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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Blacksburg [Virginia] High School Band Boosters Scrapbook, 1972-1975, Ms1994-031, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Blacksburg [Virginia] High School Band Boosters Scrapbook was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in October 1993.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Blacksburg [Virginia] High School Band Boosters Scrapbook completed in November 2023.

Administrative History

Blacksburg High School is a public school in Blacksburg, Montgomery County, Virginia.

Biographical Note

Frances (McEver) Hutcheson Russell (1931-2021) was born to Herbert M. "Mac" and Eleanor S. McEver in Blacksburg, Virginia. She graduated from the University of Richmond's Westhampton College and taught English at Blacksburg High School. In 1954, Frances married Thomas B. Hutcheson, Jr., and they had three children. After his death, she married George E. "Buddy" Russell.

Sources:

"Frances Hutcheson Russell" obituary, Roanoke Times, Nov. 28, 2021, https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/roanoke/name/frances-russell-obituary?id=31674845 , accessed Nov. 29, 2023.

"VT Stories Oral History with Buddy and Frances Russell, May 15, 2015", VT Stories Oral History Collection (Ms2016-015), available at VT Special Collections and University Archives Online, https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/Ms2016-015/Ms2016-015_BuddyRussell , accessed Nov. 29, 2023.

Scope and Content

This collection contains a scrapbook of newspaper clippings and photographs of the Blacksburg High School Warrior Band, and about the work of the Band Boosters, whose purpose was to encourage and support the development of the instrumental program in the Blacksburg, Virginia, schools. The scrapbook was created by Frances Hutcheson Russell when she was publicity chair of the Band Boosters.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Blacksburg (Va.)
• Education, Secondary
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Musical groups
• Scrapbooks

Rights Statement for Archival Description

The guide to the Blacksburg [Virginia] High School Band Boosters Scrapbook by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 ( https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/ ).