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Personal Papers of
John Preston McConnell
and Family

1920-1991

Manuscript Collection 1

Biographical Note

John Preston McConnell was born in Scott County, Virginia in February, 1866. He received his A.B. (Bachelor's) and A.M. (Master's) degrees from Milligan College in Milligan, Tennessee. After receiving his Ph.D in History from the University of Virginia, he was a professor and Dean at Emory and Henry College in Emory, Virginia. In 1911, he was appointed as the first president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Radford, present-day Radford University. He retired in November, 1937 because of failing health.

In addition to his duties as president of the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Radford and the successor Radford State Teachers College, Dr. McConnell was involved in a variety of civic, commercial, philanthropic, and religious activities. Among the organizations of which McConnell served as president were the Cooperative Education Association of Virginia, Southwest Virginia, Inc. (a regional Chamber of Commerce), and the First & Merchants National Bank. He was an active member in several Virginia governmental concerns as well as the state and national Anti-Saloon League, the state and national Chamber of Commerce, the Virginia Bankers Association, the Christian Church and the Disciples of Christ. He also maintained correspondence with a number of private citizens on a wide range of topics.

The papers of John Preston McConnell are stored in Room 536 of the Radford University Archives along with the official papers created during John Preston McConnell's duties as president of the Radford State Teachers College. A list of his personal papers immediately follows. This list is about 8 pages long.

Size: 10.58 linear feet

Folder List

A B C D E F G H I J K L M
N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Adams, James Taylor
Addington, Luther F.
Akers, Dr. (Alum Ridge, VA)
Alderman, Edwin Anderson (President, University of Virginia)
America Self-Contained Committee
American Association for Labor Legislation
American Bible Society
American Economic Journal
American Legion—Sesquicentennial Celebration (of American independence)Float Committee
Anti-Saloon League of Virginia—Correspondence—1922-1937
Anti-Saloon League of Virginia—Newspaper clippings
Anti-Saloon League of Virginia—Publications
Appalachian Mountain Region Needs
Asbury, Bishop ("Itinerant Minister in Washington")
Association of the Study of Negro Life and History
Ayers, Rufus A.

Baldwin Brothers (real estate brokers)
Baldwin Land Company
Ballots, Mail
Bell, Landon C.
Berea (Kentucky) Opportunity School
Blair, C.F.
Blair, J. Leland (Professor)
Boone, Daniel
Boyer, Beryl Cox (Mrs.)
Burleson, D.S. (Dr.)
Buck, I. G. W.
Buster, Mr. ?

Carper-Lithia Springs Corporation
Children's Home Society of Virginia—1927-1938
Children's Home Society of Virginia—Board of Directors—Minutes—1930-1938
Childress (Virginia) Community Grange
China Child Welfare, Inc.
Christian Church—1914-1921
Christian Church—1927-1937
Christian Church—Miscellaneous Items—(9 folders)
Citizen's Committee of One Thousand
Citizen's Committee of One Thousand—Publications
Citizen's Legion
Coal Spring Church
Committee on Southern Fellowships in the Social Sciences
Communism and Socialism
Confederate Widow Pensions
Conference of Southern Mountain Workers
Conference of Virginia Social Workers
Council of Rural Agencies in Virginia—Community Life Campaign—Correspondence
Council of Rural Agencies in Virginia—Community Life Campaign—Miscellaneous Items
Cooperative Educational Association of Virginia—By-Laws
Cooperative Educational Association of Virginia—Certificate of Incorporation
Cooperative Educational Association of Virginia—Community Leagues
Cooperative Educational Association of Virginia—Correspondence—1921-1937
Cooperative Educational Association of Virginia—Executive Committee—Board of Managers--Minutes
Cooperative Educational Association of Virginia—Newspaper clippings
Cooperative Educational Association of Virginia—Publications
Cooperative Educational Association of Virginia—Speeches
Cox, S.C. (Mrs.)
Crippled Children's Hospital
Crockett Springs [VA] (resort area)

Democratic Convention (1932)
Disciples of Christ—1930-1936
Disciples of Christ—Board of Education—Annual Meetings—Minutes—1930-1936
Disciples of Christ—Board of Education—Annual Reports
Disciples of Christ—Board of Education-Directors—Minutes
Disciples of Christ—Board of Education-Executive Committee—Minutes—1924-1937
Disciples of Christ—Interchurch World Movement of North America
Disciples of Christ—Miscellaneous Items—(2 folders)
Disciples of Christ—Pension Fund—Correspondence—1929-1932
Disciples of Christ—Pension Fund—Miscellaneous Items (4 folders)

Elam, G. Milton
Elk Creek, Virginia
Emory and Henry College

Farmers & Merchants National Bank of Radford—1920-1932

(In June 1932, the Farmers & Merchants National Bank of Radford consolidated with the First National Bank of Radford and was renamed the First & Merchants National Bank of Radford.)

