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

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

Blacksburg (Va.)

Montgomery County (Va.)

Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

Solitude (Blacksburg, Va.: Historic building)

University History

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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.

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

c.1960s-1980s

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

Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech