both Sides of Prices Mountain in Montgomery County, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0290
Abstract

Map shows J. H. Wissler's Coal Property near Price's Mountain in Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: Oct. 30, 1911