Ray Gaskins Essay
Scope and Content
The collection contains an essay entitled, "The Great Blizzard of 1857" written by Dr. Ray Gaskins. The essay details the conditions faced by Southside, Virginia residents during the snow event of January 17-18, 1857. This blizzard was the largest in the history of Farmville. Gaskins provides vignettes describing the particular challenges Thomas James "T.J." Garden, a schoolteacher, surveyor, and farmer of Buckingham County, Richard Anderson Booker, Eagle Hotel owner of Farmville, and Charles T. "Bose" Edie, a student of Hampden-Sydney College, faced during the event. Edie was stabbed to death by fellow student Edward A. Langhorne, a dispute thought to be brought on by "Cabin Fever."
Dates
- Creation: 2010 - 2010
Creator
- Gaskins, Ray (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open to research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Ray Gaskins Essay must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Information
Ray Allen Gaskins received a B.S. in Mathematics and a Ph. D. in Statistics from Virginia Tech in 1964 and 1972 respectively. Upon graduation, Gaskins joined the mathematics and computer science faculty at Hampden Sydney College.
Source:
http://www.lib.vt.edu/giving/gaskins.html
Full Extent
0.1 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains an essay entitled, "The Great Blizzard of 1857" written by Dr. Ray Gaskins.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by material type.
Acquisition Information
The Ray Gaskins Essay was donated to Special Collections in 2010.
General Physical Description note
1 container; 0.1 cu. ft.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement and description of the Ray Gaskins Essay commenced and was completed in June, 2010.
- Title
- A Guide to the Ray Gaskins Essay, 2010
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Carmen Boggs-Parker
- Date
- © 2010 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