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Blacksburg, Virginia 24061
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Processed by Catherine G. OBrion, Digital Library and Archives Staff, in 2003.
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The collection is open to research.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Lindsay West Papers, Ms2001-013, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Processing Information
The Lindsay West Papers were processed in 2003.
Biographical Note
Lindsay Butte West (born 1934) was a member of the Montgomery County (Virginia) Board of Supervisors from 1976-1987. One of six new supervisors elected in 1976, she was the first woman elected to the Board. She was vice-chair in 1976-1977 and chair in 1979-80 and 1986-87.
Taking a particular interest in human service and environmental and land-use issues, West represented the Board of Supervisors on the Montgomery County Social Services Board, the New River Community Action Board, and the Montgomery County Public Service Authority (1982-1989; chair, 1984-1985). Shortly after she was elected, West led an unsuccessful effort to reverse the decision of the previous Board to tear down the historic Montgomery County Courthouse building in Christiansburg.
While on the Board of Supervisors, West also served on the state Local Government Advisory Council (1981-1985) and the Local Government Advisory Committee of the Governor's Commission of Transportation (1986- 1987). She was Chair of the Montgomery County Democratic Committee from 1988-1997 and has been active in a variety of other community organizations and causes in Montgomery County, including the restoration of the Lyric Theater in Blacksburg. She also served on the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library Blacksburg Branch Building Committee in 1990. Lindsay West was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1934 and grew up in New York. She earned a B.A. from Radcliff College in 1956 and moved to Blacksburg in 1962.
Note:
Gina Beasley, "Lindsay West: Long Live the Lyric," Western Waters, Winter 2002, 40.
Scope and Contents
The Lindsay West Papers span the years 1975-1996. The bulk of the collection is comprised of subject files West kept while she was serving on the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors in southwest Virginia. These files contain inter- and intra- office county government correspondence and memos, legal opinions, government documents, reports and studies, many of which include maps; and clippings. Most of the correspondence and documents are photocopies of county government documents distributed by the county staff to each member of the Board. The papers document Montgomery County government during a period of rapid growth and change in the New River Valley. Subjects include: annexation actions, the proposed Ingles Mountain Landfill in Radford, a proposed alternate for Route 460, and a proposal to develop a shopping mall along Route 460.
The collection also contains records documenting the following entities: New River Community Action, the New River Valley Workshop, and the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library Board Blacksburg Library Building Committee, including a poster announcing the dedication of the new building in 1996.
Arrangement
The papers are arranged into the following series: Montgomery County Board of Supervisors (the bulk of the collection), Local Government Advisory Committee to the Commission on Transportation in the Twenty- First Century, Montgomery - Floyd Regional Library Board Blacksburg Area Branch Building Committee, New River Community Action, New River Valley Workshop, Virginia Tech Horticulture Farm Rezoning Request Review Committee, Speeches and Writings, and Personal Papers (two folders comprised primarily of clippings).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Blacksburg (Va.)
- Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
- Montgomery County (Va.)
- University History
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1970-)
- West, Lindsay Butte, 1934-2018
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Lindsay West Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).
Container List
This series is arranged into the following subseries: Minutes, Subject Files, and Legal Cases. It is comprised primarily of subject files.
- box-folder 1 folder: 1-5
Minutes, Reports, and AgendasAugust-October 1984Scope and Contents note
Photocopies of agendas and minutes from Montgomery County Board of Supervisors meetings; includes copies of related correspondence and county documents pertaining to items on the meeting agendas.
- Subject Series1975-1987Scope and Contents note
This subseries is comprised of subject files kept by Lindsay West in the course of her work as a member of the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors between 1975 and 1987. The files contain photocopies of correspondence, memoranda, and documents that were distributed to members of the Board of Supervisors; reports, studies, publications, clippings, and other materials. Some of the materials include notes made by West.
Arrangement noteAlphabetical by subject. Oversize materials are stored in oversize folder.
- box-folder 1 folder: 6
Accounting manual, county-government1980
- box-folder 1 folder: 7
Annexation Report1985Scope and Contents note
Memo outlining legal issues raised by annexation proceedings involving Radford and Christiansburg and a possible attempt by Blacksburg to attempt to seek city status.
- box-folder 1 folder: 8-9
Blacksburg City Status1977-1983Scope and Contents note
Copies of correspondence with County Administrator Betty Thomas, data on Blacksburg schools, Montgomery County social services, a 1977 city- status study, clippings, and other documents pertaining to a possible attempt by Blacksburg to seek city status.
- box-folder 1 folder: 10
Blacksburg, Goals for1975Scope and Contents note
Planning Department proposal to involve citizens in discussion of planning issues.
- box-folder 1 folder: 11
Blacksburg, Government Structures Committee, Report of1976
- box-folder 1 folder: 12
Blacksburg, Government Structure Committee, Subcommittee on Education1975Scope and Contents note
Survey and summary of findings.
- box-folder 1 folder: 13-14
Blacksburg in the '80s: Citizens Planning for Tomorrow1980-19812 foldersScope and Contents note
Correspondence, minutes, reports, and other materials documenting a commission established by the Blacksburg Town Council to encourage citizen participation in town planning.
- box-folder 1 folder: 15 oversize folder: 1
Blacksburg Library BuildingPhysical Location: Blueprint stored in oversize folder. 1979-1980Scope and Contents note
Documents, correspondence, blueprint, and reports pertaining to construction of a library building for the Blacksburg branch of the Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library.
