Attorney's Suit and Collection Record

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], Attorney's Suit and Collection Record, Ms2008-052, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Abstract:
The Attorney's Suit and Collection Record is a business log covering litigation for the area of Blacksburg, Virginia, during the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. The author remains unknown, but prominent Blacksburg families and institutions appear in the record, such as the Black family, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and the Bank of Blacksburg.
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], Attorney's Suit and Collection Record, Ms2008-052, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Attorney's Suit and Collection Record is a business log covering litigation for the area of Blacksburg, Virginia, during the late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries. The record provides names of primary parties involved in cases along with witnesses and participants, dates, charges and payments, and cursory personal remarks. Mentioned litigants include (but are not limited to) the Bank of Blacksburg, John M. Price, A. Black, C. W. Black, E. P. Williams, J. H. Kipps, Jas T. Hardwick, John S. Lawson, Pratt Food Company, R. A. Dehart and Co., and "V. P. Institute" (VPI, now Virginia Tech).

Biographical / historical:

The creator of the record remains unnamed, and therefore, no biographical information exists.

Acquisition information:
The Attorney's Suit and Collection Record was donated to Special Collections in 2000.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the Attorney's Suit and Collection Record occurred in July 2008.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard