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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:

Indian Valley, Virginia Quadrangle,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0744
Abstract

Indian Valley, Virginia Quadrangle. U. S. Geological Survey, 1968. 22 x 27 in. [FOLDER C-2]

Dates: 1968 - 1968

Industrial Education Association for Southern Mountaineers Collection,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-059
Abstract

The collection includes two pieces of correspondence by Caroline T. Burkham (President) and two pamphlets produced by the Industrial Education Association of Southern Mountaineers.

Dates: 1930, 1936, n.d.

Ingles Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-021
Abstract

Ferry Hill Ledger (1797-1804) and 3 of 6 volumes of Ingles Family Bible (1823); first available documentation of Mary Draper Ingles (kidnapped at infamous Draper Meadows Massacre and later escaped from Shawnee Indian captivity) and William Ingles, operator of Ingles Ferry, Ingles Ferry Hill Tavern, and blacksmith shop. Documentation of the family's extraordinary history, its ferry, and related enterprises provides scholars with unparalleled material for the study of Southwest Virginia.

Dates: 1797 - 1823

John Ingles Letters,

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1993-008
Scope and Content

Collection consists of three partial letters from John Ingles. The letters are poor copies, possibly thermo fax, and lack the first part of each letter. At least one letter mentions Christiansburg, Virginia.

Dates: n.d.

Interrogatories on Loyalty, n.d. (Ms2010-060)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010_060_BosworthSquires_LoyaltyInterrogatories_nd
Dates: n.d.

Interrogatories on Merits of Claim, n.d. (Ms2010-060)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010_060_BosworthSquires_ClaimInterrogatories_nd
Dates: n.d.

Invitation, Inauguration Ball, Miss Virginia T. Preston, March 5, 1849 (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F1_InauguralInvit_1849_0305
Dates: 1849-03-05

Irish Creek Property of the Misses Davidson [Rockbridge County]

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0127
Abstract

Map is in blueprint format, with hand-written identification of the property described by the map's title. Property is in Rockbridge County, Virginia. The reverse of the map contains a hand-written note concerning the identification of the map.

Dates: 1891

Iron Gate, Virginia, Ledgers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2012-068
Abstract

The collection consists of 23 ledgers and day books, as well as approximately 60 receipts and other loose documents relating to a general goods store in Iron Gate, Virginia.

Dates: 1892 - 1931

Isaac White Letters, 1861-1938 (Ms1997-013)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1997-013
Dates: 1861 - 1938