The collection is open for research.
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Southwest Virginia Counties Collection, Ms2000-092, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The Southwest Virginia Counties Collection was purchased by Special Collections in 2000.
Portions of this collection have been digitized and are available online.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Southwest Virginia Counties Collection was completed in August 2001. Additional description was completed in 2010 and 2022.
The Southwest Virginia Counties Collection includes letters from various members of the Godwin, Young, Trevey, Williams and other families of Botetourt, Rockbridge, and Roanoke Counties. 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 including accounts and recipes.
Transcripts of some items available. These transcripts were provided when the materials were acquired and were not created by Special Collections and University Archives.
The collection is arranged by material type.
See the Nancy (Nannie) G. Figgat Correspondence, Ms2012-080, also at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.
The guide to the Southwest Virginia Counties Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Portions of text in this book are written in a version of the "Pigpen cipher." A key has been added to the folder.
Receipts and home remedies is available online.
Nancy G. Figgat's recipe book is available online.
Originally labeled as "Ann Godwin's Memorandum Book," this item was created by Nancy Godwin Figgat, prior to her marriage. Later notes in the item reflect her married name and her husband's name and initials. Since Nancy also appears in records as Nannie and occasionally as Ann or Annie, the name was removed from the title of the item to avoid creating confusion. The earliest date in the book is 1856, but later notes were created after her marriage in 1859. Some entries may also date to the 1860s.