Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Permission to publish material from Jubal A. Early Letter must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.

Preferred Citation

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Jubal A. Early Letter, Ms1955-005, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was acquired by Newman Library prior to 1955.

Processing Information

The processing, arrangement, and description of the Jubal A. Early Letter was completed prior to 2010. Additional description was completed in December 2010.

Biographical Note

Jubal A. Early (1816-1894) was a Confederate general in the Civil War. He was born in Franklin County, Virginia, and a Lynchburg, Virginia, resident most of his life. In 1866, he published  A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of a letter written by Early to General Ran William H. Payne of Warrenton, Virginia, about the appointment of General Lunsford Lindsay Lomax to the Presidency of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College (now Virginia Tech) in Blacksburg.

Index Terms

Subjects:

• Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College

Local Subjects:

• Civil War
• Local/Regional History and Appalachian South
• United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
• University Archives
• University History