First & Merchants National Bank of Radford—1932-1937
First & Merchants National Bank of Radford—Miscellaneous Items
First Christian Church of Radford
Forestry
Foundation for Narcotics Research & Information, Inc.

Gate City, Virginia (see Scott County, Virginia)
Genealogy—Lucas Family (see McConnell Family—Clara Lucas)
Genealogy—McConnell Family
(see McConnell, John Preston—Publications—Who Am I?)
Gilmer Family, The
Glenwood Bible School
Golden Rule Foundation—Correspondence
Golden Rule Foundation—Miscellaneous Items
Good Roads Association
Graham, H.B. (Mr. and Mrs.)
Gravel Hill [Church] Anniversary
Graybeal (See McConnell Family-Graybeal)
Ground Hog Club

Hale, Nathan W. (Honorable)
Handy, Lawrence (Professor)
Hoke, ? (Dean, College of William & Mary)
Hopwood, Josephus—1930-1937

Intercollegiate Prohibition Association
Izaak Walton League of America

Jackson Building Corporation
Johnson Bible College
Jordan, George A. (Professor)

K
Kersey, Walter O. (Rev.)

Layman, George W. (Sen.)
League of Nations
League to Enforce Peace
Live Stock Association
Lord's Day Alliance of Virginia
Lubker, John
Lucas, Charles (Brother-in-law)
Lucas Family—Genealogy
(see McConnell Family—McConnell, Clara Lucas—genealogy)
Lynchburg College—Correspondence—1928-1937
Lynchburg College—Miscellaneous Items

McConnell Family—Brickey, W. P., Mr. and Mrs. (uncle and aunt)
McConnell Family—Carter, Nancy Etna Victoria (sister)
McConnell Family—Compton, W.A. (cousin)
McConnell Family—Graybeal, D. Burke (grandson)
McConnell Family--Graybeal, H.C. (Henry Clay) (son-in-law)
McConnell Family—Graybeal, June McConnell (daughter)
McConnell Family—Grigsby, Annie McConnell (daughter)
McConnell Family—Kennedy, Annie Lucas (sister)
McConnell Family—McConnell, Adair Renfro (grandson)
McConnell Family—McConnell, Carl Hiram (son)
McConnell Family-M cConnell, Clara Lucas (wife)-biographical material
McConnell Family-McConnell, Clara Lucas (wife)-Lucas genealogy
McConnell Family—McConnell, George (uncle)
McConnell Family—McConnell, Henry M. (brother)
McConnell Family—McConnell, Hiram Kilgore, Jr. (brother)
McConnell Family—McConnell, Hiram Kilgore, Sr. (father)—tombstone
McConnell Family—McConnell, John Paul (son)
McConnell Family—McConnell, John Paul (son)—Resume and college transcripts
McConnell Family—McConnell, M.J. (cousin?)
McConnell Family—McConnell, Robert Lucas (son)
McConnell Family—McConnell, Robert W. (brother)
McConnell, John Preston—Ancestry
McConnell, John Preston—College Presidency Job Offers
McConnell, John Preston—Commissions
McConnell, John Preston—Commissions Received
McConnell, John Preston—Debts Owed to
McConnell, John Preston—Early Writings
McConnell, John Preston—Family
McConnell, John Preston—Financial Contributions & Expenditures
McConnell, John Preston—Official Documents and Invitations
McConnell, John Preston—Poems (various authors)
McConnell, John Preston—Publications—Negroes and Their Treatment in Virginia from 1865 to 1867 (dissertation)—Distribution of
McConnell, John Preston—Publications—Who Am I?—Distribution of
McConnell, John Preston—Speeches
Mountain Industrial Institute—1927-1930

(Toward the end of 1930 the Mountain Industrial Institute changed its name,
effective in 1931, to the Mountain Mission School)

Mountain Mission School—1931-1937

National Council of Normal School Presidents and Principals
National Economic League
National Institute of Moral Instruction
National Magazine of Commerce
National Society for the Prevention of Blindness
Nation's Business
Near East College Association—Correspondence
Near East College Association—Miscellaneous Items
New York Southern Society—Correspondence
New York Southern Society—Miscellaneous Items
Normal Schools—South Carolina

