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Blacksburg (Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 569 Collections and/or Records:

Plat of Survey of Property to be Acquired by the Town of Blacksburg

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0301
Abstract Map shows the plat of land acquired by the Town of Blacksburg (Virginia) for use as the Blacksburg Colored Graveyard. Note reads: "Property to be acquired by the TOWN OF BLACKSBURG and shown inclosed within the HEAVY lines hereon is all of the same land acquired by:- 1. Trs. of the Colored Grave Yard Association of Blacksburg, D. B. 58, page 281, and 2. Trs. of the Blacksburg Colored Graveyard Association, D. V. 219, page 332. "Part of the property to be acquired may be referred to as a part...
Dates: Sept. 9, 1968

Plat of Survey of Property to be Acquired by the Town of Blacksburg (revised)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0305
Abstract Map shows the plat of land acquired by the Town of Blacksburg (Virginia) for use as the Blacksburg Colored Graveyard. It is revised from the 1968 survey. Note reads: "Property to be acquired by the TOWN OF BLACKSBURG and shown inclosed within the HEAVY lines hereon is all of the same land acquired by:- 1. Trs. of the Colored Grave Yard Association of Blacksburg, D. B. 58, page 281, and 2. Trs. of the Blacksburg Colored Graveyard Association, D. V. 219, page 332. "Part of the property to be...
Dates: 1989

Plat of the H. D. Linkous Land, Now KACC, Price Mountain

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0292
Abstract

Map shows the H. D. Linkous land at Price Mountain, near Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1948

Portion of Campus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0344
Abstract

Map shows the VPI campus circa 1922.

Dates: ca. 1922

Preliminary and Location of Proposed Railroad Line [Blacksburg, Virginia]

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0278
Abstract

Railroad line proposal was presented by a Senior Civil Engineering Class, presumably under the direction of W. Dickinson. Map is in color with topography and measurements highlighted.

Dates: Dec. 8, 1911

Preston and Olin Institute Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1964-001
Abstract

This collection contains an agent’s book for Olin and Preston Institute, five copies of reports from the Committee on Seminaries, and programs from the Alpha Literary Society and Preston Literary Society.

Dates: 1852-1871, n.d.

Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1962-004
Abstract

The collection consists of family papers, receipts, correspondence, and original and photocopied materials relating to the Preston family, primarily William and Susanna Smith Preston, John Preston, and William Ballard Preston, dating from the 1740s to the 1880s. Other materials include 19th and 20th century genealogy research on the Prestons.

Dates: 1749-1882, n.d.

Preston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-020
Abstract

The Didier Collection of Preston Family Papers includes papers of James Patton, Patton's grandson William Preston, and Preston's eldest son, John Preston, all of Montgomery County, Virginia. The papers consist of business and legal documents, surveys, and correspondence.

Dates: 1747 - 1897

Preston Family Correspondence

 File
Identifier: Ms-2010-070
Abstract

The Preston Family Correspondence consists of two letters. The first is written by James Francis Preston to his wife, Sarah Caperton Preston; he details the events of and his involvement in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War. The second letter is written by Sarah to Colonel Grabowski and discusses her son’s (Hugh Caperton Preston) failure to follow an order at Preston and Olin Institute (now Virginia Tech).

Dates: 1861, 1872