<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><ead xmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9 http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd"><eadheader countryencoding="iso3166-1" dateencoding="iso8601" findaidstatus="completed" langencoding="iso639-2b" repositoryencoding="iso15511"><eadid countrycode="US" mainagencycode="US-viblbv">viblbv00766</eadid><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">Fishburn, Junius Blair, Papers</titleproper><titleproper>Junius Blair Fishburn Papers, <date>1940-1947</date> <num>Ms.1958.001</num></titleproper><author>Stephanie Wenger</author></titlestmt><publicationstmt><publisher>Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech</publisher><p id="logostmt"><extref xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:href="https://static.lib.vt.edu/images/logo/lockup-color-347x75.png" xlink:show="embed" xlink:type="simple"/></p><p><date>2011 (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/">CC0 1.0</a>)</date></p><address><addressline>Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)</addressline><addressline>560 Drillfield Drive</addressline><addressline>Newman Library, Virginia Tech</addressline><addressline>Blacksburg, Virginia 24061</addressline><addressline>Business Number: 540-231-6308</addressline><addressline>specref@vt.edu</addressline><addressline>URL: <extptr xlink:href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="http://spec.lib.vt.edu" xlink:type="simple"/></addressline></address></publicationstmt></filedesc><profiledesc><creation>This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on <date>2025-10-09 07:02:45 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage><descrules>Describing Archives: A Content Standard</descrules></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <unittitle>Junius Blair Fishburn Papers</unittitle>
    <origination label="Creator">
      <persname source="local">Fishburn, Junius Blair</persname>
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    <unitid>Ms.1958.001</unitid>
    <physdesc altrender="whole">
      <extent altrender="materialtype spaceoccupied">0.1 Cubic Feet</extent>
      <extent altrender="carrier">1 folder</extent>
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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1940/1947" type="inclusive">1940-1947</unitdate>
    <abstract id="aspace_9649c14ea72bed129ef9cb9955a938dc" label="Abstract">The papers include a typescript report on the Fishburn Price Mountain coal property in Montgomery County, Virginia, and a letter by Fishburn regarding the property.</abstract>
    <langmaterial id="aspace_caba132c194814c8036e79883f3840a0">The materials in the collection are in English.</langmaterial>
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  <accessrestrict id="aspace_d8f0c049092f5dec27774a5926149eb0">
    <head>Conditions Governing Access</head>
<p>The collection is open for research.</p>  </accessrestrict>
  <userestrict id="aspace_6c5b9c2c7900d96bfa30ecc4f14eeae5">
    <head>Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use</head>
<p>The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: <a href="http://bit.ly/scuareproduction">http://bit.ly/scuareproduction</a>. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: <a href="http://bit.ly/scuapublication">http://bit.ly/scuapublication</a>. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.</p>  </userestrict>
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    <head>Preferred Citation</head>
<p>Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Junius Blair Fishburn, Ms1958-001, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.</p>  </prefercite>
  <acqinfo id="aspace_5c97f6ef9077931a11ed5cd3ed313ae8">
    <head>Source of Acquisition</head>
<p>This collection was acquired by Newman Library prior to 1958.</p>  </acqinfo>
  <processinfo id="aspace_c63a4f371ba0e4c8f0858554299c40f6">
    <head>Processing Information</head>
<p>The processing, arrangement, and description of the Junius Blair Fishburn was completed prior to 2010. Additional description was completed in January 2011.</p>  </processinfo>
  <bioghist id="aspace_5c3feccfbb5606de87688fecea54b002">
    <head>Biographical Note</head>
<p>Junius Blair Fishburn was a banker and the vice president of the Time-World Corporation in Roanoke, Virginia.</p>  </bioghist>
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    <head>Scope and Content</head>
<p>The papers include a typescript report (1940) by A. Murrill, mining engineer, on the Fishburn Price Mountain coal property in Montgomery County, Virginia, and a letter (1947) by Junias Blair Fishburn to John H. Jones of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on the property. There is also a carbon copy of a letter describing the history of the property to an unknown party, which could be assumed to be the copy of a letter that was referenced in the previous letter to Jones.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Arrangement</head>
<p>Materials in this collection are arranged in chronological order. Undated materials are at the beginning.</p>  </arrangement>
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    <head>Rights Statement for Archival Description</head>
<p>The guide to the Junius Blair Fishburn by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (<a href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/">https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/</a>).</p>  </odd>
  <controlaccess>
    <subject source="local">Local/Regional History and Appalachian South</subject>
    <subject authfilenumber="&#x9;n  81094803" source="lcsh">Montgomery County (Va.)</subject>
    <subject source="local">Science and Technology</subject>
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