Preston and Olin Institute Records
Scope and Content
This collection contains an agent’s book for Olin and Preston Institute, five copies of reports from the Committee on Seminaries, and programs from the Alpha Literary Society, June 29, 1869, and Preston Literary Society, June 20, 1871. The book is dated 1855 with the name of the agent, Edmund B. Snyder. The reports are from 1852, 1853, 1854, 1860, and 1867. The 1852 report discusses the Wesleyan Collegiate Institute in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Dates
- Creation: 1852-1871, n.d.
Creator
- Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.) (Organization)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Preston and Olin Institute Records must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Historical Note
The Preston and Olin Institute was a Methodist school created in 1851. In 1872, due to financial distress, the institute was restructured as the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College to receive land-grant funding. Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College was renamed in 1970 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Sources:
“A Short History of Virginia Tech,” http://spec.lib.vt.edu/arc/125th/kinnear/kinnear.htm
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains an agent’s book for Olin and Preston Institute, five copies of reports from the Committee on Seminaries, and programs from the Alpha Literary Society and Preston Literary Society.
Arrangement
Materials in this collection are arranged in chronological order.
Acquisition Information
This collection was acquired by Newman Library prior to 1964.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Preston and Olin Institute Records was completed prior to January 2011. Additional description was completed in January 2011 and March 2018.
Subject
- Preston and Olin Institute (Blacksburg, Va.) (Organization)
- Title
- A Guide to the Preston and Olin Institute Records, 1852-1871, n.d.
- Status
- Completed
- Subtitle
- A Collection in Special Collections
- Author
- Stephanie Wenger
- Date
- © 2018 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- 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