John W. Barnett Broadside

Access and use

Location of collection:
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
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Phone: (540) 231-6308
Fax: (540) 231-3694
Restrictions:

The collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], John W. Barnett Broadside, Ms1998-002, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder
Creator:
Barnett, John W.
Abstract:
Broadside providing instructions for a leaf tobacco-curing process, patented by John W. Barnett of Big Spring (Montgomery County), Virginia, in 1879.
Language:
The materials in the collection are in English.
Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], John W. Barnett Broadside, Ms1998-002, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of a single broadside entitled "Instructions for Using John W. Barnett's Patent Process for Curing Leaf Tobacco." The broadside identifies Barnett as a resident of Big Spring (Montomgery County, Virginia) and notes that the process had been patented on January 7, 1879.

Biographical / historical:

John W. Barnett, patent holder for this tobacco-curing process, seem likely to have been John William Barnett, born in Virginia on February 8, 1850. On February 28, 1877, he married Willie Jane Northcross (1859-1936) in Montgomery County, Virginia. In 1881, newspapers reported that John W. Barnett of Big Spring shot and mortally wounded his father-in-law, Frederick Thomas Merrit Northcross, during an argument in Montgomery County. Barnett was found guilty of manslaughter and fined $500. John W. Barnett died November 30, 1903, and was buried in James Barnett Cemetery, Montgomery County.

Acquisition information:
The John W. Barnett Broadside was acquired by Special Collections and University Archives prior to 1999.
Processing information:

The processing and description of the John W. Barnett Broadside commenced and was completed in November, 2023.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard