Anne Judkins Hager Papers
Scope and Content Information
The materials in the Anne Hager Papers consist of book manuscripts and unpublished essays, newspaper clippings, land deeds, correspondence, receipts, notes, and copies of wills. Also included are books belonging to the Preston family which include a family Bible, a children's poetry book, and many others. Of particular interest is an 1832 receipt to General Francis Preston (1765-1835) for a subscription to the Saturday Evening Post, writings by Elizabeth Preston Gray about the history of her family, the 1981 nomination of the Aspenvale Cemetary in Smyth County to the National Register of Historic Places, and copies of Mary Preston Gray's book manuscript, The Family Tree (about the various family lines).
Dates
- Creation: 1828-1990, n.d.
Creator
- Hager, Anne Judkins (Person)
- Gray, Elizabeth Preston, 1868-1956 (Person)
Access
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Anne Hager Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical/Historical Information
The Anne Judkins Hager papers consist of genealogy information primarily about the Preston family (the Abingdon, Virginia branch in particular) but also about many families that intermarried with the Preston line, collected primarily by Hager, her mother Anne Gray Judkins, her aunt Mary Preston Gray, and Gray's mother Elizabeth Cummings Preston Gray (1868-1956). The collection also includes historical information about Southwest Virginia (particulary those places associated with the Preston family), Abingdon, and Seven Mile Ford (the Preston family home near Marion, Virginia).
Full Extent
2.6 Cubic Feet (4 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged according to date.
General Physical Description note
2.6 cubic feet, 4 boxes, 44 folders
Subject
- Preston family (Abingdon, Va.) (Family)
- Title
- A Guide to the Anne Hager Papers 1828-1990, n.d.
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Clayton McGahee
- Date
- © 2002 By Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- 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