Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History Collection,
Ms.2013.086
4.9 Cubic Feet
5 boxes
1904, 1973-2006
The Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History collection contains oral history interviews, transcripts, notes, newspaper clippings, historic district survey forms, a video tape, and a geological survey map related to the creation of the Greater Newport Rural Historic District. The collection dates from 1973 to 2009, although it does include a typed copy of a 1904 Giles County will.
English
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Access Restrictions
Historic materials, photographs, data sheets, and other forms are open for research. Oral histories and transcripts are currently restricted. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Please note: Oral history and transcripts are currently not open for use. Contact Special Collections for more information.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History Collection, Ms2013-086, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Acquisition Information
The collection was donated to Special Collections in December 2007.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History Collection was completed in November 2013.
Existence and Location of Copies
Some of this collection has been digitized and is available online.
Historical Note
Newport and Clover Hollow are located in Giles County, Virginia. They form part of the Greater Newport Rural Historic District, which is located in the Eastern District of Giles County. Listed in the National Registrar of Historic Places in 2000, the Greater Newport Rural Historic District includes five distinct sections: Sinking Creek, Spruce Run, Clover Hollow, Plowscrew, and Mountain Lake. The historic district is agricultural and rural in character, consisting mostly of nineteenth and early-twentieth century farmsteads. Overall, the district includes approximately 21,085 acres.
Closely associated with the effort to designate this area as a rural historic district was the struggle by community members against AEP's proposed powerline. In March 1990, the contestation over proposed powerline routes was initiated when the energy company Apco -- which would change its name to AEP during the course of the powerline battle -- announced its plans to build a transmission line from West Virginia to Cloverdale. The estimated date for its completion was 1998. Following this announcement, opposition arose from communities along the proposed route. In Giles County, Virginia, concerned community members joined together to create the organization Citizens Organized to Protect the Environment (COPE), which fought against the proposed powerline.
For more detailed information on the powerline struggle and establishment of the Greater Newport Rural Historical District see the following:
Carlisle, Fred. "Insiders, Outsiders, and the Struggle for Community," Appalachian Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Spring 1999), 240-251.
Carlisle, Fred. "The Past in the Present: The Greater Newport Rural Historic District," Appalachian Journal, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Fall 2004), 50-66.
Sources Consulted:
"Greater Newport Rural Historic District, Giles County, Virginia," http://www.cr.nps.gov/NR/publications/bulletins/01workshop/newport.htm
Scope and Content Note
The Newport and Clover Hollow, Giles County History collection contains oral history interviews, transcripts, notes, newspaper clippings, historic district survey forms, a video tape, and a geological survey map related to the creation of the Greater Newport Rural Historic District. The collection dates from 1973 to 2009, although it does include a typed copy of a 1904 Giles county will. The materials in this collection not only reveal information on the history and people of Giles county, but they also document the community's efforts to get Newport designated as a rural agricultural historic district. Most of the newspaper clippings concern the threat of AEP building a new powerline that would have cut across the Newport area.
Some transcripts appear to be mixed into the wrong file, however, as this was the way in which material was presented, original order was maintained.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into five series based on subject and material type: Series I: Oral Histories; Series II: Newport Rural Historic District Materials; Series III: Photographs; Series IV: Data Sheets; and Series V: IPS Forms for GNRHD.
Series I: Oral Histories contains two subseries. Subseries I: Transcripts includes typed transcripts of oral histories. Subseries II: Interviews contains the oral histories on cassette tape. Please note: Series I is currently restricted, pending release forms for interviews.
Series II: Newport Rural Historic District Materials consists of publications, newspaper clippings and articles, and other resources on the history of the Newport region.
Series III: Photographs contains photocopies of images submitted with applications for historic status, as well as original photographs of different geographical areas around Newport and Clover Hollow. Series IV: Data Sheets includes related information about the areas depicted in the photographs.
Series V: IPS Forms for GNRHD consists of copies of forms submitted for Virginia Division of Historic Landmark status. In addition to Newport and Clover Hollow, other forms relate to Mountain Lake.
Materials were organized into series based on type/format. All series were left in their original order, though the photographs and data sheets were removed from binders.
Separated Materials
The following books have been removed from the collection and catalogued for the Rare Book Collection:
- Hiss, Tony. The Experience of Place: A new way of looking at and dealing with our radically changing cities and countryside. New York: Vintage Books, 1990.
- Givens, Nancy Kate. The Red Bridge: A collection of article, stories and facts about the 1916 Covered Bridge spanning Sinking Creek by Clover Hollow Road. 2007.
- Johnson, Patricia Givens. Confederate Women of New River Border Country. Blacksburg, VA: Walpa Publishing, 1993.
- Kapp, Paul Hardin. Greater Newport Rural Historic District: Architectural Survey, Giles County, Virginia. 1999.
Women -- History
Giles County (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Series I: Oral HistoriesAccess RestrictionsThis series is currently restricted. Please contact Special Collections for more information.
