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:
Virginia, discovered and described by Captain John Smith (reproduction)
Map contains a small British coat of arms and illustrations of a native Virginian (facing away from the Chesapeake Bay) and Powhatan's court. Includes explanatory historical text underneath the illustrations.
Virginia et Florida A.D. (reproduction),
Based on a chart by Iodocus Hondius, 1607.
Reprinted, 1932.
Virginia, Exhibiting Its Internal Improvements, Roads, Distances (reproduction)
Map includes an inset detailing the District of Columbia, as well as steam boat and stage routes through Virginia. Full title reads: "Engraved for the Gazetteer of the State of Virginia, exhibiting its internal improvements, roads distances &c." Reproduction is a photocopy.
Virginia Extension Homemakers Council Papers,
This collections includes institutional records, photographs, publications, yearbooks, slides, videos, and artifacts from the Virginia Extension Homemakers Council (currently named the Virginia Association for Family and Community Education). Materials in the collection date from 1948 to 2007.
Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs Records,
The Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs Records contains program papers, correspondence, and publications relating to the VFGC from 1942-2003.
Virginia General Assembly Bill No. 233,
Virginia General Assembly Bill No. 233 contains several amended versions of Bill No. 233. Each of the bills lists the rights and privileges given to free African-Americans living with in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The bill also discusses the process by which a free person can be sold into slavery if they have been convicted of a crime.
Virginia General Assembly, Transportation Bills,
The Virginia General Assembly, Transportation Bills contains five bills from the Virginia General Assembly relating to the construction of turnpikes around Wythe and Grayson counties, Virginia and the associated companies.
Virginia Independence Bicentennial Commission American Revolutionary War Map, 1774-1783
Map shows actions of the Revolutionary War that happened in Virginia. It contains historical notes and an index of historical locations, as well as a timeline and illustrations of persons and locations of historical interest. Inset maps show specific historical places.
Virginia: Index to Topographic and other map coverage
Map is an index to topographical maps of Virginia. It shows the various scales of maps that one could purchase.