McConnell Library - Archives and Special Collections

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Special Collections

Radford University Archives Finding Aids

This chart reflects the organization of the Radford University Archives. Finding aids are being added as University collections are processed.

Group 1: RU Board of Visitors Records -Finding Aid

1.2 - Radford College - VPI Merger Documents - Finding Aid

Group 2: President's Office Records

2.1.1 - John Preston McConnell - Official Papers - Finding Aid

2.1.2 - John Preston McConnell - Personal Papers - Finding Aid

2.2 - David Wilbur Peters - Official Papers - Finding Aid

2.3 - Charles Knox Martin - Official Papers - Finding Aid

2.4 - Donald Newton Dedmon - Official Papers - Finding Aid

2.5 - Douglas Covington - Official Papers - Finding Aid

2.6 - Penelope W. Kyle - Official Papers - Finding Aid

Group 3: Academic Affairs Records

3.1 - Academic Affairs - Curricula Materials - Finding Aid

3.1.1 - Academic Affairs - School of Social Work Records - Finding Aid

3.2 - Academic Affairs - Accreditation Materials - Finding Aid

3.2.1 - Academic Affairs - SCHEV - RU Internal Data - 1976-1992 - Finding Aid

3.2.1-1 - Academic Affairs - Vice President for Academic Affairs Office - 1972-1990 - Finding Aid

3.2.2 - Academic Affairs - SCHEV - Correspondence and Reports - 1968-1988 - Finding Aid

3.2.3 - Academic Affairs - SCHEV - Instructional Programs Advisory Committee (IPAC) - Records 1966-1982 - Finding Aid

3.3 - Academic Affairs - McConnell Library Records - Finding Aid

3.3.2 - Academic Affairs - McConnell Library - Historical Virginia Documents - Finding Aid

Group 4: Student Affairs Records

4.1 - M'Ledge Moffett Collection - Student and Faculty Records -Finding Aid

4.1.1 - M'Ledge Moffett Collection - Home Management House Diaries - Finding Aid

4.1.2 - M'Ledge Moffett Collection - Dean's Office Records - Finding Aid

4.1.3 - M'Ledge Moffett Collection - Newspaper Clippings Scrapbooks - Finding Aid

4.1.4 - M'Ledge Moffett Collection - Student and Faculty Records - Finding Aid

4.1.5 - M'Ledge Moffett Collection - World War II Era Community and College Documents - Finding Aid

4.2 - Student Affairs Committee Records (1976-1980) - Finding Aid

4.2.1 - Ingles and Pocahontas Literary Societies Records - Finding Aid

4.3.1 - Kappa Delta Pi Collection (1930-1968) - Finding Aid

4.4.1 - Alumni Records and Materials - 1913-63 - Finding Aid

Group 5: Business Affairs Papers

5.1 - Business Affairs - Accounting Ledger Books (1911-1936) - Finding Aid

5.2.1 - Business Affairs - New Deal Buildings Documents - Finding Aid

5.2.2 - Business Affairs - Building and Facilities Planning Records (1979-1990) - Finding Aid

Group 6: University Advancement Records

6.2 - RU Public Relations Collection - Finding Aid

6.2.1 - RU Public Relations News and Press Releases, 1965-2006 - Finding Aid

6.3.2-1 - RU Public Relations Photo Collection, 1980-2001 -Finding Aid

6.3.2-2 - RU Public Relations Photo Collection, 1965-1985 -Finding Aid

6.3.3-3 - RU Public Relations Photo Collection, 1990-2007 -Finding Aid

6.3.4 - RU Public Relations Video Collection, 1997-2009 - Finding Aid

Group 7: University Government Records

7.1 - RU Faculty Senate Records - 1949-56, 1968-1973, 1994-2007 Finding Aid

Group 8: Miscellaneous Records

8.1 - Radford University Historical Clippings Collection -Finding Aid

8.2 - Public Health Materials Collection, 1945-55 - Finding Aid

Group 9: Intercollegiate Athletics

9.1 - RU Athletics Media Guides - (Various guides from 1980-2007) -Finding Aid

RU Heritage Collection- Alumni materials documenting student life, including scrapbooks, photographs, and Radford memorabilia.

