Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, 1922 - 1987 (Ms1990-045)
Dublin Core
Title
Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, 1922 - 1987 (Ms1990-045)
Subject
Kentland Farm
Agriculture
Description
This collection contains the papers of Elizabeth Kent Adams (1908-1994), Radford, Virginia resident and local historian. The collection contains such materials as correspondence, newspaper clippings, unpublished writings, and miscellaneous records, all relating to the history of Southwest Virginia and Adams' ancestral lines, particularly the Cloyd, Kent, McGavock and Putnam families. Much of the correspondence in the collection focuses on Kentland, the Kent family home at Whitethorne (Montgomery County), Virginia--specifically the inclusion of Kentland on historic landmark registers the maintenance of Kentland's cemetery.
Date
1922 - 1987
Rights
The items in this collection are protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use these items in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/?language=en
Format
tiff
Language
English
Identifier
Ms1990-045
Bibliographic Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Rights Holder
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Collection Items
Map of Cowan land, history
A map made of the Cowan land, with a written note by Elizabeth Kent Adams on the back.
Appraisement of the personal property of Miss E. C. Kent
Appraisement of the personal property of Miss E. C. Kent, page 1
Surveyor's description of Kentland Farm
A written description from a surveyor made about Kentland Farm.
1910 map description - Kentland Farm
Description of Kentland Farm and the land divisions, written in 1910.
Memo of cost of house at Walnut Spring
Memo list made of the costs of the house at Walnut Spring. Typed.
Memo of cost of house at Walnut Spring - handwritten
Memo list made of the costs of the house at Walnut Spring.
Farm acreage divison into lots - Kentland papers
Kentland papers: three lots being divided by farm acreage.
Mrs. Kent's letter to her son, Richard dated 11/30/1922
Letter from Mrs. Kent to her son, Richard, written in Radford, VA, dated November 30, 1922.
History of hand-made brick and genealogy
History of hand-made brick and genealogy, by T. K. Adams Sr.
Isaac Hudson note about money paid to Mrs. Cowan, dated 9/5/89
A note written by Isaac Hudson about money paid to Mrs. Cowan, dated 9/5/1889.
Article mentioning Grandfather Kent's livestock
An article written by a correspondent of the Richmond Dispatch mentions Grandfather Kent's livestock.
Article indentification - Grandfather Kent's livestock
Article indentification - Grandfather Kent's livestock
Private ferry at Kentland
A photograph taken of two people on a ferry at Kentland. Individuals may be J. P. Adams and Richard. Reference: Adam Harmon's Ferrry and Whitethorn Ferry.
Kitchen and smokehouse at Kentland Farm
A photograph taken at Kentland farms of the House, kitchen, and disattached smokehouse. Written on back of photograph: "4 room brick kitchen in center at Kentland. Tommy Adams took it down for hand-made brick and wide flooring and curved stairway to…
Lizzie and Mary Cowan at Mill Dam, Whitethorn,Virginia
A photograph taken of Lizzie and Mary Cown on a dock area at Mill Dam, Whitethorn, Virginia.
Collection Tree
- Regional History and the Appalachian South
- Elizabeth Kent Adams Papers, 1922 - 1987 (Ms1990-045)