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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:

Crowder Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2013-016
Abstract

The Crowder Family Papers includes receipts, legal documents, letters, and accounts that date from 1821 to 1875 and are associated with the Crowder family of Cumberland County. This collection contains the papers of the following individuals: Thomas W. Crowder, to whom a majority of the documents pertain, John E. Crowder, Willson Crowder, and Richard Hughes.

Dates: 1821-1875, undated

Crown Cotton Mills [Dalton, Georgia] Oral History Tapes

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-023
Scope and Content

Oral history tapes of employees at the Crown Cotton Mills in Dalton, a textile town in the Appalachian Valley of northwest Georgia. Most of mill hands interviewed worked for Crown from the 1920s-1960s. All interviews conducted by J. Douglas Flamming, formerly a history professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, in 1984-85. Unprocessed.

Dates: 1984 - 1985

Croy Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-018
Abstract

Papers of the Croy and related families (especially the Dawson and Pepper families) of Montgomery County, Virginia. Includes correspondence, financial records, diaries, artifacts and photographs.

Dates: 1859 - 1938

Croy Family Papers, 1859-1938 (Ms2001-018)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2001-018
Dates: 1859 - 1938

Charles W. Crush Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-180
Abstract

A collection of materials related to various aspects of the history of Montgomery County, Virginia, including early county records, papers of the Altizer and Sullivan families, materials related to twentieth-century county politics and the county's role in the Civil War and World Wars I and II. Also includes writings and subject files on topics in local history and a small set of general materials.

Dates: 1796 - 1978

Joshua W. Culver Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-004
Abstract

The collection includes eight manuscript letters of a Union soldier in the Civil War, written in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania; and four letters written to and from other Culver family members.

Dates: 1862-1863, 1877-1899

Cumberland Knob, Virginia - North Carolina Quadrangle,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0733
Abstract

Cumberland Knob, Virginia - North Carolina Quadrangle. U. S. Geological Survey, 1965. 22 x 27 in. [FOLDER C-2]

Dates: 1965 - 1965

Leonard J. Currie Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2007-028
Abstract Please note: this collection is currently being processed. Portions of the collection which are fully processed are listed in this finding aid. This includes photographs and negatives, flat files and oversize drawings from personal and professional projects, and a few artifacts. As more materials are processed, additional series and subseries will be published. Other portions of the collection may be available for research--contact Special Collections...
Dates: 1920 - 2001

Daniel Blain Papers, 1864-1870 (Ms1990-002)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1990-002
Dates: 1864 - 1870

Danville Speech

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1973-002_AndersonSherwood_DanvilleSpeech
Dates: January 13, 1931