Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use

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Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research.

Existence and Location of Copies

Oversize photographs of the painted views of VPI are in the Historical Photograph Collection under "Campus Views" at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], J. Bolton McBryde Collection, Ms1992-059, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in 1992.

Processing Information

The J. Bolton McBryde Collection was originally boxed as a named collection within the larger historic photograph collection, in 1992. When the glass plates were discovered in October 2011, the collection was re-housed for preservation purposes, and additional processing and description were completed in November 2011.

Biographical Note

James Bolton McBryde was born in Virginia in 1866. His father was John McLaren McBryde, fifth President of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI) from 1891 through 1907. J. Bolton McBryde taught chemistry at VPI from 1903 until the time of his death in 1925. He married Mary Read Comfort of Knoxville, Tennessee, around 1906.

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of photographs, negatives, and glass plate negatives depicting Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (VPI), Blacksburg, Montgomery County, and the New River area. Images are labeled with original labels, but undated. Where images were not labeled, a brief description is included in brackets on the envelope. The collection also includes eight painted views of campus photographed by J. Bolton McBryde and likely handpainted by his wife Mary Comfort McBryde.

Arrangement

Items are arranged by material type.

Related Material

Oversize photographs of the painted views of VPI are in the Historical Photograph Collection under "Campus Views" at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives.

See also the following related collections at Virginia Tech Special Collections and University Archives:

Records of the Office of the President, John McLaren McBryde, RG 2/5

McBryde House Specification Records, Ms1999-010

Larry McBryde Collection on the John McLaren McBryde Family, Ms2013-024

Janet Barnhill Collection on Cora Bolton McBryde, Ms2016-019

Polly Ashelman Collection on the John McLaren McBryde Family, Ms2019-017

John M. and Cora Bolton McBryde Family Papers, Ms2023-069

Midhurst, J.M. McBryde Estate, Blacksburg, Va., Map-0276

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Blacksburg (Va.)
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Montgomery County (Va.)
• University History
• Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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