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Virginia, Southwest

 Subject

Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Bigler-Sessler-John Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1993-011
Abstract

The collection contains correspondence, legal documents, and accounting receipts and records relating to the Bigler, Sessler, and John families of southwest Virginia.

Dates: 1752 - 1924

A. B. Cox Manuscript

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-038
Scope and Content

Typed manuscript of "Footprints in the Sands of Time: A History of South-Western Virginia and North-Western North Carolina," written in 1900 by Cox. Copy was typed from Cox's book by Mrs. Alfred Apple of Bedford, Indiana.

Dates: 1900 - 1900

Richard B. Dickenson Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-043
Abstract

The collection is composed of materials related to Dickenson's research on Southwest Virginia African Americans from the Civil War until the present.

Dates: 1931-2004; Majority of material found within 1964 - 2000

Hoge Family Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1992-045
Scope and Content Early Southwest Virginia settlers. Papers consist of a letter (n.d.) from James Hoge (1732-1812) to John Preston (1764-1827) of Richmond and later Montgomery County, concerning the settlement of an account, and a certificate, dated September 10, 1781, entitling Hoge to 130 acres of land in Montgomery County that he settled on in 1769. Also includes a letter, dated March 6, 1817, to Hoge's son, General James Hoge (1783-1861) concerning land in Russell County to be sold for non-payment of...
Dates: 1781, 1817, 1848, n.d.

Jefferson National Forest: Glenwood, New Castle, and Blacksburg Ranger Districts, Virginia,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0782
Abstract

Jefferson National Forest: Glenwood, New Castle, and Blacksburg Ranger Districts. Forest Service, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, 1978. 50 x 36 in. 1978. [FOLDER C-1]

Dates: 1978 - 1978

Patrick Keyces (Keycas) Arrest Warrant,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-034
Abstract

The collection contains an arrest warrant issued on January 30th, 1864 for Patrick Keyces, a deserter from the 30th Virginia Sharpshooters Battalion.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

Methodist Episcopal Church, South [Pulaski, Virgina, Mission] Record Book

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1990-039
Scope and Content

Mission for the Methodist Episcopal Church in Southwest Virginia. Record book list membership, baptisms, financial information, Sunday school attendance, and other business for Pulaski and Carroll counties and other areas of Southwest Virginia.

Dates: 1892 - 1896

Cathleen Carlson Reynolds Manuscript Thesis

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1991-038
Scope and Content

Resident of Marion, Virginia, and Civil War historian. Collection consists of a copy of "A Pragmatic Loyalty: Unionism in Southwestern Virginia, 1861-1865," Reynolds's 1987 master's thesis for the University of Alabama at Birmingham. 

Dates: 1987 - 1987

Shugart Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-013
Abstract

This collection contains papers from the Shugart Family of Southwest Virginia, created between 1811 and 1876.

Dates: 1811 - 1876

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