Myrtle Lawrence Shelor Photograph Collection (c.1918-25)- Finding Aid - Digital access to photos

Vinnie Alice Underwood Collection (1931-32) - Finding Aid

Lucy Gay Johnston Collection (1934-36) Also includes memorabilia from Giles County- Finding Aid

Frances Hilt Graham Trent Collection (1941-45) - Finding Aid

Dorothy Van Vleek Oliver Collection (1944-48) - Finding Aid

Appalachian Collection Finding Aids

City of Radford Collection - Pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and other materials - Finding Aid

Highland Summer Conference Collection - Manuscripts and streaming performances from Appalachian writers associated with Radford's annual Highland Summer Conference - Finding Aids and Streaming Videos

New River Valley Environmental Coalition Collection - Documents from an environmental group active in the 1990s - Finding Aid

Parks Lanier Appalachian Literature Collection - Books, journals, and documents related to Appalachian literature and history. Includes materials on Marilou Awiakta and Selu- Finding Aid. Link to catalog record of books.

Radford Iron Company Records - Documents, maps, deeds, ledgers, and other materials from the Radford Iron Company, mostly dating from 1867-1947 - Finding Aid

Radford Army Ammunition Plant Collection - Documents, booklets, and newspaper clippings related to the first 25 years of the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, 1941-1966. Finding Aid

Tennessee Valley Authority Publications Collection - Selected official reports and publications from the TVA - Finding Aid

Virginia Iron, Coal, and Coke Company Records - Documents, maps, deeds, correspondence, and other materials related to this VICC, which owned land and mineral operations in Southwest Virginia. Materials primarily cover the years 1900-1965 - Finding Aid

Virginia Counties Clipping Files - Western Region - Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, brochures, and other materials from Giles, Pulaski, Montgomery, Floyd, Grayson, Allegheny, and Augusta counties. - Finding Aid

Regional Merchant Ledger Books:

Brook Hall and Emory & Henry Ledgers - Washington County store ledger from the 1830s, Emory & Henry accounts with a local merchant, 1854-55 - Finding Aid

Chumbley & Harper Company Ledger- Radford local business records from 1889-1894 - Finding Aid

James Zoll Ingles Ferry Store Account Book - Ledger from a store run by James Zoll in the 1850s, located at or near Ingles Ferry - Finding Aid

Marion Grocery Co.- Marion and Troutdale, Virginia, business records from 1905-1906 - Finding Aid

Special Collections Finding Aids

Arthur J. Goldberg Manuscript Collection - Selected papers and speeches of Supreme Court Justice Arthur Goldberg (1961-87) - Finding Aid

Blanche Daniel Postcard and Manuscript Collection - Over 400 postcards and selected documents from the former head of Radford's training school (c.1930s-1970s) - Finding Aid

Boehm Collection Documents and Materials - Documents, catalogs, press releases, and other information related to the Boehm Porcelain Bird Collection housed in the "Bird Room" adjacent to McConnell Library's Reading Room - Finding Aid.

Civil War Confederate Quartermaster Collection - Several documents related to clothing and feed requisitions dating from 1864 - Finding Aid

Logbook of the whaling ship William Wirt - Logbook of a whaling ship mentioned in Herman Melville's works (1850-1875) - Finding Aid

Police Forum Archives - Archives of the Police Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences. Includes online access to Vols 1-14 of Police Forum. Finding Aid.

St. Albans and Regional Hospitals Collection - Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, newsletters, annual reports, and articles about St. Albans Psychiatric Hospital, Radford Community Hospital, and other regional hospitals, mostly dating from the 1970s. - Finding Aid

Virginia Anti-Saloon League Collection - John Preston McConnell was president of the Virginia Anti-Saloon League from 1922-30. This collection contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, publications, books, and other materials related to the Anti-Saloon League and the Women's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia - Finding Aid

Virginia Education Clipping Files - Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, state and local education reports, studies, programs, documents, and articles related to local and state education, c.1920s-1980s. - Finding Aid

Virginia Prisons and Prisoner Publications Collection - Contains publications about the Virginia prison system and copies of The Citizen, a magazine written by prisoners at the State Industrial Farm for Women (1960-1966) - Finding Aid

Visiting the Archives and Special Collections

We welcome visitors and scholars, but we request that you make an appointment. For information or to arrange an appointment, please contact Gene Hyde, Archivist and Appalachian Collection Librarian, at wehyde@radford.edu or 540-831-5692.