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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:

Fancy Gap Church Singing Class Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-068
Abstract

Photograph of the Fancy Gap Church Singing Class.

Dates: ca.1900

Fancy Gap, Virginia Quadrangle,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0740
Abstract

Fancy Gap, Virginia Quadrangle. U. S. Geological Survey, 1968. 22 x 27 in. [FOLDER C-2]

Dates: 1968 - 1968

Richard Faraday Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-177
Abstract

The Richard Faraday Collection consists of photocopies of a formula book for making lead shot at the Shot Tower in Wythe County, Virginia. The collection also includes genealogical notes on Faraday's family.

Dates: 1816 - 1816

Farmville Guards (Company A, 2nd Virginia Infantry) Poster

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-046
Abstract

A poster memorializing the Farmville Guards (Company A, 2nd Virginia Infantry), including a roster of the company during World War I.

Dates: c.1917

James T. Farrell Letters to Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-005
Abstract

This collection contains four letters written by American author James T. Farrell to Eleanor Copenhaver Anderson between February 1952 and May of 1954.

Dates: 1952, 1954

Farrier Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1974-011
Scope and Content

The collection includes files from the firm of Williams and Farrier, later Farrier and Farrier. Materials include copies of deeds, title searches, land transactions, estate matters, loan contracts, divorce suits, small claims collection suits, ledgers, and correspondence. Additional details of some files are included in the original inventories, available on request.

Dates: 1894 - 1972

Index to Fee Book (Montgomery County, VA),

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-066
Abstract

Index to an unidentified fee book with listing of names, years, and page numbers. Index is believed to originate in Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: 1850 - 1857

Joseph Fergeson Letter to Benjamin Fergeson

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2017-041
Abstract

The collection contains a single letter from Joseph Ferguson to his brother, Benjamin Ferguson, in Dinwiddie County, written December 2, 1769.

Dates: 1769

George L. Ferguson Letters,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-043
Abstract

The collections consists of letters written from a George L. Ferguson to Julia Harvey Ingles in 1918 and 1919, during World War I.

Dates: 1918 - 1919

Mary Fessler Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-012
Scope and Content Information The Mary Fessler Papers span the years ca. 1940-2001, with the bulk of the material dating from 1968-1984. They are arranged into the following series: Personal Papers, ca. 1940-2001; Montgomery County League of Women Voters, 1948-1980; Montgomery County Democratic Committee, 1967-1993; Ninth-District Democratic Committee, 1979-1981; Montgomery County Board of Supervisors, 1968-1998; and Blacksburg Library Building Committee, 1994-1999.The Montgomery County Board of Supervisors...
Dates: c.1940-2001