Blacksburg (Va.)
Found in 579 Collections and/or Records:
Mosaic of Town and Environs, Blacksburg, Virginia
Map shows Blacksburg, Virginia, with various areas in the vicinity identified and shaded.
Multicultural Diversity Oral History Collection
Newlee Family Papers
The collection includes a paper on the history of Smithfield Plantation, the Preston family, and Virginia Newlee (Col. Robert Newlee's daughter) written by George Shackelford in 1980. In addition, there is an obituary of Colonel Newlee, and a newspaper clipping from 1916 with the muster roll of the Company of Virginia Volunteers in the Mexican War. Also the collection includes a muster roll of Company L, Fourth Virginia Regiment, of which Newlee was captain.
Newspaper clipping, A letter from the Confederate states of America War Department. Official letter relative to the conscription act. Sign Geo. W. Randolph, Secretary of War, April 30, 1862 (Ms1992-003)
Official Zoning Map for the Town of Blacksburg,
Official Zoning Map for the Town of Blacksburg as of July 11, 1961. 17 x 12 in. [FOLDER D-4]
Order of punishment of James W. Johnson for leaving camp and being drunk, Signed Robert T. Preston, May 20 (Ms1992-003)
Orders and correspondence between General Longstreet and Col. Preston at Mason's Hill, Fairfax, undated (Ms1992-003)
Louis O'Shaughnessy Letters
The collection contains 1903 to 1905 letters from Louis O'Shaughnessy to his future wife, Ida Surface, and one letter from O'Shaughnessy to G. T. Surface.