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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
Primary Collecting Areas:
Local/regional history (Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Southwest Virginia, and Appalachian South); the American Civil War; Science and technology history (incl. aerospace, aeronautics, engineering, and speculative fiction); History of women in architecture (incl. the International Archive of Women in Architecture); Culinary history (incl. Virginia and southern cookery, children’s cookbooks and nutrition, food production and technology, and cocktail history); University Archives
Description:
Special Collections is located in Carol M. Newman Library at Virginia Tech. Special Collections includes manuscript collections, rare books, and the University Archives, as well as state, local and historical maps and photographs. Our mission is to collect and preserve unique, historical materials and provide access to them in their original form.
Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Start Over Repository Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Date range 1763
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Marshall W. Fishwick Collection

103 Cubic Feet 75 boxes, 2 folders
This collection contains course and teaching related materials, photographs, manuscripts, audiovisual and electronic material, scrapbooks, and the professional and personal correspondence of Marshall William Fishwick, professor of Humanities and Communication Studies at Virginia Tech, 1976-2003.
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Marshall W. Fishwick Collection 103 Cubic Feet 75 boxes, 2 folders

Fishwick, Marshall William, 1923-2006
This collection contains course and teaching related materials, photographs, manuscripts, audiovisual and electronic material, scrapbooks, and the professional and personal correspondence of Marshall William Fishwick, professor of Humanities and Communication Studies at Virginia Tech, 1976-2003.
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Anna Burton Ellett Collection

0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box; 1 oversize folder
This collection contains materials relating to early residents of Southwest Virginia (particularly James Patton, William Preston, and John Preston) and the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth in 1932, all collected by Anna Burton Ellett, a Blacksburg resident and active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
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Anna Burton Ellett Collection 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box; 1 oversize folder

Ellett, Anna Burton, 1886-1974
This collection contains materials relating to early residents of Southwest Virginia (particularly James Patton, William Preston, and John Preston) and the commemoration of the 200th anniversary of George Washington's birth in 1932, all collected by Anna Burton Ellett, a Blacksburg resident and active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities.
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Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers

ca. 9 Cubic Feet 13 boxes; 7 oversize folders; 1 oversize roll
The records largely document the recent history of Smithfield Plantation, ancestral home of the Preston family, focusing particularly on its restoration beginning in 1962. While much of the renovation occurred in the 1960s, many of the records detail other renovation projects done in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection also includes historical and other related documents dating from before the original Preston family's residence at Smithfield.
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Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers ca. 9 Cubic Feet 13 boxes; 7 oversize folders; 1 oversize roll

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) (1889-2009)
The records largely document the recent history of Smithfield Plantation, ancestral home of the Preston family, focusing particularly on its restoration beginning in 1962. While much of the renovation occurred in the 1960s, many of the records detail other renovation projects done in the 1970s and 1980s. The collection also includes historical and other related documents dating from before the original Preston family's residence at Smithfield.
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Bigler-Sessler-John Family Papers

0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box
The collection contains correspondence, legal documents, and accounting receipts and records relating to the Bigler, Sessler, and John families of southwest Virginia.
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Bigler-Sessler-John Family Papers 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

John family
The collection contains correspondence, legal documents, and accounting receipts and records relating to the Bigler, Sessler, and John families of southwest Virginia.
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Charles A. Miller Family Papers

0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box
This collection consists of materials regarding Reverend Charles A. Miller and his family's history.
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Charles A. Miller Family Papers 0.5 Cubic Feet 1 box

Miller, Charles A. (Charles Alexander), 1819-1893
This collection consists of materials regarding Reverend Charles A. Miller and his family's history.
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Stearns Family Papers

1.4 Cubic Feet 4 boxes
The Stearns Family Papers consist of photocopies of transcripts and originals of correspondence, diaries, official documents, writings, and other genealogical documents (1714-1920) of the Stearns family, primarily of Massachusetts.
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Stearns Family Papers 1.4 Cubic Feet 4 boxes

Stearns family (Mansfield, Massachusetts)
The Stearns Family Papers consist of photocopies of transcripts and originals of correspondence, diaries, official documents, writings, and other genealogical documents (1714-1920) of the Stearns family, primarily of Massachusetts.
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Gaspard Monge Portrait Print

1.0 Cubic Feet Paper print
This is a portait of Gaspard Monge, a mathematician. It is accompanied by a small card with his name and birth/death dates. The condition is good.
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Gaspard Monge Portrait Print 1.0 Cubic Feet Paper print

This is a portait of Gaspard Monge, a mathematician. It is accompanied by a small card with his name and birth/death dates. The condition is good.
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Historical Maps Collection

45 Cubic Feet 13 flat file drawers
A collection of maps depicting geographic features, transportation routes, geological composition, historical settlements, themes, property divisions, and political boundaries, ranging in geographic scope from local (Virginia Tech campus maps) to global (world maps).
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Historical Maps Collection 45 Cubic Feet 13 flat file drawers

A collection of maps depicting geographic features, transportation routes, geological composition, historical settlements, themes, property divisions, and political boundaries, ranging in geographic scope from local (Virginia Tech campus maps) to global (world maps).
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Hunt Family Papers

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Microfilm roll containing correspondence, legal documents and financial records of the Hunt family of Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
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Hunt Family Papers 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Hunt family
Microfilm roll containing correspondence, legal documents and financial records of the Hunt family of Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
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Preston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers

1.5 Cubic Feet 3 boxes, 1 folder
The Didier Collection of Preston Family Papers includes papers of James Patton, Patton's grandson William Preston, and Preston's eldest son, John Preston, all of Montgomery County, Virginia. The papers consist of business and legal documents, surveys, and correspondence.
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