- box-folder 1 folder: 16
Capital Improvements Program Committee1977-1978
- box-folder 1 folder: 17
Christiansburg Land Sludge Disposal Plan1983Scope and Contents note
Includes copies of the draft plan and request for approval and correspondence pertaining to the request.
- box-folder 1 folder: 18 oversize folder: 1 oversize folder: 2
Christiansburg-Montgomery County Settlement Agreement1987Scope and Contents note
Materials include a Statement of Response from Ann Hess, Supervisor, District B; correspondence, clippings and maps pertaining to the agreement between Christiansburg and Montgomery County regarding annexation and implementation of systematic provision of utility service.
- oversize folder: 2
Map Exhibits, Montgomery County Annexation Proceedings1986Scope and Contents note
Maps illustrating effects of proposed annexation on the provision of local government services.
- oversize folder: 1
Maps of the Town of Christiansburg and Environs showing existing land use for proposed annexation area19877 maps
- oversize folder: 2
- box-folder 1 folder: 19
Harman Farms/Yellow Sulphur Springs1976Scope and Contents note
Documents pertaining to a request on the part of Harman Farms for an amendment to the zoning ordinance and a conditional-use permit.
- box-folder 1 folder: 20
Legal Issues (miscellaneous)1979-1986Arrangement note
Memos and correspondence from County Attornies Roy Thorpe and Paul Mahoney with analysis of legal issues of concern to the Board of Supervisors.
- oversize box: 1 folder: 21-22 oversize folder: 1
Montgomery County Courthouse RenovationPhysical Location: Oversize materials in oversize folder. 1975-1979Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, documents, blueprints and drawings pertaining to the proposed renovation of the Montgomery County Courthouse.
- box-folder 1 folder: 23
Montgomery County Museum1984Scope and Contents note
Documents pertaining to construction of the museum.
- box-folder 1 folder: 24
Montgomery County Public Service Authority, Agreement with the Town of Christiansburg1977Scope and Contents note
Contract, agreement, and other documents pertaining to the water agreement between the Town of Christiansburg and Montgomery County.
- box-folder 1 folder: 25-26
Montgomery Shopping Mall19782 foldersScope and Contents note
Development proposal, memo from County Administrator regarding the proposal, and a traffic-impact study.
- box-folder 1 folder: 27
"The New and Little: A River Access Study," by Edward M. DeTrude, Jr., Mike Birchner, and Tom Bain, Montgomery County Parks and Recreation Department1985
- box-folder 1 folder: 28
New River Resource Authority1985Scope and Contents note
Clippings.
- box-folder 1 folder: 29
New River Valley Planning District, Grant to Western Virginia EMS Council1979Scope and Contents note
Report summarizing grant.
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Radford, City of1984-1986
- box-folder 1 folder: 30
Montgomery County Statement and Answer to Radford City Council1985-1986Scope and Contents note
Documents pertaining to negotiations over sewage treatment, erosion, and a proposed landfill.
- box-folder 1 folder: 31
Radford Annexation1986Scope and Contents note
Documents pertaining to the Montgomery County Annexation Case.
- box-folder 1 folder: 32
Proposed Settlement Agreement, City of Radford and Montgomery County1986
- box-folder 1 folder: 33-36 oversize folder: 1
Ingles Mountain Landfill (proposed)Physical Location: Oversize map stored in oversize folder. 1985-19864 folders and 1 oversize mapScope and Contents note
Reports, staff analysis, correspondence, clippings, and topographic base map showing site of the proposed Ingles Mountain Landfill.
- box-folder 1 folder: 30
- box-folder 1 folder: 37-38
Roanoke River Upper Basin Public Assistance Committee1978-19852 foldersScope and Contents note
Correspondence, memoranda, clippings, and reports, including U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Plan of Study for the Roanoke River Upper Basin.
- oversize folder: 2
Planning Brochure, Roanoke River Upper Basin, Virginia Water Resources Study1979Scope and Contents note
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers report; includes conceptual and topographic maps.
- oversize folder: 2
- box-folder 2 folder: 1-4
Route 460 Alternate (proposed), and Blacksburg to Roanoke Connector1986-1991Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, clippings, studies, speeches and writings.
- box-folder 2 folder: 3
Route 460 Corridor Study, Virginia Department of Transportation1990
- box-folder 2 folder: 4
Blacksburg to Roanoke Connector, Pre-Hearing Publication, Virginia Department of Transportation1991
- box-folder 2 folder: 3
- box-folder 2 folder: 5
Solar Energy Education and Research Center1984Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and staff analysis of a proposal to build a facility for manufacturing solar homes.
- box-folder 1 folder: 6
- Legal Cases1975-1977
- box-folder 2 folder: 7
Allegheny Construction Company v. Graves Construction Company v. Montgomery County1977
- box-folder 2 folder: 8
Peter C. Snyder v. Montgomery County Board of Supervisors1975
- box-folder 2 folder: 7
Report and speech notes.
Minutes, Building Program, Report on Collection/Circulation Statistics, Records documenting bond referendum, feasibility study, poster from building dedication, and map showing plot of property on Miller Street to be exchanged between the Town of Blacksburg and Charles N. Liskey.
Report, by-laws, publications, journal of World Share visit to Celaya, Guanahuato.
Goals and Objectives, Long-Range Planning Document, financial statements, and report on New River Valley "Idea" Conference on Creating Spin-off Industries and Jobs Using Recoverable Materials from Solid Waste.
Notes for remarks West made pertaining to a Democratic party meeting, the New River Community Council, and the library; and a file of photocopies of memos, correspondence, and other materials pertaining to a proposal to condemn a portion of Nellie's Cave Road.