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  • Subject is exactly "Local/Regional History and Appalachian South"
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Rita Dale, far right
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Jackie Sharp and Mr. Stone, front row
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A photograph of several people in front of the sign for the Fries Methodist Church, which says "Jesus! Zero Defects".
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Homer Lineberry (Shift Manager, Winding 2nd Shift), E.E. Maddrey (President, Riegel Textile Corporation), Betty Akers (Zero Defects Achievment Award…
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Gene Taylor (Shift Manager, Carding 3rd Shift), E.E. Maddrey (President, Riegel Textile Corporation) Raymond Sapp (Award Winner)
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Early Doss (Shift Manager, Weaving, 1st Shift), Ralph Vaughan (Award Winner), E.E. Maddrey (President, Riegel Textile Corporation) Rose Vaughan…
Ms2009-106_YellowSulphurSpringsBroadside.jpg

This broadside advertises the sale of the Yellow Sulphur Springs resort, taking place on August 14, 1943. The broadside details the property and…
yss_ledger.pdf

The Yellow Sulphur Springs Hotel Account Book, which might more accurately be described as a guest register, includes the names of guests, their place…
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A page from a mill ledger recording employee's membership dues for the Fries, Va. Y.M.C.A., seperated by mill department.
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Ms1940_011_Gardner_DayBk_frontcover.jpg

"Daybook of general store merchant in Lafayette (Montgomery County), Virginia, containing customer names, goods purchased, and prices paid."
Ms1988-085_001.pdf

This is a single letter written by William L. Scott, a private in Company B, 15th North Carolina Infantry, during the American Civil War. Writing to…
Ms1973-004_B06_F28_WhiskeyForTheCat.pdf

Chapter one of a fictional crime drama about marijuana being discovered on a college campus.
West End Craigen Tunnel, St. Paul, VA.

R.P.O. postmark (railway post office) indicates that this was mailed at a mobile post office. The route and train number are indicated.

Postmarked…

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Wayne Kirby is at the front of a line in front of a table
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Ms1996_008_CarpenterHenryC_Letter_1864_1220a.jpg

This receipt verifies that the account is correct for seven hundred pounds of hay.
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Douglas Martin, Ed.D. is Director Emeritus in the
Department of Human Resources at Virginia Tech. This
nearly hour-long interview contains his…
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A map of the area set aside for the right-of-way for Highway 94.
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A photograph of a mill-employed nurse administering a shot to another employee, with a line of others waiting behind her.
Drapers Mt Pulaski VA.jpg

Caption on reverse:
DRAPER'S MOUNTAIN, VIRGINIA
To the South and West lies Draper's Valley, named for John Draper, who settled here in 1765. He…

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Ms1973-004_B06_F07_UntitledSpeech_1964.pdf

Untitled inspirational speech aimed at students within the geology program.
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Color image.
Ms1997_011_PandapasJames_InterviewTranscript.pdf

Transcription of the interview with corrections and additions done by Pandapas
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Two facing pages from a mill ledger recording the hours worked by individual employees.
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A photograph of the weaving department of the Fries Mill in front of a calendar indicating that they had gone one year without injury on the job.
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A photograph of six young women in matching cheerleading outfits, on a stage with pompoms.
Ms1988_009_B01_F68_001.pdf

Issue of The Quarterly Bulletin from the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows

2014 update to: Robert Gray's The McGavock Family. A Genealogical History of James McGavock and His Descendants from 1760 to 1903. Richmond: W.E.…

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