Jesse Heard VAMC Buttons

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
Newman Library
Virginia Tech
P.O. Box 90001
560 Drillfield Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24062-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Jesse Heard VAMC Buttons, Ms1973-010, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Heard, Jesse Thomas
Abstract:
This collection consists of six uniform buttons belonging to Jesse T. Heard, who attended Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1887.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Jesse Heard VAMC Buttons, Ms1973-010, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of six uniform buttons belonging to Jesse T. Heard, who attended Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1887. The buttons are gold in color. They have V.A.M.C. engraved on them, along with a sheaf of wheat, rifle, telescope, book, and plow. These buttons were produced by the Waterbury Button Company.

Biographical / historical:

Jesse Thomas Heard (1860-1954) attended Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical College (now known as Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) in 1887. He is buried with his wife Ella Paris Heard (1869-1937) in Thornrose Cemetery, Staunton, Virginia.

Source:

Student Index Cards, Special Collections and University Archives.

"Jesse Thomas Heard" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38254627/jesse-thomas-heard, accessed Nov. 30, 2022.

Acquisition information:
This collection was donated to Virginia Tech and transferred to Special Collections in July 1973.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Jesse Heard VAMC Buttons was completed in 1973. Additional description was completed in February 2011.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard