DeBord Mills Flour Bags Undated

Access and use

Location of collection:
Wytheville Community College
F.B. Kegley Library
Wytheville Community College
Smyth Hall, Room 103
1000 East Main Street
Wytheville, VA 24382
Contact for questions and access:
POC: William A. “Bill” Veselik
Phone: (276) 223-4876
POC: George Mattis
Phone: (276) 223-4744
Fax: (276) 223-4745

Summary

Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of five flour bags stamped with DeBord Mills on the cover.

Biographical / historical:

DeBord Mill, located in Rural Retreat, Virginia was owned and operated by Joseph Byron DeBord (1921-1964) and his wife Martha Brown DeBord. DeBord also had a mill in Johnson City, Tennessee circa 1930s and a farm in Rural Retreat, Virginia. DeBord died on 11 September 1964 from wounds suffered in a farming machine accident. He was born on 28 July 1921 and married Martha Brown in 1948. The actual start date and end date of the mill's operation is not known.

Acquisition information:
Provenance is unknown; items were discovered in collection without provenance data.
Physical description:
5 items.