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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:

Hiwassee, Virginia Quadrangle,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0753
Abstract

Hiwassee, Virginia Quadrangle. U. S. Geological Survey, 1968. 22 x 27 in. [FOLDER C-3]

Dates: 1968 - 1968

H.O. Bacock Diary, 1864 (Ms2003-014)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2003-014_BabcockHO_Diary_1864
Dates: 1864

Hog Ordinance Broadside,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-078
Abstract

The collection consists of a broadside containing suggested town regulations for the housing of hogs or pigs within town limits.

Dates: undated

Hoge Family Papers

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1992-045
Scope and Content Early Southwest Virginia settlers. Papers consist of a letter (n.d.) from James Hoge (1732-1812) to John Preston (1764-1827) of Richmond and later Montgomery County, concerning the settlement of an account, and a certificate, dated September 10, 1781, entitling Hoge to 130 acres of land in Montgomery County that he settled on in 1769. Also includes a letter, dated March 6, 1817, to Hoge's son, General James Hoge (1783-1861) concerning land in Russell County to be sold for non-payment of...
Dates: 1781, 1817, 1848, n.d.

William E. Hoge Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-019
Scope and Content Information The Hoge Family papers consists of 164 letters and 65 deeds, along with financial papers, postcards, and extensive genealogical research. The letters detail the lives of the Hoge family, specifically the children, from the 1830s through the 1880s. Several of the letters in the collection are written by Ollie Hoge, spanning from the time when she was a young girl enrolled in the Wytheville Female College to her later days as a wife and mother living in Richmond.Prevalent in the...
Dates: 1810 - 1933

Roy Jay Holden Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1982-014
Abstract

Papers include field notes, charts and maps, and geological surveys and research results, covering the history of mineralogy and geology, especially in Virginia.

Dates: 1904 - 1945

John Holliday Diaries and Photographs,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-028
Abstract

The collection consists of two diaries written by John Holliday between May 1864 and July 1865, and five undated photographs (four believed to be of Holliday and one of his wife).

Dates: 1864-1865, undated

Herbert Hoover Deed,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1979-006
Abstract

The collection includes a deed of trust of Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry, and William E. Carson, Trustee, for land in Madison County, Virginia, to become part of the Shenandoah National Park.

Dates: 1932 - 1932

Hotchkiss' Geological Map of Virginia and West Virginia (reproduction)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0048
Abstract

Map contains colored system that identifies various geological eras.

Dates: 1875

Hotel Roanoke Architectural Drawings

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-2000-093
Abstract

The Hotel Roanoke Architectural Drawings collection includes information about Hotel Roanoke in the form of original drawings, blueprints and photocopies dating from 1890 to 1983. The collection contains foundation, floor, and framing plans, elevations; ventilation, plumbing, heating and cooling plans; external and internal details for various rooms, stairways, and features; alterations; landscaping details; and exterior features, such as swimming pool and stables.

Dates: 1890 - 1983