A Guide to the Southwest Virginia Counties Collection, 1783-1878
A Collection in
Special Collections
Collection Number
Ms2000-092
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Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Southwest Virginia Counties Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Southwest Virginia Counties Collection, Ms2000-092, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The Southwest Virginia Counties Collection was purchased by Special Collections in 2000.
Alternate Form Available
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online .
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Southwest Virginia Counties Collection was completed in August 2001 by Gail McMillan and Jane Wills. Additional description was completed in 2010.
Scope and Content
The collection includes letters from various members of the Godwin, Young, Trevey, Williams and other families of Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Roanoke Counties establishes the relationship between them. In addition to correspondence, the collection also contains deeds, promissory notes, invoices for goods and services, toll bridge fee receipt, a child's watercolor, 13 pen and ink drawings of weaver's coverlet designs with titles of designs included. The collection also contains five bound leather volumes include accounts and recipes.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by material type.
Related Material
Nancy (Nannie) G. Figgat Correspondence, 1863, Ms2012-080. Finding aid available online.
Index Terms
- Figgat, Nancy Godwin
- Godwin, Ann
- Folk, historical, and patent medicine
- History of Food and Drink
- Home economics
- Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
- Traditional medicine
- Women -- History
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Contents List
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online .