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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:

Map of Washington & Smyth Counties with Abingdon, Glade Spring, Marion Saltville & Chilhowie, Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0176
Abstract

Maps of Smyth and Washington Counties shows towns within those counties and road indexes, with some inset maps. Maps also contain many advertisements for local businesses.

Dates: 2000

Map of Westview Cemetery (4 pieces)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0241
Abstract

Maps show individual plots in the Westview Cemetery of Blacksburg, Virginia, with an index of names. Each map contains several markings, highlighting certain plots and names.

Dates: 1935

Map Showing Proposed Annexation of Virginia Heights, Raleigh Court, Wasena, Ghent and Norwich, Roanoke County, Va.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0194
Abstract

Map is in blueprint, focusing on the city plan.

Dates: 1919

Map Showing Right of Way through land of S. E. Hall, Buchanan County, Virginia.

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0101
Abstract

Map shows the land of S. E. Hall on Knox Creek in Buchanan County, Virginia.

Dates: April 7, 1920

Map Showing the Early County Boundaries in the Territory West of the Blue Ridge and the Present County Lines in the Mountain Empire (2 copies)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0172
Abstract

Map shows historical and present (in 1974) county lines west of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Dates: 1974

Map Showing the Position of Iron Ore Openings and Outcrops in Potts Valley, Virginia, and Their Location in Relation to the Drainage System of the Valley

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0215
Abstract

Blueprint map shows surveys od iron ore openings in Alleghany County, Virginia.

Dates: nd

Map Showing the Position of the Morris Estates, Western Virginia

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0029
Abstract Map shows railroads between various locations in the southern United States, in the areas encompassed by the Mississippi River and Atlantic, from Charleston (South Carolina) to Chicago. The Morris Estates, highlighted in color on this map. No creator name appears on the map, though T. W. Tarbet may be a publisher. Additionally, the titular "Morris" has no identification apart from the geographic situatedness near Oceana, West Virginia. Map contains some specific numbers about the estates,...
Dates: 1882

Marching Orders, From Col. Preston, undated (Ms1992-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1992_003_PrestonRobertT_B1F13_LongstreetPrestonIII
Dates: n.d.

Marion, Virginia, Quarry Photograph,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-082
Abstract

This photograph depicts several men working at a quarry–possibly near Marion or Wytheville, Virginia.

Dates: [c.1900-1920]

Bishop William H. Marmion Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1986-013
Abstract Marmion, born 1907, was Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Southwestern Virginia from 1954 to 1979. The papers document the forty-seven year ecclesiastical career of William H. Marmion. Included are booklets, church bulletins, correspondence to and from Marmion, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs, and reports generated by the Bishop in his service to the Episcopal Church. Topics of interest to the researcher include Marmion's interest in the civil rights movement, education, the...
Dates: 1932 - 1981