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Clayton McGahee, Staff
Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.1975.001
Title
Harvey Lee Price Papers 1853, 1898, 1900, 1927-1949, n.d.
Quantity
1.67 Cubic Feet, 5 boxes and 1 oversize folder
Creator
Price, Harvey Lee, 1874-1951
Language
The materials in the collection are in English.
Abstract
The Harvey Lee Price Papers contain handwritten notes and genealogies of various Montgomery County families which Price used
to write his four volume series Outlines of Montgomery County Families . Also included are Price's subject files on the county and Virginia and his diplomas from VPI.
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Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder],
Harvey Lee Price Papers, Ms1975-001, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The Harvey Lee Price Papers were donated to Special Collections and University Archives in the 1940s, 1975, 1970, and 1984.
Processing Information
The procesing, arrangement, and description of the Harvey Lee Price Papers was completed in 2004.
Harvey Lee Price (1874-1951) was associated with Virginia Polytechnic Institute throughout his professional career, first
as a student (B.S. 1898, M.S. 1900), followed by his extensive tenure as a faculty member in the Horticulture department (1900-1950).
During those years, Price was an administrator from 1908 through 1920 and Dean of the School of Agriculture from 1920 through
1945. Price Hall, originally constructed in 1907 as Agricultural Hall, was renamed in his honor in 1949.
A descendant of early Montgomery County settlers, Harvey Lee Price had a strong avocational interest in genealogy and local
history. His Outlines of Montgomery County Families has long been a valuable source for genealogists and historians. Hardback copies of the four volumes are available in the
Rare Book Collection.
The Harvey Lee Price Papers contain notes and outlines of various Montgomery County families which Price used to write his
four volume series Outlines of Montgomery County Families . Materials consist of Price's own background research, notes, transcribed historical documents, and correspondence with numerous
families with historical connections to Montgomery County. There are also comprehensive notes pertaining to the Price family
genealogy in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Indiana. Additionally, Price's diplomas from VPI are included.
Series I: "Outlines of Montgomery County Families"
1940, n.d.
box-folder 1 folder: 1
"Outlines of Montgomery County Families," Part I
1940
Scope and Contents note
Typescript carbon copy with manuscript annotations. Contains information on the Barger, Broce, Cromer, Eskridge, Evans, Grissom,
Harmon, Hawley, Henderson, Hornbarger, Keister, Kinzer, and Kipp families.
box-folder 1 folder: 2
"Outlines of Montgomery County Families," Part II
1940
Scope and Contents note
Typescript carbon copy with manuscript annotations. Contains information on Prices Fork, Price family.
box-folder 1 folder: 3
"Outlines of Montgomery County Families," Part III
1940
Scope and Contents note
Typescript carbon copy with manuscript annotations. Contains information on Long, Linkous, Lucas, Oliver, Parrish, Pate, Pepper,
Plunkett, Ridpath, Shell, Slusher, Surface, Wall, and Walters families.