Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

Use Restrictions

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred Citation

Graham, Tate and related families Papers, Accession 9232-t, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Acquisition Information

This collection was donated to the Library by Agnes Graham Sanders (Mrs. Herbert Parkes) Riley of Lexington, Kentucky, on August 9, 1994.

Funding Note

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Scope amd Content

This collection contains 53 items, 1971(1992-1993), pertaining to Wythe County and the local families of Graham , Tate , and Sanders . There is biographical information on Agnes Graham (Sanders) and Herbert Parkes Riley and Andrew Trigg Sanders and Friel Tate Sanders ; related material concerns C. B. Tate and William Tate . There is also an essay, "Three Dreams" published by Martha Peirce McGavock , grandaughter of David Graham . In addition, there are papers, chiefly printed and newspaper clippings, concerning various places and events in Wythe County, Virginia , including: Anchor of Hope Presbyterian Church , Max Meadows 200th Anniversary Celebration; Sketches (stationary and postcard) of scenes in Wythe and other counties; and, the Wall of Honor Dedication, Withers Park, Wytheville .