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Repository
Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Identification
Ms.1991.022
Title
Anna Whitehead Kenney Papers 1965-1972
Quantity
0.6 Cubic Feet, 2 boxes,
Creator
Kenney, Anna Whitehead
Language
The materials in the collection are in English.
Abstract
The Anna Whitehead Kenney Papers contains a collection of biographical information about local families compiled by Kenney
during her time as a curator at Smithfield Plantation.
The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University
Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.
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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],
Anna Whitehead Kenney Papers, Ms1991-022, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
Source of Acquisition
The Anna Whitehead Kenney Papers were donated to Special Collections prior to 1992.
Processing Information
Some initial processing, arrangement, and description of the Anna Whitehead Kenney Papers was completed prior to 1992. A folder
list and additional description were completed in October 2012.
Papers consist of the files she created while Kenney worked at Smithfield, with historical and biographical information about
the Preston family and other pioneer families of Blacksburg.
Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives is home to several collections relating to branches of the Preston
family from Blacksburg, Montgomery County, and Abingdon, Virginia:
Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, Montgomery County Branch Papers, 1754-1996. Ms1962-001. Finding aid available online.
George Green Shackelford Papers, 1899-1990. Ms1983-008. Finding aid available online.
John Preston Deed, 1826. Ms2005-014. Finding aid available online.
John Preston Papers, 1806-1830, 1844, n.d. Ms1994-034. Finding aid available online.
Preston Family (Alice Preston Moore Collection) Papers, 1745-1882. Ms1962-004. Finding aid available online.
Preston Family (Charles Peale Didier Collection) Papers, 1747-1897. Ms1985-020. Finding aid available online.
Robert Taylor Preston Papers, 1829-1871, n.d. Ms1992-003. Finding aid available online.
Smithfield Preston Foundation Papers, 1784-1881. Ms1997-002. Finding aid available online.
William Preston Land Grant, 1773. Ms1994-027. Finding aid available online.
Willard Preston Genealogy, c.1998. Ms2009-121. Finding aid available online.
Ellinor Graham Preston (Descended Through Mary Preston Howard and Cochran Preston Also); Sixth Generation
box-folder 1 folder: 38
Preston Records (In Courthouse); Marriages, Births, Deaths; Wills, Deed; Plats in Montgomery County Courthouse)
box-folder 1 folder: 39
Bibliography
box-folder 1 folder: 40
Preston Cemetery At Smithfield
box-folder 1 folder: 41
Smithfield Plantation--Photographs
box-folder 1 folder: 42
Preston Brandy Warmer; Sold to Colonial Williamsburg 1942 by Mrs. Brockenborough Lamb, Sr. of Richmond, VA. Description and
Records Enclosed; In Geddy Silver Shop
box-folder 1 folder: 43
Hiram Powers (1805-1873)--Sculptor
box-folder 2 folder: 1
Colonel John Floyd (1750-1783); Dr. John Floyd (son), Governor of VIrginia; John B. Floyd (Grandson), Governor of Virginia
box-folder 2 folder: 2
Allied Families--Patton, Breckenridge, Floyd, Lewis, Smith, Madison Campbell, Howard, Brown, King, McDowell-Taylor-Thas. H.
Benton(?); Contemporaries
box-folder 2 folder: 3
Pioneer Stories
box-folder 2 folder: 4
The Journal of Thomas Walker
box-folder 2 folder: 5
The Southwest Corner By Goodridge Wilson
box-folder 2 folder: 6
Kentucky Lands--Preston-Floyd, Breckenridge; Letters From Neal. O. Hammon, Louisville, Kentucky
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