J. Harry McBroom Papers

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], J. Harry McBroom Papers, Ms1974-016, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
McBroom, J. Harry
Abstract:
The collection includes 22 letters written by J. Harry McBroom, possibly from Abingdon, Virginia, to Thyrza Fugate detailing campus life in 1904-1905.
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], J. Harry McBroom Papers, Ms1974-016, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection includes 22 letters written by J. Harry McBroom from October 6, 1904, to August 14, 1905, to Thyrza Fugate detailing campus life at Virginia Polytechnica Institute. McBroom was a sophomore during 1904-1905. The collection also contains three pieces of sheet music: "Sing Me A Song of the South," "The Blue and The Gray," and "Gen. Robert E. Lee's Quick March."

Biographical / historical:

J. Harry McBroom attended Virginia Polytechnica Institute from 1904-1905. It is unclear if he graduated as he is not listed in the graduating classes of 1906, 1907, 1908, or 1909. He was from Abingdon, Virginia.

McBroom is probably John Harry McBroom (1884-1946), son of James William and Henrietta Jackson McBroom. He married Mary Adella Holton (sometimes called Della) on July 22, 1915, and the couple had four children. On various census records, McBroom is listed as working as a miller at a flour mill, land agent for a mining company, and bookkeeper and lived in Glade Spring, Abingdon, and Roanoke. He is buried in the Sinking Spring Cemetery in Abingdon.

Sources:

University Catalogs and Bugles.

U.S. Censuses, 1900-1940, on Ancestry.com

"John Harry McBroom" entry, Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60744451/john-harry-mcbroom, accessed Nov. 30, 2022.

Marriage certificate for John Hrenry McBroom, Library of Virginia; Richmond, VA; Virginia Marriages, 1853-1935, Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/discoveryui-content/view/130868:62154, accessed Nov. 30, 2022.

Acquisition information:
The J. Harry McBroom Papers were donated to the Special Collections in 1974.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the J. Harry McBroom Papers was completed prior to 2010. Additional description was completed in January 2011.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by material type. Correspondence is in chronological order.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard