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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:

Plat of Survey of Property to be Acquired by the Town of Blacksburg (revised)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0305
Abstract Map shows the plat of land acquired by the Town of Blacksburg (Virginia) for use as the Blacksburg Colored Graveyard. It is revised from the 1968 survey. Note reads: "Property to be acquired by the TOWN OF BLACKSBURG and shown inclosed within the HEAVY lines hereon is all of the same land acquired by:- 1. Trs. of the Colored Grave Yard Association of Blacksburg, D. B. 58, page 281, and 2. Trs. of the Blacksburg Colored Graveyard Association, D. V. 219, page 332. "Part of the property to be...
Dates: 1989

Plat of the H. D. Linkous Land, Now Kacc, Price Mountain

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0292
Abstract

Map shows the H. D. Linkous land at Price Mountain, near Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1948

Pocahontas, Virginia, Carte de Visite,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-081
Abstract

The collection consists of a carte de visite of an unidentified man taken by photographer P.W. Poff from Pocahontas, Virginia.

Dates: [c.1890s]

Stephen F. Poindexter Civil War Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-042
Abstract This collection consists of a May 10, 1864, letter written by Stephen F. Poindexter of the 10th Virginia Cavalry, Confederate Army, at Union Hall, Franklin County, Virginia. Written to his cousin W.H. Smith of the 2nd Missouri Infantry of the Confederate Army, Poindexter begs his cousin to reply to his letters, inquires after the health of Smith's uncle Jim, and informs Smith of the capture of Poindexter's brother by Union Army forces. The letter closes by directing any reply correspondence...
Dates: May 10, 1864

Points of Interest, City of Richmond, Virginia, and Environs

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0160
Abstract

Map shows various points of interest within the city of Richmond, along with an index.

Dates: 1923

Population Near Hampton Roads, Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0056
Abstract

Map shows the population of the United States with Norfolk at the center, demonstrating the population density of the eastern seaboard. Map was published in conjunction with the commemoration of the settlement of Jamestown. Map is foldable, and cover, which contains an engraving of a Native American man, remains intact.

Dates: 1907

J. C. Porter Photograph Album

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-1990-079
Scope and Content

Scrapbook of approximately 240 (all ca. 1880) photographs of structures and scenes in several southwestern Virginia counties, including Bland, Craig, Giles, and Smyth. Includes photographs of a Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad station in New Castle and Mountain Lake resort hotel, both in Giles County. Photographs believed to have been taken and compiled by Porter. Images available online.

Dates: c.1880

Portion of Campus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0344
Abstract

Map shows the VPI campus circa 1922.

Dates: ca. 1922

Post Route Map of the State of Virginia, Showing Post Offices with the intermediate distances on mail routes

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0070
Abstract

Map shows locations of post offices and routes. Includes explanations, which identify extant and discontinued post offices, as well as frequencies and types of routes.

Dates: 1935

Postcards from Appalachia,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-032
Abstract

Postcards from Appalachia contains postcards depicting various landmarks, locations, and scenery in the Appalachian region during the first half of the 20th century.

Dates: c.1900-1970s