Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

no glass in frame; no VTF number

Correspondence between Etta V. Oliver and her sons Russell V. Oliver, Welford T. Oliver, and daughter Nina. Correspondence includes family letters, business communications, and holiday and birthday cards.

The collection contains three types of items: a Ledger Book from 1882-1883, two VPI yearbooks from 1900 and 1913, a CDV photo album, and two early daguerreotypes.

The collection consists of a letter from Daniel Verser in Pittsylvania, Virginia, to his brother, Colonel William Verser in Burkesville, Virginia. Dated August 1867, the letter includes Daniel Verser's opinions on Reconstruction-era difficulties in the state.

Soldier in Company E of the 24th Virginia Volunteer Regiment during the Civil War. Papers consist of reports by surgeons in Dublin, Virginia, of their examinations of Viar, declaring him unfit for field duty. Also includes a note by a fellow soldier of Viar's to his family with saying that he is sending documents home with Viar.

Engraving shows Charlottesville, Virginia, in 1856, largely focusing on the University of Virginia. Reproduction was made in 1973.

Letter from Virginia House of Delegates member William Vinson to his family at home in Wayne County, (West) Virginia, discussing his attempts in the general assembly to secure roads and mail routes, his children's education, health and weather conditions in Richmond, and winning local lotteries.

Map of Virginia, with parts of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, and North Carolina (independent and not part of 'Carolina'), which comes from George Washington Colton's 1855 Atlas of the World.

Data from a cooperative study of Grayson County, Virginia, conducted by the Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station and the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Home Economics. Includes raw and tabulated data on family members, education, health, income and expenditures, employment, housing, food, clothing, and household furnishings and supplies.

This 1970 reproduction consists of the geographic regions of Virginia and Maryland as charted in 1670, and it contains illustrations of the cartographer, native peoples, and a coat of arms.