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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:

Republican Party Broadside, Wythe County, Virginia,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-042
Abstract

This broadside supports Congressional Reconstruction, and opposes backsliding Republicans.

Dates: 1874 - 1874

Request for continued leave of absence. Signed: Wm. T. Patton, Mount Joy, February 22, 1862 (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F8_PattonWT_1862_0222
Dates: 1862-02-22

Request to Assume Former Position at Mason's Hill, Signed Col. Preston, undated (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_LongstreetPrestonII
Dates: n.d.

Res. Map Showing the Proposed Exchange Parcels St. Mary's Catholic Church & Town of Blacksburg

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0238
Abstract

Map shows the plat of proposed egress and ingress easement granted to St. Mary's Catholic Church by Blacksburg. Virginia. Map is in blueprint, with shaded areas indicating the proposed easement.

Dates: 1979

Alexander Welch Reynolds Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-030
Abstract

Letter of future Confederate Army Brigadier General, Alexander Welch Reynolds, dated July 13, 1861 from Wytheville, Virginia and addressed to his sister in Lewisburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1861 - 1861

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

David S. Rice Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-067
Abstract

Deeds and genealogy notes relating to the family of David S. Rice of Rockingham County, Virginia.

Dates: 1857 - 1894

Richards-Woody Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-029
Abstract

The Richards-Woody Family Papers comprise correspondence, photographs, obituaries, legal documents, and a family history of the Richards-Woody family. The collection includes Civil War-era correspondence between King David Richards and his wife, Harriet Love Richards, describing several accounts of battles fought by the Confederate Army's 57th Virginia Infantry during the years 1862 and 1863.

Dates: 1803 - 1992