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Conditions Governing Access

The colletion is open for research.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], Robert Creede Taylor Family Reference Collection, 2003-2006, Ms2006-024, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.

Source of Acquisition

The Robert Creede Taylor Family Reference Collection was donated to Special Collections and University Archives in December 2006.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Robert Creede Taylor Family Reference Collection was completed in October 2023.

Biographical Note

Robert Creede Taylor (1866-1915) lived in Montgomery County, Virginia, most of his life. He attended Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (later Virginia Tech) in the 1880s and, thereafter, worked in Roanoke before moving to Christiansburg in 1893. He married Helen May Pelton (1873-1942), and they had three children. Taylor died in 1915 after a long illness and is buried alongside his wife in Sunset Cemetery in Christiansburg.

The Taylors are related to many other Montgomery County and Roanoke families, and these families and their involvement in area organizations are mentioned in the collection.

External Source: "Robert Creede Taylor", Findagrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55637562/robert-creede-taylor

Scope and Content

The collection consists of copies of documentation about Robert Creede Taylor and his family during the years 1866 to 1915 gathered by R. C. Taylor's great-grandson Stephen Taylor. The research resulted in an unpublished timeline called "Robert Creede Taylor of Christiansburg, Va .... A timeline of his life", additional supporting copied research material, recent research correspondence, and a CD with scans of his great-grandmother's newspaper scrapbook. Photocopied documents are from many sources, including newspapers, historic and recent photographs, census reports, yearbooks, pamphlets, legal papers, land plats, and correspondence. 

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• Montgomery County (Va.)
• Roanoke (Va.)
• Students and alumni
• Taylor, Robert Creede, 1866-1915
• University History
• Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (1872-1896)
• Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (1896-1944)

Rights Statement for Archival Description

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