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 Iron, Coal and Coke Company Receipts
Receipts issued to the Virginia Iron, Coal and Coke Company for various purchases.
Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records,
The Virginia Junior Academy of Science Records include correspondence (including some correspondence antedating the founding of the VJAS); notes and minutes from committees and general meetings, reports, publications, memorabilia, and subject files.
Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware
Map shows the states mentioned in the title, divided by county. Chesapeake Bay is denoted by horizontal lines. Map also contains railroads (finished, chartered, and proposed), and canals.
Virginia Mineral Resources
Map shows locations for mineral resources throughout the state of Virginia. It contains an additional map that shows the physiographic layout of the state. Additional information includes the following: descriptions of various soil properties, mineral industries and their locations, ground water qualities, and mineral production, in percentage distribution and in chronological increase.
Virginia Newspaper Collection,
The collection contains individual or groups of issues of Virginia newspapers, organized by location and dating from the 1860s-1970s.
Virginia Nurserymen's Assocation Records,
This collection contains a photograph, magazine clippings, a exhibit brochure, a survey and a meeting transcript from the conventions of the Virginia Nurserymen's association.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Postal Card Collection,
Collection includes eighty postcards. Dated cards range from 1906 through 1995, but many cards are not dated. Cards depict various subjects including campus views, campus buildings, football, Corps of Cadets, and Blacksburg views. Some of the postcards are postmarked and addressed to recipients, while some are blank.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia
Map shows VPI, with hand-colored coded locations, though the colors' meanings are not explicated on the map.
[Virginia Polytechnic Institute Campus]
Map shows the CPI campus circa 1938/1939.
[Virginia Polytechnic Institute Campus]
Map shows the VPI campus circa 1946. Hand-written notes on the map suggest that it was part of the 1946 catalogue.