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:
Indian Valley, Virginia Quadrangle,
Indian Valley, Virginia Quadrangle. U. S. Geological Survey, 1968. 22 x 27 in. [FOLDER C-2]
Industrial Education Association for Southern Mountaineers Collection,
The collection includes two pieces of correspondence by Caroline T. Burkham (President) and two pamphlets produced by the Industrial Education Association of Southern Mountaineers.
Ingles Family Collection
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.
John Ingles Letters,
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.
Interrogatories on Loyalty, n.d. (Ms2010-060)
Interrogatories on Merits of Claim, n.d. (Ms2010-060)
Invitation, Inauguration Ball, Miss Virginia T. Preston, March 5, 1849 (Ms1992-003)
Irish Creek Property of the Misses Davidson [Rockbridge County]
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.
Iron Gate, Virginia, Ledgers,
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.