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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:

Funeral Consumers Alliance of the Virginia Blue Ridge Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-001
Abstract Collection includes materials about the founding and organization of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of the Virginia Blue Ridge (FCAVBR), FCAVBR Cemetery and Funeral Home Surveys for 2003 and 2004, Checklist for Survivors, Pre-Planning Form for an individual's wishes and final arrangements, and the packet "Before I Go, You Should Know: My Funeral and Final Plans." The collection also includes a number of brochures prepared by the FCAVBR, including "How to Plan a Memorial Service," "Beat the...
Dates: 2001 - 2004

Galax, Virginia Quadrangle,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0745
Abstract

Galax, Virginia Quadrangle. U. S. Geological Survey, 1965. 22 x 27 in. [FOLDER C-2]

Dates: 1965 - 1965

Charlotte D. Gale Photograph Album

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1990-044
Scope and Content

Roanoke, Virginia, resident. Photograph album compiled by Gale of scenes in Roanoke, Salem, and Norfolk, Virginia. Images available online .

Dates: 1898 - 1900

C. B. Gardener Treasury Ledger,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1984-001
Abstract

The collection contains a ledger with accounts kept by "Dr. C. B. Gardner Depository of the Treasury in a/c with the Treasury of the Confederate States" of Christiansburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1863 - 1864

Gardner Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-096
Abstract

Papers of the Gardner family of Shawsville (Montgomery County), Virginia, including letters from Joseph Sessler Gardner, property tax receipts of William R. Gardner, and ephemera.

Dates: 1889 - 1937

William W. Gardner Daybook,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-011
Abstract

Daybook of general store merchant in Lafayette (Montgomery County), Virginia, containing customer names, goods purchased, and prices paid.

Dates: 1918 - 1918

William E. Garnett Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1973-011
Abstract

The William E. Garnett Papers consist of field notes, surveys, reports, class notes, letters to the editors of Montgomery County, Virginia, newspapers, and reprints of publications.

Dates: 1936-1969, n.d.

Gary Restaurant and Railroad Crossing Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-008
Abstract

Photograph of Gary restaurant and railroad crossing in McDowell Company-run Gary Township, West Virginia, circa 1990.

Dates: c.1990

Ray Gaskins Essay

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-046
Abstract

The collection contains an essay entitled, "The Great Blizzard of 1857" written by Dr. Ray Gaskins.

Dates: 2010 - 2010

John Gates Inventory of Estate

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-038
Scope and Content

Patrick County, Virginia, landowner. Inventory of possessions taken at the time of his death. 

Dates: 1810 - 1810