The collection is open for research.
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Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], J. Preston Newman Papers, Ms1982-016, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
The J. Preston Newman Papers were donated to Special Collections in August and September 1982.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the J. Preston Newman Papers was completed in 1982. Additional information was completed in April 2011.
James Preston Newman was a student at VPI in the 1930s. He received his B.A. in 1935 and later received his M.S. in 1937. He taught English at VPI from 1935 to 1979.
The J. Preston Newman Papers includes four poems (1935-1938, n.d.). The collection also contains papers relating to Ralph Minthorne Brown, university librarian at Virginia Tech, including four publications by Brown autographed to Newman; a letter (1975) to Newman from P. H. McGauley (Virginia Tech faculty, 1927-1928, 1950-1951) giving a profile of Brown; three radio talks by Brown on "The Joy of Walking," "Prairies," and "Sunrises," and a booklet of verses by Brown.
The guide to the J. Preston Newman Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).