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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:

Jean Haskell-Speer Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-109
Abstract

The collection contains the personal and professional papers of Virginia Tech associate Jean Haskell-Speer.

Dates: 1782 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1983 - 1993

James Francis Heizer & Phoebe Anne McCormick Heizer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2016-013
Abstract

This collection consists of 100+ letters written between the years of 1863–1868, accompanied by a book entitled, The Heizer Family: American Pioneers by James Marion Heizer c.1861-1868. The majority of the letters are authored by James Francis (Frank) Heizer, a private in the Confederate army, whose letters are mostly addressed to his love interest and eventual fiance, Pheobe Ann McCormick.

Dates: 1861 - 1868

Lilburn Lewis Henderson Legal Document

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-092
Abstract

Report of a Washington County, Virginia commission examining the accounts of L. L. Henderson, guardian of the children of William Trigg, deceased.

Dates: 1820 - 1820

Bernard J. Henley Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1988-024
Scope and Content

Handwritten index to articles about VPI in Richmond, Virginia, newspapers from 1906 to 1956. There are two sheets indexing scattered years between 1874 and 1897. The index is arranged chronologically and gives the headline, then the citation (newspaper, date, and page).

Dates: 1847-1897, 1906-1956

Henry Clay Sommerville Letters, 1862, 1864 (Ms1991-045)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1991-045
Dates: 1862, 1864

Henry Co. Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0209
Abstract

Minimalist map shows towns, roads, and rivers. Includes a typed note concerning corrections.

Dates: 1913

Henry H. Wilson family Christmas portrait

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1967-002_Tyler_photo045
Dates: n.d.

Henry H. Wilson in V.P.I. cadet uniform

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms67_002_Tyler_photo038
Dates: c.1906

Henry H. Wilson portrait

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1967-002_Tyler_photo039
Dates: n.d.

Henry Harrison Wilson Jr. Studio Portrait

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1967-002_Tyler_photo097
Dates: 1931