Regional History and the Appalachian South

Montgomery White Sulphur Springs Guest Book, 1886-1890 (Ms2003-007)

The Montgomery White Sulphur Springs resort register includes the names of the resort's guests, their place of residence and notes on their meals, rooms and porterage. While the resort played host to guests from all areas of the United States--and a…

Spreadsheet index to newspapers

This file is an xslx spreadsheet of the holdings in the Virginia Newspaper Collection. Clicking on the "Ms2012_034_VirginiaNewspaperCollection" link will automatically download the file.

Floyd County Land Auction Broadside, 1859 (Ms2015-063)

The collection includes a broadside advertising a land auction in Floyd County, Virginia, to be held on August 5, 1859. The auction was ordered by the Circuit Court of Floyd County in April of 1859. The land covered by the auction is 78 acres…

Yellow Sulphur Springs Sale Broadside, 1943 (Ms2009-106)

This broadside advertises the sale of the Yellow Sulphur Springs resort, taking place on August 14, 1943. The broadside details the property and buildings that were being sold, the location of the public auction, the terms of sale, and the…

Nelson R. Wilson Auction Notice, 1932 (Ms2009-016)

This collection consists of a broadside announcing the impending sale of a home and 98 acres of land in the Forest Magisterial District of Bedford County, Virginia. The sale appears to have resulted from a defaulted loan made to Nelson R. and Eliza…

Olivia Tutwiler Hill Diary, 1919 (Ms2016-004)

Diary of Olivia Tutwiler (later Olivia Tutwiler Hill), a young teacher living in Blacksburg and Childress, Virginia, in 1919. The focus is primarily on a crush that Tutwiler had on a Virginia Tech cadet, but entries also chronicle an active social…

Yellow Sulphur Springs Hotel Account Book 1887-1895 (Ms1940-033)

The Yellow Sulphur Springs Hotel Account Book, which might more accurately be described as a guest register, includes the names of guests, their place of residence, the time of their arrival, and their room numbers. While the resort played host to…

Harriet Eliza Lathrop Reminiscences, c.1937 (1988-011)

Harriet Eliza Lathrop was born in New York, moved to Tazewell County, Virginia, with her husband, a mining engineer, in 1881 when he was sent to open up the Pocahontas Coal Field by the Norfolk and Western Railway Company. The collection includes a…

Sarah Buchanan Preston Land Deed, 1835 (Ms1987-037)

The Sarah Buchanan Preston Land Deed collection consists of a manuscript copy of a land transfer indenture statement for lands in Russell, Tazewell, and Scott counties, Virginia. The land was sold by Preston to John and Edward Fulton of Washington…

Scrapbook of poetry, newspaper clippings and pressed flowers, likely by Virginia Bedinger Lucas, sister of Daniel Bedinger Lucas, c. 1860s (Ms1995-012)

A scrapbook of poetry, newspaper clippings and pressed flowers from the 1860s, likely created by Virginia Bedinger Lucas, younger sister of Daniel Bedinger Lucas. Virginia was born December 16, 1837 and died April 27, 1867. Daniel was born March 16,…

Account Book, Brown Hill Store, 1881-1883, Lobdell Car Wheel Co. (Ms1940-019)

The Lobdell Car Wheel Company had its beginnings in 1830, when Jonathon Bonney and Charles Bush established a small foundry in Wilmington, Delaware. By 1867, the year it was incorporated as the Lobdell Car Wheel Company, the business had added…

Land Survey, Montgomery County, Virginia, 1784 (Ms2011-023)

The collection consists of a manuscript map survey of land in Montgomery County, Virginia, belonging to Philadelphia merchant Levi Hollingsworth. The acreage, divided into thirty-two tracts of one thousand acres each, is situated on the Guyandotte…

Letter, William Vinson to Wife and Children, Richmond Va., January 28, 1854 (Ms2008-048)

This collection contains a letter written by Virginia House of Delegates member William Vinson to his wife and children in Wayne County, (West) Virginia. After noting his homesickness, Vinson proceeds to write of the possibility of the general…

James Barnett Inventory, 1811 (Ms2002-022)

A list of free Negroes and Mulattoes, compiled by James Barnett, district commissioner of revenue, Montgomery County, Virginia. The list includes places of residence of the free persons as well as a brief job description for each. The list divides…

Jeffrey T. Wilson Diary, 1913 (Ms2011-015)

Jeffrey Thomas Wilson (1843-1929) was a former slave who spent most of his life in and around Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia. He outlived four wives and had at least twelve children. Wilson's diaries include entries on a range of topics from local…

William W. Gardner Daybook, 1918 (Ms1940-011)

"GARDNER, WILLIAM W. (b. 1872). DAYBOOK, 1918. 0.1 cu. ft. Merchant in Lafayette (Montgomery County), Virginia. Daybook providing customer names, goods purchased, and prices paid. Available on the Virginia Heritage database. Ms1940-011."

Main St., Tazewell, Va., Looking West.

Postcard
Postmarked 1906 or 1908[?]

Mountain Scenery Along C. & O. RY., Near Lexington, Virginia

Postcard.

Logo: "Bell-Chrome Superior Quality"
C.T.American Art
R-22959

Photo credit in upper right corner: "McCown-Photo"

Hotel Graham, Graham, Va.

Postmarked October 1909

Tazewell Looking South, Tazewell, Va.

Postcard.
Postmarked Sep 18 1907
Made in Germany

Hotel Roanoke, Roanoke, Va.

Postmarked: September, 1907
Message on reverse:
"Hello Coz
How are you living? I am still existing. Come down, Soon ha ha.
13.12.23."

Interior St. Andrew's Cathedral, ROANOKE, Va.

Interior view of nave facing altar.
Postmarked: June, 1908.

Message on reverse:
"Hello Ernest,
I shall be glad to go up to see you all Sunday night. I shall arrive on the evening train. Do let me meet the little man you have in…

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