Sullivan Family Papers
Scope and Content
The Sullivan Family Papers (1800-1957) are comprised of tax books and receipts, personal letters, brochures, souvenirs, photographs, tax books and ledgers. The tax books and receipts series contains large ledger size sheets, tax receipts and tickets for Montgomery County. The personal correspondence series contains letters and postcards addressed to Miss Lake V. Sullivan from various family members and friends. The brochures, souvenirs and photographs series contains many miscellaneous materials relating to the Sullivan family. The ledgers and tax books series contains a book of tax tickets for the Blacksburg tax district; A.O. Sullivan's Pay-master ledger book for the Constitutional Convention; C.W. Sullivan's Bank Book for the Farmers National Bank in Salem, Virginia and the Montgomery Savings Bank; A.O. Sullivan's Pay-roll book for the Virginia House of Delegates; and Lorentz and Sullivan's mill ledger books for Blacksburg, Virginia district taxes.
Dates
- Creation: 1800 - 1957
Creator
- Sullivan family (Virginia) (Family)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Sullivan Family Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech.
Biographical/Historical Information
Members of the Sullivan family include T.E. Sullivan, a licensed attorney; C.W. Sullivan, treasurer of Montgomery County; A.O. Sullivan, paymaster to the Virginia House of Delegates; Reverend J.O. Sullivan, the president of the Stonewall Jackson Institute in Abingdon, Virginia; Miss Lake V. Sullivan, a teacher at the Stonewall Jackson Institute and principal of Stuart Female College; and Mary Maude Sullivan, from whose estate the papers originated.
Full Extent
2 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Nineteenth century tax records and personal correspondence of the Sullivan family of Christiansburg, Virginia
Description of Series
TAX TICKETS AND RECEIPTS, 1800-1902 (Box 1, Folder 1-6)
This series is comprised of various tax receipts and tax tickets from Montgomery County and the state of Virginia. The tickets are arranged by the type of ticket and then chronologically.
PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1883-1889 (Box 1, Folder 7)
This set of the series is comprised of the personal correspondence of Miss Lake V. Sullivan which is arranged chronologically.
BROCHURES, SOUVENIRS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, 1860-1957 (Box 1, Folder 8)
This series is comprised of various brochures, souvenirs and photographs, and is not arranged.
LEDGERS AND TAX BOOKS, 1882-1902 (Box 2)
This series is comprised of tax books and ledgers and is not arranged.
Acquisition Information
The Sullivan Family Papers were received from the estate of Mary Maude Sullivan of Christiansburg, Virginia on April 5, 1956, and the collection was processed, arranged and described in 2002.
General Physical Description note
2 cu. ft.
- Title
- A Guide to the Sullivan Family Papers 1800-1957
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- Sullivan Family Papers
- Author
- Colleen Major
- Date
- © 2004 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Description is in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu