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:
The State of Virginia from the Best Authorities
Lewis' 1794 map comes from The General Atlas for Carey's Edition of Guthrie's Geography Improved, published in 1795.
The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and a Proposed State Reservation and Circuit Drive to Include Smithfield and Preston Cemetery
Map shows proposals for roads and reservation on the VPI campus. The reverse contains some hand-written notes. Accompanied by a photostatic copy.
Fay M. Thomas Letters to Edward L. Stone
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.
Henry Goddard Thomas Letters and Memoirs
W. C. Thomas Papers,
The W. C. Thomas Papers were created by Thomas on his trip to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, during July 1940.
William Thomas Account Book,
Account book of William Thomas, a merchant in Blacksburg, Virginia during the mid-19th century.
Thomas Wood and Company Freight Records
Bills for freight shipped on the Norfolk & Western Railroad and received by Thomas Wood and Company, a general mercantile business.
John O. Thornhill Letter
Letter from John O. Thornhill of the 2nd Virginia Cavalry, written apparently while on medical leave at Campbell, Virginia.
Vaiden A. Thornton Collection
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.
Thursday Book Club [Blacksburg, Virginia] Records
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.