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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:

J. T. Jones Ledger

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: Ms-1990-018
Scope and Content

Blacksburg, Virginia, merchant, possibly owner of a meat market. Lists accounts by customer, including C. W. Black, H. L. Price, and Y. B. Keister.

Dates: 1925 - 1926

Joseph F. Ware Collection, 1900-1971 (Ms2010-022)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2010-022
Dates: 1900 - 1971

Joseph Funk & Sons Correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2008-074
Abstract

The Joseph Funk & Sons Correspondence predates the American Civil War and includes two letters from a Mennonite hymnbook publisher in Rockingham County, Virginia, to a client in Lewisburg, Virginia [now West Virginia]. The letter discusses book shipments, the settlement of accounts, and the unreliability of shipping to the western counties via the railroad.

Dates: 1858 - 1860

Kagey, Rosenberger & Co. Ledger,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-051
Abstract

Collection book of banking firm in Luray (Page County), Virginia during the late 19th century.

Dates: 1886 - 1887

Anna Whitehead Kenney Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-022
Abstract

The Anna Whitehead Kenney Papers contains a collection of biographical information about local families compiled by Kenney during her time as a curator at Smithfield Plantation.

Dates: 1965 - 1972

Jacob Kent Account Books

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Ms-1992-031
Scope and Content Note Merchant and innkeeper on the Great Road (now Virginia Route 11) in the Shawsville (Montgomery County), Virginia, area. Collection consists of two account books. One ledger (spanning the years 1765-1771) is of unknown origin but records transactions of a merchant in the Cumberland County, Pennsylvania area. The second ledger is divided into two sections: The first section covers the years 1774-1776 and seems to detail the transactions of Kent's store in Montgomery County, recording...
Dates: 1765 - 1796

James Randal Kent Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-031
Scope and Content Information

Collection includes court records, correspondence, titheables to the Sheriffs of Montgomery and Pulaski counties, photographs, court summons, and other notes concerning Kent's property (Kentland), his business affairs, and estate. The collection also includes a letter from Kent at Bank of Blacksburg to William H. MacFarland of Richmond, Virginia.

Dates: 1825 - 1887

Kent's Store Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1989-004
Abstract

Business records of Kent's Store in Fluvanna County, Virginia. Account books, including daybooks, journals and ledgers maintained by general mercantile businesses Kent & Parrish, G. H. Kent & Co. and G. H. Kent. Other records include cash books; bill books; post office ledgers; pharmaceutical, fertilizer, mill work, and blacksmith account ledgers; and James M. Kent estate records.

Dates: 1868 - 1947

Olin P. Keyes Coal Mining Prints

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2010-035
Abstract

Eight different black and white prints depicting common coal mining scenes in Bluefield, WV created by native artist Olin P. Keyes in 1970.

Dates: c.1970

Linwood D. Keyser Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1972-006
Abstract

Papers--consisting of diplomas, certificates, and photographs--of Dr. Linwood D. Keyser, a urologist in Roanoke, Virginia during the first half of the 20th century.

Dates: 1889 - 1944