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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:

F.I. Shipman Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-033
Scope and Content

Union soldier in the Civil War, stationed in Petersburg, Virginia. Letter to his father mentioning signs of peace and asking for stamps and other necessities.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Shoemaker Ledgers (North Carolina),

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-056
Abstract

The collection includes three ledger books from a shoemaker in North Carolina. Dating from 1851 to at least 1860, they contain customer lists, orders, and records of payments.

Dates: 1851 - 1860

Letter to Ruth H. Shootman

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-037
Abstract

The collection consists of a three-page letter written December 5th, 1846, from Harriet of Sandy River Church, Virginia (a town in Prince Edward County) to "Miss Ruth H. Shootman, Big Lick, Roanoke, Va."

Dates: 1846

Sheldon Hardaway Short, III, Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1991-051
Scope and Content Resident of Clarksville, Virginia. Graduate of Hampden-Sydney College (1948, B.A. in History) and the University of Edinburgh, Scotland (1969, Ph.D. in History). Patrick Henry Research Scholar at Hampden-Sydney (1972-73). Member of the Society of the Cincinnati, the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, the Virginia Sons of the American Revolution, and the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Certified Virginia Tree Farmer in Mechlenburg and Lunenburg counties. Past director of...
Dates: 1926 - 1991

A. M. Showalter Poem

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-019
Abstract

A Poem written by A.M Showalter entitled, "An Ode to My Hometown Church Where I Belong," ca. 1947. The poem is dedicated to Christiansburg Presbyterian Church, uses rhymed couplets, and features a picture of the church.

Dates: ca. 1947

Shugart Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-013
Abstract

This collection contains papers from the Shugart Family of Southwest Virginia, created between 1811 and 1876.

Dates: 1811 - 1876

Carrie T. Sibold Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-043
Abstract

The collection consists of scrapbooks, journals, V.P.I. reunion materials, photograph albums, family diplomas, and the diary of Nannie V. Sibold. As a whole, the collection dates from 1912 to 1990. However, Carrie T. Sibold's scrapbook journals, which run from 1974 to 1990, constitute the the bulk of the collection material.

Dates: 1912 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1974 - 1990

Sigma Xi Charter

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-072
Scope and Contents

VTF 3098

Dates: 1940 - 1940

Anthony K. Simmons Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-011
Abstract

Letter from Anthony K. Simmons describing health of son Ed, a private in Company A, 28th Virginia Infantry recently wounded in the Battle of Gaines' Mill, and relating war news from Manchester, Virginia.

Dates: 1862 - 1862

Site of Proposed Stadium

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0341
Abstract

Map shows the topography of the site for the proposed stadium at VPI circa 1924. The stadium, Miles Stadium, was completed in 1926.

Dates: ca. 1924