These materials have been made available by the courtesy of the Historical Society of Southwest Virginia and Rhonda Robertson. The Historical Society of Southwest Virginia was formed in 1960. The Historical Society publishes the bulletin: Historical Sketches of Southwest Virginia in March of each year and each volume contains between 80 and 150 pages. The By-Laws and Constution of the Society state that the articles published in Historical Sketches are not copyrighted and are free to be used and copied, in return the Society requests that credit be given to the author of the article and the Historical Society of Southwest Virginia. Dues to the Historical Society of Southwest Virginia are $7.00 per year for individual and $10.00 for a couple...dues include the yearly bulletin. Please send checks or money orders to: The Historical Society of Southwest Virginia, P. O. Box 3877, Wise, VA 24293. 
At one time most of the articles could be read at a rootsweb.ancestry.com link. As of 2011 all links appear to be broken. If you find that they have been restored please update this note.