Scrapbook containing news clippings about the New River Valley, most having to do with the Bicentennial celebration of 1976. Items include: Supervisors adopt new Montgomery County seal, Bicentennial plans revealed, Fort Vause: The site and the story, Bicentennial day in Blacksburg planned as a county-wide activity, German pioneers in Montgomery County, Christiansburg Freedman's school founded 110 years ago, Special Bicentennial train excursion planned, Some history of Methodists in the Blacksburg area, A history of the town of Cambria, and many others.