Preston and Olin Institute Records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains an agent’s book for Olin and Preston Institute, five copies of reports from the Committee on Seminaries, and programs from the Alpha Literary Society, June 29, 1869, and Preston Literary Society, June 20, 1871. The book is dated 1855 with the name of the agent, Edmund B. Snyder. The reports are from 1852, 1853, 1854, 1860, and 1867. The 1852 report discusses the Wesleyan Collegiate Institute in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Dates
- 1852-1871, n.d.
Creator
- Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.) (Organization)
Language of Materials
The materials in the collection are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
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Administrative History
The Preston and Olin Institute was a Methodist school created in 1851. In 1872, due to financial distress, the institute was restructured as the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College to receive land-grant funding. Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College was renamed in 1970 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Source:
“A Short History of Virginia Tech,” https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20180521161218/https://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/125th/kinnear/kinnear.htm
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
This collection contains an agent’s book for Olin and Preston Institute, five copies of reports from the Committee on Seminaries, and programs from the Alpha Literary Society and Preston Literary Society.
Arrangement
Materials in this collection are arranged in chronological order.
Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 1960 and 1964.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Preston and Olin Institute Records by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Preston and Olin Institute Records was completed prior to January 2011. Additional description was completed in January 2011, and the Preston Literary Society, June 20, 1871, was integrated in March 2018.
- Title
- Preston and Olin Institute Records, 1852-1871, n.d.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Stephanie Wenger
- Date
- 2018 (CC0 1.0)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu