<?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"/><filedesc><titlestmt><titleproper type="filing">By-Laws and Ordinance of Blacksburg</titleproper><titleproper>By-Laws and Ordinance of Blacksburg, <date>1885</date> <num>Ms.2023.089</num></titleproper><author>Sterling Bryant, Student Assistant </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>2023 (<emph><a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" type="simple">CC0 1.0</a></emph>)</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>2023-08-08 09:24:21 -0400</date>.</creation><langusage>Description is written in: <language langcode="eng" scriptcode="Latn">English, Latin script</language>.</langusage></profiledesc></eadheader><archdesc level="collection">
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    <abstract id="aspace_5e4f12bbfe2792a175db2976d1c9cf33" label="Abstract">This collection is a list of the by-laws and ordinance adopted by Blacksburg, Virginia in August 1885.</abstract>
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<p>The collection is open for research.</p>  </accessrestrict>
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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], By-Laws and Ordinance of Blacksburg, 1885, Ms2023-089, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>The aquisition of the By-Laws and Ordinance of Blacksburg was prior to 2015.</p>  </acqinfo>
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<p>The processing, arrangement, and description of the By-Laws and Ordinance of Blacksburg was completed in August 2023.</p>  </processinfo>
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    <head>Biographical Note</head>
<p>Blacksburg, Virginia was founded in 1798 and deeded to William Black, for which the town received its name.</p><p>External source:</p><p>"Researching Blacksburg", University Libraries, <a target="_blank" href="https://guides.lib.vt.edu/specialcollections/blacksburghistory#:~:text=Blacksburg%2C%20Virginia%2C%20was%20founded%20in,Wharton%20Street%2C%20and%20Clay%20Street.">https://guides.lib.vt.edu/specialcollections/blacksburghistory#:~:text=Blacksburg%2C%20Virginia%2C%20was%20founded%20in,Wharton%20Street%2C%20and%20Clay%20Street.</a>, accessed on August 7, 2023.</p>  </bioghist>
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<p>This collection is a list of the by-laws and ordinance adopted by Blacksburg, Virginia in August 1885.</p>  </scopecontent>
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    <head>Rights Statement for Archival Description</head>
<p>The guide to the By-Laws and Ordinance of Blacksburg by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (<extref xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/">https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/</extref>).</p>  </odd>
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    <subject source="local">Blacksburg (Va.)</subject>
    <subject source="local">Local/Regional History and Appalachian South</subject>
    <subject source="local">Montgomery County (Va.)</subject>
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