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:
Copper Ridge Copper Mines, Greene Co., Va.
Document is a four-page piece of writing with six (6) illustrating maps. The map shows the location and productivity of the Copper Ridge copper mines of Greene County, Virginia.
County Map of Virginia and West Virginia
Map is among the earliest to distinguish West Virginia from Virginia.
County Map of Virginia and West Virginia (side a); County Map of Maryland and Delaware (side b); County Map of New Jersey (side b)
Map is on two sides of a sheet of paper. Side A contains Virginia and West Virginia. Side B contains two county maps: one is of Maryland and Delaware; the other is of New Jersey.
County Map of Virginia and West Virginia (side a); Plan of the City of Washington, the Capitol of the United States of America (side b)
2 maps, one on each side of the sheet of paper. Side A contains a county map of Virginia and West Virginia, and side B contains a plan for Washington, DC.
John T. Cowan Papers,
The collection consists of pages from an account book, bills, notes, and correspondence relating to Cowan's personal and business affairs.
Aileen B. Cowardin Friendship Book,
The collection consists of a friendship book collected and maintained by Aileen B. Cowardin. The book includes leaf and plant samples, most of which are labeled as to the location where they were found.
A. B. Cox Manuscript
Typed manuscript of "Footprints in the Sands of Time: A History of South-Western Virginia and North-Western North Carolina," written in 1900 by Cox. Copy was typed from Cox's book by Mrs. Alfred Apple of Bedford, Indiana.
Emory M. Cox Receipts
Receipts of Emory M. Cox, a 19th-century resident of Scott County, Virginia.
Harold C. Cox Memorabilia Collection,
The collection contains items, which belonged to or were collected by Harold C. Cox during his time as a student at Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute from 1922-1926, and his continued experiences with the university as alumnus, primarily from the 1970s and 1980s.
Isaac Cox Letter,
The collection includes a letter from Isaac Cox, 29th Regiment, Virginia Infantry, dated June 29, 1862. A private, and later corporal, Cox writes to his wife about recent regiment activities and travels. The letter was written on paper decorated with cut out designs.