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| Repository: | Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection |
| Creator: | |
| Title: | Collection 321. Smyth County, Virginia Lifetime Collection, 1833-1991, n.d. |
| Language of Material: | Material in English |
| Location: | For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University. |
| Abstract: | Smyth County, Virginia Lifetime Collection is a compilation of materials related to Smyth County, Virginia. |
| Extent: | 2 linear feet, 3 archival boxes |
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[Identification of item], Collection 321. Smyth County, Virginia Lifetime Collection, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, NC, USA.
The W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection purchased this collection from Bookworm and Silverfish in January 2000. There is not an accession number. It was opened to the public in December, 2006.
Processed by Kathryn Staley, November, 2006
Encoded by Kathryn Staley, November, 2006
Smyth County, Virginia is located in southwest Virginia. It was created in 1832 from Washington and Wythe Counties. Communities include county seat Marion, Saltville, and Chilhowie. Branches of the Holston River divide the county into three fertile valleys. Saltville was a main source of salt, leading to two Civil War-era raids.
Henry Boyd Staley was a merchant of grain products in Marion, Virginia. His grandfather Frank Staley (b. 1807) was a Marion dry good and grocery merchantile owner.
Kenneth Killinger was a Lutheran minister that conducted mission work in Southwest Virginia.
Anne Jones-Elliot was born in 1865 in Smyth County, Virginia and was an international figure who traveled with the Barnum circus. At birth, she already had a moustache and she was described as "Infant Esau," a reference to the hairy Biblical baby. Later, she traveled as a bearded lady. She married Richard Elliot, whom she later divorced, and William Donovan. She died in 1902.
| Beard |
| Hull and Staley |
| Saltville (Va.) |
| Smith Co. (Va.) |
| Staley, Henry Boyd |
| Women circus performers |
Materials stored in Oversized Box C.
Folder 1
Smyth County News, 26 June 1973.
Smyth County News, 22 November 1978.
Land plat of Staley Creek, Country Road, Marion and Chatham Hill Turnpike, 1 July 1884.
Holstein Mill Corn Meal Bag, n.d.
Auction, 18 September (no year).
The ChilValee, Vol. IV, Nos. I, V, VI.
Marion Democrat, 24 December 1919.
Patriot and Herald, 31 January 1878.
Patriot and Herald, 12 October 1882.
The American, 8 January 1914.
Untitled newspaper with Banner and several articles missing.
Smyth County News, 23 February 1982.
Folder 1
Photograph 1: White man standing in a rock quarry in front of a wooden bridge, n.d.
Photograph 2: Automobile wrecked by No. 42, 1916.
Photograph 3: Automobile wrecked by No. 42, 1916.
Photograph 4: Automobile wrecked by No. 42, 1916.
Photograph 5: Two story house between a creek and a hill with family and hogs, n.d. House is surrounded by rock wall and wooden fence.
Photograph 6: Landscape showing several farm houses with gardens, trees, and a bridge, n.d. Labeled Broad Ford.
Photograph 7: Judge John H. Fulton of Wythe and Smyth Counties, Virginia, n.d. (His father was a Whig Congressman from Smyth County, Virginia)
Photograph 8: Phil P[?], n.d. (White man in overalls standing between two horses beside house and outbuilding)
Photograph 9: Small white child on house porch in Salville, Virginia, 1912.
Photograph 10: Steam engine #1016, n.d.
Photograph 11: Logs in river beside building, n.d.
Photograph 12: Factory beside mountain side, n.d.
Photograph 13: Factory with smokestack in Saltville, Virginia, 1912.
Photograph 14: Mountain side with river (?) in Saltville, Virginia, 1912.
Photograph 15: Community with factory in foreground, mountains in background, n.d.
Photograph 16: Industrial factory with a railroad tracks, n.d. (shows a steam engine in background)
Photograph 17: Henry B. Staley, n.d.
Photograph 18: Three white men with older bearded man sitting, n.d.
Photograph 19: Burial with six white men and one black man posing in front of casket, n.d. "Bill Seavers" written on back.
Photograph 20: White waitress in front of Marion Lunch, Rx, and Sodas, n.d.
Photograph 21: Season's Greetings photograph card, n.d.
Photograph 22: Storefront of "The Corner", n.d.
Photograph 23: Anne Jones-Elliott (a.k.a. Auell Jones), bearded lady from Rural Retreat, Virginia, n.d.
Photograph 24: 18 July 1864 letter regarding ending the Civil War from Abraham Lincoln.
Folder 2
Photograph 1: Troy West of Redstone, Virginia, a white man with long white beard, in front of building, n.d.
Photograph 2: Harry (surname unreadable), a white boy in overalls with horses, 1923.
Photograph 3: Chair made by W.J. Williams (d. 1932) of Walkers Creek, Virginia, n.d.
Photograph 4: Charlie and Sarah Pickle of Walkers Creek, Virginia, n.d. (elderly white male and female with book; both wearing headware)
Photograph 5: White girl with corkscrew curls, n.d.
