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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:

Floyd and Wythe County Lutheran Churches Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-077
Abstract

This collection contains two photographs (1940), a newspaper article (1946), and an index card with notes from the article (n.d.)relating to the Zion Lutheran Church near Crockett, Virginia. The collection also contains a photograph (1923) and a mailer (1916) from the Zion Lutheran Church in Floyd, Virginia.

Dates: 1916 - 1946

Floyd County Land Auction Broadside,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-063
Abstract

The collection includes a broadside advertising a land auction in Floyd County, Virginia, to be held on August 5, 1859.

Dates: 1859 - 1859

Floyd Courthouse Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-008
Abstract

Records of Floyd Courthouse Chapter (Floyd, Virginia) chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, including minutes, yearbooks, and yearly reports.

Dates: 1935 - 2004

John Buchanan Floyd Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-015
Scope and Content Major-general of the Virginia state troops in the Civil War. Born in Montgomery County, Virginia. Governor of Virginia, 1848-52, Secretary of War, 1857-60. Commissioned a Confederate brigadier general in May 1861 and served in the West Virginia campaign under Gen. Robert E. Lee. Commissioned a major general in March 1862. Letter written from Camp Jackson in Wytheville, Virginia, to L.P. Walker. Concerns a West Point cadet, B.A. Tirrett(?) from Louisiana, who wanted a position as a...
Dates: 1861 - 1861

M. L. Foley Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-031
Abstract

The collection includes receipts and more than 100 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence relating to M. L. Foley's business selling birds out of Salem, Virginia.

Dates: 1958-1964, undated

Lewis M. Foster Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2014-007
Abstract

The collection includes a single letter from Lewis M. Foster to his mother, written near Petersburg, Virginia, December 1864.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

Samuel D. Foster Letter

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1990-001
Scope and Content

Union soldier in the Civil War, writing August 17, 1864, from Louisville, Kentucky, to a friend. Describes conditions at the Confederate prison in Danville, Virginia, where he was recently held as a prisoner of war. Notes the behavior of the guards and the quality of the food.

Dates: 1864 - 1864

William Edward Foster Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2016-006
Abstract The William Edward Foster Family Papers includes correspondence to and from various members of the Foster family, especially William E. Foster and wife, Cora, as well as several members of the Wiatt family (William E. Foster's mother's maiden name) from about 1800-1920 (the bulk of the materials are from 1850-1884). The collection also contains a group of family papers and genealogy materials, mostly undated.Please note: The majority of this collection relates to William...
Dates: 1820-1931, n.d.

Henry M. Fowlkes Letters,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1980-004
Abstract

The collection Henry M. Fowlkes Letters includes two letters written to his family during the Civil War.

Dates: 1863 - 1865

Henry Francis Correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-005
Scope and Content

Corporal in Co. F, 2nd Virginia Regiment, during the Spanish-American War. Letters from camp in Jacksonville, Florida, to his mother in Simpson, Floyd County, Virginia, about life in camp, his estranged wife, and his various misfortunes. Transcripts available.

Dates: 1898 - 1898