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The 1932 ledger contained notes from patrons asking for the Evans to send them certain items, including a note from Pearl Haynes asking for \"5 pairs of overhalls....and she would pay in a week or two.\"  Products during this time were mainly necessities with fewer luxury items such as candy as opposed to the 1919 ledger."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish material from James and Rosa Evans Store Ledgers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.\u003c/p\u003e"],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Use Restrictions"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish material from James and Rosa Evans Store Ledgers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_4e296ad505f9afc1fa743d72ed074722\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eThis collection consists of 2 ledgers, one from 1919-1920 and the other from 1932-1934.  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Dickenson, community activist and historian, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1930.  From 1951-1953 he served with the US Army in Korea. Dickenson then received a B.A. in geography from Michigan State University in 1957 and a M.Ed. from Springfield College in Massachusetts in 1971. He taught at a variety of colleges and universities throughout his career, including Virginia Tech where he researched local African American history and genealogy. After moving back to New York, Dickenson was appointed Borough Historian of Staten Island, which he held until his death from cancer in 2006.  ","Dickenson is the author of two published works:  Entitled! Free Papers in Appalachia Concerning Antebellum Freeborn Negroes and Emancipated Blacks of Montgomery County, Virginia.  and  Holden's Staten Island: The History of Richmond County . ","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Richard B. 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Christiansburg\"\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Interview with Mrs. Nettie Anderson\"\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Christiansburg Institute Reunion\" \u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e'Interview with Mrs. Addie Jones\"\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Special Poll Oklahoma Territorial Census 1890\" \u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Freedman's Bank Records\"\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e1910 Miracode Index\" Virginia, Western Region\"\u003c/bibref\u003e"],"bibliography_heading_ssm":["Bibliography","Bibliography","Bibliography","Bibliography","Bibliography","Bibliography","Bibliography","Bibliography","Bibliography","Bibliography"],"bibliography_tesim":["Kilgore Forthhouse, 1786 , 1975","The Great Stone Face, , 1976\n","Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia , 1977 ","Frontier Forts , 1968","An Economic and Social Survey of Russell County Virgina, , 1931 ","Lebanon: A Virginia Community,  1943","Comments on the Lebanon Community Study , 1944","Bibliography","\"An Address on the Occasion of the Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Hanging Rock,\" n.d.","Against the Tide  excerpt (photocopy), n.d.","Belah Perry  excerpt (photocopy), n.d.","Biographical Directory of the American Congress 1774-1927  (photocopy), n.d.","\"Black Genealogical Research in Montgomery County,\" 1978","\"Black Student Directory 1978\", 1978","\"Blacks in Appalachia\" excerpt (photocopy), n.d.","\"Booker T. 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Free Papers in Appalachia Concerning Antebellum Freeborn Negroes and Emancipated Blacks of Montgomery County, Virginia.\u003c/emph\u003e and \u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHolden's Staten Island: The History of Richmond County\u003c/emph\u003e. \u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["Richard B. Dickenson, community activist and historian, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1930.  From 1951-1953 he served with the US Army in Korea. Dickenson then received a B.A. in geography from Michigan State University in 1957 and a M.Ed. from Springfield College in Massachusetts in 1971. He taught at a variety of colleges and universities throughout his career, including Virginia Tech where he researched local African American history and genealogy. After moving back to New York, Dickenson was appointed Borough Historian of Staten Island, which he held until his death from cancer in 2006.  ","Dickenson is the author of two published works:  Entitled! 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Dickenson, community activist and historian, was born in Jersey City, New Jersey in 1930.  From 1951-1953 he served with the US Army in Korea. Dickenson then received a B.A. in geography from Michigan State University in 1957 and a M.Ed. from Springfield College in Massachusetts in 1971. He taught at a variety of colleges and universities throughout his career, including Virginia Tech where he researched local African American history and genealogy. After moving back to New York, Dickenson was appointed Borough Historian of Staten Island, which he held until his death from cancer in 2006.  ","Dickenson is the author of two published works:  Entitled! Free Papers in Appalachia Concerning Antebellum Freeborn Negroes and Emancipated Blacks of Montgomery County, Virginia.  and  Holden's Staten Island: The History of Richmond County . ","The processing, arrangement, and description of the Richard B. 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Dickenson Papers are arranged into five series: subject files, correspondence, publications, research, and media. Materials within series are arranged alphabetically. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries I contains subject files created by Dickenson. This series includes materials related to Christiansburg Institute and his work with the Christiansburg Community Center. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries II contains correspondence with friends and coworkers. Letters are arranged by author in alphabetical order. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries III contains various publications and photocopies of publications kept by Dickenson during his career. Individual publications are arranged in their own folder, excerpts are grouped in folders by alphabetical order. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries IV contains research materials complied by Dickenson. Most of these items are photocopies of archival material. Research materials with no apparent titles are grouped in the Ephemera Research folder. \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries V contains cassette tapes, microfilm, and CD-ROMS arranged by material type.  \u003c/p\u003e"],"arrangement_heading_ssm":["Arrangement"],"arrangement_tesim":["The Richard B. Dickenson Papers are arranged into five series: subject files, correspondence, publications, research, and media. Materials within series are arranged alphabetically. ","Series I contains subject files created by Dickenson. This series includes materials related to Christiansburg Institute and his work with the Christiansburg Community Center. ","Series II contains correspondence with friends and coworkers. Letters are arranged by author in alphabetical order. ","Series III contains various publications and photocopies of publications kept by Dickenson during his career. Individual publications are arranged in their own folder, excerpts are grouped in folders by alphabetical order. ","Series IV contains research materials complied by Dickenson. Most of these items are photocopies of archival material. Research materials with no apparent titles are grouped in the Ephemera Research folder. ","Series V contains cassette tapes, microfilm, and CD-ROMS arranged by material type.  