Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Use this for collections relating to Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, West Virginia, and Appalachia.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Clipping, John Redd Hutcheson obituary, [January 1962] (Ms2015-001)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2015_001_B1F08_HutchesonJohnObituary_clipping_1962_01
Dates:
1962-01
Clipping, Roanoke Times, May 12, 1937 (Ms2015-001)
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2015-001_B1F18_RoanokeTimes_clipping_1937_0512
Dates:
1937-05-12
Edgemont Farm Papers
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2003-022
Abstract
The collection consists of Edgemont Farm record books, papers, and correspondence relating to the history, operations, and sale of Edgemont Farm in Halifax County, Virginia, and to the Barksdale and Hutcheson families, former owners of the farm. The collection includes correspondence between John R. Hutcheson and T. B. Hutcheson, Jr., as well as other correspondence of Thomas B. Hutcheson, Jr.; maps, correspondence, and Deed of Trust with David Barksdale regarding the sale of the farm.
Dates:
1925 - 1998
John R. Hutcheson Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: Ms-2015-001
Abstract
Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other items document the career and family of John R. Hutcheson. After earning his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), John Redd Hutcheson (1886-1962) began working at the Virginia Agricultural Extension Service in 1914, becoming its director in 1919. Hutcheson was elected as president of VPI in 1945, serving until his nomination as VPI's first chancellor in 1947. The next year he became the first president of...
Dates:
1890 - 1969; Majority of material found within ( 1930-1950)
Souvenir program, John R. Hutcheson Dinner, Blacksburg Va., November 13, 1944
Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2015-001_B1F19_HutchesonJohnDinner_souvenirprogram_1944_1113
Dates:
1944-11-13