Solitude Photographs and Papers, 1960s-1980s (Ms1993-024)

Title

Solitude Photographs and Papers, 1960s-1980s (Ms1993-024)

Subject

Blacksburg (Va.)
Montgomery County (Va.)
Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
Solitude (Blacksburg, Va.: Historic building)
University History
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Description

This collection consists primarily of thirty-four mounted photographs from Eleanor Stover McEver's collection of various views and details of Solitude, with identifying labels. Eleanor and her husband Herbert Macauley "Mac" McEver lived in Solitude. It also includes other papers, such as newspaper clippings and postcards, with information about Solitude. The paper materials have not been digitized.

Solitude is a historic home of Blacksburg, Virginia, built by the Preston family in the early 1800s. It was purchased by the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) in 1872, and remains the oldest building on campus.

Source

Solitude Photographs and Papers, 1960s-1980s (Ms1993-024). Finding aid available online.

Date

c.1960s-1980s

Rights

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Format

image/jpg

Language

No language or script materials.

Type

Photographs

Identifier

03SOL_

Bibliographic Citation

Solitude Photographs and Papers (Ms1993-024), Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Rights Holder

Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech

Collection Tree

03SOL0107.jpg

B&W image, see also SOL0028.
03SOL0106.jpg

B&W image, see also SOL0015.
03SOL0101.jpg

B&W image, see also SOL0036.
03SOL0099.jpg

B&W image, see also SOL0006.
03SOL0092.jpg

B&W image, see also SOL0032.
03SOL0089.jpg

B&W image, see also 08UASOL040 and SOL0005.
03SOL0086.jpg

B&W image, see also SOL0033.

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