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Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech
Special Collections and University Archives, University Libraries (0434)Alison Hight, Graduate Assistant, and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
Permission to publish material from Stone Printing & Manufacturing ephemera must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Collection is open for research.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Stone Printing & Manufacturing ephemera, Ms2012-051, Special Collections, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.
This collection was purchased from a dealer by Special Collections.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Stone Printing & Manufacturing ephemera was completed in September 2012.
The Stone Printing & Manufacturing Co. of Roanoke, VA sent out these publications between c.1910-1940. The newspaper clippings are from the summer of 1930 and trace a visit to England by a delegation of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, which included Mr. Edward L. Stone of Roanoke.
The collection includes ephemera printed by Stone Printing & Manufacturing, as well as some business materials: correspondence, mailings, pamphlets, illustrations, and a file of mounted newspaper clippings. Dated materials range from 1897 to 1950, though most of the items are undated.
The pamphlets and publications include advertising materials and newsletters. The correspondence is between Mr. Edward L. Stone, Mr H. H. Harris, Mr. C.S. Mullen, Mr. B.F. Moomaw, and Mr. L. Franklin Moore, regarding maps of new roadways/shipping routes to and from Roanoke and throughout Virginia and its borders. The newspaper clippings are from the summer of 1930 and trace a visit to England by a delegation of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce, which included Mr. Edward L. Stone of Roanoke.
Stone Printing and Manufacturing Company Christmas Cards, 1949. Ms2011-081. Finding aid available online.