Subseries A: TranscriptsTranscripts and Notes: David Brady, Tom Brobson, Mike Dawson, 199611Ed Givens Transcript, 199512Tillie Lucas Transcripts, 199713Transcripts of Conversations with Doris Link, 2000-200114Vincel Transcripts: Assorted Notes & Material, 1995-200015Vincel Transcripts: Bill & Caroline, 1995, n.d.16Vincel Transcripts: Ed Givens, 199517Lucas Transcripts: Assorted Notes & Material,199518Lucas Transcripts: Doak Lucas and Alva Lucas, 199519Transcripts and Notes from Conversations with Mark Givens and Mary Givens - His Mother, 1996110Nancy Sibold Transcripts, 1995111Vincel and Lucas Transcripts, n.d.112Transcripts: Link, Martin, Miller, 1995113Transcripts: Marty Farrier, Cliff Shaffer, 1996-1997114Lafon Transcripts & Notes, 1997115Transcript - Bill & Caroline Vincel, February 6th and 7th2-39Subseries B: Interviews1Brady, David,March, 6, 20061Tillie & Marjorie Lucas,November 24, 19962-3Lucas, Tillie, March 5, 1997; December 3, 19974-5Jim & Gail Lucas, n.d.6Lucas, Jim, 7Lucas, Doak, February 1, 19958Doak & Alva Lucas, February 20, 19959Doak & Alva Interview - Kurstedt Interview, n.d.10Stewart & Victor Link, November 29, 199511Link, Doris, May 18, 200012Johnson, Patricia Givens, March 23, 1995? 1996?13Givens, Nancy Kate, April 200014Givens, Mark, July 19, 1996; July 22, 1996; April 3, 199615-17Givens, Ed, February 15 and 16, 199518-19Lafon, April 13, 199720Wade & Annie (Dodgin) Lafon, April 13, 199721Lafon, Wade, January 19, 199722Ferrier, Marty, February 24, 199623Domermuth, Dorothy, April 4, 200024Brady & Brobson,July 26, 199625Brady, David, August 5, 199626Pat & Lyn Bohmer,June 21, 200027Dawson, Mike, March 21, 200128Godfrey, H. D., March 20, 200129Vincel, May 19, 1998; January 1996; July 27, 1995; February 14, 1995; February 7 & 14, 1995; February 6 & 7, 1995; February 7, 199530-36Ulrich, Greg & Lovene, May 6, 200037Snider, Karen,August 18, 199838Shaffer, Cliff, January 17, 199739Sibold, NancyJune 19, 1998; February 19, 1996; March 28, 199540-43Miller, Hattie,April 13, 199544Wilbur, Martin, May 24, 199545Series II: Newport Rural Historic District MaterialsPapers Related to Greater Newport Rural Historic District (GNRHD), 1995-1997311Applications: Newport Historic District - Grant, Original Rural, Newport,1995-199821Copy GNRHD Nomination, Corrected, December 3, 199922Post Office, Church, Schools, Cemeteries,200123Post Office, Church, Schools, Cemeteries: Banks, 200124Post Office, Church, Schools, Cemeteries: Moses Atkins, 200125Post Office, Church, Schools, Cemeteries: Post Office, 2000-200126Post Office, Church, Schools, Cemeteries: Church, 200127Miscellaneous Papers Related to the Powerline Fight, 1997-200028Informational Materials on Rural Historical Districts & "Clover Hollow Memories,"1984-2000210Newport Tall Tales, 1996211GNRHD: Clover Hollow1996-2001212Clover Hollow, 1989-1996213GNRHD Planning Materials, 1904, 1990-2002214Powerline Articles, 1996-1998215Articles and Papers Related to COPE and the Powerline Struggle, 1993-1998216Newport Agricultural Fair Booklets, 1993-1996217Newport Agricultural Fair Booklets, 1998-2000218"A Story of Newport and its People," (Part 1 of 2),n.d.219"A Story of Newport and its People," (Part 2 of 2),n.d.220Greater Newport Rural Historic District Map, 198529"A Tour of the Greater Newport Rural Historic District" Video Cassette, Summer 1996210Series III: PhotographsCopies of Photographs Submitted with Application: Sinking Creek & Clover Hollow,1996221Copies of Photographs Submitted with Application: Plowscrew, Mountain Lake Road, & Highway 460,1996222Copies of Photographs Submitted with Application: Spruce Run, 1996223Pictures, Book 1: Sinking Creek, Blue Grass Trail, 1996224Pictures, Book 1: Sinking Creek, Highways 601 and 604, 1996225Pictures, Book 1: Clover Hollow, 1996226Pictures, Book 2: Plow Screw, 1996227Pictures, Book 2: Highway 460, Highway 796, 1996228Pictures, Book 2: Mountain Lake Road, 199631Pictures, Book 3: Spruce Run, 199632Series IV: Data SheetsData Sheets: Sinking Creek, (Part 1 of 2), 199633Data Sheets: Sinking Creek, (Part 2 of 2),199634Data Sheets: Clover Hollow, 199635Data Sheets: Plow Screw, n.d.36Data Sheets: Mountain Lake, n.d.37Data Sheets: Spruce Run, (Part 1 of 2), n.d.38Data Sheets: Spruce Run, (Part 2 of 2), n.d.39Historic District Back Up, 1996-1997310Series V: IPS Forms for GNRHDIPS Forms: File Numbers 35-151-1 to 35-151-11, 198951IPS Forms: File Numbers 35-151-12 to 35-151-24,198952IPS Form: File Number 35-59, 1973-198953Numbered IPS Forms: 1-130, 199841Numbered IPS Forms: 131-255,199842Numbered IPS Forms: 256-376, 1996-199843Numbered IPS Forms: 377-4171996-199844IPS Forms: Ed Sibold Farm, 199845IPS Forms: Mountain Lake Resort, 199846IPS Forms: Mountain Lake Biological Station, 199847Blank Virginia Division of Historic Landmarks Survey Form,n.d.48