Rural Retreat High School Visiting Cards

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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Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Rural Retreat High School Visiting Cards, [ca. 1930], Ms2023-144, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Summary

Extent:
0.1 Cubic Feet
Creator:
Rural Retreat High School (Va.)
Abstract:
The Rural Retreat High School Visting Cards were made for students at the high school in Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia, around 1930. The collection include visiting cards and an original printing plate for a Miss Miriam K. Copenhaver. Other names on the cards include Bessie Louise Willard, Miss Edna E. Neff, Lewis A. Huddle, Garnett P. Miller, Mozelle Heldreth, and John A. Lindamood, Jr.
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], Rural Retreat High School Visiting Cards, [ca. 1930], Ms2023-144, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The Rural Retreat High School Visting Cards were made for students at the high school in Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia, around 1930. The collection include visiting cards and an original printing plate for a Miss Miriam K. Copenhaver. Other names on the cards include Bessie Louise Willard, Miss Edna E. Neff, Lewis A. Huddle, Garnett P. Miller, Mozelle Heldreth, and John A. Lindamood, Jr.

Biographical / historical:

Rural Retreat High School is in Rural Retreat, Wythe County, Virginia. The town was first settled in 1743. In 1887, Rural Retreat High School was founded. Rural Retreat High School graduated its first two students in 1905.

External source:

"History of Rural Retreat", Rural Retreat High School, https://rrhs.wythe.k12.va.us/about

Acquisition information:
The Rural Retreat High School Visiting Cards were purchased by Special Collections and University Archives in June 2016
Processing information:

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Rural Retreat High School Visiting Cards was completed in December 2023.