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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:

W. J. Bryan Account Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-027
Abstract

Account ledger of W. J. Bryan, a Greene County, Pennylvania farmer, listing sales and property rental transactions, as well as royalty payments received for coal and oil removed from properties in Marion County, West Virginia and Greene County, Pennsylvania.

Dates: 1860 - 1911

H. A. Buchanan Ledger

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-026
Scope and Content

Buchanan, as an agent for Mrs. W.J. Peterson of Wythe County, Virginia, kept her books and collected bank dividends, rent, and interest on notes in her behalf. Ledger shows statements for all money collected and paid.

Dates: 1897 - 1910

Buckhorn Coal Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-175
Scope and Content

The Buckhorn Coal Company records consists of 25 blueprints, eleven ledgers, and one deed of lease. The small collection of blueprints detail the coal lands and tunnels of Buckhorn Coal Company, as well as the prospectus and abstracts of lease arrangements. Accompanying the blueprints are eleven comprehensive ledgers which consist of stock transfers, roster of Buckhorn Coal Company stockholders, and cash books.

Dates: 1880 - 1961

Samuel Burger Mathematics Notebook,

 Item
Identifier: Ms-2011-009
Abstract

The collection includes a mathematics notebook containing equations and work problems from Samuel Burger of Botetourt County, Virginia.

Dates: 1857-?

Francis Burke Fitzpatrick Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1937-001
Abstract

Collection consists of a copy of the "History of Ingles Ferry, Virginia" written by Francis Burke Fitzpatrick.

Dates: 1936

Pauline E. Burks Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-037
Abstract

Pauline E. Burks of Richmond, Virginia, collected genealogy materials about her husband Broaddus Vaughan Burks' family. The papers include correspondence, account books, essays, receipts, newspapers, and plats and surveys of the Broaddus, Burks, Edmonds, Taliaferro, and Vaughan families of Amherst County, Virginia. Materials focus mainly on the Vaughan and Burks families and range from 1760s land grants to 1970s family correspondence.

Dates: 1763 - 1985

Burnett's Wheat Fan Instructions,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-078
Abstract

Burnett's Wheat Fan Instructions was printed in Salem, Virginia in September 1851, and it contains directions on how to use C. M. Burnett's patent beveled wheat fan.

Dates: 1851 - 1851

Burns & Burns Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1994-032
Abstract

The collection consists of the office records of Burns & Burns, Attorneys at Law, of Lebanon, Virginia. The records consist of case files, legal briefs, correspondence, circuit court petitions, and collection notices.

Dates: 1871 - 1910

Business Section, City of Norfolk

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0157
Abstract

Map shows business districts of Norfolk, Virginia, with business names and some tax statuses within plots of land. Reverse side gives historical, demographic, and business information about the city of Portsmouth, as well as a tourist map and an aerial photograph of the city.

Dates: ca. 1950

Business Section, City of Portsmouth

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0153
Abstract

Map shows the business section of Portsmouth, Virginia, from Hatton to Water streets, between King, High, and Queen streets. Reverse side gives historical, demographic, and business information about the city of Portsmouth, as well as a tourist map and an aerial photograph of the city.

Dates: ca. 1950