S. H. Knick Collection

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], S. H. Knick Collection, Ms1989-055, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Knick, S. H., b.1887
Abstract:
Papers of Samuel Herbert Knick (1886-1914), of Rockbridge County, Virginia, relating to his time as a student at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute, including a student handbook and a letter and postcard addressed to Knick's brother, W. Hampton Knick.
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], S. H. Knick Collection, Ms1989-055, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains papers of Samuel Herbert Knick (1886-1914) of Rockbridge County, Virginia, all relating to Knick's time as a student of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI, now Virginia Tech). The collection includes a 1905/1906 VPI student handbook. Also included are a letter and postcard sent by Knick to his brother, Hampton Knick, while Herbert Knick was encamped in St. Louis, Missouri with cadets visiting the World's Fair. Knick very briefly describes his train trip from Christiansburg and conditions in the camp.

Biographical / historical:

Samuel Herbert Knick, son of Samuel and Mary Ann Reynolds Knick, was born in Virginia on February 1, 1886. In the 1900 federal census, Knick is listed among the inhabitants in the home of his mother in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Catalogs of the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech) list Knick as a special student during the 1902/1903 term and a sophomore in 1904/1905. He later worked as a mail clerk and as a farmer. Samuel H. Knick died on May 19, 1914, and was buried in Collierstown Presbyterian Cemetery, Collierstown (Rockbridge County), Virginia.

Acquisition information:
The S. H. Knick Collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in two accessions dated 1989 and 1990.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the S. H. Knick Collection commenced and was completed in February 2022.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard