Van Buren-Oliver Family Collection, 1930/1948

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Dr.
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, VA 26041-9001
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (540) 231-6308
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], Van Buren-Oliver Family Collection, Ms1982-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Oliver, Russell Van Buren and Van Buren-Oliver family
Abstract:
This collection contains correspondence between Etta V. Oliver and her sons Russell V. Oliver, Welford T. Oliver, and daughter Nina. Correspondence includes family letters, business communications, and holiday and birthday cards.
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], Van Buren-Oliver Family Collection, Ms1982-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains 38 items of correspondence from friends and relatives in Roanoke, Charlottesville, and Blacksburg, Virginia, and other places to Russell V. Oliver and his mother Etta in Winchester, Salem, Goodwin Ferry, and Blacksburg, Virginia. There are personal and business correspondence, holiday and birthday cards, and the envelopes to which most of the correspondence came. The letters span from 1930-1948.

Biographical / historical:

Mrs. Etta V. Oliver was married to J. C. Oliver of Blacksburg, Va. She had three children, Russell van Buren Oliver, Welford T. Oliver and Nina Oliver.

Russell van Buren Oliver was a VPI graduate in the class of 1933. He was a Horticulture major in the Coast Artillery Corps. He continued in the military after graduation, making it to 1st Lt. He died October 13, 2002.

Welford T. Oliver was born August 16, 1915 and died March 4, 1942. He attended and graduated from Blacksburg High School. He went to work in Richmond after his graduation. In June of 1941 he joined the military. A few months later he died of "Blood Disease" at Luke Field Hospital in Arizona. He is buried in Westview Cemetary in Blacksburg, Va.

Acquisition information:
The Van Buren-Oliver Family Collection was donated to Special Collections in July 1982.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Van Buren-Oliver Family Collection was completed prior to 2010. Additional description was completed in January 2011.

Arrangement:

The materials are arranged in chronological order, with the undated materials at the back of the file.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard