Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

Papers--including correspondence, memoranda, subject files, and printed materials--of Orrin Rankin Magill, graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute (class of 1913), VPI professor of philosophy and religion, and active participant in civic and political affairs of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. Materials document Magill’s community activities, particularly as a member of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors and the New River Valley Planning Commission.

The collection includes memoirs describing Wise Legion, Virginia Artillery involvement in the Battle of Drewry's Bluff (May 1864), and the actions of the commander General Henry A. Wise.

Map shows the assignment of troops in Maneuver Camps in Prince William and Fairfax counties in Virginia.

This collection contains papers that document the involvement of Warren H. Manning in the beautification of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute campus and nearby buildings.

Blueprint map shows timber and coal land south of Price's Mountain in Montgomery County, Virginia.

Map of the Merrimac coal mining community in Montgomery County, Virginia, as it was in 1937. Produced by the Appalachian Studies Program and the Landscape Architecture Program at Virginia Tech. Restricted use.

This map is a large map that shows the geographic layout of Augusta County. Contains an inset showing the geographic context of the county.

This map is a large map that shows the geographic layout of Augusta County. Full title reads, "Map of Augusta County, Virginia. Prepared under the direction of Brevet Brig. Gen. P. S. Michie, Chf. Eng. Dept. of Va. by Jed. Hotchkiss Top. Eng. Staunton Va. December 1865. Published by authority of the Hon. the Secretary of War, Office of the Chief of Engineers U. S. Army. 1875."

Map of Blacksburg and Christiansburg. Townside Realtors, [ca. 1980]. 20 x 18 in. [FOLDER D-6]

Map shows streets of Blacksburg and Christiansburg, Virginia, on one side; Radford is on the reverse. It contains an index for each town and city.