Marion, Virginia, Quarry Photograph, 1900/1920

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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Phone: (540) 231-6308
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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], Marion, Virginia, Quarry Photograph, Ms2009-082, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Snider, A. P.
Abstract:
This photograph depicts several men working at a quarry–possibly near Marion or Wytheville, Virginia.
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], Marion, Virginia, Quarry Photograph, Ms2009-082, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

While this photograph is not labeled with a date or location, it depicts several men working at a quarry–possibly near Marion or Wytheville, Virginia. A. P. Snider was taking photographs during the first two decades of the twentieth century in Marion, which suggests that this photograph was likely taken between 1900 and 1920.

Biographical / historical:

The photograph's cardboard frame is labeled "A.P. Snider, Marion, VA." A. (Andrew) P. Snider was born in Smyth County, Virginia, abt. 1879. He and his wife, Lena M., had a daughter, born abt. 1908, and a son, born abt. 1909. Although his family appears on the 1920 census, Snider himself does not.

There is a Andrew Porter Snider (1879-1944) buried in Mount Carmel United Methodist Cemetery, Marion, Smyth County, Virginia.

External sources:

United States Federal Censuses

"Andrew Porter Snider", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69260446/andrew-porter-snider, accessed April 12, 2023.

Acquisition information:
The Marion, Virginia, Quarry Photograph was purchased by Special Collections in February 2009.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Marion, Virginia, Quarry Photograph commenced and was completed in May 2009.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged by material type.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard