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Montgomery County (Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: If you use this subject heading, please use "Local/Regional History," too.

Found in 792 Collections and/or Records:

Isaac White Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-013
Abstract

The collection consists of letters written mostly by Isaac White (1837-1889) to his wife, Mary Virginia "Jinnie" Day White, while he served with the Confederate Army as an assistant surgeon during the American Civil War. Many of the letters are written while encamped along the Shenandoah Valley. Other papers include literature gathered by Bess Duvall White Snead, White's grand-daughter, in her search for military information about Isaac White.

Dates: 1861 - 1938

"Whitethorne Photographs of Kentland for Margaret K. Cowan" Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2021-020
Abstract

This collection contains a spiral bound photo book that contains photographs of Kentland Plantation and surrounding areas. This collection also contains a sheet of paper, probably from a scrapbook, with photographs of Kentland and Walnut Spring. Kentland Farm is located in nothern Montgomery County, Virginia, and was formed in the early 1800s by James Randal Kent.

Dates: ca. 1900s

William W. Gardner Daybook

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1940_011_Gardner_DayBk

William W. Gardner Daybook, 1918 (Ms1940-011)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1940_011_Gardner_DayBk_1918

Henry H. Wiss Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-013
Scope and Contents

Professor of Architecture at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University from 1947 to 1983. Collection consists of twelve architectural drawings and four photographs of Wiss's private residence in Blacksburg, Virginia, designed by him in 1960. 

Dates: 1960, n.d.

Dewitt Clinton Wolfe, Jr., Scrapbooks

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-001
Abstract

This collection contains two scrapbooks of photographs and ephemera compiled by DeWitt Clinton Wolfe, Jr., a 1921 graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a member of the VPI Corps of Cadets. The materials document Wolfe's experiences as a student in the Cadet Corps from about 1919 to 1921, including sporting events, camping excursions, "rat parades" and as a trumpet player in the Cadet Corps band. The collection also contains a CD with selected scanned photographs from the albums.

Dates: 1919 - 1921

Charles S. Worley, Jr., Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-017
Abstract

The Charles S. Worley, Jr., Collection consist of architectural drawings of designs by Worley, done from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s, with several designs undated. The collection also includes a small group of photographs and negatives of Worley and his own residence in Blacksburg, as well as an extensive collection of slides documenting Worley's student and professional work, work of his students, his travels, nature, and images that were likely used as part of lectures.

Dates: 1950-1982, undated

Anne H. Price Yates Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-087
Abstract

The collection includes correspondence, charts, notes and source material relating to the genealogy of the Price, Harless and related families and compiled by Anne H. Price Yates and her father, William Conway Price, while writing the book Increase in Prices: Some Descendents of David and Agnes (Hoffman) Price of 17th Century Germany.

Dates: 1904 - 1985; Majority of material found within 1975 - 1985

Anne Price Yates Papers II

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-065
Abstract

The collection contains manuscript materials, notes, and correspondence related to Anne Price Yates' research on the Price family after the publication of her book, Increase in Prices.

Dates: 1898 - 2005