Charles A. Kennedy Papers,
Scope and Content
The Charles A. Kennedy Papers consists of letters, newspaper clippings, reprints, reports, and other files dating from 1963 (just before Kennedy came to Virginia Tech) to 1987. Highlights include brochures and pamphlets for international students, correspondence involving foreign affairs with a focus on nuclear war and also a television script that he wrote. Media materials include watercolor prints, film, and songs.
Dates
- Creation: 1963 - 1987
Creator
- Kennedy, Charles A. (Person)
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish material from Charles A. Kennedy Papers must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Biographical Note
Charles Kennedy was the first full time professor of religion at Virginia Tech starting in 1967, and he was hired to teach the Bible and Asian religions. He also was the advisor of International Studies from 1972-1979. He retired as the head of the Religion Department in 1994.
Sources:
History of Religion Department
Full Extent
3.1 Cubic Feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Charles A. Kennedy Papers consists of letters, newspaper clippings, reprints, reports, and other files on Kennedy's interest and involvement with foreign affairs (particularly the implications of nuclear war) and international students at Virginia Tech.
Arrangement
The files are arranged in the order they were received.
Acquisition Information
The Charles A. Kennedy Papers were donated upon his retirement as a professor at Virginia Tech in May 1994.
Separated Materials
- The following materials were catalogued in the Rare Book Collection:
- Seeing Expo '70: Guide to Japan World Exposition
- Photographic History of Worlds Fair -James Wilson Pierce, 1893
- Shepp's World Fair, Photographed by James W. Shepp, 1893
- Gems of the World's Fair and Midway Paisance, 1894
- The Dream City, 1893
- Expo '67: Guide Official
- The Ecology and Sociology of the Norway Rat, John B. Calhoun, 1962
- Heywood Brown, As He Seemed to Us The Queen-The Coronation, 1953
- The Maritime Theme in Second Themple Numismatics, Vols. 1 & 2, J. Lawrence, 1973
- The Effects on the Atmosphere of a Major Nuclear Exchange, 1985
- Nuclear Winter: Strategic and Diplomatic Implications: Position Papers of Panelists Received as of March 6, 1986
Processing Information
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Charles A. Kennedy Papers was completed in November 2013.
Subject
- Kennedy, Charles A. (Person)
- Title
- Charles A. Kennedy Papers
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Nicole Hancock, Student 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