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Colleen Major
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The collection is open for research.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Sullivan Family Papers, Ms1956-001, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The collection was donated to Virginia Tech in April 1956.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Sullivan Family Papers was completed in 2002.
Biographical Note
Members of the Sullivan family include T.E. Sullivan, a licensed attorney; C.W. Sullivan, treasurer of Montgomery County; A.O. Sullivan, paymaster to the Virginia House of Delegates; Reverend J.O. Sullivan, the president of the Stonewall Jackson Institute in Abingdon, Virginia; Miss Lake V. Sullivan, a teacher at the Stonewall Jackson Institute and principal of Stuart Female College; and Mary Maude Sullivan.
Scope and Contents
The Sullivan Family Papers (1800-1957) comprises tax books and receipts, personal letters, brochures, souvenirs, photographs, tax books and ledgers. The tax books and receipts series contains large ledger size sheets, tax receipts and tickets for Montgomery County. The personal correspondence series includes letters and postcards addressed to Miss Lake V. Sullivan from various family members and friends. The brochures, souvenirs and photographs series contains many miscellaneous materials relating to the Sullivan family. The ledgers and tax books series has a book of tax tickets for the Blacksburg tax district; A.O. Sullivan's Pay-master ledger book for the Constitutional Convention; C.W. Sullivan's Bank Book for the Farmers National Bank in Salem, Virginia and the Montgomery Savings Bank; A.O. Sullivan's Pay-roll book for the Virginia House of Delegates; and Lorentz and Sullivan's mill ledger books for Blacksburg, Virginia district taxes.
Description of Series
TAX TICKETS AND RECEIPTS, 1800-1902 (Box 1, Folder 1-6)
This series comprises various tax receipts and tax tickets from Montgomery County and the state of Virginia. The tickets are arranged by the type of ticket and then chronologically.
PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE, 1883-1889 (Box 1, Folder 7)
This set of the series contains the personal correspondence of Miss Lake V. Sullivan which is arranged chronologically.
BROCHURES, SOUVENIRS AND PHOTOGRAPHS, 1860-1957 (Box 1, Folder 8)
This series is composed of various brochures, souvenirs and photographs, and is not arranged.
LEDGERS AND TAX BOOKS, 1882-1902 (Box 2)
This series includes tax books and ledgers and is not arranged.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
- Blacksburg (Va.)
- Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
- Montgomery County (Va.)
- Women -- History
Rights Statement for Archival Description
The guide to the Sullivan Family Papers by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).
Container List
- box 1 folder: 1
Tax Tickets and large size ledger sheets1873
- box 1 folder: 2
Receipts from the Commonwealth of Virginia Office of the Auditor of Public Accounts1871-1881
- box 1 folder: 3
Tax Receipt Book for Blacksburg, Virginia1877-1884
- box 1 folder: 4
State tax and State school tax receipt book, 1881-1885; License report for distillers and bar room dealers, November 1880; Liquor Law license returns May 1800-November 1880.1800-1885
- box 1 folder: 5
State, personal and local tax receipts1883-1902
- box 1 folder: 6
Written recording of the "yeas" and "nays" of Virginia House of Delegates Session1891-1892
- box 2
Ledgers and Tax Books1882-1902Scope and Contents noteLedgers and Tax BooksLorentz and Sullivan Mill Ledger, 1882-1884Book of Tax Tickets for the Blacksburg tax district, 1885A.O. Sullivan Pay-Master Constitutional Convention, 1901-1902A.O. Sullivan's Pay-roll book for the Virginia House of Delegates, 1891-1892C.W. Sullivan's Bank Book for the Farmers National Bank in Salem, Virginia and the Montgomery Savings Bank, 1884
- box 1 folder: 7
Correspondence addressed to Miss Lake V. Sullivan1883-1889
- box 1 folder: 8
A brochure on Montgomery County; a souvenir of the Williams Jennings Bryant addressed to the Virginia Legislature (1884); Brochures of the Stonewall Jackson Institute (1884); Railway Express receipts signed by T.E. Sullivan; Newspaper clippings for family wedding and death announcements.1860-1957