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Blacksburg (Va.)

 Subject

Subject Source: Local sources

Scope Note: If you use this subject heading, please use "Montgomery County" and "Local/Regional History," too.

Found in 537 Collections and/or Records:

Black Cemetery Map (Blacksburg, Virginia)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0240
Abstract

Map shows the Black Cemetery in Blacksburg, Virginia, between Roanoke and Lee Streets.

Dates: 1972 (revised 1983)

Black Cemetery Map (Blacksburg, Virginia)

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0300
Abstract

Map shows identified plots in the Black Cemetery in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dates: 1972 (revised 1983)

Medical Bill Signed by Dr. Harvey Black,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-084
Abstract

The collection contains a bill detailing medical service provided to the family of Rev. William A. Wade by Dr. Harvey Black. The bill includes the cost of services, as well as a note from Black forgiving payment.

Dates: 1865-1867, 1879

Black History Oral Histories

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-011
Scope and Content

Full text of interviews with some of those who have shaped the history of the university and of the New River Valley. http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/blackhistory/.

Dates: n.d.

Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1974-003
Abstract

Papers and artifacts of an interrelated family prominent in Blacksburg's history. Includes the Civil War letters of Confederate surgeon Dr. Harvey Black, the Civil War diary of hospital steward John S. Apperson, cotton books and correspondence of Germanicus Kent, nineteenth-century account books of a Blacksburg general store, 1912 European travel diary, and the political scrapbooks of State Senator and Attorney General Harvey B. Apperson.

Dates: 1779 - 1984

Black, Kent, and Apperson Family Papers, 1779-1984 (Ms1974-003)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1974-003
Dates: 1779 - 1984

Blacksburg, Christiansburg,

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0770
Abstract

Blacksburg, Christiansburg. Raines Real Estate, Inc. 24 x 18 in. [FOLDER D-6]

Dates: [1975]

Blacksburg Community Concert Association Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1976-002
Abstract

Records (including membership ledgers, circular letters, programs, and newspapers clippings) of association organized to invite outside classical music and dance artists to perform on the Virginia Polytechnic Institute campus.

Dates: 1936 - 1969

Blacksburg Community Federation Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-002
Abstract

The collection includes information about the planning, creation, organization, and operation of the Blacksburg Community Federation from 1926 through 1957.

Dates: 1926 - 1957

Blacksburg Deaths Journal,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-063
Abstract

Blacksburg Deaths Journal contains a chronological listing of area deaths. Entries date from February 20, 1917 to February 14, 1947 and contain information like name, age, date of death, place of death, time and location of burial, and church membership.

Dates: 1917 - 1947