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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 1806
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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Dickson Family Papers

2.8 Cubic Feet 2 boxes
The papers consist largely of land, property, and goods transaction receipts and documents of each of the four generations of the Dickson Family, who originally settled in what is now Greenbrier County, Virginia (now West Virginia) in the 1770s.
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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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Dorothy McCombs Collection,

8.6 Cubic Feet 19 boxes
The collection contains personal research notes, subject files, and writings; materials relating to the Virginia Tech University Libraries; course notes; dissertation research; work on textiles and arts & crafts history; genealogy notes; brochures on historic sites around Virginia; and maps collected by Dorothy McCombs. Materials date from about 1970-1989.
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Allen Taylor Ledger

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
The Allen Taylor ledger contains documentation of Taylor's work as an attorney in Montgomery and neighboring southwestern Virginia counties.
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Allen Taylor Ledger 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Taylor, Allen, c.1784-1837
The Allen Taylor ledger contains documentation of Taylor's work as an attorney in Montgomery and neighboring southwestern Virginia counties.
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A Map of the Rapids of the Ohio River and of the Counties on Each Side Thereof, So Far, as to Include the Routes Contemplated for Canal Navigation (reproduction)

0.1 Cubic Feet 12 x 16 in.
Map illustrates the Ohio River rapids near Louisville, Kentucky. It also contains an illustrations of the view of Louisville, near Clarksville. Reproduction dates to 1979.
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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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Augusta County and Bath County, Virginia, Receipts,

0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
The collection contains various receipts mostly from Augusta and Bath County, VA. These items date from 1780 to 1848.
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Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection

9.5 Cubic Feet 18 boxes
The Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection contains the personal papers and financial records of members of four prominent families. Included are members of the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, and Withrow families, as well as, materials from related families and acquaintances. This is a diverse collection containing materials dating from 1780 to 1998. Items of interest include several Land Deeds and Warrant from the late 18th Century, including one signed by Benjamin Harrison, then Governor of Virginia; American Civil War correspondence from Confederate POW, Edgar Withrow; Regimental listings from the 19th Brigade of the Virginia Militia; and correspondence and military documents dating from World War II. The main collection contains materials from Gen. Gordon Cloyd, James Randal Kent, David Fenton Kent, Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr., David Kent Bell, James and Edgar Withrow, and many others.
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Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection 9.5 Cubic Feet 18 boxes

Withrow family
The Bell, Kent, Cloyd, Withrow Family Collection contains the personal papers and financial records of members of four prominent families. Included are members of the Bell, Kent, Cloyd, and Withrow families, as well as, materials from related families and acquaintances. This is a diverse collection containing materials dating from 1780 to 1998. Items of interest include several Land Deeds and Warrant from the late 18th Century, including one signed by Benjamin Harrison, then Governor of Virginia; American Civil War correspondence from Confederate POW, Edgar Withrow; Regimental listings from the 19th Brigade of the Virginia Militia; and correspondence and military documents dating from World War II. The main collection contains materials from Gen. Gordon Cloyd, James Randal Kent, David Fenton Kent, Gordon Cloyd Bell Sr., David Kent Bell, James and Edgar Withrow, and many others.

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