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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:

Town of Blacksburg Zoning Map

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0263
Abstract

Map shows different zones within the town of Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: May 11, 1965

Town of Buchanan, Virginia, Photographs

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1996-024
Scope and Content

Town located in Botetourt County, Virginia. Collection consists of photographs of Main Street, the Baptist Church, and businesses located in Buchanan, around the 1890s.

Dates: c.1890s

Town of Christiansburg, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0247
Abstract

Map shows roadways in Christiansburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1975

William Townes Letters

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-2002-009
Scope and Content

Thirteen letters with their envelopes from VAMC student William Townes to family members L. W. Wimbish and Mrs. L. W. Wimbish in Boydton, Mecklenburg County, Virginia over the period March 15, 1875 to November 2, 1875. Letters concern his expenses and need for funds and his wish for news of home. Also mentioned are boarding in town, opinions of Blacksburg, a masque ball, constant drilling, fellow cadets, and farm matters.

Dates: 1875 - 1875

Transcript

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1997_011_PandapasJames_Transcript

Transcripts, , undated

 File — Folder 1
Scope and Content From the Collection: The Washington County Oral History Transcripts contain history interviews with residents of Washington County, Virginia. The transcripts detail interviews with Washington County residents Evelyn Campbell, Emma Josephine Poland Surber, and Nancy Johnson. The interviewees discuss their childhood activities, childhood fashion, schooling, and what their household was like in southwest Virginia. The students also inquire about the change in gas, cars, and houses since the interviewees were kids....
Dates: undated

Transfer Request, From Major Allen to Col Robert T. Preston, undated (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_TransferRequest
Dates: n.d.

Clarence Trent Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1985-010
Scope and Content Information

The Trent papers contain materials dealing with his activities in the ASME, the Lutheran Campus Ministry at VPI, and engineering education. Further biographical information on Trent may be found in Folder 1 and 27, the latter of which deals with the Distinguished Alumnus Certificate which Bluefield College awarded him in 1986.

Dates: 1958 - 1991

Mattie Lamb Tucker Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-176
Abstract

Certificates, newspaper clippings, photographs, correspondence and miscellaneous printed material of Mattie Lamb Tucker, a Red Cross volunteer and community service worker in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1945 - 1984