Parker, G.M.N.—Correspondence—1930-1937
Parker, G.M.N.—Miscellaneous Items
Pendleton, W.W.
Porter, W.G.
Porto Rico Child Feeding Committee
Prohibition
Prohibition Emergency Committee
Prohibition National Committee
Puerto Rico Child Feeding Committee (see Porto Rico Child Feeding Committee)

Radford (Description of )
Radford Chamber of Commerce
Radford Finance Corporation
Radford Hospital Corporation
Radford Mutual Building & Loan
Radford Park Association
Radford Rotary Club
Radford Sales Corporation—1931-1935
Rappahannock Valley, Inc.
Real Estate--Radford
Real Estate--Scott County
Reconstruction Finance Corporation

Save the Children Fund of America
Scott County, Virginia—Biographies
Scott County, Virginia—Celebrations
Scott County, Virginia—Reunions—1924-1928
Scott County, Virginia—Reunions—1930
Scott County, Virginia—Reunions—1932-1934
Shenandoah [VA] Apple Blossom Festival
Shenandoah Valley, Inc.—Correspondence
Shenandoah Valley, Inc.—Miscellaneous Items
Shumate, G.A. (Mrs.)
Slemp, Bascom
Society of the Sons of the Revolution
Sons of Confederate Veterans—Correspondence
Sons of Confederate Veterans—Miscellaneous Items (2 folders)
Southern Cooperative League for Education & Social Science
Southern Education Association
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Advertising
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Annual Celebrations—1931-1937
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Audit—1926-1927
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Biographies
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Board of Directors—Correspondence—1926-1935
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Board of Directors—Miscellaneous Items
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Broadcasting Committee
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Budget
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—By-laws
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Certificate of Incorporation
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Circular Letters
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Dairy Development Committee
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Dogwood Festival
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Eastern National Park-to-Park Highway
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Educational Syllabi
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Executive Committee
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Executive Secretary—1925-1937
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Executive Secretary—Reports
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Freight Rates Committee
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—General Correspondence—1925-1929
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Good Will Tour Committee
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Good Will Tour of 1926
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Highway projects (2 folders)
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Lee Highway
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Legislative Committee
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Literature
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Membership Quotas
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Miscellaneous Items (2 folders)
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Monthly Letter
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—"The Mountain Empire" (magazine)
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Newspaper Clippings
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—"Official" Song ("The Call of Virginia")
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Publicity Efforts
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Receipts
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Roads Committee—1926-1934
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Speaker's Bureau
Southwestern Virginia, Inc.—Time Cards
Sproles, Grace Pugh (Mrs.)
Stearnes, R.C.
Stone Printing & Manufacturing Company
Stony Creek Primitive Baptist Church
Superintendent of Public Schools—Lynchburg, Virginia

Thomas, John V.
Transylvania College—1921-1931
Tri-County Fair Association

United Christian Missionary Society
U.S. Chamber of Commerce—1929-1937
U.S. Chamber of Commerce—Miscellaneous Items
U.S. Food Administration
University of Virginia—Alumni

Vance, Truman
Virginia Bankers Association—1921-1937
Virginia Bankers Association—Miscellaneous Items (7 folders)
Virginia Blue Grass Trail Association—1929-1937
Virginia Blue Grass Trail Association—Miscellaneous Items
Virginia Citizens Carillion Committee
Virginia Commission on Interracial Cooperation—1926-1937
Virginia Commission on Interracial Cooperation—Miscellaneous Items
Virginia Fruit Growers Association
Virginia Historical Pageant Association
Virginia Manufacturers Association
Virginia Rural Church Conference Board
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce—1925-1937
Virginia State Chamber of Commerce—Miscellaneous Items
Virginia State Conservation & Development Commission—1926-1937
Virginia State Conservation & Development Commission—Highway Marker Inscriptions
(4 folders)
Virginia Sunday School Association—1927-1936
Virginia Sunday School Association—Miscellaneous Items (4 folders)
Virginia War History Commission—1919-21, 1923-1926, 1931
Virginia War History Commission—Miscellaneous Items (2 folders)
War Camp Community Service
Women's Christian Temperance Union
World Conference on Narcotic Education

Yellow Sulphur Springs, Virginia (health resort)
Yellow Jacket (newsletter)
Yenching University
Yenching University—Miscellaneous Items
Young Men's Christian Association
Young Men's Christian Association—Miscellaneous Items
Young Women's Christian Association

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