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Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

 Subject

Staff Only

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:

Charles P. Greer Letter,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-078
Abstract

Letter from Charles P. Greer, a resident of Troutdale, to C. J. French concerning the purchase of auctioned lands in Troutdale, Virginia in 1947. Includes broadside adverting auction.

Dates: 1947 - 1947
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Arthur W. Grove Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-084
Abstract

The Arthur W. Grove Family Papers consists correspondence, receipts, and other documents relating to the family from 1900 to 1957.

Dates: 1900 - 1957
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Grover W. Underhill Papers, 1935 (Ms1987-014)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1987-014
Dates: 1935 - 1935
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

John Guthrie Scrapbook,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-029
Abstract

The collection consists of a scrapbook compiled by 1926 graduate, John Dennett Guthrie, containing photos and memorabilia of the cadet's years at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute.

Dates: c. 1922-1929
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Harrison Hagans Account Books,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-057
Abstract

Business ledgers--including a time book and three daybooks--attributed to Harrison Hagans, general store proprietor and iron furnace operator in Brandonville (Preston County), (West) Virginia

Dates: 1836 - 1858
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Anne Judkins Hager Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1995-008
Scope and Content Information The materials in the Anne Hager Papers consist of book manuscripts and unpublished essays, newspaper clippings, land deeds, correspondence, receipts, notes, and copies of wills. Also included are books belonging to the Preston family which include a family Bible, a children's poetry book, and many others. Of particular interest is an 1832 receipt to General Francis Preston (1765-1835) for a subscription to the Saturday Evening Post, writings by Elizabeth Preston Gray about the history of her...
Dates: 1828-1990, n.d.
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

George H. Hager Account Books,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1940-013
Abstract

Customer account ledgers and order books of Wythe County, Virginia general mercantile business.

Dates: 1913 - 1925
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Ruth G. Hale Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1989-037
Scope and Content

Roanoke, Virginia, resident. Papers consist of a copy of Montgomery County Cemeteries by Hale, listing markings on gravestones in cemeteries in Montgomery County, Virginia.

Dates: c.1984-1987
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Hampden-Sydney College Union Literary Society Correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1993-001
Scope and Content Literary society established in 1789 at Hampden-Sydney College in Richmond, Virginia, to provide a forum for writing, speaking, and debating for its student members. Correspondence consists of sixteen letters of acceptance or refusal to lecture or to accept membership in the society, from John S. Caskie, Thomas Saunders Gholson, James E. Heath, Elias Lyman Magoon, Chesley Martin, Henry W. Miller, Joseph Nimmo, and Harry Robertson. Also includes letters from craftspeople and merchants...
Dates: 1829 - 1857
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

Hanawha Fall

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-068
Scope and Contents

VTF 3133

Dates: 1857 - 1857
Found in: Special Collections, Virginia Tech

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