Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
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:
Henry Clay Sommerville Letters
Born in Hampshire County, Virginia; surgeon for the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Collection consists of letters, written mostly from January to April, 1864, to Sommerville while in Danville and Lynchburg, Virginia, from friends in Liberty (now Bedford), Virginia. Most of the letters focus on town news and gossip.
South West Virginia Resources
Map shows the distribution of natural resources throughout southwestern Virginia. It is in color and contains an explanatory legend with a note indicating likely future railroads. The map additionally contains an illustration of Penington's Gap in Lee County, Virginia, and a geological cross-section of the region.
Southern Section of the United States, Including Florida (reproduction)
Map encompasses the area from the Gulf of Mexico to the Chesapeake Bay. It includes various roads and routes, as well as the Gulf Stream and the Bahama Islands.
Southside Garden Club Records,
The Southside Garden Club started as a committee of the Blacksburg Women's Club. The Garden Club became its own separate organization in 1930 and the Southside Garden Club was formed in 1941. Materials in the collection include newspaper clippings, minutes and yearbooks from the Blacksburg Women's Club. Southside Garden Club materials include organization reports, minutes, pressbooks, yearbooks, and scrapbooks.
Southview School, Roanoke County, Virginia
VTF 3120; building by Smithey and Boynton Architects and Engineers
Southwest Virginia Counties Collection
The collection includes correspondence, manuscript memoranda and recipe books, and family papers from the Godwin, Young, Trevey, Williams and other families of Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Roanoke Counties.
Southwest Virginia Counties Collection, 1783-1878 (Ms2000-092)
Southwest Virginia Improvement Company Records
Notes from meetings of incorporators at New River Depot, Virginia in October and November of 1880.
Southwest Virginia: Mineral Resources and Railway Facilities
Map shows mineral resource distribution and railways throughout southwestern Virginia. It also contains a legend of symbol explanation, as well as a table of distances, and an inset map shows the eastern seaboard of the United States.
Southwest Virginia Vertical Files (List of Subjects),
In general, vertical files at Special Collections include newspaper clippings, photocopies, ephemera, unpublished and/or informal publications, and other papers relating to a specific subject area. Files in this collection relate to the New River Valley and counties and locations throughout Southwest Virginia. Each topic below has at least one folder and many include cross references.