Compiled Notes on the History of Blacksburg (original typescript source date: 1798-1951)

Containers:
Box 1, Folder 3
Scope and content:

Contents
  • William Black's petition to the 1797 General Assembly (photocopy)
  • Assembly Act establishing town (January 13, 1798)(photocopy of typescript)
  • Letter from Joseph E. Penn to Harvey Black (1871)(photocopy of typescript)
  • "In Old Blacksburg," by Dr. Conway (typescript of 1916 reprint)
  • Notes from Mrs. Robinson's book "1833-1933" (photocopy of typescript)
  • "Customers of a Blacksburg Store in 1866-68" (photocopy of typescript)
  • Correspondence letters (1 original, 1936), typescripts of articles, and a newspaper article from the Montgomery News Messenger (1951) (photocopies)
  • Miscellaneous items (photocopy of typescripts)

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
Parent restrictions:
The collection is open for research.
Parent terms of access:
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