Photograph 6: Preston Williams, in casket, 1908.
Photograph 7: White family with man sitting with book, a woman, a girl, and a boy, n.d.
Photograph 8: Cole house (?), n.d. (two story house with porch)
Photograph 10: Two story brick house with porch, n.d.
Photograph 11: J.S. Morris Furniture, Builders' Material storefront with two white men in front, 1910.
Photograph 12: Mary Lou Flynn, 16 years old, n.d. (white girl in front of a brick building)
Photograph 13: W.J. Callaham's home in Bristol, Virginia, n.d.
Photograph 14: Carter and Virginia, and their children Carter Jr. and Sara Ann, n.d. (white family in front of house, circa 1950s)
Photograph 15: Elderly white man and woman, n.d.
Photograph 16: Tyler home, "Bel Alto" Seven Mile Ford, Virginia, n.d.
Photograph 17: White family of three girls, two boys, bearded father, and a mother, n.d.
Photograph 18: Margaret Carter Stuart, daughter of Hon. Charles Carter, wife of Governor Henry Stuart of Elk Garden, Virginia, n.d.
Photograph 19: Collen Douglas Stuart, n.d.
Photograph 20: Mary Stuart Tyler, n.d.
Photograph 21: Ms. Spiller (?), n.d. (photographer was Walter Noel of Wytheville, Virginia)
Photograph 22: Statue of Long Life Buddha from Frederick Jennings of Plainfield, New Jersey, n.d.
Photograph 23: Margaret Carter Stuart, n.d. (may be a wedding dress)
Folder 3
Photograph 1: Margaret Carter Stuart, n.d.
Photograph 2: W.B. Sprinkle, Maggie, Mamie, and Reichen, n.d.
Photograph 3: Approximately 80 people gathered in forest clearing, n.d.
Folder 1
Ten photographs about interior of Sherwood Anderson's home, n.d.
Materials currently housed in W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection's Closed Books Collection.
Address by T.W. Preston to The Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia. Some Famous Civilians of Southwestern Virginia, (No. 15) November 1947.
Address by Goodridge A. Wilson to The Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia. Dr. Thomas Walker Explorer, Abingdon, Virginia, (Bulletin No. 17), 1950.
Anderson, Sherwood. A Story Teller's Story, Garden City Publishing Co., Inc.: Garden City, NY, 1924.
Armstrong, Joan L. and Mack H. Sturgill. Smyth County 150th Anniversary Historical Tours, Private publisher, n.d.
Blank, Mattie Payne. What a Man!, Wetzel Publishing Co.: Los Angeles, 191946.
Chamber of Commerce of Smyth County, Virginia. Smyth County, Virginia, Private publishing, 1987.
Hassinger, Luther C. The Lumber Industry in Southwest Virginia, The Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia (Series II, No. 4) Spring, 1967.
Heirlooms from Our Looms: Old Abingdon Weavers, Abingdon, Virginia, n.d.
Historical and Biographical Sketches, (No. 6) March 1972.
Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia, (No. 5) March, 1970.
The Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia. Historical House of Washington County, Virginia, (Series II, No. 6) Spring, 1968.
The Historical Society of Washington County, Virginia, (Series II, No. 12) 1974-1975.
Jurney, R.C., A.C. Orvedal, and E.F. Henry, H.H. Perry, Edward Shulkcum, P.B. Douglas, J.R. Moore, A.M. Baisden, and M.M. Phillippe. Soil Survey: Smyth County, Virginia, U.S. Department of Agriculture, (Series 1938, No. 16) January 1948.
Kennedy, John F. A Nation of Immigrants, Anti-Defamation League of B'Nai B'rith: New York, n.d.
Marion Cook Book, B.D. Smith and Bros.: Marion, Virginia, 1921. (Fifth Edition)
Marion Cook Book, Private publisher, 1951.
Marvel, William.Southwest Virginia in the Civil War: The Battles for Saltville, H.E. Howard, Inc.: Lynchburg, VA, 1992.
Memorial Addresses by General Francis Preston (1810), Lewis Preston Summers (1938). Battle of King's Mountain, South Carolina, Oct. 7, 1780, Washington County historical Society: Abingdon, Virginia, 1939.
Schneider, Lottie M. Sunset, Private publishing, n.d.
Smyth County News, 23 February 1982.
Sturgill, Kenneth L.A History of the Gollehon Family, Private publishing, 1986.
Telephone Directory for Marion, Chilhowie, Rich Valley, Sugar Grove, February 1952.
U.S. Department of Agriculture. Soil Map Smyth County Virginia, GPO, 1938.
Washington County Historical Society of Abingdon, Virginia, (No. 10) July 1943.
Quasi-Modo, http://www.quasi-modo.net/Annie_Jones.html
Bogdan, RobertFreak Show: presenting human oddities for amusement and profit , Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1988.
Materials currently housed in W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection's Closed Books Collection.
