viblbv00150Spahr Family Collection, 1959-1991 Ms.2005.005Amy Shaffer, ArchivistSpecial Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

2004 (CC0 1.0)

Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)560 Drillfield DriveNewman Library, Virginia TechBlacksburg, Virginia 24061Business Number: 540-231-6308specref@vt.eduURL:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-10-09 07:03:59 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech Spahr Family Collection Spahr family Ms.2005.005 0.3 Cubic Feet 1 box 1959-1991 The Spahr Family Collection contains records of rent payments at the Hilltop Gardens Trailer Park and clippings about Joel Bush Spahr's landscaping hobby. Hilltop Gardens Trailer Park, run by the Spahrs, operated from 1959 to 1999 on property to the northwest of Blacksburg, Virginia. The materials in the collection are in English. Conditions Governing Access

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], Spahr Family Collection, Ms2005-005, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

 Source of Acquisition

The Spahr Family Collection was donated to the Special Collections in 2004.

 Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Spahr Family Collection was completed in 2005.

 Biographical Note

Hilltop Gardens Trailer Park was established and constructed by Joel Bush Spahr in 1959. Located to the northeast of Blacksburg on Virginia Route 685, the trailer park offered married students a nice place to live during a time when few apartments existed in Blacksburg. Spahr was interested in gardening and landscaped the lots that the trailers occupied. After Joel Spahr's death in 1977, his wife Christine ran the trailer park until her death in 1990. Their daughters, Sandra Jennings and Janet Spahr, then owned and operated the trailer park until it closed in 1999.

 Scope and Content

The Spahr Family Collection contains newspaper clippings about Joel Bush Spahr and his hobby, landscaping and propagating shrubs. It also contains a ledger book and series of notecards in which the Hilltop Gardens Trailer Park tenants' monthly rent payments were recorded.

 Arrangement

The collection is arranged by format.

 Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Spahr Family Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).

 Blacksburg (Va.) Local/Regional History and Appalachian South Montgomery County (Va.) Hilltop Gardens Trailer Park (Blacksburg, Va.) Newspaper Clippingsc.197011Ledger Book1959-197212Index Cards1972-199113