A. E. F. Price Certificates,

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:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Permission to publish material from A. E. F. Price Certificates must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: A. E. F. Price Certificates, Ms2011-031, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Abstract:
The collection includes three certificates awarded to A. F. Price for "distinguished" work in his examinations at Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College.
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: A. E. F. Price Certificates, Ms2011-031, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection contains three awards given to Price for "having been distinguished by attaining to an average of three-fourths in all his Examinations" over the course of three consecutive school years (1882-1885). All three certificates are signed by Thomas Nelson Conrad, president of VAMC from 1880 to 1886.

Biographical / historical:

A. E. F. Price graduated from Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in 1886. Originally from Blacksburg, Virginia, he was a teacher and farmer in Montgomery County. He passed away August 20, 1893.

Acquisition information:
The A. E. F. Price Certificates were donated to Special Collections in 2010.
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the A. E. F. Price Certificates were completed in March 2011.

Arrangement:

The three certificates are arranged in chronological order.