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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:

New Jersey Zinc Corporation (Austinville, VA) Records II,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-037
Abstract

The New Jersey Zinc Corporation Records II contains maps, surveys, memoranda, and reports related to the New Jersey Zinc Company.

Dates: 1925 - 1969

New Jersey Zinc Corporation (Austinville, VA) Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-032
Abstract

The collection consists of approximately 30 cubic feet of maps, blueprints, and files of the New Jersey Zinc Corporation operations in Austinville, Virgina.

Dates: 1850 - 1969

New River Grocery Company Order Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-026
Abstract

Order book for wholesale business operating in Fries (Grayson County), Virginia during the early 20th century.

Dates: 1905 - 1906

New River Investment Company Deeds,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-073
Abstract

The New River Investment Company Deeds document land ownership in Radford, Virginia, and include one deed from 1890 and three drafts of a deed from 1892. Restrictions on land development appear in the 1890 deed. The 1892 drafts lift a vendor's lien.

Dates: 1890 - 1892

New River Land and Improvement Company's Property, New River, Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0251
Abstract

Map shows New River, Virginia, now part of the city of Radford.

Dates: ca. 1885

New River Mineral Company Stock Certificate

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-036
Abstract

Unissued certificate for shares of stock in the New River Mineral Company, with property in Wythe County, Virginia.

Dates: ca.1882

New River Plateau Rwy Co.: Map showing proposed location from Ivanhoe Va. to North Carolina State Line

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0179
Abstract

Map shows counties of Pulaski, Wythe, Carroll, and Grayson, in Virginia, and Surry County in North Carolina. Color map displays rail lines, rivers, and mountains.

Dates: 1889

New River Valley Planning District Commission Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-024
Abstract

The New River Valley Planning District Commission records consist of reports, files, and other literature gathered and used by the commission to aid their planning for the New River Valley of Virginia.

Dates: 1959-1991, n.d.

Newlee Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-021
Scope and Content

The collection includes a paper of the history written in 1980 of Smithfield Plantation, the Preston family, and Virginia Newlee (Robert's daughter) written by George Shackleford. In addition there is an obituary of Colonel Newlee, and a newspaper clipping from 1916 with the muster roll of the Company of Virginia Volunteers in the Mexican War. Also includes a muster roll of Company L, Fourth Virginia Regiment, of which Newlee was captain.

Dates: 1916, 1980, n.d.

Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-086
Abstract

The Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History collection contains oral history interviews, transcripts, notes, newspaper clippings, historic district survey forms, a video tape, and a geological survey map related to the creation of the Greater Newport Rural Historic District. The collection dates from 1973 to 2009, although it does include a typed copy of a 1904 Giles County will.

Dates: 1904, 1973-2006