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J.H. Slusser & Son Store Ledger, 1902/1909 0.4 Cubic Feet 1 box

John H. Slusser and Son Coal Company
"Store Book, no. 5, 1912" includes account listings for the J.H. Slusser & Son Coal Company store from 1902 through 1909. John H. Slusser was born in Blacksburg, Virginia on August 28, 1840. Slusser purchased a coal mine on Coal Bank Hollow Road in Blacksburg. The coal company was taken over by John Slusser's son, Murry, after his death in 1909. The M.C. Slusser Coal Company ran the mine until 1950 and served the surrounding areas, include coal supplies for the nearby Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Jimmie L. Price Papers, 1986/2003 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box

Price, Jimmie L.

His collection consists of four videotapes of interviews conducted by Price with Montgomery County residents, including an interview in 1986 with Elizabeth Kent Adams about the Kentland property; interviews conducted in 1987 with four Montgomery County residents, including Robert H. Surface, Albert Hamlin, Evans Linkous, and Arnold Linkous, about coal mines and mining in the county; and an interview with Frank Bannister of Montgomery County, whose ancestors were slaves and later servants at Kentland, and an interview (7 August 2003) with Josephine Scrivenor, who lived at Kentland as a girl. Also includes sketches of Kentland and coal operations, drawn by Price as described by the interviewees.

  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John Preston Papers, 1796/1844 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Preston, John, 1764-1827

This collection contains documents regarding John Preston's business affairs, including promissory notes, loan agreements, and personal correspondence. Many of the documents appear to be draft versions which were at one point bound together, perhaps in Preston's own letter-book

  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

John R. Hutcheson Family Collection, 1890/1969, bulk 1930/1950 1.7 Cubic Feet 2 boxes

John R. Hutcheson family
Correspondence, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other items document the career and family of John R. Hutcheson. After earning his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute (VPI), John Redd Hutcheson (1886-1962) began working at the Virginia Agricultural Extension Service in 1914, becoming its director in 1919. Hutcheson was elected as president of VPI in 1945, serving until his nomination as VPI's first chancellor in 1947. The next year he became the first president of the VPI Educational Foundation, Inc. Hutcheson married Eleanor Parrott, with whom he had three children: Eleanor Catlett, John Hutcheson, Jr., and Robert Hutcheson.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

J. T. Jones Ledger, 1925/1926 0.1 Cubic Feet 1 folder

Jones, J. T.
Ledger of James Taswell Jones (1890-1945), a Blacksburg, Virginia meat cutter, containing payment transactions on accounts of customers, including C. W. Black, C. E. Bodell, F. B. Eames, J. K. Groseclose, Y. B. Keister, and H. L. Price.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Leland B. Tate Papers, 1940/1955 0.2 Cubic Feet 1 box

Tate, Leland B., 1905-1999
The collection contains newspaper clippings relating to industrial and economic development in the New River Valley, with an emphasis on the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, together with studies titled "Facts About the Blacksburg Community" and "Some Facts About Virginia's People."
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Leonard J. Currie Papers, 1920/2001 10 Cubic Feet 14 boxes; 30 oversize folders--processed materials ONLY

Currie, Leonard J. (Leonard James), 1913-1996
Please note: this collection is currently being processed. Portions of the collection which are fully processed are listed in this finding aid. This includes photographs and negatives, flat files and oversize drawings from personal and professional projects, and a few artifacts. As more materials are processed, additional series and subseries will be published. Other portions of the collection may be available for research--contact Special Collections (specref@vt.edu) for more information.
  1. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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