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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:

Division of the Annie Laura Gerald Land, Vicker, Montgomery Co., Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0285
Abstract

Map shows the divisions of the Annie Laura Gerald Land in Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: April 1939

Charles Doe Correspondence,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-058
Abstract

Collection contains two letters by Charles Doe, future Chief Justice of New Hampshire. Written to his parents in Maine in 1850, Doe's letters detail his travels and observations in Virginia.

Dates: 1850 - 1850

David S. Doggett Letters

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-004
Abstract

The collection contains Doggett's letters to his father in Richmond, Virginia, from 1912-1915, while he was a student at VPI.

Dates: 1912-1915, n.d.

Dormitory No. 4, Va. Polytechnic Inst. (Heating Plans)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0354
Abstract

Document shows the heating plans for dormitory 4 at VPI in Blacksburg, Virginia. It contains some hand-written annotations.

Dates: Sept 30, 1902

John Dougherty Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-055
Scope and Content

Wythe County, Virginia, militia compensation note, paid to Dougherty. Signed by James Thompson.

Dates: 1796 - 1796

Dr. John M. Williams Ledger, 1878-1882 (Ms2011-071)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2011-071
Dates: 1878 - 1882

Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil Trade Card

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-064
Abstract

The Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil trade card is an advertisement for a cure-all serum marketed most popularly during the Victorian era. This particular trade card was distributed by James Aumann, M.D.—a druggist and chemist from Wytheville, Virginia.

Dates: [c.1875-1940?]

Draper Mercantile Company Account Books,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-005
Abstract

Account books of general mercantile business in Draper (Pulaski County), Virginia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Dates: 1908 - 1932

Alfred Washington Drinkard, Jr., Diary

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1996-019
Scope and Content

Director of Agricultural Experiment Station at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1917-1945; assistant director of Agricultural Experiment Station, 1945 until his retirement in 1948. Collection consists of a Daily Desk Diary, which mentions persons and events in Blacksburg and at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

Dates: 1947 - 1947

Harry C. Dudley Account Books,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-007
Abstract

Ledgers detailing expenses and customer accounts of general store, saw mill, and lime kiln in Montgomery County, Virginia during the early 20th century.

Dates: 1910 - 1939