Blacksburg (Va.)
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:
Preston Family Correspondence
This collection consists of two letters. The first is written by James Francis Preston to his wife, Sarah Caperton Preston; he details the events of and his involvement in the First Battle of Bull Run. The second letter is written by Sarah to Colonel Grabowski and discusses her son’s (Hugh Caperton Preston) failure to follow an order at VMI.
John Preston Papers
This collection contains documents regarding John Preston's business affairs; including promissory notes, loan agreements, and personal correspondence. Many of the documents appear to be draft versions which were at one point bound together, perhaps in Preston's own letter-book
Robert Taylor Preston Papers,
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862.
William Preston Land Grant
Emmett Russell Price Scrapbooks,
This collection contains the scrapbooks of Emmett Russell Price, professor of Agricultural Journalism at VPI, from 1910-1944. The scrapbooks consist of newspaper clippings about Blacksburg and VPI.
Harvey Lee Price Papers
Price House Landscaping Plan, Price House Existing Site Plan (3 sheets)
Site plans show the species of trees to be included in the landscaping of Price House in Blacksburg, Virginia.
James Bane Price Account Books
The collection consists of eight account books from the James Bane Price store in Prices Fork (Montgomery County), Virginia; the books provide details of daily transactions, expenditures and costumer accounts and span the years 1871 to 1897.