Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
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:
Edwin J. Amiss Land Grant
Land grant signed by Governor David Campbell for 150 acres of land in Montgomery County, Virginia, to Amiss.
An exact copy of a plan of the town of Richmond (reproduction)
Hand-drawn map shows layout of Richmond along the James River, with notes identifying which lots had been "taken up." Reproduction was created in 1974.
An Historical Map of Augusta County Virginia,
An Historical Map of Roanoke County, Virginia
Historical map shows locations of significant events in Roanoke County, Virginia. This map also includes county and military history, as well as a small map of the town of Salem.
An Historical Map of Roanoke County, Virginia (from The Roanoke Times)
Historical map shows locations of significant events in Roanoke County, Virginia. This map, taken from page C-8 of The Roanoke Times on September 29, 1986, also includes county and military history.
An uncompleted form letter regarding the Raising of a Volunteer Regiment, From Adjutant General's Office of Virginia, Richmond, 1862 (Ms1992-003)
C.B. Anderson Account Book (Newbern, VA),
The C.B. Anderson Account Book contains the accounting information and merchandise sales of C.B. Anderson of Newbern, Virginia. Entries date from 1907 through 1909.
C. B. Anderson Records
Daybook, business journal, ledgers, and notes of C. B. [Charles Blanton?] Anderson, a general store owner in Newbern (Pulaski County), Virginia.
Sherwood Anderson Collection,
Correspondence among author Sherwood Anderson and family members, most notably letters written by Anderson to his daughter Marian, as well as some of his professional correspondence. Also includes research material about Anderson gathered by Ray White and notecards--compiled by Dr. Charles Modlin--documenting the annotations in the books within Special Collections' Anderson book collection.
Appalachian Electric Power Company Photographs
This collection contains three photographs from the Appalachian Electric Power Company. While the photograph of the Executive Committee of the A.E.P. Social Club does not have a known date, the photograph of the A.E.P. Company's First Aid Class was taken in Roanoke, Virginia, in 1931. The photograph of the participants in the Service Pin Dinner is dated to 1956.