Preston and Olin Institute

Preston and Olin Institute

The Preston and Olin Institute was a Methodist academy in Blacksburg, Virginia which operated 1851-1872. Until it was rechartered in 1869, it was named "The Olin and Preston Institute". [cite news | first=Peter | last=Wallenstein | coauthors=Kennelly, Tamara | title=Time Line of the History of Virginia Tech | date= | publisher= | url=http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/125th/timeline.htm | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2008-03-22 | language = ] The institute fell into financial trouble in its later years closed it's doors and was reorganized as an Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in return for a 2/3rds share of the funds obtained from the Morrill Land-Grant Colleges Act (the other 1/3 went to Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute, a college organized for black students). [cite news | first=Duncan Lyle | last=Kinnear | coauthors= | title=A Short History of Virginia Tech | date= | publisher= | url =http://spec.lib.vt.edu/archives/125th/kinnear/prefound.htm | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2007-10-14 | language = ]

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