Collection is open for research.
Permission to publish material from M. L. Foley Collection must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: M. L. Foley Collection, Ms2012-031, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
The collection was purchased by Special Collections in May 2012.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the M. L. Foley Collection was completed in June 2012.
The collection includes receipts and more than 100 pieces of incoming and outgoing correspondence relating to M. L. Foley's business selling birds out of Salem, Virginia. Foley's letters concern the breeding, sale, and shipment of birds throughout the U.S., as well as Central and South America. The collection also contains receipts for birds, freight, feed, licenses, and more.
The collection is arranged by material type. Within each material type (correspondence and receipts), items are arranged chronologically with undated items at the end.