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A lengthy recollection of his father's Blacksburg from the 1920s to the 1940s by Dr. Ronald B. Dietrick.

Keith Furr recalls life in Blacksburg during the 1960s in an email to Laura Katz Smith in 1996.

Introduction to the diaries of Roseanna Croy Dawson.

Genealogy information about the family of Roseanna Croy Dawson.

Jamie Kinzer Calloway, Mary Mathews Robeson, and French Pack, Jr. discuss their memories of Blacksburg.

An introduction to the town for incoming VPI students, printed in the Blacksburg Post.

An article by Thomas N. Conrad (V.A.M.C. president from 1882 to 1886) from the Blacksburg Post, December 10, 1896.

A newspaper article that discusses some of the laws of the town of Blacksburg from the mid-1870s.

A newspaper article from the Montgomery News Messenger, January 6, 1932, discussing the town and its progress.

Virginia Tech article from October 16, 1924, finds prosperity in Blacksburg, Va.

An article in the Blacksburg Home News, September 9, 1916, describing the state of the town.

Letter in the April 20, 1932, Montgomery News Messenger about the town spring.

Record of progress in the town by Rebecca Price in 1932, as reprinted in the News Messenger Bicentennial Edition, July 1, 1976.

Article by Mrs. W. D. Altman from the July 1, 1976 Montgomery News Messenger Bicentennial Edition.

Excerpt from Ellison Smyth's Retrospect (Pocahontas Press) printed in the February 14, 1993 Roanoke Times and World News.

A short newspaper article describing the origins of Blacksburg's name.

Map of defense zones and list of volunteers from the March 1942 Montgomery News Messenger.

The July 8, 1942 edition of the Montgomery News Messenger reports that the number of young men registering for the draft exceeds estimates.

Article on October 22, 1942 in the Virginia Tech reports that Corps cannons launch scrap drive.

Newspaper article from the Roanoke Tribune describes the dedication of the First Baptist community's church.

Article in the February 10, 1943 Danville Register about the new Blacksburg company for the Virginia Protective Force.

VPI President Julian Burruss comments on the large numbers of students joining the United States Army in the February 25, 1943 Virginia Tech.

Article from the February 25, 1943 Virginia Tech about Techmen going to war.

Short article in the April 28, 1943 Montgomery News Messenger indicates stores will close early on Wednesday to cooperate with Victory Garden program.

Short article by Goodridge Wilson from the Roanoke Times, describing some of Blacksburg's early history.

Notes for a talk given by Miss Mary Apperson at Blacksburg High School in 1944 as reprinted in the Montgomery News Messenger Bicentennial Edition, July 1, 1976.

Article in the August 20, 1954 Roanoke Times about proposal for New River source.

Article in the September 2, 1954 Roanoke Times about the creation of the water authority.

Approval to amending the charter of the Blacksburg-Virginia Tech Water Authority to include Christiansburg was voted by the Virginia Tech Board of Visitors after a public hearing in Blacksburg in February 1955.

A newspaper articlel about the geography of Blacksburg from the March 21, 1957 Montgomery News Messenger.

Article in the Montgomery News Messenger about the Junior Women's Club in Blacksburg, Va.

Article by Mrs. W. D. Altman from the May 30, 1957 Montgomery News Messenger.

From the Centennial edition of the Montgomery News Messenger, an article about the Junior Women's Club in Blacksburg.

List of Mayors who have served the Town of Blacksburg from 1871 to the present.

Article from the Virginia Tech Engineer by Howard Shaeffer Avery, VPI class of 1928.

Ralph M. Brown's extracts from the V.P.I. Historical Index, 1872-1938.

A history of Blacksburg, VA, by Mrs. S. A. Wingard ranging from the pioneer days to the first Western Union office in 1916.

Excerpts from the 1935 article by William Edward Garnett, rural sociologist.

A compilation of various facts and bits of information about the town by Leland B. Tate.

A recollection of the town and its history by R.D. Michael.

A pamphlet produced by the Blacksburg Ministerial Association, describing the churches in Blacksburg from 1934-1953.

Water usage, retail sales, real estate assessments, and town budgets from 1961-1966 in Blacksburg, VA.

Information about Blacksburg, VA, in 1966, prepared by the Chamber of Commerce.

J.M. Robertson's article from the winter 1977 edition of Context.

Blacksburg, VA, history from 1748 to 1900 by D. McCombs in 1981.

A description of the original laying out of the town, by Daniel Pezzoni in March, 1984.

List of marriages in 1893 by Rosanna Croy Dawson.

List of accidents and odd occurences by Rosanna Croy Dawson, from her diary, "Blacksburg in 1898."

List of people who moved and where they moved to.

Records of what Dawson preserved in 1898 and when.