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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 801 Collections and/or Records:

Shell Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1959-001
Abstract

Materials document the history of the Shell family of Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: 1871 - 1932

Shell Family Papers

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1959_001_ShellFamilyPapers

Jacob Sherman Legal Documents

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2019-027
Abstract

The Jacob Sherman Legal Documents contain a complaint of Jacob Sherman and the testimony of Burgess R. Linkous regarding the sale of an enslaved person in Western Virginia in 1858.

Dates: 1858

A. M. Showalter Poem

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-019
Abstract

The collection contains a poem written by A. M. Showalter entitled, "An Ode to My Hometown Church Where I Belong," ca. 1947. The poem is dedicated to Christiansburg Presbyterian Church, uses rhymed couplets, and features a picture of the church.

Dates: ca. 1947

Carrie T. Sibold Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-043
Abstract

The collection consists of scrapbooks, journals, V.P.I. reunion materials, photograph albums, family diplomas, and the diary of Nannie V. Sibold. As a whole, the collection dates from 1912 to 1990. However, Carrie T. Sibold's scrapbook journals, which run from 1974 to 1990, constitute the the bulk of the collection material.

Dates: 1912 - 1990; Majority of material found within ( 1974-1990)

Sigma Xi Charter

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-072

Site of Proposed Stadium

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0341
Abstract

Map shows the topography of the site for the proposed stadium at VPI circa 1924. The stadium, Miles Stadium, was completed in 1926.

Dates: ca. 1924

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

Slusser Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1960-001
Abstract

This collection contains loose ledger sheets for the household expenditures of Dr. John B. Slusser, an advertisement from the Pressed Steel Car Company, a reciept from the Virginia Tech dining hall, a United States patent application for a nut-lock invented by Murray C. and William J. Slusser, and pages from a personal account book.

Dates: 1852 - 1912

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