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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:

Roller Valley Mill [Craig County, Virginia] Scrapbook

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1986-019
Scope and Content

Abandoned flour mill in Craig County, Virginia. Handwritten survey of the mill done for the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (Montgomery County Branch).

Dates: 1986 - 1986

Rosemont Corporation Ledgers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-029
Abstract

Sales and expense ledgers of Rosemont Corporation, a Marion, Virginia manufacturer and seller of textiles.

Dates: 1939 - 1960

Royall Family Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-041
Scope and Content

Botetourt County, Virginia, family. Papers consist of court statements involving the contested will of William Royall, and a court order for Ann Royall, his wife, to make an inventory of her husband's estate.

Dates: 1813 - 1817

Rural Delivery Routes, Grayson County, Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0230
Abstract

Map shows postal routes in Grayson County, Virginia. It includes the number of routes each post office has.

Dates: nd

Rural Retreat High School Educational Exhibit Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-004
Abstract

This collection contains a ledger book, circa 1914, containing academic work of students (math, history, and english). Each page includes the name and grade of the student, as well as the teacher.

Dates: c.1914

Rural Retreat, Virginia, Carte de Visite,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-080
Abstract

The collection contains a carte de visite is of an unidentified woman taken by photographer W.A. Johnston from Rural Retreat, Virginia.

Dates: n.d.

Rural Retreat (Virginia) Percheron Co-Operative Breeding Association Ledger,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-042
Abstract

The collection contains minutes, financial records, and notes about/from the Rural Retreat Percheron Co-Operative Breeding Association from 1939-1944.

Dates: 1939 - 1944

Rural Retreat Water Mills Ledger,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-010
Abstract

Rural Retreat Produce & Milling Company until 1911, then Rural Retreat Water Mills. Ledger begins in 1915 and includes more than 200 customer names and accounts, plus records of items purchased.

Dates: 1892 - 1920

Salem Movie Theater

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-062
Scope and Contents

VTF 3108; ""Louis Philippe Smithey, A.I.A. Architect, Roanoke, Virginia""

Dates: 1930 - 1930

Eulalie Salley Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-079
Abstract

The collection contains a letter written by Eulalie Salley, of Aiken, South Carolina, to Frances Bear, of Roanoke, Virginia, on January 12,1974 about Salley's role in the suffrage movement.

Dates: 1974 - 1974