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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:

Patrick County, Virginia, Showing Primary and Secondary Highway Systems

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0199
Abstract

Map shows the roads in Patrick County, Virginia, with a legend and mileage table.

Dates: 1941

James G. Paxton Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-071
Scope and Content

Confederate major in the Civil War. Letter, April 6, 1863, from Paxton in Salem, Virginia, to Major William McLaughlin suggesting he consider being a candidate for the Confederate State Senate from Lexington and Rockbridge, Virginia.

Dates: 1863 - 1863

Pay Voucher, for Election Officer, Randolph County Va., 1860 (Ms2010-060)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010_060_BosworthSquires_CourtSlip_1860_xxxx
Dates: 1860

Elizabeth Barton Smith Payne Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-072
Abstract

Letter of Elizabeth Barton Smith Payne, a resident of Fauquier County, Virginia during the Civil War. The letter mourns loved ones killed in battle and mentions raids by soldiers, the capture and imprisonment of a brother, and a son's desire to join the army.

Dates: [1864]

Peacock-Harper Culinary History Friends Records

 Collection — Box 1-6
Identifier: Ms-2007-029
Scope and Contents

Collection contains records from meetings, ephemera, memorabilia, and artifacts relating to the Peacock-Harper Culinary History Friends. Unprocessed.

Dates: 1999-

Pearisburg Quadrangle

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0211
Abstract

Topographical map labeled "Pearisburg Quardangle." This document contains hand-written notes directly on the map.

Dates: 1932

Pearisburg Quadrangle

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0228
Abstract

Topographical map centers on Pearisburg, Virginia, as surveyed in 1921 and 1931-1932.

Dates: 1932

Pedro T. Slone Memoir, 1943 (Ms2011-057)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2011-057
Dates: 1943

Mr. & Mrs. O. S. Pence Carte de Visites,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-034
Abstract

The collection includes two carte-de-visites of Mr. & Mrs. O. S. Pence, taken at Rees studio in Richmond, Virginia, c.1861-1865. Each is posed beside photographer's stock background and chair.

Dates: c.1861-1865

Lee Pendleton Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1974-007
Abstract

Collection contains manuscripts and correspondence written by Lee Pendleton regarding the history of Southwest Virginia.

Dates: 1967 - 1977