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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:

Civil War Small Manuscripts Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-2003-014
Abstract

Collection of small (1- to 2-folder) manuscripts related to various aspects of the Civil War and obtained from various sources.

Dates: 1861 - 1996

Civilian Conservation Corps and Family Photograph Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-073
Abstract

The collection includes CCC photographs from camps (at least some are in Virginia), as well as a number of family photographs. Most items are not dated, but some images come from the 1920s and 1930s.

Dates: 1925, 1936, n.d.

Claim Testimony Transcipt, John W. Bosworth, n.d. (Ms2010-060)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010_060_BosworthSquires_TestimonyTranscript_nd
Dates: n.d.

Allen C. Clark Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-018
Abstract

The collection includes two letters written to Allen C. Clark.

Dates: 1920, 1924

W. Graham Claytor Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1981-095
Abstract

Business and personal papers of W. Graham Claytor, a 1906 graduate of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Virginia Polytechnic Institute) and an executive overseeing the operations of a number of American Gas and Electric Company subsidiaries during the 20th century. Includes correspondence, reports, and printed materials relating to personal financial matters, business operations, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and ham radio.

Dates: 1912 - 1964

Abram Cledening Letters

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1991-067
Scope and Content Six letters from or about Clendening and his brothers, all soldiers in the Union Army in the Civil War. Clendening and his family were from Mill Creek, (West) Virginia, but he and his brothers emigrated to Ohio when they refused to fight for the Confederacy. Clendening enlisted in the 5th Ohio Sharpshooters in December 1863. He died in May 1864 from a gunshot wound at Hallowell's Landing, Alabama. Letters by Clendening focus on his reasons for not fighting with the Confederacy, and after his...
Dates: 1863 - 1867

Joseph Coats, Jr., Reward Announcement,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-031
Abstract

The collection consists of a handwritten announcement, dated August 3, 1840, regarding a runaway slave from the Cuckooville neighborhood of Louisa County, Virginia. Joseph Coats Jr., presumably the slave's master, describes in detail -- including physical characteristics and temperament -- the escaped 18 year old slave named Sam and offers a ten dollar reward for his capture.

Dates: 1840 - 1840

Theophilus Cocke Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-057
Abstract

Letter from Theophilus Cocke, veteran of the Mexican War, to Dr. Brancomb Cabble, the Commissioner of Pensions, asking for the benefits provided by the Service Pension Bill of 1907.

Dates: 1907 - 1907

Coffee Family Land Grant

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1986-018
Scope and Content

Grant for 730 acres in Montgomery County, Virginia, signed by James Monroe as governor of Virginia to Robert, James, and Samuel Coffee.

Dates: 1800 - 1800

Georgia Dunn Coggin Letters,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-022
Abstract

The Georgia Dunn Coggin Letters collection contains letters written to and from Coggin from 1910 to 1960.

Dates: 1910 - 1960