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:
Dale Belcher Photographs
Photographer of Floyd County, Virginia. Black & white photographs of scenes in Floyd, Lee, Montgomery, Patrick, and Scott counties, Virginia, and scenes in Kentucky and West Virginia, depicting the traditional culture of mountain people.
Belgii Novi. Angliæ Novæ, et partis virginiæ Novissima Delineatio (reproduction),
Facsimile of 17th century map of the northeastern United States, from the Chesapeake Bay to the Saint Lawrence River, encompassing present-day Maryland to New Hampshire, including part of Virginia.
Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection,
Benjamin Martin Land Grant
The collection consists of a land grant issued to Benjamin Martin in Virginia, December 31, 1796.
Moses Beveers Land Grant
Grant for fifty acres in Montgomery County, Virginia, signed by James Monroe, then governor of Virginia.
Big Sandy & Cumberland RR,
Full title is as follows: "Big Sandy & Cumberland RR map showing the right of way through the Riley Lester et al 50 Ac. & 25 Ac. Tract Parcel No. 1, through the Riley Lester et al 2.8 Ac. Tract Parcel No. 2 and tract owned jointly by Riley Lester et al & W. M. Ritter Lumber Co. Parcel No. 3 & 4 on waters of Knox Creek in Buchanan Co. Virginia."
Big Vein Anthracite Collieries Records
Daily fire boss reports for mining operation in McCoy (Montgomery County), Virginia, describing mine conditions.
Peacock Bigger Estate Papers,
The collection consists of two documents (1751-1754) related to Peacock Bigger's estate and attempts to settle it.
Bigler-Sessler-John Family Papers,
The collection contains correspondence, legal documents, and accounting receipts and records relating to the Bigler, Sessler, and John families of southwest Virginia.