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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], Minnie Lee Ryan Collection, Ms2019-021, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in May 2019.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the collection was completed in May 2019.

Biographical Note

Minnie Lee Ryan was born August 14, 1904, in Albemarle County, Virginia, to William Lee and Josephine Adelaide (Cox) Ryan. Minnie graduated from Blacksburg High School in 1922, and she later married Glenn Wilburn Harkins. She died on August 26, 1990, in Staunton, Virginia.

Scope and Content

The Minnie Lee Ryan Collection contains a scrapbook page with a newspaper clipping and a letter and envelope for Minnie Lee Ryan. On Virginia Polytechnic Insitute letterhead, the May 28, 1922, letter is from "Jack " to Minnie Lee Ryan about their relationship. The newspaper clipping entitled "Blacksburg High School Graduates " lists Minnie Ryan, amongst others, and is dated 1922.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Blacksburg (Va.)
• Correspondence
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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