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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:

The State of Virginia from the Best Authorities

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0030
Abstract

Lewis' 1794 map comes from The General Atlas for Carey's Edition of Guthrie's Geography Improved, published in 1795.

Dates: 1794

The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a Proposed State Reservation and Circuit Drive to Include Smithfield and Preston Cemetery

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0340
Abstract

Map shows proposals for roads and reservation on the VPI campus. The reverse contains some hand-written notes. Accompanied by a photostatic copy.

Dates: 1925

Fay M. Thomas Letters to Edward L. Stone

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-038
Abstract

The Fay M. Thomas Letters to Edward L. Stone consists of two 1931 letters from Thomas, manager of the Hotel Patrick Henry in Roanoke, Virginia, to Stone, the president of Stone Printing and Manufacturing Co.

Dates: 1931

Henry Goddard Thomas Letters and Memoirs

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1991-073
Abstract Born in Maine; entered the Civil War as a private yet rose to the rank of brigadier general by the war's end. After 1862 he was involved with the recruitment and organization of Negro troops in the Union army. Commissioned several troops, in particular the 79th and 19th U.S. Colored Infantries. He remained in the army after the war and retired in 1891. Collection consists of twenty-two letters to Thomas from friends and relatives. Many of the letters refer to the Freedmen's Bureau and the...
Dates: 1868 - 1889

W. C. Thomas Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-013
Abstract

The W. C. Thomas Papers were created by Thomas on his trip to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, during July 1940.

Dates: 1940 - 1940

William Thomas Account Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-031
Abstract

Account book of William Thomas, a merchant in Blacksburg, Virginia during the mid-19th century.

Dates: 1845 - 1852

Thomas Wood and Company Freight Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-045
Abstract

Bills for freight shipped on the Norfolk & Western Railroad and received by Thomas Wood and Company, a general mercantile business.

Dates: 1881 - 1886

John O. Thornhill Letter

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-068
Abstract

Letter from John O. Thornhill of the 2nd Virginia Cavalry, written apparently while on medical leave at Campbell, Virginia.

Dates: 1865 - 1865

Vaiden A. Thornton Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-049
Abstract

The collection contains account books, dairy building blueprints designed by Virginia Tech, and various work-related papers created between 1930 and 1953. A few of the items are undated. Thornton ran a dairy and ice operation in Stony Creek, VA, in addition to his job as an insurance company medical examiner.

Dates: 1930-1953, n.d.

Thursday Book Club [Blacksburg, Virginia] Records

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1997-004
Scope and Content

Book club organized by women residents of Blacksburg, Virginia, in 1928. Originally called the Round Dozen Book Club. Records consist of meeting minutes (1928-30, 1936-42) and cards (1963-64, 1967-68) listing order in which the books were passed among the members. Also includes a newspaper clipping (January 1944) marking the twenty-sixth year of the Thursday Book Club.

Dates: 1926 - 1968