H. L. Phlegar Report of Scholarship
Scope and Content
The H. L. Phlegar Report of Scholarship is a report card for Phlegar from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in October 1882. The report is signed by V. E. Shephard, secretary of the faculty at the college.
Dates
- 1882
Creator
- Shepherd, Virginius E., 1827-1896 (Person)
Language of Materials
The material in this collection is in English.
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Biographical Note - H. L. Phlegar
Harvey Lee Phlegar was born to John S. Phlegar and Elizabeth Snidow on September 30, 1862, in Pembroke, Virginia. He attended V.A.M.C. from 1881-1882 and played the Eb cornet in V.A.M.C.'s Glade Cornet Band. He married Maggie B. Strader (b. 1864) on October 14, 1884, in Giles County, and they had several children: John, George, Bessie, Archie, and Paul. He worked as a farmer in Giles County. He died on June 7, 1952, and is buried in Birchlawn Burial Park in Pearisburg.
External sources:
University Catalogs, 1881-1882
U.S. Federal Censuses, 1870-1950
"Eb cornet played by Harvey Lee Phlegar in the Glade Cornet Band 1881-1882, with case and framed description", Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets Museum, https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/VTCCMuseum/00_020009.tif, accessed June 12, 2023.
"Harvey Lee Phlegar" in the Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/2302081:9278, accessed Feb. 29, 2024.
"Maggie B. Strader" in the Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/3182576:60214, accessed Feb. 29, 2024.
Biographical Note - V. E. Shepherd
Virginius E. Shepherd was born in 1827 in Nansemond County, Virginia, and earned a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1847. He served as a Chief Clerk in the Confederate War Department during the American Civil War.
Shepherd was the first librarian and first treasurer at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (V.A.M.C.), serving from 1872-1875. He also served as the secretary of the faculty from 1872-1881. Shepherd was a professor of languages from 1875-1885 and book-keeping 1882-1885.
Shepherd married Frances E. Watson on September 1, 1848, in Ablbemarle, had they a daughter Fannie E. and son William. He died on March 25, 1896 in Richmond.
External sources:
University Catalogs, 1872-1885
U.S. Federal Census, 1850, 1870-1880
"V. E. Shepherd" in the Virginia, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1740-1850, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/145563:3723, accessed Feb. 29, 2024.
"Virginius E Shepherd" in the U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/47939:61982, accessed Feb. 29, 2024.
"Virginia [sic] E Shepperd" in the Virginia, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1853-1917, Ancestry.com, https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/674377:2558, accessed Feb. 29, 2024.
"Virginius E Shepherd", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/93887118/virginius-e-shepherd, accessed Feb. 29, 2024.
Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
The H. L. Phlegar Report of Scholarship is a report card for Phlegar from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in October 1882. The report is signed by V. E. Shephard, secretary of the faculty at the college.
Source of Acquisition
The H. L. Phlegar Report of Scholarship was acquired by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 2015.
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the H. L. Phlegar Report of Scholarship 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 H. L. Phlegar Report of Scholarship was completed in June 2023.
- Title
- H. L. Phlegar Report of Scholarship, 1882
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Sterling Bryant, Student Assistant, and LM Rozema, Archivist
- Date
- 2023 (CC0 1.0)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Repository
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