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Washington\" (pamphlet), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Bowyers of Old West Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e excerpt (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Early Development of Negro Extension Work in Virginia,\" n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eFincastle and Botetourt County Tour\u003c/emph\u003e, 1977\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Freedmen Identities\" draft, 1998\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"The Freedmen's Bureau in Appalachia,\" 1977\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHaven Boyd Howe\u003c/emph\u003e excerpt (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHistoric Fincastle\u003c/emph\u003e pamphlet, n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eA Funeral Discourse on the Death of Robert Craig, Esq.\u003c/emph\u003e excerpt (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eLocal History and Genealogical Research in the University Libraries\u003c/emph\u003e, 1990\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Montgomery County Historic Sites Survey Volume 1\" (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Name Changing Since the Civil War\" presentation, 1998 \u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNegro Baptist History USA\u003c/emph\u003e excerpt (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Negro in the Reconstruction of Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e excerpt (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eNegro Life in Rural Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePreliminary Inventory of the Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands,\u003c/emph\u003e 1973 \u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePlanters and Pioneers\u003c/emph\u003e (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Projections and Economic Base Analysis of Russell County\", 1966\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePolitical History of Appalachian Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e excerpt (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Pulaski County: A Collection of Articles\" excerpts, n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePreliminary Inventory of the Records of the United States Continental Commands\u003c/emph\u003e excerpt (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Race Relations in Montgomery County, Virginia 1870-1990\" (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Readjuster Movement in Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e excerpt (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eResources of Southwest Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e excerpt (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eRural Land Ownership Among the Negroes of Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e excerpt (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Some Freedmen Identities,\" 1978\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eSouthwest Virginia and Shenandoah Valley\u003c/emph\u003e excerpt (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eState Historical Markers of Virginia\u003c/emph\u003e excerpt (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eSyllabus for \"Appalachian Black Surnames During Reconstruction\" presentation, 1994\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eTowns and Villages of Montgomery County, Virginia as given on Maps and in Virginia Directories\u003c/emph\u003e excerpt (photocopy), n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Tracing Your Black Virginia Ancestors\" n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Virginia Appalachian Notes,\" 1979\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Genealogical Society Quarterly\u003c/emph\u003e, 1979\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Volunteers Help Maryland Group Serve Clients,\" 1977\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cbibref\u003eWelcome to Russell County, VA, n.d.\u003c/bibref\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cbibref\u003e\"Samuel Clark - 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Included are photocopies and excerpts of books and archival materials, correspondence with coworkers and friends largely dealing with the Christiansburg Institute, and professional material related to his work in with the Christiansburg Community Center and local history associations."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe following books have been removed from the collection and are available in Special Collections: \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003e\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Black Oklahomans, A History: 1541-1972\u003c/emph\u003e, 1972\n\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eBlack History in Oklahoma: A Resource Book\u003c/emph\u003e, 1971\n\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eChristiansburg Institute: A Proud Heritage\u003c/emph\u003e, 1991\n\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eEntitled:Free Papers in Appalachia\u003c/emph\u003e, 1980\n\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eHighlights in the Early History of Montgomery County, VA\u003c/emph\u003e, 1975\n\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe Montgomery County Story\u003c/emph\u003e, 2000\n\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMontgomery County, Virginia: Circa 1790\u003c/emph\u003e, 1972\n\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eMontgomery County Virginia: The First Hundred Years\u003c/emph\u003e, 1994\n\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003ePrice Genealogy,\u003c/emph\u003e 1948\n\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eThe United States Army Invades the New River Valley May 1864\u003c/emph\u003e, 1986\n\u003cemph render=\"italic\"\u003eVirginia Landmarks of Black History\u003c/emph\u003e, 1995\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["The following books have been removed from the collection and are available in Special Collections: ","The Black Oklahomans, A History: 1541-1972 , 1972\n Black History in Oklahoma: A Resource Book , 1971\n Christiansburg Institute: A Proud Heritage , 1991\n Entitled:Free Papers in Appalachia , 1980\n Highlights in the Early History of Montgomery County, VA , 1975\n The Montgomery County Story , 2000\n Montgomery County, Virginia: Circa 1790 , 1972\n Montgomery County Virginia: The First Hundred Years , 1994\n Price Genealogy,  1948\n The United States Army Invades the New River Valley May 1864 , 1986\n Virginia Landmarks of Black History , 1995"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish material from Richard B. 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The contents list below is organized by city or town and contains a list of paper titles in each box. The city or town of origination is included with the title. Under each title is a list of holdings. The general format is \"date, volume, issue number.\" Some titles may only list dates or dates and volumes.","A spreadsheet with information about specific holdings (titles, dates, volume and issue numbers, cities/towns of publication, and, when available, cost and editors) can be   downloaded online . The spreadsheets allows for easy sorting by any category.","Please note: All but one of the 1861 and 1862 issues (materials in Box 16) are reprints, not originals.","An inventory of the newspapers was created during the summer of 2011. Description of the collection was completed in July 2012. Additional newspapers added in June 2017.","This collection consists of individual issues of Virginia newspapers. In some cases, this is a single issue; in other cases, there may be multiple issues. 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