Cathleen Carlson Reynolds Manuscript Thesis, 1987

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
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The collection is open for research.

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Cathleen Carlson Reynolds Manuscript Thesis, Ms1991-038, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Reynolds, Cathleen Carlson
Abstract:
Photocopy of Cathleen Carlson Reynolds' master's thesis, "A Pragmatic Loyalty: Unionism in Southwestern Virginia, 1861-1865," completed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1987.
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], Cathleen Carlson Reynolds Manuscript Thesis, Ms1991-038, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a photocopy of Cathleen Carlson Reynolds' master's thesis, "A Pragmatic Loyalty: Unionism in Southwestern Virginia, 1861-1865," completed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1987. Employing records of the Southern Claims Commission and the federal census, Reynolds explores the mythology of the "solid South," with an emphasis on southwestern Virginia. Chapter titles of the 120-page thesis include "The Road to War," "Unpopular Civil Policies," "Conscription and Desertion," and "Cooperation with the Yankees."

Biographical / historical:

Cathleen Carlson Reynolds, a resident of Marion, Virginia, earned a master of arts degree in history at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1987.

Acquisition information:
The Cathleen Carlson Reynolds Manuscript Thesis was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 1991.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the Cathleen Carlson Reynolds Manuscript Thesis commenced and was completed in October, 2022.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard