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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

 Subject

Subject Source: Local sources

Scope Note: Use this for collections relating to Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, West Virginia, and Appalachia.

Found in 1734 Collections and/or Records:

Mosaic of Town and Environs, Blacksburg, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0266
Abstract

Map shows Blacksburg, Virginia, with various areas in the vicinity identified and shaded.

Dates: March 1954

Mountain Lake: David Sherman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2004-014
Abstract

The Mountain Lake: David Sherman Collection consists of papers collected by David Sherman of the U.S. Forest Service and Appalachian Trail Conference while working to establish a federal wilderness area around Mountain Lake in Giles County, Virginia during the 1980s. Materials include hotel brochures, magazine and guidebook articles, a dissertation about the lake, maps, federal reports about the environmental conditions, and research and correspondence about local land ownership.

Dates: 1870 - 2002

Mountain Lake Hotel

 Collection
Identifier: Art-182
Dates: 1889 - 1889

Mullens Smokeless Coal Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1994-005
Scope and Content Information

The Mullens Smokeless Coal Company records consist mainly of ledgers and cash books which detail company accounts, coal buyers, and billings. Also included are certificates of capital stock, Mining Laws from the West Virginia Legislature, and various publications pertaining to coal mining.

Dates: 1937-1960, n.d.

Henry I. Mullins Account Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-024
Abstract

Ledger recording customer transactions of Wise County, Virginia general mercantile store operated by Henry I. Mullins.

Dates: 1921 - 1924

William T. Munsey Account Books,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-025
Abstract

Ledgers maintained by William T. Munsey, proprietor of a general mercantile store in Giles County, Virginia, during the early 20th century.

Dates: 1912 - 1924

Frank M. Murdock Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-056
Scope and Content

One volume of notes taken by Murdock, of Kingwood, Preston County, West Virginia. Notes are of several clubs in Kingwood, and include the constitution and meeting minutes of the Kingwood Amateur Troupe, programs and minutes of the Kingwood School Literary Society, and treasurer's notes of the Mozart Band of Kingwood. Also includes Murdock's certificate of baptism (1877).

Dates: 1877 - 1893

James Murphy Inventory of Estate

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-037
Scope and Content

Patrick County, Virginia, landowner. Inventory of possessions taken at the time of his death. 

Dates: 1812 - 1812

John Murray Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-036
Abstract

The John Murray Papers document the participation of John Murray, a Virginia Tech chemistry professor from 1942 to 1971, in Virginia's ornithological community. Collected materials include manuscript articles, scholarly correspondence, and bird watching logs which focus largely on Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: 1883 - 1999

E. H. Murrell Note to General John C. Breckinridge,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-083
Abstract

The collection contains a single note from E.H. Murrell, MD, of Lynchburg, Virginia, addressed to General John C. Breckinridge inquiring about the 150 bushels of corn from Montgomery County, VA that he had ordered and instead requests 200 bushels be delivered.

Dates: 1864 - 1864