Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
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Laura Katz Smith
Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
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Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to research.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder],
Nicolay, John Papers, 1792-1985, Ms1987-027, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
John Nicolay was a former Blacksburg, Virginia, resident and historian. The collection consists of papers Nicolay has used
for his research on the history of Montgomery County, Virginia. The topics he researched included in the collection are poverty
in Montgomery County, blacks, local churches, and the Edie Family of Christiansburg, Virginia.
The types of materials in the collection include oral history tapes, slides, original documents and historical photographs
of the area by Earl Palmer. In addition, there is material from Moutainside Magazine, edited by Nicolay from 1983 to 1984,
such as writings by Beverly Brinlee, Jess Carr, Fred Waage, and William White.
Several books were donated in 2016 as part of this collection, but were cataloged spearately for the Rare Book Collection:
Nicolay, John A. Wake Forest Research Project, 2016.
Nicolay, John A. An Electic History of Montgomery County, Virgina, 2018. (revised)
Kessler, Clyde. Shooting Creek, 1982..