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Blacksburg (Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 579 Collections and/or Records:

Site Plan, Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library, Blacksburg Area Branch

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0236
Abstract

Map shows the plan for the Blacksburg branch of the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library.

Dates: 1994
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Site Plan, Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library, Blacksburg Area Branch

J.H. Slusser & Son Store Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-135
Abstract "Store Book, no. 5, 1912" includes account listings for the J.H. Slusser & Son Coal Company store from 1902 through 1909. John H. Slusser was born in Blacksburg, Virginia on August 28, 1840. Slusser purchased a coal mine on Coal Bank Hollow Road in Blacksburg. The coal company was taken over by John Slusser's son, Murry, after his death in 1909. The M.C. Slusser Coal Company ran the mine until 1950 and served the surrounding areas, include coal supplies for the nearby Virginia...
Dates: 1902 - 1909
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / J.H. Slusser & Son Store Ledger

"Smart" Road Citizen's Advisory Committee Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-025
Abstract The "Smart" Road is a project designed by the Virginia Department of Transportation to build a roadway as a direct link between Blacksburg and Roanoke, Virginia. The proposed highway would pass through the Ellett Valley of Montgomery County, Virginia. In 1994 a citizen's advisory committee was formed to advise VDOT about the environmental and social ramifications of building the new roadway, as well as it's overall design. The collection consists of reports, copies of electronic mail...
Dates: 1993 - 1997
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / "Smart" Road Citizen's Advisory Committee Records

Smithey & Boynton, Architects & Engineers Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-027
Abstract

The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey & Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957.

Dates: 1922 - 1985
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Smithey & Boynton, Architects & Engineers Records

Smithfield Plantation House Architectural Drawings,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-053
Abstract Smithfield Plantation is the historic home of the Preston family, one of the founding families of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. In November 1958 the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) authorized the organization of the Montgomery County branch for the specific purpose of acquiring and restoring Smithfield Plantation. Restoration of the building was begun in 1962 when the APVA's Montgomery County Branch raised the funds for renovation and...
Dates: n.d.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Smithfield Plantation House Architectural Drawings,

Smithfield Plantation House Architectural Drawings (Ms2011-053)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2011-053
Dates: n.d.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-002
Abstract

The Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers consist of 200 letters written almost exclusively by two generations of members of the Preston family of southwest Virginia, Kentucky, and South Carolina, to James and Sarah Preston McDowell of Rockbridge County, Virginia.

Dates: 1784-1881, n.d.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers

Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881 (Ms1997-002)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1997-002
Dates: 1784-1881, n.d.
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Solitude Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-138
Abstract

Love letter written by L'incounnue ("The Unknown") at Solitude (the Preston home in Blacksburg, Virginia) in 1860, and addressed to "Miss Martha."

Dates: 1860
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Solitude Letter

Solitude Photographs and Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-024
Abstract

This collection contains photographs, newspaper clippings, and several other papers containing information about Solitude, the oldest building on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: ca. 1960s-1980s
Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Solitude Photographs and Papers

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