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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], Marion, Virginia, Quarry Photograph  , Ms2009-082, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Marion, Virginia, Quarry Photograph   was purchased by Special Collections in February 2009.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Marion, Virginia, Quarry Photograph   commenced and was completed in May 2009.

Biographical Note

The photograph's   cardboard frame is labeled "A.P. Snider, Marion, VA." A. (Andrew) P. Snider was born in Smyth County, Virginia, abt. 1879. He and his wife, Lena M., had a daughter, born abt. 1908, and a son, born abt. 1909. Although his family appears on the 1920 census, Snider himself does not.

There is a Andrew Porter Snider (1879-1944) buried in Mount Carmel United Methodist Cemetery, Marion, Smyth County, Virginia.

External sources:

United States Federal Censuses

"Andrew Porter Snider", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69260446/andrew-porter-snider , accessed April 12, 2023.

Scope and Content

While this photograph   is not labeled with a date or location, it depicts several men working at a quarry–possibly near Marion or Wytheville, Virginia. A. P. Snider was taking photographs   during the first two decades of the twentieth century in Marion, which suggests that this photograph   was likely taken between 1900 and 1920.

Arrangement

The collection is arranged by material type.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Marion, Virginia, Quarry Photograph   by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).