John Palmer Fishwick Papers,
Scope and Content
The papers include speeches; testimonies for the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and other federal committees; committee/board minutes; memoranda; and reports created or collected by John Palmer Fishwick. Materials date from 1971-1981.
The majority of the collection consists of speeches and talks given by Fishwick between 1971 and 1981 at professional conferences, meetings, schools,graduations, dedications, and other events. The collection also contains testimony before the Senate, reports and minutes from board/committee meetings, newspaper articles and clippings, and professional memos.
Dates
- Creation: 1971 - 1981
Creator
- Fishwick, John Palmer, 1916-2010 (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from John Palmer Fishwick Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
John Palmer Fishwich was born in Roanoke, Virginia, in 1916. He graduated from Roanoke College and Harvard Law School. After several years in a private law firm and then in the military, he went to work for Norfolk and Western in 1945. Duriig his long career with the railroad company, he spent a ten year term as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Norfolk and Western Railway Company from 1970-1980. He retired in 1981, but not before aiding in talks that led to the merger and formation of the Norfolk Southern Corporation. He was also a member of the Board of Directors for the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. Fishwick died in Roanoke in August 2010 at the age of 93.
Full Extent
7 Cubic Feet (5 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The papers include speeches; testimonies for the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and other federal committees; minutes; memoranda; Legislation-status reports; and reports and other materials from the Organization of American Railroads created or collected by John Palmer Fishwick. Materials date from 1971-1981.
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into four series by material type: Speeches/Talks, Statements/Testimony, Conferences/Board Meetings/Reports, and Memos/Articles/Clippings. Files within each series are in chronological order, with undated materials at the end.
Acquisition Information
The John Palmer Fishwick Papers were donated to Special Collections in 1987.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the John Palmer Fishwick Papers was completed in December 2014.
Subject
- Fishwick, John Palmer, 1916-2010 (Person)
- Title
- John Palmer Fishwick Papers, 1971-1981
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Kira A. Dietz, Archivist, and Syndey Vaile, Student Assistant
- Date
- © 2014 Virginia Tech. All rights reserved.
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections, Virginia Tech Repository
Special Collections, University Libraries (0434)
560 Drillfield Drive
Newman Library, Virginia Tech
Blacksburg Virginia 24061 US
540-231-6308
specref@vt.edu