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Preston Family Correspondence
File
Identifier: Ms-2010-070
Abstract
The Preston Family Correspondence consists of two letters. The first is written by James Francis Preston to his wife, Sarah Caperton Preston; he details the events of and his involvement in the First Battle of Bull Run during the American Civil War. The second letter is written by Sarah to Colonel Grabowski and discusses her son’s (Hugh Caperton Preston) failure to follow an order at Preston and Olin Institute (now Virginia Tech).
Dates:
1861, 1872
John Preston Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1994-034
Scope and Contents
This collection contains documents regarding John Preston's business affairs; including promissory notes, loan agreements, and personal correspondence. Many of the documents appear to be draft versions which were at one point bound together, perhaps in Preston's own letter-book
Dates:
1796 - 1844
Robert Taylor Preston Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1992-003
Abstract
The collection consists of 218 letters, military orders, notes, certificates of military appointments, and other items, collected or created by Preston between 1849 and 1871, with the majority from the period between May 1861 and December 1862.
Dates:
1849 - 1871; Majority of material found within 1861 - 1862
Harvey Lee Price Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1975-001
Abstract
The Harvey Lee Price Papers contain handwritten notes and genealogies of various Montgomery County families which Price used to write his four volume series Outlines of Montgomery County Families. Also included are Price's subject files on the county and Virginia and his diplomas from VPI.
Dates:
1853, 1898, 1900, 1927-1949, n.d.
Price House Existing Site Plan
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0237
Abstract
Existing site plan of the Price House, Blacksburg, Virginia, as of June 10, 1986 (2 copies)
Dates:
1986
James Bane Price Account Books
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-008
Abstract
The collection consists of eight account books from the James Bane Price store in Prices Fork, Montgomery County, Virginia. The books provide details of daily transactions, expenditures and costumer accounts and span the years 1871 to 1897.
Dates:
1871 - 1897
Jimmie L. Price Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-1987-048
Scope and Contents
His collection consists of four videotapes of interviews conducted by Price with Montgomery County residents, including an interview in 1986 with Elizabeth Kent Adams about the Kentland property; interviews conducted in 1987 with four Montgomery County residents, including Robert H. Surface, Albert Hamlin, Evans Linkous, and Arnold Linkous, about coal mines and mining in the county; and an interview with Frank Bannister of Montgomery County, whose ancestors were slaves and later servants at...
Dates:
1986 - 2003
Properties of the Blacksburg Realty Corporation and Reliance Mills. Blacksburg, Va.
Collection — Object: 1
Identifier: Map-0277
Abstract
Map in blueprint shows properties on the corner of College Ave. and Main Street in Blacksburg, Virginia.
Dates:
June 22, 1939
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