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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:

Shell Family Papers

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1959_001_ShellFamilyPapers
Dates: 1871 - 1932

Carrie T. Sibold Family Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-043
Abstract

The collection consists of scrapbooks, journals, V.P.I. reunion materials, photograph albums, family diplomas, and the diary of Nannie V. Sibold. As a whole, the collection dates from 1912 to 1990. However, Carrie T. Sibold's scrapbook journals, which run from 1974 to 1990, constitute the the bulk of the collection material.

Dates: 1912 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1974 - 1990

Sigma Xi Charter

 Collection — Frame 1
Identifier: Art-072
Scope and Contents

VTF 3098

Dates: 1940 - 1940

Site of Proposed Stadium

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0341
Abstract

Map shows the topography of the site for the proposed stadium at VPI circa 1924. The stadium, Miles Stadium, was completed in 1926.

Dates: ca. 1924

Site Plan, Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library, Blacksburg Area Branch

 Collection — Object 1
Identifier: Map-0236
Abstract

Map shows the plan for the Blacksburg branch of the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library.

Dates: 1994

J.H. Slusser & Son Store Ledger

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2009-135
Abstract "Store Book, no. 5, 1912" includes account listings for the J.H. Slusser & Son Coal Company store from 1902 through 1909. John H. Slusser was born in Blacksburg, Virginia on August 28, 1840. Slusser purchased a coal mine on Coal Bank Hollow Road in Blacksburg. The coal company was taken over by John Slusser's son, Murry, after his death in 1909. The M.C. Slusser Coal Company ran the mine until 1950 and served the surrounding areas, include coal supplies for the nearby Virginia...
Dates: 1902 - 1909

"Smart" Road Citizen's Advisory Committee

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1997-025
Scope and Content

The collection consists of reports, copies of electronic mail correspondence, brochures, meetings, minutes, and newspaper clippings about the "Smart" Road proposal. This information was collected by Dorothy Bodell of Blacksburg, Virginia, as she served on the citizen's advisory committee from January 1995 to July 1997.

Dates: 1993 - 1997

Smithey & Boynton, Architects & Engineers Records

 Collection
Identifier: Ms.1992.027
Abstract

The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1,500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey & Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957.

Dates: 1922-1985

Smithey & Boynton, Architects & Engineers Records,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-027a
Abstract

The collection contains project files and drawings related to more than 1500 residences, churches, businesses, schools, and community buildings, predominantly in the Roanoke and Southwest Virginia area, designed by Smithey & Boynton, mostly between 1935 and 1957.

Dates: 1922 - 1985

Smithfield Plantation House Architectural Drawings,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2011-053
Abstract Smithfield Plantation is the historic home of the Preston family, one of the founding families of Blacksburg and Montgomery County, Virginia. In November 1958 the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) authorized the organization of the Montgomery County branch for the specific purpose of acquiring and restoring Smithfield Plantation. Restoration of the building was begun in 1962 when the APVA's Montgomery County Branch raised the funds for renovation and...
Dates: n.d.