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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:

Charles S. Worley, Jr., Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1996-017
Abstract

The Charles S. Worley, Jr., papers consist almost exclusively of architectural drawings of designs by Worley, done from the mid-1950s to the early 1960s, with several designs undated.

Dates: 1954-1962, n.d.

Scott Worner Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1998-015
Abstract

The collection consists of architectural floorplans, photographs, building democraphic surveys, and curriculum guides of secondary schools operating in Virginia as of 1995.

Dates: 1995 - 1995

James E. Wray Civil War Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-027
Abstract

The James E. Wray Civil War Letter comprises a letter written by Wray in Winchester, Virginia, to his sister on July 11, 1861. Wray discusses his health and the question of where his Confederate regiment will go next with Union troops approaching Winchester.

Dates: July 11, 1861

Henry Wysor Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-026
Abstract

This collection has photocopies of four family record pages from the Henry Wysor family Bible. The papers list the births, deaths, and marriages of the Wysor family line from the 1770s-1960s.

Dates: undated

Wythe County, Office of Subsistence Order,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-107
Abstract

The collection contains one Confederate subsistence order for Joseph Ferdinand Kent, Commander of the Wythe County Home Guards.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

Wythe County, Virginia, Ledger

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-028
Scope and Content

Labor expense and reimbursement record for an unknown business in Wythe County.

Dates: 1870 - 1880

Wythe County, Virginia, Public Sale List

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-054
Abstract

The collection consists of an advertisement for a sale of public lots in Wythe County, Virginia, prepared in 1908.

Dates: 1908

Anne H. Price Yates Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-087
Abstract

Correspondence, charts, notes and source material relating to the genealogy of the Price, Harless and related families and compiled by Anne H. Price Yates and her father, William Conway Price, while writing the book Increase in Prices: Some Descendents of David and Agnes (Hoffman) Price of 17th Century Germany.

Dates: 1975 - 1985

Anne Price Yates Papers II,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-065
Abstract

Collection contains manuscript materials, notes, and correspondence related to Yates' research on the Price family after the publication of her book, Increase in Prices.

Dates: 1898 - 2005

Yellow Sulphur Springs Hotel Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-033
Abstract

Guest register from Yellow Sulphur Springs, a resort which operated in Montgomery County, Virginia, from 1810 to 1923. Register spans the years 1887 to 1895.

Dates: 1887-1895