Jack Welford Moss Papers,
Scope and Content
The collections contains materials connected to Jack Welford Moss. The collection consists of photographs (some of which are identified), graduation programs, a Varsity Football certificate, copies of the V.P.I Skipper, editions of The Bugle, and textbooks from the civil engineering program. Materials date from 1925 to 1968, covering both his time as a student and an alum.
Dates
- Creation: 1925 - 1968
Creator
- Moss, Jack Welford (Collector, Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from the Jack Welford Moss Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
Jack Welford Moss was a student at Virginia Polytechnic Institute in the mid to late 1920s. He was a civil engineering major and by his senior year was a Captain in Company A. He also played varsity football and was an active member in the Virginia Tech Minstrels club.
Full Extent
0.2 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection contains materials related to and collected by Jack Welford Moss, a Virginia Polytechnic Institute alum.
Arrangement
The collection remains in its original order, apart from materials removed for cataloging (see Separated Materials note).
Acquisition Information
This collection was acquired by Special Collections in 1991.
Separated Materials
- The following books were removed and cataloged for the Rare Book Collection:
- Coal Miners' Pocketbook: Principles, Rules, Formulas, and Tables
- National Electrical Code Handbook by Arthur L. Abbott
- A Future System of Airports For New Jersey: Phase B Report Vo. 1 by Albert E. Blomquist and Associates
- A Future System of Airports For New Jersey: Phase B Report Vo. 2 by Albert E. Blomquist and Associates
- Strength of Materials by James E. Boyd
- Standard Handbook for Electrical Engineers by Frank F. Fowle
- Handbook for Highway Engineers by Wilson G. Harger, C.E. and Edmund A. Bonney
- Structural Engineering by J.E. Kirkham
- Laboratory Manual Arranged to Accompany "A Course in General Chemistry" by William McPherson and William Edwards Henderson
- A Text-Book on Roofs and Bridges: Part I Stresses in Simple Trusses by Mansfield Merriman and Henry S. Jacoby
- A Text-Book on Roofs and Bridges: Part II Graphic Statistics by Mansfield Merriman and Henry S. Jacoby
- Logarithmic Tables of Numbers and Trigonometrical Functions by Baron Von Vega
Editions of the Bugle included in the donation were added to the collection of yearbooks kept in the University Archives.
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Jack Welford Moss Papers was completed in November 2013.
Subject
- Moss, Jack Welford (Person)
- Title
- Jack Welford Moss Papers, 1925-1968
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Betsy Reed, Graduate Assistant, and Kira A. Dietz, Archivist
- Date
- © 2013 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