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Patricia Givens Johnson Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1988-007

Abstract

This collection consists of papers of Patricia Givens Johnson, New River Valley local historian. It includes correspondence, subject files, printed materials and photographs. Also includes a scrapbook and a few other materials, scattered throughout the collection, which had belonged to Johnson's mother, Lula Porterfield Givens, also a local historian.

Dates: 1920 - 1986

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Patricia Givens Johnson Papers

Historical Photograph Collection (List of Subjects)

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: Photographs-001

Abstract

The photograph collection at Special Collections and University Archives consists primarily of historical photographs of Virginia Tech, dating back to the 1890s. The collection is also home to historic images of Blacksburg, Montgomery County, the New River Valley, and Southwest Virginia in general. A photograph collection of faculty and staff from the university is maintained separately.

Dates: c. 1890s-present

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Historical Photograph Collection (List of Subjects)

Anne Judkins Hager Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1995-008

Scope and Contents The materials in the Anne Hager Papers consist of book manuscripts and unpublished essays, newspaper clippings, land deeds, correspondence, receipts, notes, and copies of wills. Also included are books belonging to the Preston family which include a family Bible, a children's poetry book, and many others. Of particular interest is an 1832 receipt to General Francis Preston (1765-1835) for a subscription to the Saturday Evening Post, writings by Elizabeth Preston Gray about the history of her...

Dates: 1828-1990, n.d.

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Anne Judkins Hager Papers

Tyler-Ellis-Marye Family Collection

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2010-067

Abstract The Tyler-Ellis-Marye Family Collection contains the family papers of President John Tyler, his second wife, Julia Gardiner Tyler, and descendants, mostly through the couple's daughter, Pearl Tyler Ellis. The collection includes letters written to the Tylers from family and friends; a letter written by the Tyler's son, David G. Tyler; an autograph book used at the 1868 Democratic National Convention; a published memorial to Mary L'Hommedieu Gardiner Horsford; photographs of Pearl Tyler...

Dates: 1848 - 1939

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Tyler-Ellis-Marye Family Collection

Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History Collection,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2013-086

Abstract

The Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History collection contains oral history interviews, transcripts, notes, newspaper clippings, historic district survey forms, a video tape, and a geological survey map related to the creation of the Greater Newport Rural Historic District. The collection dates from 1973 to 2009, although it does include a typed copy of a 1904 Giles County will.

Dates: 1904, 1973-2006

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History Collection,

Alleghany Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1995-019

Abstract The Daughters of the American Revolution (D.A.R.) was formed in 1890 as an organization to perpetuate the memory and spirit of the men and women who achieved American Indepedence, to encourage historical research in relation to the Revolution, and to promote the celebration of all patriotic anniversaries. The records consist of rosters, D.A.R. magazines, contitutions and by–laws, minutes and membership ledgers, yearbooks, scrapbooks, news bulletins, obituaries of members, and the original...

Dates: 1890 - 2016

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Alleghany Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records,

Eulalie Salley Letter,

Collection

Identifier: Ms-2013-079

Abstract

The collection contains a letter written by Eulalie Salley, of Aiken, South Carolina, to Frances Bear, of Roanoke, Virginia, on January 12,1974 about Salley's role in the suffrage movement.

Dates: 1974 - 1974

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Eulalie Salley Letter,

Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers

Collection

Identifier: Ms-1990-045

Abstract The collection contains the papers of Elizabeth Kent Adams (1908-1994), resident of Radford, Virginia and local historian. Correspondence, newspaper clippings, genealogical charts, essays, and other materials related to the history of Southwest Virginia and of her ancestral lines, especially the Cloyd, Kent, McGavock and Putnam families. Includes photocopy of the handwritten autobiography of A. W. Putnam, photocopies of James Randal Kent's will and inventory of debts, and photocopies and...

Dates: 1922 - 1987

Found in: Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech / Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers

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Patricia Givens Johnson Papers

Historical Photograph Collection (List of Subjects)

Anne Judkins Hager Papers

Tyler-Ellis-Marye Family Collection

Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History Collection,

Alleghany Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution Records,

Eulalie Salley Letter,

Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers

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