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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

 Subject

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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:

Tidewater/Virginia Railway Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-044
Abstract

The collection consists of financial receipts of the Tidewater/Virginia Railway Company in the early days of the railway system.

Dates: 1905 - 1906
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Timber Account Book,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-108
Abstract

The collection includes the 1870 timber account book of James Clark.

Dates: c.1870
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Timberville, Virginia Automotive Repair Shop Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-017
Abstract

Accounts ledger for an unidentified automotive repair shop in Timberville, Virginia, containing customer names together with itemized charges for parts and services on repairs and maintenance.

Dates: 1924 - 1926
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

J. M. Tise Ledger and Tise Family Receipts

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-2002-034
Scope and Content

Account book kept by J. M. Tise, manager of the Floyd County Electric Company at Sower's Mill Dam in Floyd County, ca. 1923-ca. 1937. The collection also contains ca. 100 miscellaneous receipts kept by the Tise family

Dates: c.1798-1937
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Title Map of the Great Kanawha Coal Field

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0371
Abstract

Map shows the Great Kanawha Coal Field, in West Virginia. In addition to the map, which identifies title claimants and contains some hand-written annotations, the map provides navigational and distance charts, descriptions of rail and water communication, improvements to the area, and geological descriptions, especially regarding coal deposits.

Dates: 1867
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Topographical Map of Norfolk, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0155
Abstract

Map shows topography and plan of teh city of Norfolk, Virginia.

Dates: 1880
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Topographical Map of the Guy's Run Iron Lands, Rockbridge Co., Va. (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0126
Abstract

Map shows topography of Guy's Run Iron Lands in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Map also gives summary of acreage for different plots in the mapped area.

Dates: 1878
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Topographical Map of the State of Virginia,

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Map-0085
Dates: 1928 - 1928
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Topographical Map of the State of Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0053
Abstract Map is part of the J. Hoge Tyler Family Collection, Ms.1967.002. This map is in 37 sheets, titled and numbered for ease of arrangement, with 1 (Winchester) being in the northwest and 34 (Norfolk) in the southeast. Three additional maps are labeled A-C (Richmond, Bermuda Hundred, and Petersburg), and they consist of a smaller-scale topography of the Richmond area. Areas depicted by the map were surveyed between 1882 and 1892, and the maps were finalized in editions ranging between 1889 and...
Dates: 1889-1894, 1906
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Topographical map of Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0058
Abstract Collection of 53 maps that combine to form a topographical representation of Virginia. These maps come from editions dating between 1891 and 1919, referring to surveys done between 1883 and 1918. Missing from the published document is an area between Floyd and Norfolk, along the North Carolina border. In this collection, at least one map, Christiansburg, is missing. It is possible that other maps within the state are missing. Most pieces of the map identify adjoining parts, some of which...
Dates: 1919
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

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